Narrativa e romanzi

The Deerslayer a Tale

J. Fenimore Cooper · 1841 · Rooke Books

£385.00 (€461.48 | $508.64 | ¥81,223)

London , Richard Bentley, 1841. First edition. Leather. The first UK edition of this novel by J. Fenimore Cooper. The Deerslayer, or The First Warpath (1841) was the last of James Fenimore Cooper's Leatherstocking tales to be written. Its 1740-1745 time period makes it th...

The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night Translated from the Arabic by Sir R F Burton

Richard F. Burton (translator); Leonard C Smithers (ed.). · 1894 · Rooke Books

£995.00 (€1,192.67 | $1,314.53 | ¥209,914)

London, H S Nichols, 1894. Cloth. The 'Library Edition' of The Book of The Thousand Nights and a Night. This edition was edited by the friend of the translator Richard Burton, Leonard C Smithers. This is the first of Nichols and Smithers' fine library edition. P...

A Selection of Waverley Novels First and Early Editions

Sir Walter Scott · 1819 · Rooke Books

£700.00 (€839.06 | $924.80 | ¥147,678)

Edinburgh, Archibald Constable and Co, 1819 - 1824. Cloth. A selection of works by Sir Walter Scott. Comprising of the following: St Ronan's Well, three volumes, first edition (1824) with half-titles as called for. The Fortunes of Nigel, Second Edition, same year as first...

Six Works of Charles Edward Montague

Charles Edward Montague · 1910 · Rooke Books

£199.99 (€239.72 | $264.21 | ¥42,192)

London, Methuen & Co.; Chatto & Windus, 1910-27. Cloth. A wonderful set of Montague first editions in a uniform binding, with the added treasure of the original bindings bound in to the rear. Works in this set are A Hind Let Loose, Dramatic Values, The Morning's War, Dise...

Children of Light

Robert Stone · 1986 · Rooke Books

£39.99 (€47.93 | $52.83 | ¥8,437)

London, Andre Deutsch, 1986. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this touching novel from Robert Stone. The story tracks the lives of Gordon Walker, a failed playwright in his 40s and modestly successful screenwriter-actor, and his old flame Lu Anne 'Lee Verger&apo...

An Angel in Australia

Thomas Keneally · 2002 · Rooke Books

£49.99 (€59.92 | $66.04 | ¥10,546)

Sydney , Doubleday, 2002. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of Thomas Keneally's 'An Angel in Australia&apos. Neatly signed by the author to the title page. "A story of a catholic priest in Sydney during the second world war and the dilemma posed by the confessio...

In the Frame

Dick Francis · 1976 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.83 | $171.75 | ¥27,426)

London, Michael Joseph, 1976. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this thriller by Dick Francis, with an ink inscription by the author to front free endpaper. The inscription reads 'Christmas 1976. John, may all your bets finish right at the top of the 'frame&ap...

The Open Window

E. Temple Thurston · 1913 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Chapman and Hall, 1913. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon first edition of E. Temple Thurston's 'The Open Window', illustrated by Charles Robinson. Thurston was and Anglo-Irish poet, playwright and author, perhaps known best for his novel 'The City ...

The Devil&Apos;S Novice a Novel for Medieval Suspense

Ellis Peters · 1984 · Rooke Books

£69.99 (€83.89 | $92.47 | ¥14,766)

New York, William Morrow and Company, Inc, 1984. First edition. Cloth. A first US edition of this medieval mystery novel by Ellis Peters, set in fall 1140. It is the eighth novel in the Cadfael Chronicles, first published in 1983. It is the Anarchy, when Empress Maud's fo...

Disappeared

Colin Falconer · 1997 · Rooke Books

£26.99 (€32.35 | $35.66 | ¥5,694)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1997. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this thriller, about an Argentinian family during a summer night in 1976. The first printing of this Colin Falconer thriller. Colin Falconer is the pen name of Colin Bowles, born in North London, 19...

Pieces of Light

Adam Thorpe · 1998 · Rooke Books

£32.00 (€38.36 | $42.28 | ¥6,751)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1998. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this novel about self-discovery from Adam Thorpe. First printing. Adam Thorpe (born 5 December 1956, Paris, France) is a British poet, novelist and playwright whose works also include short stories and rad...

Spy Sinker

Len Deighton · 1990 · Rooke Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

London, A Cornelia and Michael Bessie Book, 1990. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of this classic Len Deighton espionage thriller. First edition thus (first published by Hutchinson), first printing. It is the final novel in the second of three trilogies about ...

I Am the Only Running Footman

Martha Grimes · 1986 · Rooke Books

£39.99 (€47.93 | $52.83 | ¥8,437)

Boston, Little, Brown, and Company, 1986. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this mysterious crime novel from Martha Grimes. This is the eighth in the Richard Jury series. Martha Grimes is an American detective author, and is best known for her series featuring Richard...

The Old Devils

Kingsley Amis · 1986 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Hutchinson, 1986. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of 'The Old Devils' by Kingsley Amis. "'The Old Devils' shows the awful and absurd consequences when a group of men and women begin to move out of the comfortable shelter of middle age into a n...

The China Roundabout

Josephine Bell · 1956 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,207)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1956. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of this crime novel by Josephine Bell. Scarce with the dustwrapper. Josephine Bell was the pseudonym of Doris Bell Collier, an English physician and writer, famous for her nineteen novels and fort...

Tough Guys Don&Apos;T Dance

Norman Mailer · 1984 · Rooke Books

£39.99 (€47.93 | $52.83 | ¥8,437)

London, Michael Joseph , 1984. First edition. Cloth. This first edition dramatic murder mystery explores sexuality, power, and the soul of 21st century man. "'Tough Guys Don't Dance' is a brilliant and disturbing tour de force in which the sexual power game at i...

Lake of Dead Languages

Carol Goodman · 2002 · Rooke Books

£24.99 (€29.95 | $33.02 | ¥5,272)

New York, Ballantine Books, 2002. First edition. Cloth. The first printing of this dark tale from Carol Goodman. Signed by the author to the title page. Jane Hudson left the Heart Lake School for Girls after the mysterious suicide of her roommates. Now, 20 years later, she is ...

Burn Marks

Sara Paretsky · 1990 · Rooke Books

£49.99 (€59.92 | $66.04 | ¥10,546)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1990. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of 'Burn Marks' by Sara Paretsky. Signed by the author to the title page. "Burn Marks confirms Sara Paretsky as a mistress of the contemporary crime novel, in a class with P.D. James and Ruth...

Tread Softly

Georgie Hale · 2000 · Rooke Books

£32.99 (€39.54 | $43.58 | ¥6,960)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 2000. First edition. Cloth. The first printing of this crime thriller about a murderer who preys on redheads from Georgie Hale. 'Drawing on her own experience of both universities and the law, Georgie Hale has crafted a stunningly original no...

An Embarrassment of Corpses

Alan Beechey · 1997 · Rooke Books

£29.99 (€35.95 | $39.62 | ¥6,327)

New York, St Martin's Press, 1997. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this murder mystery novel from Alan Beechey. ''An Embarrassment of Corpses', by first-time author Alan Beechey, is a comic mystery with a cast of British eccentrics and an ingenio...