Narrativa e romanzi

How to Be Good

Nick Hornby · 2001 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Viking, 2001. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this novel about a man's quest to become 'good', written by Nick Hornby and in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression with the '1' to the edition pa...

The Finkler Question

Howard Jacobson · 2010 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, Bloomsbury, 2010. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this Booker prize winning novel by Howard Jacobson, in the original later state dust wrapper. The first edition, later impression without the numberline and with the late state dust wrapper that states &...

Free Reign

Rosemary Aubert · 1997 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

New York, Bridge Works Publishing Company, 1997. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of the first novel is Rosemary Aubert's suspenseful crime novel, in the original dust wrapper. The first edition, first printing with a complete numberline.Signed by the author t...

Home

Marilynne Robinson · 2008 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition first printing of this insightful novel from American author Marilynne Robinson, signed by the author. First edition, first printing. Signed by the author to the title page. A companion to t...

The Thief of Bagdad

Achmed Abdullah · 0 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.79 | $211.38 | ¥33,755)

London, Hutchinson & Co. c1924 . Cloth. The third edition of Achmed Abdullah's vibrant fantasy novel based on Douglas Fairbanks' silent film, surrounding the Arabian Nights tales, with the original, very scarce dust wrapper. The third edition.Dated using Jisc, from c...

Balkis Et Salomon Histoire de la Reine Du Matin Et Du Prince Des Genies

Gerard de Nerval · 1925 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Paris , A L'enseigne du Pot Casse, 1925. First edition. Leather. A pleasing limited edition copy of this story concerning Solomon and the Queen of Sheba, by French romanticism writer Gerard de Nerval. A limited edition copy, being No. 1030 out of 1975 and printed on Chest...

Utz

Bruce Chatwin · 1988 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1988. Cloth. An early edition of Bruce Chatwin's short novel in excellent condition, with the scarce Booker Prize Shortlist bookplate signed by the author. The first edition, second printing.Signed by the author to the scarce Booker Prize Shortlist ...

The Junkers

Piers Paul Read · 1974 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Secker & Warburg, 1974. Cloth. A smart re-issued edition of this exciting novel from British writer Piers Paul Read, signed by the author. Re-issued. Signed by the author to the front endpaper for a member of the New Fiction Society. Following a young English diplomat ...

Stores from the Arabian Nights

Laurence Housman · 1923 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

London, Hodder and Stoughton Limited for Boots Pure Drug Co, 1923. Cloth. Edmund Dulac's beautifully illustrated edition of 'Arabian Nights', a colourful edition of the popular classic tales, a lovely copy of this work. In the original unclipped dust wrapper.Ill...

Cold Sassy Tree

Olive Ann Burns · 1984 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

New York, Ticknor & Fields, 1984. Paperback. Two uncorrected proof copies of Olive Ann Burns' popular novel 'Cold Sassy Tree&apos. Two uncorrected proof copies, one in the original paper wraps, the other in the publisher's original pictorial paper wraps designed...

Mr. Hodge & Mr. Hazard

Elinor Wylie · 1928 · Rooke Books

£79.00 (€94.69 | $104.37 | ¥16,667)

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1928 . First edition. Cloth. A signed limited edition of Elinor Wylie's novel about an idealistic poet who is alienated from proper English society. The first edition of this limited edition work, housed in the publisher's original slip cas...

Silent Witness

Margaret Yorke · 1972 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Geoffrey Bles, 1972. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this murder mystery thriller novel by Margaret Yorke, inscribed by the author and in the scarce dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression.In the publisher's original cloth with the original sc...

Summer Stories

Oliver W. F. Lodge · 1911 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

Birmingham , Cornish Brothers, 1911 . First edition. Cloth. The author's presentation copy of this collection of short stories by Oliver W. F. Lodge. The first edition, limited to sixty copies. The author's presentation copy, inscribed to 'Edyth Goodall from the...

Here Is Einbaum

Wright Morris · 1973 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Los Angeles, Black Sparrow Press, 1973. Cloth. A limited edition, signed copy of Wright Morris's fiction novel about a women and her fake husband as they try to flee Nazi Germany, bound with Earle Gray. Limited edition. Number 37 out of 226.Printed July 1973 in Santa Barb...

Love and Work

Reynolds Price · 1968 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)

New York, Atheneum, 1968 . First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this novel by Reynolds Price about a writer and his journey after the death of his mother. The first edition. Gift inscription from author to the title page. In the publisher's original cloth and...

Lives of the Saints: A Novel

David R. Slavitt · 1989 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

New York, Atheneum , 1989. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this intense novel from American writer David Rytman Slavitt, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author to the title page. A down-and-out journalist living in Florida is tasked with inves...

The Galleon of Torbay: A Romance

E. E. Speight · 1908 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1908. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this very scarce lost race tale from traveller and author, Ernest Edwin Speight. First edition. Very scarce work. The Galleon of Torbay (1908), a Lost Race tale in which a group of settlers from Torb...

Without Permission. A Book of Dedications

Arthur A. Sykes · 1896 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

Westminster, The Roxburghe Press, 1896 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the scarce first edition of this charming collection of short stories of by Arthur Alkin Sykes. The scarce first edition of this work.With an inscription to the front free endpaper rea...

The Roadmender

Michael Fairless [Margaret Barber] · 1904 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London , Duckworth & Co. 1904. Leather. A calf bound copy of the popular classic by Margaret Barber, under the pseudonym of Michael Fairless, with attractive woodcut illustrations. In Zaehnsdorf signed full calf binding with gilt detailing. Monochrome frontispeace and five pl...

Variation on a Theme

John Collier · 1935 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, Grayson & Grayson, 1935. First edition. Cloth. A signed limited edition of this amusing supernatural story by British author and screenwriter John Collier. No. 143 of 250 numbered and signed Limited Edition copies of the first edition, in the publisher's original ...