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Jennie Melville [Gwendoline Butler] · 1964 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

London, Michael Joseph, 1964. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Gwendoline Butler's uncommon third crime novel to her Charmian Daniels series. The first edition, first impression. With the publisher's original clipped dust wrapper. This is third novel to f...

Let It Come Down

Paul Bowles · 1952 · Rooke Books

£680.00 (€815.08 | $898.38 | ¥143,414)

New York, Random House, 1952. First edition. Cloth. A smart first US edition of the author's second novel, signed and inscribed by the author. First US edition. Signed and inscribed by the author to the front endpaper with a message that reads: "For David Posner en hommag...

Tennyson: Aspects of His Life, Character and Poetry & Byron: The Last Journey April 1823 - April 1824

Harold Nicolson · 1923 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

London, Constable and Company Ltd. 1923-1924. Cloth. Two smart first edition volumes of these works on Tennyson and Byron from British biographer Sir Harold George Nicolson, with compliments of the author. Two volumes. First edition. Includes a "with the author's complime...

The Day the Sun Stood Still: Three Original Novellas of Science Fiction

Poul Anderson; Gordon R. Dickson; Robert Silverberg; Lester del Rey · 1972 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

Nashville, Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1972. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of three original science fiction novellas, with an introduction from American author Lester del Rey. First edition. Three original science fiction novellas, including: A Chap...

The Garden Murder Case

S. S. Van Dine [Willard Huntington Wright] · 1935 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,453)

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons , 1935 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of S. S. Van Dine's thrilling murder mystery novel in which detective Philo Vance is called to investigate a murder within a group of socialites. The first edition. Bound in the publis...

Black Money

Ross Macdonald [Kenneth Millar] · 1966 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,472)

London, The Crime Club by Collins , 1966 . First edition. Cloth. A bright example of the first UK edition of Ross Macdonald's intricate mystery novel, featuring private eye Lew Archer. The first UK edition. Published in the US the same year. In the publisher's uncli...

The Wapshot Chronicle

John Cheever · 1957 · Rooke Books

£149.00 (€178.60 | $196.85 | ¥31,425)

New York, Harper & Brothers, 1957 . First edition. Cloth. A first edition of the prizewinning debut novel of American author John Cheever, surrounding the eccentricities of the Wapshot Family. The first edition. In the publisher's price-clipped dust wrapper. The debut nov...

The Age-Old Kingdom

Sinbad [Aylward Edward Dingle] · 1947 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,036)

London, Hutchinson & Co. 1947 . First edition. Cloth. A scarce, first edition of this Lost Race adventure novel set in an Amazon kingdom ruled by a white queen, written by "Sinbad", or Aylward Edward Dingle. The first edition. Bound in the publisher's cloth, with the orig...

The Devil in Crystal

Louis Marlow · 1944 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,216)

London, Faber and Faber, 1944 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Louis Marlow's very scarce science-fiction novel set twenty-years in the protagonist's past, reliving parts of his life once more. The first edition. Very scarce work, with the particularly sc...

Where Men Have Walked

H. Henry Rhodes · 1909 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

Boston, The C. M. Clark Publishing Company, 1909. First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of this Lost Race sci-fi novel by H. Henry Rhodes, illustrated with a frontispiece. The first edition of this very scarce work, in a variant grey cloth binding.'Where Men...

The Last Link

Morice Gerard [John Jessop Teague] · 1911 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1911 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of this work of historical fiction by clergyman Morice Gerard, set in the late seventeenth century. The very scarce first edition, first impression of this novel.The work of clergyman and au...

Bodyguard and Four Other Short Novels from Galaxy

H. L. Gold [ed.]; Frederik Pohl [intro.] · 1960 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)

New York, Doubleday & Company, 1960 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this thrilling anthology of short science fiction novels, edited by prominent science fiction editor H. L. Gold, and in the original dust wrapper. The first edition thus, first printing, being the...

The Tragedy of Z: A Drury Lane Mystery

Barnaby Ross [Ellery Queen] · 1933 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

London, Cassell and Company, 1933 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first UK edition of this thrilling Ellery Queen mystery novel, published under the pseudonym Barnaby Ross. The scarce first UK edition, first impression, published in the same year as the true first edition p...

The Angelic Avengers

Pierre Andrezel [Karen Christenze von Blixen-Finecke] · 1947 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

New York, Random House, 1947. First edition. Cloth. A smart first US edition of this introspective novel from Pierre Andrezel, the pen name of Karen Christenze von Blixen-Finecke. First US edition. The author's only full-length novel. Written during the Second World War, ...

Oscar and Lucinda

Peter Carey · 1988 · Rooke Books

£54.00 (€64.73 | $71.34 | ¥11,389)

London, Faber and Faber, 1988. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first UK edition, first impression, of Peter Carey's award-winning novel, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first UK edition, first impression, of this work in the publisher's original clot...

Red Blades of Black Cathay

Robert E. Howard; Tevis Clyde Smith · 1971 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

Rhode Island , Donald M. Grant , 1971. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition of this fantasy short-story collection by Robert E. Howard and Tevis Clyde Smith. The first edition, first printing. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.A collection ...

The Poetical Works of Robert Herrick

Robert Herrick; F. W. Moorman [editor]; Percy Simpson [preface] · 1921 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)

London, Humphrey Milford: Oxford University Press, 1921. Leather. A smartly bound copy of this collection of poetry from seventeenth century English writer Robert Herrick. With a portrait frontispiece. The collected poetry of Robert Herrick, a 17th-century English lyric poet a...

Limits and Renewals

Rudyard Kipling · 1932 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1932. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this entertaining anthology of short stories and verses by Rudyard Kipling. First edition. A collection of short stories and poems including: 'Dayspring Mishandled', 'The Chu...

Scared Stiff: Tales of Sex and Death

Ramsey Campbell · 1987 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.72 | $77.95 | ¥12,443)

California , Scream Press, 1987. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this terrifying collection of short stories of sex and death from English horror writer Ramsey Campbell, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author with an inscription that reads "Al...

Theatre Programme from the Garrick Theatre: Money by Edward Bulwer Lytton

Edward Bulwer Lytton · 1894 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,709)

London, Miles & Co. c1894 . First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A very scarce programme from a performance of Edward Bulwer-Lytton's 'Money', which took place at The Garrick Theatre in 1894. A theatre programme presenting Edward Bulwer-Lytton's show 'Mon...