Narrativa e romanzi

Under the Cherry Tree

Peter Traill [Guy Mainwaring Morton] · 1926 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)

London, Faber and Gwyer, 1926 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this charming novel from Peter Traill, the pseudonym of author Guy Mainwaring Morton. The scarce first edition, first impression.Illustrated with a frontispiece and five further illustrations by ...

The Mystery of the Common

James Blyth · 1920 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.39 | $594.52 | ¥94,906)

London, Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, 1920. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this vanishingly scarce mystery novel by James Blyth, set during the outbreak of WW1. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth. A vanishingly scarce novel. This thrilling mys...

Prince Prigio

Andrew Lang · 1889 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.84 | $151.93 | ¥24,254)

Bristol, J. W. Arrowsmith, 1889. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this fantasy story by the noted Andrew Lang, with charming illustrations by Gordon Browne. The scarce first trade edition. Also published as a limited edition in the same year. Illustrated by the note...

The Spiderwick Chronicles (Books 1-5); Three Packs of Promotional Trading Cards; &Apos;Their World Is Closer Than You Think&Apos; T-Shirt; Promotional Box with Colouring Sheets and Trivia Cards

Tony DiTerlizzi; Holly Black · 2003 · Rooke Books

£995.00 (€1,192.65 | $1,314.54 | ¥209,848)

New York , Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2003-2004. First edition. Hardback. A wonderful collection of books and merchandise for 'The Spiderwick Chronicles', including signed first editions, a t-shirt and scarce trading cards. A first edition, first pri...

Virginia of the Air Lanes

Herbert Quick · 1909 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

Indianapolis , The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1909. First edition. Cloth. A bright first edition of this romantic novel set along the Gulf Coast during the pioneering days of flight. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth binding.Illustrated with five plates by...

Ramping Cat

Christian Mawson [Christian Augustus Barman] · 1941 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1941. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this very scarce novel from British designer Christian Mawson. First edition. Very scarce. An outrageous historical novel, following exciting characters faced with real problems that would seem singula...

The Works of George Eliot with a Biography

George Eliot [Mary Ann Evans]; J. W. Cross [ed.] · 1878 · Rooke Books

£650.00 (€779.12 | $858.74 | ¥137,087)

Edinburgh; London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1878-1885. Cloth. The complete Cabinet Edition of the works of George Eliot, including the three-volume biography edited by her husband. A set of twenty-four books uniformly bound in the publisher's original cloth binding, wi...

Twelve Letters and a Bibliographical Essay from Leonard Clark

Leonard Clark · 1954 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,453)

Charlottesville, Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, 1954-1968. Paperback. A bibliographical work by Leonard Clark on the writings of Walter de la Mare, alongside twelve signed letters from Clark. Leonard Clark was an English poet, writer, editor, and educat...

Everything That Rises Must Converge

Flannery O'Connor · 1965 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.30 | ¥17,927)

New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1965 . First edition. Cloth. The fourth printing of Flannery O'Connor's posthumously published collection of nine short stories, written in the final decade of her life. The first edition, fourth printing.In the publisher's o...

The Face of Innocence; a Contest of Ladies; the Stories of William Sansom; Goodbye; the Marmalade Bird; a Young Wife&Apos;S Tale

William Sansom · 1951 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.74 | $251.02 | ¥40,072)

London; Boston , The The Hogarth Press; Little, Brown and Company, 1951-1974 . First edition. Cloth. A terrific selection of first edition novels and short-story collections from highly descriptive writer, William Sansom. First edition.With the publisher's original dust w...

Don&Apos;T Tell Alfred

Nancy Mitford · 1960 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1960. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of Nancy Mitford's final novel, the third in a trilogy centred on an upper-class English family. The first edition. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.'Don't ...

The Ingoldsby Legends or Mirth and Marvels

Thomas Ingoldsby Esquire [Richard Harris Barnham] · 1938 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)

London, Oxford University Press, 1938. Leather. A smartly bound later edition of this collection of legends, with illustrations. Later edition. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece and numerous in-text images. A collection of myths, legends, ghost stories and poems written...

The Trip to London: Stories

Rhys Davies · 1946 · Rooke Books

£32.00 (€38.36 | $42.28 | ¥6,749)

London, William Heinemann, 1946. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of short stories from Welsh writer Rhys Davies. First edition. Scarce with dust wrapper. A collection of eleven short stories, including: The Benefit Concert, Price of a Wedding Rin...

A Collection of First Uk Editions from Paul Gallico

Paul Gallico · 1957 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)

London, Michael Joseph; William Heinemann, 1957-1968. First edition. Cloth. A collection of six smart first edition volumes from American writer Paul Gallico. Six volumes. First UK edition. Written by Paul William Gallico, an American novelist and short story and sports writer...

The Holder of the World

Bharati Mukherjee · 1993 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1993. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this retelling of The Scarlet Letter by Indian American-Canadian writer Bharati Mukherjee, signed by the author. First edition, Signed and inscribed by the author to the title page which reads "To ...

Dance of the Happy Shades

Alice Munro · 1974 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,635)

London, Allen Lane, 1974. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first UK edition of this collection of short stories from Canadian writer Alice Munro. First UK edition, first published in Canada in 1968. The author's first collection of stories and winner of the 1968 Governo...

A Passion Before Death

James Hanley · 1930 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.29 | ¥52,726)

London, Privately Printed [C. J. Greenwood], 1930 . First edition. Cloth. A signed, limited edition of this daring tale told from the confines of a prison cell, with the original, vanishingly scarce glassine wrap. The first edition, limited to 200 copies signed by the author a...

Love Among the Ruins

Evelyn Waugh · 1953 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

London, Chapman & Hall, 1953 . First edition. Hardback. The first edition of Evelyn Waugh's beautifully illustrated dystopian short novel. First edition. In a hardback binding, with the original dust wrapper adhered to boards. This intriguing work is one of Evelyn Waugh&a...

Shards of Memory; East Into Upper East: Plain Tales from New York and New Delhi; My Nine Lines: Chapters of a Possible Past

Ruth Prawer Jhabvala · 1995 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

London, John Murray, 1995-2004. First edition. Cloth. A fantastic set of the first editions of three works by novelist and screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, in their original dust wrappers. The first edition, first impressions of these three works in the publisher's orig...

Love Your Enemies; Wide Open; Clear: A Transparent Novel; Darkmans; Burley Cross Postbox Theft; the Yips; in the Approaches; the Cauliflower; H(a)Ppy; I Am Sovereign

Nicola Barker · 1993 · Rooke Books

£198.00 (€237.33 | $261.59 | ¥41,759)

London, Faber and Faber; Fourth Estate; William Heinemann, 1993-2019. First edition. Cloth. A terrific set of first edition novels from Nicola Barker, populated with eccentric characters and wildly comic and strange narratives. The first edition, first printings of these works...