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Three Collins Crime Club Mystery Novels

Ross Macdonald; Torben Nielsen; Hartley Howard · 1976 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, Collins Crime Club, 1976. First edition. Cloth. Three thrilling mystery crime novels published by the Collins Crime Club, with novels by Ross Macdonald, Torben Nielsen, and Hartley Howard. The first editions of these works.Three mystery novels published by the Collins ...

A Botanist at Bay

John Sherwood · 1985 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Victor Gollancz LTD, 1985. First edition. Cloth. A fine first edition of the second Celia Grant novel, set in New Zealand, written by John Sherwood. The first edition of this work.In the original unclipped dustwrapper.'A Botanist at Bay' is a thriller novel, ...

A Selection of Eight Collins Crime Club

Various · 1978 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

London, Collins Crime Club, 1978-87. First edition. Cloth. A collection of eight first edition novels from the Collins Crime Club, a selection of exciting novels. The first editions of these works.A selection of eight novels from the Collins Crime Club, exciting mystery and th...

To Play the Fool the Moor

Laurie R. King · 1995 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, HarperCollins, 1995-8. First edition. Cloth. Fine first editions, first impressions, of two of Laurie R. King's thrilling detective mystery novels. The first edition, first impression, of this works.In the original unclipped dustwrappers.Two mystery novels by Laur...

A Clockwork Orange

Anthony Burgess · 1962 · Rooke Books

£7,500.00 (€8,989.94 | $9,908.55 | ¥1,582,267)

London, Heinemann , 1962. First edition. Cloth. A scarce, signed, first edition copy of Anthony Burgess' celebrated novel, his jeu d'espirit, 'A Clockwork Orange&apos. A first edition, first issue of this canonical novel. A novel known for its use of 'Nadsa...

Colonel Sun

Robert Markham; Kingsley Amis · 1968 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

New York, Harper & Row, 1968. First edition. Cloth. A very smart, first U.S edition of Kingsley Amis' celebrated James Bond continuation. Written under the pseudonym, 'Robert Markham&apos. The first U.S edition, published the same year as the U.K first edition.With t...

Now We Are Six

A A Milne · 1927 · Rooke Books

£1,750.00 (€2,097.65 | $2,311.99 | ¥369,196)

London, Methuen and Co, 1927. First edition. Fine Binding. A very bright, first edition copy of this famous poetry collection by the popular children's author A A Milne. Featuring his famous anthropomorphic character, Winnie the Pooh. Beautifully rebound, with a panel of ...

The Tale of Balen

Algernon Charles Swinburne · 1896 · Rooke Books

£440.00 (€527.41 | $581.30 | ¥92,826)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1896. First edition. Leather. A fine first edition of Algernon Charles Swinburne's Arthurian poem, in a fine morocco binding with a custom marbled paper slipcase. The first edition of this work. In a beautiful fine full morocco binding, in a cust...

A Scrapbook Relating to Emily Lawless and Edith Sichel

Emily Lawless; Edith Sichel; Evelyn de Vesci · 1913 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€898.99 | $990.85 | ¥158,227)

Not Stated, Not Stated, c1914. Leather. A unique charming scrapbook commemorating the lives and poetry of Emily Lawless and Edith Sichel, compiled by the Viscountess Evelyn de Vesci. A delightful scrapbook containing typed poems by Emily Lawless and Edith Sichel. Two short bi...

Uncollected Verses

Francis Thompson · 1917 · Rooke Books

£1,200.00 (€1,438.39 | $1,585.37 | ¥253,163)

London, Privately Printed, 1917. First edition. Paperback. A vanishingly scared collected of previously unpublished poems by Francis Thompson, one of only twenty-five copies. A limited edition work, limited to only twenty-five copies, of which this numbered ten.A collection of...

The Poetical Works of Henry W. Longfellow

Henry W Longfellow · 0 · Rooke Books

£58.00 (€69.52 | $76.63 | ¥12,236)

London, Ward Lock Bowden and Co, c1895. Leather. An attractively bound copy of the work of Henry Longfellow, illustrated throughout by Thomas Seccombe. Illustrated throughout, from drawings by Thomas Seccombe. Edited, with a critical memoir on Longfellow, by renowned scholar W...

The Yellow Birds

Kevin Powers · 2012 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Sceptre, 2012. Paperback. An uncorrected proof copy of this work of modern fiction by Kevin Powers. Uncorrected proof copy. In the original paper wraps. The Yellow Birds is the debut novel from Kevin Powers and is based upon Powers's own experiences in Iraq betwee...

Zulu Hart

Saul David · 2009 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 2009. First edition. Cloth. An excellent signed first edition copy of this work of historical fiction. Exclusive signed first edition, being number 71 of 100 copies.In the original unclipped pictorial dustwrapper.  Zulu Hart is a historical novel...

The Nizam&Apos;S Daughters

Allan Mallinson · 2000 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, Bantam Press, 2000. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of the second work in the Matthew Hervey series of novels. Signed by the author to the title page. First edition, first impression with complete numberline. Allan Mallinson is an English author and was an...

A Book of Golden Deeds

Charlotte Mary Yonge · 1874 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1874. Leather. A finely bound copy of Charlotte Mary Yonge's popular story collection. Illustrated, with a vignette title page. Prior owner's inscription to the verso of front endpaper, 'Allan E Hughes  Prize for Improvement of Genera...

The Monkey King

Timothy Mo · 1978 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

London, Andre Deutsch, 1978. First edition. Cloth. A fine, first edition copy of this award winning debut novel by Timothy Mo. In the publisher's original unclipped dustwrapper.'The Monkey King' was Mo's debut novel and won the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize...

Moortown

Ted Hughes · 1979 · Rooke Books

£200.00 (€239.73 | $264.23 | ¥42,194)

London, Faber and Faber, 1979. First edition. Cloth. A near fine first edition of Ted Hughes' poetry diary on life and work on a farm. The first edition of this work.In the original unclipped dustwrapper.'Moortown' is a poetical diary detailing everyday life liv...

Irenicon

Aidan Harte · 2012 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Jo Fletcher, 2012. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition, first impression of this work of modern fantasy writing, presented in the pictorial unclipped dustwrapper. Signed, dated and inscribed with a doodle of a flag by the author to the title page. The inscript...

The Voice of Liberty or a British Philippic a Poem in Miltonic Verse

Mark Akenside · 1738 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, J Chaney for A Dodd, 1738. First edition. Disbound. A very scarce, first edition copy of this poem by Mark Akenside under the pseudonym of 'Britannicus&apos. A very scarce first edition first state of this work. With 'lifts' spelled incorrectly as '...

Every Man in His Humour a Comedy Written by Ben Jonson

David Garrick · 1755 · Rooke Books

£4,900.00 (€5,873.43 | $6,473.58 | ¥1,033,748)

London, J and R Tonson, 1755. Leather. David Garrick's own copy of this Ben Jonson work he revived with adaptations in 1751. With manuscript additions by Garrick. 'Every Man in his Humour' was a 1598 play by Jonson which belongs in the sub-genre of the 'hum...