Letteratura

Books One to Four of the Jesse Jameson Series

Sean Wright · 2003 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Crowswing Books, 2003-2004. First edition. Paperback. A set of four first paperback edition volumes from the Jesse Jameson fantasy series by British author Sean Wright, signed by the author. Four volumes of a six volume set, lacking volumes five and six. First paperbac...

The Cry of the Icemark

Stuart Hill · 2005 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

Somerset, The Chicken House, 2005. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition, first impression of the first novel in the Icemark Chronicles from British author Stuart Hill, signed by the author. With the original slip case. First edition, first impression. Signed by the...

The Elder Statesman: A Play

T. S. Eliot · 1959 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, Faber and Faber, 1959. First edition. Cloth. A smart first UK edition of this play in verse from American writer T. S. Eliot. First UK edition. A play in verse, exploring the late life of Lord Claverton, a retired Cabinet minister who idly fingers the empty pages of hi...

The Giant, O&Apos;Brien

Hilary Mantel · 1998 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Fourth Estate, 1998. First edition. Cloth. Hilary Mantel's haunting novel about the eighteenth century giant Charles Byrne, the first impression, in the original dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.'The Gia...

A Summer Bird-Cage

Margaret Drabble · 1963 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1963. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Margaret Drabble's debut novel, signed by the author. The first edition, second impression, published in June 1963, following the first impression of March 1963.Signed by the author to the t...

Busman&Apos;S Honeymoon

Dorothy L. Sayers · 1937 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.79 | $237.85 | ¥37,985)

London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1937 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first impression of this early Sayers novel, with the scarce errata slip present. The first edition, first impression.A mixed state, with "!" for "." on page 378 but with "errific" corrected to "terri...

Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo

Ntozake Shange · 1982 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

New York, St. Martin's Press, 1982. First edition. Hardback. The first edition, first printing of this immensely rich novel by the prolific American author Ntozake Shange, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first printing of the work. With the or...

The Tiger in the Smoke, the China Governess, Cargo of Eagles, the Allingham Case-Book

Margery Allingham · 1952 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1952-1969. First edition. Hardback. The first and first U.K. editions of four crime novels by so-called 'Queen of Crime' Margery Allingham, with the original dust wrappers. The first edition, first impression of The Tiger in the Smoke (1952),...

My Son&Apos;S Story

Nadine Gordimer · 1990 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, Bloomsbury, 1990. First edition. Cloth. A signed first UK edition of this story about a family torn apart by political struggles and adultery, written by the Nobel Prize winning author, Nadine Gordimer. The first edition, first impression with a complete numberline. S...

Insurrection

Robyn Young · 2010 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 2010. First edition. Cloth. A brilliant signed copy of the first novel of Robyn Young's striking trilogy, 'Insurrection', based on the exploits of Robert the Bruce. Signed and dated by the author to the title page. The first editio...

An Equal Music & Two Lives

Vikram Seth · 1999 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, Phoenix House; Little Brown, 1999-2005. First edition. Cloth. Two very smart first edition, first impression volumes from Indian novelist Vikram Seth. Two volumes. First edition, first impression. Written by Vikram Seth, an award-winning Indian novelist and poet. This ...

The Unknown Errors of Our Lives: Stories

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni · 2001 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

New York, Doubleday, 2001. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition first printing of this collection of stories from Indian-American author Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, signed by the author. First edition, first printing. Signed by the author to the title page. A collection...

The True Story of George Eliot: In Relation to "Adam Bede" Giving the Real Life History of the More Prominent Characters

William Mottram · 1905 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.83 | $191.60 | ¥30,599)

London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1905. Leather. A smartly bound early edition of this illustrated history of Adam Bede by George Eliot. Early edition, published the same year as the first. Illustrated with a frontispiece and eighty-six images from photographs. Collated complete. A his...

Berenice

E. Phillips Oppenheim · 1920 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London, Ward, Lock & Co. Limited , 1920 . First edition. Cloth. A scarce, first edition of this romance novel with an air of mystery, written by E. Phillips Oppenheim and illustrated by Howard Somerville. The first edition. Bound in the publisher's original cloth. An exce...

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

John Berendt · 1998 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

Norwalk, Connecticut , The Easton Press, 1998 . Leather. A leather-bound, "Collector's Edition" of John Berendt's debut novel, signed by the author to the edition page and to a Certificate of Authenticity. The Collector's Edition. First published in 1994. Bound ...

A Long Way Down; Slam; Juliet, Naked

Nick Hornby · 2005 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, Viking; Penguin, 2005-2019. First edition. Hardback. Lovely copies of three of Nick Hornby's novels; all first edition, first impressions in the unclipped dust wrappers. The first edition, first impressions of these three works, in the original paper boards, with ...

White Ladies

Francis Brett Young · 1935 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1935. First edition. Leather. One of the very scarce presentation copies of this Mercian novel from Francis Brett Young, specially bound and signed by the author. One of the first twenty-five copies of 'White Ladies', specially bound fo...

Iolani; or, Tahiti As It Was. A Romance

Wilkie Collins · 1999 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.56 | $50.21 | ¥8,019)

Princeton, New Jersey , Princeton University Press, 1999. First edition. Cloth. A lovely copy of this previously unpublished romance novel from Wilkie Collins, which was presumed lost for nearly a century. First edition, second printing. With the publisher's original unc...

The Hobbit or There and Back Again

J. R. R. Tolkien · 1987 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, Unwin Hyman, 1987. Cloth. A bright 50th anniversary edition of this unforgettable fantasy novel from J. R. R. Tolkien. The 50th anniversary edition of this work (being the text of the fourth edition). With the publisher's original clipped dust wrapper. Decorated...

The Complaint; or, Night Thoughts, on Life, Death, and Immortality

Edward Young · 1819 · Rooke Books

£78.00 (€93.51 | $103.07 | ¥16,460)

London, Thomas Tegg, 1819. Leather. A leatherbound copy of this series of philosophical writings in blank verse from English poet Edward Young. A series of philosophical writings in blank verse considered a long poem. Published in nine parts or "nights" between 1742 and 1745, ...