Narrativa e romanzi

The Speculations of John Steele

Robert Barr · 1905 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1905. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this uncommon financial drama by Robert Barr. The first edition of this uncommon work.This novel follows a young man named John Steele, a station-master, telegrapher, ticket-agent, and man-of-all-work, a...

The Chronicles of the Bastile

[Louis Alexis Chamerovzow] · 1845 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, T. C. Newby, 1845. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this illustrated historical romance novel, complete with plates by Robert Cruikshank. The first edition, originally published in parts.Bound by W. Root & Son.A historical romance set in the Bastille, purpo...

Shakespeare&Apos;S Comedy As You Like It

William Shakespeare · 1909 · Rooke Books

£325.00 (€389.56 | $429.37 | ¥68,565)

London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1909 . Vellum. A scarce limited edition of Shakespeare's beloved comedy, illustrated with colour plates by Hugh Thomson, and signed by the Thomson himself. A scarce limited edition work, in the publisher's original full vellum binding.This...

Haustochterchens Kochschule Fur Spiel Und Leben

Anna Jager · 1900 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.34 | $653.96 | ¥104,430)

Ravensburg, Otto Maier, c1900 . Cloth. An early edition of Anna Jager's charming children's cookery work, in the vanishingly scarce publisher's original dust wrapper. In the original German, printed in black letter type. A circa 1900 edition of this work, in the...

Gold the Man

Joseph Green · 1971 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1971 . First edition. Cloth. A scarce, first UK edition of Joseph Green's second novel, a science-fiction tale surrounding aliens from neighbouring planets. The first UK edition, published the same year as the US edition. With the original, un...

An American Emperor: The Story of the Fourth Empire of France

Louis Tracy; M. P. Shiel · 1897 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, C. Arthur Pearson, 1897 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Louis Tracy's thrilling future war science fiction novel, illustrated by E. S. Hope. The first edition of this exciting novel.Illustrated with a frontispiece and fifteen plates by E. S. Hope. Col...

The 1st, 2nd and 3rd &Apos;St Michael&Apos; Book of Rupert Favourites

Mary Tourtel · 1978 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Purnell Books (for Marks and Spencer), 1978-80. First edition. Hardback. Three volumes of Marks and Spencer's Rupert anthologies, containing colour illustrated short stories about the beloved comic strip character, Rupert Bear. The first edition of the 'St Mi...

Red Ike

J. M. Denwood; S. Fowler Wright; Hugh Walpole · 1931 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Hutchinson & Co. 1931. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this classic tale from Denwood and Fowler Wright, with the original pictorial dust wrapper. First edition. In 1883 Cumberland, England, Red Ike and his friend Will Moffatt must persevere through grea...

Plain Tales from the Hills

Rudyard Kipling · 1893 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1893. Cloth. A smart third edition of Kipling's first collection of short stories. Third edition. Kipling's first collection of short stories. A total of forty short stories including the first appearances, in book form, of Mrs. Hau...

Hawthorne Reading: An Essay

Julian Hawthorne · 1902 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

Cleveland, The Rowfant Club, 1902 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Julian Hawthorne's limited edition guide to the works of his father, Nathaniel Hawthorne. With a loosely inserted signed letter by the author. Loosely inserted is a handwritten signed letter fr...

Bury the Dead

Peter Carter · 1986 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1986. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this mystery novel by Peter Carter, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. This mystery nove...

Essays in Criticism: First Series

Matthew Arnold · 1905 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1905. Leather. A finely bound copy of the first series of Essays in Criticism from English cultural critic Matthew Arnold, bound by Bickers & Son. Later edition. A collection of essays on criticism which remains a significant authority on cri...

Flowers and Moonshine

Dudu · 1857 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)

London, Richardson Brothers, 1857. First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of this charming collection of whimsical short stories for children, including a group of mischievous fairies who visit a family. Signed and dedicated by the author. The first and only editi...

A Long and Happy Life and a Generous Man

Reynolds Price · 1962 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

New York, Atheneum , 1962-6. First edition. Cloth. Two first edition novels by Reynolds Price in their original unclipped dust wrappers. The first edition, with the second state dust wrapper with the darker green text to the rear for 'A Long and Happy Life', and the ...

The Seven Deadly Sins

Raymond Mortimer [ed]; Angus Wilson; Edith Sitwell; Cyril Connolly; Patrick Leigh Fermor et al. · 1962 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, Sunday Times Publication Ltd, 1962. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this collection of essays on the seven deadly sins, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression. An uncommon work. Illustrated with a monochrome illustrated...

Half a Life: A Novel

V. S. Naipaul · 2001 · Rooke Books

£34.00 (€40.75 | $44.92 | ¥7,173)

London, Picador, 2001. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition, first impression, of this insightful novel from Trinidadian-born British writer Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul. First edition, first impression. Willie Somerset Chandran is the son of a Brahmin father and a...

A Cannibal in Manhattan

Tama Janowitz · 1987 · Rooke Books

£64.00 (€76.71 | $84.55 | ¥13,502)

New York, Crown Publishers Inc. 1987. First edition. Cloth. A first edition, first printing, of this modern-day version of 'Candide' from American writer, Tama Janowitz. First edition, first printing. Illustrated with thirty-one figures across sixteen plates, many in...

The Londoners

Robert Hichens · 1898 · Rooke Books

£88.00 (€105.48 | $116.26 | ¥18,565)

Chicago, Herbert S. Stone & Company, 1898. First edition. Cloth. A smart first US edition of this satirical work on society life from English author Robert Hichens. First US edition, published the same year as the UK first. Uncommon edition. Following two smart young women; on...

Death of a Bride

G. D. H. & M. Cole · 1945 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

London, Vallancey Press Limited, 1945 . First edition. Cloth. A vanishingly scarce, first edition of this detective novel surrounding the mysterious death of new bride Anna Bredon, written by married couple G. D. H. & M. Cole. The first edition, first impression. Bound in the ...

Fashionable Philosophy and Other Sketches

Laurence Oliphant · 1887 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1887. First edition. Paperback. An anthology of four short tales by Laurence Oliphant, a very scarce first edition. The first edition of this very scarce work.An anthology of four short tales by Laurence Oliphant, with fantasti...