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Give the Little Corpse a Great Big Hand

George Bagby; Aaron Marc Stein · 1954 · Rooke Books

£59.99 (€71.91 | $79.26 | ¥12,656)

London, Macdonald, 1954. First edition. Cloth. A scarce copy of this mystery novel by George Bagby. One of the Schmidt novels, 'Give the Little Corpse a Great Big Hand' features Bagby himself as "the Watson to Schmidt's Holmes, following him on cases, and acting...

The Death of Daddy-O

David Alexander · 1960 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

Philadelphia , J. B. Lippincott Company, 1960. First edition. Cloth. A scarce copy of this mystery novel by David Alexander. Set in Manhattan, the novel follows Marty Land, Broadway's most brilliant criminal lawyer, as he endeavours to solve the complicated case of two si...

Coffin on Murder Street

Gwendoline Butler · 1991 · Rooke Books

£24.99 (€29.95 | $33.02 | ¥5,272)

London, Collins, 1991. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of 'Coffin on Murder Street' by Gwendoline Butler. An fascinating first edition copy of 'Coffin on Murder Street' by Gwendoline Butler (b. 1922, South London), this is part of the Inspector John...

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' ...

Twilight for the Gods

Ernest Gann · 1956 · Rooke Books

£14.99 (€17.97 | $19.80 | ¥3,162)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1956. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this Ernest Gann novel, described as, 'The story of a Captain, his ship and those who sailed in her.' Although many of his 21 best-selling novels show Gann"s devotion to aviation, others, in...

Ten Years Beyond Baker Street

Cay Van Ash · 1985 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Macdonald, 1985. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first UK edition of this Sherlock Holmes and Fu Manchu novel. Cay Van Ash (born 1918 in Sussex, England; died in Paris in April 1994) was a Professor of English Literature at Waseda University in Japan and a writer. Whils...

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...

Eggs, Beans and Crumpets

P. G. Wodehouse · 0 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Herbert Jenkins Limited, c1940. Cloth. The first edition of this anthology of short stories from P. G. Wodehouse. First edition, second printing. Including 'Bingo and the Peke Crisis', 'The Editor Regrets', 'Romance at Droitgate Sa' and ma...

Five Variations on a Theme

Edith Sitwell · 1933 · Rooke Books

£79.99 (€95.88 | $105.68 | ¥16,875)

London, Duckworth, 1933. First edition. Cloth. A volume of poetry by Dame Edith Louisa Sitwell DBE (7 September 1887 - 9 December 1964) who was a British poet and critic, eldest of the three literary Sitwells. First edition. Sitwell published poetry continuously from 1913, som...

The Time Stream

John Taine · 1946 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

Providence, Buffalo Book Company, 1946. First edition. Cloth. The first US Edition of this science fiction work. John Taine is a pseudonym for the mathematician and science fiction writer Eric Temple Bell. Temple Bell spent most of his life in America and published his non-fic...

A Damsel in Distress

P G Wodehouse · 0 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Herbert Jenkins, c1920. Cloth. A twenty first printing of this work by P G Wodehouse. A Damsel in Distress follows golf-loving composer George Bevan and is romantic pursuit of a mysterious young lady at a romantic rural manor. In a cloth binding. Externally smart. Some...

The Afghan

Frederick Forsyth · 2006 · Rooke Books

£29.00 (€34.76 | $38.31 | ¥6,118)

London, Bantam Press, 2006. First edition. Cloth. The first printing of this thriller novel by Frederick Forsyth. The Afghan can be seen as a sequel to The Fist of God, with the appearance of the Martin brothers. However, due to unexplained reasons, Forsyth rewrote the brother...

Adventures of Bindle and the Night Club

Herbert Jenkins · 0 · Rooke Books

£46.00 (€55.14 | $60.77 | ¥9,705)

London, Herbert Jenkins, c1930. Cloth. Two novels from Herbert Jenkins, featuring his popular, mischievous character, Bindle. Including: 'Adventures of Bindle' (twelfth printing, completeing 167,461 copies) and 'The Night Club' (twelfth printing, completing...

The End of the World News: An Entertainment

Anthony Burgess · 1982 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Hutchinson, 1982. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this novel by British author Anthony Burgess. This work is presented without chapter breaks and follows three storylines. The first storyline is Leon Trotsky on a journey to New York City shortly before the R...

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 ...

The Shadow in the Plate

Philip Pullman · 1986 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1986. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this novel by Philip Pullman. The second in the Sally Lockhart series of novels. Philip Pullman is an English writer and author of several best selling books, best known for his fantasy trilogy HIs...

Siegfried Sassoon a Critical Study

Michael Thorpe · 1966 · Rooke Books

£33.99 (€40.74 | $44.91 | ¥7,171)

London, Oxford University Press, 1966. Cloth. A study of the works of Siegfried Sassoon by Michael Thorpe. "This, the full length study of Mr Sassoon's writings, appears in his 80th year." "It is the work of one who has genuine sympathy with his subject even where he cann...

The Amnesia Clinic

James Scudamore · 2006 · Rooke Books

£19.99 (€23.96 | $26.41 | ¥4,217)

London, Harvill Secker, 2006. Paperback. The uncorrected proof copy of this novel set in Ecuador. The Amnesia Clinic won the 2007 Somerset Maugham Award and was shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award, the Commonwealth Writers' Prize, the Glen Dimplex Award and the Dy...

A Coat of Varnish

C. P. Snow · 1979 · Rooke Books

£28.00 (€33.56 | $36.99 | ¥5,907)

London, Macmillan, 1979. Paperback. An corrected proof of C.P. Snow's last novel. C. P. Snow returns to the theme of his first novel, 'Death Under Sail' in this tale of decadence and murder. Charles Percy Snow, Baron Snow, CBE was a novelist and English physical...

The Tunnel Mystery

J. C. Lenehan · 0 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.13 | ¥61,181)

London, Herbert Jenkins Limited, c1929. Cloth. A scarce copy of Lenehan's crime novel. Telling the tale of protagonist David Hyde, a diamond merchant, who is murdered whilst in possession of a £40,000 diamond necklace. Third printing. In a red cloth binding, with an uncl...