Narrativa e romanzi

My Kalulu Prince, King and Slave: A Story of Central Africa

Henry M. Stanley · 1889 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1889. Cloth. The new and cheaper edition of this illustrated historical novel based in Central Africa from Welsh-American explorer Sir Henry Morton Stanley. New and cheaper edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and seven pl...

Where the Blue Begins

Christopher Morley · 1925 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.20 | ¥36,908)

London [New York], William Heinemann [Doubleday], 1925 . First edition. Cloth. The first US trade edition of Christopher Morley's illustrated fantasy novel, illustrated in colour by Arthur Rackham and with the original dust wrapper. The first US trade edition, first print...

The Heroes; or Greek Fairy Tales for My Children

Charles Kingsley · 1868 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1868. Leather. A beautifully illustrated first new edition of Kingsley"s beloved myth retellings of Perseus, Theseus, and Jason for young readers. New edition.Illustrated with eight colour plates, including a frontispiece. Collated, complete. In a fu...

Some Eighteenth Century Byways and Other Essays

John Buchan · 1908 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

Edinburgh, William Blackwood and Sons, 1908. First edition. Cloth. An excellent publisher's presentation first edition copy of this collection of essays by John Buchan. The first edition, first impression, with the publisher's advertisements to the rear date 6/08.Pub...

Tales of the Outposts Series

Lieut.-Colonel L. A. Bethell [editor] · 1932 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)

Edinburgh & London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1932-1943. Cloth. A smart collection of three volumes from the Tales of the Outposts series, edited by author and soldier Lieutenant Colonel Leonard Arthur Bethell. Three volumes of a twelve volume set, being volumes three, six, ...

The Island of Sheep

John Buchan · 1936 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.32 | ¥57,998)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1936. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of John Buchan's final Hannay and Arbuthnot novel, an exciting thriller, in the original dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression, of this work.In the original unclipped dustwrapper.&apos...

The Thirty-Nine Steps and the Power-House; the Thirty-Nine Steps; the 39 Steps;

John Buchan · 1958 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,816)

London; Edinburgh, William Blackwood & Sons Ltd; Hodder and Stoughton; J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd; Michael O'Mara, 1958-2011. Cloth. A smart four-volume set of John Buchan"s The Thirty-Nine Steps, showcasing key editions of this iconic spy thriller in illustrated, limited, and...

Do You Remember What Happened

Jean Chapman · 1969 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)

London, Angus and Robertson, 1969. First edition. Cloth. A first UK edition of Jean Chapman"s nostalgic collection of childhood memories, charmingly illustrated with whimsical colour illustrations and vignettes by Edward Ardizzone. In the publisher's original red cloth bi...

Black Rock: A Tale of the Selkirks

Ralph Connor [Charles William Gordon] · 1902 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1902. Leather. A smartly bound eighth edition of this novel on the Canadian lumber trade from Canadian author Ralph Connor. Eighth edition. Set in a Canadian mining town during the lumberjack boom of the 1880s, this novel follows the arrival of a ...

Jubelrufe Aus Bucherstapeln, Die Pirckheimer-Gesellschaft 1956-2006: Ein Almanach

Carsten Wurm [editor] · 2006 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

Wiesbaden, Harrassowitz Verlag, 2006. First edition. Hardback. A very pleasing first edition of this almanac of the Pirckheimer Society from 1956 to 2006, in the original German. German. First edition. Illustrated throughout. An almanac of the first fifty years of The Pirckhei...

Dissolution

C. J. Sansom · 2003 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.08 | ¥50,617)

London, Macmillan , 2003 . First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition, first impression, copy of C. J. Sansom's opening instalment to his 'Shardlake' series with the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth binding. This copy inc...

The Hunting of the Snark: An Agony, in Eight Fits

Lewis Carroll · 1975 · Rooke Books

£349.00 (€418.33 | $461.08 | ¥73,605)

London, The Whittington Press, 1975 . Cloth. Signed by illustrator Harold Jones, this is a wonderful limited edition example of Lewis Carroll's delightful nonsense poem. A charming limited edition of Carroll's work, number 478 of 750 copies produced, signed by the il...

The Waverley Novels of Sir Walter Scott

Sir Walter Scott · 1829 · Rooke Books

£1,800.00 (€2,157.56 | $2,378.06 | ¥379,625)

London, Robert Cadell, 1829-1833. Leather. A large set of forty-eight volumes of the Waverley Novels by Scottish writer Sir Walter Scott. Complete in forty-eight volumes. With a frontispiece and vignette title to each volume. The Waverley Novels are a collection created by the...

Lights and Shadows of Scottish Life

[John Wilson] · 1839 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)

New York, Robert Carter, 1839. Leather. An anthology of twenty-four short stories about Scottish life, by John Wilson. A volume of twenty-four short stories, recounting different aspects of life in Scotland. Tales include 'The Lily of Liddesdale', 'An Hour in th...

Fungus the Bogeyman; Gentleman Jim; Ug

Raymond Briggs · 1977 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,635)

London, Hamish Hamilton; Jonathan Cape , 1977-2001 . First edition. Hardback. A delightful set of first edition graphic novels from renowned illustrator and cartoonist, Raymond Briggs. The first editions, first impressions of these works. In the publisher's original pict...

The Essays of Elia, and, the Last Essays of Elia

Charles Lamb; Augustine Birrell · 1926 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,216)

London, J. M. Dent & Sons LTD, 1926. Leather. A striking Riviere bound set of Charles Lamb's complete 'Essays of Elia', a lovely set illustrated by Charles E. Brock. Complete in two volumes.Bound by Riviere.In a custom slipcase, in a very good condition.'Es...

The Cathedral, and, Harmer John

Hugh Walpole · 1922 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,816)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1922-24. First edition. Cloth. Two limited edition novels by Hugh Walpole, both signed by the author and in their original dust wrappers. Two limited edition novels by Hugh Walpole, both published alongside the first trade editions.Both volum...

The Devil Doctor

Sax Rohmer · 1933 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)

London, Methuen, 1933. Cloth. Sax Rohmer's second novel about the supervillain 'Fu Manchu', in the publisher's original scarce and striking dust wrapper. The fifteenth edition, first published in 1916. In the publisher's original cloth, with the origi...

The Vanishing Witch; the Raven&Apos;S Head

Karen Maitland · 2014 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)

London, Headline Review , 2014-2015. First edition. Cloth. A very pleasing pair of signed medieval thrillers from Karen Maitland, one of which is a limited edition. Both works signed by the author. Offering a delightful set of gothic novels from "Queen of the Dark Ages", Kare...

Wind on Fire Trilogy

William Nicholson · 2000 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)

London, Mammoth; Egmont Books Ltd. 2000-2002. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition set of the Wind on Fire trilogy from British writer William Nicholson, signed by the author. Complete in three volumes. First edition, first impression. Signed by the author. Written...