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Try Anything Once

A. A. Fair [Erle Stanley Gardner] · 1962 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.80 | $191.57 | ¥30,581)

New York, William Morrow and Company, Inc. 1962. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this Cool and Lam novel from American author Erle Stanley Gardner. First edition, first printing. A Cool and Lam novel. Carleton Allen was so incoherent that Bertha and Donald could...

Some Slips Don&Apos;T Show

A. A. Fair [Erle Stanley Gardner] · 1959 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)

London, Heinemann, 1959. First edition. Cloth. A smart first UK edition of this Cool and Lam novel from American author Erle Stanley Gardner. First UK edition. A Cool and Lam novel. When Barclay Fisher awakes one morning in the apartment of a beauteous babe, he is threatened w...

Beware the Curves

A. A. Fair [Erle Stanley Gardner] · 1957 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

London, Heinemann, 1957. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A smart first UK edition of this Cool and Lam novel from American author Erle Stanley Gardner. First UK edition, originally published in the US in 1956. A Cool and Lam novel. When John Dittmar Ansel asks Cool and Lam t...

Invitation to a Dynamite Party

Peter Lovesey · 1974 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1974. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this Sergeant Cribb novel from British writer Peter Lovesey, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author to the title page. A Sergeant Cribb novel. The government and the poli...

A Collection of Novels by Edith Pargeter

Ellis Peters [Edith Pargeter] · 1983 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.75 | $244.41 | ¥39,017)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited; Headline, 1983-1991. First edition. Cloth. A smart collection of novels by English author Edith Pargether, with many from the Cadfael Chronicles. Eight volumes. Written by Edith Mary Pargeter, an English author of works in many categories, be...

Richard Bolitho - Midshipman

Alexander Kent [Douglas Reeman] · 1975 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,635)

London, Hutchinson, 1975. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this Bolitho story from British writer Alexander Kent, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author to the title page. Richard Bolitho, only sixteen, waits in Portsmouth to join the Gorgon. H...

Enemy in Sight

Alexander Kent [Douglas Reeman] · 1970 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)

London, Hutchinson, 1970. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this thrilling historical novel from Alexander Kent. First edition. The third Bolitho novel. Richard Bolitho is commanding the Hyperion and leaves Portsmouth to join a squadron blockading the rising power...

The Wanton Princess

Dennis Wheatley · 1966 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.59 | ¥35,853)

London, Hutchinson, 1966. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this historical novel from the Roger Brook series by British writer Dennis Wheatley. First edition. The Roger Brook series. Napoleon's favourite sister Pauline was known to be the most beautiful and ...

The Bigger They Come

A. A. Fair [Erle Stanley Gardner] · 1939 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,453)

New York, Grosset & Dunlap, 1939 . Cloth. A superb, early edition of the first Cool and Lam mystery novel, written by Erle Stanley Gardner, published the same year as the first edition and presented in the original, unclipped dust wrapper. Second edition. Published the same ye...

Lies, Inc.

Philip K. Dick · 1984 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)

London, Victor Gollancz LTD, 1984. First edition. Cloth. A bright copy of this intriguing science fiction novel by Philip K. Dick, here published in its complete form for the first time. The first edition thus, being the first expanded edition. This novel was first published i...

The Beggar&Apos;S Opera

John Gay · 1921 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,014)

London, William Heinemann, 1921. Cloth. Claud Lovat Fraser's colourfully illustrated edition of John Gay's enduringly popular ballad opera. In the original unclipped dust wrapper.This edition of John Gay's opera is accompanied by colourful plates of scenes and c...

A Box of Paints

Geoffrey Scott · 1923 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)

London, Bookman's Journal, 1923. Cloth. A limited edition anthology of poems by Geoffrey Scott, beautifully illustrated by Albert Rutherston. A limited edition of one thousand copies.An anthology of the poems of Geoffrey Scott, this volume collecting together fifteen of h...

Labern&Apos;S Comic Song Books

John Labern · 1852 · Rooke Books

£895.00 (€1,072.79 | $1,182.43 | ¥188,758)

London, John Duncombe & Co, [1852]. Cloth. Five very scarce volumes of comical songs by John Labern, each volume illustrated with hand-coloured folding plates. Five very scarce volumes of comical songs by John Labern bound in none.Labern was a prolific songwriter, whose writin...

The Confidential Clerk

T. S. Eliot · 1954 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)

London, Faber and Faber Ltd. 1954. First edition. Cloth. A first edition, first impression of T.S Eliot's comic verse play, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of this work, with the issue point 'Ihad' for 'I had&apos...

Fungus the Bogeyman Plop-Up Book

Raymond Briggs · 1982 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.80 | $191.57 | ¥30,581)

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1982. First edition. Hardback. A wonderful, first edition of this charming children's pop-up book featuring the much-loved character of Fungus the Bogeyman, created by Raymond Briggs. The first edition.In the publisher's original pictorial co...

&Apos;Not in Gallup&Apos;

Stanley Revell [foreword]; T. S. Eliot · 1988 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

Oxford , Perpetua Press, 1988. Paperback. A limited reprinting of T. S. Eliot's preface to Charles Claye's play 'The Merry Masque', a nearly unknown piece of his writing. A limited edition of one hundred and fifty numbered copies, this copy being number 90....

Maan Ibn Zaida

J. H. Leopold · 1980 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

Baarn, Arethusa Pers Herber Blokland , 1980. Paperback. A very scarce limited printing of this poem by J. H. Leopold. In the original Dutch. This is published as the seventeenth edition of this work in an edition of 75 numbered copies. This copy is number 64.With an etching b...

Scenes from Provincial Life; Nurse Is a Neighbour; After the Rain; a High-Pitched Buzz; a Rose by Any Other Name; an Ever-Interesting Topic

William Cooper; Joanna Jones; John Bowen; Roger Longrigg; Anthony Carson · 1961 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,545)

Harmondsworth, Middlesex , Penguin Books, 1961-1962. Paperback. A smart selection of Penguin Book paperbacks, including works from Anthony Carson, Joanna Jones and William Cooper. A charming selection of Penguin Books paperback titles, comprising works first published from 195...

Loveykins

Quentin Blake · 2002 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€407.54 | $449.19 | ¥71,707)

London, Jonathan Cape, 2002. First edition. Hardback. A fantastic signed first edition of this classic Quentin Blake children's book about an unlikely friendship. Signed by the author to the title page. The first edition, first impression, complete with the full number l...

Nonstop Nonsense

Margaret Mahy · 1977 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.74 | $58.13 | ¥9,280)

London, J. M. Dent and Sons Ltd, 1977. First edition. Hardback. A bright first edition of Margaret Mahy's joyful collection of stories, illustrated by Quentin Blake. The first edition. In the publisher's pictorial boards.Decorated throughout by beloved children&apos...