Narrativa e romanzi

SUPERINTENDENT GENTLY 4 Volumes Gently With the Painters, Gently Go Man, Gently Where the Roads Go, Gently Floating

HUNTER Alan · 1963 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

Pan Books, 1963-1965 4 vols. 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softbacks) (light wear at head and tails of spines - otherwise VG). Pp. various (pages toned; no inscriptions).

THE SUN CHEMIST

DAVIDSON Lionel · 1976 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

Jonathan Cape, 1976. 9780224011167 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (casing with slight lean and lightly bumped at head and tail of spine - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (small nicks and creasing at edges - in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 237 (pages to...

POEMS ABOUT PEOPLE Or England Reclaimed

SITWELL Osbert · 1965 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,273)

Hutchinson, 1965 1st edn signed and inscribed by author on title page. 8vo. Original silver letttered blue cloth (a little discoloured at edges - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (light wear at edges - in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 231 (prelims with creases at edges; ...

THE WAYFARING TREE

BB Denys Watkins-Pitchford · 1946 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

Hollis & Carter, 1946 1st edn 2nd printing. 8vo. Original silver decorated blue cloth, top edge blue (spine and edges boards rather faded - otherwise VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. 198, illus throughout with author's woodcuts (no inscriptions).

THE SHADOW ON THE CROWN 5 Volumes Turncoat's Drum, Storming Party, King's Men Crow, Harvest of Swords, Stand by the Colours

CARTER Nicholas · 1995 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,545)

Macmillan, 1995-1999 1st edn 1st printings. 5 vols. 8vo. Original gilt lettered black, red, green and blue cloth (vol 5 pictorial boards - all near Fine), dustwrapper (VG in protective covers, not price clipped). Pp. various (no inscriptions).

THE COMPLETE BRIGADIER GERARD

CONAN DOYLE Arthur · 2018 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,531)

Aziloth Books, 2018 9781911405580 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (VG). Pp. 304, with b&w illus in text by W.B. Wollen (no inscriptions).

FEAST

KURTZ Catherine · 2026 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,531)

Renegade Books, 2026. 9781408749791 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original red lettered black cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine, not price clipped). Pp. 323 (no inscriptions).

ON WITNESS AND RESPAIR Essays

WARD Jesmyn · 2026 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,531)

Bloomsbury Publishing, 2026. 9781037213083 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original black lettered grey cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine, not price clipped). Pp. xxi + 226 (no inscriptions).

THIS IMMACULATE BODY

VAN STRAATEN Emma · 2025 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,531)

Fleet, 2025. 9780349127309 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original silver lettered cream cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine, not price clipped). Pp. 245 (no inscriptions).

DIRTPICKERS

HAND Edie May · 2026 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,531)

Manilla Press, 2026. 9781786586254 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original silver lettered orange cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine, not price clipped). Pp. 342 (no inscriptions).

POEMS With an Introduction by Siegfried Sassoon

OWEN Wilfred · 1921 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

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

New York: B.W. Huebsch, 1921 US 1st edn from UK sheets. Tall 8vo (8¾ x 7 ins). Original gilt lettered grey cloth (bumped at head and tail of spine - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (partial loss at head and tail of spine and light wear at corners - in protective cover). Pp. ix + 33...

A ZBC OF EZRA POUND

BROOKE-ROSE Christine · 1971 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

Faber and Faber, 1971 1st edn. 8vo. Original silver lettered yellow cloth (casing with slight lean and page edges lightly spotted - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (chipped at head of spine - in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. x + 297 (previous owner's neat inscription on...

A Memoir of William Bagshawe (of Ford Hall)

William H. G. Bagshawe · 1887 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

London, Mitchell and Hughes, 1887. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition biography of writer and minister William Bagshawe or Bagshaw, illustrated, and once owned by a member of Abney Hall's Watts family. A very scarce first edition biography. Bound in publish...

Poems

John Wilson · 1825 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

Edinburgh, William Blackwood, 1825. First edition. Leather. A new and complete edition of the poems of the Edinburgh Romantic poet John Wilson, bound in full decorative contemporary calf. A new edition of Poems, the scarce anthology of a complete collection by the prolific Edi...

The Works of Samuel Foote, with Remarks on Each Play and an Essay on the Life, Genius and Writings of the Author

Samuel Foote [ed. by John Bee] · 1830 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,799)

London, Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper, 1830. First edition. Leather. The very scarce first edition of collection of comical plays by the witty Cornish playwright, known as the 'English Aristophanes&apos. The first edition of The Works of Samuel Foote, a very scarce literar...

Hanasaki Zizi (le Veillard Qui Fait Fleurir Les Arbres Morts. )

J. Dautremer [Trans.] · 1886 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.08 | ¥50,617)

Tokyo , Kobunsha, 1886. Paperback. A scarce French plain-paper edition of Hanasaki Jiji, one of the earliest Hasegawa fairy-tale publications, beautifully illustrated throughout by Kobayashi Eitaku. In the publisher's original pictorial paper wrappers with silk ties.  An ...

An Outcast of the Islands [ Nice Binding ]

Conrad Joseph · 1929 · George Jeffery Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,472)

Methuen & Co. Ltd Book measures 17.5x11.5.cm. 303,[2]pp. Bound in original publishers brown leather, with gilt design on top board and spine, lettering in black and gilt, top gilt edges, brown endpapers. Some wear on edges. Binding in very good clean condition. Internally, pag...

Chance a Tale in Two Parts [ Fine Binding ]

Conrad Joseph · 1927 · George Jeffery Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,472)

Methuen & Co. Ltd Book measures 17.5x11.5.cm. 351pp. Bound in original publishers brown leather, with gilt design on top board and spine, lettering in black and gilt, top gilt edges, brown endpapers. Some minor wear on edges. Binding in near fine condition. Internally, pages n...

Too Strange Not to be True

Fullerton Lady Georgiana · 1864 · George Jeffery Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.32 | ¥57,998)

Richard Bentley VOLUMES 2 & 3 ONLY. Books measure, 20.5x13.5.cm.[4],266pp, [4],296pp. Bound in original publishers embossed green cloth, with gilt lettering. Cloth very lightly rubbed, slight lean on spines. Both bindings in very good clean condition. Internally, possible peri...

The Strand Magazine [ Complete Run from 1891 to 1919 ]

Doyle A. Conan and Others · 1891 · George Jeffery Books

£1,450.00 (€1,738.04 | $1,915.66 | ¥305,809)

George Newnes Limited A complete run in 60 volumes. Bound in period half calf, calf corners, cloth boards, flat gilt bands, gilt lettering. Calf rubbed, scuffed, some joints split, a few boards loose, some loss on head and tails of spines. Generally bindings in good condition....