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Sweet Tooth Saturday

Ian McEwan · 2005 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Jonathan Cape, 2005-2012. First edition. Cloth. Two fine first edition, first impression signed novels by Ian McEwan in the original unclipped dust wrappers, signed by the author to the title pages. In the original unclipped dust wrappers. Signed by the author to the t...

Centurion

Simon Scarrow · 2007 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Headline, 2007 . First edition. Cloth. A very smart signed and inscribed first edition copy of book eight in the acclaimed Eagles of the Empire series by Simon Scarrow. The first edition.Signed and inscribed by the author to the title page.In the publisher's orig...

The Novels of Jane Austen

Jane Austen · 1898 · Rooke Books

£1,800.00 (€2,157.59 | $2,378.05 | ¥379,744)

London, Grant Richards, 1898. First edition. Leather. Complete in ten volumes, this is the first Winchester edition of the works of Jane Austen, in half calf signed bindings by Bickers. The first Winchester Edition of Austen's novels, complete in ten volumes.Uniformly bou...

The Works of J.M. Barrie

J. M. Barrie · 1913 · Rooke Books

£775.00 (€928.96 | $1,023.88 | ¥163,501)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1913. Cloth. A ten volume set of the works of J. M. Barrie. The Kirriemuir edition, complete in ten volumes. Limited to 1000 copies of which this is number 63 signed by the publisher and printer. Very scarce in original slipcases. Volumes are: 1. ...

An Angel in Australia

Thomas Keneally · 2002 · Rooke Books

£49.99 (€59.92 | $66.04 | ¥10,546)

Sydney , Doubleday, 2002. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of Thomas Keneally's 'An Angel in Australia&apos. Neatly signed by the author to the title page. "A story of a catholic priest in Sydney during the second world war and the dilemma posed by the confessio...

Tough Guys Don&Apos;T Dance

Norman Mailer · 1984 · Rooke Books

£39.99 (€47.93 | $52.83 | ¥8,437)

London, Michael Joseph , 1984. First edition. Cloth. This first edition dramatic murder mystery explores sexuality, power, and the soul of 21st century man. "'Tough Guys Don't Dance' is a brilliant and disturbing tour de force in which the sexual power game at i...

Lake of Dead Languages

Carol Goodman · 2002 · Rooke Books

£24.99 (€29.95 | $33.02 | ¥5,272)

New York, Ballantine Books, 2002. First edition. Cloth. The first printing of this dark tale from Carol Goodman. Signed by the author to the title page. Jane Hudson left the Heart Lake School for Girls after the mysterious suicide of her roommates. Now, 20 years later, she is ...

Burn Marks

Sara Paretsky · 1990 · Rooke Books

£49.99 (€59.92 | $66.04 | ¥10,546)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1990. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of 'Burn Marks' by Sara Paretsky. Signed by the author to the title page. "Burn Marks confirms Sara Paretsky as a mistress of the contemporary crime novel, in a class with P.D. James and Ruth...

Tales I Told My Mother

Robert Nye · 1969 · Rooke Books

£59.99 (€71.91 | $79.26 | ¥12,656)

London, Calder and Boyars , 1969. First edition. Cloth. A charming collection of fictional stories which was awarded the James Kennaway Memorial Award. First edition signed by the author in Edinburgh on the 22nd November 1969. Robert Nye was an author who is possibly best know...

A Small Sacrifice

Ellen Hart · 1994 · Rooke Books

£19.99 (€23.96 | $26.41 | ¥4,217)

London, Seal Press, 1994. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of Ellen Hart's fifth murder mystery in her Jane Lawless series. Neatly signed by the author to the title page. Featuring the original illustrated dustwrapper. Winner of the Lambda Literary Award, and M...

Company of Spears the Sabre&Apos;S Edge an Act of Courage Man of War

Allan Mallinson · 2003 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, Bantam Press, 2003 - 2007. First edition. Cloth. This is a four volume set of signed first editions of this selected works by Allan Mallinson. All volumes signed by Mallinson to the title page. Allan Mallinson is an English author and was an officer in the British Army...

Kill Me

Bill James · 2000 · Rooke Books

£34.99 (€41.94 | $46.23 | ¥7,382)

London, Macmillan, 2000. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of Bill James' seventeenth crime thriller in his Harpur and Iles' mystery series. Uncommonly signed by the author to the title page. Featuring the original unclipped photographic dustwrapper, design...

Threatening Eye

Lesley Grant-Adamson · 1988 · Rooke Books

£28.99 (€34.75 | $38.30 | ¥6,116)

London, Faber & Faber, 1988. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this clever thriller, 'Threatening Eye', by Lesley Grant-Adamson. A tragedy draws the life of two men together; one restless as he awaits the shame which will surely follow if and when the p...

Off the Record Including William Mcshakespeare and Judgement Day and the Bird and Toad in the Stalls and Mr Christmas Strikes Back and the Commissar

Guy Morgan · 1960 · Rooke Books

£200.00 (€239.73 | $264.23 | ¥42,194)

London, The Merrythough Press, 1960-1962. First edition. Paperback. A handsome first edition of Guy Morgan's Off the Record. With 6 frontispieces each created by a different artist: John Worsley, Cecil Gill, John Tribe, Maureen Roffey, Jane Brown, and Bernard Lodge. An au...

My Son&Apos;S Story

Nadine Gordimer · 1990 · Rooke Books

£79.99 (€95.88 | $105.68 | ¥16,875)

London, Bloomsbury, 1990. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this family story set in South Africa by Nadine Gordimer. Signed by Gordimer to the title page. In a blue cloth binding with original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, very smart. Dustwrapper is smart, with ...

Jungle of Steel and Stone

George C. Chesbro · 1988 · Rooke Books

£28.99 (€34.75 | $38.30 | ¥6,116)

New York, The Mysterious Press, 1988. First edition. Cloth. The first US edition of this adventure novel by George C. Chesbro. First edition, first printing. Signed by the author to the front free-endpaper. In a cloth binding with paper-covered boards and original unclipped du...

The Lies of Fair Ladies a Lovejoy Novel

Jonathan Gash · 1992 · Rooke Books

£39.99 (€47.93 | $52.83 | ¥8,437)

London, Random Century Group, 1992. First edition. Cloth. A charming, signed first edition of this Lovejoy adventure. That scruffiest of antiques dealers has a new apprentice - the debonair Mrs. Luna Carstairs - but as he guides his charge through the minefield world of antiqu...

When We Were Romans

Matthew Kneale · 2007 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Picador, 2007. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of Matthew Kneale's 2007 novel When We Were Romans. The title page includes a personalised dedication from the author in black ink. Matthew Kneale is a bestselling author, whose previous work includes Eng...

Moral Gallantry: A Discourse, Addressed to the Nobility and Gentry of Great Britain

Sir George Mackenzie · 1821 · Rooke Books

£58.00 (€69.52 | $76.63 | ¥12,236)

London, T Hamilton, 1821. Leather. A scarce edition of Moral Gallantry: a Discourse by the Late Sir George Mackenzie, or Rosehaugh, Advocate to King Charles II and King James VII. With other essays, intimately connected with the Subject. With a dedication to the Nobility and G...

The Union, or Select Scots and English Poems

[Thomas Warton] (Editor) · 1759 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.75 | $244.41 | ¥39,029)

London, R Baldwin, 1759. Leather. A compilation of several famous Scottish and English poets With works of many poets such as Tobias Smollett and James Hammond. Direct from the Regency library of Elizabeth Greenly, later Lady Elizabeth Coffin Greenly. Elizabeth Greenly, born a...