Narrativa e romanzi

Yanks and Yellow-Bellies

Wendy G. Powell · 1968 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,635)

Ilfracombe, Devon , Arthur H. Stockwell Limited , 1968 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce novel surrounding the amusing antics in a Lincolnshire village when an American air base moves in during the Second World War, signed by the author. The first edition. Signed by the au...

Chicago Loop

Paul Theroux · 1990 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1990. First edition. Cloth. A smart first impression of this tense thriller by Paul Theroux, signed by Theroux to the half-title. The first edition, first impression.Signed by the author to the half-title.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.A grippi...

Rider Haggard&Apos;S "She

Robert A. Wilson · 1977 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)

New York, Bob Wilson and the Phoenix Book Shop, 1977 . First edition. Paperback. A presentation copy of this uncommon limited edition of Robert A. Wilson's account of his meeting with Queen Modjadji, the inspiration of Haggard's 'She&apos. The first edition of t...

The Life and Adventures of Peter Wilkins

Robert Paltock; A. H. Bullen [preface] · 1884 · Rooke Books

£475.00 (€569.36 | $627.54 | ¥100,179)

London, Reeves & Turner, 1884 . First edition. Leather. A fine first edition thus of Robert Paltock's 'Gulliver's Travels' inspired novel, in crushed half morocco Bayntun bindings. The first edition thus, being the first edition to feature the significant e...

Angel

DuBose Heyward · 1926 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)

New York, George H. Doran Company, 1926. First edition. Cloth. A signed limited edition copy of this vivid novel about religion in North Carolina by DuBose Heyward. The 'Carolina Edition', a limited edition published concurrently with the first edition, an unspecifie...

Enjoyment of Poetry with Other Essays in Aesthetics

Max Eastman · 1939 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1939. Cloth. A smart new edition of this collection of essays from American writer Max Eastman, signed and inscribed by the author. New edition. Signed and inscribed by the author to the front endpaper dated 1942. A collection of essays ...

The Polaris Trilogy

Charles B. Stilson · 1966 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)

New York, Avalon Books, Thomas Bouregy and Company Inc, 1966-68. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition set of this intriguing science fiction trilogy following a Tarzan-like man, by Charles B. Stilson. The first edition, first printings, in book form. Each volume is in ...

The Season of Comfort

Gore Vidal · 1949 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)

New York, E. P. Dutton & Company, 1949 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this novel centering on the relationship between a mother and her son, written by Gore Vidal, with a signed note from the author tipped-in. The first edition. With a note tipped-in to the half ...

Not in Israel

Guy Thorne; [Cyril Ranger Gull] · 1913 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.32 | ¥57,998)

London, Cassell & Company LTD, 1913. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this vanishingly scarce novel by Guy Thorne, his presentation copy to the dedicatee of the novel. The first edition of this vanishingly scarce work.Author's presentation copy, signed to the de...

Time of Hope

C. P. Snow · 1949 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,816)

London, Faber and Faber, 1949. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of the first chronological novel in the Strangers and Brothers series from C. P. Snow, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author to the front endpaper. The first chronological novel in t...

Brown&Apos;S Requiem

James Ellroy · 1984 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.49 | $495.43 | ¥79,089)

London, Allison & Busby, 1984. First edition. Cloth. The first U.K. edition of Jemes Ellroy's deut novel, a gripping crime tale set in L.A. signed by the author. The first U.K. edition, first impression. This U.K. edition was published three years after the U.S. first.Ins...

The Disk: A Tale of Two Passions

Edward A. Robinson; George A. Wall · 1884 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,963)

Boston, Cupples, Upham and Company, 1884 . First edition. Cloth. A signed copy of the scarce first edition of this fantastical science-fiction novel, inscribed by co-author George A. Wall. The scarce first edition of this work, in the red cloth variant of the publisher's ...

The Heroes of Greek Fairy Tales for My Children

Charles Kingsley · 1929 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,709)

London, Macmillan & Co. 1929. Leather. A collection of stories about Greek heroes and mythology, by the noted Charles Kingsley, bound in full crushed morocco and a slipcase. Reprint. First published in December 1855. Bound in full crushed morocco with a cardboard slipcase. I...

A View from the Cheap Seats: Selected Non-Fiction

Neil Gaiman · 2016 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,472)

London, Headline, 2016 . First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this fascinating collection of non-fiction essays and writings by Neil Gaiman. The first edition, first impression of this work, in the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.Flat signed b...

Elenchus Brown the Story of an Experimental Utopia Compiled by a Student of Battersea Polytechnic

Bertha Louisa Bowhay · 1929 · Rooke Books

£695.00 (€833.06 | $918.20 | ¥146,578)

London, H. R. Allenson, Limited, 1929. First edition. Cloth. An inscribed, first edition presentation copy of this very scarce satirical novel, with illustrations by Harvey Langdon. The first edition. Very scarce.Presentation copy, inscribed by the author to the illustrator: ...

The Scarecrow and His Servant

Philip Pullman · 2004 · Rooke Books

£97.00 (€116.27 | $128.15 | ¥20,458)

London, Doubleday & Company, Inc. 2004. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this charming illustrated children's story from Philip Pullman, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author to the title page. Illustrated throughout. The story of a scare...

Coffin on the Water

Gwendoline Butler · 1986 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,709)

London, The Crime Club by Collins, 1986. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of one of Gwendoline Butler's popular and gripping John Coffin novels, signed by the author. The first edition, first impression.Signed by the author to the recto of the front endpaper, &apos...

Public Eye: An Investigation Into the Disappearance of the World

Brian Fawcett · 1990 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

Toronto, Harper Collins, 1990 . First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition of Brian Fawcett's detective story investigating the disappearance of humanity. First edition, in the publisher's original cloth, with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. Written by Canad...

The Comedians

Graham Greene · 1966 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

London, The Bodley Head, 1966. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this politically inspired novel from Graham Greene, with the original price-clipped dust wrapper. First edition. Set in Haiti under the rule of Francois Duvalier and his police, this novel follo...

The Works of Oliver Goldsmith

Oliver Goldsmith; John Forster · 1900 · Rooke Books

£1,895.00 (€2,271.43 | $2,503.57 | ¥399,661)

New York, Harper & Brothers, 1900 . Leather. A truly beautiful limited edition set of the works of Anglo-Irish novelist Oliver Goldsmith, illustrated throughout and with a number of volumes signed by the artists. The twelve volume Wakefield Edition of Goldsmith's works, l...