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Little Girl Lost

Brian McGilloway · 2011 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Macmillan, 2011. First edition. Cloth. A limited signed first edition of this captivating crime thriller, the first of the 'Lucy Black' series from Brian McGilloway. One of 300 numbered copies of the first edition, signed by the author. This copy is number 20...

The Children&Apos;S Book

A. S. Byatt · 2009 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Chatto & Windus, 2009. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition, first impression of this lovely novel from British writer A. S. Byatt, signed by the author. First edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. This novel follows the adventures o...

An Agent of Deceit

Chris Morgan Jones · 2011 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

London, Mantle, 2011. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this thrilling novel from British author Chris Morgan Jones, signed by the author. First edition, first impression. Limited to five hundred copies signed by the author, of which this is number three hundred a...

Winter&Apos;S Bone: A Novel

Daniel Woodrell · 2006 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.75 | $244.41 | ¥39,029)

New York, Little, Brown, and Company, 2006. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this thrilling novel from American writer Daniel Woodrell, signed by the author. First edition, first printing. Signed by the author to the title page. When the Sheriff's Deputy tel...

The Hanging Shed

Gordon Ferris · 2011 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Corvus, 2011. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this thrilling Douglas Brodie novel from Scottish writer Gordon Ferris, signed by the author. First edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page with an inscription that reads "There are ...

Bathwater Wine

Wanda Coleman · 1999 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

Santa Rosa, Black Sparrow Press, 1999. Hardback. A smart Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize edition of this collection of poetry from American writer Wanda Coleman, signed by the author. Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize edition. The author won this award recognising the most outstanding...

The Goldfinch

Donna Tartt · 2013 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.50 | $495.43 | ¥79,113)

London, Little, Brown, 2013 . First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition of Donna Tartt's prize-winning, coming of age novel, with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression. Bound in the publisher's original cloth, with the unclipp...

The Virgin Soldiers

Leslie Thomas · 1966 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

London, Constable, 1966. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Leslie Thomas' autobiographical novel about his time in the army, signed by the author. The first edition, first impression.Signed by the author to the title page, "A first edition! (This is something I d...

Fatima&Apos;S Scarf

David Caute · 1998 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Totterdown Books, 1998. First edition. Cloth. A fine first edition of David Caute's controversial novel, signed by the author, with two signed letters loosely inserted. The first edition, first impression.Signed by the author, with a signed label to the title page...

The Day of Creation

J. G. Ballard · 1987 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)

London, Victor Gollancz LTD, 1987. First edition. Cloth. A smart limited edition of this novel by J. G. Ballard, signed by the author. A limited edition of one hundred copies, of which this is numbered eighty one.Signed by the author to the limitation page.In the original publ...

The Final Diagnosis

Arthur Hailey · 1960 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Michael Joseph in association with Souvenir Press, 1960. First edition. Cloth. A first UK edition, first impression of this novel from successful author Arthur Hailey, with a signed letter tipped in. The first UK edition, first impression of this work in the publisher&...

Parrot and Olivier in America

Peter Carey · 2010 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Faber & Faber, 2010. First edition. Cloth. A fine signed first edition of Peter Carey's celebrated novel about the life of Alexis de Tocqueville. Signed to the title page by Carey, dated 10.10.10, with the quote "and who?" I thought, "Will love me?" handwritten by...

The Taking of Helen

John Masefield · 1923 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

New York, Macmillan, 1923. Cloth. A signed limited edition of John Masefield's retelling of the Greek myth about Helen of Troy. The limited 'autographed' edition. Number 458 out of 750 copies. This limited edition work features John Masefield's poetic rete...

Portrait of Clare

Francis Brett Young · 1950 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

Melbourne , William Heinemann Ltd, 1950. Cloth. A signed copy of this James Tait Black Memorial Prize winner, 'Portrait of Clare', with the very scarce unclipped dust wrapper. With a signed inscription by the author to the half title page. The Severn Edition. With ...

The Fortress

Hugh Walpole · 1932 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1932. First edition. Cloth. A limited large paper edition of this historical fiction novel set in the Lake District, signed by the author. The first and limited large paper edition, limited to three hundred and ten unnumbered copies.Signed by...

The Muse in Chains

Stephen Potter · 1937 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1937 . First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition of this very scarce satirical work surrounding the history of English literature, written by Stephen Potter. The first edition. Very scarce work. Signed by the author, to 'Joan Viver with best wis...

The Toll

Michael Mewshaw · 1974 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, The Bodley Head, 1974 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first UK edition of Michael Mewshaw's suspenseful novel, in the original illustrated dust wrapper. The first UK edition, first impression. First published the year prior in the US, this UK first edition...

The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ

Philip Pullman · 2010 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, Canongate, 2010 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of Philip Pullman's fictionalisation of the life of Jesus Christ. A signed first edition, first impression of Philip Pullman's 2010 novel retelling the story of Jesus, as if he were two people...

Ourselves, Our People, Our Work. Six Addresses Given in the Divinity Schools, Cambridge

E. T. Leeke · 1891 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1891. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce volume containing six lectures by Edward Tucker Leeke, given at Cambridge, signed by the author. The first edition of this very scarce work.Signed by the author to the verso of the fro...

Picture of Nobody

Philip Owens · 1936 · Rooke Books

£1,750.00 (€2,097.65 | $2,311.99 | ¥369,196)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1936 . First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of Philip Owens's vanishingly scarce novel in which Shakespeare is born in 1930s London. A vanishingly scarce work from Owens, who fought in the Second World War and died in 1945.The first edition,...