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Kenzaburo Oe · 2003 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

New York, Grove Press, 2003. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first translated edition of this enthralling novel from Japanese writer Kenzaburo Oe. First translated edition, originally published 1999. Inspired by the Aum Shinrikyo cult and their Tokyo subway sarin attack of ...

Faith and Unfaith

James Blyth · 1914 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, John Long, Limited, 1914. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this very scarce novel from British author James Blyth. First edition. Very scarce. The Reverend Hugh Mackworth was rarely in such high spirits as this morning as he was expecting post from stockb...

The Log of the "Sea-Swallow": A Novel

James Blyth · 1914 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

London, F. V. White & Co. Ltd. 1914. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this very scarce novel from British author James Blyth. First edition. Very scarce. Following a devastating maritime collision which occurred three miles from the beach in the North Sea. It was...

The Irrevocable and Other Stories

James Blyth · 1907 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, Digby, Long & Co. 1907. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this collection of short stories from British author James Blyth. First edition. Very scarce. A collection of short stories, including: The Irrevocable, The Craven, The Legend of The Lake, The...

The Barbarians

James Blyth · 1915 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,810)

London, John Long, Limited, 1915. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this very scarce work from British author James Blyth. First edition. Very scarce work. Julius Vandermer was a stoutly built man who, since his retirement, had cultivated a great beard as well as a...

Canaan: A Novel

Charlie Smith · 1984 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

New, Simon and Schuster, 1984. Cloth. A smart first edition of this exciting debut novel from American writer Charlie Smith, without the typical remainder stamp. First edition, first impression. Without the typical remainder stamp. Following the story of an enthralling, danger...

Rockspring: A Novel

R. G. Vliet · 1974 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

New York, The Viking Press, 1974. Cloth. A smart first edition of this thrilling Western from American writer Russell G. Vliet. First edition. The author's first novel. Set in Texas in the wild 1830s, the daughter of poor white pioneers is kidnapped by three Mexican outla...

The Mandelbaum Gate

Muriel Spark · 1965 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1965. First edition. Cloth. A smart first US edition of this deeply rich novel from Scottish author Muriel Sparks. First US edition, published the same year as the UK first. Set in Jerusalem in 1961, whilst on a pilgrimage to Holy Land, half-Jewish C...

A Shooting Star

Wallace Stegner · 1961 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

New York, The Viking Press, 1961. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this absorbing novel from American writer Wallace Stegner. First edition. The story of Sabrina Castro, a wealthy and attractive California wife, marries to a society physician who no longer o...

The Silver Mistress

Peter O'Donnell · 1973 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Souvenir Press, 1973. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this action-packed novel featuring Modesty Blaise by Peter O'Donnell. First edition. The seventh book in the Modesty Blaise series. When the chauffer of Sir Gerald Tarrant, head of a secret servi...

Night of Morningstar

Peter O'Donnell · 1982 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Souvenir Press, 1982. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this action-packed novel featuring Modesty Blaise by Peter O'Donnell. First edition. The eleventh novel in the Modesty Blaise series. An international terrorist organisation named The Watchmen ha...

The Life & Adventures of Peter Wilkins

Robert Paltock · 1928 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. 1928. Cloth. A smart illustrated edition of this thrilling novel following Cornish man Peter Wilkins on his great voyage. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, twenty colour images, and twenty-three black-and-white images. Collated complete. Th...

The Deep

Mickey Spillane · 1961 · Rooke Books

£96.00 (€115.07 | $126.83 | ¥20,253)

New York, E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc. 1961. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this gritty crime drama from American author Mickey Spillane, in the yellow variant dust wrapper. First edition. With the original unclipped yellow variant dust wrapper. Chaos erupts in...

The Mountain Lion

Jean Stafford · 1947 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

New York, Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1947. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this charming novel from American writer Jean Stafford. First edition. One summer, inseparable siblings Molly and Ralph are sent from the Los Angeles suburb they call home to backwoods ...

The Christening Party

Francis Steegmuller · 1960 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

New York, Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, 1960 . First edition. Paperback. A scarce, uncorrected proof of this novel set at a christening, written by American author Francis Steegmuller. The advance uncorrected proofs. Bound in the publisher's original paper wraps, with cord hol...

The Rambler: The First Volume of the Restored Rambler

Herbert Vivian [Ed.] · 1901 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, Ballantyne Press, 1901 . First edition. Cloth. The first volume of the restored Rambler periodical, with Herbert Vivian continuing from the work started in the eighteenth century by Samuel Johnson. Inscribed by the author to his sister. The first edition. Bound in the ...

The Rape of Man or the Zoo Let Loose

Donald Cowie · 1947 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)

Malvern, The Tantivy Press, 1947 . First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition of this science-fiction novel written by Donald Cowie, in the original, vanishingly scarce dust wrapper. The first edition.Bound in the publisher's original cloth, with the vanishingly scarce...

Garnett Bell, Detective

Cecil Henry Bullivant · 0 · Rooke Books

£425.00 (€509.43 | $561.48 | ¥89,662)

London, Odhams Limited, c1920. First edition. Leather. A beautiful, leather-bound copy of this scarce detective novel written by Cecil Henry Bullivant. The first edition, dated using Jisc, from copies of the work held at the British Library.Very scarce work. Bound in a contem...

The Wife Whom God Forgot

Cecil Henry Bullivant · 1919 · Rooke Books

£1,450.00 (€1,738.05 | $1,915.65 | ¥305,905)

London, Odhams Limited, 1919 . First edition. Cloth. The author's presentation copy of this exceedingly scarce novel by Cecil Henry Bullivant, in the original dust wrapper. The first edition of the work.Inscribed by the author 'To my great help-mate, with all my love...

Bad Characters

Jean Stafford · 1964 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)

New York, Farrar, Straus & Company, 1964 . First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition of this anthology of short stories from Pulitzer Prize winning author, Jean Stafford. The first edition, first impression of this work from American novelist and short story writer Jean St...