Narrativa e romanzi

Gad&Apos;S Hill Place and Charles Dickens

Edwin Harris · 1910 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,216)

Roschester, Edwin Harris & Sons, 1910 . First edition. Leather. The scare first edition of Edwin Harris' wonderful study of Dickens' association with Gad's Hill Place, with a signed letter from the author to the founder of the American Dickens' Fellowship. ...

The Book of Dead Days; the Foreshadowing; My Swordhand Is Singing

Marcus Sedgwick · 2003 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,709)

London, Orion Children's Books , 2003-2006. First edition. Cloth. A delightful trio of signed young adult novels by Marcus Sedgwick, each complete with their original unclipped dust wrapper. The first editions, first impressions of these works. Signed by the author to ea...

The Seven Seas Edition of the Works of Rudyard Kipling

Rudyard Kipling · 1913 · Rooke Books

£1,490.00 (€1,785.98 | $1,968.51 | ¥314,245)

New York, Doubleday, Page & Company, 1913-1926. Cloth. A smart complete twenty-seven volume set of this limited edition of the works of Rudyard Kipling, signed by the author. Complete in twenty-seven volumes. The Seven Seas edition. Volume one is signed by the author to the ha...

Before I Go to Sleep

S. J. Watson · 2011 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,036)

London, Doubleday, 2011. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of the best-selling debut novel of Steve Watson, signed by the author. First edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. With the original advertising postcard. Both a Sunday Times...

Tales from the Arabian Nights

Various · 1920 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

London, Ward, Lock and Co. Limited, 1920. Cloth. A smart copy of this brightly illustrated collection of Middle Eastern folktales, designed for younger readers. Illustrated with forty-eight colour plates. Collated complete. A collection of Middle Eastern folktales compiled in ...

Attacks of Taste

Evelyn B. Byrne [ed]; Otto M. Penzler [ed] · 1971 · Rooke Books

£1,500.00 (€1,797.97 | $1,981.72 | ¥316,354)

New York, Gotham Book Mart, 1971. Cloth. A signed limited edition of this collection of essays by a host of popular authors such as Agatha Christie and J. R. R. Tolkien on their early literary influences, with this copy being presented to the celebrated queen of crime, Agatha ...

Changing My Mind

Zadie Smith · 2009 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)

London, Hamish Hamilton; Penguin Books, 2009. First edition. Hardback. An uncommon to see signed copy of this anthology of essays by Zadie Smith The first edition, first impression.Signed by the author to the title, uncommon to see signed.An anthology of essays by Zadie Smith....

The Prince of Mull, or, Glimpses of Royal Life

[Mary Ellis Smith] · 1884 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.29 | ¥52,726)

Chicago, A. N. Marquis & Company, 1884. First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this very scarce satire on the British Royal Family, signed by the author. The first edition of this very scarce work.Signed by the author to the title page, "Presented by the Author, Mary E...

The Loop

Nicholas Evans · 1998 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

London, Bantam Press, 1998. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this novel by Nicholas Evans about a woman who is sent to protect a pack of wolves. The first edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. In the publisher's original cloth...

From One Hell to Another

Liz Cowley Donough O'Brien · 2019 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

Leicester, Matador; Troubador , 2019 . First edition. Paperback. An inscribed first edition copy of this scarce novel set during Hitler's war on France, written by the husband and wife duo Liz Cowley and Donough O'Brien. The first edition, first impression. Inscribe...

The Believers

Zoe Heller · 2008 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

London, Fig Tree [an imprint of Penguin Books] , 2008. First edition. Cloth. A lovely signed first edition of Zoe Heller's tragicomic novel centring on the family of a controversial New York lawyer. Signed by the author to the title page. The first edition, first printin...

Puffball

Fay Weldon · 1980 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1980. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this supernatural drama novel by English author Fay Weldon, with the unclipped dust wrapper. Signed by the author, including a dated, dedicated inscription (Oct. 87) to the front free endpaper ...

The Ratastrophe Catastrophe; the Yowler Fowl-Up; the Shadewell Shenanigans

David Lee Stone · 2003 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

London, Hodder Children's Books, 2003-2005. First edition. Cloth. A fine collection of first editions from 'The Illmoor Chronicles', a wacky fantasy series for children, including two signed copies. A stunning set comprising the first three instalments of David ...

Ilustrado

Miguel Syjuco · 2010 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,036)

London, Picador, 2010. First edition. Cloth. A lovely signed copy of this debut novel from Filipino author, Miguel Syjuco, with the bright unclipped dust wrapper. Signed by the author to the title page. The first edition, first printing. 'Ilustrado' is the experime...

The Burn: Stories

James Kelman · 1991 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)

London, Secker & Warburg, 1991. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this collection of short stories from Scottish author James Kelman, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author to the title page. A collection of numerous short stories, includin...

Snowdrops

A. D. Miller · 2011 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)

London, Atlantic Books, 2011. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this "amorality tale" from British writer Andrew Miller, a signed limited edition. First edition. Limited to two hundred and fifty signed copies, of which this is number two hundred and thirty-on...

The Facility

Simon Lelic · 2011 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

London, Mantle, 2011. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this thrilling novel from British writer Simon Lelic, signed by the author. First edition, first impression. Limited to two hundred and fifty signed copies, of which this is number one hundred and sixty-nine....

The Secret Battle

A. P. Herbert · 1919 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.49 | $495.43 | ¥79,089)

London, Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1919 . Cloth. An exceptionally scarce second edition of A. P. Herbert's wartime novel, with an inscription from the author. The second edition, published the same year as the first. Very scarce in any early edition. Signed by the author, with th...

Sevens Works by Ferdinand Mount

Ferdinand Mount · 1991 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,216)

London, Heinemann; Chatto & Windus; Bloomsbury, 1991-2008. First edition. Cloth. A smart set collecting six works by Ferdinand Mount, a first edition set, of which five of the volumes are signed. A set of six works by Ferdinand Mount, a combination of his fiction and non-ficti...

The Realms of Gold, and, the Middle Ground

Margaret Drabble · 1975 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.84 | $151.93 | ¥24,254)

London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1975-80. First edition. Cloth. Two signed first edition novels by Margaret Drabble, two novels focused on the complexities of human relationships. The first editions, first impressions.Both novel is signed by the author to the title pages.In th...