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Sara Paretsky · 1990 · Rooke Books

£33.00 (€39.56 | $43.60 | ¥6,964)

New York, Delacorte Press, 1990. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this exciting novel from Paretsky, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author to the title page, dated 18th February 1992. The sixth V. I. Warshawski novel. When Warshawski&apos...

A Buyer&Apos;S Market; the Valley of Bones; the Soldier&Apos;S Art; the Military Philosophers; Books Do Furnish a Room; Temporary Kings; a Question of Upbringing; What&Apos;S Become of Waring

Anthony Powell · 1955 · Rooke Books

£640.00 (€767.25 | $845.67 | ¥135,059)

London, Heinemann, 1955-1986. First edition. Cloth. A charming collection of novels by Anthony Powell, with the original dust wrapper designed by English designer, James Broom-Lynne In the original publisher's cloth binding, with the original dust wrappers, with most of t...

Kidnapped

Robert Louis Stevenson · 1886 · Rooke Books

£995.00 (€1,192.84 | $1,314.75 | ¥209,974)

[London], Cassell & Company, 1886. First edition. Leather. A lovely example of the first edition, first issue of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic work of historical adventure fiction. Initially published serially, this is the first edition in book form, first issue, with ...

William-the Bold William and the Tramp William and the Moon Rocket William and the Space Animal William&Apos;S Television Show William&Apos;S Treasure Trove William and the Pop Singers

Richmal Crompton · 1950 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.85 | $171.78 | ¥27,434)

London, George Newnes Limited, 1950-65. Cloth. 7 Volumes of 'The Just William' Series by Richmal Crompton illustrated by Henry Ford and Thomas Henry. Seven volumes of novels from the 'Just William' series.First editions of the works. Illustrated with monoch...

Deadlock

Sara Paretsky · 1984 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)

New York, The Dial Press, 1984. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of the second Warshawski novel from Paretsky, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author to the title page with the inscription "Penny, with good wishes." When Warshawski visits the...

Musclebound

Liza Cody · 1997 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Bloomsbury, 1997 . First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition of this novel featuring female wrestler, Eva Wylie. This is a signed, first edition of the work in the original publisher's black cloth binding with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. Author'...

The Naming of the Dead & Standing in Another Man&Apos;S Grave

Ian Rankin · 2006 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, Orion, 2006-2012. First edition. Cloth. Two very smart first editions of these thrilling novels by Ian Rankin, signed by the author. First edition. Both novels are signed by the author to the title page, with a sticker insert to the title page of The Naming of The Dead...

The Gallant Pimpernel: Four Complete Scarlet Pimpernel Novels in One Volume

Baroness Orczy · 1939 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1939. First edition. Cloth. The first printing of this edition of Scarlet Pimpernel works from Baroness Orczy. First published in this edition 1939. Four novels in one volume. Sir Percy Blakeney leads a double life as his alter ego The Scarlet Pim...

Gabriel Samara Peacemaker

E. Phillips Oppenheim · 1925 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Boston, Little, Brown & Co, 1925 . First edition. Cloth. The first US edition of this thrilling adventure novel by E. Phillips Oppenheim. The first US edition, first printing of this novel, in the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.In this entertaining work...

A Case for the Baron

Anthony Morton [John Creasey] · 1945 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London, Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd, 1945. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this Baron story from Morton. First edition. The Baron, John Mannering, receives a visit from Superintendent Bristow of New Scotland Yard, asking for his help to solve a mystery i...

The Assumption of the Rogues & Rascals

Elizabeth Smart · 1978 · Rooke Books

£88.00 (€105.50 | $116.28 | ¥18,571)

London, Jonathan Cape and Polytantric Press, 1978. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this inspirational work from Elizabeth Smart. First edition. A magnificent work exploring the life of a thirty-one year old woman, with four children by a faithless lover, as...

Unfinished Business

Cary Lucas · 1947 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

New York, Simon and Schuster, 1947. First edition. Cloth. A well presented first edition of this crime fiction novel set in Mexico. A first edition in original publisher's black cloth binding and original unclipped dust wrapper. This work is one of the Inner Sanctum Myste...

Close Up; Xpd

Len Deighton · 1972 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London; New York, Jonathan Cape; Alfred A. Knopf, 1972-1981. First edition. Cloth. A pair of first edition novels by British author Len Deighton. These novels are both first editions, with XPD being the first US edition, published during the same year as the UK edition. Close ...

P. Moran, Operative

Percival Wilde · 1947 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

New York, Random House , 1947. First edition. Cloth. A well presented first edition of this collection of humorous detective stories, following the stories of Pete Moran, an unsuccessful student of detection. An uncommon first edition of this work in original publisher's ...

The Gun and Mr. Smith

John Godey; [Morton Freedgood] · 1947 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

New York, The Crime Club by Doubleday & Company Inc, 1947. First edition. Cloth. A superior copy of Morton Freedgood's first mystery novel, a gripping crime work, a smart example of the first edition. The first edition, first printing.In the original unclipped dust wrappe...

William and the Tramp

Richmal Crompton · 1952 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, George Newnes, 1952. First edition. Cloth. A first edition, first impression copy of this collection of Just William stories, with illustrations throughout, and the original dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of this work in the publisher's original...

Too Late the Phalarope

Alan Paton · 1953 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1953. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of the Alan Paton's powerful second novel, in the original dust wrapper. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Alan S...

Newaera; a Socialist Romance, with a Chapter on Vaccination

Edward G. Herbert · 1910 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, P.S. King & Son, 1910 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Edward Geisler Herbert's science fiction novel about a socialist utopia in decline. The first edition of this early twentieth century work of speculative fiction.Herbert's novel - which he use...

Margaret Dunmore or, a Socialist Home

J. H. Clapperton [Jane Hume Clapperton] · 1894 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

London, Swan Sonnenschein & Co, 1894 . Paperback. The second edition of philosopher Jane Clapperton's vanishingly scarce socialist novel, about a utopian method of communal living. The second edition of this work, which was first published in 1888. Both contemporary editi...

The Lost Cavern and Other Tales of the Fantastic

Gerald Heard · 1949 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, Cassell and Company, 1949 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first UK edition of this collection of science fiction short stories by Gerald Heard. The first UK edition, first impression, published the year after the first US edition.The work of journalist and &apo...