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Puppet on a Chain

Alistair Maclean · 1969 · Rooke Books

£29.99 (€35.95 | $39.62 | ¥6,327)

London, Collins, 1969. Cloth. A smart copy of this classic thriller by Alistair Maclean. Second impression of the first edition. Featuring an illustrated dustwrapper designed by Norman Weaver. "This story is Alistair Maclean at his enthralling best. It has edge-of-the-chair su...

Stage Fright

Christine Poulson · 2003 · Rooke Books

£29.99 (€35.95 | $39.62 | ¥6,327)

London, Robert Hale, 2003. First edition. Cloth. A signed copy of the first edition of this thriller novel from Christine Poulson, featuring her popular character, Cassandra James. Signed by the author to the title page. First edition, first printing. In a purple cloth binding...

Don&Apos;T Mess with Mrs in-between

Liz Evans · 2000 · Rooke Books

£36.99 (€44.34 | $48.87 | ¥7,804)

London, Orion, 2000. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this Grace Smith mystery novel by Liz Evans. Signed by the author to the title page. 'When Barbra Delaney comes into Grace Smith's office, looks her in the eye and announces, 'I'm filthy rich and...

Cressida: No Mystery

Mrs. Belloc Lowndes · 1928 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€407.54 | $449.19 | ¥71,729)

London, Heinemann, 1928. First edition. Cloth. A scarce, signed first edition copy of this mystery by Mrs. Belloc Lowndes. Taking place at a Christmas party at a country house and mostly recalls her previous work 'The Uttermost Farthing&apos. Includes an ink inscription b...

An Inside Job

Stella Allan · 1978 · Rooke Books

£39.99 (€47.93 | $52.83 | ¥8,437)

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1978. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this crime fiction novel by Stella Allan. Signed by the author to the front free-endpaper. In a black cloth binding with original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, very smart, with o...

The Web of Fire

Steve Voake · 2006 · Rooke Books

£34.99 (€41.94 | $46.23 | ¥7,382)

London, Faber and Faber, 2006. First edition. Cloth. The first printing of Steve Voake's sequel to his highly successful work, 'The Dreamwalker's Child&apos. Signed by Voake to the title page. In a black cloth binding with original unclipped dustwrapper. Externa...

Fatal Fortune

Marian Babson · 1987 · Rooke Books

£19.99 (€23.96 | $26.41 | ¥4,217)

London, The Crime Club , 1987. First edition. Cloth. A smart copy of this crime thriller from Marian Babson. First Crime Club edition. Featuring the original illustrated dustwrapper, designed by James Hobsley. "The whole thing teeters on the edge of farce, but attractively bit...

Accordion Crimes

E. Annie Proulx · 1996 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

New York, Scribner , 1996. First edition. Cloth. Number 731 of a limited edition of 2,500 copies, signed by the author Follows an accordion as it travels America, passing through the hands of a variety of different people. In a cloth binding with dustcover, with a protective p...

A Rag, a Bone and a Hank of Hair

Jonathan Gash · 1999 · Rooke Books

£71.99 (€86.29 | $95.11 | ¥15,188)

London, Macmillan, 1999. First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition of Jonathan Gash's A Rag, a Bone and a Hank of Hair. Bound in bule paper-covered boards with gilt lettering and an unclipped dust wrapper. First edition. Signed by author. John Grant (b.1933) is an Eng...

Carnival of Spies

Robert Moss · 1987 · Rooke Books

£29.99 (€35.95 | $39.62 | ¥6,327)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1987. First edition. Cloth. An author's presentation copy of this wartime spy thriller by Robert Moss. With an ink inscription to front blank addressed to Patrick, dated 1987. First edition. In a paper covered binding with original unclipped ...

Aphrodite in Aulis

George Moore · 1930 · Rooke Books

£89.99 (€107.87 | $118.89 | ¥18,985)

London, William Heinemann, 1930. First edition. Vellum. A signed limited edition of George Moore's Aphrodite in Aulis. Bound in vellum with gilt lettering and decoration and bevelled. A nice clean copy. First edition. Signed. Limited edition, number 305 of 1825. George Au...

The Brook Kerith a Syrian Story

George Moore · 1921 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

Edinburgh, T. Werner Laurie Ltd. 1921. Leather. A limited fifth-edition of George Moore's novel, first published 1916. With an ink dedication, consistent with other examples of the author's handwriting, under which is written in pencil "in George Moore's hand". ...

My Official Wife

Richard Henry Savage · 1892 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, George Routledge and Sons, 1892. Leather. A scarce copy of Richard Henry Savage's My Official Wife. In an attractive leather binding. Known for adventure books which were in keeping with his own somewhat daring and glamorous life as a military officer and writer i...

The Brook Kerith and Aphrodite in Aulis

George Moore · 1929 · Rooke Books

£440.00 (€527.41 | $581.30 | ¥92,826)

London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1929-30. First edition. Vellum. Two signed and limited edition works by George Moore. Both volumes signed by Moore. Aphrodite in Aulis is the first edition and number 820 of a limited 1825 run. The Brook Kerith is number 234 of a limited 375 copi...

A Volume of Handwritten Poetry by Fanny Crofton to Her Sister

Fanny [Crofton] · 1831 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

London, Handwritten, 1831. Leather. A volume of handwritten poetry by 'Fanny' to her sister Mary Crofton, dated 1831 from Cadogan Place in London. The poems are neatly written, sometimes in a portrait and sometimes a landscape orientation. They generally cover romant...

Grandma&Apos;S Attic Treasures: A Story of Old-Time Memories

Mary D Brine · 0 · Rooke Books

£23.00 (€27.57 | $30.39 | ¥4,852)

London, Griffith and Farran, c1881. Leather. A beautifully illustrated children's story, 'Grandma's Attic Treasures: A Story of Old-Time Memories' written by Mary D Brine. In a charming decorative leather binding, profusely illustrated throughout. With 37 i...

Reveries of a Bachelor

Ik Marvel [Donald Grant Mitchell] · 0 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, C. H. Clarke, c1853. Leather. A interesting work by the american author and essayist, Donald Grant Mitchell, illustrated throughout. Binder's label of Pring and Price to rear pastedown. Illustrated throughout with engraved plates. A work from American author, Dona...

Sesame and Lilies

John Ruskin · 1901 · Rooke Books

£38.99 (€46.74 | $51.51 | ¥8,226)

London, George Allen, 1901. Leather. An attractively bound pair of essays by critic and philanthropist, John Ruskin. Containing two lectures: Of King's Treasuries and Of Queen's Gardens. Fifty-fourth thousand in original form, with new preface. In an Allman's an...

The Poetical Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson

Alfred Lord Tennyson · 1919 · Rooke Books

£84.99 (€101.87 | $112.28 | ¥17,930)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1919. Leather. A scarce edition of this collection of the poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson. Bound by Bickers and Son (binder's ink stamp to verso of front free-endpaper). Heavily influenced by his poetic predecessors, in particular John Keats and th...

Poems by Thomas Gray

Thomas Gray · 1937 · Rooke Books

£39.99 (€47.93 | $52.83 | ¥8,437)

Eton, Riccardi Press Fount of the Medici Society Limited, 1937. Vellum. A collection of the poetry of Thomas Gray, privately printed by Eton College. Including a leaving gift dedication page. With many of Gray's famous odes, epitaphs, and elegies. In a vellum binding with...