Narrativa e romanzi

The Professor at the Breakfast-Table What He Said, What He Heard, and What He Saw

Oliver Wendell Holmes · 1896 · Rooke Books

£58.00 (€69.52 | $76.63 | ¥12,232)

London, George Routledge & Sons, 1896. Leather. A Sotheran signed leather-bound copy of this collection of essays from Oliver Wendell Holmes's 'Breakfast Table' series. Originally published in 1859. Sequel to Oliver Wendell Holmes's The Autocrat of the Brea...

Dragonsong

Anne McCaffrey · 1978 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)

London, Corgi Books, 1978. Paperback. An uncommon to see signed copy of one of Anne McCaffrey's popular science fantasy novels, a paperback reprint with striking illustrated wraps. Signed by the author to the title page, 'To John Cameron, Anne McCaffrey&apos. It&apos...

The Godson: A Fantasy

Clemence Dane [Winifred Ashton] · 1964 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.72 | $77.95 | ¥12,443)

London, Michael Joseph, 1964 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Clemence Dane's final published work, an imagining of the childhood of William Davenant, the godson of William Shakespeare. With a signed Christmas card from the author. The first edition, first imp...

Lothair

Benjamin Disraeli · 1870 · Rooke Books

£490.00 (€587.34 | $647.36 | ¥103,342)

London , Longmans, Green and Co. 1870. Cloth. Two volumes of Lothair, with a signed letter from the author. Two of three volumes of the novel Lothair by Benjamin Disraeli. With letter from the author to Lambert that is dated 1865 before he was in office. The letter states:De...

Cinderella

John Fowles · 1974 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1974. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of John Fowles' charming adaptation of 'Cinderella', complete with beautiful illustrations, signed by both Fowles and the illustrator. The first edition.Signed by Fowles and Beckett to the titl...

The Collector

John Fowles · 1963 · Rooke Books

£695.00 (€833.06 | $918.20 | ¥146,578)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1963. First edition. Cloth. A fine first edition copy of John Fowles' debut novel, with the author's signature loosely inserted. The first edition, first impression, with no subsequent printings listed.Signed to a loosely inserted slip of paper...

The Dartmoor Window Forty Years After

Beatrice Chase [Katherine Parr] · 1948 · Rooke Books

£155.00 (€185.79 | $204.78 | ¥32,690)

Devon, Widecombe-in-the-Moor, 1948 . First edition. Paperback. The scarce first edition of this fiction work from the Dartmoor Series signed by the author. First edition of The Dartmoor Window Forty Years After by Beatrice Chase in the original publisher's paper wraps. A...

A Selection from the Papers of Addison in the Spectator and Guardian. For the Use of Young Persons.

Edward Berens · 1833 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

London, J. G. & F. Rivington, 1833. Leather. An uncommon study of the papers of Addison, designed for young people in the early nineteenth century, in a lovely prize binding. in a full calf prize binding, with the gilt stamp of Mr. Walton's School, Surrey, to the front bo...

The Looking-Glass for the Mind; or, Intellectual Mirror: Being an Elegant Collection of the Most Delightful Little Stories & Interesting Tales: Chiefly Translated from That Much-Admired Work, L&Apos;Ami Des Enfans

Arnaud Berquin · 1809 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

London, J. Harris; Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme; Vernor. Hood, and Sharpe; F. and C. Rivington et al. 1809. Leather. The English translation of Arnaud Berquin's charming short story collection for children, illustrated throughout by Berwick. The scarce eleventh edition....

Magna Charta Stories: World-Famous Struggles for Freedom in Former Times; Recounted for Youthful Readers

Arthur Gilman [ed.] · 1888 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

London, Blackie & Son, c1900. Leather. Anthology of adventurous tales for young readers in a beautiful Bickers signed prize binding. Dated via Jisc. Tales concerned with the struggles for freedom in history, from the mythical age of Horatius to the time of King John of Englan...

Biographical and Critical Essays Reprinted from Reviews

Abraham Hayward · 1858 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.32 | ¥57,998)

London, Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts , 1858-80. First edition. Leather. A collection of seven volumes in uniform Bowers bindings of the critical and biographical essays of Abraham Hayward. Three series in five volumes of Abraham Hayward's Biographical and Cr...

William Shakespeare: A Critical Study

George Brandes · 1914 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)

London, William Heinemann, 1914. Leather. A critical study of the work of William Shakespeare by George Brandes in a beautiful Hatchards binding. A new impression of this work, originally published in the English language in 1898 in two volumes. In a beautiful half crushed mor...

The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club

Charles Dickens · 1837 · Rooke Books

£950.00 (€1,138.71 | $1,255.09 | ¥200,358)

London, Chapman and Hall , 1837. First edition. Leather. The first edition in book form of Charles Dickens' first and immensely popular novel, illustrated throughout by Phiz. The first edition in book form of Charles Dickens' first novel, initially published serially...

Remembering Babylon

David Malouf · 1993 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.30 | ¥17,927)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1993 . Cloth. The uncommon limited edition of this award winning novel by David Malouf signed by the author and in the original glassine dust wrapper. Limited edition of Remembering Babylon by David Malouf in the original publisher's quarter cloth...

The Billboard Madonna

Elleston Trevor · 1960 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.75 | $244.41 | ¥39,017)

London, Heinemann, 1960. First edition. Cloth. A superb signed first edition copy of Elleston Trevor's 'The Billboard Madonna', following a devastating hit and run. The first edition.Signed by the author to the recto of the front endpaper, 'For Margaret and...

Churchill&Apos;S Hour

Michael Dobbs · 2004 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

London, HarperCollinsPublishers, 2004. First edition. Cloth. A lovely signed first edition of one of Michael Dobbs's historical novels dedicated to Winston Churchill. Third of four historical novels written around the life and career of Winston Churchill by Michael Dobbs,...

Remains of John Tweddell Late Fellow of Trinity-College Cambridge Being a Selection of His Correspondence a Republication of His Prolusiones Juveniles an Appendix Containing Some Account of the Author&Apos;S Collections Mss. Drawings &C. And of Their Extraordinary Disappearance Preceded by a Biographical Memoir of the Deceased

John Tweddell; Robert Tweddell · 1816 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.32 | ¥57,998)

London, J. Mawman, 1816. Leather. The second edition of this work looking at the curious controversy of John Tweddell's remains, and a touching memorial of Tweddell, complete with plates. The second edition.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and eleven plates and maps.Two l...

Dead on Arrival

George Bagby · 1946 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)

New York, The Crime Club, Doubleday & Company, 1946. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this mystery novel by Aaron Marc Stein, writing as the fictional inspector George Bagby, a presentation copy signed and inscribed by the author. A thrilling mystery novel written by...

The Scold&Apos;S Bridle

Minette Walters · 1994 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

London, Macmillan, 1994. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this thrilling murder mystery by Minette Walters. First edition. Signed by the author to the title page. Mathilda Gillespie is found dead in her bathtub, he head locked inside a so-called "scold's br...

The Sheriff of Bombay

H. R. F. Keating · 1984 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

London, Collins, 1984. First edition. Cloth. A thrilling signed first edition of this Inspector Ghote novel by H. R. F. Keating. First edition. Signed by the author to the front endpaper and title page, with inscription. When Inspector Ghote is forced to taken on his most emba...