Narrativa e romanzi

Rufus Hickman of St Botolph&Apos;S and Other Short Stories and Sketches

Lord Moncreiff of Tulliebole · 1898 · Rooke Books

£230.00 (€275.69 | $303.86 | ¥48,523)

Edinburgh , William Blackwood and Sons , 1898. First edition. Leather. A collection of sixteen short stories by Lord Moncreiff of Tulliebole, the first edition of this very scarce work, signed by the author. The first edition of this very scarce work.Signed by the author, insc...

Born in Captivity

Bryan Berry · 1952 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, Hamilton & Co, 1952. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of the debut sci-fi novel of Bryan Berry, a post-war tale set in 2018, this copy signed by the author. The first edition.Signed by the author to the recto of the front endpaper. In the original unclipped dust ...

Pleasured

Philip Hensher · 1998 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1998. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this novel by Philip Hensher. A first edition, first impression of the work, with a complete numberline.Signed by the author to the title page. In the original cloth with the original unclipped dust...

Critical Mass

Sara Paretsky · 2013 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Hodder & Stoughton, 2013. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first UK edition of this thrilling novel from Paretsky, signed by the author. First UK edition. Signed by the author to a Hamish and Hamilton label pasted to the title page. The sixteenth V. I. Warshawski nov...

A Question of Blood

Ian Rankin · 2003 · Rooke Books

£34.00 (€40.75 | $44.92 | ¥7,173)

London, Orion, 2003. First edition. Hardback. A superior signed first edition of Ian Rankin's fourteenth Inspector Rebus novel. The first edition, first impression, of this work.Signed by the author to the title page.In the original unclipped dustwrapper.'A Question ...

The Sea of Innocence

Kishwar Desai · 2013 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Simon & Schuster UK Ltd, 2013. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this thrilling crime novel by Kishwar Desai. A first edition, first impression of the work. With a complete numberline.In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust...

The Shadows in the Street

Susan Hill · 2010 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Chatto & Windus, 2010. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this Simon Serrailler crime novel by Susan Hill, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author to the title page. The fifth novel in the Simon Serrailler series. Two local prostitute...

A Fine and Private Place

Freda Davies · 2001 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Constable, 2001. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this thrilling novel from Davies, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author to the title page. In 1940s wartime Gloucestershire, a young GI disappears and is presumed a deserter. Fifty...

My Lady of Cleves

Margaret Campbell Barnes · 1946 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)

Philadelphia, Macrae-Smith-Company, 1946. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this historical romance novel from Margaret Campbell Barnes, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author to the title page. A fictionalised interpretation of the life of...

Horse Under Water

Len Deighton · 1963 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1963. First edition. Cloth. A well presented first edition of the spy novel succeeding Len Deighton's The Ipcress File. This is a first edition of the work, in smart red cloth binding with a decorative stamp motif to the front board and gilt to the ...

The Unconsoled

Kazuo Ishiguro · 1995 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, Faber and Faber, 1995. First edition. Cloth. A signed first impression copy of this award-winning novel by Kazuo Ishiguro, a nice copy in the original dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression.Signed by the author to the title page.In the original price-clipped...

Fox Evil

Minette Walters · 2002 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Macmillan, 2002. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition, first impression copy of this award-winning crime novel from bestselling author Minette Walters. The first edition, first impression of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the ori...

The Best of D.F. Lewis

D. F. Lewis · 1992 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Leesburg, Va, TAL Publications, 1992 . First edition. Paperback. A signed, limited edition collection of unnerving short stories by D. F. Lewis. A scarce work, illustrated throughout. Number 120 of 1000 copies of this work produced, signed by the author to the title page.A sca...

Jazz and Jasper

William Gerhardi · 1928 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)

London, Duckworth, 1928. Paperback. An advanced reading copy of this early and popular novel by William Gerhardie, one of the most acclaimed English novelists of the 1920s. An scarce to see advanced reading copy, without a dedication.This novel was also published variably unde...

The Charted Mirror

John Holloway · 1960 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1960. First edition. Cloth. A signed copy of the essays of John Holloway, presented by himself to fellow literary critic Lionel Charles Knights. The first edition.Author's presentation copy, inscribed to the recto of the front endpaper, &ap...

Les Aventures Du Jeune Baron de Knifausen

Edmond and Jules de Goncourt · 1904 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

Paris, A Romagnol, 1904. Leather. Bright limited edition of this novel by the Goncourt brothers in Durvand signed binding. In the original French. One of two hundred copies printed with only one state of engravings. This number one hundred and ninety two. French novel by the ...

Handrail and the Wampus Three Segments of a Polyphonic Biograd

Charles Duff · 1931 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, The Cayme Press, 1931. First edition. Paperback. This first edition copy of Handrail and the Wampus is signed by the author Charles Duff. This first edition of Handrail and the Wampus is signed by the author Charles Dufff. On the title page, the author has crossed out ...

The Languages of Pao

Jack Vance · 1958 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€898.99 | $990.85 | ¥158,227)

New York, Avalon Books, 1958 . First edition. Cloth. An exceptionally lovely signed first edition copy of Jack Vance's 1958 science-fiction novel, set in the distant future and celebrated for exploring the relationship between language and culture. The first edition, firs...

Three Dalziel and Pascoe Novels: Exit Lines, Under World and Recalled to Life

Reginald Hill · 1984 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Collins Crime Club, 1984-1992. First edition. Cloth. Three first edition novels from the popular Dalziel and Pascoe series, two of which are signed by the author Reginald Hill. The first editions of these three novels in the publisher's original cloth bindings, wi...

Books in General Second Series

Solomon Eagle · 1920 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

New York , Alfred A. Knopf, 1920. First edition. Cloth. A signed copy of Books in General Second Series by Solomon Eagle or J. C. Squire. Solomon Eagle was the pseudonym for J. C. Squire a British writer. This copy is signed J. C. Squire to the front pastedown, with a bookplat...