Narrativa e romanzi

Monkfish Moon

Romesh Gunesekera · 1992 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Granta Books, 1992. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of Romesh Gunesekera's 'Monkfish Moon', containing a collection of short stories centering on the political and ethnic tensions in Sri Lanka. Born in Colombo, Romesh Gunesekera first grew up ...

Who Are the Violets Now?

Auberon · 1965 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)

London, Chapman and Hall, 1965. First edition. Cloth. A signed First Edition of Auberon Waugh's novel, 'Who Are The Violets Now?' A first edition copy of Auberon Waugh's novel 'Who are the Violets Now?', with inscription from the author. A tragi-c...

A Spaniard in the Works

John Lennon · 1965 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,810)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1965. First edition. Hardback. The first edition, first impression of Lennon"s second book, an exuberant collection of surreal prose, poetry and his own drawings. In the publisher"s original laminated pictorial boards with Robert Freeman"s photographic p...

Midsummer Eve: A Fairy Tale of Love

Mrs. S.C Hall [Anna Maria Hall] · 1848 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1848. First edition. Cloth. The signed first edition of a whimsical romance considered the most beautiful work by prolific Irish novelist Anna Maria Hall. The first edition of Midsummer Eve: A Fairy Tale of Love, written and signed ...

Six Plays of Clifford Odets

Clifford Odets · 1939 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

New York, The Modern Library, 1939 . Cloth. A smart Modern Library edition of Clifford Odets"s six best-known plays, a presentation copy, signed and inscribed by the influential American playwright. In the publisher's original red cloth binding. Complete with the original...

Christmas Books; David Copperfield; Jane Eyre; Rob Roy; the Vicar of Wakefield; Round the World in Eighty Days; the Innocents Abroad; the Toilers of the Sea; Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor; the Story of an African Farm.

Charles Dickens; Charlotte Bronte; Sir Walter Scott; Oliver Goldsmith; Jules Verne; Mark Twain; Victor Hugo; R. D. Blackmore; Olive Schreiner · 1930 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

London and Glasgow, Collins Clear-Type Press, c1930. Cloth. A delightful, neat collection of ten significant literary works by various eminent authors, including Dickens, Bronte and Scott, profusely illustrated throughout. Collection comprised of:Christmas Books by Charles Dic...

The Power Book

Jeanette Winterson · 2000 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.74 | $58.13 | ¥9,283)

London, Jonathan Cape, 2000 . First edition. Cloth. A very smart signed first edition, first impression of this creative work of fiction by Jeanette Winterson. The first edition, first impression.Signed by the author to the title page.In publisher's original black cloth b...

Solar

Ian McEwan · 2010 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

London, Jonathan Cape, 2010 . First edition. Cloth. A signed limited edition copy of Ian McEwan's comical satire novel, Solar, in the original slipcase. A first edition, first printing, limited edition copy of Ian McEwan's comic novel, Solar, signed by the author, in...

Stars of the New Curfew

Ben Okri · 1988 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, Secker and Warburg, 1988. First edition. Cloth. The signed presentation copy of a short story collection of military curfew in Lagos written by eminent Nigerian writer and Booker Prize winner Ben Okri. The signed presentation copy of The Stars of the New Curfew, writte...

11 Vols Crowner John Mystery Novels

Bernard Knight · 2000 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

London, Severn House Publishers Ltd.; Simon and Schuster , 2000-2009. First edition. Cloth. An extensive eleven-volume run of Bernard Knight"s Crowner John mysteries, including five signed first editions, complete with the original unclipped dust wrappers. In the publisher&apo...

Signed First Edition Novels by Conn Iggulden

Conn Iggulden · 2004 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Harper Collins, 2004-2010. First edition. Cloth. A very smart three volume set of signed first editions from the popular Emperor and Conqueror series by Conn Iggulden. A three volume set.All volumes signed to the title pages by the author.The first editions.In publishe...

Linda Tressel

Anthony Trollope · 1868 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)

Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1868 . First edition. Leather. Volume II only of the vanishingly scarce first edition of Anthony Trollope's cautionary tale, in a Sangorski & Sutcliffe signed binding. A vanishingly scarce first edition. Volume II only of...

The Works of John Morley

John Morley · 1898 · Rooke Books

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

London, Macmillan and Co, 1898-1901. Leather. A uniformly bound set of a collection of some of the literary works of John Morley. The set consists of Diderot in two volumes, Voltaire, Rousseau in two volumes, Critical Miscellanies in three volumes and Studies in Literature. Jo...

Temple Bar a London Magazine Volumes III, VI, IX, X, XI, XIV, XVI, XVII and XIX

Various Authors; George Augustus Sala (ed) · 1862 · Rooke Books

£690.00 (€827.07 | $911.59 | ¥145,569)

London, Office of "Temple Bar" and Richard Bentley, 1862-1867. Leather. A nine-volume set of Temple Bar, in attractive half-calf bindings with gilt detailing and marbled boards. Temple Bar was a London journal, issued monthly with a cover price of one shilling and was original...

The Works of Henry Fielding, Esq. With the Life of the Author

Henry Fielding · 1784 · Rooke Books

£440.00 (€527.41 | $581.30 | ¥92,826)

London , W. Strahan et al. 1784. Leather. A set of the works of Henry Fielding, the eighteenth-century novelist and dramatist. New edition, to which is added The Fathers, or, The Good Man Containing Love in Several Masques, The Temple Beau, The Author's Farce, The Pleasur...

Lady Wedderburn&Apos;S Wish, a Tale of the Crimean War

James Grant · 1870 · Rooke Books

£600.00 (€719.20 | $792.68 | ¥126,581)

London, Tinsley Brothers, 1870. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this scarce novel by Scottish author James Grant, complete here in three volumes. Grant was prolific as an author, writing nearly 100 books throughout his life. He is suspected of Jacobite sympathies, hav...

Down River

Stephen Gallagher · 1989 · Rooke Books

£24.99 (€29.95 | $33.02 | ¥5,272)

London, New English Press, 1989. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this detective novel, featuring the selfish police officer Johnny Mays. When petulant, selfish police officer Johnny Mays meets an unpleasant end, his former friend Nick Frazier attempts to scratc...

Seven Times the Wind

Irene Dayton · 1977 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

Peterborough , Windy Row Press, 1977. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this collection of poetry from Irene Dayton. Inscribed by Dayton to the front endpaper to Robin Gregory, with four lines from 'A Woman Charming', and a typed letter signed by Dayton. In a ...

A Darkness More Than Night

Michael Connelly · 2001 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Orion, 2001. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition novel by Michael Connelly Michael Connelly is an American author of detective novels and other crime fiction, notably those featuring LAPD Detective Hieronymus "Harry" Bosch and criminal defence attorney Mickey ...

Sweet Dreams

Michael Frayn · 1973 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, Collins, 1973. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this work by English playwright and novelist Michael Frayn. Signed by author to the title page. First edition, first impression. The work follows the story of a man who dies and goes to heaven. Within heaven, he i...