Letteratura

May We Borrow Your Husband? and Other Comedies of the Sexual Life

Graham Greene · 1967 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,036)

London, The Bodley Head , 1967. First edition. Cloth. A bright first edition of Graham Greene's diverse selection of short stories. The first edition. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. A versatile selection of twelve short stories from one of th...

Our Village; the Vicar of Wakefield; Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe; the Household of Sir Thomas More; the Keeping of Christmas at Bracebridge Hall

Mary Russell Mitford; Oliver Goldsmith; George Eliot; Anne Manning; Washington Irving · 1904 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.85 | ¥83,307)

London, J. M. Dent and Co, 1904-1906. Cloth. A series of five decoratively bound and beautifully illustrated works set against idyllic English rural backgrounds. The first with these illustrations. A set of five volumes from the publisher's 'Series of English Idylls...

The Imperfectionists

Tom Rachman · 2010 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)

London, Quercus, 2010. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition, first impression of the debut novel from English-Canadian author Tom Rachman. First edition, first impression. The author's debut novel. The interwoven stories of eleven unusual and endearing charact...

The Children&Apos;S Book

A. S. Byatt · 2009 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

London, Chatto & Windus, 2009. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition, first impression of this lovely novel from British writer A. S. Byatt, signed by the author. First edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. This novel follows the adventures o...

An Agent of Deceit

Chris Morgan Jones · 2011 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.53 | $63.42 | ¥10,123)

London, Mantle, 2011. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this thrilling novel from British author Chris Morgan Jones, signed by the author. First edition, first impression. Limited to five hundred copies signed by the author, of which this is number three hundred a...

Winter&Apos;S Bone: A Novel

Daniel Woodrell · 2006 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.75 | $244.41 | ¥39,017)

New York, Little, Brown, and Company, 2006. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this thrilling novel from American writer Daniel Woodrell, signed by the author. First edition, first printing. Signed by the author to the title page. When the Sheriff's Deputy tel...

The Hanging Shed

Gordon Ferris · 2011 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)

London, Corvus, 2011. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this thrilling Douglas Brodie novel from Scottish writer Gordon Ferris, signed by the author. First edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page with an inscription that reads "There are ...

A Collection of Novels from Michael Ondaatje

Michael Ondaatje · 1987 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

London, Secker & Warburg; Bloomsbury; Jonathan Cape, 1987-2018. First edition. Cloth. A smart collection of five novels from Sri-Lankan born Canadian writer Michael Ondaatje. Five volumes. First edition, first impression. Written by Philip Michael Ondaatje, a Sri Lankan-born C...

Bathwater Wine

Wanda Coleman · 1999 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)

Santa Rosa, Black Sparrow Press, 1999. Hardback. A smart Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize edition of this collection of poetry from American writer Wanda Coleman, signed by the author. Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize edition. The author won this award recognising the most outstanding...

A Collection of Novels by George Macdonald Fraser

George MacDonald Fraser · 1980 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.30 | ¥17,927)

London, Collins; HarperCollins, 1980-2007. First edition. Cloth. A smart collection of four first edition volumes from Scottish author George MacDonald Fraser. Four volumes. First edition. Written by George MacDonald Fraser, a Scottish author and screenwriter best known for a ...

Jim Mcwhirter

W. P. Knowles · 1933 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,216)

London, The C. W. Daniel Company , 1933 . First edition. Cloth. An exceptionally scarce, first edition of W. P. Knowles' innovative science-fiction novel, set twenty years in the future in a technologically advanced, socialist utopia. The first edition. Bound in the publi...

The Goldfinch

Donna Tartt · 2013 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.49 | $495.43 | ¥79,089)

London, Little, Brown, 2013 . First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition of Donna Tartt's prize-winning, coming of age novel, with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression. Bound in the publisher's original cloth, with the unclipp...

The Little Friend

Donna Tartt · 2002 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.74 | $58.13 | ¥9,280)

London, Bloomsbury, 2002 . First edition. Cloth. An excellent, first edition example of Donna Tartt's thrilling mystery novel, with the publisher's unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression. Bound in the publisher's cloth with the original, unc...

Flashman&Apos;S Lady

George MacDonald Fraser · 1977 · Rooke Books

£168.00 (€201.37 | $221.95 | ¥35,432)

London, Barrie & Jenkins , 1977 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the sixth novel in George MacDonald Fraser's "Flashman" series, following the kidnap and rescue of Flashman's wife. The first edition, first impression. Bound in the publisher's origina...

Kiteworld

Keith Roberts · 1985 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)

London, Gollancz, 1985. Paperback. A proof copy of this sci-fi tale about men who fly in kites to fight demons. The proof copy, in an unclipped proof dust wrapper.A sequence of science fiction tales, in which men in the 'Kite Corps' fly in kites to defeat demonic for...

The Other Wind, Gifts, and, Powers

Ursula K. le Guin · 2002 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.80 | $191.57 | ¥30,581)

London, Orion, 2002-07. First edition. Cloth. A superb set of three fantasy novels by Ursula K. Le Guin, including her finale to 'Earthsea&apos. The first U.K. editions, first impressions, each volume in the original unclipped dust wrapper.A set of three brilliant fantasy...

The Virgin Soldiers

Leslie Thomas · 1966 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,216)

London, Constable, 1966. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Leslie Thomas' autobiographical novel about his time in the army, signed by the author. The first edition, first impression.Signed by the author to the title page, "A first edition! (This is something I d...

Fatima&Apos;S Scarf

David Caute · 1998 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

London, Totterdown Books, 1998. First edition. Cloth. A fine first edition of David Caute's controversial novel, signed by the author, with two signed letters loosely inserted. The first edition, first impression.Signed by the author, with a signed label to the title page...

The Tombs of Atuan

Ursula K. le Guin · 1973 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.80 | $191.57 | ¥30,581)

London, Victor Gollancz LTD, 1973. Cloth. The second impression of Ursula K. Le Guin's second volume in her influential 'Earthsea' fantasy series. The second impression, published the year after the first impression.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.'T...

The Inner Wheel

Keith Roberts · 1969 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

London, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1969. Paperback. A very scarce proof of this early work by Keith Roberts, a volume of three interconnected tales. A very scarce proof copy of this work. The first edition was published in 1970.'The Inner Wheel' contains three interlinked sh...