Narrativa e romanzi

The Master of the House

Radclyffe Hall · 1932 · Rooke Books

£850.00 (€1,018.86 | $1,122.97 | ¥179,324)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1932. First edition. Cloth. A scarce to see signed presentation copy of this religious-themed novel by Radclyffe Hall, touchingly inscribed by the author to the half-title. The first edition, second impression, published in March 1932.Signed by the autho...

Lives of the Hunted, Containing a True Account of the Doings of Five Quadrupeds & Three Birds

Ernest Thompson Seton · 1904 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)

London, David Nutt, 1904. Leather. A beautifully illustrated volume of short stories about man's relationship with animals, in a full morocco signed binding, and from the library of the Countess of Ilchester. The fifth impression of author and wildlife artist Ernest Thomp...

Difficulties with Girls

Kingsley Amis · 1988 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Melbourne, Auckland, Johannesburg, Hutchinson , 1988 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of one of Kingsley Amis's many novels, signed by the author. First edition of Difficulties With Girls by Kingsley Amis in the original publisher's cloth binding and...

The Jack Absolute Series and the French Executioner Series

C. C. Humphreys · 2002 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Orion; BCA by arrangement with Orion, 2002-2006. First edition. Cloth. A set of five works by Chris Humphreys, including the Jack Absolute series and The French Executioner series. Five volumes. First editions. Both The Blooding of Jack Absolute and Absolute Honour are...

Shadowmancer

G. P. Taylor · 2003 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Faber and Faber , 2003. First edition. Paperback. Lovely first trade edition of G. P. Taylor's successful novel, signed by the author. The first trade edition, first impression. Preceded by the true first edition of 2002, published privately. Signed by the author...

Ourika

Claire de Durfort; Claire de Duras; John Fowles · 1977 · Rooke Books

£155.00 (€185.79 | $204.78 | ¥32,700)

Austin, W. Thomas Taylor, 1977. Leather. A fine limited edition of the important French novel 'Ourika', this striking edition translated and signed by John Fowles. Signed by the translator, John Fowles, to page 64.A limited edition of five hundred copies.'Ourika...

The Magus a Revised Version

John Fowles · 1977 · Rooke Books

£695.00 (€833.07 | $918.19 | ¥146,623)

London , Jonathan Cape, 1977. Cloth. A smart signed second edition copy of The Magus, a revised edition. A second, revised edition of The Magus by John Fowles. Signed by the author to the half title page. The Magus is a postmodern novel by British author John Fowles. the nov...

Sacred Country

Rose Tremain · 1992 · Rooke Books

£47.00 (€56.34 | $62.09 | ¥9,916)

Great Britain, Sinclair-Stevenson, 1992 . Cloth. A lovely limited edition of this award winning novel by Rose Tremain in the original glassine dust wrapper. Limited edition of Sacred Country by Rose Tremain in the original publisher's quarter cloth binding and original gl...

William Blake: A Critical Essay

Algernon Charles Swinburne · 1868 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.31 | ¥58,016)

London, John CamdeHotten, 1868. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of Algernon Swinburne's acclaimed biography of William Blake A scarce first edition of Algernon Charles Swinburne's biography of William Blake. With two black and white facsimiles and five i...

Works of Knights Templar Mysteries

Michael Jecks · 2001 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Headline , 2001-2008. First edition. Cloth. Four wonderful first edition volumes from the Knights Templar Mystery series, with The Tolls of Death being signed by the author. Four volumes from the Knights Templar Mysteries by Michael Jecks.All are first edition, first i...

Smiley&Apos;S People

John Le Carre · 1980 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1980. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition, second impression of this thrilling novel by john Le Carre, complete with its unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, second impression of this work. Complete with its unclipped dust wrapp...

Catch the Fallen Sparrow; a Wreath for My Sister

Priscilla Masters · 1996 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Macmillan, 1996-7. First edition. Cloth. Two bright first impressions of these novels in the 'Joanna Pierce' series by Priscilla Masters, both signed by the author. The first edition, first impression of these novels. In the 'Joanna Piercy' detectiv...

We, the Survivors

Tash Aw · 2019 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)

London, 4th Estate, 2019. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition, first impression of We, the Survivors by the award-winning author Tash Aw, in the original unclipped dustwrapper. The first edition, first impression of this novel in the publisher's original cloth bi...

Penruddock, a Tale

[Frances Rose] · 1835 · Rooke Books

£465.00 (€557.38 | $614.33 | ¥98,101)

London, Whittaker & Co. 1835. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this nineteenth-century novel by Frances Rose, a presentation copy from the author to her daughter, Philippa Rose. A mid-nineteenth-century novel about the relationships, comings, and goings at Astol Ma...

Characteristics of Women: Moral, Poetical, and Historical

Mrs. Jameson · 1880 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, George Routledge & Sons, 1880 . Leather. Offering insight into the attitudes of the late nineteenth century, this is a lovely copy of Mrs. Jameson's study of Shakespeare's female characters. In a full calf Bicker's signed prize binding.Also published und...

Illywhacker

Peter Carey · 1985 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.85 | $151.93 | ¥24,261)

London, Boston, faber and faber, 1985. First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first printing of Peter Carey's award winning novel with the original dust wrapper signed by the author. First edition, first impression of Illywhacker by Peter Carey in the original publish...

The Luck of the Bodkins

P. G. Wodehouse · 1935 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)

London, Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1935 . Cloth. The first edition, first printing of P. G. Wodehouse's romance novel. First edition, first printing of The Luck of the Bodkins by P. G. Wodehouse in the original publisher's red cloth binding. First printing stated to...

The Equilibriad

William Sansom · 1948 · Rooke Books

£1,600.00 (€1,917.85 | $2,113.82 | ¥337,550)

London, The Hogarth Press, 1948 . First edition. Cloth. A signed limited edition copy of William Sansom's 1948 novella, illustrated by Lucian Freud, and signed by Sansom. A Limited Edition work, limited to seven-hundred and fifty copies, of which this is numbered three-hu...

The Woman Who Walked Into Doors

Roddy Doyle · 1996 · Rooke Books

£37.00 (€44.35 | $48.88 | ¥7,806)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1996 . First edition. Cloth. A fine copy of the signed first edition of this novel set in modern day Ireland by Booker Prize-winning author Roddy Doyle. The signed first edition, first impression of Irish writer Roddy Doyle's celebrated novel about ...

The Monastery; the Abbot; the Talisman

Walter Scott · 1822 · Rooke Books

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

Edinburgh , Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown; Archibald Constable & Co; John Ballantyne; et al. 1822-5. First edition. Leather. Four Waverley novels in nine uniformly bound volumes, each a first edition. Three historical novels by Walter Scott in uniform half ...