Letteratura

The Moor&Apos;S Last Sigh

Salman Rushdie · 1995 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

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 ...

The Lilies of the Field

John Hastings Turner · 1923 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

Oxford, Basil Blackwell, 1923 . First edition. Hardback. A very scarce signed Limited Edition of this comedy from a prominent English theatre director, with an intriguing personal inscription from the author. The very scarce signed first edition of this play from English novel...

An American Dream

Norman Mailer · 1965 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, Andre Deutsch, 1965. Cloth. An excellent first U.K. edition of Norman Mailer's rather violent novel, complete with a dust wrapper designed by Tom Adams. First serialised in the style of Charles Dickens in 1965, this novel follows just over a day in the life of war...

Theatre

Maurice Maeterlinck · 1908 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

Bruxelles [Brussels], Lacomblez, 1908-1909 . Leather. A lovely three volume collection of the most celebrated plays of Maurice Maeterlinck, in the original French and bound in half morocco. In the original French.A delightful three volume collection of the plays of Nobel Prize...

Aurora&Apos;S Tears

Stuart Webb · 2008 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.78 | $244.45 | ¥39,040)

London, Matador, 2008. First edition. Paperback. An excellent signed limited edition of Stuart Webb's delightful work for children, complete with a doodle by the author. Signed and dated by the author, with a quotation and a doodle of a sailing boat: '100 Doodles Lim...

Peter Pan in Scarlet

Geraldine McCaughrean · 2006 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Oxford University Press, 2006. First edition. Cloth. A fine signed limited edition sequel to Peter Pan by Geraldine McCaughrean, an exciting novel complete with illustrations by David Wyatt. The limited first edition of this work, limited to one of fifteen hundred numb...

Middle England

Jonathan Coe · 2018 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Viking Penguin Books, 2018. First edition. Cloth. A fine signed first edition novel by Jonathan Coe, his final in his trilogy following the lives of one extended family, with this novel looking in particular at Brexit. The first edition, first impression of this work.S...

Tim the Tiny Horse

Harry Hill · 2006 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, Faber and Faber, 2006. First edition. Hardback. A fine signed first edition comedic novel by Harry HIll, a popular children's novel with Hill's colourful illustrations throughout. A first edition, first impression of this work.Signed by Harry Hill to the half...

A Week in December

Sebastian Faulks · 2009 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, Hutchinson, 2009. First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition copy of this interesting novel of observations, watching as the lives of seven individuals unfold in London. In the original dust wrapper. Written by British novelist and journalist, Sebastian Faulks. An ...

Who&Apos;S Sorry Now?

Howard Jacobson · 2002 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Jonathan Cape, 2002. First edition. Cloth. A flawless, first edition copy of this intriguing novel about sexual and romantic interactions, written by award-winning author Howard Jacobson. Signed by the author to the title page. A delightful comedic novel about sexual a...

Blood Stained Kings

Tim Willocks · 1995 · Rooke Books

£72.00 (€86.32 | $95.14 | ¥15,194)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1995 . First edition. Paperback. A signed uncorrected proof copy of this disturbing thriller from British psychiatrist Tim Willocks. The uncorrected proof copy of this gripping novel from English doctor and psychiatrist turned novelist Tim Willocks, in t...

Christine Falls

Benjamine Black [John Banville] · 2006 · Rooke Books

£118.00 (€141.46 | $155.92 | ¥24,901)

London, Picador, 2006 . First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition, first impression of this crime novel from Booker Prize winning novelist John Banville, published under a pseudonym. The signed first edition, first impression of this work, in the publisher's original p...

Eleven Terrible Months

R. L. Royle · 2007 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Dewsbury, Dog Horn Publishing , 2007. First edition. Cloth. A chilling fictional documentation of unexplainable events at the Walkingtons' residence in 1998, the first edition, limited to one hundred copies signed by the author. Complete with three original photographs. T...

Medusa

Michael Dibdin · 2003 · Rooke Books

£88.00 (€105.50 | $116.28 | ¥18,571)

London, Faber and Faber , 2003. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition, first impression of this novel by Michael Dibdin, featuring his popular character of Aurelio Zen. The first edition, first impression of this novel by Michael Dibdin. Signed by the author to the titl...

Remainder

Tom McCarthy · 2006 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

Richmond, Alma Books, 2006. First edition. Cloth. A flawless, first UK edition copy of this thrilling novel by noted British author Tom McCarthy. In the original dust wrapper and signed by the author. The first UK edition of this work.Signed by the author to the title page.Thi...

Vendetta

Michael Dibdin · 1990 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, Faber & Faber, 1990. First edition. Cloth. A crisp, first edition copy of this crime fiction novel from Michael Dibdin's famous Aurelio Zen series. The second book of this popular series. Signed by the author to the title page. The Aurelio Zen series are Dibdin&ap...

Le Jardin Des Reves

Laurent Tailhade; Theodore de Banville · 1880 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1880. First edition. Paperback. A scarce, first edition of this poetry anthology by Laurent Tailhade. Signed by him to the half-title. Signed by the author to the Marquis Auguste Moreau, 'son cousin eu Octave Feuillet 19 Avril 1880&apos.  Auguste...

French Works

Mme la Comtesse de Segur; Girardin; et al. · 1880 · Rooke Books

£1,475.00 (€1,768.28 | $1,949.01 | ¥311,269)

Paris , Librairie Hachette; et al. 1880. Cloth. A collection of nineteen uniformly bound French works formerly from Agatha Christie's home, Greenaway House, bearing the signature of her older sister Madge Miller. Nineteen later printings of some French works, formerly fro...

The Sleeping Lord

David Jones · 1974 · Rooke Books

£490.00 (€587.43 | $647.47 | ¥103,404)

London, Faber, 1974 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce Limited Edition of this celebrated collection of poetic fragments from modernist David Jones, signed by the author himself. A very scarce signed Limited Edition of David Jones's final published work of poetry, no. ...

Frank Fairleigh; or, Scenes from the Life of a Private Pupil

Frank E. Smedley · 1846 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London and New York, George Routledge and Sons, c1880. Leather. A lovely illustrated edition of Frank E. Smedley's popular novel, with designs by George Cruikshank. Bound by Potter & Son. Written by Frank E. Smedley, a nineteenth century English novelist best known for th...