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Artemis Fowl

Eoin Colfer · 2001 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

London, Viking, 2001. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of the first volume in the Artemis Fowl Series from Irish author Eoin Colfer, signed by the author. First edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. The first book in the Artemis Fowl ser...

Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code

Eoin Colfer · 2003 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Puffin, 2003. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this third volume in the Artemis Fowl Series from Irish author Eoin Colfer, signed by the author. First edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. The third book in the Artemis Fowl se...

The Female Approach & Back to the Slaughterhouse

Ronald Searle; Max Beerbohm · 1954 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)

London, MacDonald, 1954. Cloth. Two later impressions of these humorous works from the St. Trinian's series by English satirical cartoonist Ronald Searle. Two volumes. From the St. Trinian's series. Illustrated throughout. Written and illustrated by Ronald William Fo...

The Waverley Novels

Sir Walter Scott; Rev. P. Hately Waddell [editor] · 1885 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.13 | ¥61,181)

Edinburgh, W. P. Nimmo, Hay, & Mitchell, 1885. Leather. Fourteen volumes of the Waverley Novels by Scottish writer Sir Walter Scott, bound in seven. Fourteen volumes of a twenty-six volume set, bound in seven. With a frontispiece to each novel. The Waverley novels are a long s...

Good Material

Dolly Alderton · 2023 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

London, Fig Tree, Penguin, 2023. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing first edition, first impression example of this romantic comedy novel from British author Dolly Alderton, signed by the author. First edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. A romantic...

The Art of Death

David Fennell · 2021 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Zaffre, 2021. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition, first impression of this crime novel from Northern Irish author David Fennell, signed by the author. First edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. One of one thousand two hundred...

The Human Factor

Graham Greene · 1978 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, The Bodley Head, 1978. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of this spy thriller by Graham Greene, in the original dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression, second state, with publisher's device in a square to the title page.In the original un...

Jill the Reckless, Meet Mr. Mulliner, Big Money, Lord Emsworth and Others

P. G. Wodehouse · 1929 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London; Leipzig, Herbert Jenkins Limited; Bernard Tauchnitz, 1929-38. Cloth. London; Leipzig: Herbert Jenkins Limited; Bernard Tauchnitz, 1929-38. Cloth. Very Good. 7.5" by 4.5"; 6.5" by 4.5"; 7" by 4.5". None. A uniformly bound set of four novels and short story collections b...

The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson

Robert Louis Stevenson · 1922 · Rooke Books

£3,500.00 (€4,195.30 | $4,623.99 | ¥738,391)

London, William Heinemann; Chatto and Windus; Cassell and Company Limited; Longmans, Green and Company, 1922-23. Leather. A smart Bickers bound set of the collected works of Scottish novelist Robert Louis Stevenson, each volume illustrated with a frontispiece. Complete in twen...

The Crimson Petal and the White

Michel Faber · 2002 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Canongate, 2002. First edition. Cloth. A fine first edition copy of this very popular novel by Michel Faber, historical fiction set in Victorian England, signed by the author. The first edition, first impression of this work.Signed by the author to the title page. In ...

After Midnight

Martha Albrand · 1949 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

New York, Random House, 1949. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first U.S. edition of this fantastic revenge-plot thriller by Martha Albrand. The scarce first U.S. edition, first printing.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.'After Midnight' is a tense thriller foll...

The Big Clock

Kenneth Fearing · 1946 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)

New York, Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1946. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this tense thriller by Kenneth Fearing, the first printing, in the original dust wrapper. The first edition, first printing.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.'The Big Clock' ...

The Intruder

Maurice Maeterlinck · 1914 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,207)

London, Gowans & Gray LTD, 1914. Paperback. An important Symbolist play by the Nobel Prize winner Maurice Maeterlinck. No. 43 in 'Gowans's International Library&apos.Bound in decorative wraps designed by Jessie M. King. This is an important play in the Symbolism mov...

The Friendship Booklets

Robert Browning; Cardinal Newman · 1912 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

London; Edinburgh, T. N. Foulis, 1912-13. Paperback. Four charming poetical works published in 'The Friendship Booklets' series, all colour illustrated. Four volumes of poems from T. N. Foulis' 'The Friendship Booklets' series.Each volume is bound in c...

The House; the Search Party

Simon Lelic · 2017 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

London, Viking, 2017-2020. First edition. Hardback. A scarce signed two-volume of first edition thrillers from British author Simon Lelic, signed by the author. In the publisher's original cloth and paper hardback bindings, complete with the original unclipped dust wrappe...

The Hollow Men; a Handful of Ashes

Rob McCarthy · 2016 · Rooke Books

£99.00 (€118.67 | $130.79 | ¥20,886)

London, Mulholland Books, 2016-2017. First edition. Cloth. A first edition two-volume set of gripping medical crime thrillers by Rob McCarthy, signed by the author, with the original unclipped dust wrappers. In the publisher's original cloth bindings, complete with the or...

Six Four; Seventeen; Prefecture D Signed

Hideo Yokoyama; Louise Heal Kawai [Translator]; Jonathan Lloyd-Davies [Translator] · 2016 · Rooke Books

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

London, Riverrun; Quercus, 2016-2019. First edition. Hardback. An exceptionally smart, first limited edition three-volume set of Hideo Yokoyama"s acclaimed literary crime fiction, signed by the author and respective translators. In the publisher's original pictorial hardb...

The Swimmer; the Brother

Joakim Zander; Elizabeth Clark Wessel [Translator] · 2014 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Head of Zeus Ltd. 2014-2016. First edition. Cloth. A smart two-volume set of the First UK editions, first impressions, of these gripping international thrillers by Swedish author Joakim Zander, with the original unclipped dust wrappers. In the publisher's original...

2 Vols Before I Go to Sleep; Second Life

S. J. Watson · 2011 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Doubleday, 2011-2015 . First edition. Cloth. A signed two-volume set of first edition, first impression psychological thrillers by S. J. Watson. In the publisher's original cloth bindings, complete with the publisher's original unclipped dust wrappers.These v...

2 Vols a Pocketful of Crows; the Blue Salt Road

Joanne M. Harris · 2017 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Gollancz, 2017-2018. First edition. Cloth. A lovely signed, first edition, two-volume set of Joanne Harris"s illustrated folk-inspired novellas, with illustrations throughout. In the publisher"s original cloth bindings with whimsical gilt embellishments.These volumes a...