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The Chips Are Down (Les Jeux Sont Faits)

Jean-Paul Sartre · 1951 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,799)

London, Rider and Company , 1951. First edition. Cloth. A bright first UK edition of this powerful screenplay by Jean-Paul Sartre, with the publisher's charming dust wrapper. An uncommon first UK edition of this work. With the publisher's clipped dust wrapper.This t...

Discoveries in Egypt, Ethiopia, and the Peninsula of Sinai, in the Years 1842-1845

Dr. Richard Lepsius; Kenneth R. H. Mackenzie · 1852 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.85 | ¥83,307)

London, Richard Bentley, 1852. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon, illustrated first edition title by German Egyptologist and archaeologist Karl Richard Lepsius. An uncommon first edition.Featuring a colour frontispiece, a single folding plate, and a further monochrome plate.Co...

Len Deighton an Annotated Bibliography 1954-1985

Edward Milward-Oliver; Julian Symons [Intro.] · 1985 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)

London, The Sammler Press, 1985. First edition. Cloth. An excellent copy of the limited edition bibliography of Deighton's works, double signed by the celebrated Britsh author himself. A first edition of Len Deighton An Annotated Bibliography 1954-1985, compiled by Edward...

Orlando (the Marmalade Cat) Keeps a Dog

Kathleen Hale · 1949 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.84 | $151.93 | ¥24,254)

London, Country Life Limited, 1949. First edition. Hardback. A charming first edition of the ninth book about the adventures of Orlando, a ginger tabby. A superb first edition of Kathleen Hale's Orlando (The Marmalade Cat) Keeps a Dog, published by Country Life Limited in...

2 Vols the Girls: A Tetralogy of Novels in Two Volumes

Henry De Montherlant · 1968 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)

London, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1968 . Cloth. The first UK edition of the controversial Les Jeunes Filles tetralogy in two volumes, in which Montherlant"s portrayal of gender relations was famously denounced by Simone de Beauvoir in "The Second Sex." In the publisher's ori...

Captain Corelli&Apos;S Mandolin

Louis de Bernieres · 1995 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

London, Secker & Warburg, 1995. Cloth. A bright copy of the fifth reprint of Louis de Bernières" celebrated wartime romance, complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper.F...

Cetywayo and His White Neighbours; or, Remarks on Recent Events in Zululand, Natal, and the Transvaal.

H. Rider Haggard · 1900 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, & Co. Ltd. 1900. Cloth. H. Rider Haggard"s vivid account of the Anglo–Zulu conflict and British colonial expansion in southern Africa. In the publisher's original purple cloth binding. First published in 1882, this is the New and Che...

The Collected Plays of John Drinkwater

John Drinkwater · 1925 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,816)

London, Sidgwick & Jackson, 1925. First edition. Leather. John Drinkwater's own personal copies of his collected plays, complete in two volumes. With volume I present in the limited edition, and volume II in the trade edition and signed by Drinkwater. John Drinkwater&apos...

(1983) Jumping the Queue; (1984) the Camomile Lawn; (1985) Harnessing Peacocks; (1986) the Vacillations of Poppy Carew; (1988) Second Fiddle; (1990) a Sensible Life; (1997) Part of the Furniture.

Mary Wesley · 1983 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,453)

London; New York; Toronto; Sydney; Auckland, Macmillan; Bantam Press, 1983-1997. First edition. Cloth. Lovely collection of seven works from best-selling English novelist Mary Wesley, five of which are first editions, including one signed copy. Seven works from best-selling E...

(1975) the Shepherd; (2015) the Outsider

Frederick Forsyth · 1975 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)

London; Toronto; Sydney; Auckland; Johannesburg, Hutchinson & Co Ltd; Bantam Press, 1975-2015. First edition. Cloth. Smart two-volume collection of two illustrated first editions from best-selling thriller writer Frederick Forsyth. Smart two-volume collection of two illustrate...

Blood Sport; Enquiry; Rat Race; Bonecrack; Smokescreen; Knock Down; High Stakes; in the Frame; Risk; Trial Run; Whip Hand; Banker

Dick Francis · 1967 · Rooke Books

£850.00 (€1,018.85 | $1,122.97 | ¥179,267)

London, Michael Joseph , 1967-1982. First edition. Cloth. An excellent set offering twelve first edition crime novels from Dick Francis, six of which are flat signed by the author. The first edition, first impressions of these works.With six copies signed by the author, as ind...

The Famous Tragedy of the Queen of Cornwall at Tintagel in Lyonnesse

Thomas Hardy · 1923 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,635)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited , 1923. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of Thomas Hardy's tragedy based on the medieval legend of Tristan and Iseult, complete with the unclipped dust wrapper. First edition. With the publisher's original unclipped dust ...

Atonement

Ian McEwan · 2001 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.59 | ¥35,853)

London, Jonathan Cape, 2001 . First edition. Cloth. A fine signed first edition of Ian McEwan's poignant novel set across three time periods. Signed by the author to the title page. First edition, fifth impression. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapp...

Cat Among the Pigeons

Agatha Christie · 1959 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.08 | ¥50,617)

London, The Crime Club by Collins , 1959. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing first edition of Agatha Christie's gripping mystery set in a prestigious all-girls school, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. First edition, first impression.With the publisher's unclip...

Keepers of the House the Slow Train to Milan

Lisa St Aubin de Teran · 1982 · Rooke Books

£78.00 (€93.49 | $103.05 | ¥16,450)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1982; 1983. First edition. Cloth. A pair of very smart award-winning first editions, in their original, unclipped dust wrappers. A pair of lovely condition first editions, in original unclipped dust wrappers.Written by prolific English novelist, travel w...

Wonderful Clouds

Francoise Sagan; Anne Green [trans.] · 1961 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

London, John Murray, 1961. First edition. Cloth. A first English language edition of this short, compelling novel, by prolific French novelist, playwright and screenwriter Francoise Sagan. A first English language edition of Francoise Sagan's 1961 novel, originally publis...

The Duelling Machine

Ben Bova · 1971 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)

London, Faber and Faber Limited, 1971. First edition. Hardback. An uncommon first edition from prolific and multi-award winning American science fiction writer Ben Bova. An uncommon first edition of this entertaining title, in original unclipped dust wrapper.The titular Duelli...

Tomorrow, Inc. Sf Stories About Big Business

Various; Martin Harry Greenberg [ed.]; Joseph D. Olander [ed.] · 1977 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

London, Robson Books, 1977. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition science fiction anthology, in original unclipped dust wrapper. A very scarce first edition science fiction anthology, including works by award-winning science fiction authors Frederik Pohl and Philip...

This Sporting Life

David Storey · 1960 · Rooke Books

£425.00 (€509.42 | $561.49 | ¥89,634)

London, Longmans, 1960 . First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition, third impression copy of David Storey's first novel, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition in the publisher's original cloth with the original bright, unclipped dust wrapper....

The Skull Beneath the Skin and a Taste for Death

P.D. James · 1982 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,872)

London, Faber and Faber, 1982-1986. First edition. Cloth. Two very smart first editions from award-winning crime author P.D. James, featuring both her celebrated detectives Adam Dalgleish and Cordelia Gray. Two very smart first editions from distinguished crime writer P.D. Jam...