Narrativa e romanzi

Jonah and His Mother

Montague Haltrecht · 1964 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

London, Andre Deutsch, 1964. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this work that tells the story of a young man struggling with his identity, written by Montague Haltrecht. A compelling tale of Jonah, a young man who struggles with his relationship with his mother, his s...

Acres and Pains

S.J. Perelman · 1972 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.49 | $495.43 | ¥79,089)

New York, Simon & Schuster, 1972. Hardback. A signed, presentation copy of this humorous novel by noted American author S.J. Perelman, enclosed in the original dust wrapper. A humorous novel about a writer who moved from New York City to the Eastern American countryside and ex...

The Horses of Winter

A.A.T. Davies · 1967 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,709)

London, Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 1967. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this thrilling crime novel by A.A.T. Davies, enclosed in its original dust wrapper. A thrilling crime novel about two psychopaths, Peter Keevil, the disillusioned scholar, and John Morann, the sed...

The Sporting Club

Thomas McGuane · 1968 · Rooke Books

£149.00 (€178.60 | $196.85 | ¥31,425)

New York, Simon & Schuster, 1968. First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first printing of this sporting novel by Thomas McGuane, enclosed in the original dust wrapper. The debut novel of twentieth-century American author Thomas McGuane, about a friendship rivalry between tw...

The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club

Charles Dickens · 1837 · Rooke Books

£4,400.00 (€5,274.04 | $5,813.04 | ¥927,973)

London, Chapman and Hall, 1837 . First edition. Leather. The first edition in book form of Charles Dickens' first and immensely popular novel. With many first issue points present, and containing the two suppressed Buss plates. The first edition in book form of Charles Di...

The Season of the Witch

James Leo Herlihy · 1971 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.74 | $58.13 | ¥9,280)

New York, Simon & Schuster, 1971. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this novel about a teenage runaway in New York City by James Leo Herlihy, enclosed in the original dust wrapper. A compelling novel by James Leo Herlihy. Set in the 1960s, it tells the story of a teen...

A Friend of Kafka

Isaac Bashevis Singer · 1970 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

New York , Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 1970. First edition. Cloth. An exceptional collection of Isaav Bashevis Singer's short stories in a smart dust wrapper. With such stories as 'The Key', 'Br. Beeber', 'Pigeons', 'The Joker', &apos...

The Snowman

Charles Haldeman · 1965 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,014)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1965. First edition. Cloth. A striking first edition of Charles Haldeman's novel set in the fictional town of Joseph's Landing, a town isolated from the Second World War. The first edition of this uncommon work.In the original unclipped dust wr...

Old Mortality

Sir Walter Scott · 1878 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)

London, Marcus Ward & Co, 1878. Leather. A lovely edition of this historical novel from Sir Walter Scott, illustrated throughout and in a full calf prize binding. A delightfully illustrated edition of this 'Waverley Novel' from Sir Walter Scott, in a bright full calf...

Distant Relations

Peter Macey · 1975 · Rooke Books

£58.00 (€69.52 | $76.63 | ¥12,232)

London, Dennis Dobson, 1975. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this science fiction by Peter Macey, a bright copy. The first edition of this work. A science fiction concerning a mysterious project and a biological revolution, following the relationship between He...

My Friend Flora and My Friend My Father

Jane Duncan · 1962 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

London, Macmillan & Co LTD, 1962-65. First edition. Cloth. Two first edition novels from Jane Duncan's 'My Friend' series, presented in lovely unclipped dust wrappers which were designed by Virginia Smith. First Edition. In the original unclipped dust wrappers,...

The Avatars a Futurist Fantasy

A. E.; [George William Russell] · 1933 · Rooke Books

£795.00 (€952.92 | $1,050.31 | ¥167,668)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1933. First edition. Cloth. A nice first edition copy of this uncommon to find dystopia novel by George William Russell, signed by himself to his friend Lota Law, wife of Hugh Alexander Law, and owner of the house where Russell would often go...

Ebb Tide

Richard Woodman · 1998 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

London, John Murray, 1998 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the final novel in Richard Woodman's Nathaniel Drinkwater series, signed by the author. The signed first edition, first impression of this historical novel from Richard Woodman, in the publisher's...

Hyddenworld Spring

William Horwood · 2010 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,014)

London, Macmillan, 2010. First edition. Paperback. A first edition proof copy of the first novel within Horwood's 'Hyddenworld' quartet, signed by the author to the title page and one of 500 limited edition copies. First Edition, Proof Copy. Limited edition, be...

Woman in a Valley of Stones

Eirlys Trefor · 1972 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

Bala, Dragon Books, 1972. First edition. Cloth. A signed copy of Trefor's work of historical fiction, which tells a tale about Welsh country life through a young farmer and his journal entries. First Edition, in the price-clipped dust wrapper. Signed by the author with &...

Let There Be Blood

Jane Jakeman · 1997 · Rooke Books

£34.00 (€40.75 | $44.92 | ¥7,171)

London, Headline, 1997. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of Jakeman's historical mystery novel, signed by the author to the title page. First Edition. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. Signed by the author to the title page. 'Let There Be Blood' is...

My Friend Sandy

Jane Duncan · 1961 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.74 | $58.13 | ¥9,280)

London, Macmillan & Co Ltd , 1961. First edition. Cloth. The fourth novel within Jane Duncan's 'My Friends' series, a semi-autobiographical group of books with various character studies, in a nicely illustrated and unclipped dust wrapper. First Edition. In a be...

Hollow Pike

James Dawson · 2012 · Rooke Books

£34.00 (€40.75 | $44.92 | ¥7,171)

London, Indigo, 2012. Paperback. A near fine, uncorrected manuscript proof copy of this young adult novel, signed by the author to the title page. Presenting this gripping young adult novel, which depicts the lives of local teens living in Hollow Pike, a town riddled with supe...

The Great North Road

Annabel Dore · 2007 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)

London, Macmillan, 2007. First edition. Cloth. A flawless, first edition copy of this gripping debut novel by author Annabel Dore, signed by the author to the title page. This gripping novel depicts the stories of two women on the North Yorkshire coast fleeing disastrous and d...

Meltdown

Martin Baker · 2008 · Rooke Books

£33.00 (€39.56 | $43.60 | ¥6,960)

London, Macmillan, 2008. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition copy of Baker's detective fiction novel, presented in the original unclipped dust wrapper. First edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. 'Meltdown' is a work of de...