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Nine Chief Inspector Roger West Novels

John Creasey · 1945 · Rooke Books

£950.00 (€1,138.89 | $1,255.29 | ¥200,478)

London, Stanley Paul; Evan Brothers Limited; Hodder and Stoughton, 1945-58. First edition. Cloth. A scarce to see set of nine first edition novels by John Creasey, from his series featuring his popular and handsome Inspector Roger West. Nine first edition copies of the popular...

The Electric Torch

Ethel M. Dell · 1934 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

London, Cassell and Company, Limited, 1934. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon first edition copy of this brilliant novel on Anglo-Indian life by Ethel M. Dell, scarce to see, especially in the original dust wrapper. The first edition of this uncommon work.In the original uncli...

Men at Arms: A Novel

Evelyn Waugh · 1952 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Chapman & Hall, 1952. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of the first novel of Evelyn Waugh's Sword of Honour series, from the library of the son of Joyce Gill, his life-long friend. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth bin...

French Poets and Novelists

Henry James · 1878 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Macmillan, 1878 . First edition. Cloth. A very smart copy of the first edition of this fascinating work of literary criticism by Henry James. The first edition of this work, which was James's first work of literary criticism.Structured as a series of essays, the w...

Murder Most Foul

Gordon Ashe [John Creasey] · 1942 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)

London, John Long, 1942 . First edition. Cloth. A signed copy of the very scarce first edition of this murder mystery, the sixth novel in the Patrick Dawlish series. The first edition, first impression of this very scarce work.Written by John Creasey, under his pseudonym Gordo...

The Darling Buds of May

H. E. Bates · 2011 · Rooke Books

£47.00 (€56.35 | $62.10 | ¥9,918)

London, Folio Society ltd, 2011. First edition. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated copy of this well known work by H. E. Bates published by Folio Society. A first edition of the work published by Folio Society. First published in 1958 by Michael Joseph Ltd. This version is based...

Spy Story

Len Deighton · 1974 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1974. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of Len Deighton's thrilling novel Spy Story. First edition. A spy novel which features minor characters from Deighton's earlier novels 'The IPCRESS File', 'Funeral in Berlin&...

Reward for the Baron

Anthony Morton [John Creasey] · 1945 · Rooke Books

£33.00 (€39.56 | $43.60 | ¥6,964)

London, Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd, 1945. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this exciting novel featuring the Baron character. First edition. Dated from the British Library. Following the title character of the Baron, or John Mannering, as he recuperates from a se...

A Collection of Romance Novels

Joy Langton; Virginia Lintern; Roberta Leigh [Rita Lewin]; Anne Vinton; Albert Edward Ullman; Norah C. James; Max Shulman; Nan Sharpe; Vicki Baum · 1920 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.42 | $654.07 | ¥104,460)

London, Hutchinson; Wright & Brown Ltd.; Mills & Boon Limited; The Romance Book Club; Jarrolds; MacDonald & Co.; The Reprint Society; Ge, 1920-1961. First edition. Cloth. London: Hutchinson; Wright & Brown Ltd.; Mills & Boon Limited; The Romance Book Club; Jarrolds; MacDonald ...

Spears Against Us

Cecil Roberts · 0 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.83 | $191.60 | ¥30,599)

London, Hutchinson & Co. c1932. Cloth. A thrilling war novel from Roberts, with the scarce original unclipped dust wrapper. Sixty-third thousand. With the scarce original unclipped dust wrapper. Described as an epic war novel from Roberts, this piece follows a moving narrative...

Consider Her Ways & Others

John Wyndham · 1961 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

London, Michael Joseph, 1961. First edition. Cloth. A well presented first edition of this work comprised of six short stories by John Wyndham. A first edition of these works published together in this manner. Consider Her Ways was published originally in 1956. It has been rep...

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Spy

Len Deighton · 1976 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1976. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of Len Deighton's exciting spy novel. A first edition of the work, in smart, black cloth binding with the original unclipped dust wrapper and decorative endpapers. Len Deighton is a British aut...

A Scent of New-Mown Hay

John Blackburn · 1958 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

New York, M. S. Mill Company and William Morrow & Company, 1958. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this novel with themes of action, horror and emotion, by British novelist John Blackburn. A first edition of the work, in original publisher's yellow cloth bind...

The Doves of Venus; My Husband Cartwright; the Play Room

Olivia Manning · 1955 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

Melbourne; London, Heinemann, 1955-1969. First edition. Cloth. A three volume set comprising of The Doves of Venus, My Husband Cartwright and The Play Room by British novelist and poet Olivia Manning. This set is comprised of three first editions, all in original publisher&apo...

Hotel Du Lac

Anita Brookner · 1984 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1984. First edition. Cloth. A first edition, first impression of Anita Brookner's award-winning novel, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped...

A Floating City, and the Blockade Runners

Jules Verne · 1875 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, Sampson Low, Marston, Low, & Searle, 1875 . Cloth. The second English language edition of these two thrilling tales from Jules Verne. Illustrated throughout, and in the publisher's decorative pictorial cloth. The second English language edition of this work, publi...

Three Women in One Boat: A River Sketch

Constance MacEwen · 1891 · Rooke Books

£950.00 (€1,138.89 | $1,255.29 | ¥200,478)

London, F.V. White & Co, 1891 . First edition. Paperback. The first edition of Constance Gardner's vanishingly scarce all-female retelling of Jerome K. Jerome's 'Three Men in a Boat&apos. The first edition of this very scarce work.Published in 1889, this was one...

A Tangled Web

Nicholas Blake · 1956 · Rooke Books

£52.00 (€62.34 | $68.71 | ¥10,974)

London, Collins, 1956. First edition. Cloth. A First Edition copy of Nicholas Blake's crime thriller. This is a First Edition copy of the work in original publisher's black cloth binding with original unclipped Dust Wrapper. Nicholas Blake was the pseudonym of Cecil ...

A Plunge Into Space

Robert Cromie; Jules Verne · 1891 · Rooke Books

£345.00 (€413.60 | $455.87 | ¥72,805)

London, Frederick Warne and Co, [1891]. Cloth. The second edition of Robert Cromie's famous Utopian novel, this second edition with a preface by Jules Verne, and a frontispiece. The second edition, with a preface by Jules Verne.This issue without preliminary leaves, the f...

Possessed

Jack Woodford · 1946 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

New York, The Woodford Press, 1946 . First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of Jack Woodford's thrilling novel about a young woman who fears she may be possessed. The first edition of this work, in the vibrantly illustrated publisher's original dust wrapper. Fl...