Letteratura

Six Plays

Slawomir Mrozek · 1967 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1967. First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of this collection of the plays of noted Polish playwright Slawomir Mrozek, complete in the original unclipped dustwrapper. Uncommon. The first UK edition. Translated from the Polish by Nicholas Bethell. P...

Constitutional

Helen Simpson · 2005 · Rooke Books

£43.00 (€51.54 | $56.81 | ¥9,072)

London, Jonathan Cape, 2005. First edition. Hardback. An excellent signed first edition of Helen Simpson's collection of stories. This signed first edition of acclaimed short story writer Helen Simpson's 'Constitutional' collects nine thoroughly entertainin...

Meteors, Aerolites, and Falling Stars

T.L. Phipson · 1867 · Rooke Books

£2,500.00 (€2,996.65 | $3,302.85 | ¥527,422)

London, Lovell Reeve and Co. 1867. First edition. Cloth. A very rare and well preserved first edition guide to falling stars by British scientist and violinist T.L. Phipson. This very scarce guide to all that falls to our earth from space, written by celebrated British scienti...

The Tenth Satyr of Juvenal English and Latin

Tho Shadwell · 1687 · Rooke Books

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

London, D Mallet, 1687. First edition. Paperback. The first edition of Thomas Shadwell's translation of Juvenal's tenth satire. A very scarce work, which includes a commentary by Shadwell. First thus, the first edition of this particular translation. Published by D M...

Selected Works of James Blish

James Blish · 1972 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

London, Faber and Faber, 1972-1975. First edition. Hardback. An eight volume set of science fiction works of James Blish, including four UK first editions. This set of thrilling science fiction works by celebrated author James Blish collects eight volumes, of which four are UK...

To Rise Again at a Decent Hour J

Joshua Ferris; Howard Jacobson · 2014 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Viking; Jonatha Cape, 2014. First edition. Cloth. A set of two popular novels that were both shortlisted for the 2014 Man Booker Prize, 'To Rise Again at a Decent Hour' and 'J', first edition first impressions, signed by the authors. The first editi...

The Big Killing

Robert Wilson · 1996 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

London, HarperCollins, 1996. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this exciting crime thriller novel by Robert Wilson, set on the Ivory Coast. The first edition, first impression of this work. Signed by the author to the title page. In the original unclipped dustwra...

The Secret River in the Country of Men

Kate Grenville; Hisham Matar · 2006 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Canongate; Penguin, 2006. First edition. Hardback. Signed first editions of two Man Booker shortlisted novels by Kate Grenville and Hisham Matar, 'The Secret River', and 'In the Country of Men&apos. Each in their original unclipped dustwrappers. The firs...

Year of the Tiger

Jack Higgins; [Henry Patterson] · 1996 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

London, Michael Joseph, 1996. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition thus of Jack Higgins' 1960s novel about the mysterious Paul Chavasse, in the original unclipped dustwrapper. The first edition thus of this work, being the first edition published by Michael Joseph...

A Season in Hell

Jack Higgins; [Henry Patterson] · 1989 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, Collins, 1989. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this thrilling high-tension novel by the acclaimed author Jack Higgins, in the original unclipped dustwrapper. The first edition of this work. Signed by the author to the half-title, to a tipped in bookplat...

The Narrow Road to the Deep North

Richard Flanagan · 2014 · Rooke Books

£265.00 (€317.64 | $350.10 | ¥55,907)

London, Chatto & Windus, 2014. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition, first impression, of Richard Flanagan's impressive Man Booker Prize winning novel 'The Narrow Road to the Deep North&apos. The first edition, first impression of this work. Signed by the aut...

Confessional

Jack Higgins; [Henry Patterson] · 1985 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)

London, Collins, 1985. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this trilling novel in which an assassin goes after the pope, set in the 1980s, written by Jack Higgins. The first UK edition of this work. Signed by the author to the title page. In the original unclipped ...

Night of the Fox

Jack Higgins; [Henry Patterson] · 1986 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

London, Collins, 1986. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of Jack Higgins' exciting spy thriller set in World War Two, in the original unclipped dustwrapper. The first edition of this work. Signed by the author to the title page. In the original unclipped dustwr...

To Catch a King

Harry Patterson · 1979 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€407.54 | $449.19 | ¥71,729)

London, Hutchinson, 1979. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of Harry Patterson's exciting World War Two espionage novel, 'To Catch a King', in the original unclipped dustwrapper. The first edition of this work. Signed by the author to the title page, ...

In the Hour Before Midnight

Jack Higgins; [Henry Patterson] · 1969 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)

New York, The Crime Club by Doubleday and Company, 1969. First edition. Cloth. The first US edition of Jack Higgins' novel about a man escaping a life of violence, only to fall in with another group of violent people. The first US edition of this work. In the original unc...

Pigeon English

Stephen Kelman · 2011 · Rooke Books

£26.00 (€31.17 | $34.35 | ¥5,485)

London, Bloomsbury, 2011. First edition. Paperback. A signed first edition, first impression, of Stephen Kelman's intriguing Man Booker shortlisted novel 'Pigeon English&apos. The first edition, first impression of this work. No hardback edition of this book was publ...

Sophie&Apos;S Choice

William Styron · 1979 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1979. First edition. Hardback. An excellent first UK edition of William Styron's controversial award winning novel. This first UK edition of celebrated novelist and essayist William Styron's 'Sophie's Choice' won the 1980 Nationa...

Coming Alive

Judith Cutler · 2000 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,207)

Surrey, Severn House, 2000. First edition. Hardback. An excellent, scarcely found signed, first edition of Judith Cutler's romance novel. This first edition, scarcely found signed, of author Judith Cutler's romance novel 'Coming Alive' which follows a woman...

Airframe

Michael Crichton · 1996 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1996. First edition. Hardback. An excellent first edition of acclaimed author Michael Crichton's investigative novel. This first edition of celebrated author and film producer Michael Crichton's novel 'Airframe' follows a quality ...

A Detective Under Fire

H.R.F. Keating · 2002 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, Macmillan, 2002. First edition. Hardback. An excellent, scarcely found signed, first edition of H.R.F. Keating's crime thriller. This scarcely found signed first edition of celebrated author of detective fiction H.R.F. Keating's novel 'A Detective Under ...