Narrativa e romanzi

Fantastic Daisy Artichoke

Quentin Blake · 1999 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1999. First edition. Hardback. A first edition, early impression of this charming children's title, signed by the author and artist. A first edition of this delightful rhyming children's title, richly illustrated throughout in vibrant colour.Si...

The Sparsholt Affair

Alan Hollinghurst · 2017 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)

London, Picador, 2017. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition, first impression of Hollinghurst's respected inter-generational novel, in lovely condition. An incredibly smart first edition, first impression of the 'Foyles Exclusive Edition', with complete ...

The Fields of Death

Simon Scarrow · 2010 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.30 | ¥17,927)

London, Headline, 2010 . First edition. Cloth. A very smart signed and numbered collector's edition of the final novel in Scarrow's Wellington and Napoleon Quartet, with a signed notebook, signed post card, signed typescript page, and a book mark. The collector'...

Louis de Bernieres: The War of Don Emmanuel&Apos;S Nether Parts & Senor Vivo and the Coca Lord

Louis de Bernieres · 1990 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.78 | $211.38 | ¥33,744)

London; New York, Secker & Warburg; William Morrow and Company, 1990-1991. First edition. Cloth. A very smart set of first editions of the first two novels in Louis de Bernieres Latin American trilogy, with a signed copy. A two volume set, one of which is signed by the author ...

Shadow of the Moon

M. M. Kaye · 1957 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,472)

London, Longmans, 1957 . First edition. Cloth. A wonderful first edition of M. M. Kaye's first historical novel, a romance set during the Sepoy mutiny. Kaye is best known for her epic about the British Raj, 'The Far Pavilions&apos. The first edition, first impression...

The Complete Wild Body

Wyndham Lewis; Bernard Lafourcade [ed.] · 1982 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

Santa Barbara, Black Sparrow Press, 1982 . First edition. Cloth. A signed limited edition copy of this illustrated series of short stories by writer and painter Wyndham Lewis. A signed limited edition copy.Numbered 215 out of 276 deluxe hardcover copies that have been numbered...

The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. In Verse and Prose.

Rev. William Lisle Bowles, A.M. (ed) · 1806 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.32 | ¥57,998)

London, J. Johnson, J. Nichols and Son, R. Baldwin et al, 1806. Leather. A scarce eight volume, leather bound set of The Works of Alexander Pope edited by William Lisle Bowles. This is the first edition of The Works of Alexander Pope that was edited by William Lisle Bowles. Ei...

Room at the Top

John Braine · 1957 · Rooke Books

£950.00 (€1,138.71 | $1,255.09 | ¥200,358)

London, Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1957. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this popular novel from author John Braine. Including a loosely-inserted card signed, 'With best wishes, Cheltenham 1958 - John Braine&apos. 'Room at the Top' is a novel by John Braine...

Private Heat

Robert E. Bailey · 2002 · Rooke Books

£19.99 (€23.96 | $26.41 | ¥4,216)

New York, M. Evans and Company, 2002. First edition. Cloth. A signed copy of the first printing of this crime thriller by Robert E. Bailey. Robert Bailey was a private investigator for twenty years, before turning towards fiction, writing action packed novels due to his experi...

Dead Heat

Caroline Carver · 2003 · Rooke Books

£39.99 (€47.93 | $52.83 | ¥8,434)

London, Orion, 2003. First edition. Cloth. A smart copy of this fast-paced thriller, being a terrifying and shocking journey into the heart of a wild jungle. First edition. Neatly signed by the author to the title page. "Georgia Parish never regretted leaving Nulgarra, norther...

Cast the First Stone

Jane Adams · 1996 · Rooke Books

£59.99 (€71.91 | $79.26 | ¥12,652)

London, Macmillan , 1996. First edition. Cloth. A smart copy of this haunting suspense novel, being the second thriller from Jane Adams. First edition. Neatly signed by the author to the title page. Featuring the original photographic unclipped dustwrapper, designed by Richard...

The Wychford Murders

Paula Gosling · 1986 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

London, Macmillan, 1986. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this novel by Paula Gosling. The first of two novels by Paula Gosling to feature Detective Chief Inspector Luke Abbot. Gosling is an American crime writer, who published her first novel 'A Running Du...

The Coup

John Updike · 1978 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,453)

New York, Alfred A. Knopf Inc, 1978. Cloth. A signed, limited edition copy of this thought-provoking novel by John Updike. Limited to three hundred and fifty copies, of which this is number 227. The Coup, a lauded novel about an African dictatorship inspired by a visit he made...

Eton Crop

Bill James · 1999 · Rooke Books

£23.99 (€28.76 | $31.69 | ¥5,060)

London, Macmillan, 1999. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of Bill James' sixteenth crime thriller in his Harpur and Iles' mystery series. Uncommonly signed by the author to the title page. Featuring the original unclipped photographic dustwrapper, designed...

Double Deuce

Robert B. Parker · 1992 · Rooke Books

£47.99 (€57.52 | $63.40 | ¥10,121)

London, Viking, 1992. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of Double Deuce by Robert B. Parker. Signed by the author to the recto free-end paper. "Pulsing with raw power and moral complexity, Double Deuce is the kind of no-holds-barred action thriller only Robert B. Pa...

Atlantic Fury

Hammond Innes · 1962 · Rooke Books

£34.99 (€41.94 | $46.23 | ¥7,379)

London, Collins, 1962. First edition. Cloth. 'Atlantic Fury' is a novel by Hammond Innes set on a part real, part imaginary island called Laerg in the Atlantic. In original dustwrapper designed by Michael Harvey and maps to endpapers. First edition. Ralph Hammond Inn...

A World of Strangers

Nadine Gordimer · 1958 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,799)

London, Victor Gollancz, 1958. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this controversial novel, which was banned for twelve years in Gordimer's native South Africa. Signed by the author to the title page. In a burgundy cloth binding with original unclipped dustwrapper. ...

Fenwick&Apos;S Career

Mrs Humphry (Mary A Ward) · 1906 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

London, Harper, 1906. First edition. Leather. A handsome first edition of Mary A Ward's novel 'Fenwick's Career', in two volumes. A limited edition, number 24 of 250 and signed by the author. Illustrated by Albert Sterner. Mary Augusta Ward (1851-1920) was ...

The Curtains of Yesterday

Elizabeth Sewall Glenn · 1956 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)

Baltimore, The Wansborough Press, 1956. First edition. Cloth. This is a signed first edition of this work of literary critcism by Elizabeth Sewall Glenn. Inscribed by Glenn to fellow author Eric Forbes-Boyd. In a cloth binding. Externally, sound with some rubbing and bumping. ...

Ulick and Soracha

George Moore · 1926 · Rooke Books

£200.00 (€239.73 | $264.23 | ¥42,181)

London, The Nonesuch Press, 1926. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of George Moore's novel, 'Ulick and Soracha', held in the original dustwrapper. First edition. Limited edition, number 384 of 1,250. Signed by the author. The dustwrapper is designed by...