Narrativa e romanzi

Disgrace

J. M. Coetzee · 1999 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Secker and Warburg, 1999. First edition. Cloth. Lovely first edition copy of this novel by J. M. Coetzee, the Booker Prize winner in 1999. The first edition, first impression of this work. Complete with the original pictorial dust wrapper designed  by Lucy Harmer, sec...

Black Swan Green

David Mitchell · 2006 · Rooke Books

£149.00 (€178.60 | $196.85 | ¥31,434)

London, Sceptre, 2006. First edition. Cloth. Lovely first limited edition of this semi-autobiographical novel by David Mitchell, housed in its original slipcase. First limited edition of this work, one of one-thousand copies printed, signed by the author, housed in the origina...

Remarkable Creatures

Tracy Chevalier · 2009 · Rooke Books

£39.00 (€46.75 | $51.52 | ¥8,228)

London, HarperCollins, 2009 . First edition. Cloth. A fine, signed, first edition of Tracy Chavalier's historical novel about famed palaeontologist, Mary Anning. A signed first edition, first impression of acclaimed author Tracy Chevalier's fictionalised account of t...

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Mark Haddon · 2003 · Rooke Books

£260.00 (€311.65 | $343.50 | ¥54,852)

London, Jonathan Cape, 2003 . First edition. Cloth. A fine, signed, first edition of Mark Haddon's award-winning and critically acclaimed 2003 novel. A signed first edition, first impression of Mark Haddon's celebrated mystery novel, the winner of the Whitbread Book ...

Swallowdale

Arthur Ransome · 1951 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1951. Cloth. A superb signed reprint of the popular children's novel 'Swallowdale', an exciting tale following on from 'Swallows and Amazons&apos. Signed by the author to the half title.Ink note to the verso of the front endpaper &apo...

Two Sunday Philosophy Club Novels

Alexander McCall Smith · 2004 · Rooke Books

£46.00 (€55.14 | $60.77 | ¥9,705)

London, Little Broen, 2004-06. First edition. Cloth. A fine set of two Alexander McCall Smith novels in his Isabel Dalhousie mystery series, both volumes signed by the author. The first edition, first printings.Signed by the author to the title pages.In the original unclipped ...

The Letters of a Portuguese Nun

Marianna Alcoforado; Edgar Prestage [trans.] · 1900 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

Portland, Maine, Thomas B. Mosher, 1900 . First edition. Leather. A scarce Limited Edition of this series of five passionate letters between a Portuguese nun and her French lover. In a lovely full calf signed binding. A scarce, Limited Edition of this collection of passionate ...

Poems

Jean Ingelow · 1867 · Rooke Books

£79.00 (€94.69 | $104.37 | ¥16,667)

London, Longmans, Green, Reader and Dyer, 1867 . First edition. Leather. The first illustrated edition of the charming volume of poems from Jean Ingelow. Engraved by The Brother's Dalziel, and in a signed binding from H. Sotheran. The first illustrated edition of this del...

Tom Brown at Oxford

Thomas Hughes · 1872 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.31 | ¥58,016)

London, Macmillan & Co. 1872. Leather. A presentation copy of this interesting work of fiction about university life in the nineteenth century, handsomely bound in full calf by Macmillan & Co. A signed copy, in a full calf binding by Macmillan & Co, with their binder's st...

The Spire

William Golding · 1964 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, Faber and Faber, 1964 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this popular novel from William Golding, in the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of this novel from Nobel Prize for Literature winning author W...

The Parisians

Edward Bulwer-Lytton (Lord Lytton) · 1875 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, George Routledge and Sons, 1875. Cloth. An illustrated two volume collection of "The Parisians" from English novelist Edward Bulwer-Lytton. A very smart Knebworth edition of this work. Two volume collection of "The Parisians" from English novelist, poet, playwright, an...

The Complete Detective Inspector Jack Frost Series

R. D. Wingfield · 1989 · Rooke Books

£2,350.00 (€2,816.85 | $3,104.68 | ¥495,777)

London, Constable; Bantam Press, 1989-2008. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon to find complete first edition set of the six Inspector Detective Jack Frost novels by R. D. Wingfield, 'Night Frost' being signed by the author to the title page. The complete Detective In...

Carte Blanche: A James Bond Novel

Jeffery Deaver · 2011 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Hodder & Stoughton, 2011. First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition copy of Jeffery Deaver's popular James Bond continuation novel, enclosed in the original unclipped dustwrapper. An exciting James Bond continuation novel by Jeffery Deaver, set in mid-2011 acr...

Killer Planet

Bob Shaw · 1989 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, Victor Gollancz LTD, 1989. First edition. Paperback. An uncorrected proof copy for Bob Shaw's science fiction novel, with a signature from the author to the front wraps. Uncorrected Proof Copy, uncommon. Signed by the author to the front cover of wraps. This is an...

Light Reading

Aliya Whiteley · 2008 · Rooke Books

£34.00 (€40.75 | $44.92 | ¥7,173)

London, Macmillan New Writing, 2008. First edition. Cloth. A first edition mystery novel, which relates the tale of two young wives who try to uncover the truth behind a TV star's death, with a signature from the author to title page. First edition, first impression. Sig...

One Man&Apos;S Empire

Geoffrey Bird · 2008 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Macmillan New Writing, 2008. Cloth. An historical adventure thriller by Geoffrey Bird, set in the 'heyday of the British Empire', signed by the author to the title page. First edition, uncommon. Signed by the author to the title page, dated February of 2008....

Testament

Alis Hawkins · 2008 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Macmillan New Writing, 2008. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of Hawkins' fiction novel, which is loosely inspired by Medieval history, with a signature from the author to the title page. First edition, first impression. In the publisher's unclippe...

A Darkness More Than Night

Michael Connelly · 2001 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 2001. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition, first impression copy of Michael Connelly's crime novel, in the unclipped dustwrapper. First edition, first impression.Signed by author to title page. In the unclipped dust wrapper. &...

The Puppet Show

Patrick Redmond · 2000 · Rooke Books

£43.00 (€51.54 | $56.81 | ¥9,072)

London, Hodder & Stoughton, 2000. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition, first impression signed by the author of this thrilling novel by Patrick Redmond. The first edition, first impression of this work. Signed by the author to the title page. A sophisticated thrilling...

The Middle Age of Mrs Eliot

Angus Wilson · 1958 · Rooke Books

£72.00 (€86.30 | $95.12 | ¥15,190)

London, Secker and Warburg, 1958 . First edition. Cloth. A lovely copy of the first edition of Angus Wilson's award winning novel about a new widow. The first edition, first impression of English novelist Angus Wilson's James Tait Black Memorial Prize winning novel, ...