Narrativa e romanzi

How I Live Now

Meg Rosoff · 2004 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Penguin Books, 2004. First edition. Cloth. First-edition signed copy of Meg Rosoff's award-winning dystopia about a 21st-century war in rural England. First edition. With unclipped dust wrapper.Signed by the author to title page. Winner of the British Guardian Ch...

Vernon God Little a 21st Century Comedy in the Presence of Death

D B C Pierre · 2003 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)

London, Faber and Faber, 2003. First edition. Hardback. A signed, first edition, first impression copy in excellent condition, with original unclipped dust wrapper. A first impression, with complete number line, of the first edition. Complete with the original unclipped dust w...

2 Vols Dragon Rider; Inkdeath

Cornelia Funke; Anthea Bell [trans.] · 2004 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)

Somerset, Chicken House, 2004-2007. Cloth. A two-volume signed limited edition collection of Cornelia Funke"s Dragon Rider and Inkdeath, first UK editions in their original bindings with slipcases, enchanting works of fantasy and adventure for younger readers. In the publisher...

A House Called Awful End Dreadful Acts Terrible Times Dubious Deeds

Philip Ardagh · 2002 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

New York; London, Faber and Faber; Henry Holt and Company, 2002-2003. First edition. Cloth. A comedic 5 volume collection of the adventures of Eddie Dickens, in the original unclipped dust wrappers. A five volume set of the Eddie Dickens series by the English children's a...

The Cry of the Icemark

Stuart Hill · 2005 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Frome, The Chicken House, 2005. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this exciting fantasy children's novel, in the original unclipped dust wrapper with a book mark. The first edition of the work.Signed by the author to the title page.In publisher's origin...

Schindler&Apos;S Ark

Thomas Keneally · 1982 · Rooke Books

£795.00 (€952.93 | $1,050.31 | ¥167,720)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1982. First edition. Cloth. A signed first UK edition, first impression, of Thomas Keneally's Schindler's Ark, with the original unclipped dust wrapper.  A signed first UK edition of Thomas Keneally's Schindler's Ark, with the...

Two Pekingese Tales

Elenore Chaya · 1991 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Florida, Privately Printed, 1991. First edition. Hardback. A very pleasing limited edition of these brightly illustrated stories from Elenore Chaya, signed by the author. First edition, privately printed. Limited to five hundred copies. Signed by the author to the front free e...

Lorna Doone

R. D. Blackmore · 1964 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.34 | $653.96 | ¥104,430)

London, J. M. Dent & Sons, 1964 . Leather. Illustrated throughout with colour plates by Lionel Edwards, this is a striking example of R. D. Blackmore's historical romance, bound in half morocco by Bayntun-Riviere. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, three colour plate...

A Wreath of Flower Legends

Rose Sydenham Dugdale · 1950 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.59 | ¥35,865)

Birmingham, The Weather Oak Press Limited, 1950. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce limited edition volume of flower-themed legends, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author and artist to the limitation page. Limited to one thousand copies, of which this is n...

Japanese Fairy Tales

Juliet Piggott · 1962 · Rooke Books

£465.00 (€557.38 | $614.33 | ¥98,101)

London, Frederick Muller Ltd, 1962. First edition. Cloth. A delightful collection of Japanese fairy tales retold in English by English author Juliet Piggott, signed and inscribed to her father. First edition. Very scarce work. Signed by the author to the title page, with an in...

Buster&Apos;S Diaries

Roy Hattersley · 1998 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Little, Brown, and Company, 1998. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this charming illustrated collection of dog-diaries from Roy Hattersley, signed by the author and illustrator. First edition. Signed by the author and illustrator to the title page. I...

Justin Thyme

Panama Oxridge [Paul Adshead] · 2010 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Chatham, Inside Pocket Ltd. 2010. First edition. Cloth. A scarce signed first edition of this charming young adult mystery novel, set in a Scottish castle, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth binding, complete with the original uncl...

The Fiery Dive and Other Stories

Martin Armstrong · 1929 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1929. First edition. Vellum. A pleasing copy of this limited edition short story anthology by Martin Armstrong, one of one hundred and fifty signed copies. First edition. Limited to one hundred and fifty unnumbered copies printed on hand-made paper...

Belgrave Hall

J. K. Stanford · 1950 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Faber and Faber, 1950. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce signed first UK edition of Stanford"s evocative, illustrated novel, in which an ex prisoner-of-war hero finds peace protecting rare avocets on the haunting East Anglian marshes. In the publisher's original...

The Kills

Richard House · 2013 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, Picador, 2013. Cloth. A signed limited edition of Richard House's 'The Kills' series, featuring all four books bound into one, and housed in the limited edition slipcase. A limited edition, being number 424 out of 500 numbered copies. The first all in on...

Incendiary; the Other Hand; Everyone Brave Is Forgiven

Chris Cleave · 2005 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Chatto and Windus; Sceptre, 2005-2016. First edition. Cloth. A very pleasing selection of signed first impression novels by Chris Cleaves, including a limited edition of his debut 'Incendiary&apos. Signed by the author to the title pages. The first editions, firs...

Blood Junction; Dead Heat; Black Tide

Caroline Carver · 2001 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, Orion, 2001-2004. First edition. Cloth. A lovely signed set comprising Caroline Carver's first three novels, including her award-winning debut, 'Blood Junction&apos. Signed by the author to each title page. The first editions, first impressions of these work...

The Gilded Crown

Marianne Gordon · 2023 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Harper Voyager, 2023. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this debut novel from Scottish writer Marianne Gordon, signed by the author. First edition, first impression. Signed by the author. Limited to two thousand numbered copies, of which this is numbe...

The Changeling

K. D. Lathar · 2005 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Birmingham, Tarragon Publishing, 2005. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of the first novel in the Changeling Saga from Indian writer and artist Kamal D. Lathar, signed by the author. First edition, first impression. One of five hundred copies signed by the auth...

Paris Echo & Snow Country

Sebastian Faulks · 2018 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Hutchinson, 2018-2021. First edition. Cloth. Two excellent first edition copies of these novels from British novelist and journalist Sebastian Faulks, signed by the author. Two volumes. First edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. Written by...