Narrativa e romanzi

Shadowmancer

Graham Peter Taylor · 2003 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

London, Faber and Faber, 2003 . Cloth. The special hardback edition of G. P. Taylor's best selling novel, signed by the author. Special edition of Shadowmancer by G. P. Taylor in the original publisher's cloth binding and unclipped dust wrapper. The first impression ...

Elise Venner a Romance of Destiny

Oliver Wendell Holmes · 1895 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,799)

Boston and New York, Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1895. Leather. A lovely leather bound copy of Elise Venner, a romance of destiny by Oliver Wendell Holmes. From the series of The Writings of Oliver Wendell Holmes, being volume five of thirteen of the Riverside edition. Elise...

Aspects of Modern Poetry

Edith Sitwell · 1934 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,635)

London, Duckworth, 1934. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this critique of late 19th century and early 20th century poetry, signed by the author Edith Sitwell. A first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding. Inscribed by the author to ...

A Master of Fortune

Julian Sturgis · 1896 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)

London, Hutchinson & Co. 1896. First edition. Leather. An early edition of this novel by Julian Sturgis signed, inscribed and dated by the author. Early edition of A Master of Fortune by Julian Sturgis in Root & Son signed half calf binding. Signed, inscribed and dated 1896 to...

The German Novelists: Tales Selected from Ancient and Modern Authors in That Language: From the Earliest Period Down to the Close of the Eighteenth Century. Translated from the Originals: With Critical and Biographical Notices

Thomas Roscoe [ed., trans] · 1826 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,453)

London, Henry Colburn, 1826. First edition. Leather. A collection of Germany's popular prose fictions compiled, translated and introduced by Thomas Roscoe A four volume collection of Germany's popular prose fictions compiled and translated by Thomas Roscoe. A first e...

View Thy Trespass; Jenny Peters

C. H. Dudley Ward · 1908 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

London, John Ouseley; T. Fisher Unwin, 1908-9. First edition. Leather. Two scarce first edition novels by Dudley Ward in bright uniform Spottiswoode signed bindings. Two very scarce first edition novels by British author Dudley Ward (1879-1945). Bound in uniform half calf bind...

The Minotaur

Barbara Vine [Ruth Rendell] · 2005 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

New York, Shaye Areheart Books, 2005 . Cloth. The first US edition, first printing of one of Ruth Rendell's crime novels, signed by the author. The first US edition, first impression of The Minotaur in the original publisher's cloth binding and unclipped dust wrapper...

Pere Goriot

Honore de Balzac · 1950 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.30 | ¥17,927)

New York; Toronto, Rinehart & Co. [1950]. Leather. A beautiful copy of Honore de Balzac's famous French novel, in a Maurin signed binding. US edition. Originally published in the original French in 1853, included in the 'Scenes de la vie privée' of Honore de Bal...

Aristotle Detective

Margaret Doody · 1978 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

London, The Bodley Head, 1978. First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of this historical detective work by Margaret Doody. First UK edition. Signed and inscribed by the author. In 332BD, Athens is ruled by the barbarian Alexander the Great. In the midst of unrest, an emine...

The Vicar of Wakefield

Oliver Goldsmith · 1904 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1904 . Leather. A striking edition of Oliver Goldsmith's popular eighteenth century novel, illustrated throughout by Hugh Thomson, and in a signed full morocco binding. A wonderful copy of Hugh Thomson's illustrated edition of Oliver Goldsmi...

Killigrew Series

Jonathan Lunn [Daniel Hall] · 2000 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)

London, Headline, 2000-05. First edition. Cloth. Lovely complete collection of the 'Killigrew' series by Jonathan Lunn, all first impressions, four of six are signed by the author. Complete Killigrew series with six novels: Killigrew RN; Killigrew and the Golden Drag...

A Burnt-out Case

Graham Greene · 1961 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.84 | $151.93 | ¥24,254)

London, Heinemann, 1961. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first UK edition of Graham Greene's A Burnt-Out Case, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first UK edition of this novel in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrappe...

Hollywood a Novel of the Twenties

Gore Vidal · 1989 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

London , Andre Deutsch, 1989. First edition. Cloth. A wonderful first edition, signed copy of Gore Vidal's fifth installment of the Narratives of Empire series. A first edition, first impression copy. Signed by the author to the title page.Hollywood, a novel of the twenti...

Perlycross a Tale of the Western Hills

R. D. Blackmore · 1894 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,816)

London, Sampson Low, Marston, & Company Limited, 1894. Cloth. An early reprint of this popular novel by R. D. Blackmore, a signed association copy, inscribed from the author to his niece. Signed by the author to the half-title, a touching association copy. Inscribed 'To m...

1938 Hot Water

P. G. Wodehouse · 1938 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,709)

London, Herbert Jenkins Limited, c1938 . Cloth. The fourth printing of P. G. Wodehouse's drama novel. Early edition, fourth printing of Hot Water by P. G. Wodehouse in the original publisher's red cloth binding. 'Fourth printing completing 51,007 copies' to...

The Moment and Other Essays

Virginia Woolf · 1947 · Rooke Books

£455.00 (€545.38 | $601.12 | ¥95,961)

London, The Hogarth Press, 1947. First edition. Cloth. A lovely copy of this collection of twenty nine essays by noted Bloomsbury author, Virginia Woolf, in the decorative unclipped dust wrapper designed by Vanessa Bell. The first edition, first impression. In the original unc...

Elmet

Fiona Mozley · 2017 · Rooke Books

£46.00 (€55.14 | $60.77 | ¥9,702)

London, JM Originals, 2017 . First edition. Paperback. The signed first edition, first printing of Fiona Mozley's debut novel with unclipped French folds. First edition, first printing of Elmet by Fiona Mozley in original publisher's paper wraps with unclipped French...

The World of Raymond Chandler

Miriam Gross (Ed.) · 1977 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,014)

London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1977. First edition. Hardback. A fascinating first edition collection of essays regarding the life and works of Raymond Chandler. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth binding with unclipped dust wrapper designed by David Go...

Armadillo

William Boyd · 1998 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1998. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first impression of this novel by William Boyd, signed by the author. William Boyd's seventh novel, first to be set in Britain. Following Lorimer Black, a successful loss adjuster, as his life starts to unr...

A World of Love Eleanor Roosevelt and Her Friends 1943-1962

Joseph P. Lash · 1984 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

Pennsylvania , The Franklin Library , 1984. First edition. Leather. A stunning, limited first edition signed book containing the letters of Eleanor Roosevelt collated by her close friend Joseph Paul Lash. This is a stunning limited first edition of A World of Love, which has b...