Narrativa e romanzi

The Sleeping Beauty and Other Fairy Tales from the Old French

A. T. Quiller-Couch · 1910 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.26 | $726.63 | ¥116,033)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, [1910]. First edition. Cloth. Edmund Dulac's stunning illustrated edition of the beloved fairy tale 'The Sleeping Beauty', among other famous tales, with Dulac's brilliant colour plates. The first trade edition of this Edmund D...

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

Charles Dickens · 1839 · Rooke Books

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

London, Chapman and Hall, 1839. First edition. Leather. The first edition, first impression, of Charles Dickens' influential 'Nicholas Nickleby', illustrated with beautiful plates by Phiz. The first edition, first issue, with the following issue points; page xii...

May We Borrow Your Husband? and Other Comedies of the Sexual Life

Graham Greene · 1967 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

London, The Bodley Head, 1967. First edition. Cloth. A fine limited edition copy of this anthology of short stories by Graham Greene, signed by the author. A limited edition of five hundred copies published alongside the first edition, of which this is numbered four hundred an...

Bonsoir Therese

Elsa Triolet · 1949 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

Paris, La Bibliotheque Francaise, 1949. Paperback. An uncommon novel by Elsa Triolet, her first in French, signed by the author to her friend, Georges Sadoul. The second edition of this uncommon work.Signed by the author to the half-title, presenting the copy to her friend, Ge...

Celibates

George Moore · 1895 · Rooke Books

£220.00 (€263.70 | $290.65 | ¥46,413)

London, Walter Scott, Ltd, 1895. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this collection of short stories from Irish novelist and short story writer George Moore, signed by the author. First edition. Signed and inscribed by the author to the title page, dated June 13th 1895. ...

The Club; or, a Gray Cap for a Green Head. A Dialogue between a Father and Son

James Puckle · 1834 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Chiswick Press; Charles Tilt, 1834 . Leather. An attractively bound and charmingly illustrated example of James Puckle's moral dialogue between a father and son. First published in 1713, this is Puckle's best known work.The author, James Puckle, is best known...

Desert Islands and Robinson Crusoe

Walter De La Mare · 1930 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Faber and Faber Limited, 1930. First edition. Cloth. A smart limited edition of Walter De La Mare's exploration of the trope of desert islands in fiction, signed by the author. First edition. Limited to six hundred and fifty copies signed by the author, of which t...

The Sirens of Surrentum & the Code of Romulus

Caroline Lawrence · 2006 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

London, Orion Children's Books, 2006-2007. First edition. Cloth. A wonderful signed pair of ancient Roman children's books by Caroline Lawrence, including a very scarce copy of 'The Code of Romulus&apos. Signed by the author alongside an inscribed quote to each ...

The Four Swans: A Novel of Cornwall 1795-7

Winston Graham · 1976 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Collins, 1976. First edition. Cloth. A delightful signed first edition of the sixth 'Poldark' novel from Winston Graham. Signed by the author to the title page. The first edition, first impression.With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.Thi...

On the Edge

Peter Lovesey · 1989 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Century , 1989. First edition. Cloth. A lovely signed first edition of this historical novel from Peter Lovesey. Signed by the author to the title page. The first edition, first impression of this work. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.Soon a...

The Reaper

Peter Lovesey · 2000 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Little, Brown, and Company, 2000. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this exciting novel from Peter Lovesey, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author to the title page. The bishop's body lies at the bottom of a quarry. In his car are a...

The Wish List

Eoin Colfer · 2002 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Puffin Books, 2002. First edition. Cloth. A near fine signed first UK edition of this fantasy novel by Eoin Colfer. Signed by the author to the title page. The first UK edition of this work.With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.  'The Wish L...

Let It Come Down

Paul Bowles · 1952 · Rooke Books

£680.00 (€815.09 | $898.38 | ¥143,459)

New York, Random House, 1952. First edition. Cloth. A smart first US edition of the author's second novel, signed and inscribed by the author. First US edition. Signed and inscribed by the author to the front endpaper with a message that reads: "For David Posner en hommag...

Scared Stiff: Tales of Sex and Death

Ramsey Campbell · 1987 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.72 | $77.95 | ¥12,447)

California , Scream Press, 1987. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this terrifying collection of short stories of sex and death from English horror writer Ramsey Campbell, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author with an inscription that reads "Al...

Drivers Wild, More Wild Drivers, Drivers Wildest

Red Daniells · 1961 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

Middlesex, Scorpion Press, 1961-3. First edition. Hardback. Three first editions of Red Daniells' humorous illustrated works on his thoughts on motorists, all signed by the publisher. The first editions, first impressions to all, with the emblem of 'The Company of Ve...

Portland Oregon A.D. 1999 and Other Sketches

Jeff. W. Hayes · 1913 · Rooke Books

£995.00 (€1,192.67 | $1,314.53 | ¥209,914)

Oregon, F. W. Baltes and Company, 1913. First edition. Paperback. A smart first edition of this scarce science fiction novella from American writer Jeff. W. Hayes, signed by the author. First edition. Very scarce. Signed by the author in pencil to the front endpaper, dated Sep...

Distance

Colin Thubron · 1996 · Rooke Books

£34.00 (€40.75 | $44.92 | ¥7,173)

London, Heinemann, 1996 . First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition of Colin Thubron's novel surrounding amnesia, with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition. Signed by the author to the title page. With the original, unclipped dust wrapper. A fine ex...

The Heroine

Eaton Stannard Barrett; Michael Sadleir [intro.] · 1927 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, Elkin Mathews & Marrot Limited, 1927 . Cloth. Michael Sadleir's very scarce 1920s edition of Eaton Stannard Barrett's nineteenth century comic gothic novel, signed by Sadleir. First published in 1813, this 1927 'Rescue Series' edition is edited by M...

Kick Ass: Selected Columns of Carl Hiaasen

Carl Hiaasen · 1999 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

Gainesville, University Press of Florida, 1999. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this collection of articles written for the Miami Herald by Carl Hiaasen. The first edition, first impression, with a complete numberline. Inscribed by the author to the title page...

The Accidental

Ali Smith · 2005 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Hamish Hamilton, 2005. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this novel from Scottish author Ali Smith, signed by the author. First edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. Following a middle-class English family who are visited ...