Narrativa e romanzi

The Impressionist

Hari Kunzru · 2002 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

London, Hamish Hamilton, 2002. First edition. Cloth. An exceptional signed, first edition copy of Hari Kunzru's award winning debut novel. The first edition, with the original unclipped dustwrapper. Signed by Hari Kunzru to the title page of the novel. Loosely inserted is...

A Whispered Name

William Brodrick · 2008 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

London, Little, Brown, 2008. First edition. Cloth. A fine first edition, first impression, of this touching novel about the First World War, in a fine unclipped dustwrapper, with the proof copy. The first edition, first impression of this work. In the original unclipped dustwr...

The Death Wish

Vera Caspary · 1951 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.08 | ¥50,617)

London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1951. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of Vera Caspary's popular love story, in the lovely original pictorial unclipped dustwrapper. The first edition of this work under the title 'The Death Wish', previously published th...

Julian Symons at 80 a Tribute

Various · 1992 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.08 | ¥50,617)

Helsinki , Euographica, 1992. First edition. Cloth. The first limited edition of this tribute to Julian Symons on his eightieth birthday, signed by thirteen of the contributors, including Reginald Hill. The first edition of this work. A limited edition work, limited to one tho...

The Wooden Shepherdess

Richard Hughes · 1973 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1973. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of Richard Hughes' popular novel set in prohibition era America. The first edition of this work, Inscribe by the author to the half-title. In the original unclipped dustwrapper. With the scarce wr...

I Promessi Sposi Storia Milanese Del Secolo XVII

Alessandro Manzoni · 1828 · Rooke Books

£1,750.00 (€2,097.63 | $2,312.01 | ¥369,080)

Parigi; Paris, Baudry, 1828. Leather. A beautiful and excellently bound copy of the fourth edition of the famous novel 'I Promessi Sposi', a historical novel by the Italian Alessandro Manzoni. The fourth edition of this work. Complete in three volumes. In Italian. In...

Under Your Skin

Sabine Durrant · 2013 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)

London, Mulholland Books, 2013. First edition. Hardback. An excellent signed first edition of Sabine Durrant's twisting thriller. This signed first edition of novelist and journalist Sabine Durrant's thriller 'Under Your Skin', which follows a woman who fin...

The Chalon Heads

Barry Maitland · 1999 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

London, Orion, 1999. First edition. Hardback. An excellent, signed, first edition of Barry Maitland's mystery novel. This signed first edition of crime fiction author Barry Maitland's mystery thriller 'The Chalon Heads' features Scotland Yard detectives Bro...

Cold Harbour

Jack Higgins; [Henry Patterson] · 1990 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.59 | ¥35,853)

New York, Simon and Schuster, 1990. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition, first impression, of Jack Higgins' exciting and suspenseful novel set during the Second World War. The first edition, first impression of this work, being the first US edition. Signed by the...

Day of Judgment

Jack Higgins; [Henry Patterson] · 1979 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

New York, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1979. First edition. Cloth. A signed first US edition of Jack Higgins' novel set in 1963 during President Kennedy's tour of Germany, in the original unclipped dustwrapper. The first US edition of this work. Signed by the author t...

Drink with the Devil

Jack Higgins; [Henry Patterson] · 1996 · Rooke Books

£265.00 (€317.64 | $350.10 | ¥55,889)

London, Michael Joseph, 1996. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of Jack Higgins' exciting and thrilling novel set in Northern Ireland during peacetime, signed with a certificate of authenticity. The first edition, second impression of this work. Signed by the a...

On Dangerous Grounds

Jack Higgins · 1994 · Rooke Books

£280.00 (€335.62 | $369.92 | ¥59,053)

London, Michael Joseph, 1994. First edition. Hardback. An excellent signed first edition of Jack Higgins' globetrotting thriller. This signed, first edition of best-selling author Jack Higgins' globetrotting thriller 'On Dangerous Ground', which features hi...

Blood Is Dirt

Robert Wilson · 1997 · Rooke Books

£220.00 (€263.70 | $290.65 | ¥46,399)

London, Harper Collins, 1997. First edition. Hardback. An excellent, scarcely found signed, first edition of Robert Wilson's crime thriller. This scarcely found signed first edition of acclaimed British crime writer Robert Wilson's 'Blood Is Dirt' is the th...

Dandelion Days

Henry Williamson · 1930 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,799)

London, Faber and Faber Limited, 1930. Cloth. A scarce limited edition revised copy of Henry Williamson's second book in his 'The Flax of a Dream' series, signed and numbered by the author. Henry Williamson was a renowned English author of wildlife novels and wo...

Pericles and Aspasia

Walter Savage Landor · 1841 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

London, Saunders and Otley, 1841. Leather. The second edition of Walter Savage Landor's historical fictional work on Aspasia and her relationship with Pericles. Complete in two volumes. The second edition of this work. 'Pericles and Aspasia' describes the develo...

Aphrodite in Aulis

George Moore · 1930 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1930. Vellum. A signed limited edition of this romantic novel 'Aphrodite in Aulis' by George Moore. A limited edition work, being numbered 1473 of 1825. Numbers 1 to 900 were for sale in Great Britain and Ireland, numbers 901 to 1800 we...

John Halifax, Gentleman

[Dinah Craik] · 1895 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

London, Hurst and Blackett, Limited, 1895. Leather. A copy of 'John Halifax, Gentleman' by Dinah Criak, in a signed armorial binding from the Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney. 'John Halifax, Gentleman' was first published in 1856. It is set in the ...

Difficulties with Girls

Kingsley Amis · 1988 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)

London, Hutchinson, 1988. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this novel, signed by Kingsley Amis to the title page. In the original unclipped dustwrapper designed by Patrick McCreeth. Kingsley Amis was an English novelist, poet, critic and teacher. Amis's first no...

Girl, 20

Kingsley Amis · 1971 · Rooke Books

£210.00 (€251.72 | $277.44 | ¥44,290)

New York, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1971. First edition. Cloth. The first U.S edition of this novel by Kingsley Amis. Signed by Amis to the title page. This novel is a dissection of the flower-power phase of the 1960s. It follows the antihero, Sir Roy Vandervane, a conductor ...

The Savoy, an Illustrated Monthly: No. 3, July 1896; No. 4, August 1896

Various [ed. by Arthur Symons] · 1896 · Rooke Books

£460.00 (€551.38 | $607.73 | ¥97,015)

London, Leonard Smithers, 1896. Cloth. Two volumes in one of the influential short-lived illustrated monthly magazine of the Decadent movement, with the original paper wraps by Aubrey Beardsley bound inside. The first editions of Nos. 3 and 4 of The Savoy, the short-lived illu...