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Ariadne and the Bull

Eleanor Farjeon · 1945 · Rooke Books

£39.99 (€47.93 | $52.83 | ¥8,437)

London, Michael Joseph, 1945. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this novel by Eleanor Farjeon. With an interesting publisher's note to front stating the book was produced in compliance with the War Economy Standard. Printed on 208 pages instead of the 352 a book of...

Offshore

Penelope Fitzgerald · 1979 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, Collins, 1979. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this Booker Prize-winning novel from Penelope Fitzgerald. It recalls Fitzgerald's time spent on boats in Battersea by the Thames. The novel centralises around the idea of liminality, expanding upon it to in...

Gimpel the Fool and Other Tales

Isaac Bashevis Singer · 1957 · Rooke Books

£255.00 (€305.66 | $336.89 | ¥53,797)

London, Peter Owen Limited, 1957. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this collection of short stories from Isaac Bashevis Singer. Including tales such as 'The Wife Killer', 'Joy', 'The Old Man' and many others. Isaac Bashevis Singer was a Po...

Unconditional Surrender the Conclusion of Men at Arms and Officers and Gentlemen

Evelyn Waugh · 1961 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Chapman and Hall, 1961. First edition. Cloth. 'Unconditional Surrender: The Conclusion of Men at Arms and Officers and Gentlemen', is the last of Waugh's war novel trilogy, 'Sword of Honour&apos. In original unclipped dustwrapper. First edition. Art...

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...

Death out of Season

Meg Elizabeth Atkins · 2001 · Rooke Books

£15.99 (€19.17 | $21.13 | ¥3,373)

London, Constable, 2001. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this mystery novel from Meg Elizabeth Atkins. 'Jaynie Turner, divorced, beautiful, bossy and widely loathed, announces to anyone who cares to listen that she is doing historical research into the village of...

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...

The Case of the Philosophers&Apos; Ring by Dr. John H. Watson

Randall Collins · 1980 · Rooke Books

£24.99 (€29.95 | $33.02 | ¥5,272)

Brighton , Harvester, 1980. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this Sherlock Holmes novel by Randall Collins. First UK edition. Randall Collins is an American sociologist who has been influential in both his teaching and writing. He has taught in many notable universit...

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...

Cyanide Wells the Dangerous Hour Wolf in the Shadows Cape Perdido While Other People Sleep Vanishing Point Dead Midnight the Ever-Running Man Time of the Wolves

Marcia Muller · 1993 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

New York; Waterville, The Mysterious Press; Warner Books; Five Star, 1993-2007. First edition. Cloth. A collection of Marcia Muller First Editions; five of them featuring Sharon McCone, two in the Cape Perdio series and one a collection of stories. Marcia Muller (b.1944) is an...

A Little Stranger

Candia McWilliam · 1989 · Rooke Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

London, Bloomsbury Publishing Ltd. 1989. First edition. Cloth. Candia McWilliam's second novel. A Little Stranger won a Scottish Arts council book award. The first edition of this novel. The flyleaf describes this work as 'a subtle parable of domestic horror.' C...

Five Variations on a Theme

Edith Sitwell · 1933 · Rooke Books

£59.99 (€71.91 | $79.26 | ¥12,656)

London, Duckworth, 1933. First edition. Cloth. A volume of poetry by Edith Sitwell (1887 - 1964) who was a British poet and critic. First edition. Published by independent British Publisher Duckworth, founded in 1898 by Gerald Duckworth. Important in the development of English...

The Understudy

Elia Kazan · 1975 · Rooke Books

£24.99 (€29.95 | $33.02 | ¥5,272)

London, Collins, 1975. First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of this work by Ella Kazan Elia Kazan (1909 – 2003) was an American film and Theatre director and producer. In a cloth binding with original price clipped dustwrapper. Externally, in lovely condition. Dustwrapp...

Assorted Prose

John Updike · 1965 · Rooke Books

£69.99 (€83.89 | $92.47 | ¥14,766)

London, Andre Deutsch, 1965. First edition. Cloth. The first collected edition of these critical essays and reviews by John Updike. Including Confessions of a Wild Bore, The Lucid Eye in Silvertown and many more. In a red cloth binding with original unclipped dustwrapper. Exte...

The Day of the Donkey Derby

Joan Fleming · 1978 · Rooke Books

£39.99 (€47.93 | $52.83 | ¥8,437)

London, Collins, 1978. First edition. Cloth. fascinating first edition of 'The Day of the Donkey Derby' by Joan Fleming Joan Fleming was a British writer of crime and thriller novels, best known for When I Grow Rich (1962) and Young Man I Think You're Dying (197...

The Last Encounter

Robin Maugham · 1972 · Rooke Books

£27.00 (€32.36 | $35.67 | ¥5,696)

London, McGraw Hill Book Company, 1972. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of Maugham's novel based on the life and questions surrounding Gordon of Khartoum. Robin Maugham, 2nd Viscount (1916-1981) was a British author and nephew of the acclaimed William Somerset Maugh...

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 Poisoning in the Pub

Simon Brett · 2009 · Rooke Books

£19.99 (€23.96 | $26.41 | ¥4,217)

London, Macmillan, 2009. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this crime novel by Simon Brett 'When one of the staff of the Crown and Anchor is found in the kitchen of the pub with a knife through his heart, Carole and Jude, residents of Fethering, swing into ac...