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Spy Story

Len Deighton · 1974 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1974. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of Len Deighton's thrilling novel Spy Story. First edition. A spy novel which features minor characters from Deighton's earlier novels 'The IPCRESS File', 'Funeral in Berlin&...

Reward for the Baron

Anthony Morton [John Creasey] · 1945 · Rooke Books

£33.00 (€39.56 | $43.60 | ¥6,964)

London, Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd, 1945. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this exciting novel featuring the Baron character. First edition. Dated from the British Library. Following the title character of the Baron, or John Mannering, as he recuperates from a se...

A Collection of Romance Novels

Joy Langton; Virginia Lintern; Roberta Leigh [Rita Lewin]; Anne Vinton; Albert Edward Ullman; Norah C. James; Max Shulman; Nan Sharpe; Vicki Baum · 1920 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.42 | $654.07 | ¥104,460)

London, Hutchinson; Wright & Brown Ltd.; Mills & Boon Limited; The Romance Book Club; Jarrolds; MacDonald & Co.; The Reprint Society; Ge, 1920-1961. First edition. Cloth. London: Hutchinson; Wright & Brown Ltd.; Mills & Boon Limited; The Romance Book Club; Jarrolds; MacDonald ...

Consider Her Ways & Others

John Wyndham · 1961 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

London, Michael Joseph, 1961. First edition. Cloth. A well presented first edition of this work comprised of six short stories by John Wyndham. A first edition of these works published together in this manner. Consider Her Ways was published originally in 1956. It has been rep...

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Spy

Len Deighton · 1976 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1976. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of Len Deighton's exciting spy novel. A first edition of the work, in smart, black cloth binding with the original unclipped dust wrapper and decorative endpapers. Len Deighton is a British aut...

A Scent of New-Mown Hay

John Blackburn · 1958 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

New York, M. S. Mill Company and William Morrow & Company, 1958. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this novel with themes of action, horror and emotion, by British novelist John Blackburn. A first edition of the work, in original publisher's yellow cloth bind...

The Doves of Venus; My Husband Cartwright; the Play Room

Olivia Manning · 1955 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

Melbourne; London, Heinemann, 1955-1969. First edition. Cloth. A three volume set comprising of The Doves of Venus, My Husband Cartwright and The Play Room by British novelist and poet Olivia Manning. This set is comprised of three first editions, all in original publisher&apo...

Hotel Du Lac

Anita Brookner · 1984 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1984. First edition. Cloth. A first edition, first impression of Anita Brookner's award-winning novel, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped...

A Floating City, and the Blockade Runners

Jules Verne · 1875 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, Sampson Low, Marston, Low, & Searle, 1875 . Cloth. The second English language edition of these two thrilling tales from Jules Verne. Illustrated throughout, and in the publisher's decorative pictorial cloth. The second English language edition of this work, publi...

Three Women in One Boat: A River Sketch

Constance MacEwen · 1891 · Rooke Books

£950.00 (€1,138.89 | $1,255.29 | ¥200,478)

London, F.V. White & Co, 1891 . First edition. Paperback. The first edition of Constance Gardner's vanishingly scarce all-female retelling of Jerome K. Jerome's 'Three Men in a Boat&apos. The first edition of this very scarce work.Published in 1889, this was one...

A Tangled Web

Nicholas Blake · 1956 · Rooke Books

£52.00 (€62.34 | $68.71 | ¥10,974)

London, Collins, 1956. First edition. Cloth. A First Edition copy of Nicholas Blake's crime thriller. This is a First Edition copy of the work in original publisher's black cloth binding with original unclipped Dust Wrapper. Nicholas Blake was the pseudonym of Cecil ...

A Plunge Into Space

Robert Cromie; Jules Verne · 1891 · Rooke Books

£345.00 (€413.60 | $455.87 | ¥72,805)

London, Frederick Warne and Co, [1891]. Cloth. The second edition of Robert Cromie's famous Utopian novel, this second edition with a preface by Jules Verne, and a frontispiece. The second edition, with a preface by Jules Verne.This issue without preliminary leaves, the f...

Possessed

Jack Woodford · 1946 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

New York, The Woodford Press, 1946 . First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of Jack Woodford's thrilling novel about a young woman who fears she may be possessed. The first edition of this work, in the vibrantly illustrated publisher's original dust wrapper. Fl...

The Case of the Buried Clock

Erle Stanley Gardner · 1943 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)

New York, William Morrow and Company, 1943 . First edition. Cloth. A bright copy of the third printing Eric Stanley Gardner's twenty-second Perry Mason novel. The first edition, third printing of this work, published three months after the first edition. In the publisher&...

A Vindication of the Genuineness of the Ancient British Poems of Aneurin, Taliesin, Llywarch Hen, and Merdhin

Sharon Turner · 1803 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.42 | $654.07 | ¥104,460)

London, E. Wiilliams, 1803 . First edition. Leather. The vanishingly scarce first edition of this wonderful discussion of works by ancient Welsh poets, edited by historian Sharon Turner. The first edition of this very scarce work.English historian Sharon Turner presents a disc...

Mamista; City of Gold; Violent Ward

Len Deighton · 1991 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, HarperCollins; Century, 1991-3. First edition. Cloth. Three lovely first edition novels of Len Deighton in their original dust wrappers. Three thrilling novels by Len Deighton, all first editions. Comprising: First UK edition of 'Mamista'; First UK edition ...

The Case Against Butterfly

Gregory Tree · 1951 · Rooke Books

£58.00 (€69.53 | $76.64 | ¥12,240)

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1951. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this mystery novel by Gregory Tree, a lovely example in the unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition of this work, a scarce copy. Mystery novel by American author Gregory Tree, aut...

Win, Place and Die!

Lawrence Lariar · 1953 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

New York, Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc. 1953. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of Lawrence Lariar's thrilling novel in the original dust wrapper. The first edition of this work, a scarce volume. Thrilling novel concerned with the intrigue of "men who will st...

Red Fox: The Story of His Adventurous Career in the Ringwaak Wilds End of His Final Triumph over the Enemies of His Kind

Charles G. D. Roberts · 1905 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, Duckworth & Company, 1905. First edition. Cloth. A First Edition of this Canadian adventure, following the experiences of the Red Fox as it learns life lessons and how to survive. This is a First Edition of the work, bound in green cloth with a fox motif to the front b...

Soldier Tales and &Apos;Captains Courageous&Apos;: A Story of the Grand Banks

Rudyard Kipling · 1896 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1896-1898. Cloth. Two smart early printings of the first editions of these works by the popular author Rudyard Kipling. The second printing (first reprint) of the first edition of Soldier Tales, published November 1896, a month after the first edition...