Narrativa e romanzi

The Priest

Gerard O'Donovan · 2010 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Sphere, 2010. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this thrilling novel from Irish writer Gerard O'Donovan, signed by the author. First edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. The first in a series of Dublin-based mysteries fea...

The Inner Wheel

Keith Roberts · 1970 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)

London, Doubleday & Company Inc, 1970 . First edition. Cloth. A signed first US edition of Keith Roberts's collection of three interconnected tales. Inscribed to the front free endpaper 'with thanks, and all good wishes, Keith Roberts, August 1970&apos.The first US e...

Clear and Present Danger

Tom Clancy · 1989 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.85 | $151.93 | ¥24,261)

London, Collins, 1989 . First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of Tom Clancy's thrilling Jack Ryan novel, signed by Clancy to a bookplate. The first edition, first impression.In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.Signed to a bookplate tenderly adhere...

The Sandglass

Romesh Gunesekera · 1998 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Granta, 1998 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the first edition of Gunesekera's novel, with a letter from the author. Flat signed to the title page with the message 'To Philip Murray with best wishes', dated May 1998.With a further l...

Black Roses

Francis Brett Young · 1929 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.85 | $151.93 | ¥24,261)

London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1929. Vellum. A signed and numbered limited edition copy of this novel from British writer, Francis Brett Young, bound in full vellum. A limited edition of 525 signed copies, of which this is number 467. Signed by the author to the colophon. In...

Essays of Elia: Complete in One Volume

Charles Lamb · 1840 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

London, Edward Moxon, 1840. Leather. A complete collection of Charles Lamb's popular essay collection, bound in pleasing signed half calf by Root and Son. This work contains both volumes of 'Essays of Elia', a collection of essays written by Charles Lamb, who wr...

Vanity Fair

William Makepeace Thackeray · 1848 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

London, Bradbury and Evans, 1848. First edition. Cloth. An early issue of the first edition of Thackeray's classic novel, set during the Napoleonic Wars. Illustrated throughout by the author himself. A first edition in book form, early issue; without the suppressed woodcu...

The Amber Spyglass

Philip Pullman · 2000 · Rooke Books

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

London, David Fickling Books/ Scholastic, 2000. First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the third impression of the final work in Philip Pullman's 'His Dark Materials' series. The first edition, third impression. With a postcard taped to the verso o...

Mr Blettsworthy on Rampole Island

H. G. Wells · 1928 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

London, Ernest Benn, 1928 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of H. G. Wells' novel about a shipwreck on Rampole Island. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression. In the unclipped dust wrapper designed by Sir William Orpen, depict...

The Sight of Blood

John Hampson · 1931 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

Bloomsbury , Ulysses Bookshop, 1931 . First edition. Cloth. A signed copy of this vanishingly scarce short story, published due to interest shown by Leonard and Virginia Woolf, housed in the original slipcase. The first edition in book form. Originally published in Desmond Mac...

The Bomb

Frank Harris · 1920 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

New York, Published By The Author, 1920. First edition. Cloth. The author's presentation copy of the first illustrated edition of his novel on the Haymarket Affair. Signed by the author to the recto of the front endpaper, dated 1920. The first illustrated edition, comple...

Montes the Matador & Other Stories

Frank Harris · 1906 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)

London, Alexander Moring, 1906 . Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the second edition of Frank Harris's short story collection. The second edition of this work, first published in 1900.Flat signed by the author to the half title with the inscription 'to John Ward ...

Chains: Lesser Novels and Stories

Theodore Dreiser · 1927 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)

New York, Boni & Liveright, 1927 . First edition. Cloth. A signed copy of the first edition of Theodore Dreiser's second collection of short stories, containing fifteen tales from the American novelist. A flat signed copy of the first trade edition of this work.Inscribed ...

The Jonson-Allusion Book: A Collection of Allusions to Ben Johnson from 1597 to 1700

Jesse Franklin Bradley; Joseph Quincy Adams · 1922 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

New Haven, Yale University Press, 1922 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of this vanishingly scarce study of allusions to Ben Jonson in the seventeenth century. The very scarce first edition of this work.Authored by Jesse Franklin Bradley and Joseph Quincy Ada...

Dominique

Eugene Fromentin · 1916 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Paris, Librairie Plon, 1916. Leather. A pleasing leather-bound copy of this poetic French novel from Eugene Fromentin. A later edition of this French work. In signed half crushed morocco binding by Louis Conard, with marbled endpapers. This novel, originally published in 186...

Tales of Life and Adventure

H. G. Wells · 1923 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, W. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd, 1923 . First edition. Cloth. A scarce collection of twenty-one science fiction short stories by H. G. Wells. From the library of Brian Aldiss, vice-president of the H. G. Wells Society. A scarce volume, being a first edition thus.The first ap...

The Inheritors

William Golding · 1955 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.20 | $786.08 | ¥125,527)

London, Faber and Faber, 1955 . First edition. Cloth. Brian Aldiss's copy of the first edition of William Golding's second novel, a work of prehistoric fiction following the extinction of a Neanderthal tribe. The first edition, first impression.In the publisher'...

The Undying Fire: A Contemporary Novel

H. G. Wells · 1919 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, Cassell and Company, 1919 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of H. G. Wells's literary retelling of the story of Job, in the scarce original dust wrapper. From the library of Brian Aldiss, vice-president of the H. G. Wells Society. The first edition, first ...

Shame

Salman Rushdie · 1983 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, Jonathan Cape , 1983. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition copy of Rushdie's work of magic realism, depicting how shame creates violence. The first edition, first impression. Signed to the title page by the author. In the publisher's original cloth ...

Dombey and Son

Charles Dickens · 1848 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.20 | $786.08 | ¥125,527)

London, Bradbury and Evans, 1848 . First edition. Leather. A mixed early issue copy of Charles Dickens's popular novel, illustrated throughout and including the first published example of a dark plate. The first edition, adhering largely to the first issue points, bound f...