Narrativa e romanzi

The Good Thief

Hannah Tinti · 2008 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

London, Headline Review, 2008. First edition. Cloth. A flawless, first UK edition copy of this delightful novel of historical fiction by American author Hannah Tinti. In the original dust wrapper and containing an inscription from the author. A delightful, first UK edition cop...

The Gone-Away World

Nick Harkaway · 2008 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

London, William Heinemann, 2008 . First edition. Hardback. The signed first edition, first impression of this debut post-apocalyptic science fiction novel. A signed first edition, first impression of this debut science fiction novel from writer Nick Harkaway. In the publisher&...

The Age of Anxiety

Pete Townshend · 2019 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

London, Coronet, 2019 . First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of musician Pete Townshend's debut novel, exploring the anxieties and madness of modern life. The signed first edition, first impression of this novel from Pete Townshend, English musician and principal ...

The Highfield Mole Book One: The Circle in the Spiral

Roderick Gordon; Brian Williams · 2005 · Rooke Books

£1,250.00 (€1,498.31 | $1,651.43 | ¥263,629)

Not Stated , Mathew & Son, 2005. First edition. Hardback. A superb signed copy of this novel by Roderick Gordon and Brian Williams, the first hardback issue, limited to five hundred copies. A special copy featuring a cartoon doodled by Brian Williams. The first edition, first ...

The Utmost Island

Henry Myers · 1951 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

New York, Crown Publishers , 1951. Cloth. The Book Club edition of this epic novel, signed by Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie. An epic tale of Iceland Vikings and the Norse gods they worshipped a thousand years prior, but the new Christian religion clashes with this ancient worshippi...

Babel Tower

A. S. Byatt · 1996 · Rooke Books

£92.00 (€110.28 | $121.55 | ¥19,403)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1996. First edition. Cloth. A fine signed first edition of this wonderful novel by A. S. Byatt, a superb copy of this novel which is generally considered to be one of the best. A first edition, first impression of this work.Signed by the author to the ...

Cambridge Blue

Alison Bruce · 2009 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

London, Soho Constable, 2009. First edition. Cloth. A flawless, first UK edition copy of this detective novel by Alison Bruce, in the original unclipped dust wrapper and signed by the author. A thrilling detective novel set in Cambridge, England, and starring DC Gary Goodhew, ...

Queer Fish

Robert Overton · 0 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

London, Dean and Son, c1883. Hardback. A curious collection of nine short stories drawn from late Victorian Era magazines. The second edition of this collection of nine tales, or 'character sketches', from author Robert Overton. The preface to the work identifies tha...

Gunmen&Apos;S Holiday

Charles Maxwell Knight · 1935 · Rooke Books

£3,400.00 (€4,075.39 | $4,491.90 | ¥717,070)

London, Philip Allan, 1935. First edition. Cloth. An extremely scarce first edition copy of Charles Maxwell Knight's detective fiction novel 'Gunmen's Holiday&apos. With fascinating association. Accompanied by a hand-painted wooden diorama of a dalmation and chi...

The Black House

Paul Theroux · 1974 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,709)

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1974. First edition. Cloth. A fine signed first edition of this popular Paul Theroux novel, signed by Theroux to the title page. The first edition of this work.Signed by the author to the title page.In the original price-clipped dustwrapper, with publi...

Space Platform

Murray Leinster; [William Fitzgerald Jenkins] · 1953 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)

Chicago, Shasta Publishers, 1953. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this exhilarating young adult sci-fi novel by Murray Leinster. The first edition of this work.Signed by the author to the recto to the front endpaper.In the original unclipped dustwrapper.A young...

Lies of Silence

Brian Moore · 1990 · Rooke Books

£79.00 (€94.69 | $104.37 | ¥16,661)

London, Bloomsbury, 1990. First edition. Cloth. A lovely limited edition of Brian Moore's novel 'Lies of Silence', signed by the author and complete with a glassine dust wrapper. 'Lies of Silence' is a 1990 novel focusing on the effects that The Troubl...

According to Queeney

Beryl Bainbridge · 2001 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,545)

London, Little, Brown and Company, 2001. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this exciting historical fiction novel about Samuel Johnson, and his friendship with Queeney Thrale. The first edition, first impression, of this work.Signed by the author to the title pag...

The Edwardians

Vita Sackville West · 1931 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

Leipzig, Bernard Tauchnitz, 1931. First edition. Paperback. The first Tauchnitz edition of this novel by Vita Sackville-West, two volumes, one for German and one for Swiss publication. The first edition of this work, part of the 'Collection of British and American Authors...

The Deeds of Doyly Mcpurr

Lawrance Smith · 1974 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.53 | $63.42 | ¥10,123)

London, Rex Collings, 1974. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition of this immensely entertaining and heart-warming novel, inscribed and signed by the author. The first edition of this work.Inscribed by the author to the verso of the half-title, 'This is Lucy's...

Noble in Reason

Phyllis Bentley · 1955 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.80 | $191.57 | ¥30,581)

London, Victor Gollancz LTD, 1955. First edition. Cloth. The signed first edition of one of Phyllis Bentley's Yorkshire novels, lovingly inscribed by the author. The first edition of this work.Signed by the author to the recto to the front endpaper, 'For Marjorie, fr...

East, West

Salman Rushdie · 1994 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,872)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1994. First edition. Cloth. A signed First Edition, first impression o East, West: an anthology of short stories by Salman Rushdie A signed First Edition, first impression copy of East, West, written by Salman Rushdie. East, West is an anthology of short...

Redback

Howard Jacobson · 1986 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

London, Bantam Press, 1986. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of one of Howard Jacobson's early novels, a wonderful example of his witty prose. The first edition, first impression of this work.Signed by the author to the title page.In the original unclipped dus...

Swallowdale

Arthur Ransome · 1931 · Rooke Books

£11,850.00 (€14,203.95 | $15,655.58 | ¥2,499,200)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1931. First edition. Cloth. A fantastic first edition of Arthur Ransome's 'Swallowdale&apos. Signed by the illustrator of this work, Clifford Webb. With the exceedingly scarce dustwrapper. Signed by the illustrator to the recto of front endpape...

Infinite Days

Rebecca Maizel · 2010 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.30 | ¥17,927)

London, Macmillan, 2010. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon signed copy of this work of fantasy writing by Rebecca Maizel. Signed and inscribed by the author to the title page, reading 'I hope you love it as much as I enjoyed writing it! xo Rebeccs' First edition, fir...