Narrativa e romanzi

The Worm in the Bud; the Liar&Apos;S Chair; What Alice Knew; Zodiac; a Nearly Normal Family

Chris Collett; Rebecca Whitney; T. A. Cotterell; Sam Wilson; M. T. Edvardsson · 2004 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.75 | $244.41 | ¥39,017)

London, Piatkus; Mantle; Doubleday; Michael Joseph; Macmillan , 2004-2019. First edition. Cloth. A superb set of modern thrillers and mystery novels, all of which are either signed first impressions or limited signed editions. A gripping selection of mystery and crime thriller...

Animal

Lisa Taddeo · 2021 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

London, Bloomsbury Circus , 2021. First edition. Cloth. A fine signed first UK edition of Lisa Taddeo's visceral novel of sisterhood and female rage. Signed by the author to special publisher signature page bound in. The first UK edition, first impression, with the full ...

The Nickel Boys

Colson Whitehead · 2019 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,036)

London, Fleet, 2019. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first UK edition of Colson Whitehead's 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winning novel, signed by the author. First UK edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. Winner of the 2020 Pulitzer Priz...

5 Vols Signed First Uk Edition Thrillers by Steve Hamilton

Steve Hamilton · 2000 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

London, Orion, 2000-2003 . First edition. Cloth. A smart five-volume set of signed first UK editions by award-winning American thriller author Steve Hamilton. In the publisher's original cloth bindings, complete with the original unclipped dust wrappers.These volumes are ...

Follow Me Down

Julie Hearn · 2003 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

London, Oxford University Press, 2003. First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition of Julie Hearn"s imaginative, time-travel debut novel Follow Me Down, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth binding, complete with the original uncli...

Learwife

J.R. Thorp · 2021 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,872)

Edinburgh, Canongate, 2021. First edition. Cloth. A signed, numbered limited first edition of Learwife, a lyrical, feminist reimagining of King Lear, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth binding, complete with the original unclipped ...

A Collection of Translations by William Morris

William Morris [translator]; Maurice Hewlett · 1898 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)

Maine, Thomas B. Mosher, 1898. Vellum. A collection of limited edition titles of classical tales translated by English designed and poet William Morris. A collection of four classical tales bound into one volume. Each individual volume is limited to four hundred and twenty-fiv...

Reminiscences of J.L. Toole Related by Himself and Chronicled by John Hatton

Joseph Hatton; J. L. Toole · 1892 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

London, George Routledge and Sons Limited, 1892. First edition. Cloth. A signed edition of Joseph Hatton's biography on J. L. Toole, the English actor and theatrical producer, with a presentation inscription from J. L. Toole. The cheap edition.J. L. Toole's presentat...

The Edge of Madness

Michael Dobbs · 2008 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

London, Simon and Schuster, 2008. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition, first impression of this Harry Jones thriller from British author Michael Dobbs, signed by the author. First edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. Cyber-warfare: the kin...

A Collection of Studies on the Life and Works of Edith Sitwell

Edith Sitwell; Richard Fifoot; Geoffrey Elborn; Richard Greene [editor] · 1963 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)

London; New York, Rupert Hart-Davis; Sheldon Press; Peter Owen; Sinclair-Stevenson Peter Lang; Virago Press, 1963-1997. First edition. Cloth. A collection of smart volumes on the life and works of British poet and critic Edith Sitwell, with one signed volume. Six volumes. A co...

The Works of Ben Jonson

Ben Jonson; W. Gifford; F. Cunningham · 1875 · Rooke Books

£1,350.00 (€1,618.17 | $1,783.55 | ¥284,719)

London, Bickers and Son, Henry Sotheran and Co, 1875. Leather. A handsome example of this nine volume edition of the collected works of influential playwright and poet Ben Jonson, in signed half morocco bindings. This set, with a biographical memoir from W. Gifford and introdu...

Waverley Novels

Sir Walter Scott · 1842 · Rooke Books

£1,200.00 (€1,438.37 | $1,585.38 | ¥253,084)

Edinburgh, Robert Cadell , 1842-1847. Leather. A smart illustrated set of Sir Walter Scott's 'Waverley' novels, bound in full calf by Hayday. Comprising the 'Abbotsford' edition of Sir Walter Scott's Waverley novels. Complete in twelve volumes, bo...

Tip on a Dead Crab

William Murray · 1984 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,709)

New York, The Viking Press, 1984. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this novel from the Shifty Lou Anderson series by American author William Murray, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author to the title page. The first novel from the Shifty ...

Old Hall, New Hall

Michael Innes · 1975 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,963)

London, Victor Gollancz LTD, 1975. Cloth. A superb copy of this exciting Michael Innes detective novel, twice signed by the author. Signed by the author to the title page, and additionally to the recto of the front endpaper, "Inscribed for Michael Jacobs of the University of L...

The Gay Place

William Brammer · 1961 · Rooke Books

£270.00 (€323.63 | $356.71 | ¥56,944)

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1961 . First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of Willie Lee Brammer's celebrated novel, widely acclaimed as one of the best American political novels ever written. Flat signed by the author to the front free endpaper. Signed examples of thi...

Shalimar the Clown

Salman Rushdie · 2005 · Rooke Books

£58.00 (€69.52 | $76.63 | ¥12,232)

London, Jonathan Cape, 2005. First edition. Cloth. An excellent signed first impression of this engaging novel from Salman Rushdie. Signed by the author to the title page. The first edition, first impression. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. This p...

Rainbow Fish

Ralph Bates · 1937 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.72 | $77.95 | ¥12,443)

New York, E. P. Dutton & Company, INC. 1937. First edition. Cloth. The first U.S. edition of Ralph Bates' brilliant novel about criminal on a boat in Greece, signed by the author. The first U.S. edition, first printing.Signed by the author to the recto of the front endpap...

Waterland

Graham Swift · 1992 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

London, Picador, 1992. Cloth. A smart revised edition of this mysterious work from British writer Graham Swift, signed and inscribed by the author. Revised edition, originally published in 1983. First impression of this edition. Signed and inscribed by the author to the title ...

The Jessamy Bride

F. Frankfort Moore · 1900 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

Chicago, Herbert S. Stone & Company, 1900. Cloth. A smart limited edition of this romance novel from Irish writer Frank Frankfort Moore, signed by the author. Limited edition of one thousand copies numbered and signed by the author, of which this is number five hundred and six...

Bertie and the Crime of Passion; Diamond Dust

Peter Lovesey · 1993 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)

London, Little, Brown and Company , 1993-2002. First edition. Cloth. A lovely pair of signed first edition novels by British detective novelist Peter Lovesey, with the fine unclipped dust wrappers. Signed by the author to both books' title pages. The first edition, first...