Narrativa e romanzi

Felicite Etude Sur la Poesie de Marceline Desbordes-Valmore

Robert De Montesquiou-Fezensac · 1894 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

Paris, A Lemerre Editeur, 1894. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Robert de Montesquiou's essay on the poetry of Marceline Desbordes-Valmore. The first edition, with the original wraps bound in. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece of Marceline Desbordes-Valm...

Junius

Junius · 1801 · Rooke Books

£425.00 (€509.43 | $561.48 | ¥89,662)

London, T. Bensley, 1801. Leather. A smart, early edition of Junius' satirical and scathing letters, attacking the government of George III. Illustrated throughout. An early edition of this selection of letters from Junius, complete in two volumes. Each volume features th...

Sensualite Amoureuse

Jean Lourrain · 1901 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

Paris, Corbeil , 1901. First edition. Paperback. A scarce first edition novel by symbolist poet Jean Lourrain. The first edition of this work.Scarce in the original wraps. Illustrated throughout, with numerous illustrations depicting romantic scenes. Jean Lorrain was a Frenc...

Astra Les Joies Du Crime Resurrection Divine

Ivan Dietschine · 1894 · Rooke Books

£1,200.00 (€1,438.39 | $1,585.37 | ¥253,163)

Paris, Chamuel Editeur, 1894. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce, first and only edition of this novel symoblist author Ivan Dietschine. A very scarce work, with only two listings on Worldcat and no records on Jisc. In the original French.Dietschine was also the author o...

The Road to Corlay

Richard Cowper · 1978 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Victor Gollancz, 1978. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of Richard Cowper's exciting science fiction novel, the first novel in a series, in the iconic original yellow Gollancz dust wrapper. Set a thousand years into the future, Britain has become seven ...

Under the Water

Maurice Noel · 1886 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.31 | ¥58,016)

Bristol, J. W. Arrowsmith, 1886. First edition. Cloth. A charming first edition Victorian children's novel, following two children who get stuck in the underwater world. Illustrated beautifully by E. A. Lemann. The vanishingly scarce first edition of this work.An exciting...

Nebula Award Stories

Brian W. Aldiss; Harry Harrison; Roger Zelazny; James Blish; et al. · 1967 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

London, Gollancz, 1967-1972. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce, assorted collection of science fiction novels, award winners and runners-up for the Nebula Award from 1966 to 1971, in the unclipped dust wrapper. Volumes 2, 3, and 5 to 7 of the Gollancz...

The Man with the Golden Gun

Ian Fleming · 1965 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.50 | $495.43 | ¥79,113)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1965. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of Ian Fleming's final novel in the Jame's Bond series, published posthumously. 'The Man with the Golden Gun' is the best-selling final novel of Fleming's Bond series. The work fo...

The Works of the Late Right Honorable Joseph Addison

Joseph Addison · 1761 · Rooke Books

£900.00 (€1,078.79 | $1,189.03 | ¥189,872)

London, J and R Tonson, 1761. Leather. A very smart first Baskerville edition of Joseph Addison's works. Comprising his works of fiction and non-fiction. Illustrated, with a frontispiece and three engraved plates to volume I. An additional six plates of medals to volume I...

Devon Holiday

Henry Williamson · 1935 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1935. First edition. Cloth. A diverting 1935 first edition in which four friends walk and tell tales while hiking over moors A first edition in the scarce original dustwrapper, unclipped. A light hearted narrative in which Henry Williamson intended to ev...

The Phasian Bird

Henry Williamson · 1948 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Faber and Faber , 1948. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition copy of this novel by Henry Williamson recounting the story of a game bird. The first edition of this fictional work by Henry Williamson recounting the story of a game bird, a hybrid pheasant, dur...

A Mine of Serpents

Jocelyn Brooke · 1949 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, The Bodley Head, 1949. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of the second work in Brooke's Orchid trilogy, complete with a superior unclipped dust wrapper and illustrated throughout. Handling the themes of childhood, soldiering and travelling, this semi-autobiogr...

Unconditional Surrender

Evelyn Waugh · 1961 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,207)

London, Chapman and Hall , 1961. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition of the conclusive novel for Men at Arms and Officers and Gentleman by the popular author Evelyn Waugh, in the original, unclipped dustwrapper. The first edition of this work. The conclusion to Evely...

Gunmen&Apos;S Holiday

Charles Maxwell Knight · 1935 · Rooke Books

£3,400.00 (€4,075.44 | $4,491.88 | ¥717,294)

London, Philip Allan, 1935. First edition. Cloth. An extremely scarce first edition copy of Charles Maxwell Knight's detective fiction novel 'Gunmen's Holiday&apos. With fascinating association. Accompanied by a hand-painted wooden diorama of a dalmation and chi...

Five Science Fiction Novels

Martin Greenberg · 1952 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

New York, Gnome Press, 1952. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this fantastic collection of science fiction novels, with works by van Vogt, Leiber and Norman L. Knight. Contains 'The Chronicler' by A. E. van Vogt, 'Destiny Times Three' by Fritz Leibe...

The Black House

Paul Theroux · 1974 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1974. First edition. Cloth. A fine signed first edition of this popular Paul Theroux novel, signed by Theroux to the title page. The first edition of this work.Signed by the author to the title page.In the original price-clipped dustwrapper, with publi...

Space Platform

Murray Leinster; [William Fitzgerald Jenkins] · 1953 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

Chicago, Shasta Publishers, 1953. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this exhilarating young adult sci-fi novel by Murray Leinster. The first edition of this work.Signed by the author to the recto to the front endpaper.In the original unclipped dustwrapper.A young...

Lies of Silence

Brian Moore · 1990 · Rooke Books

£79.00 (€94.69 | $104.37 | ¥16,667)

London, Bloomsbury, 1990. First edition. Cloth. A lovely limited edition of Brian Moore's novel 'Lies of Silence', signed by the author and complete with a glassine dust wrapper. 'Lies of Silence' is a 1990 novel focusing on the effects that The Troubl...

The Portreeve

Eden Phillpotts · 1906 · Rooke Books

£600.00 (€719.20 | $792.68 | ¥126,581)

New York, The Macmillan Company, 1906. Cloth. An author's presentation copy of his novel, in which he has written a length inscription lamenting and criticising the work. Like many of Phillpotts' works, this novel was set in Devon.Eden Phillpotts (1862-1960) was an e...

According to Queeney

Beryl Bainbridge · 2001 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

London, Little, Brown and Company, 2001. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this exciting historical fiction novel about Samuel Johnson, and his friendship with Queeney Thrale. The first edition, first impression, of this work.Signed by the author to the title pag...