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Fingersmith

Sarah Waters · 2002 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,709)

London, Virago, 2002. First edition. Cloth. A fine first edition, first impression, of Sarah Water's popular historical crime novel, shortlisted for the Booker Prize. A compelling historical crime novel set in nineteenth-century London, as main character Sue Trinder grows...

Remarkable Creatures

Tracy Chevalier · 2009 · Rooke Books

£39.00 (€46.75 | $51.52 | ¥8,225)

London, HarperCollins, 2009 . First edition. Cloth. A fine, signed, first edition of Tracy Chavalier's historical novel about famed palaeontologist, Mary Anning. A signed first edition, first impression of acclaimed author Tracy Chevalier's fictionalised account of t...

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Mark Haddon · 2003 · Rooke Books

£260.00 (€311.65 | $343.50 | ¥54,835)

London, Jonathan Cape, 2003 . First edition. Cloth. A fine, signed, first edition of Mark Haddon's award-winning and critically acclaimed 2003 novel. A signed first edition, first impression of Mark Haddon's celebrated mystery novel, the winner of the Whitbread Book ...

Two Sunday Philosophy Club Novels

Alexander McCall Smith · 2004 · Rooke Books

£46.00 (€55.14 | $60.77 | ¥9,702)

London, Little Broen, 2004-06. First edition. Cloth. A fine set of two Alexander McCall Smith novels in his Isabel Dalhousie mystery series, both volumes signed by the author. The first edition, first printings.Signed by the author to the title pages.In the original unclipped ...

The Red Ledger

Frank L. Packard · 1926 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,709)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1926 . Cloth. An early edition of this Canadian mystery novel about elderly millionaire Henri Charlebois, and the scores he intends to settle before his death. A thrilling 1920s novel from Canadian author Frank L. Packard, in which a wealthy old m...

The Range Robbers

Oliver Strange · 1951 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

London, George Newnes Limited, 1951 . Cloth. An excellent copy of the first book in the popular Wild West set 'Sudden' series from Oliver Strange. The eleventh edition of Oliver Strange's first book in the 'Sudden' series about a Wild West gunslinger. ...

One Small Step: A Dalziel and Pascoe Novella

Reginald Hill · 1990 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

London, Collins Sons & Co. 1990. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition of this detective novella by Reginald Hill, complete with dust wrapper. Reginald Hill's novella, the first edition. Featuring the popular detective characters of Dalziel and Pascoe as they i...

The Chimes a Goblin Story

Charles Dickens · 1845 · Rooke Books

£950.00 (€1,138.71 | $1,255.09 | ¥200,358)

London, Chapman and Hall, 1845. First edition. Cloth. A nice first edition of one of Charles Dickens' immensely popular 'Christmas Books', an entertaining festive tale complete with illustrations. The first edition, first issue of this work, with the publisher&a...

The Letters of a Portuguese Nun

Marianna Alcoforado; Edgar Prestage [trans.] · 1900 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.20 | ¥36,908)

Portland, Maine, Thomas B. Mosher, 1900 . First edition. Leather. A scarce Limited Edition of this series of five passionate letters between a Portuguese nun and her French lover. In a lovely full calf signed binding. A scarce, Limited Edition of this collection of passionate ...

Hitler&Apos;S Whistle

A. G. Street · 1943 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.30 | ¥17,927)

London, Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1943. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this autobiographical memoir by A. G. Street, in which he describes his experience farming during World War Two, in the original unclipped dust wrapper with various full-page photographs. First Edi...

Crotchet Castle

Thomas Love Peacock · 1831 · Rooke Books

£475.00 (€569.36 | $627.54 | ¥100,179)

London, T. Hookham, 1831 . First edition. Disbound. A smart first edition of Thomas Love Peacock's satirical 1831 Gothic novel. The first edition of this humorous and satirical Gothic novel from Thomas Love Peacock, with page 154 numbered 54, as called for.Peacock's ...

Corker&Apos;S Freedom

John Berger · 1964 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)

London , Methuen & Co , 1964. First edition. Cloth. An affectionate, intimate portrait of the dreamer William Corker by award-winning author John Berger. This is a smart first edition copy of John Berger's tender and bittersweet novel. The novel comically follows William ...

Jesus Christs

A. J. Langguth · 1968 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,709)

London, Victor Gollancz , 1968. First edition. Cloth. Bright first edition of this novel by A. J. Lungguth's debut novel exploring the life of Jesus Christ. The first edition of this work. An uncommon novel, debut of A. J. Langguth. Here the author sees Jesus as a human b...

One Hundred Years of Solitude

Gabriel Garcia Marquez; Gregory Rabassa · 1970 · Rooke Books

£1,450.00 (€1,738.04 | $1,915.66 | ¥305,809)

New York, Harper and Row , 1970. First edition. Cloth. A stunning first American edition, second state copy of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's widely acclaimed novel One Hundred Years of Solitude, translated into English and in the original unclipped dustwrapper. A stunning copy...

Little Portia

Simon Gray · 1967 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)

London, Faber & Faber, 1967. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this historical novel by Simon Gray, enclosed in the original unclipped dust wrapper. A compelling novel about two children who are orphaned following a car accident after the celebrations of VE-Day, and t...

Poems

Jean Ingelow · 1867 · Rooke Books

£79.00 (€94.69 | $104.37 | ¥16,661)

London, Longmans, Green, Reader and Dyer, 1867 . First edition. Leather. The first illustrated edition of the charming volume of poems from Jean Ingelow. Engraved by The Brother's Dalziel, and in a signed binding from H. Sotheran. The first illustrated edition of this del...

Life of Pi

Yann Martel · 2002 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

Edinburgh, Canongate, 2002. First edition. Cloth. A seventh impression copy of this work of fiction by Yann Martel, which won the Booker Prize for Fiction, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. First UK Edition, eighth impression. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. Th...

Sources of Unrest

Peter Vansittart · 1962 · Rooke Books

£57.00 (€68.32 | $75.31 | ¥12,021)

London, The Bodley Head, 1962. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this perceptive and emotional novel by Peter Vansittart, in the original nicely illustrated dust wrapper. The first edition.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.A perceptive novel by Peter Vansittart, ...

Redgauntlet: A Tale of the Eighteenth Century and St. Ronan&Apos;S Well

Sir Walter Scott; Rev. P. Hately Waddell (Ed) · 1885 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)

Edinburgh, William P. Nimmo & Co.; W. P. Nimmo, Hay, & Mitchell, 1885. Leather. A leather-bound copy containing two of Scott's 'Waverley Novels', with frontispieces and vignette title engravings to both volumes, as well as notes from P. Hately Waddell. 1885 Firs...

Kindergarten

P. S. Rushforth · 1979 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1979. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition of this moving retelling of 'Hansel and Gretel' by P. S. Rushforth, complete with unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition of this short and disturbing novel, a grim retelling of the popular...