Narrativa e romanzi

The Butterfly

Various · 1899 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Grant Richards, 1899. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the first six issues of the new series of 'The Butterfly', a popular literary periodical. The first edition.Six issues bound in one volume, the new series of 'The Butterfly', this volu...

The Eagle&Apos;S Heart

Hamlin Garland · 1900 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

New York, D. Appleton and Company, 1900. First edition. Cloth. An inscribed first edition copy of this early example of an American Western by Hamlin Garland, signed by the author. The uncommon first edition.Signed by the author, inscribed to the recto of the front endpaper, a...

Wolf Hall

Hilary Mantel · 2009 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

London, Fourth Estate, 2009 . First edition. Cloth. A signed copy of the second impression of Hilary Mantel's award winning historical fiction novel about the rise and fall of Thomas Cromwell in the court of Henry VIII. The first edition, second impression of this celebra...

The Virginians

William Makepeace Thackeray · 1858 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

London, Bradbury & Evans, 1858-1859 . First edition. Leather. The first edition off this historical novel from the author of 'Vanity Fair', illustrated by Thackeray himself. Bound from the original parts, and with the publisher's original wraps bound in. The fir...

Ship Island and Other Stories

Elizabeth Spencer · 1968 · Rooke Books

£68.00 (€81.51 | $89.84 | ¥14,346)

New York , McGraw-Hill Book Company , 1968. First edition. Hardback. A signed first edition of this wonderful collection of short stories, two of which are O. Henry Award winners. The first edition of this work.Signed and dated inscription by the author to the front free endpa...

Dead Man Leading

V. S. Pritchett · 1937 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)

New York , The Macmillan Company , 1937. Cloth. A very smart first edition of V. S. Pritchett's thrilling novel in the original dust wrapper. The first edition of this work.In the publisher's original clipped dust wrapper, with the original price in-tact. In the ori...

A Modern Sacrifice

James Blyth · 1919 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.85 | $151.93 | ¥24,261)

London , John Long, Limited , 1919. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this very scarce romance novel by prolific popular fiction writer James Blyth, with publisher's advertisements. A first edition of this very scarce work.With publisher's advertisements to th...

A Longshore Lass

James Blyth · 1910 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London , F. V. White & Co. Ltd. 1910. First edition. Cloth. A scarce work by prolific popular fiction author James Blyth of friendship and romance set in a quaint fishing village. A first edition of this scarce work.In the publisher's original cloth binding. With publish...

A Collection of Novels by Scott Spencer

Scott Spencer · 1976 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1976-1986. First edition. Cloth. Three very smart first edition novels from American writer Scott Spencer, with the original unclipped dust wrappers. Three volumes. First edition. Written by Scott Spencer, an American author and screenwriter. This se...

Rockspring: A Novel

R. G. Vliet · 1974 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

New York, The Viking Press, 1974. Cloth. A smart first edition of this thrilling Western from American writer Russell G. Vliet. First edition. The author's first novel. Set in Texas in the wild 1830s, the daughter of poor white pioneers is kidnapped by three Mexican outla...

Bad Characters

Jean Stafford · 1964 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

New York, Farrar, Straus and Company, 1964. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of short stories from Pulitzer Prize winning American author Jean Stafford. First edition, first impression. This work contains nine short stories, alongside a novella, a...

The Luck of a Lowland Laddie

May Crommelin · 1900 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

London, John Long, 1900 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce, first edition of this exciting South American adventure novel, written by Irish author May Crommelin. The first edition. Bound in the publisher's original pictorial cloth. Written by prolific Irish author, Mar...

Down Oxford Street

Ralph L. Finn · 1944 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)

London, Hutchinson & Co. 1944. First edition. Cloth. A scarce, first edition of this charming work of romantic fiction set on Oxford Street, written by Ralph L. Finn, with the very scarce, original dust wrapper. Bound in the publisher's original cloth, with the original, ...

A Whip for the Woman

Ralph Straus · 1931 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Chapman and Hall Limited, 1931. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this intriguing volume of literary criticism, exploring the idea of a novel, by Ralph Straus. From the library of journalist and politician Sir Beverley Baxter. The first edition, first impressi...

Hollywood Station

Joseph Wambaugh · 2006 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, Little, Brown and Company, 2006 . First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition Joseph Wambaugh detective fiction novel about the LAPD, with further inscriptions from fellow crime authors James Ellroy and Michael Connelly. The first edition, first printing of this novel...

Variation on a Theme

John Collier · 1935 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Grayson & Grayson, 1935 . First edition. Cloth. A signed limited edition of this amusing supernatural story by popular twentieth century British author and screenwriter John Collier. Number 137 of 250 signed and numbered copies by the author.A short, humorous, supernat...

The Caves of Treasure

Roy Norton · 1925 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, [1925]. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce novel in which a lost Mayan world is discovered. The first edition. First published in 'Red Magazine' 1919 and 1920 as two serials. In the publisher's original blind st...

Cormorant Crag a Tale of the Smuggling Days

Geo Manville Fenn · 1896 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, S. W. Partridge and Co, [1896]. First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of George Manville Fenn's smuggling novel, beautifully illustrated by W. Rainey. The first UK edition. First published in the United States in 1895 by Dodd, Mead and Company.Illustrated wit...

The Etchingham Letters

Ella Fuller Maitland; Sir Frederick Pollock, Bart · 1899 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London , Smith, Elder & Co. 1899. First edition. Leather. A scarce first edition of this work told through skillful and immersive letters, with beautiful half morocco binding and decorative fore edge. In half morocco binding.A scarce first edition of this work. With a tipped ...

Men of Stones: A Melodrama

Rex Warner · 1949 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London , The Bodley Head, 1949. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of the melodrama novel written by English writer and translator Rex Warner, The first edition, first impression of this work of speculative fiction. Signed by the author to the front board cloth. In...