Letteratura

A Collection of Novels from the Cadfael Chronicles

Ellis Peters [Edith Pargeter] · 1979 · Rooke Books

£4,400.00 (€5,274.86 | $5,813.99 | ¥928,530)

London, Macmillan; Headline, 1979-1990. First edition. Cloth. A collection of novels from the Cadfael Chronicles by English author Edith Pargether, most volumes are signed by the author. Twenty-two volumes. Twenty volumes of the twenty-one novels in the series. With A Rare Ben...

Red Invader

Harry Edmonds · 1933 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, Ward, Lock & Co, 1933 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the scarce first edition of this thrilling near future conflict novel by Harry Edmonds, in the very scarce original dust wrapper. The scarce first edition of this work.Inscribed by the author t...

Erone

Chalmers Kearney · 1943 · Rooke Books

£285.00 (€341.67 | $376.59 | ¥60,143)

Guildford , Biddles Ltd. 1943 . First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition of this vanishingly scarce utopian science-fiction novel by Australian author and inventor, Chalmers Kearney. First edition, signed by the author to the title page.Very scarce work. Bound in the publ...

Four-Sided Triangle: A Romance

William F. Temple · 1949 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, John Long Limited, 1949 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the uncommon first edition of William F. Temple's popular science-fiction novel. Inscribed to the front free endpaper with "I often wonder what foods the visitors buy, one half so precio...

Behind the Shutters

R. H. Mottram · 1968 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, Hutchinson of London, 1968 . First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition of this novel exploring life in Britain and France after the Second World War, by R. H. Mottram. First edition, signed by the author to the contents page. Bound in the publisher's original ...

Clandestine

James Ellroy · 1984 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

London, Allison & Busby, 1984. First edition. Cloth. A smart first U.K. edition of one of the early novels of James Ellroy, a gripping crime novel, signed by the author. The first U.K. edition, first impression of this work. This U.K. edition was published two years after the ...

The Criminal Comedy of the Contented Couple

Julian Symons · 1985 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1985. Cloth. A signed first edition of this crime novel by Julian Symons. The first edition. Inscribed to the title page by the author; "To John E****- I hope he enjoys it!- Julian Symons". In the publisher's original cloth with the original un...

The Crocodile Bird

Ruth Rendell · 1993 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, Hutchinson, 1993. Cloth. A smart signed limited edition copy of this standalone psychological thriller from crime writer Ruth Rendell. A limited edition of one hundred and fifty copies, of which this is numbered eleven.Signed by the author to the half-title. In the or...

The Poetical Works of George Herbert

George Herbert · 1856 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.83 | $191.60 | ¥30,599)

London, James Nisbet and Co, 1856. Leather. The illustrated poetical works of George Herbert, bound by Hayday in full calf. Bound in full morocco with decorative gilt designs and raised bands, bound by Hayday with their binder's signature to the front pastedown. Illustra...

Shadows in Bronze

Lindsey Davis · 1990 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

New York, Crown Publishers, Inc. 1990 . First edition. Cloth. A signed, first US edition of this detective novel featuring Marcus Didius Falcon, written by Lindsey Davis. Bound in the publisher's original quarter cloth with paper covered boards, with the original, unclipp...

Collected Verse of Rudyard Kipling

Rudyard Kipling · 1907 · Rooke Books

£17,900.00 (€21,459.10 | $23,652.37 | ¥3,777,429)

New York, Doubleday, Page & Company, 1907 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Kipling's book of collected verse, with the author's ink annotations and edits. Bound in the publisher's original burgundy cloth. An extremely scarce-to-see copy of this coll...

I Go by Sea, I Go by Land

P. L. Travers · 1966 · Rooke Books

£875.00 (€1,048.98 | $1,156.19 | ¥184,651)

London, Collins, 1966. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon to see signed novel by P. L. Travers, a touching war novel inscribed by Travers. The author's presentation copy, signed to the recto of the front endpaper, 'Mary Cadogan, from P. L. Travers, 1976&apos.In the or...

The Flint Heart: A Fairy Story

Eden Phillpotts · 1910 · Rooke Books

£575.00 (€689.33 | $759.78 | ¥121,342)

London, Smith, Elder, & Co, 1910 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the first edition of this scarce fantasy novel by Eden Phillpotts. The first edition of this scarce work.Inscribed 'to his friend, Basil Hastings, from Eden Phillpotts', dated 1914...

The Owl of Athene

Eden Phillpotts · 1936 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€899.12 | $991.02 | ¥158,272)

London, Hutchinson & Co, 1936 . First edition. Cloth. A signed copy of the first edition of this very scarce science fiction novel by Eden Phillpotts. The first edition of this very scarce work.Inscribed 'Buy me for the Charing Cross Hospital' by the author, to the f...

Number9dream

David Mitchell · 2001 · Rooke Books

£149.00 (€178.63 | $196.88 | ¥31,443)

London, Sceptre, 2001 . First edition. Paperback. A signed first edition of David Mitchell's second novel, an episodic work about a teenager's search for the father he has never met. The first edition, first impression of this work, flat signed by Mitchell to the ti...

The Scarecrow and His Servant

Philip Pullman · 2004 · Rooke Books

£99.00 (€118.68 | $130.81 | ¥20,892)

London, Doubleday, 2004. First edition. Cloth. A fine copy of this entertaining fantasy novel for children by Philip Pullman, a smart signed copy. The first edition, first impression.Signed by the author to the title page.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.'The Scarec...

The Bird of Night

Susan Hill · 1972 · Rooke Books

£149.00 (€178.63 | $196.88 | ¥31,443)

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1972. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition novel by Susan Hill, signed by the author, in the original scarce Whitbread Award wraparound band. The first edition, first impression.Signed by the author to the title page.In the original unclipped du...

Day Eight

Elisabeth Ayrton · 1978 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Hutchinson, 1978. First edition. Cloth. An uncorrected proof copy, and a signed first edition copy, of Ayrton's scarce science fiction novel set in Africa. An uncorrected proof copy of this work in the publisher's original proof paper wraps, with the publishe...

Aladdin and the Enchanted Lamp

Philip Pullman · 2004 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Scholastic Press, 2004. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated retelling of the classic children's story Aladdin, signed by the author. First edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. Illustrated with twelve full-p...

One Old Oxford Ox

Nicola Bayley · 1977 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1977 . First edition. Hardback. A signed, first edition of this wonderfully illustrated nursery rhyme, by Nicola Bayley. First edition, in the publisher's original pictorial paper-covered boards. Signed by the author to the title page. Illustrated b...