Narrativa e romanzi

Montes the Matador

Frank Harris · 1910 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,709)

New York, Mitchell Kennerley, 1910. First edition. Cloth. The first U. S. edition of this brilliant collection of five stories by Frank Harris, signed by the author. The first U. S. edition, first printing. This first U. S. edition was published ten years after the first Londo...

Cavanagh Forest Ranger, a Romance of the Mountain West

Hamlin Garland · 1910 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,799)

New York and London, Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1910. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of one of Hamlin Garland's popular Western romance, this copy being thrice signed by Garland. The first edition.Author's presentation copy, with an inscription to the rec...

The Princess&Apos; Blankets

Carol Ann Duffy · 2008 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,545)

London, Templar Publishing , 2008 . First edition. Hardback. A signed, limited edition of this enchanting fairy tale written by Carol Ann Duffy, with captivating illustrations by Catherine Hyde. Limited edition, with this copy being number 339 out of 500 copies printed. Signed...

Scripta Manent

Alfred Bovet; Philippe Godet · 1887 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)

Neuchatel, Attinger Freres, 1887. First edition. Leather. A smartly bound limited edition work on the autograph collection of Alfred Bovet, signed by Bovet himself. The first edition of this scarce limited edition. Limited to six hundred copies, of which this is numbered five ...

To the Ends of the Earth: A Sea Trilogy Comprising Rites of Passage, Close Quarters and Fire Down Below

William Golding · 1991 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,816)

London, Faber & Faber, 1991 . First edition. Cloth. Brian Aldiss's own fine example of the signed limited edition of William Golding's trilogy of nautical novels set in the early 19th century. The first edition, first impression of this work.A signed limited edition,...

The Good Apprentice

Iris Murdoch · 1985 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,453)

London, Chatto & Windus; The Hogarth Press, 1985 . First edition. Cloth. A signed limited edition copy of Iris Murdoch's celebrated novel about morality. A limited edition, with this being no. 178 of 250 numbered and specially bound copies, flat signed by Murdoch herself....

The Clerkenwell Tales

Peter Ackroyd · 2003 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

London, Chatto and Windus, 2003. First edition. Cloth. An excellent signed copy of this truly immersive historical gothic novel set during the Lollard movement of the late 1390s. The first edition of this work.Signed by the author to the title page.The Clerkenwell Tales is a h...

Sacred Country: A Novel

Rose Tremain · 1992 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.53 | $63.42 | ¥10,123)

London, Sinclair-Stevenson, 1992. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this award-winning novel from English author Rose Tremain, limited to one hundred and fifty copies signed by the author. First edition. Limited to one hundred and fifty copies signed by the author...

Tell It Me Again

John Fuller · 1988 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1988. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this exciting novel from English writer John Fuller, limited to one hundred and fifty copies signed by the author. First edition. Limited to one hundred and fifty copies signed by the author, of whic...

L" Is for Lawless

Sue Grafton · 1995 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

New York, Henry Holt and Company, 1995. First edition. Hardback. A first edition of this Kinsey Millhone detective fiction with a very scarce signed insert by the author. The first edition of this work.With a very scarce signed 'Kinsey Millhone' insert. In the publi...

The Bitter Pill

A. Bertram Chandler · 1972 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,872)

Melbourne, Wren, 1972. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of this brilliant sci-fi novel by A. Bertram Chandler, signed by the author. The first edition, first impression.Signed by the author to the title page.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.'The Bitt...

Quicksilver Sue

Laura E. Richards · 1899 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

New York, The Century Co. 1899. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this charming tale for children by American author Laura E. Richards, the author's own copy from her library. The first edition of this uncommon work.Author's own copy, signed and inscribed to...

A Pocketful of Noses: Stories of One Ganelon or Another

James Powell · 2009 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.74 | $58.13 | ¥9,280)

Virginia , Crippen & Landru Publishers, 2009 . First edition. Cloth. A signed, limited edition of this collection of mystery tales surrounding the Ganelon family, written by James Powell. A signed, limited edition. This is number 132 of 160 copies, signed by the author to the ...

Queen - But No Queen

Arthur Maltby · 1554 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.08 | ¥50,617)

London, Sisley's LTD, c1908. Cloth. A very scarce historical romance focusing on Philip II of Spain, an interesting novel, illustrated with a frontispiece. Signed by the author to the verso of the front endpaper.A very scarce work. Only held in three institutions, the Bri...

Death to the Spy

Bernard Newman · 1941 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,453)

London, Victor Gollancz LTD, 1941. Cloth. An uncommon and thrilling spy novel by Bernard Newman, set on the eve of the Second World War. An uncommon work.Signed by the author to the half-title, dated 13/10/42.'Death to the Spy' is a thrilling spy novel in which a gro...

Clear Waters

Owen Rutter · 1936 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)

London, Michael Joseph, 1936 . First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition of this scarce novel set in Borneo from English historian and travel writer, Owen Rutter. The first edition. Signed by the author to the title page, with an additional inscription to the front endpape...

Tales of the Braganza ; or, Reminiscences of a Voyage

[T. H. Usborne] · 1852 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.20 | ¥36,908)

London, Partridge and Oakey, 1852 . Cloth. A presentation copy, gifted from the author, of this vanishingly scarce novel depicting an exciting voyage from England to Spain. The second edition of the work, first published in 1842. Very scarce. Inscribed by the author, to '...

Suicide Hill

James Ellroy · 1986 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.85 | ¥83,307)

New York, The Mysterious Press, 1986. First edition. Paperback. The uncommon to see proof of James Ellroy's final Lloyd Hopkins novel, a tense crime novel by the great American author. An uncorrected proof.Signed by the author to the title page.The third and final Lloyd H...

The Miniature

Eden Phillpotts · 1926 · Rooke Books

£425.00 (€509.42 | $561.49 | ¥89,634)

London, Watts & Co, 1926 . First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this fantastical novel by Eden Phillpotts, in the original dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of this work, in the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.Inscribed by the ...

The Forbidden Hour

Maude Crossley; Charles King · 0 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.20 | ¥36,908)

London, Herbert Jenkins Limited, c1925. Cloth. A very scarce thriller by Maude Crossley and Charles King, inscribed by the authors. The second printing.A very scarce work.Signed by the authors to the recto of the front endpaper, 'To .. artist and friend, from Maude Crossl...