Narrativa e romanzi

Deceits of Time

Isabel Colegate · 1988 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1988. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this mysterious novel from British author Isabel Colegate, limited to one hundred and fifty copies signed by the author. First edition. Limited to one hundred and fifty copies signed by the author, o...

Shakespeare&Apos;S Comedy As You Like It

William Shakespeare · 1909 · Rooke Books

£325.00 (€389.56 | $429.37 | ¥68,543)

London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1909 . Vellum. A scarce limited edition of Shakespeare's beloved comedy, illustrated with colour plates by Hugh Thomson, and signed by the Thomson himself. A scarce limited edition work, in the publisher's original full vellum binding.This...

Hawthorne Reading: An Essay

Julian Hawthorne · 1902 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.29 | ¥52,726)

Cleveland, The Rowfant Club, 1902 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Julian Hawthorne's limited edition guide to the works of his father, Nathaniel Hawthorne. With a loosely inserted signed letter by the author. Loosely inserted is a handwritten signed letter fr...

Flowers and Moonshine

Dudu · 1857 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.74 | $251.02 | ¥40,072)

London, Richardson Brothers, 1857. First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of this charming collection of whimsical short stories for children, including a group of mischievous fairies who visit a family. Signed and dedicated by the author. The first and only editi...

The Eagle&Apos;S Heart

Hamlin Garland · 1900 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

New York, D. Appleton and Company, 1900. First edition. Cloth. An inscribed first edition copy of this early example of an American Western by Hamlin Garland, signed by the author. The uncommon first edition.Signed by the author, inscribed to the recto of the front endpaper, a...

Wolf Hall

Hilary Mantel · 2009 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.85 | ¥83,307)

London, Fourth Estate, 2009 . First edition. Cloth. A signed copy of the second impression of Hilary Mantel's award winning historical fiction novel about the rise and fall of Thomas Cromwell in the court of Henry VIII. The first edition, second impression of this celebra...

Ship Island and Other Stories

Elizabeth Spencer · 1968 · Rooke Books

£68.00 (€81.51 | $89.84 | ¥14,341)

New York , McGraw-Hill Book Company , 1968. First edition. Hardback. A signed first edition of this wonderful collection of short stories, two of which are O. Henry Award winners. The first edition of this work.Signed and dated inscription by the author to the front free endpa...

Hollywood Station

Joseph Wambaugh · 2006 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,635)

London, Little, Brown and Company, 2006 . First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition Joseph Wambaugh detective fiction novel about the LAPD, with further inscriptions from fellow crime authors James Ellroy and Michael Connelly. The first edition, first printing of this novel...

Variation on a Theme

John Collier · 1935 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

London, Grayson & Grayson, 1935 . First edition. Cloth. A signed limited edition of this amusing supernatural story by popular twentieth century British author and screenwriter John Collier. Number 137 of 250 signed and numbered copies by the author.A short, humorous, supernat...

Men of Stones: A Melodrama

Rex Warner · 1949 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,635)

London , The Bodley Head, 1949. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of the melodrama novel written by English writer and translator Rex Warner, The first edition, first impression of this work of speculative fiction. Signed by the author to the front board cloth. In...

One Came Back

Neil Bell · 1938 · Rooke Books

£155.00 (€185.79 | $204.78 | ¥32,690)

London, Collins, 1938 . First edition. Cloth. An extremely scarce, signed first edition of this novel set in the future, by Stephen Southwold, writing under the pseudonym of Neil Bell. First edition, bound in the publisher's original cloth, with the original, price-clippe...

The Chalchiuhite Dragon

Kenneth Morris; Douglas Anderson · 1992 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

New York, Tor; Tom Doherty, 1992. Paperback. A proof copy of this previously unpublished historical fiction novel by Kenneth Morris, signed by the editor, Douglas A. Anderson. A proof copy.Signed by the editor, Douglas A. Anderson, inscribed to the half-title.Introductory lett...

The Girl in a Swing

Richard Adams · 1980 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.82 | $171.75 | ¥27,417)

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1980 . First edition. Cloth. A signed first US edition of Richard Adams's popular novel, about an English ceramics dealer. The first US edition, first impression.In the publisher's original dust wrapper, price clipped. Flat signed by Adams ...

An American Dream

Norman Mailer · 1965 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

London, Andre Deutsch, 1965 . First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of Norman Mailer's novel about 32 hours in the life of Stephen Rojack. The first UK edition, first impression, in the original unclipped dust wrapper designed by Tom Adams.Mailer's novel follows...

The Plague Dogs

Richard Adams · 1995 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.82 | $171.75 | ¥27,417)

London, Allen Lane, 1995 . First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition of this moving novel by John Adams, with wonderful illustrations throughout by Alfred Wainwright. First edition, in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original, unclipped dust wrapper.I...

Straws in the Wind

Harry J. Boyle · 1969 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

Toronto, Doubleday Canada Limited, 1969 . First edition. Cloth. A scarce, first edition of Harry Boyle's collection of musings, inscribed by the author to fellow writer Stephen Vizinczey. First edition, in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original, un...

Fables

T. F. Powys · 1929 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1929. First edition. Cloth. A superb copy of these collected fables of T. F. Powys, a signed limited edition copy illustrated by Gilbert Spencer. Signed by the author to the limitation page.The first limited edition work, limited to 750 copies, of whic...

Fanfare for a Murderer

John Rosenberg; Elizabeth Rosenberg · 1960 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

London, Hogarth Press, 1960. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this thrilling novel by John and Elizabeth Rosenberg, signed with an inscription from the authors. First edition. With an inscription from the authors to the front endpaper: "For Edward, with much love...

An Expensive Place to Die

Len Deighton · 1967 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1967. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this spy novel by Len Deighton, with the original Top Secret In Transit Docket insert. First edition. With the original Top Secret In Transit Docket insert containing a collection of important document...

The Comedians

Graham Greene · 1966 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

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