Narrativa e romanzi

The Nature of a Crime

Joseph Conrad; Ford Madox Ford · 1924 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

New York, Doubleday, Page and Company, 1924. First edition. Cloth. The first U.S. edition of this collaborative novel by Joseph Conrad and Ford Madox Ford. The first U.S. edition.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.A collaborative novel between the two eminent authors Josep...

The Man and the Book: Sir Walter Scott; Midwinter; Prester John; Sea Life in Literature from the Fourteenth to the Nineteenth Century; Modern Short Stories; Ten Modern Plays; a Book of Escapes and Hurried Journeys

Henry Newbolt [Editor]; John Buchan; John Hampden [Editor]; Various · 1925 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,036)

London; Edinburgh; New York, Thomas Nelson & Sons, Ltd. 1925-1928. Cloth. A smart seven-volume set from "The Teaching of English Series" edited by Henry Newbolt, featuring works by John Buchan and others. In the publisher's original cloth bindings.This is a seven volume s...

A Chronicle of Wasted Time: An Eighth Commonplace Book

Ian Rogerson · 2018 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

Lancashire, Rossendale, 2018. First edition. Paperback. A smartly bound first edition of this scarce commonplace book from English writer and editor Ian Rogerson. First edition. Very scarce work. With a letter from Rogerson, with both the addressee's name and his own hand...

The Refugees & Rodney Stone

A. Conan-Doyle · 1931 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.08 | ¥50,617)

London, John Murray, 1931-34. Leather. A beautiful, Riviere-bound pair of novels from Sir Arthur Conan-Doyle, the uniform edition in a prize binding for Grosvenor School. A lovely pair of works by Arthur Conan-Doyle, comprising 'The Refugees' and 'Rodney Stone&a...

An Equal Music

Vikram Seth · 1999 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

Wigston, The Stribling Press, 1999. First edition. Leather. A smart signed limited edition copy of this novel by Vikram Seth, only one of one hundred copies bound in leather and signed by Seth. A limited edition, published simultaneously with the trade edition, limited to one ...

Tales of My Landlord, Third Series; Quentin Durward

Sir Walter Scott · 1819 · Rooke Books

£880.00 (€1,054.81 | $1,162.61 | ¥185,595)

Edinburgh, Archibald Constable;, 1819-1823 . First edition. Leather. Two early 19th century works by Walter Scott, uniformly bound in half calf. Present here is the first edition of the third series of 'Tales of My Landlord', and the second edition of 'Quentin D...

Une Histoire Qui Finit Mal

Edmond Cuenoud · 1905 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,472)

Paris, Louis-Michaud, 1905 . First edition. Cloth. The uncommon first edition of this charming French children's work, illustrated throughout in colour by Charles-Emile Carlegle. In the original French.The uncommon first edition of this delightful early 20th century Frenc...

Rienzi the Last of the Roman Tribunes

Edward Bulwer Lytton · 1874 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)

Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott & Co, 1874. First edition. Leather. Edward Bulwer-Lytton's important historical novel, bound in half calf with gilt tooling to the spine. The Lord Lytton Edition. Bound in half calf with marbled paper to the boards, and gilt tooling to the ...

Familiar Studies of Men and Books

Robert Louis Stevenson · 1920 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1920. Leather. A collection of literary criticisms from the renowned Scottish author, Robert Louis Stevenson, bound in full crushed morocco. A collection of critical essays, first published in monthly periodicals, then published as a collected edition ...

Books and Bidders, the Adventures of a Bibliophile

A. S. W. Rosenbach · 1927 · Rooke Books

£285.00 (€341.61 | $376.53 | ¥60,107)

Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1927. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this illustrated ode to bibliophiles by the leading bookdealer A. S. W. Rosenbach. The first trade edition.A wonderful ode to book collectors and collecting as a hobby, penned by a leading de...

Count Karlstein

Philip Pullman · 2002 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

London, Doubleday, 2002. First edition. Cloth. A signed copy of this first newly illustrated edition of 'Count Karlstein', Philip Pullman's first children's novel. Signed by the author to the title page.First Doubleday edition, newly illustrated. Originally...

English Books 1475-1900, a Signpost for Collectors

Charles J. Sawyer; F. J. Harvey Darton · 1927 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.39 | $594.52 | ¥94,906)

London, Chas. J. Sawyer Ltd, 1927. First edition. Leather. A smart first edition work on collecting English books published across the centuries of the country's history, illustrated throughout. The first edition, limited to two thousand copies.Complete in two volumes.A l...

The Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll

Stuart Dodgson Collingwood · 1898 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.29 | ¥52,726)

London, T Fisher Unwin, 1898. First edition. Leather. A first edition account of the life of celebrated writer Lewis Carroll. Composed by Carroll's own nephew, and in a handsome half morocco binding. The first edition of this work.A biography of the renowned children&apos...

The Thirty-Nine Steps

John Buchan · 1915 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.08 | ¥50,617)

Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1915 . First edition. Cloth. The second impression of John Buchan's celebrated espionage thriller, the first of his Richard Hannay novels. The second impression of the first edition of this work.Originally serialised in Bl...

The Thirty-Nine Steps

John Buchan · 1915 · Rooke Books

£1,995.00 (€2,391.30 | $2,635.69 | ¥420,751)

Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1915 . First edition. Cloth. A bright example of the first edition, first impression of John Buchan's celebrated espionage thriller. The first edition, first impression.Originally serialised in Blackwood's Magazine, &...

Injury Time

Beryl Bainbridge · 1977 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

London, Duckworth, 1977. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Beryl Bainbridge's award winning novel, in the original dust wrapper and the vanishingly scarce wrap around band. The first edition, first impression. In the publisher's original cloth with the orig...

Faerie Wars

Herbie Brennan · 2003 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)

London, Bloomsbury, 2003. First edition. Hardback. A signed first impression of 'Faerie Wars', the first book in James Brennan's gripping young adult fantasy series. Signed by the author to the title page. The first edition, first impression. With the publishe...

Shadowmancer; Wormwood

G. P. Taylor · 2003 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,216)

London, Faber and Faber , 2003-2004. First edition. Cloth. A lovely signed set of G. P. Taylor's popular fantasy adventure novels, including both the paperback and hardback first editions. The first trade edition, first impression of 'Shadowmancer', preceded by ...

The Hedge Witch; the Fascination

Cari Thomas; Essie Fox · 2022 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.08 | ¥50,617)

London, HarperVoyager; Orenda Books, 2022-2023. First edition. Cloth. A beautiful pair of signed limited editions, including a 'Threadneedle' novella from Cari Thomas and a gothic novel from Essie Fox. Both copies are limited numbered signed editions. Complete with ...

Angela Carter&Apos;S Book of Fairy Tales

Angela Carter · 2005 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

London, Virago Press, 2005. Cloth. An excellent illustrated anthology of Angela Carter's fairy tales, this copy previously owned by her publisher and close friend, Carmen Callil. The first of this collection, comprising stories brought together from two previous collectio...