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David Westheimer · 1980 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Michael Joseph, 1980. First edition. Cloth. A fine first UK edition copy of Westheimer's sequel to Von Ryan's Express, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. An uncommon first UK edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the o...

The Missing Prince

G. E. Farrow · 1896 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Hutchinson & Co. 1896. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon children's book by the prolific and beloved author G. E. Farrow, illustrated throughout by Harry and Dorothy Furniss. The first edition of this uncommon work in the publisher's original pictorial cloth ...

President Randolph: As I Knew Him

John Francis Goldsmith · 1935 · Rooke Books

£330.00 (€395.56 | $435.98 | ¥69,620)

Philadelphia, Dorrance & Company, 1935. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this scarce science fiction novel, a 'fictitious biography', by John Francis Goldsmith. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the origi...

The Disappearance of General Jason

P. C. Wren [Percival Christopher Wren] · 1940 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

London, John Murray, 1940. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of one of P. C. Wren's popular adventure stories, with the vibrant dust wrapper. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original price-clipped dust wrapp...

Murder in Mesopotamia

Agatha Christie · 1936 · Rooke Books

£1,175.00 (€1,408.42 | $1,552.34 | ¥247,889)

London, The Crime Club, by Collins, 1936 . First edition. Cloth. The uncommon first edition of Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot murder mystery, in the scarce publisher's original cloth binding. The uncommon first edition, first impression.Set at an archaeological exc...

Billion-Dollar Brain

Len Deighton · 1966 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1966. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this exciting work of spy fiction by Len Deighton. A first edition of the work. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper.With code strip design to the cloth and class...

Little Caesar

W. R. Burnett · 1929 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

New York, The Literary Guild Of America, 1929. Cloth. The book club edition of this well known work by W. R. Burnett. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper.The first literary book club edition from the Literary Guild of America. First ...

The Odessa File

Frederick Forsyth · 1972 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

New York, Viking, 1972. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this riveting thriller by Frederick Forsyth. A first US edition of this work.In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. This exciting thriller is written by journalist and a...

Spy Story

Len Deighton · 1974 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.72 | $77.95 | ¥12,447)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1974. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of Len Deighton's thrilling novel Spy Story. First edition. A spy novel which features minor characters from Deighton's earlier novels 'The IPCRESS File', 'Funeral in Berlin&...

The Sun Will Shine

May Edginton · 1933 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.83 | $171.75 | ¥27,426)

London, Odhams Press Ltd. 1933. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this exquisite love story from Edginton. First edition. Scarce work. An insightful love story following modern people in modern society exploring the themes of marriage, divorce, and the sacrif...

No Other Tiger

A. E. W. Mason · 1927 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1927. Cloth. The first edition of this exciting mystery novel from Mason, with the very scarce original unclipped dust wrapper. First edition. Dated from the British Library and ink inscription to front endpaper. With the very scarce original uncl...

Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush

Hunter Davies · 1965 · Rooke Books

£118.00 (€141.44 | $155.89 | ¥24,894)

London, Heinemann, 1965. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this early novel from Hunter Davies, with the original dust wrapper. First edition. Set in the swinging sixties, this novel follows shy and sensitive Jamie McGregor who lives in a council flat as he a...

A Collection of Novels Featuring a Battle of the Sexes

A. G. Macdonell; Netta Muskett; Simon Dare · 1936 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)

London, Hutchinson & Co.; Macmillan & Co. Ltd. 1936-1939. First edition. Cloth. Three very scarce novels featuring romance and exciting battles of the sexes. Three volumes. This set includes: Lords and Masters, 1936. First edition. While men arrange the affairs of the world, w...

Climb to the Stars & I Should Have Known

Denise Robins · 1935 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)

London, Ivor Nicholson & Watson Limited; Hodder & Stoughton, 1935-1961. First edition. Cloth. A smart couple of romance novels from Denise Robins. Two volumes. Written by Denise Robins, a prolific English romantic novelist who was the first President of the Romantic Novelists&...

A Collection of Novels by Thorne Smith

Thorne Smith · 1930 · Rooke Books

£575.00 (€689.23 | $759.66 | ¥121,307)

London; New York, Methuen & Co. Ltd.; Sun Dial Press, 1930-1954. First edition. Cloth. A smart collection of exciting novels from Thorne Smith, with the original dust wrappers. Eleven volumes. A collection of exciting novels written by James Thorne Smith, an American writer of...

The Commodore

C. S. Forester · 1945 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Michael Joseph, 1945. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this exciting novel from the Hornblower series by Forester. First edition. The seventh published novel from the Hornblower series. Twelfth in the series chronologically. Having achieved fame and financial...

Lieutenant Hornblower

C. S. Forester · 1952 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.85 | $151.93 | ¥24,261)

London, Michael Joseph, 1952. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this exciting novel from the Hornblower series by Forester. First edition. The seventh book published in the Hornblower series. The second book chronologically. This work is unique in the series as it is ...

Three Volumes from "Sapper

Sapper" [H. C. McNeile] · 1933 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1933-1941. Cloth. A smart collection of three volumes written by "Sapper" from the Hodder and Stoughton Yellow Jacket series. Three volumes. Written by "Sapper" the pen name of Herman Cyril McNeile, a British soldier and author. As serving officer...

Reward for the Baron

Anthony Morton [John Creasey] · 1945 · Rooke Books

£58.00 (€69.52 | $76.63 | ¥12,236)

London, Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd, 1945. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this exciting novel featuring the Baron character. First edition. Dated from the British Library. Following the title character of the Baron, or John Mannering, as he recuperates from a se...

Strange Landing: A Tale of Adventure

Laurence Meynell · 1946 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Collins, 1946. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this exciting novel from Meynell, with the original price-clipped dust wrapper. First edition. When an ex-prisoner of war R.A.F. pilot accepts an offer from a stranger to pilot a plane to a secret desti...