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The Vixens: A Novel

Frank Yerby · 1947 · Rooke Books

£79.00 (€94.69 | $104.37 | ¥16,661)

New York, The Dial Press, 1947. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this post-Civil War novel from American writer Frank Yerby. First edition. The Carpetbaggers had already descended upon the South when deadly shot and reckless lover Laird Fournois returned to New O...

The Trees

Conrad Richter · 1940 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1940. Paperback. A very smart advance copy of an important novel from The Awakening Land trilogy by American novelist Conrad Richter. Advance reading copy. The first novel in the The Awakening Land trilogy. Set in the wilderness of central Ohio in 17...

The Triple Thinkers: Ten Essays on Literature

Edmund Wilson · 1938 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.59 | ¥35,853)

New York, Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1938. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of essays on literature from American writer Edmund Wilson Jr. First edition. A collection of ten critical essays discussing the careers of writers such as Pushkin, Hous...

The Digger&Apos;S Game

George V. Higgins · 1973 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1973. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition set deep in the criminal world of Boston from American author George V. Higgins. First edition. Set in Boston, in a place which borders the legitimate and the criminal enterprise, the slick Regent Spo...

The Reproductive System

John Sladek · 1968 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1968 . First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of this science-fiction novel surrounding self-replicating robots, written by John Sladek, the author's debut novel. The first UK edition. Published the same year as the US edition, although pu...

A World of Difference

Robert Conquest · 1955 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.29 | ¥52,726)

London, Ward, Lock & Co. Limited , 1955 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this uncommon science-fiction novel set in the early twenty-first century, written by Robert Conquest. The first edition. With the original, price-clipped dust wrapper. Uncommon work. Written ...

Faster! Faster!

Patrick Bair · 1950 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,216)

London, Eyre & Spottiswoode , 1950 . First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition of this dystopian fable written by Patrick Bair, inscribed to Sir Edwin Herbert. The first edition.Inscribed by the author 'For Sir Edwin & Lady Herbert - who sheltered a jaguar. Patrick Ba...

If All Else Fails

Craig Strete · 1980 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)

New York, Doubleday & Company, Inc. 1980 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this collection of science-fiction short stories from Craig Strete, with notes and ownership stamps of noted science-fiction literary agent, Leslie Flood. The first US edition. First publishe...

Grip

John Strange Winter [Henrietta Eliza Vaughan Stannard] · 1896 · Rooke Books

£33.00 (€39.56 | $43.60 | ¥6,960)

New York, Stone & Kimball , 1896 . First edition. Cloth. The first US edition of this uncommon novel by Henrietta Eliza Stannard under the pseudonym of John Strange Winter. The first US edition, published the same year as the UK edition. Bound in the publisher's original ...

Watchers of the Dark

Lloyd Biggle Jr. · 1966 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)

New York, Doubleday & Company, Inc. 1966 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this science fiction novel by Lloyd Biggle Jr. signed by both the author and by fellow sci-fi writer, William F. Temple. The first edition. Signed by the author to fellow science-fiction writ...

The Joy Makers

James Gunn · 1963 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.75 | $244.41 | ¥39,017)

London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1963 . Cloth. An uncommon, first UK edition of this utopian, science fiction novel written by American author James Gunn. First UK edition. First published in the US in 1961.Uncommon work. With the original, unclipped Gollancz dust wrapper. Writte...

Advice to a Young Reviewer

[Edward Copleston] · 1807 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

Oxford; London, J. Parker; J. Cooke; F. C. and J. Rivington, 1807. First edition. Disbound. A very scarce pamphlet by Edward Copleston, the first edition of this classic pamphlet of literary parody. The first edition of this very scarce work.'Advice to a Young Reviewer&ap...

Lydia Bailey

Kenneth Roberts · 1947 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,199)

New York, Doubleday & Company Inc, 1947. Cloth. A smart limited edition copy of this exciting historical fiction novel set in Haiti, signed by the author. A limited edition of one-thousand and fifty copies, of which this is numbered three-hundred and ten.Signed by the author t...

Hector Servadac: Anomalous Phenomena, and, Homeward Bound

Jules Verne; I. O. Evans · 1965 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)

London, Arco Publications, 1965. Cloth. A smart set of the exciting sci-fi novel following a comet which picks up a group of people, originally written in French by Jules Verne. Jules Vernes' brilliant science fiction novel 'Hector Servadac', published as two pa...

After Doomsday

Poul Anderson · 1963 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.30 | ¥17,927)

London, Victor Gollancz LTD, 1963. First edition. Cloth. The first U.K. edition of this exciting science fiction novel by Poul Anderson, set after the Earth has been destroyed. The first U.K. edition, first impression.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.'After Doomsday...

Astra and Flondrix

Seamus Cullen · 1976 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.30 | ¥17,927)

London, Allen Lane, 1976. Paperback. A proof copy of this erotic high-fantasy novel set in a post-atomic world, a unique novel by Seamus Cullen. The proof copy of this work.'Astra and Flondrix' is a unique and curious erotic post-atomic fantasy novel, following the s...

The Land of the Lost

Roy Norton · 1925 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.20 | ¥36,908)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1925. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce science fiction Lost World novel by Roy Norton, the first edition in book form in the original dust wrapper. The first edition in book form of this very scarce work, first serialized from March to August 1...

The Mouse on the Moon

Leonard Wibberley · 1962 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)

New York, William Morrow and Company, 1962. First edition. Cloth. A fine first edition of Leonard Wibberley's entertaining and satirical science fiction novel. The first edition, first printing.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.The third of the author's Mouse&ap...

The Annotated Lost World

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; Roy Pilot; Alvin Rodin · 1996 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

Indianapolis, Wessex Press, 1996. First edition. Cloth. A first thus edition of this annotated and illustrated edition of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's novel concerning a discovery of living dinosaurs in South America. The first thus edition of this annotated work in the publi...

King Arthur&Apos;S Sword

Errol Le Cain · 1968 · Rooke Books

£775.00 (€928.95 | $1,023.89 | ¥163,450)

London, Faber and Faber, 1968. First edition. Hardback. A scarce first edition, first impression of Errol Le Cain's first published book, an enchantingly illustrated retelling of this Arthurian tale. The first edition, first impression of this scarce work in the publisher...