Narrativa e romanzi

Killing Critics

Carol O'Connell; Barry Maitland · 1995 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

Blakeney, Scorpion Press, 1995. Leather. A lovely limited edition of this Kathy Mallory mystery novel, signed by the author Carol O'Connell. Number 33 of 85 copies of this limited signed edition, in the special quarter morocco binding with marbled paper boards and an acet...

Butchers and Other Stories of Crime

Peter Lovesey · 1985 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.74 | $58.13 | ¥9,280)

London , Macmillan and Co. 1985. First edition. Cloth. A fine collection of short stories that will thrill and surprise the reader, signed by the author and in its first edition. Signed by the author to the title page. A first edition copy. This is a fine collection of crime s...

Cheat-the-Boys

Eden Phillpotts · 1924 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,635)

London, William Heinemann, 1924. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of this novel by British author Eden Phillpotts, a lovely copy signed and inscribed by the author. The first edition of this work. A scarce novel by Eden Phillpotts, English author known for his many...

Music for Chameleons

Truman Capote · 1981 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,014)

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1981. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first UK edition of Capote's short story collection with the original dust wrapper. The first UK edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original clipped dust wrapper d...

Adults

Emma Jane Unsworthy · 2020 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

London, The Borough Press, 2020. First edition. Cloth. Beautiful first impression of this modern fiction novel by Emma Jane Unsworthy, signed by the author. The first edition, first impression of this novel. A satire of social media age by Emma Jane Unsworthy, exploring the tr...

La Comã©Die Humaine

Honore de Balzac · 0 · Rooke Books

£3,200.00 (€3,835.67 | $4,227.67 | ¥674,889)

Paris , George Barrie , c1895-9. Leather. Complete magnum opus of French novelist Honoré de Balzac 'La Comedie Humaine' in beautiful uniform Riverside Press half crushed morocco bindings. Undated Paris edition published by George Barrie, comprised of forty-five volum...

Between the Acts

Virginia Woolf · 1941 · Rooke Books

£480.00 (€575.35 | $634.15 | ¥101,233)

London, The Hogarth Press, 1941. First edition. Cloth. A well preserved copy of Virginia Woolf's final novel, Between the Acts, presented in the scarce original unclipped dust wrapper, designed by Vanessa Bell. The first edition, first impression. In the original unclippe...

The Gilded Fly: Short Stories

Paul W. Nash · 1993 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,545)

Francestown, Typographeum, 1993. First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of this scarce limited edition volume, containing two short stories. A very scarce signed presentation copy of this volume of short storied from American librarian and researcher Paul W. Nash, wh...

Alentejo Blue

Monica Ali · 2006 · Rooke Books

£33.00 (€39.56 | $43.60 | ¥6,960)

London, Doubleday, 2006. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of Monica Ali's lovely second novel. First edition, first impression, signed copy of Monica Ali's novel Alentejo Blue. In the original publisher's binding and with the unclipped dust wrapper.A...

Putting the Boot in

Dan Kavanagh; Julian Barnes · 1985 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1985. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition first printing of Julian Barnes' crime fiction novel published under the pseudonym Dan Kavanagh. Signed first edition and first imprint of Putting the Boot In with original publisher's binding ...

The Call

John Hersey · 1985 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,872)

Pennsylvania , The Franklin Library , 1985. First edition. Leather. A stunning limited first signed edition of The Call. This is a limited first edition copy of The Call, which has been privately printed, and personally signed by John Hersey. This copy is illustrated by Herber...

The English Novelists Series: George Borrow, Wilkie Collins, Thomas Love Peacock

Martin Armstrong; Robert Ashley; Olwen Campbell · 1950 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)

London; New York, Arthur Barker; Roy Publishers, 1950-3. First edition. Cloth. Critical biographies of three great English novelists, first editions in 'The English Novelists' series, George Borrow volumes signed by the author Martin Armstrong. The first edition of t...

L&Apos;Hotel Woronzoff

Marie Marechal · 1887 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

Paris, Librairie de Firmin-Didot , 1887. Leather. A later printing of this work of fiction by Marie Marechal, in a charming quarter morocco binding signed Fechoz. Originally published in 1877, the first edition with illustrations by S. Reichan appeared in 1886. A novel by Mari...

Dmitri and the One-Legged Lady

Michael Pearce · 1999 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

London, HarperCollins, 1999. First edition. Cloth. The second novel in Pearce's Dmitri Kameron series, signed by the author to the title page and presented in the unclipped dust wrapper. First Edition, in the original unclipped dust wrapper.Signed by the author to the tit...

Pecking Order

Chris Simms · 2004 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

London, Hutchinson, 2004. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition copy of Simms' thriller novel, in which a man who lives on a battery farm is recruited for a 'sinister secret project&apos. First edition, in the unclipped dust wrapper. Signed by the author to ti...

Distance

Colin Thubron · 1996 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

London, Heinemann, 1996. First edition. Cloth. A well presented first edition copy of 'Distance', signed by the author to the title page, in the unclipped dust wrapper. First edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. 'Distance' is a...

Turlough

Brian Keenan · 2000 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.74 | $58.13 | ¥9,280)

London, Jonathan, 2000. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition work of historical fiction by Brian Keenan, reimagining the life of a blind Irish harper from the seventeenth century. First edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. 'Turlough&a...

Somewhere a Bird Is Singing

E. V. Thompson · 1999 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

London, Little, Brown and Company, 1999. First edition. Cloth. A well presented signed first edition copy of E. V. Thompson's historical novel, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. First edition, first impression.Signed by the author on title page. In the original uncl...

The Talking Parcel

Gerald Durrell · 1974 · Rooke Books

£370.00 (€443.50 | $488.82 | ¥78,034)

London, Collins , 1974. First edition. Cloth. A lovey first edition, first impression of this fantasy novel by Gerald Durrell, complete with the strikingly illustrated dust wrapper designed by Liza James. The first edition, first impression of this book by Gerald Durrell. A fa...

Theft: A Love Story

Peter Carey · 2006 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

London, Faber and Faber, 2006. Hardback. An exceptional signed first British edition of Peter Carey's Booker Prize-longlisted novel. Signed by the author to the title page. This work was awarded the Vance Palmer Prize in 2006. It follows the tale of Michael Boone, an arti...