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The Thirty-Nine Steps

John Buchan · 1915 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1915 . First edition. Cloth. The second impression of John Buchan's celebrated espionage thriller, the first of his Richard Hannay novels. The second impression of the first edition of this work.Originally serialised in Bl...

The Thirty-Nine Steps

John Buchan · 1915 · Rooke Books

£1,995.00 (€2,391.32 | $2,635.67 | ¥420,883)

Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1915 . First edition. Cloth. A bright example of the first edition, first impression of John Buchan's celebrated espionage thriller. The first edition, first impression.Originally serialised in Blackwood's Magazine, &...

Injury Time

Beryl Bainbridge · 1977 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Duckworth, 1977. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Beryl Bainbridge's award winning novel, in the original dust wrapper and the vanishingly scarce wrap around band. The first edition, first impression. In the publisher's original cloth with the orig...

Human Shows Far Phantasies, and Late Lyrics and Earlier

Thomas Hardy · 1922 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1922-5. First edition. Cloth. Two excellent first edition collections of poetry from the renowned Thomas Hardy. The first editions. A two volume set. Two collections of poetry from Thomas Hardy Thomas an English novelist and poet who wrote ...

Faerie Wars

Herbie Brennan · 2003 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Bloomsbury, 2003. First edition. Hardback. A signed first impression of 'Faerie Wars', the first book in James Brennan's gripping young adult fantasy series. Signed by the author to the title page. The first edition, first impression. With the publishe...

Shadowmancer; Wormwood

G. P. Taylor · 2003 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

London, Faber and Faber , 2003-2004. First edition. Cloth. A lovely signed set of G. P. Taylor's popular fantasy adventure novels, including both the paperback and hardback first editions. The first trade edition, first impression of 'Shadowmancer', preceded by ...

The Hedge Witch; the Fascination

Cari Thomas; Essie Fox · 2022 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

London, HarperVoyager; Orenda Books, 2022-2023. First edition. Cloth. A beautiful pair of signed limited editions, including a 'Threadneedle' novella from Cari Thomas and a gothic novel from Essie Fox. Both copies are limited numbered signed editions. Complete with ...

Angela Carter&Apos;S Book of Fairy Tales

Angela Carter · 2005 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Virago Press, 2005. Cloth. An excellent illustrated anthology of Angela Carter's fairy tales, this copy previously owned by her publisher and close friend, Carmen Callil. The first of this collection, comprising stories brought together from two previous collectio...

Chronicles of Ancient Darkness

Michelle Paver · 2004 · Rooke Books

£370.00 (€443.50 | $488.82 | ¥78,059)

London, Orion, 2004-2020. First edition. Cloth. A very smart six volume set from Paver's Chronicles of Ancient Darkness series, signed by the author. Six volumes. First edition, first impression. Signed by the author. Written by Michelle Paver, a British novelist best kno...

A Clock of Stars: The Shadow Moth & Beyond the Mountains

Francesca Gibbons · 2020 · Rooke Books

£56.00 (€67.12 | $73.98 | ¥11,814)

London, HarperCollins Publishers, 2020-2021. First edition. Cloth. Two excellent first edition volumes from the A Clock of Stars Series by British author Francesca Gibbons, signed by the author. Two volumes. First edition, first impression. Signed by the author. Each volume ha...

Wild and Wicked Things

Francesca May · 2022 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Orbit, 2022. First edition. Cloth. A very pleasing first edition, first impression of this dark magic romance novel from English author Francesca May, signed by the author. First UK edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. Limited to two thous...

Ink Blood Sister Scribe

Emma Torzs · 2023 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Century, 2023. First edition. Cloth. A very smart limited edition of this thrilling novel from American writer Emma Torzs, signed by the author. First UK edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. Limited to two thousand numbered copies, of whic...

A Good Enough Mother

Bev Thomas · 2019 · Rooke Books

£69.00 (€82.71 | $91.16 | ¥14,557)

London, Faber and Faber, 2019. First edition. Cloth. A very pleasing first edition of this thrilling novel from British crime writer Bev Thomas, signed by the author. First edition, first impression. One of six hundred exclusive signed first edition copies, of which this is nu...

Open Season & Savage Run

C. J. Box · 2002 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

London, Robert Hale Limited, 2002-2003. First edition. Cloth. Two scarce first UK editions of these Joe Pickett novels from prolific American author Charles James Box Jr. signed by the author. Two volumes. First UK edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title p...

A Snow Garden, the Music Shop, & Miss Benson&Apos;S Beetle

Rachel Joyce · 2015 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Doubleday, 2015-2020. First edition. Cloth. Three smart first edition, first impression novels from British writer Rachel Joyce, signed by the author. Three volumes. First edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. Written by Rachel Joyce, a Bri...

The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding

Agatha Christie · 1960 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)

London, The Crime Club by Collins , 1960 . Cloth. A brilliant and festive collection of short stories from the renowned Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, this copy being the second impression. The first edition, second impression, published the same year as the first. In the pu...

Murder in the Mews

Agatha Christie · 1937 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.34 | $653.96 | ¥104,430)

London, Odhams Press Limited, [1937]. First edition. Cloth. The first Odham's edition of this collection of four exciting Poirot mysteries from Agatha Christie, this edition published the same year as Collins' Crime Club. The first Odhams edition of this work, with C...

The Collected Poems of A.E. Housman

A. E. Housman · 1966 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

New York, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1966. Leather. A smartly bound anthology of the brilliant poetry of A. E. Housman. Illustrated with a frontispiece.An anthology of the collected poems of A. E. Housman, including his best known 'A Shropshire Lad&apos.'A Shropshir...

John Brown&Apos;S Body

Stephen Vincent Benet · 1929 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, William Heinemann LTD, 1929. Leather. The second edition of this important Pulitzer winning epic poem by Stephen Vincent Benet. The second, new and cheap edition.Stephen Vincent Benet won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1929 for this work. This poem covers the histor...

The Amenities of Book-Collecting and Kindred Affections

A. Edward Newton · 1924 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

Boston, The Atlantic Monthly Press, 1924. Leather. An illustrated essay discussing the joys of book collecting, bound by Charles E. Lauriat. Bound by Charles E. Lauriat of Boston.'The Amenities of Book-Collecting and Kindred Affections' is a lovely work lauding the d...