Narrativa e romanzi

The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray

William Makepeace Thackeray · 1860 · Rooke Books

£1,400.00 (€1,678.10 | $1,849.60 | ¥295,264)

London, Bradbury and Evans; Smith, Elder and Co. 1860-1867. Leather. A pleasing selection of works from William Makepeace Thackeray, gifted to and previously owned by English poet and essayist, Austin Dobson. This collection was gifted to Henry Austin Dobson, an English poet a...

Krotkaja

Fyodor Dostoevsky [Fjiodor Dostojewskij]; Alexander Eliasberg [trans.] · 1922 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,635)

Munich, Drei Masken Verlag, 1922 . Leather. A limited edition German language translation of Doestoevsky's tragic tale, signed by the illustrator, Willi Geiger. A German language edition of Dostoevsky's short story. Translated from the original Russian by Alexander E...

Rough Cider

Peter Lovesey · 1986 · Rooke Books

£34.00 (€40.75 | $44.92 | ¥7,171)

London, The Bodley Head , 1986. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this gripping crime novel by Peter Lovesey. Signed by the author to the title page.The first edition, first impression of this work. With the publisher's original clipped dust wrapper. &apos...

Swing, Swing Together

Peter Lovesey · 1976 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,635)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1976. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this Sergeant Cribb novel from British writer Peter Lovesey, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author to the title page. A Sergeant Cribb novel. Sergeant Cribb and Constabl...

Bertie and the Tinman

Peter Lovesey · 1987 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

London, The Bodley Head, 1987. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of the first Albert Edward, Prince of Wales novel from British writer Peter Lovesey, signed by the author. First edition. The first of the Albert Edward, Prince of Wales novels. Fred Archer, the greates...

Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident & the Eternity Code

Eoin Colfer · 2002 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)

London, Puffin Books, 2002-2003. First edition. Cloth. An excellent pair of signed first editions, being the second and third volumes of popular fantasy series 'Artemis Fowl&apos. Both signed by the author to the title pages. The first edition, fifth impression of '...

The Luminaries

Eleanor Catton · 2013 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)

London, Granta, 2013 . First edition. Cloth. A signed copy of the first edition, first impression of Eleanor Catton's Booker Prize winning novel. The first edition, first impression.In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.Signed by the author to the title ...

Timbuktu

Paul Auster · 1999 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

London, Faber and Faber , 1999. First edition. Cloth. An excellent signed first edition of this tragicomic novella by Paul Auster. Signed by the author to the title page. The first edition, first impression of this work. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrap...

The Influence

Ramsey Campbell · 1988 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

New York, Macmillan Publishing Co. Inc. 1988. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first US edition of this thrilling novel from English horror fiction writer Ramsey Campbell, signed and inscribed by the author. First US edition, first printing. Signed and inscribed by the autho...

The Height of the Scream

Ramsey Campbell · 1978 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.72 | $77.95 | ¥12,443)

London, Millington, 1978. First edition. Cloth. A smart first UK edition of this collection of horror short stories from English horror fiction writer Ramsey Campbell, signed by the author. First UK edition. Signed by the author to the title page. Scarce edition. A collection ...

Ancient Images

Ramsey Campbell · 1989 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

London, Legend Century, 1989. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this haunting work from English horror writer Ramsey Campbell, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author to the title page with an inscription that reads "All the best Paul!". No one l...

A Compass Error

Sybille Bedford · 1968 · Rooke Books

£245.00 (€293.67 | $323.68 | ¥51,671)

London, Collins, 1968. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of Sybille Bedford's sequel to 'A Favourite of the Gods', with the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the origin...

Aunt Jane&Apos;S Verses for Children

Mrs. T. D. Crewdson · 1851 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

London, Charles Gilpin , 1851. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of these charming children's verses, with illustrations. A very scarce first edition of this work. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with an illustrative gilt stamp. Illustrat...

First Performance: A Mystery with Music

R. E. Masters · 1956 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.72 | $77.95 | ¥12,443)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1956. Cloth. A smart second impression of this scarce mystery from R. E. Masters, signed by the author. Second impression October 1956, originally published September 1956. Signed by the author with an inscription that reads: "For Nicolas, An...

Mr. Postlethwaite&Apos;S Reindeer and Other Stories

Richard Chopping · 1945 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.85 | ¥83,307)

London, Transatlantic Arts Ltd, 1945 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of iconic dust wrapper designed Richard Chopping's charming collection of children's tales, illustrated by Chopping throughout. A very scarce first edition, first impression.In...

Girl with a Pearl Earring

Tracy Chevalier · 1999 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.74 | $251.02 | ¥40,072)

London, HarperCollins [Harper Collins], 1999 . First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of Tracy Chevailer's popular novel, a fictional account of the context in which Vermeer's 'Girl with a Pearl Earring' was produced. The first edition, first impressi...

Mountains and Caverns

Alan Sillitoe · 1975 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.80 | $191.57 | ¥30,581)

London, W. H. Allen, 1975. First edition. Hardback. The scarce double-signed first edition, first impression of this collection of essays by the author Alan Sillitoe, with the original unclipped dust wrapper and with a personal dedication to the poet Yehuda Amichai. The first ...

A Spot of Bother

Mark Haddon · 2006 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

London, Jonathan Cape, 2006. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this novel by Mark Haddon on the theme of mental health, in the original dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression with a complete numberline. Signed by the author to the title page. In the ...

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Mark Haddon · 2003 · Rooke Books

£265.00 (€317.64 | $350.10 | ¥55,889)

London, Jonathan Cape, 2003. First edition. Cloth. A superior first impression copy of Mark Haddon's influential and popular mystery novel, signed by the author. The first edition, first impression.Signed by the author to the title page.In the original unclipped dust wrap...

Poetic Unreason and Other Studies

Robert Graves · 1925 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.33 | $653.97 | ¥104,397)

London, Cecil Palmer, 1925. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this intriguing series of essays on poetic psychology, a fantastic association copy, presented by Robert Graves to Julian Huxley. The first edition.Signed by the author in pencil to the recto of the front e...