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The Florentine Dagger

Ben Hecht · 1923 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

New York, Boni and Liveright , 1923 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this thrilling mystery novel from Ben Hecht, with striking illustrations by Wallace Smith. First edition.Bound in the publisher's original buckram cloth. Written by American journalist, novel...

The Inca&Apos;S Treasure

Ernest Glanville · 1905 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Methuen & Co. 1905 . Cloth. A new edition of this scarce adventure novel set in South America, written by Ernest Glanville and illustrated by A. H. Buckland. A new and cheaper edition. First published in 1899. Bound in the publisher's original red cloth. Written b...

W.H. : A Portion of the Record of Sir William Halifax

Talbot Mundy [William Lancaster Gribbon] · 1929 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Hutchinson & Co. c1932 . Cloth. An early edition of this scarce novel set in Tudor England, written by Talbot Mundy. Scarce work. Dated using Jisc, from other copies of the work held a the British Library.7th Thousand. Written by English author William Lancaster Gribbo...

The Miracle Boy

Louis Golding · 1927 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Alfred A. Knopf, 1927 . First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition of Louis Golding's fantasy novel, set in Germany during the 1920s, with striking illustrations by Herbert Gurschner. The first edition of the work. Inscribed by the author to 'Strobe, from ...

Solomon Seesaw

John Parish Robertson · 1839 · Rooke Books

£260.00 (€311.65 | $343.50 | ¥54,852)

London, Saunders and Otley, 1839 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce nineteenth century novel by J. P. Robertson, with illustrations by Phiz, complete in three volumes. The first edition of this scarce work. Complete in three volumes. With half titles pres...

The Nugget Library: &Apos;Tufty&Apos; & the Invisible Death (No. 305)

John G. Rowe · 1900 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)

London, James Henderson & Sons. c1915 . First edition. Paperback. A very scarce edition from The Nugget Library, containing a gripping detective tale by John G. Rowe. Bound in the publisher's original pictorial wraps. Very scarce. No. 305 from The Nugget Library, a weekly...

The Purloined Prince

Edgar Turner; Reginald Hodder · 1905 · Rooke Books

£270.00 (€323.64 | $356.71 | ¥56,962)

London, The Caxton Press, 1905 . First edition. Cloth. An exceptionally scarce, first edition of this romance novel by Edgar Turner and Reginald Hodder, signed by both authors. First edition. Signed by both authors to 'A. V. Masham from Edgar Turner and Reginald Hodder&ap...

The Mysteries of the Formation of the Earth, the Rising and Sinking of Continents, the Introduction of Man and His Destiny Revealed in God&Apos;S Own Way and Time

Ira C. Fuller · 1899 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

Buffalo , Charles Wells Moulton, 1899 . First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of this prehistoric fantasy novel written by Ira C. Fuller, the author's edition. First edition. Very scarce. Written by American psychic, businessman and author, Ira C. Fuller, who was p...

No. 99: A Novel

Major Arthur Griffiths · 1885 · Rooke Books

£1,250.00 (€1,498.32 | $1,651.42 | ¥263,711)

London, Chapman and Hall, 1885 . First edition. Cloth. An exceptionally scarce, first edition of this intriguing detective novel written by English author and prison inspector, Major Arthur Griffiths. First edition. Very scarce work. Written by British military officer, prison...

The Mystery of Evelin Delorme: A Hypnotic Story

Albert Bigelow Paine · 1894 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

Boston , Arena Publishing Co, 1894 . First edition. Cloth. An uncommon first edition of this novel which delves into the world of hypnotism, written by Albert Bigelow Paine. First edition. Bound in the publisher's original white cloth with silver detailing. Written by Ame...

Bondi Blues

John Baxter · 1993 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

St Leonards, Australia , Allen & Unwin, 1993 . First edition. Paperback. A signed, first edition of this very scarce novel set on Bondi Beach, written by Australian author, John Baxter. First paperback edition. Signed by the author to the title page. Written by Australian born...

The Flying Legion

George Allan England · 1920 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.34 | $653.96 | ¥104,430)

Chicago, A. C. McClurg & Co, 1920. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this exciting adventure sci-fi novel by George Allan England, in the original scarce dust wrapper. The first edition.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.An exciting Near Future sci-fi novel, a ten...

Lentala of the South Seas

W. C. Morrow · 1908 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

New York, Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1908. First edition. Cloth. An exciting and romantic science fiction novel by W. C. Morrow, complete with colourful plates. The first edition thus, being the first available edition, previously published in an unseen edition by The Succes...

The Wild Lass of Estmere and Other Stories

M. Bramston · 1893 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Seeley and Co. Limited, 1893. First edition. Cloth. A scarce anthology of short stories by Mary Bramston, including an intriguing science fiction tale. The first edition of this scarce work.An anthology of seven short stories by Mary Bramston, including the science fic...

The London Mercury and Bookman

Various; R. A. Scott-James [ed.] · 1936 · Rooke Books

£72.00 (€86.30 | $95.12 | ¥15,190)

London, The London Mercury, 1936-1939. First edition. Magazine. Six issues of The London Mercury and Bookman, featuring literary pieces and critical essays from writers such as W. B. Yeats, H. G. Wells and Bernard Shaw. Six issues in the publisher's original paper wraps.T...

The Masked Battery

Harold Wintle · 1927 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, A. M. Alexander, 1927. First edition. Cloth. A first edition, first impression of this fantasy novel, concerning a magic spring which causes amnesia, by the journalist Harold Wintle. The first edition, first impression of this work in the publisher's original clot...

The Isle of Men

Gordon Volk · 1932 · Rooke Books

£149.00 (€178.60 | $196.85 | ¥31,434)

London, Skeffington & Son, 1932. First edition. Cloth. A scarce copy of this thrilling adventure novel by Gordon Volk, set on a fictional tropical island. The first edition of this scarce work in the publisher's original cloth binding. A suspenseful novel, involving roman...

Spanish Blood

Raymond Chandler · 1946 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,207)

Cleveland and New York, The World Publishing Company; Tower Books, 1946 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this thrilling collection of five short crime fiction stories from Raymond Chandler. The first edition, first printing of this work, published in July 1946.In t...

Towards Zero

Agatha Christie · 1944 · Rooke Books

£580.00 (€695.22 | $766.26 | ¥122,362)

London, The Crime Club by Collins, 1944 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Queen of Crime Agatha Christie's celebrated work of detective fiction, 'Towards Zero&apos. In the original dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression. Published one month afte...

The Witch of the Low-Tide

John Dickson Carr · 1961 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1961 . First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of John Dickson Carr's highly entertaining locked room murder mystery, set in Edwardian England. The first UK edition, first impression of this work.In the publisher's original unclipped dust ...