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Sixty Years of Arkham House a History and Bibliography

S. T. Joshi · 1999 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

Wisconsin, Arkham House, 1999. First edition. Cloth. A fine first edition of this history of Arkham House, the publisher of weird publisher founded in order to preserve the fiction of H. P. Lovecraft. The first edition of this work.In the original unclipped dustwrapper.Arkham ...

Birds without Wings

Louis de Bernieres · 2004 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Secker & Warburg, 2004. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition, first impression, of one of Louis de Bernieres' most popular historical fiction novels. The first edition, first impression of this work.Signed by the author to the title page.Hatchard's wr...

Heavenly Date and Other Flirtations

Alexander McCall Smith · 1995 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

London, Canongate, 1995. First edition. Paperback. A fine signed first edition short story anthology pondering the subject of dating, written by the prolific Alexander McCall Smith. The first edition, first impression of this work.Signed by the author to the title page.A selec...

Brambletye House; or, Cavaliers and Roundheads

[Horace Smith] · 1826 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.59 | ¥35,865)

London, Henry Colburn, 1826. Leather. The second edition of Horace Smith's first historical fiction, an exciting novel set during the last years of the Interregnum. Complete in three volumes.The second edition of this work, published in the same year as the first and thir...

Away and Beyond

A. E. von Vogt · 1952 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

New York, Pellegrini & Cudahy, 1952. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this A. E. van Vogt's sci-fi short story collection, containing nine entertaining stories in total. The first edition of this anthology.In the original unclipped dustwrapper.A selection of nin...

The Best Science Fiction Stories

Various; Everett F. Bleiler; T. E. Dikty · 1952 · Rooke Books

£155.00 (€185.79 | $204.78 | ¥32,700)

New York, Frederick Fell, Inc, 1952. First edition. Cloth. The first edition this science fiction short story anthology, containing eighteen entertaining and popular stories in total. The first edition of this work.In the original unclipped dustwrapper.A selection of eighteen ...

Duffy

Dan Kavanagh; Julian Barnes · 1980 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1980. First edition. Cloth. An extremely scarce, signed first edition of Julian Barnes' detective fiction series featuring the detective and ex-policeman 'Duffy&apos. Signed by Barnes under his pseudonymous name Dan Kavanagh. This novel was is...

The Adventures of Hajji Baba

[James Justinian Morier] · 1824 · Rooke Books

£900.00 (€1,078.79 | $1,189.03 | ¥189,872)

London, John Murray, 1824. First edition. Leather. A first edition set of James Morier's best known novel. An unusual copy with seven lithographs to volume II. Seven plates to volume II, which is unusual as no illustrated editions of this work have been recorded. The plat...

Sick Heart River

John Buchan · 1941 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1941. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition, first printing of this novel by John Buchan. The first edition, first printing of this work. An intriguing mysterious novel following Sir Edward Leithen, diagnosed with advanced tuberculosis ...

In Honour Bound

Nina Bawden · 1961 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, Longmans, 1961. First edition. Cloth. A superb copy inscribed and signed by the author of this mystery novel by Nina Bawden. The first edition of this work. The gripping story of a man who lost everything he had. What will a damaged man do to himself and others to adap...

The Cloth of Flesh

Seán Jennett · 1945 · Rooke Books

£69.00 (€82.71 | $91.16 | ¥14,557)

London, Faber and Faber, 1945. First edition. Cloth. A superb first edition copy of this collection of poems by Seán Jennett, in the original, unclipped dustwrapper. The first edition of this work. A collection of poems by Seán Jennett. War poetry, brooding on its effects on...

Sharp Scorpions: Poems

Wrey Gardiner · 1941 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

Billericay, Grey Walls Press, 1941. First edition. Cloth. A superior copy in unclipped and scarce dustwrapper of this collection of poems by Wrey Gardiner. The first edition of this work in the very scarce, unclipped dustwrapper. Comprising a selection of sixty one poems by Wr...

No Escape

Randall Swingler · 1937 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1937. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this work by poet and Communist proponent Randall Swingler. Randall Swingler (1909-1967) was an English poet whose works were primarily written in promotion of communism. He wrote a great deal of war poetr...

Black April

Julia Peterkin · 1927 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Eveleigh Nash & Grayson, 1927. Cloth. An English edition of Julia Peterkin's work detailing the plantation South of the United States. 'Black April' tells of an African-American foreman working on a plantation.Julia Peterkin (1880-1961) was an American a...

The Comedians

Graham Greene · 1966 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, The Bodley Head, 1966. First edition. Cloth. A beautiful first edition of this politically charged Graham Greene novel. The first edition, first impression of this work.In the original unclipped dustwrapper.'The Comedians' is Greene's novel set in Haiti,...

Maiwa&Apos;S Revenge

H. Rider Haggard · 1891 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co, 1891. First edition. Cloth. The first illustrated edition of this short H. Rider Haggard novel, following a hunter set on revenge. The first edition thus of this work, being the first illustrated edition.'Maiwa's Revenge' is a sh...

The Virgin of the Sun

H. Rider Haggard · 1922 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.74 | $58.13 | ¥9,283)

London, Cassell and Company LTD, 1922. Cloth. The first edition of one of H. Rider Haggard's thrilling adventure novels, this particular novel set in South America. The first edition of this work.An exciting adventure novel set in South America, revolving around the legen...

The Tenth Man

Graham Greene · 1985 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, The Bodley Head, 1985. First edition. Cloth. A superb first edition copy of this novel by Graham Greene. The first edition of this thriller novel by Graham Greene. Set in an occupied France, the story follows that of a lawyer who has to face the consequences of his act...

Events and Wisdoms: Poems 1957-1963

Donald Davie · 1964 · Rooke Books

£34.00 (€40.75 | $44.92 | ¥7,173)

London, Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1964. First edition. Paperback. A first edition of this poetry collection by Donald Davie in an unclipped dust wrapper. Donald Davie (1922-1995) was a poet of the English Movement and literary critic. His poetry was philosophical and evokes la...

Queen Sheba&Apos;S Ring

H. Rider Haggard · 1910 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

1910, Eveleigh Nash, 1910. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this work classic of H. Rider Haggard, illustrated with a coloured frontispiece. 'Queen Sheba's Ring' is an adventure novel typical of Haggard - like his two most famous works, 'She' a...