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The Death of Daddy-O

David Alexander · 1960 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

Philadelphia , J. B. Lippincott Company, 1960. First edition. Cloth. A scarce copy of this mystery novel by David Alexander. Set in Manhattan, the novel follows Marty Land, Broadway's most brilliant criminal lawyer, as he endeavours to solve the complicated case of two si...

Coffin on Murder Street

Gwendoline Butler · 1991 · Rooke Books

£24.99 (€29.96 | $33.02 | ¥5,274)

London, Collins, 1991. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of 'Coffin on Murder Street' by Gwendoline Butler. An fascinating first edition copy of 'Coffin on Murder Street' by Gwendoline Butler (b. 1922, South London), this is part of the Inspector John...

Prescription for Murder

David Williams · 1990 · Rooke Books

£47.99 (€57.53 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

London, MacMillan, 1990. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of the intriguing novel by David Williams and signed by the author. David Williams (June 1926 – September 2003) was an advertising executive who became a crime writer after suffering a stroke. Williams' ...

Twilight for the Gods

Ernest Gann · 1956 · Rooke Books

£14.99 (€17.97 | $19.81 | ¥3,163)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1956. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this Ernest Gann novel, described as, 'The story of a Captain, his ship and those who sailed in her.' Although many of his 21 best-selling novels show Gann"s devotion to aviation, others, in...

Ten Years Beyond Baker Street

Cay Van Ash · 1985 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Macdonald, 1985. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first UK edition of this Sherlock Holmes and Fu Manchu novel. Cay Van Ash (born 1918 in Sussex, England; died in Paris in April 1994) was a Professor of English Literature at Waseda University in Japan and a writer. Whils...

The Green Man

Kingsley Amis · 1969 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1969. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of Kingsley Amis' only foray into supernatural horror. Featuring the original illustrated dustwrapper designed by Colin Andrews. A Times Literary Supplement reviewer described The Green Man as "three genre...

Eggs, Beans and Crumpets

P. G. Wodehouse · 0 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Herbert Jenkins Limited, c1940. Cloth. The first edition of this anthology of short stories from P. G. Wodehouse. First edition, second printing. Including 'Bingo and the Peke Crisis', 'The Editor Regrets', 'Romance at Droitgate Sa' and ma...

Five Variations on a Theme

Edith Sitwell · 1933 · Rooke Books

£79.99 (€95.89 | $105.70 | ¥16,880)

London, Duckworth, 1933. First edition. Cloth. A volume of poetry by Dame Edith Louisa Sitwell DBE (7 September 1887 - 9 December 1964) who was a British poet and critic, eldest of the three literary Sitwells. First edition. Sitwell published poetry continuously from 1913, som...

The Time Stream

John Taine · 1946 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

Providence, Buffalo Book Company, 1946. First edition. Cloth. The first US Edition of this science fiction work. John Taine is a pseudonym for the mathematician and science fiction writer Eric Temple Bell. Temple Bell spent most of his life in America and published his non-fic...

A Damsel in Distress

P G Wodehouse · 0 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, Herbert Jenkins, c1920. Cloth. A twenty first printing of this work by P G Wodehouse. A Damsel in Distress follows golf-loving composer George Bevan and is romantic pursuit of a mysterious young lady at a romantic rural manor. In a cloth binding. Externally smart. Some...

The Afghan

Frederick Forsyth · 2006 · Rooke Books

£29.00 (€34.77 | $38.32 | ¥6,120)

London, Bantam Press, 2006. First edition. Cloth. The first printing of this thriller novel by Frederick Forsyth. The Afghan can be seen as a sequel to The Fist of God, with the appearance of the Martin brothers. However, due to unexplained reasons, Forsyth rewrote the brother...

The End of the World News: An Entertainment

Anthony Burgess · 1982 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, Hutchinson, 1982. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this novel by British author Anthony Burgess. This work is presented without chapter breaks and follows three storylines. The first storyline is Leon Trotsky on a journey to New York City shortly before the R...

Lestrade and the Guardian Angle and Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus

M. J. Trow · 1990 · Rooke Books

£37.99 (€45.54 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)

London, Constable and Company , 1990 - 1995. First edition. Cloth. A collection of first editions featuring Doyle's famous fictional Scotland Yard inspector, Inspector G. Lestrade. Featuring the original illustrated dustwrappers, designed by Splash Studio and illustrated ...

The Shadow in the Plate

Philip Pullman · 1986 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1986. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this novel by Philip Pullman. The second in the Sally Lockhart series of novels. Philip Pullman is an English writer and author of several best selling books, best known for his fantasy trilogy HIs...

Ariadne and the Bull

Eleanor Farjeon · 1945 · Rooke Books

£39.99 (€47.94 | $52.84 | ¥8,439)

London, Michael Joseph, 1945. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this novel by Eleanor Farjeon. With an interesting publisher's note to front stating the book was produced in compliance with the War Economy Standard. Printed on 208 pages instead of the 352 a book of...

Offshore

Penelope Fitzgerald · 1979 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, Collins, 1979. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this Booker Prize-winning novel from Penelope Fitzgerald. It recalls Fitzgerald's time spent on boats in Battersea by the Thames. The novel centralises around the idea of liminality, expanding upon it to in...

Gimpel the Fool and Other Tales

Isaac Bashevis Singer · 1957 · Rooke Books

£255.00 (€305.70 | $336.95 | ¥53,813)

London, Peter Owen Limited, 1957. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this collection of short stories from Isaac Bashevis Singer. Including tales such as 'The Wife Killer', 'Joy', 'The Old Man' and many others. Isaac Bashevis Singer was a Po...

Unconditional Surrender the Conclusion of Men at Arms and Officers and Gentlemen

Evelyn Waugh · 1961 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Chapman and Hall, 1961. First edition. Cloth. 'Unconditional Surrender: The Conclusion of Men at Arms and Officers and Gentlemen', is the last of Waugh's war novel trilogy, 'Sword of Honour&apos. In original unclipped dustwrapper. First edition. Art...

A Stronger Climate

R Prawer Jhabvala · 1968 · Rooke Books

£68.00 (€81.52 | $89.85 | ¥14,350)

London, John Murray, 1968. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this short story collection by R Prawer Jhabvala. First edition. Signed by the author to the title page. Ruth Prawer Jhabvala was a German-born British and American Booker prize winning novelist. This w...

Death out of Season

Meg Elizabeth Atkins · 2001 · Rooke Books

£15.99 (€19.17 | $21.13 | ¥3,374)

London, Constable, 2001. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this mystery novel from Meg Elizabeth Atkins. 'Jaynie Turner, divorced, beautiful, bossy and widely loathed, announces to anyone who cares to listen that she is doing historical research into the village of...