Letteratura

Two Thyrdes

Bertie Denham · 1983 · Rooke Books

£79.99 (€95.88 | $105.68 | ¥16,875)

London, Ross Anderson Publications, 1983. First edition. Cloth. A smart copy of this fast-paced fictional work set in wartime London. First edition. Neatly signed by the author to the verso of the half title. Featuring the original photographic unclipped dustwrapper, designed ...

Bird

Jane Adams · 1997 · Rooke Books

£39.99 (€47.93 | $52.83 | ¥8,437)

London, Macmillan , 1997. First edition. Cloth. A smart copy of this haunting suspense novel, being the third thriller from Jane Adams. First edition. Neatly signed by the author to the title page, dated 19.09.97. Featuring the original photographic unclipped dustwrapper, desi...

A Hall of Mirrors

Robert Stone · 1968 · Rooke Books

£475.00 (€569.36 | $627.54 | ¥100,210)

London, The Bodley Head, 1968. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of the first novel from Robert Stone, which went on to win the William Faulkner Foundation Award and many others. Signed by the author to the title page. His best known work is characterised by action-tinged ...

Face to Face

Nadine Gordimer · 1949 · Rooke Books

£800.00 (€958.93 | $1,056.91 | ¥168,775)

Johannesburg , Silver Leaf Books, 1949. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this work of short stories by Nadine Gordimer. The first edition of this collection of short stories by South African author, Nadine Gordimer, which has been signed by the author to the title pa...

A Regimental Affair

Allan Mallinson · 2001 · Rooke Books

£64.00 (€76.71 | $84.55 | ¥13,502)

London, Bantam Press, 2001. First edition. Cloth. This is a signed first edition of this work by Allan Mallinson. Allan Mallinson is an English author and was an officer in the British Army. He is best known for writing a series of novels chronicling the fictional life of Matt...

A Family Madness

Thomas Keneally · 1985 · Rooke Books

£44.99 (€53.93 | $59.44 | ¥9,491)

London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1985. First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first printing of Thomas Keneally's novel The Family Madness. The first edition of this work. Signed by the author to the title page. Thomas Keneally is an Australian author, who is best known for ...

Toward Asmara

Thomas Keneally · 1989 · Rooke Books

£59.99 (€71.91 | $79.26 | ¥12,656)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1989. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this novel set in Africa by Thomas Keneally. Signed by the author to the title page. Thomas Michael Keneally (born 7 October 1935) is an Australian novelist, playwright and author of non-fictio...

Some Die Eloquent

Catherine Aird · 1980 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

New York, The Crime Club by Doubleday and Company, 1980. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this novel by Catherine Aird. Catherine Aird is the pseudonym of novelist Kinn Hamilton Mcintosh, the author of more than twenty crime fiction novels. Signed by author as &...

Prescription for Murder

David Williams · 1990 · Rooke Books

£47.99 (€57.52 | $63.40 | ¥10,124)

London, MacMillan, 1990. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of the intriguing novel by David Williams and signed by the author. David Williams (June 1926 – September 2003) was an advertising executive who became a crime writer after suffering a stroke. Williams' ...

The Green Man

Kingsley Amis · 1969 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1969. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of Kingsley Amis' only foray into supernatural horror. Featuring the original illustrated dustwrapper designed by Colin Andrews. A Times Literary Supplement reviewer described The Green Man as "three genre...

Lestrade and the Guardian Angle and Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus

M. J. Trow · 1990 · Rooke Books

£37.99 (€45.54 | $50.19 | ¥8,015)

London, Constable and Company , 1990 - 1995. First edition. Cloth. A collection of first editions featuring Doyle's famous fictional Scotland Yard inspector, Inspector G. Lestrade. Featuring the original illustrated dustwrappers, designed by Splash Studio and illustrated ...

A Stronger Climate

R Prawer Jhabvala · 1968 · Rooke Books

£68.00 (€81.51 | $89.84 | ¥14,346)

London, John Murray, 1968. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this short story collection by R Prawer Jhabvala. First edition. Signed by the author to the title page. Ruth Prawer Jhabvala was a German-born British and American Booker prize winning novelist. This w...

Black Tide

Caroline Carver · 2004 · Rooke Books

£39.99 (€47.93 | $52.83 | ¥8,437)

London, Orion, 2004. First edition. Cloth. An excellent copy of this crime thriller by Caroline Carver. Title page signed by the author. First edition. Caroline (CJ) Carver was born and brought up in the UK before moving to Australia where she lived for ten years. She worked i...

Bird Cloud

Annie Proulx · 2011 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

New York, Scribner, 2011. First edition. Cloth. A first printing of this autobiographical story of the construction of a house in the Wyoming wetlands. Signed by Proulx to the title page. Edna Ann Proulx is an American novelist, short story writer, and journalist. She has writ...

The Fire-Eaters

David Almond · 2003 · Rooke Books

£53.00 (€63.53 | $70.02 | ¥11,181)

London, Hodder Children's Books, 2003. First edition. Cloth. The first printing of this children's fantasy novel from David Almond. Signed by the author to the title page. "Once in a while a book comes along that takes over your head and your heart. David Almond&apos...

Undercurrents

Frances Fyfield · 2000 · Rooke Books

£29.99 (€35.95 | $39.62 | ¥6,327)

London, Little, Brown and Company, 2000. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this romantic thriller from Frances Fyfield. Neatly signed by the author to the title page. Featuring the original unclipped photographic dustwrapper. Gary J. McCallum noted in the Armchair...

The Cry of the Go-Away Bird

Andrea Eames · 2011 · Rooke Books

£23.99 (€28.76 | $31.69 | ¥5,061)

London, Harvill Secker, 2011. First edition. Cloth. A first edition, first printing of Andrea Eames's first novel. "The Cry of the go-Away Bird follows Elise as she attempts to make sense of her place in the world while her family struggles to stay afloat in the collapsin...

The Resurrectionists

Michael Collins · 2002 · Rooke Books

£49.99 (€59.92 | $66.04 | ¥10,546)

London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson , 2002. Cloth. An uncorrected proof copy of this thriller from Michael Collins. Featuring the original unclipped dustwrapper, designed by Scott Wishart. "Brilliant and unsettling, this story of the unquiet dead from the prize-winning Irish autho...

Feeling Bad

Penny Kline · 1994 · Rooke Books

£29.99 (€35.95 | $39.62 | ¥6,327)

London, Macmillan, 1994. First edition. Cloth. A signed copy of this psychological thriller by Penny Kline. First edition. The second novel in Kline's Bristol-based Anna McColl series. In a paper covered binding with original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, lovely cond...

Killing Shadows

Val McDermid · 2000 · Rooke Books

£44.99 (€53.93 | $59.44 | ¥9,491)

London, Harper Collins, 2000. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this crime novel about a killer who targets crime writers. Inscribed by the author to the title page: 'To Liz, looking forward to seeing you between the covers! All the best, Val McDermid.'...