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Benefit Performance

Richard Sale · 1946 · Rooke Books

£47.00 (€56.34 | $62.09 | ¥9,916)

New York, Simon and Schuster, 1946. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this exciting mystery from Richard Sale. First edition. An intense mystery following Kerry Garth, a movie star, who was staying in his mountain retreat when he heard about his own murder. W...

Ss-Gb: Nazi Occupied Britain 1941

Len Deighton · 1978 · Rooke Books

£46.00 (€55.14 | $60.77 | ¥9,705)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1978. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this alternative history novel by British author, Len Deighton. This is a first edition of the work, in smart black cloth binding with the original, unclipped dust wrapper, with an eye-catching red fore ed...

Pray to the Earth

Evelyn Eaton · 1946 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Cassell and Company, Ltd, 1946. Cloth. A very scarce first UK edition of this novel by Canadian novelist, Evelyn Eaton. This is the first UK edition of the work, in original publisher's brown cloth binding with the original unclipped dust wrapper. The novel was fi...

Hands Off Bulldog Drummond

Gerard Fairlie · 1949 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1949. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this detective novel featuring Sapper's character Bulldog Drummond, written by his successor, Gerard Fairlie. This is a first edition of the work in original publisher's blue cloth binding wit...

Bulldog Drummond on Dartmoor

Sapper [H. C. McNeile]; Gerard Fairlie · 1938 · Rooke Books

£430.00 (€515.42 | $568.09 | ¥90,717)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1938. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of this novel from the Bulldog Drummond detective series, originated by Sapper and continued by Gerard Fairlie after his death. This work is a first edition, in original publisher's cloth bin...

I, James Blunt

H. V. Morton · 1942 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, Methuen & Co LTD, 1942. First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this unique future history short story by H. V. Morton, a tale in which the Nazi's won the war, commissioned by the Ministry of Information. The scarce to see first edition.A fascinating future...

The Great Gesture

Hamish Blair; [Andrew James Fraser Blair] · 1931 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood & Sons LTD, 1931. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition copy of this futuristic novel set ten years after its publication, a romance in the days of war written by Hamish Blair. The first edition of this very scarce work.Autho...

Dark Crusade

Grant Holmes; [James M. Fox]; [Johannes Willem Mathijs Knipscheer] · 1955 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Cassell & Company LTD, 1955. First edition. Cloth. A superior first U.K. edition of this gripping thriller by James M. Fox, a Communist-fighting novel set in Europe. The first U.K. edition, first impression, previously published under the same title in 1953 in the U.S....

Better Days: Or, a Millionaire of to-Morrow

Thomas Fitch; Anna M. Fitch · 1891 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

San Francisco, Better Days Publishing Co, 1891. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon first edition copy of this curious science fiction near future novel set between 1892 and 1896, written by Thomas and Anna Fitch. The first edition of this uncommon work.A novel written by Republ...

Harriet Hume

Rebecca West · 1929 · Rooke Books

£63.00 (€75.52 | $83.23 | ¥13,291)

London, HUtchinson & Co (Publishers) LTD, 1929. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of the third novel by Rebecca West, a modernist love story set in London during the 1920s. The first edition.Undated to the title page, with the date 'Autumn 1929' to the...

Our Friend Jennings

Anthony Buckeridge · 1955 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.85 | $151.93 | ¥24,261)

London, Collins, 1955. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this seventh novel from Buckeridge's popular Jennings series, in the original dust wrapper. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original price-clipped ...

William and the Evacuees

Richmal Crompton · 1940 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

London, George Newnes, 1940. Cloth. The third impression of this collection of Just William stories, with the second impression dust wrapper. The third impression of this work, published in November of the same year as the first impression, in the publisher's original clo...

The Witches of Eastwick

John Updike · 1984 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1984. First edition. Cloth. A fine first edition copy of John Updike's well-known pro-feminist novel, The Witches of Eastwick. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrappe...

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M. de Momet · 1947 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, W. P. Nimmo, Hay & Mitchell, 1947. First edition. Cloth. A bright first edition copy of this scarce novel by M. de Momet, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition of this scarce work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unc...

Prizzi&Apos;S Honour

Richard Condon · 1982 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Michael Joseph, 1982. First edition. Cloth. A fine first edition of this satirical crime novel by the popular political novelist Richard Condon, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with ...

The Magic Barrel; the Fixer; Rembrandt&Apos;S Hat

Bernard Malamud · 1960 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, Eyre & Spottiswoode; Eyre Methuen, 1960-1973. First edition. Cloth. Smart first UK editions of three works by the American novelist Bernard Malamud, with the original dust wrappers. The first UK editions of these three works in the publisher's original cloth bindi...

The Future of the World

Charles David Ley · 1955 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

Tunbridge Wells, Peter Russell, 1955 . First edition. Paperback. A signed presentation copy of this very scarce limited edition science fiction play. A presentation copy of this very scarce work, inscribed 'To Hilary Gardner with best wishes for this Christmas season and ...

James Ingleton: The History of a Social State A.D. 2,000

Mr. Dick · 1893 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, James Blackwood & Co, 1893 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce science fiction novel set in the year 2,000, where England has become a socialist dystopia. The first edition of this scarce novel, published under the pseudonym "Mr. Dick".Set one hund...

Miss Marple&Apos;S Final Cases and Two Other Stories

Agatha Christie · 1979 · Rooke Books

£83.00 (€99.49 | $109.65 | ¥17,510)

London, The Crime Club by Collins, 1979 . First edition. Cloth. An excellent copy of this posthumously published collection of short stories by the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie. The first edition, first impression of this collection, in the publisher's original price u...

The Pale Horse

Agatha Christie · 1961 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, The Crime Club, by Collins, 1961 . First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of Agathe Christie's thrilling murder mystery, with a somewhat supernatural theme. The first edition, first impression of this work, in the publisher's original price clipped ...