Narrativa e romanzi

The Way Back Home

Freya North · 2014 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

London, Harper Collins, 2014. First edition. Cloth. A fine signed first edition novel by Freya North, reminiscing on the childhood of three friends. The first edition, first impression of this work.Signed by the author to the title page.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.A...

The Hand of the Devil

Dean Vincent Carter · 2006 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)

London, Bodley Head, 2006 . First edition. Cloth. The signed first edition of this thrilling horror novel from Dean Vincent Carter. A signed first edition, first impression of this novel from English horror and fantasy author Dean Vincent Carter, in the publisher's origin...

His Dark Materials: Northern Lights, the Subtle Knife, the Amber Spyglass

Philip Pullman · 2007 · Rooke Books

£625.00 (€749.15 | $825.72 | ¥131,814)

London, Scholastic Ltd , 2007. Paperback. A signed limited box set of Philip Pullman's successful fantasy trilogy 'His Dark Materials', complete in its slipcase. A popular fantasy trilogy by Philip Pullman. A successful series following the coming of age of two ...

The Year the Gypsies Came

Linzi Glass · 2006 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

London, Penguin Books, 2006. First edition. Cloth. A bright first impression of this novel set during apartheid in South Africa, signed by the author to a bookplate pasted to the half title. The first edition, first impression of this work. Linzi Glass's debut novel, set ...

Hunting Season

Dean Vincent Carter · 2007 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

London, The Bodley Head, 2007 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this horror novel featuring a werewolf, signed by the author. The signed first edition, first impression of this novel from English horror and fantasy author Dean Vincent Carter, in the publisher's...

His Dark Materials: Northern Lights, the Subtle Knife, the Amber Spyglass

Philip Pullman · 2007 · Rooke Books

£625.00 (€749.15 | $825.72 | ¥131,814)

London, Scholastic Ltd , 2007. Paperback. A signed limited box set of Philip Pullman's successful fantasy trilogy 'His Dark Materials', complete in its slipcase. A fantasy trilogy by Philip Pullman. A popular and successful series following the coming of age of ...

Between Each Breath

Adam Thorpe · 2007 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)

London, Jonathan Cape , 2007. First edition. Cloth. A signed first impression of this novel by Adam Thorpe, in the unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of this novel by Adam Thorpe. Signed by the author to the title page, dated 2007. A critique of Blair&...

The Phoenix

Lawrence Bachmann · 1955 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,635)

London, Collins, 1955 . First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition, first impression of this Laurence Bachmann novel, set in Berlin after the Second World War. The first edition, first impression of this novel by Lawrence Paul Bachmann, American film producer who also served...

Half Hours with the Best Authors

Charles Knight (Ed) · 1890 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

London, Frederick Warne and Co. 1890. Leather. Two volumes of Charles Knight's selection of works by the best authors, confined to those to be read in half an hour, in a charming Bickers and Son binding. Two volumes of Charles Knight's selection of works by the best ...

Forlorn Sunset

Michael Sadleir · 1947 · Rooke Books

£58.00 (€69.52 | $76.63 | ¥12,232)

London, Constable, 1947. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of Michael Sadleir's gritty work of historical fiction, complete with the unclipped Piper dust wrapper. Set in Victorian London, this work explores the underworld of London.Written by Michael Sadleir (18...

The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray

William Makepeace Thackeray · 1892 · Rooke Books

£900.00 (€1,078.78 | $1,189.03 | ¥189,813)

London, Smith, Elder, & Co, 1892-4. Leather. A beautifully bound collection of the satirical works of William Makepeace Thackeray, illustrated throughout, including with Thackeray's own illustrations. Complete in twenty-six volumesIn a half morocco signed binding by G. Ma...

The Red Danube

Bruce Marshall · 1947 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

London, Constable & Co. Ltd, 1947. First edition. Cloth. A marvellous first edition copy of this novel on war and life by Bruce Marshall. The first edition of this work by Bruce Marshall. A story set in Austria right after the war, when the Danube is still flushing from blue t...

Zanzibar

Giles Foden · 2002 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

London, Faber and Faber, 2002. First edition. Cloth. A superior signed first edition of this thrilling novel by Giles Foden. The first edition, first impression of this novel by Giles Foden. A crime thriller discussing the threat of al-Qaeda and Osama Bin Laden before the atta...

The Intrusion of Jimmy

P. G. Wodehouse · 1910 · Rooke Books

£3,250.00 (€3,895.60 | $4,293.72 | ¥685,434)

New York, W J Watt, 1910. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon, signed copy of P G Wodehouse's novel 'The Intrusion of Jimmy&apos. Signed to Estelle and Ivy, from 'Plum&apos. Scarce with the author's signing of the personal name 'Plum' instead of &ap...

The Reavers

George MacDonald Fraser · 2007 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

London, HarperCollins, 2007. First edition. Cloth. A signed limited edition of this fictional novel by George MacDonald fraser, in the original pictorial slipcase. A limited signed edition in slipcase. The last George MacDonald Fraser's novel before his death in 2008. It ...

The Sassoons

Stanley Jackson · 1968 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.59 | ¥35,853)

London, Heinmann, 1968. Leather. A signed limited edition of Stanley Jackson's study into the Sassoon dynasty, a beautiful work illustrated throughout. A limited edition work, limited to two-hundred and fifty copies, of which this is number twelve.Signed by the author to ...

The Looking Glass War

John Le Carre · 1965 · Rooke Books

£1,100.00 (€1,318.51 | $1,453.26 | ¥231,993)

London, Heinemann, 1965. First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition of John Le Carre's espionage novel, 'The Looking Glass War&apos. This spy novel explores the unglamorous nature of espionage and the dangers of nostalgia. It follows an incompetent British Intelli...

Last Orders

Graham Swift · 1996 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

London, Picador, 1996. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of Graham Swift's Man Booker winning novel revolving around a group of veterans in London. The first edition, first impression of this work.Signed by the author to the title page.In the original unclipped...

The Gathering

Anne Enright · 2007 · Rooke Books

£210.00 (€251.72 | $277.44 | ¥44,290)

London, Jonathan Cape, 2007. First edition. Cloth. A fine first edition of Anne Enright's Booker Prize winning novel, ruminating on family and the narrator's troubled family history. The first edition, first impression, of this work.Signed by the author to the title ...

The Wrong End of Time

John Brunner · 1971 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

New York, Doubleday & Company, 1971. First edition. Cloth. A beautiful signed first edition of John Brunner's exciting science fiction novel, in the original unclipped dustwrapper. The first edition of this work.Signed by the author to the title page.In the original uncli...