Narrativa e romanzi

Under the Skin

Michel Faber · 2000 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Canongate, 2000. First edition. Paperback. A superb first edition copy of this eerie and enchanting sci-fi novel by Michel Faber, signed by the author. The first edition, first impression.Signed by the author to the title page.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.&ap...

Dark Feasts: The World of Ramsey Campbell

Ramsey Campbell · 1987 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

London, Robinson Publishing, 1987. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of short stories from English horror fiction writer Ramsey Campbell, signed by the author. First edition, second state. Lacking the first state printing error to page 233 which wa...

Dear Doctor Dale

Jonquil Antony · 1970 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, J. M. Dent and Sons Ltd, 1970. First edition. Cloth. A signed scarce copy of this follow-up novel to the charming BBC radio serial drama, 'The Dales&apos. The first edition, first impression of this scarce work. Signed by the author to the title page. With the p...

Who Goes Home

Maurice Edelman · 1953 · Rooke Books

£33.00 (€39.56 | $43.60 | ¥6,962)

London, Allan Wingate and the Book Society, 1953 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this novel from British Labour Party politician and journalist Maurice Edelman, in the original dust wrapper designed by Mervyn Peake. The first edition, first impression of this work...

The Highfield Mole: Book One, the Circle in the Spiral

Roderick Gordon; Brian Williams · 2005 · Rooke Books

£650.00 (€779.13 | $858.74 | ¥137,130)

None stated , Mathew & Son, 2005. First edition. Hardback. The limited edition hardback of this subterranean fiction novel by Roderick Gordon and Brian Williams, signed by both of the authors with illustrations by Brian Williams. The limited edition first edition, first printi...

The Saturday Book, the Ninth Year

Leonard Russell [ed.] · 1949 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Hutchinson, 1949. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the ninth year of Leonard Russell's miscellany 'The Saturday Book', inscribed by Russell's family. The first edition, first impression.In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapp...

Perfection

Eca de Queiroz; Charles Marriott [trans.] · 1923 · Rooke Books

£675.00 (€809.09 | $891.77 | ¥142,404)

London, Selwyn & Blount, 1923 . First edition. Cloth. A scarce, signed limited edition English translation of Eca de Queiroz's tale. Signed by John Austen, the illustrator. A scarce Limited Edition.No. 85 of 250 limited edition copies produced, signed by John Austen.Trans...

The Nation Within

Francis Fytton · 1967 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

New York, Pantheon Books, 1967 . First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition of Francis Fytton's debut novel, surrounding the Algerian war, with a lengthy letter from the author. The first US edition. Signed by the author, with a lengthy letter written by a group of fri...

The Night Watch

Sarah Waters · 2006 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Virago, 2006 . First edition. Cloth. A fine signed first edition of Sarah Waters's acclaimed historical novel. Flat signed by the author to the title page.The first edition, first impression.In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.Waters's nov...

The Letter Killeth

Betty Rosenberg · 1982 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

Los Angeles , Kenneth Karmiole, Bookseller, 1982. First edition. Cloth. One of the author's copies of this limited edition work, comprising three bibliographical essays of "bookish mysteries". One of the author's copies of this limited edition, being signed and unnum...

The Historian

Elizabeth Kostova · 2005 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

London, Little, Brown , 2005. First edition. Cloth. An excellent signed first UK edition of Elizabeth Kostova's eerie debut novel, blending the history and folklore of Vlad Tepes and Count Dracula. The first UK edition, first printing. Signed by the author to the title p...

Officers and Gentlemen

Evelyn Waugh · 1955 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Chapman & Hall, 1955 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first impression of the second novel in Evelyn Waugh's semi-autobiographical wartime trilogy. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrappe...

Sweet Dreams

Michael Frayn · 1973 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,207)

London, Collins, 1973. First edition. Cloth. An excellent signed copy of this fantasy novel set in a middle-class intellectual version of heaven, from Michael Frayn. Signed by the author to the title page. The first edition, first printing. With the publisher's original...

The Russian Interpreter

Michael Frayn · 1966 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

London, Collins, 1966. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce to see signed true first edition of Michael Frayn's second novel, with the very smart original dust wrapper. An uncommon first edition of this work. Signed by the author to the title page.With the publisher'...

The Lexian Chronicles: Full Circle

Harry Gallan · 2004 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Plymouth, Markosia Enterprises, 2004. First edition. Cloth. A very smart limited edition hardcover of the debut novel from British fantasy writer Harry Gallan, signed by the author. First edition. Limited to three hundred copies of which this is number one hundred and thirty-o...

Dark Tales of Time and Space

Sean Wright · 2005 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

Norfolk, Crowswing Books, 2005. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this chilling story for young adults from English author Sean Wright, signed by the author. First edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. The chilling story of two ve...

Shame

Salman Rushdie · 1983 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1983. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this work of magic realism, depicting how shame creates violence from Salman Rushdie, signed by the author. First edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. The novel takes plac...

A Bigamist&Apos;S Daughter

Alice McDermott · 1982 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

New York ; New York, Random House ; Random House, 1982. First edition. Hardback. The scarce proof copy of Alice McDermott's debut novel A Bigamist's Daughter with a letter from the publicity director, and, the first edition, first printing of the same work, in the or...

Farlander

Col Buchanan · 2010 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Tor, 2010. First edition. Cloth. A limited edition, signed copy of the first volume of Col Buchanan's 'Heart of the Word' series about an assassin. A limited edition, being number 10 out of 150 numbered copies of the first edition of Farlander. Signed b...

The Rules of Life

Fay Weldon · 1987 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Hutchinson, 1987. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this illustrated novella from English writer Fay Weldon, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author to the title page with an inscription from the author to the front endpaper, dated O...