Narrativa e romanzi

I Go by Sea, I Go by Land

P. L. Travers · 1966 · Rooke Books

£875.00 (€1,048.81 | $1,156.00 | ¥184,540)

London, Collins, 1966. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon to see signed novel by P. L. Travers, a touching war novel inscribed by Travers. The author's presentation copy, signed to the recto of the front endpaper, 'Mary Cadogan, from P. L. Travers, 1976&apos.In the or...

The Flint Heart: A Fairy Story

Eden Phillpotts · 1910 · Rooke Books

£575.00 (€689.22 | $759.66 | ¥121,269)

London, Smith, Elder, & Co, 1910 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the first edition of this scarce fantasy novel by Eden Phillpotts. The first edition of this scarce work.Inscribed 'to his friend, Basil Hastings, from Eden Phillpotts', dated 1914...

The Owl of Athene

Eden Phillpotts · 1936 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€898.98 | $990.86 | ¥158,177)

London, Hutchinson & Co, 1936 . First edition. Cloth. A signed copy of the first edition of this very scarce science fiction novel by Eden Phillpotts. The first edition of this very scarce work.Inscribed 'Buy me for the Charing Cross Hospital' by the author, to the f...

Number9dream

David Mitchell · 2001 · Rooke Books

£149.00 (€178.60 | $196.85 | ¥31,425)

London, Sceptre, 2001 . First edition. Paperback. A signed first edition of David Mitchell's second novel, an episodic work about a teenager's search for the father he has never met. The first edition, first impression of this work, flat signed by Mitchell to the ti...

The Bird of Night

Susan Hill · 1972 · Rooke Books

£149.00 (€178.60 | $196.85 | ¥31,425)

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1972. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition novel by Susan Hill, signed by the author, in the original scarce Whitbread Award wraparound band. The first edition, first impression.Signed by the author to the title page.In the original unclipped du...

Day Eight

Elisabeth Ayrton · 1978 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

London, Hutchinson, 1978. First edition. Cloth. An uncorrected proof copy, and a signed first edition copy, of Ayrton's scarce science fiction novel set in Africa. An uncorrected proof copy of this work in the publisher's original proof paper wraps, with the publishe...

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

Susanna Clarke · 2004 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.29 | ¥52,726)

London, Bloomsbury, 2004. First edition. Cloth. A fine first edition of this monumental fantasy novel by Susanna Clarke, signed by the author. The first U.K. edition, first impression.Signed by the author to the half-title.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.'Jonathan ...

Girl with a Pearl Earring

Tracy Cheavlier · 1999 · Rooke Books

£192.00 (€230.14 | $253.66 | ¥40,493)

London, HarperCollins, 1999. First edition. Cloth. A fine signed first edition copy of the best known novel of Tracy Chevalier, a historical fiction novel set in seventeenth century Holland. The first edition, first impression of this work.Signed by the author to the title pag...

Nordenholt&Apos;S Million

J. J. Connington; [Alfred Walter Stewart] · 1923 · Rooke Books

£2,750.00 (€3,296.28 | $3,633.15 | ¥579,983)

London, Constable & Co LTD, 1923. First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of this pioneering science fiction novel, an ecocatastrophe disaster novel by Alfred Walter Stewart. The very scarce first edition.Connington's first and easily most important novel. A p...

I Saw Esau: The Schoolchild&Apos;S Pocket Book

Iona and Peter Ope [ed.] · 1992 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,216)

London, Walker Books, 1992 . First edition. Hardback. The scarce signed limited edition of this charming collection of traditional rhymes for children, illustrated by Maurice Sendak. Number two-hundred and sixty-three of three-hundred numbered and signed copies produced, signe...

Dead Letter Drop Atom Bomb Angel

Peter James · 1981 · Rooke Books

£775.00 (€928.95 | $1,023.89 | ¥163,450)

London, W. H. Allen , 1981-2. First edition. Cloth. Two first edition novels by Crime author Peter James, with 'Dead Letter Drop' being signed by the author. The first edition for both. Two volumes. Inscribed by the author to the title page: "With best wishes (sign...

The Greenway

Jane Adams · 1995 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,635)

London, Macmillan, 1995 . First edition. Cloth. An uncorrected proof copy and a first edition of this entertaining mystery novel by Jane Adams, both signed by the author. Comprised of the first edition and the uncorrected proof copy of 'The Greenway&apos. Both copies are ...

Penny Whip

Chris Massie · 1939 · Rooke Books

£795.00 (€952.92 | $1,050.31 | ¥167,668)

London, Secker & Warburg, 1939 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of this very scarce novel by Chris Massie, in the publisher's original dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of this very scarce work.Inscribed 'to Cousin Dorothy, with the ...

The Sporting Novels of Robert Smith Surtees

Robert Smith Surtees · 1853 · Rooke Books

£2,900.00 (€3,476.07 | $3,831.32 | ¥611,618)

London, George Routledge and Sons; Bradbury, Agnew & Co LTD; Bradbury and Evans; John C. Nimmo, 1853-88. First edition. Leather. London: George Routledge and Sons; Bradbury, Agnew & Co LTD; Bradbury and Evans; John C. Nimmo, 1853-88. First edition. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 1...

Music for Chameleons

Truman Capote · 1981 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

London , Hamish Hamilton , 1981. First edition. Hardback. A very smart first British edition of Capote's short story collection. The first edition. With the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first British edition of this work with the original dust wrapper was designed...

East, West

Salman Rushdie · 1994 · Rooke Books

£78.00 (€93.49 | $103.05 | ¥16,450)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1994 . First edition. Cloth. A fine, signed first edition of this collection of short stories by Salman Rushdie. First edition, in the publisher's original cloth binding with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. Signed by the author to the title pa...

Hokusai&Apos;S Wave

Kenneth Graham · 1988 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1988 . First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition of this novel by Kenneth Graham, in the original, unclipped dust wrapper. First edition in the publisher's original black cloth binding, with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. Signed by the ...

The Vicar of Wakefield

Oliver Goldsmith · 1896 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.30 | ¥17,927)

London, Bliss Sands & Foster, 1896. Leather. Goldsmith's popular Victorian novel, in a half morocco binding, with illustrations by William Mulready. An illustrated edition of this work in in a half morocco binding, with gilt detailing to the spine. Top edge gilt. The Vica...

Jack and the Bean-Stalk

Hallam Tennyson · 1886 · Rooke Books

£650.00 (€779.12 | $858.74 | ¥137,087)

London, Macmillan, 1886 . First edition. Leather. A beautifully bound copy of the first edition of Hallam Tennyson's 'Jack and the Bean-Stalk', in a half morocco Zaehnsdorf binding, illustrated by Randolph Caldecott. This classic English fairy-tale first appeare...

The Poetical Works of William Collins

William Collins · 1853 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)

London , William Pickering, 1853. Leather. The Poetical works of William Collins in an Edmonston and Douglas signed binding. Bound in an Edmonston and Douclas signed binding. William Collins was an important 18th century poet. His lyrical odes mark significant literary progres...