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Lie Down with Dogs

Jan Gleiter · 1996 · Rooke Books

£24.99 (€29.96 | $33.02 | ¥5,274)

New York, St. Martin's Press, 1996. First edition. Cloth. The first US printing of this mystery novel by Jan Gleiter. With an ink inscription by the author to the title page. 'Lie Down With Dogs' is about two people caught up in uncontrollable events. Jane Gleti...

Bird

Jane Adams · 1997 · Rooke Books

£39.99 (€47.94 | $52.84 | ¥8,439)

London, Macmillan , 1997. First edition. Cloth. A smart copy of this haunting suspense novel, being the third thriller from Jane Adams. First edition. Neatly signed by the author to the title page, dated 19.09.97. Featuring the original photographic unclipped dustwrapper, desi...

The Cotton Pickers

B Traven · 1956 · Rooke Books

£230.00 (€275.73 | $303.91 | ¥48,537)

London, Robert Hale, 1956. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this novel attributed to B Traven. B Traven was the pen name of a novelist whose real name, nationality and details of biography are unknown. Little is known of the author aside from the fact he spent many yea...

A Dry Spell

Susie Moloney · 1997 · Rooke Books

£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)

London, Headline, 1997. First edition. Cloth. A first UK edition of this romance thriller by Susie Moloney. The first edition of this work, in the original unclipped dustwrapper. Susie Moloney is an acclaimed Canadian author, predominantly of horror fiction. This is one of her...

The Family Arsenal

Paul Theroux · 1976 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.75 | $58.14 | ¥9,285)

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1976. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this novel by Paul Theroux. "This is very much a novel of London - its dog-tracks and hangouts, and its darkest corners from Millwall to Kilburn." "Closely plotted and suspenseful, this elegant thriller is...

A Desperate Silence

Sarah Lovett · 1998 · Rooke Books

£39.99 (€47.94 | $52.84 | ¥8,439)

London, Headline Book Publishing, 1998. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of 'A Desperate Silence' by Sarah Lovett. 'Sarah Lovett has worked inside correctional institutions as a legal researcher and investigator for the New Mexico Office of the Attorne...

Distant Drum

Manohar Malgonkar · 1960 · Rooke Books

£29.99 (€35.95 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Bombay, Asia Publishing House, 1960. First edition. Cloth. The exciting first novel of Manohar Malgonkar, set amongst a battalion of the Indian Army. First edition. With previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown, initialled D.M. Manohar Malgonkar was an Indian author ...

The Winners

Julio Cortazar · 1965 · Rooke Books

£99.99 (€119.87 | $132.12 | ¥21,101)

London, Souvenir Press, 1965. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this tense novel from Julio Cortazar The winners of a state lottery, a cross section of the citizens of Buenos Aires, have received tickets for a mysterious luxury cruise. Summoned to meet in a popular ca...

Adam and Eve and Pinch Me

Ruth Rendell · 2001 · Rooke Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,276)

London, Hutchinson, 2001. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this phsychological thriller by Ruth Rendell. First edition, first impression. With the number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2. Ruth Rendell was an English author of thrillers and psychological murder mystery. &apo...

The Seersucker Whipsaw

Ross Thomas · 1968 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1968. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first UK edition of Ross Thomas' 'The Seersucker Whipsaw&apos. This was Thomas' third work, following 'The Cold War Swap' and 'Cast A Yellow Shadow&apos. Ross Thomas was a popula...

A Hall of Mirrors

Robert Stone · 1968 · Rooke Books

£475.00 (€569.45 | $627.65 | ¥100,239)

London, The Bodley Head, 1968. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of the first novel from Robert Stone, which went on to win the William Faulkner Foundation Award and many others. Signed by the author to the title page. His best known work is characterised by action-tinged ...

The Red and the Green

Iris Murdoch · 1965 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1965. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this novel, 'The Red and The Green', by Iris Murdoch. "A single Anglo-Irish family provides the extremely diverse characters." "The later scenes, with their violence, muddle, purpose and distract...

Face to Face

Nadine Gordimer · 1949 · Rooke Books

£800.00 (€959.07 | $1,057.09 | ¥168,824)

Johannesburg , Silver Leaf Books, 1949. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this work of short stories by Nadine Gordimer. The first edition of this collection of short stories by South African author, Nadine Gordimer, which has been signed by the author to the title pa...

A Regimental Affair

Allan Mallinson · 2001 · Rooke Books

£64.00 (€76.73 | $84.57 | ¥13,506)

London, Bantam Press, 2001. First edition. Cloth. This is a signed first edition of this work by Allan Mallinson. Allan Mallinson is an English author and was an officer in the British Army. He is best known for writing a series of novels chronicling the fictional life of Matt...

Dai-San

Eric van Lustbader · 1980 · Rooke Books

£39.99 (€47.94 | $52.84 | ¥8,439)

London, W. H. Allen, 1980. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this sword-and-sorcery spectacular from Eric van Lustbader. This is the third in Eric van Lustbader's 'Sunset Warrior Cycle&apos. Van Lustbader is a fantasy and thriller author, who has written &ap...

Dearly Devoted Dexter

Jeff Lindsay · 2005 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.83 | $191.60 | ¥30,599)

London, Orion, 2005. First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of this crime thriller by Jeff Lindsay, on which the hit TV series 'Dexter' was based. First printing The novel's protagonist, Dexter Morgan, works for the Miami-Dade Police Department as a forensic...

The Inconstant Moon

Noel Langley · 1949 · Rooke Books

£68.00 (€81.52 | $89.85 | ¥14,350)

London, Arthur Barker, 1949. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this novel by Noel Langely, illustrated by Ronald Searle. A fictional novel by Noel Langley. The first edition. With illustrations by Ronald Searle, regarded to the flyleaf as 'one of the most brillia...

Continent

Jim Crace · 1986 · Rooke Books

£39.99 (€47.94 | $52.84 | ¥8,439)

London, Heinemann, 1986. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this fantasy novel about a fictional seventh continent from Jim Crace. Review copy, with label from Heinemann to the front endpaper. Jim Crace is an English novelists, who has won and been nominated for many p...

A Family Madness

Thomas Keneally · 1985 · Rooke Books

£44.99 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1985. First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first printing of Thomas Keneally's novel The Family Madness. The first edition of this work. Signed by the author to the title page. Thomas Keneally is an Australian author, who is best known for ...

The Diamond Cat

Marian Babson · 1995 · Rooke Books

£18.99 (€22.77 | $25.09 | ¥4,007)

New York, St. Martin's Press, 1995. First edition. Cloth. The first US edition of this mystery novel by Marian Babson. 'Marian Babson' is a pseudonym for Ruth Stenstreem, an American mystery author with a large body of work. Her novels primarily revolve around m...