Narrativa e romanzi

The Conjunction

Terence Wheeler · 2006 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,816)

London, Angus and Robertson, 2006. Cloth. A limited edition of Terence Wheeler's debut novel in the original dust wrapper. A limited edition of The Conjunction by Terence Wheeler, in the original publisher's cloth binding and unclipped dust wrapper. An out of series...

Swing Time

Zadie Smith · 2016 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

London, Hamish Hamilton; Penguin Books, 2016. First edition. Hardback. An exclusive first signed edition of Zadie Smith's bestselling novel 'Swing Time', a fine copy in the original dust wrapper. The first exclusive signed edition, first impression, inscribed to...

Astonishing Splashes of Colour

Clare Morrall · 2003 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

Birmingham, Tindal Street Press, 2003. First edition. Paperback. Lovey signed first impression of Clare Morrall's compelling debut novel. The first edition, first impression of this work. Signed by the author to title page. Debut novel of English author Clare Morrall, te...

Works by Ellis Peters

Ellis Peters · 1980 · Rooke Books

£1,400.00 (€1,678.10 | $1,849.60 | ¥295,264)

London, Macmillan and Co.; Headline, 1980-1994. Cloth. A collection of seventeen novels from Ellis Peters' Cadfael Chronicles. This is a collection of seventeen works by Ellis Peters. Ellis Peters is the pen name for Edith Mary Parteger who is known for her historical fi...

Donatienne

Rene Bazin · 1947 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)

Paris, Calmann-Levy, 1947 . Leather. The scarce definitive edition of this novel by French author Rene Bazin in Hachette leather binding. Definitive edition of Donatienne by Rene Bazin in Hachette signed half calf binding and cloth boards. One of Bazin's early novels, fi...

Tales of My Landlord, Second Series [the Heart of Midlothian]

Jedediah Cleishbotham [Sir Walter Scott] · 1818 · Rooke Books

£380.00 (€455.49 | $502.04 | ¥80,143)

Edinburgh, Archibald Constable, 1818. First edition. Leather. The four volume first edition of Sir Walter Scott's novel 'The Heart of Midlothian', the second work in his 'Tales of My Landlord' series. The first edition, first issue: lacking signature o...

Time and Tide

Edna O'Brien · 1992 · Rooke Books

£46.00 (€55.14 | $60.77 | ¥9,702)

London , Viking , 1992. First edition. Cloth. A bright first edition, third impression signed copy of this moving novel by Edna O'Brien. A first edition, third impression copy. Signed by the author to the title page. Time and Tide is an unforgettable novel about the bon...

James White Novels

James White · 1967 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

London, Corgi Books; The New English Library, 1967-79. Paperback. Group of eight paperback editions of the science fiction novels of James White, two copies signed by the author. James White was a Northern Irish author of science fiction, well-known for his 'Sector Genera...

Marrying the Mistress

Joanna Trollope · 2000 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

London , Bloomsbury , 2000. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition first impression of this moving tale of human emotion. A first edition, first impression copy. Signed by the author to the title page. Marrying the Mistress is an emotional minefield of a novel, explori...

English Exercises and Key to the Exercises

Lindley Murray · 1810 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

York, Thomas Wilson & Son, 1810-1811. Leather. Two volumes in one of English grammar exercises. Two volumes bound within one, containing English Exercises adapted to Murray's English Grammar, which have been designed for the benefit of private learners as well as for the ...

Charles Lever; or, the Man of the Nineteenth Century

Rev. W. Gresley · 1841 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

London , James Burns, 1841. First edition. Leather. A first edition illustrated copy of this tale of the nineteenth century. A first edition copy. This tale is designed to set forth the dangers to which our ill-cemented social system exposes the most numerous and important cl...

Poor Koko

John Fowles · 1987 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,036)

Helsinki, Eurographica, 1987. Paperback. A limited edition of this exciting work by John Fowles, signed by the author. Limited edition. 350 copies printed on special Michelangelo paper made at the Magnani Paper Mills in Pescia, Italy. This is copy number 343. Signed by the aut...

Wormholes Essays and Occasional Writings

John Fowles · 1998 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.20 | ¥36,908)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1998. First edition. Cloth. A fine signed limited edition essay collection by John Fowles, a striking volume colourfully bound with many insightful pieces by Fowles. A limited edition, limited to 75 numbered copies in teal cloth, this copy numbered 56. T...

Mosaic III My Recollections of Kafka

John Fowles · 1970 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

Winnipeg, University of Manitoba Press, 1970. Paperback. One of twenty-five copies of John Fowles' essay contributed to 'Mosaic', here extracted on its own. Signed by Fowles to the final leaf of text. One of twenty-five copies, containing John Fowles' essay...

A Maggot

John Fowles · 1985 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,635)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1985 . First edition. Cloth. An exceptionally lovely signed first edition of John Fowles's postmodern historical novel, set between May 1736 and February 1737, in which Fowles examines historiography, the nature of history, and criminal justice. The...

The Folly of Pen Harrington

Julian Sturgis · 1897 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,036)

Westminster, Archibald Constable and Co. 1897 . First edition. Leather. The scarce first edition of this novel by Julian Sturgis in Root signed leather binding. First edition of The Folly of Pen Harrington by Julian Sturgis in Root & Son signed half calf binding with cloth boa...

The Crocodile Bird

Ruth Rendell · 1993 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,709)

London, Hutchinson, 1993 . Cloth. Limited edition of this novel signed by the British crime author in the original glassine dust wrapper. Limited edition of The Crocodile Bird by Ruth Rendell in the original publisher's quarter cloth binding and marbled boards. In the or...

The Blue Afternoon

William Boyd · 1993 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)

Great Britain, Sinclair-Stevenson, 1993 . Cloth. The scarce limited edition of this award winning novel by William Boyd signed by the author in the original glassine wrapper. Limited edition of The Blue Afternoon by William Boyd in the original publisher's quarter cloth b...

The Bat That Flits

Norman Collins · 1952 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,216)

London , Collins Crime Club , 1952. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition copy of this thrilling crime novel by Norman Collins. Signed by the author to the front free endpaper. A first edition copy. The Bat that Flits is a crime novel set deep in the heart of the West...

A New Kind of War

Anthony Price · 1987 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,545)

London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1987. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this espionage thriller by Anthony Price. First edition. Singed by the author to the title page. In 1945 Greece and Germany, the old kind of war is ending. Now, a special intelligence unit are e...