Narrativa e romanzi

Cold Blood

Andy McNab · 2016 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

London, Bantam Press, 2016. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this novel, signed by the author, Andy McNab. This work is in the original blue cloth binding with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. Signed by the author to the title page. This novel is part o...

The Case of the. Fox: Being His Prophecies Under Hypnotism of the Period Ending A.D. 1950. A Political Utopia

William Stanley · 1903 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,872)

London, Truslove & Hanson, 1903 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of William Stanley's futuristic work of science fiction. Many of the author's prophecies have come to fruition. The first edition of this very scarce work from inventor William Stan...

Brawny Wycherley: First Master in English Modern Comedy

Willard Connely · 1930 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

London, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1930. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this biography of William Wycherley, signed by the author with an inscription. First edition. Signed by the author with an inscription that reads: "To Mrs. Annie Henry, with Christmas gr...

Le Contrat de Mariage - la Grenadiere - Gobseck

Honore de Balzac · 1925 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

Paris, Ernest Flammarion, 1925 . Leather. A lovely volume collecting three works by French novelist and playwright Honore de Balzac: Le Contrat de Mariage, La Grenadiere, and Gobseck In the original French.A delightful collection of three works by the noted nineteenth century ...

Red Sap

John Easton · 1930 · Rooke Books

£138.00 (€165.41 | $182.32 | ¥29,105)

London & New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1930. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this vanishingly scarce 'Lost Race' sci-fi novel by John Easton, a murder mystery science fiction novel. The first edition of this vanishingly scarce work.Signed by the auth...

The Man Behind the Chair

Winifred Graham · 1935 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

London, Hutchinson & Co. [1935]. First edition. Cloth. A signed copy of Winifred Graham's thriller, The Man Behind the Chair. With a letter typed and signed by the author tipped in. A signed copy of this thriller by Winifred Graham, with a typeset letter signed in ink by ...

True Stories; or, Interesting Anecdotes of of Young Persons: Designed Through the Medium of Example to Inculcate Principles of Virtue and Piety

[Elizabeth Frank] · 1820 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1820. Leather. A third edition of this charming volume comprised of forty eight stories to amuse and inculcate virtuous behaviour in Victorian children. The third edition of Elizabeth Frank's scarce story book for children. W...

Mervyn Clitheroe

William Harrison Ainsworth · 1858 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

Leipzig, Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1858 . Leather. An early edition of this novel by William Harrison Ainsworth two volumes in one. Early edition of Mervyn Clitheroe by William Harrison Ainsworth in Sotheran signed half calf binding and marbled boards. Two volumes bound as one. Th...

Under the Hill and Other Essays in Prose and Verse

Aubrey Beardsley · 1913 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

London, John Lane the Bodley Head, 1913. Cloth. The second edition of the collected literary works of the leading artist Aubrey Beardsley, complete with plates. The second edition.The collected prose, poems, and essays of Aubrey Beardsley. Including 'Dedication to "Under ...

Beau Geste

Percival Christopher Wren [P. C. Wren] · 1927 · Rooke Books

£1,200.00 (€1,438.37 | $1,585.38 | ¥253,084)

London, John Murray, 1927 . Cloth. Illustrated throughout by Helen McKie, this is an excellent copy of the Limited Edition signed Edition de Luxe of P. C. Wren's celebrated adventure novel. An exceptionally bright copy of the signed Edition de Luxe of Percival Wren's...

Ring in the New

Richard Whiteing · 1906 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,799)

London, Hutchinson, 1906 . First edition. Cloth. Richard Whiteing's own copy of his very scarce 1906 novel, concerned with the women's suffrage movement. The very scarce first edition of this political novel from the start of the twentieth century. The author's ...

The Golden Butterfly

Walter Besant; James Rice · 1906 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,036)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1906. Leather. Bright new impression of this novel by Walter Besant and James Rice in a smart Hatchards signed binding. A new impression of this novel, written by the celebrated literary partnership of Walter Besant and James Rice, authors of 'Rea...

By Bizarre Hands

Joe R. Lansdale · 1989 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,872)

Shingletown, Mark V Ziesing, 1989. First edition. Cloth. A stylized illustrated and limited first edition of this collection of short stories by Joe R Lansdale, singed by the author. First edition. Limited Edition. Number 406 of 500 limited copies signed by Joe R. Lansdale, J....

The December Boys

Michael Noonan · 1963 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)

London, Melbourne and Toronto, Heinemann, 1963 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of Michael Noonan's family drama novel, signed by the author. First edition of The December Boys by Michael Noonan in the original publisher's cloth binding and unclipped ...

The Essays of Elia with Introduction and Notes by Alfred Ainger

Charles Lamb · 1921 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,872)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1921. Leather. Charles Lamb's popular and charming Essays of Elia, in a lovely half calf prize binding. In a half calf prize binding, with the gilt crest of Liverpool College to the front board and a decorative gilt spine. Top edge gilt. Binding ...

The Fat Man in History

Peter Carey · 1980 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

London , Faber and Faber, 1980. First edition. Cloth. A wonderful, signed first edition copy of Peter Carey's collection of surreal short stories. A first edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. The Fat Man In History is widely considered to b...

A Modern Comedy

John Galsworthy · 1929 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.78 | $211.38 | ¥33,744)

London , William Heinemann , 1929. First edition. Vellum. A lovely signed, limited edition of all three books in John Galsworthy's A Modern Comedy trilogy. A limited edition copy of this work, with only 1030 copies being printed. This volume is number 474 and is signed an...

The Connoisseur and Other Stories

Walter de la Mare · 1926 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,963)

London, W. Collins Sons and Co. LTD, 1926. First edition. Cloth. A signed limited edition selection of short stories by the noted author Walter de la Mare, including his renowned supernatural tale 'All Hallows&apos. The first limited edition of this work, limited to two-h...

The Garret

Oliver Crawford · 1965 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,635)

London, Rupert Hart-Davis , 1965. First edition. Cloth. Lovely first edition of this novel by Oliver Crawford, author's presentation copy inscribed and signed by the author with dedication to Deborah Rogers. The first edition of this work, a scarce copy. A novel set in Be...

Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor

R.D. Blackmore · 1872 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.85 | ¥83,307)

London, Sampson Low, Marston, Low, & Searle, 1872. Leather. An early, illustrated edition of this classic romance novel by Richard Blackmore, with a tipped-in signature from the author, scarce to find signed. A dramatic romance novel set in the East Lyn Valley of Exmoor, based...