Narrativa e romanzi

The Temptation of St. Anthony

Gustave Flaubert, [trans. and int. by Lafcadio Hearn] · 1910 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

New York, The Alice Harriman Company, 1910. Cloth. A translated edition of Fluabert's classic work on the famous biblical tale, signed by Alice Harriman, known to be the world's first female publisher. A translated American edition of The Temptation of St. Anthony, t...

Poems by C. Churchill. Containing the Rosciad. The Apology. Night. The Prophecy of Famine. An Epistle to William Hogarth. And the Ghost, in Four Books. Volume I. And Poems by C. Churchill. Containing the Conference. The Author. The Duellist. Gotham, in Three Books. The Candidate. The Farewell. The Times. Independence. And Fragment of Journey. Volume II.

Charles Churchill · 1763 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.85 | ¥83,307)

London, For the Author; John Churchill, 1763-65. First edition. Leather. A fantastic, leather bound first collected edition of poetic works by Charles Churchill, published by the poet with volume two signed by his brother. The very scarce, first collected works of English sati...

Black Venus

Angela Carter · 1985 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)

London, Chatto and Windus; The Hogarth Press, 1985 . First edition. Cloth. A fine, signed first edition copy of this extraordinary short story compilation by feminist writer Angela Carter with the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition. Signed by the author to the ...

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Len Deighton · 1981 · Rooke Books

£238.00 (€285.28 | $314.43 | ¥50,195)

London, Hutchinson, 1981. First edition. Hardback. An excellent signed first edition of Deighton's thrilling spy novel. An excellent first edition of Leonard Cyril Deighton's thirteenth novel. Signed by the author to bookplate on front free, dated March 1986. Signed ...

The Pilgrim of Eternity

John Drinkwater · 1925 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1925 . First edition. Leather. With a letter from publisher Sir Ernest Hodder-Williams, this a specially bound first edition of John Drinkwater's biography of Byron, presented by the publisher to the author. The first edition of this work, in...

The Novels of P.D. James

P.D. James · 1989 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,963)

London, Faber and Faber, 1989-2011. First edition. Cloth. The first editions of six novels from British literary figure P.D. James, including signed works, Children of Men, her autobiography, and those from her celebrated Adam Dalgleish series. The first editions of six brilli...

The Youth&Apos;S Magazine or Evangelical Miscellany

Anonymous · 1835 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,453)

London, Hamilton Adams and Co. 1835-1839. Leather. A four volume set of this popular magazine for young people, 'The Youth's Magazine or Evangelical Miscellany', in leather binding. Comprising volumes: Vol VIII Third Series (1835), Vol X Third Series (1837), Vol...

Bent Grasses a Jacko Inquiry

Frank Palmer · 1993 · Rooke Books

£39.99 (€47.93 | $52.83 | ¥8,434)

London, Constable, 1993. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of the mystery novel by Frank Palmer. Frank Palmer's thriller begins in the Fenland hamlet of New York, and ends in Manhattan, as DI 'Jacko' Jackson investigates unravelling events following t...

A Mortal Affair

Stella Allan · 1979 · Rooke Books

£37.99 (€45.54 | $50.19 | ¥8,012)

London, Collins, 1979. First edition. Cloth. A scarce signed copy of this Stella Allan crime novel. First US edition. Inscribed by the author to the front free-endpaper. 'This gripping novel of betrayal will keep the reader guessing up to the last page.' In the origi...

A Question of Guilt

Frances Fyfield · 1988 · Rooke Books

£69.99 (€83.89 | $92.47 | ¥14,761)

London, William Heinemann , 1988. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of 'A Question of Guilt' by Frances Fyfield. A near-fine signed first edition of criminal solicitor Frances Fyfield's disturbing crime novel. When a shrewd and wealthy widow falls in ...

The Gaudy Shadows

John Brunner · 1970 · Rooke Books

£300.00 (€359.59 | $396.34 | ¥63,271)

London, Constable, 1970. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this novel by science fiction writer John Brunner. A scarce work by Brunner, especially with the original unclipped dustwrapper. With the bookplate of Brunner to the front pastedown which depicts the author in...

Ournal 1936-7, Death of an Explorer, Leon Chestov

David Gascoyne · 1980 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

London, Enitharmon Press, 1980. First edition. Cloth. A selection of writings by David Gascoyne. First edition of these works collected together in book form. Signed and numbered by the author to half title page 45/95. With original unclipped dustwrapper. David Gascoyne was an...

Face to Face

Nadine Gordimer · 1949 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,216)

Johannesburg, Silver Leaf Books , 1949. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of Nadine Gordimer's first novel. Neatly signed by the author to the title page. With a facsimile dustwrapper from the original designed by Ernest Ullmann. In original cloth binding with a facsi...

In the Place of Fallen Leaves

Tim Pears · 1993 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1993. First edition. Cloth. Tim Pears' debut novel, 'In The Place of Fallen Leaves&apos. First edition, first impression. With original unclipped dustwrapper and with original white wraparound. Signed by Pears to the title page. 'In The ...

Fair Game

Gerald Hammond · 1982 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

London, Macmillan, 1982. First edition. Cloth. "Gunlore, gamesmanship, poaching, womanising, a sharp sense of humour, and sudden death." A signed, scarce first edition of this parochial mystery; in which country sporstman Ray Grass dies leaving an enormous estate, a vast colle...

Command

Julian Stockwin · 2006 · Rooke Books

£79.99 (€95.88 | $105.68 | ¥16,870)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 2006. Cloth. The signed first edition of Julian Stockwin's Command. Featuring his popular character, Commander Kydd. Signed by Stockwin to the title page. In a black cloth binding with unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, very smart. Dustwrappe...

The Marketmaker

Michael Ridpath · 1998 · Rooke Books

£23.99 (€28.76 | $31.69 | ¥5,060)

London, Michael Joseph, 1998. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this thriller from the critically acclaimed Michael Ridpath. Signed by Ridpath to the title page. Michael Ridpath is the British author of various thrillers based around the world of high finance. In...

A Gentleman of France Being the Memoirs of Gaston de Bonne Sieur de Marsac

Stanley J Weyman · 1901 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

London, Longmans, Green and Co. 1901. Leather. A new impression of Stanley J Weyman's novel, 'A Gentleman of France' with illustrated frontispiece. In a prize Fazakerley binding for The Hulme Grammar School. With an illustrated frontispiece and vignette title pa...

Peg Woffington

Charles Reade · 1899 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.49 | $495.43 | ¥79,089)

London, George Allen, 1899. Leather. An attractively illustrated edition of Peg Woffington from Charles Reade. With many vignette engravings throughout by Hugh Thomson. Including a signed letter from Charles Reade tipped into the front pastedown. Including original cloth backs...

The Election

George Brittaine · 1840 · Rooke Books

£230.00 (€275.69 | $303.86 | ¥48,508)

Dublin , Richard Moore , 1840 . Cloth. A scarce copy of this fictional work, focusing on political issues of the victorian era. Inscribed to the title page "With the author's affectionate regards". From the author "Recollections of Hyacinth O'Gara", and "Confessions ...