Narrativa e romanzi

Contes de la Vie Intime

Andre Theuriet · 1890 · Rooke Books

£44.99 (€53.93 | $59.44 | ¥9,491)

Paris, N. Martinet, c1890. Leather. A collection of short stories, offering an insight in people's private lives. In the original French. In a signed binding by Birdsall and Son. Andre Theuriet gives natural, simple pictures of rustic and especially of woodland life, and ...

Face to Face

Nadine Gordimer · 1949 · Rooke Books

£1,250.00 (€1,498.32 | $1,651.42 | ¥263,711)

Johannesburg, Silver Leaf Books, 1949. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of this collection of short stories by South African author, Nadine Gordimer. Signed by the author to the title page With the scarce original dustwrapper. Including 'A Commonplace Story&apos...

Oswald Bastable and Others

E. Nesbit · 1905 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Wells Gardner, Darton & Co. 1905. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this witty collection of Nesbit"s Edwardian stories, illustrated by Charles Edmund Brock and Harold Robert Millar. In the publisher's original red cloth binding.First edition. A charming c...

Caravan

Witter Byner · 1925 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1925. First edition. Hardback. The signed first edition of a fascinating anthology written by prolific American poet Witter Bynner, signed to American composer Rosamond Johnson. The signed first edition of Caravan, a anthology, written by prolific Am...

Joseph Anton: A Memoir

Salman Rushdie · 2012 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Jonathan Cape, 2012. First edition. Hardback. A signed first edition, first impression of Salman Rushdie"s memoir Joseph Anton, detailing the years he spent under police protection following the 1989 fatwa, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher&apo...

The Paying Guests

Sarah Waters · 2014 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, Virago Press Ltd. 2014. First edition. Cloth. A signed limited edition of Waters"s acclaimed post-WWI domestic thriller, sealed as issued. In the publisher's original cloth binding, sealed in the plastic wrap, unopened. A limited edition being one of one thousand...

A Tour Through England Described in a Series of Letters from a Young Gentleman to His Sister

A Young Gentleman"; T. H. [Ed.] · 1821 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, William Darton, 1821. Leather. A charming 1821 educational travel narrative for young readers, the fourth edition revised by T. H. illustrated with a fold-out map and plates. Bound in a quarter roan binding with marbled paper boards.The fourth edition, revised and corr...

Half-Hours with the Best Authors

Charles Knight; Various · 1880 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Frederick Warne & Co. c1885. Leather. An interesting copy of Charles Knight's Half-Hours with the Best Authors, with extracts from prolific authors and biographical notes, bound in a smart signed binding by Medley. In a full green calf binding, a signed binding by...

The Collini Case

Ferdinand von Schirach; Anthea Bell · 2012 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Michael Joseph, 2012. First edition. Cloth. An exclusive signed first UK edition of this gripping courtroom drama written by Ferdinand von Schirach. An exclusive signed edition in association with Goldsboro Books. The first impression of the first UK edition, complete...

The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray; Folk; the Second Sight of Zachary Cloudesley; Bone Weaver; the Mystery at Dunvegan Castle

Chris Wooding; Zoe Gilbert; Sean Lusk; Aden Polydoros; T. L. Huchu · 2001 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.31 | ¥58,016)

London, Scholastic Press; Bloomsbury; Doubleday; Inkyard Press; Tor , 2001-2023. First edition. Cloth. A terrific selection of haunting fantasy titles, all signed by the author and majority of which are limited editions. All signed by the authors. A delightful selection of fi...

A Collection of First Uk Edition Fantasy Novels, Signed by the Authors

Various · 2012 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.34 | $653.96 | ¥104,430)

London, Subterranean Press; Del Rey; Tor; Wildfire; Harvill Secker; Piatkus; W & N, 2012-2024. First edition. Cloth. A very pleasing collection of seven first UK edition fantasy novels, each of which has been signed by the author. Seven volumes. First UK edition, first impress...

Melmoth

Sarah Perry · 2018 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Serpent's Tail, 2018. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this reimagining of a nineteenth-century gothic novel from English author Sarah Perry, signed by the author. First edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. A sequel...

The Devil&Apos;S Larder & the Melody

Jim Crace · 2001 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Viking; Picador, 2001-2018. First edition. Cloth. Two very smart first edition volumes from English author and playwright Jim Crace, signed by the author. Two volumes. First edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. Written by James Crace, an E...

Jack Maggs & His Illegal Self

Peter Carey · 1997 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Faber and Faber, 1997-2008. First edition. Cloth. Two smart first UK edition novels from Australian writer Peter Carey, signed by the author. Two volumes. First UK edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. Written by Peter Philip Carey, an Aust...

Soames and the Flag

John Galsworthy · 1930 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,207)

London, William Heinemann, 1930. Leather. A signed limited edition of John Galsworthy's novella tying into his 'Forsyte' series, bound in full vellum. A limited edition, being number 136 out of 1025 copies for sale in Great Britain and Ireland. Signed by the aut...

The Creak on the Stairs

Eva Bjorg Aegisdottir; Victoria Cribb [translator] · 2020 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, Orenda Books , 2020. First edition. Cloth. A limited signed UK first edition of this crime mystery set in a small Icelandic town. This copy is no. 174 of 750 numbered copies of the first UK edition. Very scarce to find copies from this limited edition.Translated by Vic...

Gerry Anderson&Apos;S Gemini Force: Black Horizon

Gerry Anderson; M. G. Harris · 2014 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Gollancz, 2014. First edition. Hardback. A very smart first UK edition of the first novel in Harris's series of science fiction books, signed by the author. First UK edition, first impression. The first novel from the Gemini Force One series, a series of science f...

Guess Who

Chris McGeorge · 2018 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Orion, 2018. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this thrilling novel from crime writer Chris McGeorge, signed by the author. First edition, first impression. Signed by the author with an inscription to the title page. One of two hundred and fifty numbe...

A Collection of First Edition Thrillers

Mark Oldfield; Tim Glister; Mai Jia [Jiang Benhu]; Olivia Milburn [translator] · 2014 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, Head of Zeus; Point Blank, 2014-2020. First edition. Cloth. Three excellent first edition thrillers, from fantastic authors, each of which has been signed by its author. Three volumes. First edition, first impression. This set contains: The Sentinel, 2014. Signed by th...

The Enchanted & the Butterfly Girl

Rene Denfeld · 2014 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Weidenfeld and Nicholson, 2014-2019. First edition. Cloth. Two smart first UK edition novels from American author Rene Denfeld, signed by the author. Two volumes. First UK edition, first impression. Each volume is signed by the author to the title page. Written by Rene...