Narrativa e romanzi

A Staircase in Surrey

J. I. M. Stewart · 1974 · Rooke Books

£1,295.00 (€1,552.26 | $1,710.88 | ¥273,205)

London, Victor Gollancz, 1974-1978 . First edition. Cloth. A complete five volume set of J.I.M. Stewart's sequence of novels about life at an Oxford college. Two volumes are the author's own copies, one is signed, and an additional uncorrected proof copy of the final...

April, a Novella

David Gascoyne; Roger Scott [ed.] · 2000 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)

London, Enitharmon Press, 2000 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce signed limited edition novella by poet David Gascoyne, published only one year before his death. A very scarce first edition, flat signed to the limitation leaf.Number 15 of 150 copies produced in total, only...

Twelve More Letters

Dylan Thomas · 1969 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Turret Books, 1969 . First edition. Cloth. An excellent example of this limited edition collection of unpublished letters from Dylan Thomas to his friends and associates. Number 19 of 175 numbered limited edition copies.Illustrated with a tipped in frontispiece.A colle...

The Pastoral Loves of Daphnis and Chloe

Longus; George Moore [translator] · 1924 · Rooke Books

£36.00 (€43.15 | $47.56 | ¥7,595)

London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1924. Cloth. A handsome signed limited edition translation of this Greek pastoral novel. Signed by the translator to the title page. A limited edition of 1,280 copies, of which 1,250 are for sale. This copy is number 432. In the publisher'...

On Island Time

Hilary Stewart · 1999 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Vancouver/Toronto, Douglas & McIntyre, 1999. First edition. Paperback. A smart first paperback edition of this illustrated collection of stories from the author's experiences living on Quadra Island, signed by the author. First paperback edition. Signed by the author to t...

The Advance of the English Novel

William Lyon Phelps · 1916 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

New York, Dodd, Mead, and Company, 1916. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of William Lyon Phelps' study on the English novel, signed by the author to master spy Walter Pforzheimer. The first edition, first impression.Author's presentation copy, signed to the r...

As I Like It

William Lyon Phelps · 1923 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1923. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this collection of essays by William Lyon Phelps, signed by the author. The first edition, first impression.Signed by the author to the recto of the front endpaper, to John Beedall.A colle...

Ulick and Soracha

George Moore · 1926 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, The Nonesuch Press, 1926. Cloth. A signed limited edition copy of this historical romance by George Moore, signed from the author to his friend, suffragist and journalist Virginia Crawford. A limited edition of twelve hundred and fifty copies printed on japon vellum, o...

The Speaker of Mandarin

Ruth Rendell · 1983 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Hutchinson, 1983. First edition. Cloth. A superb first edition Inspector Wexford novel, a gripping murder mystery, signed by the author. The first edition, first impression.Signed by the author to the title page.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.'The Speaker ...

Mr. Sponge&Apos;S Sporting Tour

Robert Smith Surtees · 1853 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, Bradbury and Evans, 1853. First edition. Leather. A colourfully illustrated first edition of one of Surtees' popular sporting novels. The first edition, first state, with dedication to 'Lord Elcho&apos."Mr Sponge"s Sporting Tour" follows the adventures of a g...

The Shakespeare Head Edition of the Novels and Selected Writings of Daniel Defoe

Daniel Defoe · 1927 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

Oxford, Basil Blackwell; Shakespeare Head Press, 1927-8. Cloth. A limited edition collection of the works of Daniel Defoe, including his popular adventure novel about Robinson Crusoe, bound in a half calf signed binding by Bayntun. The Shakespeare Head edition.  A limited edi...

Contes Et Nouvelles En Vers

Jean de La Fontaine · 1922 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Paris , Les Editions G. Cres et Cie, 1922. Leather. A handsome limited illustrated edition of Fontaine's tales, in signed half crushed morocco by Hatchards. One of a limited number of copies printed on Rives vellum paper. This copy is numbered 1656. Complete in two volum...

Labels

Louis de Bernieres · 1993 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, One Horse Press, 1993. Paperback. The limited first edition of this charming short story by Louis de Bernières, signed by the author. The first edition, limited to two thousand copies, of which this is numbered five-hundred and eighty-seven.Signed by the author to the...

All Our Yesterdays

H. M. Tomlinson · 1930 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1930. First edition. Cloth. A signed limited edition copy of this anti-war novel by H. M. Tomlinson, with the original slipcase. No. 689 of 1025 limited edition copies numbered and signed by the author to the limitations page. Bound in the publis...

Goldengirl

Peter Lear [Peter Lovesey] · 1977 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)

London, Cassell, 1977. First edition. Cloth. An excellent signed first edition of this psychological novel set at the 1980 Moscow Olympics. Signed by the author to the title page. The first edition, first impression of this work. With the publisher's original unclipped ...

A Collection of Crime and Detective Novels from Peter Lovesey

Peter Lovesey · 2007 · Rooke Books

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

London, Sphere, 2007-2019. First edition. Cloth. A smart collection of eleven first edition novels from British writer Peter Lovesey, some of which are signed by the author. Eleven volumes. First edition. Written by Peter Harmer Lovesey, a British writer of historical and cont...

The House Sitter

Peter Lovesey · 2003 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)

London, Little, Brown, and Company, 2003. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this Peter Diamond novel from British writer Peter Lovesey, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author to the title page. A Peter Diamond novel. One sunny afternoon at Wight...

Midshipman Bolitho and the &Apos;Avenger&Apos;

Alexander Kent [Douglas Reeman] · 1978 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Hutchinson, 1978. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this Bolitho story from British writer Alexander Kent, signed by the author. First edition, first impression. In the Winter of 1773, Midshipman Bolitho and his vessel the Gorgon are laid up in the West Co...

Ilustrado

Miguel Syjuco · 2010 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Picador , 2010. First edition. Cloth. A lovely signed first edition of Miguel Syjuco's debut autobiographical fiction novel. Signed by the author to the title page.The first trade edition, first impression with a complete numberline. Also published as a limited ed...

Theft: A Love Story

Peter Carey · 2006 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Faber and Faber, 2006. First edition. Cloth. A signed first UK edition, first printing of this novel by Peter Carey in the original dust wrapper. First edition. Signed by the author to the title page. The novel follows the plot of two brothers who move to New South Wal...