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Heat and Dust

Rith Prawer Jhabvala · 1975 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

London, John Murray, 1975 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first impression of this Booker Prize winning novel by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, a lovely copy complete with its unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of this novel, published simultaneously...

The Butterfly&Apos;S Ball and the Grasshopper&Apos;S Feast; the Peacock Party

William Plomer · 1973 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Jonathan Cape; Book Club Associates , 1973-9. First edition. Hardback. Alan Aldridge's adaptation of William Roscoe's poem 'The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast and its sequel. The first edition of these children's work. Comprising th...

Fe Fi Foe Comes

William C. Samples · 2007 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

The European Union, Vel Nordr Editions, 2007. First edition. Paperback. A scarce signed first edition of William C. Samples' unusual novel. Signed by the author, William C. Samples, to the half title page.A Galley Proof Edition; an unabridged print of the author's ma...

Pixel Juice Stories from the Avant Pulp

Jeff Noon · 1998 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, Doubleday, 1998. First edition. Cloth. A lovely signed first edition copy of this exciting speculative short stories by Jeff Noon, a wonderful collection showcasing his popular work. The first edition, first impression of this work.Signed by the author to the title pag...

The Reavers

George MacDonald Fraser · 2007 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London, Harper Collins, 2007. First edition. Cloth. An as new unopened signed limited edition novel by George MacDonald Fraser, the final work to be published during his lifetime. A signed first limited edition of this work.Unopened in the original plastic.A comical historical...

Iron Council

China Mieville · 2004 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Macmillan, 2004. First edition. Cloth. A fine signed first limited edition of this popular weird fantasy novel by China Mieville, an impressive work here in the original dust wrapper and slipcase. The first edition, first impression of this work, a limited edition of o...

Blade of Fire

Stuart Hill · 2006 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

Somerset, Chicken House Ltd. 2006. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition copy of this fantasy novel, the second in the 'Icemark Chronicles', written by Stuart Hill. Signed by the author to the title page. The first edition of this work.Signed by the author to ...

The Silence of the Lambs

Thomas Harris · 1989 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, William Heinemann, 1989 . First edition. Cloth. An excellent copy of this suspenseful thriller featuring cannibalistic psychiatrist Hannibal Lecter, and FBI Special Agent Clarice Starling. Published the year after the first UK edition. Robert Harris's immensely p...

Occupied City

David Peace · 2009 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.87 | $145.35 | ¥23,213)

London, Faber and Faber , 2009. First edition. Paperback. A lovely first impression of this crime fiction by David Peace, flat signed by the author to the title page. An exquisitely dark novel based on the Hirasawa Sadamichi case in 1948 Tokyo, told in a Rashomon-like style. A...

The Best Worker in Europe

Ted Hughes · 1985 · Rooke Books

£1,100.00 (€1,318.72 | $1,453.50 | ¥232,133)

Cambridge , The Atlantic Salmon Trust , 1985. First edition. Paperback. A scarce limited edition booklet of poetry by Ted Hughes, including three drawings by Charles Jardin. Signed by both the author and artist. The first edition of this poem by Ted Hughes, limited to one hund...

The Talking Bird; or, the Little Girl Who Knew What Was Going to Happen

Mary Kirby; Elizabeth Kirby · 1856 · Rooke Books

£260.00 (€311.70 | $343.55 | ¥54,868)

London, Grant and Griffith, 1856. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce copy of the first edition of this children's book concerning natural science, with illustrations by 'Phiz.' Sisters Elizabeth and Mary Kirby were popular authors of books for children concerni...

Poems by Reginald Rankin

Reginald Rankin · 1913 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Seargeant Brothers , c1920. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce collection of poems by Reginald Rankin, the only edition of this work. A very scarce collection of poems by Reginald Rankin, held by only three institutional libraries. The only edition of this work. Dated...

Ashenden or the British Agent

W Somerset Maugham · 1928 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, William Heinemann, 1928. First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first impression of this archetype espionage novel based on the author's own experiences. A collection of interlinked stories by W Somerset Maugham, forming a novel loosely based on the author'...

Race Rock

Peter Matthiessen · 1954 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.66 | $383.19 | ¥61,199)

New York, Harper & Brothers, 1954 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this emotional novel from prominent American writer Peter Matthiessen, in the publisher's original dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of this novel from American author, naturali...

Double Defector

Patrick Wayland · 1964 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

New York, The Crime Club by Doubleday and Company, 1964 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this exciting Crime Club thriller, following the lives of agents of a privately funded, top secret organization. The very scarce first US edition of this thrilling ad...

Oeuvres Completes de Moliere

J. B. de Moliere · 1893 · Rooke Books

£650.00 (€779.24 | $858.88 | ¥137,169)

Paris, E. Dentu, 1893. Leather. An extremely charming uniformly bound set complete in twelve volumes of the works of Moliere, the first edition thus with the illustrations by Louis-Edouard Fournier. A complete set in twelve volumes of the works of Moliere, French poet and play...

Miss Marple&Apos;S Final Cases and Two Other Stories

Agatha Christie · 1979 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

London, The Crime Club by Collins, 1979. First edition. Cloth. A fine first impression copy of this volume of Christie's final Marple short stories, gripping murder mystery stories by the Queen of Crime, The first edition, first impression of this work.In the original unc...

The Siren

Alison Bruce · 2010 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.75 | $58.14 | ¥9,285)

London, Constable, 2010. First edition. Cloth. A fine signed first edition of this DC Gary Goodhew novel by Alison Bruce, a tense and thrilling mystery novel. The first edition, first impression of this work.Signed by the author to the title page.In the original unclipped dust...

Voss

Patrick White · 1957 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)

London, Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1957. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of Patrick White's novelisation of the life and disappearance of the explorer Ludwig Leichhardt. The first edition, first impression of this work.In the original unclipped dustwrapper.&a...

A Period of Adjustment

Dirk Bogarde · 1994 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Viking, 1994. First edition. Cloth. A flawless, first edition copy of Dirk Bogarde's fifth novel, 'A Period of Adjustment', in the original dust wrapper and signed by the author. A sequel to Jericho, this work follows main character William Caldicott wh...