Narrativa e romanzi

Tales of an Empty Cabin

Wa-Sha-Quon-Asin (Grey Owl) · 1936 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,216)

London, Lovat Dickson Limited , 1936. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this work, one of a limited printing signed by the author and extra illustrated, complete with its scarce glassine wrap. The first edition of this work, limited to two-hundred and fifty c...

Love in the Ruins

Walker Percy · 1971 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.82 | $171.75 | ¥27,417)

New York, Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 1971. First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first printing of this wildly popular novel by noted American author Walker Percy, in the original dust wrapper. Love in the Ruins: The Adventures of a Bad Catholic at a Time Near the End of the...

A Piece of My Heart

Richard Ford · 1976 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

New York, Harper & Row , 1976. First edition. Cloth. Excellent first impression of Richard Ford's successful first novel, complete with its unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of this work. Mesmerising debut novel by Richard Ford, set on an island ...

Second Best

David Cook · 1991 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,709)

London, Faber and Faber , 1991. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition of this novel by David Cook, signed by the author. Uncommon first edition of this novel by David Cook. The story follows a middle-aged man as he decides to adopt 10-year-old James. The story was made ...

Symbiography

William Hjortsberg · 1973 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.30 | ¥17,927)

Fremont, The Sumac Press, 1973. First edition. Cloth. A limited first edition copy of this work of fiction by William Hjorstberg, signed by the author to the title page and presented in the original unclipped dust wrapper. First Edition, limited to 1026 copies, twenty-six of w...

The Vicar of Bullhampton

Anthony Trollope · 1870 · Rooke Books

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

London, Bradbury, Evans, and Co, 1870 . First edition. Leather. A beautifully bound first edition of this novel from Anthony Trollope, illustrated throughout by Henry Woods. The first edition in book form of this 1870 novel by Anthony Trollope, initially issued in monthly part...

Our Man in Havana: An Entertainment

Graham Greene · 1958 · Rooke Books

£355.00 (€425.52 | $469.01 | ¥74,871)

London, Heinemann, 1958. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition of this important black comedy novel by Graham Greene. The first edition, first impression of this popular novel by one of the most important writers of the twentieth century. A melodrama with undertones se...

Romans

Graham Greene · 1960 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

Paris, NRF Gallimard, 1960 . Cloth. An impressive French language edition of four of Graham Greene's most highly regarded novels. A Limited Edition work. A Limited Edition French language translation of four of the best known novels of Graham Greene: Brighton Rock, The En...

After Hannibal

Barry Unsworth · 1996 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,545)

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1996. First edition. Cloth. A wonderful signed first edition copy of Unsworth's fiction novel, inspired by his efforts at an Italian settlement, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. First Edition, First Impression. In the original unclipped du...

Carte Blanche: A James Bond Novel

Jeffery Deaver · 2011 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)

London, Hodder & Stoughton, 2011. First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition copy of Jeffery Deaver's popular James Bond continuation novel, enclosed in the original unclipped dustwrapper. An exciting James Bond continuation novel by Jeffery Deaver, set in mid-2011 acr...

The Gates of Hell

Paul Doherty · 2003 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

London, Constable, 2003. First edition. Cloth. The signed first edition of the final novel in Paul Doherty's 'Alexander the Great Mysteries' series, following the Macedonian King as he attempts to invade Halicarnassus. A signed first edition, first impression of...

The Sweet Scent of Blood

Suzanne McLeod · 2008 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

London, Gollancz, 2008. Paperback. A flawless, uncorrected manuscript proof copy of this fantastical novel by Suzanne McLeod, signed and lined by the author to the half title page. Presenting an uncorrected manuscript proof copy of this novel from the Spellcrackers series by S...

The Sleepwalker&Apos;S Introduction to Flight

Sion Scott-Wilson · 2008 · Rooke Books

£37.00 (€44.35 | $48.88 | ¥7,803)

London, Macmillan New Writing, 2008. First edition. Cloth. An excellent, first edition copy of this debut novel by Sion Scott-Wilson, signed by the author to the title page. Presenting this debut novel by Sion Scott-Wilson, depicting the story of a young Berkshire-based man na...

Rupture

Simon Lelic · 2010 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

London, Picador, 2010. First edition. Paperback. An uncorrected proof copy of Simon Lelic's detective crime novel, signed by the author to the title page. Uncorrected proof copy.Signed by the author to the title page. 'Rupture' is a detective crime novel by Bri...

Communion Town: A City in Ten Chapters

Sam Thompson · 2012 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

London, Fourth Estate , 2012. First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first impression of this work of modern fiction by Sam Thompson, longlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2012, signed by the author. Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2012, this charming volume tells th...

Rough Cider

Peter Lovesey · 1986 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

London, The Bodley Head, 1986. First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first impression of this gripping crime novel by Peter Lovesey, signed by the author. The first edition, first impression of this work. Signed by the author to the title page. Peter Lovesey tells the story...

The Waves

Virginia Woolf · 1931 · Rooke Books

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

London, The Hogarth Press, 1931. First edition. Cloth. A stunning first edition copy of this experimental novel by Virginia Woolf, one of her most puzzling publications, here in the original beautifully designed dust wrapper by Vanessa Bell. The first edition, first impression...

The Roadmender

Michael Fairless [Margaret Barber] · 1910 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)

London, Duckworth & Co. 1910. Leather. A lovely copy of this illustrated edition of Margaret Barber's successful work on meditations, in a J. &. E. Bumpus full pebbled calf binding. Margaret Barber was an English Christian author, writing under pseudonym of Michael Fairle...

The Moor&Apos;S Last Sigh

Salman Rushdie · 1995 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1995. First edition. Cloth. A wonderful signed first edition copy of Salman Rushdie's historical fiction novel, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. First edition.Signed by author on title page. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. 'The...

The Moor&Apos;S Last Sigh

Salman Rushdie · 1995 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,036)

New York, Pantheon Books, 1995. First edition. Paperback. A lovely advance reader's copy, limited edition of this novel by celebrated author Salman Rushdie, signed to the limitation page and complete in its attractive two part box. A lovely advanced reader's edition ...