Letteratura

Loser&Apos;S Blues

Paula Gosling · 1980 · Rooke Books

£57.99 (€69.51 | $76.61 | ¥12,234)

London, Macmillan, 1980. First edition. Cloth. A first edition crime novel by Paula Gosling. Paula Gosling (born 1939) is a US-born crime writer. She has lived in the UK since the 1960s. Gosling started her writing career as a copy-writer. She published her first novel, '...

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...

Second Thoughts

M. R. Ridley · 1965 · Rooke Books

£19.99 (€23.96 | $26.41 | ¥4,217)

London, J. M. Dent, 1965. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this collection of literary essays. Including a study of John Buchan as a 'misrated author', an exploration of the works of John Webster, and others. In a green cloth binding with clipped dustwrapper....

The Horse with My Name

Colin Bateman · 2002 · Rooke Books

£16.99 (€20.37 | $22.45 | ¥3,584)

London, Headline, 2002. First edition. Disbound. 'The Horse With My Name' is the fifth novel of the Dan Starkey series by Northern Irish author, Colin Bateman. Bateman wrote the novel while staying at the Fairyhouse Racecourse in County Meath. First edition, first im...

The King&Apos;S Indian

John Gardner · 1974 · Rooke Books

£27.00 (€32.36 | $35.67 | ¥5,696)

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1974. Cloth. A hardback copy of John Gardner's collection of short stories, 'The King's Indian&apos. Exploring the vehicular potential of literary form, the stories express complex emotions through artistic vision. With black and white...

A Cannibal in Manhattan

Tama Janowitz · 1987 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

New York, Crown Publishers, 1987. First edition. Cloth. Tama Janowitz's satirical take on Voltaire's 'Candide&apos. A cannibal from a foreign island is dragged away from his home and into Manhattan, only to find he's the toast of society. A first edition. I...

Maybe a Story

Lillian Hellman · 1980 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Boston, Little Brown, 1980. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this novel by Lillian Hellman. 'Maybe' is often read alongside Hellman's memoirs. Although the novel was released as fiction, it contains herself, Hammett and other real people as characters....

The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner

Alan Sillitoe · 1959 · Rooke Books

£230.00 (€275.69 | $303.86 | ¥48,523)

London, W. H. Allen, 1959. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this collection of short stories from Alan Sillitoe. The work focuses on Smith, a poor Nottingham teenager from a dismal home in a working class area, who has bleak prospects in life and few interests beyond p...

Vanderlyn&Apos;S Kingdom

James McClure · 1967 · Rooke Books

£89.99 (€107.87 | $118.89 | ¥18,985)

London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1967. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon copy of Jame McClure's thrilling work of crime fiction. First edition. Review copy; with the publisher's compliments slip addressed to the Editor loosely inserted into the front of the work. In the ...

The World of Violence

Colin Wilson · 1963 · Rooke Books

£49.99 (€59.92 | $66.04 | ¥10,546)

London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1963. First edition. Cloth. A thrilling work of crime fiction, being Colin Wilson's third novel. First edition. Described as "surely a sign-post to a distinguished career as a novelist." In the original cloth binding with the original clipped ...

Death in Willow Pattern

W. J. Burley · 1969 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1969. First edition. Cloth. A thrilling crime novel from W. J. Burley, being his third classic detective story. First edition. Featuring the original dustwrapper. In the original cloth binding with the original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, cl...

The Raphael Affair

Iain Pears · 1990 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1990. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this Jonathan Argyll art history mystery. Iain Pears (born in 1955) is an English art historian, novelist and journalist. His well-known novel series features Jonathan Argyll, art historian, though int...

Deadline

John Dunning · 1982 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.20 | $786.08 | ¥125,527)

London, Victor Gollancz, 1982. First edition. Cloth. A first UK edition of this novel by John Dunning. "A new talent from America cannily combines some highly unusual suspense elements in a novel that is at once fresh, original & unputdownable." John Dunning (born January 9, 1...

Kyd for Hire a Crime Novel

Hyde Harris · 1977 · Rooke Books

£64.99 (€77.90 | $85.86 | ¥13,711)

London, Victor Gollancz, 1977. First edition. Cloth. A first edition crime novel by Hyde Harris. "The first book in a new series by an author who deliberately invites comparison with Dashiel Hammett & Raymond Chandler." Timothy Hyde Harris (born July 21, 1946) is an American a...

A World of Strangers

Nadine Gordimer · 1958 · Rooke Books

£79.99 (€95.88 | $105.68 | ¥16,875)

London, Victor Gollancz, 1958. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this controversial novel, which was banned for twelve years in Gordimer's native South Africa. Nadine Gordimer (born 20 November 1923) is a South African writer, political activist and recipient of th...

Songs of Childhood

Walter de la Mare · 1956 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London , Faber and Faber, 1956. Cloth. A collection of 'Songs of Childhood' by Walter de la Mare. With decorations by Marion Rivers-Moore. Walter John de la Mare, OM, CH (25 April 1873 - 22 June 1956) was an English poet, short story writer and novelist. He is probab...

Vixen 03

Clive Cussler · 1978 · Rooke Books

£79.99 (€95.88 | $105.68 | ¥16,875)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1978. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this adventure novel from Clive Cussler, featuring his popular protagonist Dirk Pitt. In 1954 Vixen 03, a top-secret flight bound for the military"s testing grounds in the South Pacific, crashes and i...

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...

The Chelsea Girl Murders

Sparkle Hayter · 2000 · Rooke Books

£47.99 (€57.52 | $63.40 | ¥10,124)

Harpenden , No Exist Press, 2000. First edition. Cloth. 'The funniest thing to come out of Canada since the moose.' - Red Comedienne Sparkle Hayter's foray into writing sees TV anchorwoman Robin Hudson and her cat vacate their New York home for a famous bohemian...