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The Virgin in the Garden

A. S. Byatt; Antonia Susan Duffy · 1978 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

London, Chatto and Windus , 1978. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of Dame Antonia Susan Duffy's third novel written under her well know pseudonym A. S. Byatt. Featuring the original illustrated dustwrapper. Also known for her short stories, Byatt has been influenced...

Phantoms

Dean R. Koontz · 1983 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.87 | $145.35 | ¥23,213)

London, W. H. Allen, 1983. First edition. Cloth. The first English edition of this thrilling novel from Dean R. Koontz. Featuring the original dustwrapper. Koontz's novels can broadly be described as suspense thrillers, but also frequently incorporate elements of horror, ...

Hunters in the Snow a Collection of Short Stories

Tobias Wolff · 1982 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1982. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this collection of perceptive short stories about human nature. Including 'Smokers', 'Face to Face', 'Wingfield' and many others. Tobias Wolff is an American author who is bes...

Angels of the Ritz and Other Stories

William Trevor · 1975 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, The Bodley Head, 1975. First edition. Cloth. A first edition collection of short stories by William Trevor. William Trevor, KBE (born 24 May 1928), is an Irish novelist, playwright and short story writer. One of the elder statesmen of the Irish literary world, he is wi...

The Money Harvest

Ross Thomas · 1975 · Rooke Books

£74.99 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,825)

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1975. First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of this thriller novel from Ross Thomas. The first edition of this work. Ross Thomas is best known for his witty thrillers that expose the mechanisms of professional politics. In a red cloth binding with...

Nothing But the Truth

Pauline Bell · 2005 · Rooke Books

£26.99 (€32.36 | $35.66 | ¥5,696)

London, Constable, 2005. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of this crime novel by the former teacher turned crime writer, Pauline Bell. The first edition of this work. Scarce. Following DCI Mitchell's quest for justice after wheeler-dealer and womanizer Donald ...

A Necessary Dealing an Eric Ward Novel

Roy Lewis · 1989 · Rooke Books

£22.00 (€26.37 | $29.07 | ¥4,643)

London, Collins, 1989. First edition. Cloth. A detective fiction novel published by the Collins Crime Club. First edition of this work. With original, price-clipped dustwrapper. A novel by Roy Lewis from his 'Eric Ward' series. In original full cloth binding. With or...

No Birds Singing

Vivien Armstong · 2003 · Rooke Books

£15.99 (€19.17 | $21.13 | ¥3,374)

London, Severn House, 2003. First edition. Cloth. 'No Birds Singing' is a crime novel by Vivien Armstong, in unclipped dustwrapper. First edition. A DCI Hayes murder mystery set in a 'peaceful Oxfordshire village' where, all is not quite as it seems. In a c...

Angel Eyes

Jane Adams · 2002 · Rooke Books

£17.99 (€21.57 | $23.77 | ¥3,796)

London, Macmillan, 2002. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this crime thriller from Jane Adams. First edition, first impression. Featuring Jane Adams' popular detective character, Ray Flowers. Jane Adams is a British author, best known for her psychological thrille...

Transparent Traitor

Francis Gerard · 1950 · Rooke Books

£645.00 (€773.25 | $852.28 | ¥136,114)

London, Macdonald and Co, 1950. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of this crime novel by Francis Gerard. 'Sir Digby Vane-Torrington, the great actor-manager, had made too many enemies for the good of any one man. He had a bad reputation with women, and he detes...

Five Variations on a Theme

Edith Sitwell · 1933 · Rooke Books

£79.99 (€95.89 | $105.70 | ¥16,880)

London, Duckworth , 1933. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this short collection of poems from Edith Sitwell First edition. Dame Edith Louisa Sitwell DBE (7 September 1887 – 9 December 1964) was a British poet and critic, eldest of the three literary Sitwells. Edith...

The Ghost Man

Gerald Verner · 1936 · Rooke Books

£230.00 (€275.73 | $303.91 | ¥48,537)

London, Wright and Brown, 1936. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce copy of the mysterious Gerald Verner's 'The Ghost Man&apos. The first edition of this work. In the original dustwrapper. Verner - believed to be a pseudonym of John Robert Stuart Pringle - had over 1...

The World and Other Places

Jeanette Winterson · 1998 · Rooke Books

£32.00 (€38.36 | $42.28 | ¥6,753)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1998. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this work by noted author Jeanette Winterson. First edition, first impression. 'The World and Other Places' is Winterson's first collection of short stories. Jeanette Winterson is a British au...

I, Claudia

Marilyn Todd · 1995 · Rooke Books

£69.99 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,770)

London, Macmillan, 1995. First edition. Paperback. A scarce uncorrected proof copy of Marilyn Todd's first book. First edition. The first in Todd's series with protagonist Claudia Seferius. Seferius is the heiress to a wine merchant's business, she is also an am...

Mark Twain & the South

Arthur G. Pettit · 1974 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

Kentucky , The University Press of Kentucky, 1974. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this critical work on Mark Twain by Arthur G. Pettit. This work provides a detailed discussion of the American South's influence on Mark Twain's writing. In a red cloth bindin...

A Game for Heroes

James Graham; Harry Patterson · 1970 · Rooke Books

£99.99 (€119.87 | $132.12 | ¥21,101)

London, Macmillan, 1970. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this thrilling adventure novel from Harry Patterson. The first of Patterson's works to written under his pseudonym James Graham. With an illustrated dustwrapper by Coppola, as well as an illustrated map to ...

Ross a Dramatic Portrait

Terence Rattigan · 1960 · Rooke Books

£68.00 (€81.52 | $89.85 | ¥14,350)

New York, Random House, 1960. First edition. Cloth. A scarce US first edition of this play by Terence Rattigan. Terence Rattigan (1911-1977) was one of England's most popular mid-20th century dramatists, who was known for his plays set against upper-middle-class backgroun...

Toward Asmara

Thomas Keneally · 1989 · Rooke Books

£59.99 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,660)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1989. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this novel set in Africa by Thomas Keneally. Signed by the author to the title page. Thomas Michael Keneally (born 7 October 1935) is an Australian novelist, playwright and author of non-fictio...

Some Die Eloquent

Catherine Aird · 1980 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

New York, The Crime Club by Doubleday and Company, 1980. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this novel by Catherine Aird. Catherine Aird is the pseudonym of novelist Kinn Hamilton Mcintosh, the author of more than twenty crime fiction novels. Signed by author as &...

Give the Little Corpse a Great Big Hand

George Bagby; Aaron Marc Stein · 1954 · Rooke Books

£59.99 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,660)

London, Macdonald, 1954. First edition. Cloth. A scarce copy of this mystery novel by George Bagby. One of the Schmidt novels, 'Give the Little Corpse a Great Big Hand' features Bagby himself as "the Watson to Schmidt's Holmes, following him on cases, and acting...