Narrativa e romanzi

Salar the Salmon

Henry Williamson · 1935 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Faber and Faber Limited , 1935. First edition. Cloth. A wonderful work of fiction and naturalism, telling the story of Salar the salmon's migration through the rivers of Devon. The first edition, third impression of this work. The first edition, third impression o...

Works by Noel Langley

Noel Langley; Hazel Pynegar · 1946 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London , Arthur Barker; Methuen; Random House, 1946-1952. Cloth. Nine smart volumes by novelist and playwright Noel Langley, five of which being signed by the author. Nine volumes of work from South African born novelist, playwright, screen writer and director Noel Langley. I...

Works by David Lodge

David Lodge · 1995 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London , Secker & Warburg; Harvill Secker , 1995-2015. First edition. Cloth. Four wonderful volumes, three being novels and one a memoir, by author and critic David Lodge. Thinks.. is signed by the author. Four works by English author and critic David Lodge, including Therapy ...

Michael Frayn&Apos;S Works

Michael Frayn · 1962 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.50 | $495.43 | ¥79,113)

London, Collins; Faber and Faber; Viking, 1962-2012. First edition. Cloth. A bright group of sixteen first editions of Michael Frayn's works, each complete with dust wrappers. Including a signed copy of 'Spies' and 'My Father's Fortune.' Sixteen f...

Esther Waters

George Moore · 1920 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, Privately Printed , 1920 . Cloth. A signed limited edition of George Moore's popular Victorian socially illuminating novel. Limited signed edition of Esther Waters by George Moore in original publisher's paper-backed cloth boards.Limited to 750 copies, this i...

Squire&Apos;S Fairing

Elspeth Briggs · 1960 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Frederick Warne & Co. LTD, 1960. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon first edition of this charming novel by Elspeth Briggs set within an imposing Manor, signed by the author to the half-title. The first edition.Signed by the author to the half-title.'Squire's ...

Man About the House

John Hampson · 1935 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.79 | $211.38 | ¥33,755)

London, Grayson & Grayson, 1935 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce signed first edition of John Hampson's 1930s short story. A Limited Edition work, in the unclipped original dust wrapper. The scarce, signed, Limited Edition first edition of this short story from English ...

A Story-Teller&Apos;S Holiday

George Moore · 1918 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London , Cumman Sean-eelay Nah Eipeann , 1918. First edition. Hardback. A lovely limited and signed edition of George Moore's privately printed novel, A Story-Teller's Holiday A limited edition copy of this work, limited to one thousand copies, of which this is numbe...

An Old Drama Three Encounters with Jack the Ripper

Michael Gardner · 1969 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

Leicester, Black Knight Press, 1969 . First edition. Hardback. A very scarce limited editon short story describing three encounters with the infamous Jack the Ripper. Signed by the printer, Duine Campbell. The very scarce first edition of this Limited Edition short story about...

The Angel&Apos;S Game

Carlos Ruiz Zafón · 2009 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

London, Weidenfeld & Nicolson , 2009. First edition. Hardback. A signed, UK first edition copy of The Angel's Game, by best-selling author, Carlos Ruiz Zafón. The first translated edition. First impression. Signed by the author. In the publisher's original cloth bin...

The Sense of an Ending

Julian Barnes · 2011 · Rooke Books

£109.00 (€130.65 | $144.00 | ¥22,996)

London , Jonathan Cape, 2011. First edition. Cloth. A wonderful, first edition, first impression of Julian Barnes' Booker Prize winning novel The Sense of an Ending, signed by the author. This is a first edition, first impression copy of this work. Signed by the author t...

Falling Angels

Tracy Chevalier · 2001 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, HarperCollins , 2001. First edition. Cloth. Lovely first edition, first impression of Tracy Chevalier's novel set during in twentieth century, signed by the author. A New York Times bestseller by Tracy Chevalier, author of international bestsellers The Girl wit...

Oh, Play That Thing

Roddy Doyle · 2004 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Jonathan Cape, 2004. First edition. Cloth. A flawless, first edition copy of the second book of 'The Roundup Series' by Irish author Roddy Doyle, signed by the author to the title page. A compelling novel narrating the life of Henry Smart, a young Irish boy g...

Espresso Tales

Alexander McCall Smith · 2005 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

Edinburgh, Polygon, Birlinn Ltd , 2005. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition of this second novel in the 44 Scotland Street series by Alexander M. Smith, signed by the author. First edition, first impression of this work. Second novel in Alexander McCall Smith's &...

Restless

Restless · 2006 · Rooke Books

£67.00 (€80.31 | $88.52 | ¥14,135)

London, Bloomsbury , 2006. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first impression of this spy novel by William Boyd, signed by the author. The first edition, first impression of this book by Scottish author William Boyd, one of the first novels to deal with the British Security Coord...

The Blue Afternoon

William Boyd · 1993 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Sinclair-Stevenson, 1993. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first impression of William Boy's award-winning novel, signed by the author. Novel by Scottish author William Boyd, winner of the Sunday Express Book of the Year in 1993, and the Los Angeles Times Book P...

Tinker Tailor... " a Child&Apos;S Guide to the Professions

A.P. Herbert · 1922 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1922. Cloth. A.P. Herbert's early 20th century children's work about careers and professions, a signed presentation copy from the author to his acquaintance, the physician Dr William Hale-White. A collection of verses and poems about differ...

A Certain Justice

P. D. James · 1997 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Faber and Faber , 1997. First edition. Cloth. Lovely first edition of this Adam Dalgliesh novel by P. D. James, signed by the author. Successor of Original Sin in the police commander and poet Adam Dalgliesh series, following the mysterious murder of Venetia Aldridge,...

The World of William Clissold

H. G. Wells · 1926 · Rooke Books

£1,800.00 (€2,157.59 | $2,378.05 | ¥379,744)

London, Ernest Benn LTD, 1926. First edition. Vellum. A very special signed limited edition of H. G. Wells' longest novel, a unique copy inscribed by Wells himself. The first limited edition, limited to 198 copies.Signed by H. G. Wells to the limitation page to Volume I.C...

Aphrodite in Aulis

George Moore · 1930 · Rooke Books

£155.00 (€185.79 | $204.78 | ¥32,700)

London, William Heinemann , 1930. First edition. Vellum. First edition of George Moore's romantic novel, limited and signed by the author in a pleasing full leather binding. A limited edition of one-thousand, eight-hundred, and twenty-five copies, this one of nine-hundred...