Narrativa e romanzi

Hamlet Had an Uncle: A Comedy of Honor

Branch Cabell · 1940 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

New York, Farrar & Rinehart Inc, 1940 . First edition. Cloth. A scarce signed limited edition of Branch Cadell's retelling of Hamlet. The second work in his 'Heirs and Assigns' trilogy. Number thirty-seven of one-hundred and twenty-five limited edition copies si...

The Loch

Janet Caird · 1968 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)

London, Geoffrey Bles, 1968. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this Scottish Highland set mystery novel by Janet Caird, signed by one of the publishers, Jocelyn Gibb, alongside the very scarce proof. The first edition, first impression.In the original unclipped dust w...

Empire

Terry Coleman · 1994 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

London, Sinclair-Stevenson, 1994. First edition. Cloth. A fine signed first edition copy of Terry Coleman's novel, inscribed by the author to Hungarian-Canadian author Stephen Vizinczey. The first edition of this uncommon work in the publisher's original cloth bindin...

Shalimar the Clown

Salman Rushdie · 2005 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)

London, Jonathan Cape, 2005 . First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition of Salman Rushdie's award winning novel in the original, unclipped dust wrapper. First edition, in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. Signed by...

The Sly Cormorant and the Fishes

Brian Patten · 1977 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,635)

London, Kestrel Books, 1977. First edition. Cloth. A fine first edition of Brian Patten's adaptation of Aesop's fables, illustrated and signed by Errol Le Cain. The first edition, first impression.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.Signed by Errol le Cain to the ...

The Magus, a Revised Version

John Fowles · 1977 · Rooke Books

£895.00 (€1,072.79 | $1,182.43 | ¥188,758)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1977 . Cloth. A signed copy of the revised edition of John Fowles's celebrated postmodern novel, reviewed by the Sunday Times as a 'deliciously toothsome celebration of wanton story-telling&apos. The first impression of the revised edition of F...

A Boy Like Walt

Dorothy Clewes · 1967 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)

New York, Coward-McCann, Inc. 1967 . First edition. Cloth. A signed first US edition of this novel by Dorothy Clewes, in the original, unclipped dust wrapper. First US edition, in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. First edi...

A Presumption of Death

Jill Paton Walsh; Dorothy L. Sayers · 2002 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 2002 . First edition. Cloth. A smart, first edition of this mystery novel by Jill Paton Walsh, continuing the Lord Peter Wimsey series, originated by Dorothy L. Sayers. This is a first edition of the work, in the original black cloth binding with ...

The Murder Bag

Tony Parsons · 2014 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

London, Century, 2014. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this thrilling novel from Parsons, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author to the title page. Detective Max Wolfe has recently joined the homicide division of London's West End Ce...

Siege

Simon Kernick · 2012 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

London, Bantam Press, 2012. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this exciting novel from Kernick, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author to the title page. When a group of gunmen storm the historic Stanhope Hotel on Park Lane, they give the g...

Skinner&Apos;S Round

Quintin Jardine · 1995 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

London, Headline, 1995. First edition. Cloth. A smart second impression of this exciting crime novel from Jardine, signed by the author. First edition, second impression. Signed by the author to the title page. The night before a four-day golf tournament involving the world&ap...

Soldier Spy

Tom Marcus · 2016 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

London, Michael Joseph, 2016. First edition. Hardback. A smartly presented, signed, first edition of this explosive story by former MI5 agent, Tom Marcus. This is a signed, first edition of the work, in the original publisher's binding with the original, unclipped dust wr...

The Torment of Others

Val McDermid · 2004 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

London, HarperCollins Publishers, 2004. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition, first impression of McDermid's fourth novel from her popular Tony Hill and Carol Jordan series. The first edition, first impression of this work in the publisher's original cloth bi...

Sinners and Shrouds

Jonathan Latimer · 1956 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

London, Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1956. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this stand-alone crime novel from Latimer. First edition. When Sam Clay wakes up in a strange apartment, to an aching head and a copper-taste in his mouth, with a very beautiful but very dead ...

The Last Arcadian

St. John Lucas · 1899 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,963)

London, Leonard Smithers, 1899. Cloth. A scarce work from St. John Lucas, signed by the author. Scarce work. Signed by the author to the front endpaper, with an inscription dated 1900. A collection of short stories or essays including: The Last Arcadian, Sword and Lyre, Remark...

Maiãoeâ‚Tresses

Laurent Duhamel Surville de Balzac · 1904 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

Paris, Albin Michel, [1904]. Leather. A very scarce novel by Laurent Duhamel Surville de Balzac, the great nephew of French realist writer Honoré de Balzac. A very scarce novel by Laurent Duhamel Surville de Balzac, the great nephew of French realist writer Honoré de Balzac. P...

Flashman

George MacDonald Fraser · 1969 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€407.54 | $449.19 | ¥71,707)

London, Herbert Jenkins, 1969 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of George MacDonald Fraser's first Flashman novel, the first of twelve works know collectively as 'The Flashman Papers&apos. The first edition, first impression in the publisher's original p...

The Art of Jane Austen

Samuel Alexander · 1928 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

Manchester , The University Press, 1928. Paperback. A very scarce signed copy of Samuel Alexander's study of Jane Austen's work. A very scarce work, rarely seen in commerce and found institutionally in six libraries including the British Library and the National Libr...

D.H. Lawrence and Maurice Magnus, a Plea for Better Manners

Norman Douglas · 1925 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.85 | ¥83,307)

London, Privately Printed, 1925. Paperback. A signed presentation copy of Norman Douglas's response to D.H. Lawrence's attack on American travel writer Maurice Magnus, including a signed letter from Douglas to sculptor John Tweed. Flat signed to the title page '...

The Navigator

Jules Roy; Mervyn Savill [trans] · 1955 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

New York, Alfred A. Knopf , 1955. First edition. Cloth. The first American edition of this novel by Jules Roy, complete with its scarce dust wrapper. The first American edition of this work, published in English in the UK edition in the same year. Translated from the French by...