Narrativa e romanzi

The Toll

Michael Mewshaw · 1974 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, The Bodley Head, 1974 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first UK edition of Michael Mewshaw's suspenseful novel, in the original illustrated dust wrapper. The first UK edition, first impression. First published the year prior in the US, this UK first edition...

The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ

Philip Pullman · 2010 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, Canongate, 2010 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of Philip Pullman's fictionalisation of the life of Jesus Christ. A signed first edition, first impression of Philip Pullman's 2010 novel retelling the story of Jesus, as if he were two people...

Ourselves, Our People, Our Work. Six Addresses Given in the Divinity Schools, Cambridge

E. T. Leeke · 1891 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1891. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce volume containing six lectures by Edward Tucker Leeke, given at Cambridge, signed by the author. The first edition of this very scarce work.Signed by the author to the verso of the fro...

Picture of Nobody

Philip Owens · 1936 · Rooke Books

£1,750.00 (€2,097.65 | $2,311.99 | ¥369,196)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1936 . First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of Philip Owens's vanishingly scarce novel in which Shakespeare is born in 1930s London. A vanishingly scarce work from Owens, who fought in the Second World War and died in 1945.The first edition,...

Enemies at Home

Lindsey Davis · 2014 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Hodder & Stoughton, 2014. First edition. Cloth. Set in Ancient Rome, Private Investigator Flavia Albia solves a robbery and murder. A first edition of this work, with a dedication from the author to the title: 'To dear Loyd, lovely to meet you at Sloane and Rome, ...

Any Old Iron

Anthony Burgess · 1989 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Hutchinson, 1989. First edition. Cloth. A signed second impression of Burgess's fantasy novel, a modern take on the Excalibur legend. A signed second impression of the work, with its original unclipped dust wrapper. A lovely copy of this fantasy novel by Anthony B...

The Harbourmaster

William McFee · 1931 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

New York, Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1931. First edition. Cloth. A fine signed limited edition of this classic sea story by William McFee, retaining the original slip case. A limited edition, first edition work from English writer of sea stories William McFee. He emigrated to...

Chains: Lesser Novels and Stories

Theodore Dreiser · 1927 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

New York, Boni & Liveright, 1927 . First edition. Cloth. A signed limited edition of Theodore Dreiser's second collection of short stories, containing fifteen tales from the American novelist. The limited edition, first edition of this work. Number 138 of 440 limited edit...

The Providence Athenaeum: A Brief History 1753-1939

Grace Fisher Leonard; W. Chesley Worthington · 1939 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

Providence, R.I. Privately Printed, 1939 . First edition. Hardback. An association copy of this very scarce history of the Providence, Rhode Island subscription library, with a typed letter to its publisher, Eugene A. Clauss. A very scarce limited edition, first edition work. ...

1913 Conte Sous-Marin. Papillon, Roi de Ruthie. Fanfreluche. Annette Et Doric.

Laure Hovine · 1913 · Rooke Books

£695.00 (€833.07 | $918.19 | ¥146,623)

Bruxelles, Industrielle et Financiere, 1913 . First edition. Cloth. A signed copy of this very scarce limited edition French children's work, charmingly illustrated throughout. In the original French.A very scarce work, in the very scarce original dust wrapper.Inscribed b...

The World and the Artist

John Drinkwater · 1922 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, The Bookman's Journal, 1922. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon limited edition essay on artists by John Drinkwater, signed by the author. A limited edition of 140 copies, of which this is numbered 131, an uncommon work here first published in book form.Signed by t...

Money Magic

Hamlin Garland · 1907 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.59 | ¥35,865)

New York and London, Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1907. First edition. Cloth. A popular novel by Hamlin Garland, an illustrated novel on the American Dream in the Midwest, a smart signed first edition copy. The first edition.Signed by the author to the recto of the front endp...

Horace Walpole: The A.W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts, 1960, National Gallery of Art, Washington

Wilmarth Sheldon Lewis · 1960 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

New York, Bollingen Series, Pantheon Books, 1960 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the first edition of this biography of Horace Walpole, illustrated throughout. The first edition of this work, one of an unspecified number produced for private distribution....

Wayside Courtship

Hamlin Garland · 1897 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

New York, D. Appleton and Company, 1897. First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the first edition of Hamlin Garland's novel about courtship between classes in late nineteenth century America. The first edition of this work.Inscribed by the author in two locat...

The New Gulliver

Wendell Phillips Garrison · 1898 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

Jamaica, Queensborough, New York, The Marion Press, 1898 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of Wendell Phillips Garrison's satirical lost race satire, with an additional signed dust wrapper. The first trade edition of this work, one of three hundred copies...

A Collection of Short Stories

0 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

Not Stated, Not Stated, c1855 . Cloth. A collection of sixteen short stories of fiction and non-fiction, bound together, with illustrations throughout. Bound in half cloth with marbled paper-covered boards. A collection comprised of sixteen short stories or chapters, with a va...

Germaine

Edmond About · 1884 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Paris , Librairie Hachette Et Cie, 1884. Leather. A smart copy of Edmond About's novel, delving into themes of love and societal expectations of 19th-century France. A later edition of this French novel from Edmond About.In half crushed morocco binding, signed by Riviere ...

Colas Breugnon

Romain Rolland · 1919 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

Paris, Librairie Paul Ollendorff, 1919. First edition. Leather. An out of series example of the limited edition first edition of Romain Rolland's celebrated novel, in a signed Durvand binding. In the original French.The first edition of this work, an out of series copy of...

Deja Dead (Us and Uk Edition); Death Du Jour; Fatal Voyage (Us and Uk Edition); Grave Secrets

Kathy Reichs · 1997 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.83 | $171.75 | ¥27,426)

London and New York , William Heinemann; Scribner , 1997-2002. First edition. Cloth. A bright selection of gripping novels by American crime writer, Kathy Reichs, including a signed first UK edition of 'Fatal Voyage&apos. An excellent selection of crime novels by American...

Elkin Mathews Celebrates Its Centenary

Barbara Muir · 1988 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, The Book Collector, 1988. Paperback. A very scare essay by Barbara Muir celebrating Elkin Mathews, signed by Muir to Brian Aldiss. A very scarce work.Signed by the author to Brian Aldiss to the front paste down. Extracted from 'The Book Collector', Volume 37...