Narrativa e romanzi

The Myths: A Short History of Myth, the Penelopiad, Weight

Karen Armstrong; Margaret Atwood; Jeanette Winterson; Philip Pullman · 2005 · Rooke Books

£480.00 (€575.36 | $634.15 | ¥101,265)

London, Canongate, 2005 . First edition. Cloth. A wonderful, signed, Limited Edition set of three retellings of classical myth by Margaret Atwood, Jeanette Winterson and Karen Armstrong. With an original essay on myths by Philip Pullman. No. 1189 of 1500 signed, limited editio...

All Involved

Ryan Gattis · 2015 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Picador, 2015 . First edition. Cloth. A fine example of this signed limited edition of the first UK edition of Mark Gattis's novel, set against the backdrop of the 1992 LA riots. Flat signed by Gattis to the title page, this is no. 373 of 500 signed copies, produc...

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry; the Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy; Maureen Fry and the Angel of the North

Rachel Joyce · 2012 · Rooke Books

£265.00 (€317.64 | $350.10 | ¥55,907)

London, Doubleday, 2012-2022 . First edition. Hardback. A wonderful collection of three fine limited edition works by Rachel Joyce, all signed by the author, and including her beloved best-seller 'The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry&apos. Each of the three volumes prese...

The Captain from Connecticut

C. S. Forester · 1941 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Michael Joseph Ltd, 1941. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of C. S. Forester's nautical novel depicting the War of 1812, with an American captain protagonist. First edition. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.This novel, which is the...

Hudson River Bracketed

Edith Wharton · 1929 · Rooke Books

£2,400.00 (€2,876.78 | $3,170.74 | ¥506,325)

London; New York, D. Appleton and Company, 1929. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this brilliant novel by Edith Wharton, signed by Wharton to Blair Fairchild. Author's presentation copy, inscribed to the recto of the front endpaper, "For Blair, with love + Chris...

Aesop&Apos;S Fables

Aesop; Edward Garrett [ed.] · 1867 · Rooke Books

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

London, Strahan & Co; Alexander Strahan, 1867-1872. Cloth. A charming collection of three illustrated editions of the moral fables of Aesop, all of which feature the illustrations of J. Wolf, J. B. Zwecker and T. Dalziel. A delightful collection of three very scarce illustrate...

Maxims of Books and Reading

Holbrook Jackson · 1934 · Rooke Books

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

London, The First Edition Club, 1934. First edition. Leather. A very scarce essay on the pleasure of reading by Holbrook Jackson, a signed limited edition. A very scarce limited edition of four hundred unnumbered copies.Signed by the author to the recto of the front endpaper, ...

Occasions

Holbrook Jackson · 1922 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.13 | ¥61,181)

London, Grant Richards Ltd, 1922. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition copy of these brilliant essays on diverse subjects by Holbrook Jackson. The first edition.Signed by the author to the recto of the front endpaper. A series of diverse and engaging essays, many of w...

The Printing of Books

Holbrook Jackson · 1938 · Rooke Books

£260.00 (€311.65 | $343.50 | ¥54,852)

London, Cassell & Company LTD, 1938. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this brilliant work of literary criticism by Holbrook Jackson, signed by the author to his brother. The first edition. Signed by the author to the recto of the front endpaper, "J. C. Jackson, from...

Les Jeunes Naturalistes

Ulliac Trémadeure · 1857 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

Paris, Didier, 1857 . Cloth. A delightful set of brightly bound, illustrated volumes by author and educator Sophie Ulliac. This copy is a sixth edition. Both volumes have been lavishly bound in the publisher's original gilt decorated cloth and blind stamped.Both volumes c...

The Pastoral Loves of Daphnis and Chloe

Longus; George Moore · 1924 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, William Heinemann LTD, 1924. Cloth. A limited edition copy of this classical pastoral tale, signed by the translator, George Moore. A limited edition of 1,280 copies, of which this is numbered 1,279.Signed by the translator, George Moore, to the limitation page.Additio...

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, of which this is numbered three hundred and sixteen.Flat signed by Greene to t...

The Table Talker

[William Johnstone] · 1840 · Rooke Books

£325.00 (€389.56 | $429.37 | ¥68,565)

London, William Pickering, 1840. First edition. Leather. The first edition of these essays by William Johnstone, signed by the author. The first edition.Signed by the author to the half-title of Volume I. Complete in two volumes.The essays in these volumes had originally been...

A Bishop&Apos;S Unbending: A Story for Bishops and Curates and All Congregations Committed to Their Charge

Lester Everson [Harold Mary Porter] · 1916 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Robert Scott, 1916 . First edition. Cloth. A signed copy of the very scarce first edition of this charming and entertaining novel about the adventures of the clergy. Flat signed by the author to the tail of the final leaf.A very scarce first edition.The only published ...

The Life & Opinions of Tristram Shandy

Laurence Sterne · 1903 · Rooke Books

£475.00 (€569.36 | $627.54 | ¥100,210)

London, Gibbings & Company, 1903 . Leather. A beautifully illustrated two volume edition of Laurence Sterne's 'Tristram Shandy', with engraved plates from Harry Furniss, and in signed Zaehnsdorf bindings. Complete in two volumes.Sterne's work is a humorous ...

Nunquam; Constance or Solitary Practices; Quinx or the Ripper&Apos;S Tale; the Black Book

Lawrence Durrell · 1970 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Faber and Faber , 1970-1985. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing first edition set of Lawrence Durrell's novels, including a signed copy of 'The Black Book&apos. Signed by the author to the half title of 'The Black Book&apos.Comprising four first edition, f...

A Collection from Black Sparrow Press

Charles Bukowski; Jack Saunders · 1982 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

Santa Barbara, Black Sparrow Press, 1982-2001. First edition. Paperback. A very smart collection of seven small volumes from the Black Sparrow Press, being their New Year's Greetings. Seven volumes. Some scarce editions. Issued by the Black Sparrow Press, a New England ba...

The Nimble Rabbit

John Brophy · 1955 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1955. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this romantic story from British soldier and author John Brophy, signed by the author. First edition. Signed and inscribed by the author to the front endpaper in presentation to Forrest and Joe Fletc...

The Buenos Aires Affair: A Detective Novel

Manuel Puig; Suzanne Jill Levine [Trans.] · 1976 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

New York , E. P. Dutton & Co. 1976 . First edition. Hardback. The first US edition and first English translation of Manuel Puig's gripping detective novel, signed by the author and with a review slip from the publisher loosely inserted. First English language edition, and...

La Locanda Del Contadino

John O'Hara; Carlo Rossi Fantonetti [trans.] · 1957 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

Verona, Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, 1957 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the first Italian language edition of John O'Hara's novel about a group of strangers stranded in rural Pennsylvania. Translated from the original English into Italian by Car...