Narrativa e romanzi

Mortal Remains

Margaret Yorke · 1974 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

London, Geoffrey Bles, 1974 . First edition. Cloth. A signed example of the first edition of Margaret Yorke's very scarce thriller, in the original illustrated dust wrapper. Inscribed to the front free endpaper with 'from the Author, 1974&apos.The first edition, firs...

A Member of the Third House, a Story of Political Warfare

Hamlin Garland · 1897 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

New York, D. Appleton and Company, 1897. Cloth. An uncommon novel on American politics by Hamlin Garland, the author's presentation copy. The second edition of this uncommon work.Signed by the author to the half-title, "A study of contemporary legislation, Hamlin Garland"...

Here Is Einbaum

Wright Morris · 1973 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Los Angeles, Black Sparrow Press, 1973. Cloth. A limited edition, signed copy of Wright Morris's fiction novel about a women and her fake husband as they try to flee Nazi Germany, bound with Earle Gray. Limited edition. Number 172 out of 226. Printed July 1973 in Santa B...

The Rape of Man or the Zoo Let Loose

Donald Cowie · 1947 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)

Malvern, The Tantivy Press, 1947 . First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition of this science-fiction novel written by Donald Cowie, in the original, vanishingly scarce dust wrapper. The first edition.Bound in the publisher's original cloth, with the vanishingly scarce...

Bad Characters

Jean Stafford · 1964 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)

New York, Farrar, Straus & Company, 1964 . First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition of this anthology of short stories from Pulitzer Prize winning author, Jean Stafford. The first edition, first impression of this work from American novelist and short story writer Jean St...

The Promotion of the Admiral and Other Sea Comedies

Morley Roberts · 1903 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€898.99 | $990.85 | ¥158,227)

London, J. Eveleigh Nash, 1903. First edition. Cloth. The vanishingly scarce first edition of this collection of Morley Roberts' short naval stories, with a lengthy inscription from the author. The very scarce first edition of the work, in the publisher's original cl...

The Eye of the Beholder

Marc Behm · 1981 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

New York, Ballantine Books, 1981 . Paperback. A signed presentation copy of the scarce first paperback edition of Marc Behm's thrilling detective novel. Inscribed by the author to the verso of the front wrap with 'L.A. 1981, For Ann Migden -  a credit to us all! Mar...

The Miracle Boy

Louis Golding · 1927 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Alfred A. Knopf, 1927 . First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition of Louis Golding's fantasy novel, set in Germany during the 1920s, with striking illustrations by Herbert Gurschner. The first edition of the work. Inscribed by the author to 'Strobe, from ...

The Purloined Prince

Edgar Turner; Reginald Hodder · 1905 · Rooke Books

£270.00 (€323.64 | $356.71 | ¥56,962)

London, The Caxton Press, 1905 . First edition. Cloth. An exceptionally scarce, first edition of this romance novel by Edgar Turner and Reginald Hodder, signed by both authors. First edition. Signed by both authors to 'A. V. Masham from Edgar Turner and Reginald Hodder&ap...

Bondi Blues

John Baxter · 1993 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

St Leonards, Australia , Allen & Unwin, 1993 . First edition. Paperback. A signed, first edition of this very scarce novel set on Bondi Beach, written by Australian author, John Baxter. First paperback edition. Signed by the author to the title page. Written by Australian born...

The Flag from the Isles

William Croft Dickinson · 1951 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1951 . First edition. Cloth. A signed copy of the scarce first edition of William Dickinson Croft's work of historical fiction. The scarce first edition, first impression, in the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.Inscribed 'for E...

A Pocketful of Noses: Stories of One Ganelon or Another

James Powell · 2009 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

Virginia , Crippen & Landru Publishers, 2009. First edition. Cloth. A signed, limited edition of this collection of intriguing mystery stories surrounding the Ganelon family, written by James Powell. A signed, limited edition. This is number 125 of 160 copies, signed by the au...

Drivers Wild & Drivers Wildest

Red Daniells · 1961 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

Middlesex, Scorpion Press, 1961-63 . First edition. Hardback. A pair of first editions featuring Red Daniells' humorous thoughts on motorists, with both works signed by the publisher. A pair of, uncommon first editions. Signed by the publisher. Comprised of 'Drivers ...

The Tokolosh

Ronald Segal · 1960 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.59 | ¥35,865)

London and New York, Sheed and Ward, 1960 . First edition. Paperback. The very scarce first edition of this tale from South African activist Ronald Segal, signed with a presentation inscription from to bibliographer George Locke. The very scarce first edition of this work.Flat...

The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray

William Makepeace Thackeray · 1883 · Rooke Books

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

London, Smith, Elder, & Co, 1883-85. Leather. A twenty-six volume complete set of the works of William Makepeace Thackeray in a signed Bumpus, crushed half morocco binding. Twenty-Six volumes, complete set. Bound in crushed half morocco with cloth to the boards. Bound by Bump...

Bracebridge Hall or the Humourists

Washington Irving · 1896 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.59 | ¥35,865)

New York and London, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1896. Cloth. A very smart edition illustrated by Arthur Rackham of this episodic novel from American author Washington Irving. Complete in two volumes. Surrey edition. Each volume is illustrated with a frontispiece and thirteen pl...

The Travels and Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen

Rudolph Erich Raspe · 1877 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.13 | ¥61,181)

London, William Tegg & Co, 1877. Leather. A colourfully illustrated edition of this entertaining novel by Rudolph Erich Raspe, illustrated by George Cruikshank. Illustrated with forty-two engravings and woodcuts across a hand-coloured frontispiece, two hand-coloured folding pl...

The Novels of George Eliot

George Eliot [Mary Ann Evans] · 0 · Rooke Books

£1,500.00 (€1,797.99 | $1,981.71 | ¥316,453)

Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood, c1880 . Leather. An excellent edition of the complete works of George Eliot, bound uniformly in half morocco by Morrell. A seven volume edition of the works of one of the leading novelists of the Victorian era, George Eliot. Containing ...

Dennis Martin: A Novel

Stephen Grace · 1908 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

Plymouth, The Western Morning News" Co. 1908 . First edition. Cloth. A vanishingly scarce first edition of this military novel surround the theme of German invasion, inscribed by the author to CaptainC. G. C. Elens. First edition, bound in the publisher's original green c...

Ahasuerus

Charles Brumm · 1916 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

London, T. Werner Laurie LTD, [1916]. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce novel, in which Ahasuerus appears in Manchester, the author's presentation copy to the Mayor of Manchester. A vanishingly scarce first edition.Signed by the author, inscribed...