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Dead Fingers Talk

William Burroughs · 1963 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, John Calder , 1963. First edition. Cloth. A splendid first edition of this rare novel by William Burroughs, with the unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of this work. One of the rarer novels by Beat Generation author William Burroughs, it was ou...

The Penrose Mystery

R. Austin Freeman · 1923 · Rooke Books

£122.00 (€146.24 | $161.18 | ¥25,738)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1923. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this mystery novel by Austen Freeman. The first edition of this work. A mystery by Austin Freeman, concerning an eccentric old man and the mysterious theft of some impressive gems. A complex mystery...

Stamboul Train

Graham Greene · 1932 · Rooke Books

£79.00 (€94.69 | $104.37 | ¥16,667)

London, William Heinemann, 1932. First edition. Cloth. The first edition, second state as common, of this famous novel by Graham Greene, published in the US as 'Orient Express.' The first edition, second issue with Savoury referred to as Mr. Quin Savory rather than &...

It&Apos;S a Battlefield

Graham Greene · 1934 · Rooke Books

£220.00 (€263.70 | $290.65 | ¥46,413)

London, William Heinemann, 1934. First edition. Cloth. The first impression of this early novel by a leading novelist of his time Graham Greene. An early novel by Graham Greene, which explores the lives of people close to Drover, a bus driver, in the days before he was due to ...

Chatterbox

J. Erskine Clarke (Ed) · 1907 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Wells Gardner, Darton, & Co. 1907. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated collection of the fifty-two issues for the Chatterbox children's periodical, including twelve colour plates. Bound in cloth with gilt boards.Illustrations include twelve colour plates and numerous...

Robin Hood According to Spike Milligan

Spike Milligan · 1998 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Virgin, 1998. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this retelling of Robin Hood by Spike Milligan, an excellent copy. The first edition, first impression of this work. Spike Milligan's comical retelling of Robin Hood sees Maid Marion as a champion pole vaul...

A Dustbin of Milligan

Spike Milligan · 1961 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Dennis Dobson, 1961. First edition. Cloth. A bright first edition of this miscellany of Spike Milligan's work, complete with its unclipped dust wrapper. A collection of some of the works by Spike Milligan, containing selected poems, stories, letters to fellow Wels...

Consequence of Crime

Anne Blaisdell [Elizabeth Linington] · 1981 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Victor Gollancz, 1981 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first UK edition of this detective fiction novel following the LAPD as they investigate the murder of a glamorous celebrity. The scarce first UK edition of this crime fiction novel from American author Elizabeth ...

Chronicles of Martin Hewitt

Martin Hewitt · 1978 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Remploy, 1978 . Cloth. A very scarce reprint edition of this collection of six tales from Arthur Morrison, each featuring Detective Martin Hewitt. Illustrated throughout. First published in 1895, this is the very scarce 1978 'Remploy Reprint Edition' of this ...

Let There Be Blood

Jane Jakeman · 1997 · Rooke Books

£34.00 (€40.75 | $44.92 | ¥7,173)

London, Headline, 1997. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of Jakeman's historical mystery novel, signed by the author to the title page. First Edition. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. Signed by the author to the title page. 'Let There Be Blood' is...

My Friend Sandy

Jane Duncan · 1961 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.74 | $58.13 | ¥9,283)

London, Macmillan & Co Ltd , 1961. First edition. Cloth. The fourth novel within Jane Duncan's 'My Friends' series, a semi-autobiographical group of books with various character studies, in a nicely illustrated and unclipped dust wrapper. First Edition. In a be...

Killer on the Catwalk

Judson Philips · 1960 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Victor Gollancz LTD, 1960. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon first edition work of crime fiction by Judson Philips, in the unclipped Gollancz dust wrapper. First Edition, uncommon. In the original unclipped dust wrapper.'Killer on the Catwalk' is a detective...

The Detling Murders

Julian Symons · 1982 · Rooke Books

£52.00 (€62.33 | $68.70 | ¥10,970)

London, Macmillan, 1982. First edition. Cloth. A first edition crime novel by Julian Symons, set in the Victorian era with an eclectic mix of characters, including a Liberal M.P. and an eccentric painter. First edition. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. 'The Detli...

Mcgee #4

John D. MacDonald · 1986 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Robert Hale, 1986. First edition. Cloth. A well-presented volume containing four novels from the Travis McGee series, centering around the titular character solving mysteries in Florida and Chicago. First Edition Thus. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. This vol...

Annaei Senecae Rhetoris Opera

M. Annaei Seneca · 1810 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

Not Stated, Argentorati ex Typographia Societatis, 1810. Leather. A leather-bound second edition collection of Seneca's rhetorical works. Lucius Annaeus Seneca the Younger was a dramatist, philosopher and statesman active during the post-Augustan age of Latin literature. ...

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Spy

Len Deighton · 1976 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.72 | $77.95 | ¥12,447)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1976. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition, first impression of Len Deighton's exciting novel, presented in an unclipped dust wrapper. Opening in the Sahara Desert, this book explores relationships between couples, rivals, allies, spies,...

The Great North Road

Annabel Dore · 2007 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Macmillan, 2007. First edition. Cloth. A flawless, first edition copy of this gripping debut novel by author Annabel Dore, signed by the author to the title page. This gripping novel depicts the stories of two women on the North Yorkshire coast fleeing disastrous and d...

Chronique Du Regne de Charles IX

Prosper Merimee · 1942 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

Paris, P. M. Le Blanc, 1942. Leather. A beautifully bound and vibrantly illustrated Limited Edition of this historical novel set in the sixteenth century French court, illustrated with colour lithographs from Guy Arnoux. In the original French.A vibrantly illustrated Limited E...

Lewis Arundel; or, the Railroad of Life

Frank E. Smedley · 1852 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)

London, Virtue, Hall, & Virtue, 1852. First edition. Leather. A first edition novel from Frank E. Smedley, illustrated throughout with the charming plates of popular Victorian artist 'Phiz', Hablot Knight Browne. The first edition in book form of this mid nineteenth ...

A History of My Time: Memoirs of Chancellor Pasquier

Etienne-Denis Pasquier; Charles Roche (trans) · 1893 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1893-94. First edition. Cloth. The complete three volume set of the memoirs of Chancellor Pasquier, a french statesmen and duke from the nineteenth century. First English Edition. Complete three volume set. Illustrated with a frontispiece to Volume I...