Narrativa e romanzi

Sepulchre

Kate Mosse · 2007 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,036)

London, Orion Books, 2007. First edition. Cloth. A lovely signed copy of this novel by Kate Mosse, the first impression. Telling of two women over two time periods: 1891 and modern day. Written by English author Kate Mosse, best known for her archaeological mystery novel Laby...

Christmas Improvement; or, Hunting Mrs. P. A Tale, Founded on Facts. Intended As a Christmas Box for Those Who Wish to Begin the New Year without Her

Anonymous · 1834 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)

London, N. Hailes , 1834. First edition. Leather. A delightful, first edition, collection of children's stories written by a mother for her children. The very scarce first edition. With an engraved frontispiece. A collection of tales, written for children, with a Christia...

The Village Book

Henry Williamson · 1930 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,963)

London , Jonathan Cape, 1930. First edition. Vellum. A charming, signed and limited first edition of this collection of nature short stories by Henry Williamson. A first limited edition copy of this work by Henry Williamson. This edition was limtied to five hundred and four co...

Swan Song

John Galsworthy · 1928 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

London , William Heinemann , 1928. First edition. Cloth. A smart limited first edition, first impression copy of Swan Song, which is also signed by the author. A limited, first edition, first impression copy of this work by John Galsworthy, with the misprint to page forty-four...

Here&Apos;S Richness! an Anthology of and by James Agate

James Agate; Osbert Sitwell · 1942 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,472)

London , George G. Harrap & Co, 1942. First edition. Leather. A lovely signed, limited edition copy of this anthology of James Agate's works. This volume was limited to one hundred copies, of which ninety were for sale. This copy is number number eighty. The volume is als...

The Knave of Diamonds

Ethel M. Dell · 1919 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.29 | ¥52,726)

London , T. Fisher Unwin, 1919. Cloth. A lovely copy of Ethel Dell's romantic novel The Knave of Diamonds, rare in the unclipped dust wrapper. A twenty-first impression of this work, published in 1919. With the extremely scarce dust wrapper. The Knave of Diamonds is a d...

Along the Arno

Brian Glanville · 1956 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

New York, Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1956 . First edition. Cloth. The signed scarce first US edition, first impression of this novel by Brian Glanville with the original dust wrapper. The first US edition, first impression of Along the Arno by Brian Glanville in the original ...

Everything Under

Daisy Johnson · 2018 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

London, Jonathan Cape, 2018 . First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition, first impression of Daisy Johnson's successful debut novel with the original dust wrapper. First edition, first printing of Everything Under by Daisy Johnson in the original publisher's bin...

What a Carve Up!

Jonathan Coe · 1994 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

London, Viking , 1994. First edition. Paperback. A signed copy of Jonathan Coe's popular 1980s satire. A first edition, third impression. Paperback. Signed by the author. Jonathan Coe's popular satire on British politics under the Conservative government of Margaret ...

Alentejo Blue

Monica Ali · 2006 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

London, Doubleday, 2006 . First edition. Cloth. A fine, signed and numbered Limited Edition of Monica Ali's Portuguese-set second novel. A signed, limited edition first edition, first impression of British-Bangladeshi novelist Monica Ali's second novel, the follow up...

The Story of General Dann and Mara&Apos;S Daughter Griot and the Snow Dog

Doris Lessing · 2005 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,199)

London and New York, Fourth Estate, 2005. First edition. Cloth. A scarce signed first edition and first printing of Doris Lessing's dystopian sequel. First Edition and first printing signed copy of The Story of General Dann by one of Britain's greatest novelists. In...

The Publishing Experience

Cass Canfield · 1969 · Rooke Books

£88.00 (€105.48 | $116.26 | ¥18,559)

Philadephia, University of Pennsylvania Press, 1969. First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of this bibliographical lecture, in the scarce glassine wrap. The first edition of the work. With an inscription from the author, reading: 'For Deborah, with affection an...

Carte Blanche

Jeffrey Deaver · 2011 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

London, Hodder & Stoughton, 2011. First edition. Cloth. A lovely signed first impression of this novel by Jeffrey Deaver, a James Bond continuation after the character created by Ian Fleming. The first edition, first impression of this work. A James Bond novel written by Jeffr...

The Sacred and Profane Love Machine

Iris Murdoch · 1974 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,036)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1974. First edition. Cloth. A lovely copy of Iris Murdoch's Whitbread Novel Award winner novel, the first impression complete with its unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of this work. A favourably received novel dealing wi...

Shock and Awe

David Isaak · 2007 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

London, Macmillan New Writing, 2007. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first impression of this thrilling first novel by David Isaak, signed by the author. The first edition, first impression of this novel by David Isaak, first by this author. Struggling to accept her brother&apo...

A Town Called Immaculate

Peter Anthony · 2007 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

London, Macmillan New Writing, 2007 . First edition. Cloth. An excellent first impression of this novel by Peter Anthony, signed by the author. The first edition, first impression of this novel by Peter Anthony. A haunting tale of family, fidelity, and the fragility of things ...

Lytton Strachey (1880-1932). Biographie Et Critique D&Apos;Un Critique Et Biographe

Gabriel Merle · 1980 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,216)

Lille; Paris, Atelier Reproduction des Thèses; Honore Champion, 1980 . First edition. Paperback. Inscribed to Bloomsbury Group associate Frances Partridge, this is a very scarce signed copy of Gabriel Merle's doctoral thesis about Lytton Strachey. A very scarce work, in ...

The Last Chronicle of Barset

Anthony Trollope · 1867 · Rooke Books

£1,190.00 (€1,426.39 | $1,572.16 | ¥250,974)

London, Smith, Elder and Co, 1867. First edition. Leather. The first edition in book form of the conclusion of Anthony Trollope's Barsetshire Chronicles, illustrated throughout and in smart signed full calf bindings. The first edition in book form of this work from Anthon...

Bird

Jane Adams · 1997 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,014)

London, Macmillan, 1997. First edition. Cloth. A beautiful signed first edition copy of Jane Adams' suspense novel, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. First edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. In the original unclipped dust wrapper.&apo...

Nouveaux Contes a Ninon

Emile Zola · 1886 · Rooke Books

£995.00 (€1,192.65 | $1,314.54 | ¥209,848)

Paris, Librairie L. Conquet, 1886. Leather. A lovely illustrated limited edition of Emile Zola's short story collection, in the original French language and bound in delightful leather. 'Contes de Ninon' was amongst Zola's earlier works, a collection of sho...