Narrativa e romanzi

Mr Paul

Gertrude Bone · 1921 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1921 . First edition. Cloth. The first limited edition, first printing of this novel by Gertrude Bone with illustrations by Stephen bone, signed by the author and illustrator. First limited edition, first printing of Mr Paul by Gertrude Bone in the origi...

Two Works by Sebastian Faulks

Sebastian Faulks · 2015 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Hutchinson, 2015-2018 . First edition. Cloth. The first editions, first printings of two works by Sebastian Faulks signed by the author in the original dust wrappers. First editions, first printings of two works by Sebastian Faulks in the original publisher's bind...

Aphrodite in Aulis

George Moore · 1930 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1930 . First edition. Vellum. The first limited signed edition of one of George Moore's last novels in the original slip case and vellum binding. First limited edition of Aphrodite in Aulis by George Moore in full vellum binding with and sli...

Maid in Waiting

John Galsworthy · 1931 · Rooke Books

£88.00 (€105.48 | $116.26 | ¥18,565)

London, William Heinemann, 1931. Leather. A signed limited edition copy of 'Maid in Waiting', one of the Forsyte chronicles by John Galsworthy. This edition was limited to 525 copies. This is number 472. Signed by the author to the 'limited edition' page. I...

Frederick Locker-Lampson; a Character Sketch

Augustine Birrell · 1920 · Rooke Books

£260.00 (€311.65 | $343.50 | ¥54,852)

London, Constable and Company, 1920. First edition. Cloth. An attractive copy of the signed Limited Edition of Augustine Birrell's biography of his father-in-law, Frederick Locker-Lampson. The signed limited edition, first edition of this biographical study from British L...

The Essex Serpent

Sarah Perry · 2016 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)

London, Serpent's Tail, 2016 . First edition. Cloth. A signed fifth impression of Sarah Perry's award-winning Gothic romance. A signed copy of the fifth impression of the first edition of Sarah Perry's 2016 novel, in the publisher's original price unclipped...

The Playmaker

Thomas Keneally · 1987 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Sydney, Auckland, Toronto, Hodder & Stoughton, 1987 . First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition, first printing of Thomas Keneally's fiction novel with the original dust wrapper. First edition, first printing of The Playmaker by award winning author Thomas Ke...

The Biographer&Apos;S Tale

A. S. Byatt · 2000 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Chatto & Windus, 2000 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first impression of A. S. Byatt's fiction novel signed by the author. First edition, first printing of The Biographer's Tale by A. S. Byatt, in original publisher's binding with the unclip...

True History of the Kelly Gang

Peter Carey · 2001 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Faber and Faber, 2001. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition, first impression, of Peter Carey's Man Booker Prize winning Australian novel 'True History of the Kelly Gang&apos. A signed first edition, first impression of this work, in the original uncl...

The Little Sister

Raymond Chandler · 1949 · Rooke Books

£2,500.00 (€2,996.65 | $3,302.85 | ¥527,422)

Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1949 . First edition. Cloth. An exceptional copy of the first US edition of Raymond Chandler's fifth Philip Marlowe detective novel. The first US edition, first impression of Raymond Chandler's 1949 novel, published three months afte...

Love Is Blind

William Boyd · 2018 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London , Viking , 2018. First edition. Cloth. An exclusive signed edition of William Boyd's Love is Blind. First exclusive signed edition of this work. This novel is set at the end of the nineteenth century and follow Brodie Moncur, a young Scottish musician. Love is bli...

Our Village

Mary Russell Mitford · 1893 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1893. Leather. A beautifully bound copy of Hugh Thomson's illustrated edition of Our Village by Mary Mitford. The first Hugh Thomson edition, second impression. In a signed straight grain morocco binding by Truslove and Hanson. Profusely illustra...

Narrow Road to the Deep North

Richard Flanagan · 2014 · Rooke Books

£255.00 (€305.66 | $336.89 | ¥53,797)

London , Chatto & Winduss, 2014. First edition. Cloth. A stunning first English edition, first impression signed work of Richard Flanagan's savagely beautiful Booker Prize winning novel Narrow Road to the Deep North. The first English edition, first impression of this wor...

Studies in Contemporary Biography

James Bryce · 1903 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1903. First edition. Leather. James Bryce's study of contemporary biography in a signed Harrison & Son binding, the first edition. The first edition of this work. Containing a series of studies in contemporary biography by James Bryce, including ...

Solar

Ian McEwan · 2010 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.74 | $58.13 | ¥9,283)

London, Jonathan Cape, 2010. First edition. Cloth. Signed first impression of this satirical novel by Ian McEwan, a lovely copy. First edition, first impression of this work. A satire by Ian McEwan, concerning a Novel-prize physicist who seeks a solar-based solution to climate...

The Enclosure

Susan Hill · 1961 · Rooke Books

£380.00 (€455.49 | $502.03 | ¥80,168)

London, Hutchinson of London , 1961. First edition. Cloth. Scarce first edition of Susan Hill's brilliant first novel, written at the age of 15. Signed by the author with dedication. Scarce first edition of this novel. Written by the author of acclaimed titles such as &ap...

The Myths: A Short History of Myth, the Penelopiad, and Weight. With an Original Essay by Philip Pullman

Karen Armstrong; Margaret Atwood; Jeanette Winterson; Philip Pullman · 2005 · Rooke Books

£540.00 (€647.28 | $713.42 | ¥113,923)

London, Canongate, 2005. First edition. Cloth. A wonderful, signed, Limited Edition set of three retellings of classical myth by Margaret Atwood, Jeanette Winterson and Karen Armstrong. With an original essay on myths by Philip Pullman. No. 580 of 1500 signed, limited edition ...

The Sense of an Ending

Julian Barnes · 2011 · Rooke Books

£108.00 (€129.46 | $142.68 | ¥22,785)

London, Jonathan Cape , 2011. First edition. Cloth. Signed first impression of this Booker Prize winning novel by Julian Barnes. Winner of the Booker Prize in 2011. The first edition, first impression of this work. Narrating of retired Tony Webster's reminiscences on his ...

Gerald Seymour&Apos;S Novels

Gerald Seymour · 1982 · Rooke Books

£496.00 (€594.53 | $655.29 | ¥104,641)

London, Bantam Press; Hodder & Stoughton; Harper Collins; Collins Harvill, 1982-2019. First edition. Cloth. Beautiful group of sixteen first impressions of the crime and espionage novels of Gerald Seymour, including some signed copies. Gerald Seymour is a British author known ...

The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club

Charles Dickens, · 1837 · Rooke Books

£590.00 (€707.21 | $779.47 | ¥124,472)

London, Chapman and Hall, 1837 . First edition. Leather. The first edition in book form of Charles Dickens' immensely popular first novel. With many first issue points present, and illustrated throughout. The first edition in book form of Charles Dickens' first novel...