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My Absolute Darling

Gabriel Tallent · 2017 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

London, 4th Estate , 2017. First edition. Cloth. A fine limited signed first UK edition of this debut novel by American author Gabriel Tallent. A limited edition of 750 numbered copies of the first UK edition, signed by the author. With the publisher's unclipped dust wra...

The Four-Gated City, Briefing for a Descent Into Hell, & the Fifth Child

Doris Lessing · 1969 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)

London, Macgibbon & Kee; Jonathan Cape, 1969-1988. First edition. Cloth. Three smart first edition novels from British writer Doris May Lessing. Three volumes. First edition. Written by Doris May Lessing, a British novelist who was awarded the 2007 Nobel Prize in Literature. I...

Dead Sweet

Katrin Juliusdottir; Quentin Bates [translator] · 2023 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

London, Orenda Books, 2023. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first English translation of this thrilling crime novel from Juliusdottir, signed by the author. First English translation. Signed by the author to the title page. Limited to one thousand five hundred numbered copi...

Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters, and, Seymour, an Introduction

J. D. Salinger · 1959 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)

Boston; Toronto, Little, Brown and Company, 1959. First edition. Cloth. A superb copy of these two popular novellas by J. D. Salinger, the third state of the first edition. The first edition, first printing, third state, with the dedication leaf tipped-in after the title page....

The Unfortunates

B. S. Johnson · 1969 · Rooke Books

£695.00 (€833.06 | $918.14 | ¥146,615)

London, Panther Books LTD; Secker & Warburg LTD, 1969. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of this fascinating unique experimental novel by B. S. Johnson, issued in twenty-seven sections compiled here in a random order. The first edition of this work.Signed by the autho...

There Is a Tide...

Agatha Christie · 1948 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.19 | $786.03 | ¥125,519)

New York, Dodd, Mead, and Company, 1948. First edition. Cloth. The first U.S. edition of this Poirot novel, known in the U.K. as 'Taken at the Flood&apos. The first U.S. edition, first printing. This U.S. edition preceded the U.K. first by seven months.In the original unc...

Parker Pyne Investigates

Agatha Christie · 1967 · Rooke Books

£795.00 (€952.92 | $1,050.24 | ¥167,711)

London, The Crime Club by Collins, 1967. Cloth. A smart copy of this dramatic collection of Christie's short stories, following her detective James Parker Pyne. In the original unclipped dust wrapper.'Parker Pyne Investigates' is a series of short stories featur...

The Mystery of the Blue Train

Agatha Christie · 1928 · Rooke Books

£4,500.00 (€5,393.89 | $5,944.77 | ¥949,306)

New York , Dodd, Mead and Company, 1928. First edition. Cloth. An exceptional copy of the first US edition of this early Christie, complete in a lovely example of the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first US edition, first impression, with no further impressions stated. F...

The Song Before It Is Sung; Return to Treasure Island; Imaginary Friend; Correspondents; High Vaultage

Justin Cartwright; Andrew Motion; Stephen Chbosky; Tim Murphy; Chris Sugden; Jen Sugden · 2007 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.05 | ¥50,630)

London, Bloomsbury; Jonathan Cape; Orion; Picador; Gollancz, 2007-2024. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition set spanning suspense, historical fiction, and speculative thrillers, signed by their respective authors, complete with the original unclipped dust wrappers. In...

The Headswoman

Kenneth Grahame · 1921 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.34 | ¥28,479)

London, John Lane, The Bodley Head , 1921 . First edition. Cloth. A lovely example of the first illustrated edition of Kenneth Grahame's charming tale, with illustrations from Marcia Lane Foster. Initially published in 1898, this is the first illustrated edition, with a f...

Luster

Raven Leilani · 2020 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

London, Picador, 2020 . First edition. Cloth. A fine example of the first UK edition of Raven Leilani's award winning debut novel, signed by the author to the title page. A signed first UK edition, first impression of this work, flat signed by the author.In the publisher&...

Farewell, Fond Dreams; Girl with Red Hair

Giles Gordon · 1974 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.79 | ¥37,972)

London, Hutchinson, 1974-1975. First edition. Cloth. Signed presentation copies of two works of literature from Giles Gordon, inscribed to celebrated publisher Carmen Callil. Two first editions, first impressions, in the publisher's original unclipped dust wrappers.With t...

Star over Bethlehem

Agatha Christie Mallowan · 1965 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, Collins, 1965 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of these charming Christianity themed short stories and poems by Agatha Christie, a festive work in a lovely condition. The first edition, first impression of this work.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.A sel...

The Iron Chest: A Play in Three Acts

George Colman the Younger · 1796 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Cadell and Davies, 1796. Leather. A scarce second edition of this play in three acts from British writer George Colman the Younger. Second edition. Scarce work. A play composed after the novel Things as They Are by William Godwin. A melodrama, following the villain is ...

Friendship&Apos;S Offering; and Winter&Apos;S Wreath: A Christmas and New Year&Apos;S Present, for 1838

Various · 1838 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.29 | ¥17,931)

London, Smith, Elder, & Co. 1838. Leather. A smartly bound copy of this literary annual for the year 1838, advertised as a Christmas and New Year present. With a frontispiece, engraved title page, and nine plates. Collated complete. A literary annual for the year 1838. Friends...

The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray

Thomas Gray · 1848 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

London, David Bogue, 1848. Cloth. A smart pocket-sized edition of this collection of the poetical works of English writer and classical scholar Thomas Gray. Pocket-sized. With a frontispiece. A collection of the poetry of Thomas Gray, an English poet, letter-writer, and classi...

Appendix. Evidences Relating to the Estates of Henry Smith Esquire, Sometime Alderman of the City of London

Joseph Gwilt · 1828 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.19 | $786.03 | ¥125,519)

London, George Woodfall, 1828. First edition. Leather. A very scarce account of the estates left behind by Henry Smith, by Joseph Gwilt, the author's own copy. A very scarce work, only twenty-five copies were printed.The author's own copy, with his bookplate to the f...

The Old English Baron: A Gothic Story

Clara Reeve · 1823 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.80 | $191.55 | ¥30,589)

Chiswick, Press of C. Whittingham, 1823 . Leather. A charming copy of the 1823 Chiswick Press edition of Clara Reeve"s pioneering Gothic novel, linking early supernatural fiction and the moral Gothic tradition. Bound in full-calf binding with gilt and blind stamping.The Old En...

Jeremy and Hamlet; Wintersmoon; Farthing Hall; All Souls&Apos; Night

Hugh Walpole; J. B. Priestley · 1923 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€407.54 | $449.16 | ¥71,725)

London, Cassell and Company; Macmillan & Co, 1923-1933 . First edition. Cloth. First edition of four early 20th century works of literature from prolific English novelist Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole, each in the original dust wrapper. First edition, first impressions of four work...

Brown on Resolution

C. S. Forester · 1946 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

London, John Lane The Bodley Head , 1946. Cloth. A pleasing copy of this WWI nautical novel from C. S. Forester, complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper. The fourth impression of the second edition. First published in 1929. With the publisher's original unclipp...