Gialli e polizieschi

The Pilgrim of Hate

Ellis Peters · 1984 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,207)

London, Macmillan Limited, 1984. First edition. Cloth. A handsome first edition of the tenth installment in Ellis Peter's Brother Cadfael series. Cadfael, an ex-crusader now monk, solves a murder committed in medieval Winchester. Ellis Peters (1913-1995) was an English au...

False Witness

Elizabeth Nisot · 1938 · Rooke Books

£2,400.00 (€2,876.78 | $3,170.74 | ¥506,325)

London, Stanley Paul & Co. LTD. 1938. First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of Elizabeth Nisot's enthralling mystery novel, here in a beautiful condition with the original dustwrapper and Crime Book Society wraparound. The first edition of this work.A very s...

Nerve

Dick Francis · 1964 · Rooke Books

£650.00 (€779.13 | $858.74 | ¥137,130)

New York; Evanston, Harper and Row, 1964. First edition. Hardback. A signed first US edition of this intriguing novel set in the horse-racing world, written by celebrated jockey and author Dick Francis.  This first US edition of celebrated author Dick Francis' second nov...

The Raphael Affair

Iain Pears · 1990 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1990. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this Jonathan Argyll art history mystery. Iain Pears (born in 1955) is an English art historian, novelist and journalist. His well-known novel series features Jonathan Argyll, art historian, though int...

Deadline

John Dunning · 1982 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.20 | $786.08 | ¥125,527)

London, Victor Gollancz, 1982. First edition. Cloth. A first UK edition of this novel by John Dunning. "A new talent from America cannily combines some highly unusual suspense elements in a novel that is at once fresh, original & unputdownable." John Dunning (born January 9, 1...

Cressida: No Mystery

Mrs. Belloc Lowndes · 1928 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€407.54 | $449.19 | ¥71,729)

London, Heinemann, 1928. First edition. Cloth. A scarce, signed first edition copy of this mystery by Mrs. Belloc Lowndes. Taking place at a Christmas party at a country house and mostly recalls her previous work 'The Uttermost Farthing&apos. Includes an ink inscription b...

Trust the Police

Peers Elliott · 1939 · Rooke Books

£1,250.00 (€1,498.32 | $1,651.42 | ¥263,711)

London, Robert Hale Limited, 1939. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of Peers Elliott's Australian mystery novel, the only edition of this work. The first and only edition of this work.A very scarce work.In the original unclipped dustwrapper.A thrilling my...

Innocent Blood

P D James · 1980 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Faber and Faber, 1980. First edition. Cloth. A fine first edition copy of this mystery novel by famous crime fiction author, P D James. 'Innocent Blood' follows a young woman named Philippa Palfrey in her mission to discover more about her biological parents ...

The Virgin in the Ice

Ellis Peters · 1982 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, Macmillan, 1982. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of awarding winning crime writer Ellis Peter aka Edith Pargeter's sixth novel in her Cadfael Chronicles. This first edition of 'The Virgin In The Ice', the sixth novel in celebrated mystery author Ed...

Fell of Dark

Reginald Hill · 1971 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,207)

London, The Crime Club Collins, 1971. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this crime novel from Reginald Hill. Reginald Charles Hill FRSL (3 April 1936 – 12 January 2012) was an English crime writer, and the winner in 1995 of the Crime Writers' Association Cartier D...

The Simple Art of Murder

Raymond Chandler · 1950 · Rooke Books

£500.00 (€599.33 | $660.57 | ¥105,484)

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1950. First edition. Leather. A finely bound, first edition copy of this important Raymond Chandler anthology. "The Simple Art of Murder" is a loosely connected series of publications by this hard-boiled detective fiction author. It contains his best k...

The Red Thumb Mark

R Austin Freeman · 1907 · Rooke Books

£2,300.00 (€2,756.91 | $3,038.62 | ¥485,229)

London, Collingwood Bros, 1907. First edition. Hardback. A scarce, signed first edition of R Austin Freeman"s first Dr Thorndyke novel. Thorndyke was the world"s first ever fictional forensic scientist and his methods of solving crimes were based on collecting data and making ...

&Apos;a&Apos; Is for Alibi &Apos;B&Apos; Is for Burglar &Apos;C&Apos; Is for Corpse

Sue Grafton · 1982 · Rooke Books

£950.00 (€1,138.73 | $1,255.08 | ¥200,421)

London, Macmillan, 1982-7. First edition. Cloth. Signed first UK editions of the first three of Sue Grafton's popular detective series, the 'Alphabet Murders&apos. In the original unclipped dustwrappers. In three volumes, being the first three novels in Sue Grafton&a...

Selected Novels from the Sexton Blake Library

Various · 1959 · Rooke Books

£1,450.00 (€1,738.05 | $1,915.65 | ¥305,905)

London, The Sexton Blake Library, 1959 - 1963. First edition. Paperback. A 94 volume collection of various Sexton Blake novels. An unbroken run between volumes 432-526. First editions published between 1959-1963. Sexton Blake is a fictional detective who appeared in many Briti...

Atlantic Fury

Hammond Innes · 1962 · Rooke Books

£34.99 (€41.94 | $46.23 | ¥7,382)

London, Collins, 1962. First edition. Cloth. 'Atlantic Fury' is a novel by Hammond Innes set on a part real, part imaginary island called Laerg in the Atlantic. In original dustwrapper designed by Michael Harvey and maps to endpapers. First edition. Ralph Hammond Inn...

The Midnight Raymond Chandler

Raymond Chandler · 1971 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1971. First edition. Cloth. A thrilling anthology of espionage and introductory essay, written by renowned detective fiction author, Raymond Chandler. First edition. Featuring original unclipped dustwrapper. With an introduction by Joan Kahn a...

A Killing Frost

R. D. Wingfield · 2008 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

London, Bantam Press, 2008. First edition. Cloth. A fine, first edition copy of the final Inspector Frost novel. With the original unclipped dustwrapper. Published posthumously, a year after R.D Wingfield's death. From the noted detective fiction series by R.D Wingfield. ...

The Return of Sherlock Holmes Installments Taken from Strand Magazine

Arthur Conan Doyle · 1903 · Rooke Books

£1,200.00 (€1,438.39 | $1,585.37 | ¥253,163)

Lonodn, George Newnes, 1903-04. First edition. Paperback. All of the stories from Arthur Conan Doyle's 'The Return of Sherlock Holmes&apos. These installments have been taken from the Strand Magazine and bound together. The first edition of these stories, taken from ...

Fair Game

Gerald Hammond · 1982 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Macmillan, 1982. First edition. Cloth. "Gunlore, gamesmanship, poaching, womanising, a sharp sense of humour, and sudden death." A signed, scarce first edition of this parochial mystery; in which country sporstman Ray Grass dies leaving an enormous estate, a vast colle...

A Is for Alibi a Kinsey Millhone Mystery

Sue Grafton · 1982 · Rooke Books

£3,900.00 (€4,674.77 | $5,152.45 | ¥822,779)

New York, Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1982. First edition. Cloth. A fine first edition, first impression, of Sue Grafton's influential debut detective novel ''A' is for Alibi', signed by the author to the title page. The first edition, first impressio...