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The Rival Queens a Countess Ashby de la Zouch Mystery
Fidelis Morgan · 2001 · Rooke Books
£16.99 (€20.37 | $22.45 | ¥3,584)
London, Harper Collins, 2001. First edition. Cloth. 'The Rival Queens A Countess Ashby de la Zouch Mystery' by Fidelis Morgan in unclipped dustwrapper. First edition, first impression. A historical tale of artifice, gunpowder and murder in 17th Century London. In a clo…
A Flight of Birds
Cecil Roberts · 1965 · Rooke Books
£28.99 (€34.75 | $38.30 | ¥6,116)
London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1965. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this novel from Cecil Roberts, which tells six interweaving stories from England, Italy, France, Florida, and the Gulf of Mexico. Cecil Edric Mornington Roberts (18 May 1892 Â 20 December 1976) was an …
The Babes in the Wood
Ruth Rendell · 2002 · Rooke Books
£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)
London, Hutchinson, 2002. First edition. Cloth. A novel from the Inspector Wexford Series. First edition. With original unclipped dustwrapper. Numberline is 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 The novel is set, as usual for the Wexford novels, in Kingsmarkham. It was selected by 'The New York…
Daughters of the House
Michele Roberts · 1992 · Rooke Books
£28.00 (€33.56 | $36.99 | ¥5,907)
London, Virago Press, 1992. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this novel by Michele Roberts. 'Daughters of the House' was short listed for the 1992 Man Booker Prize. Michele Roberts is a British writer, novelist and poet. This work is set in an old Normandy ho…
Wycliffe and the Beales
W. J. Burley · 1983 · Rooke Books
£34.99 (€41.94 | $46.23 | ¥7,382)
London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1983. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this crime novel featuring W. J. Burley's popular character, Charles Wycliffe. "The Beales, a strange, reclusive family living on the edge of Dartmoor in Ashill House, consist of Simon, an old man e…
The Raphael Affair
Iain Pears · 1990 · Rooke Books
£360.00 (€431.52 | $475.61 | ¥75,949)
London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1990. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this Jonathan Argyll art history mystery. Iain Pears (born in 1955) is an English art historian, novelist and journalist. His well-known novel series features Jonathan Argyll, art historian, though inter…
The Genocides
Thomas M. Disch · 1967 · Rooke Books
£425.00 (€509.43 | $561.48 | ¥89,662)
London, Ronald Whiting and Wheaton, 1967. First edition. Cloth. A scarce copy of Disch's first novel, being a truly powerful work of science fiction. First English edition. With the original illustrated dustwrapper by Penny Carey. In original cloth covered binding with orig…
Jungle of Steel and Stone
George C. Chesbro · 1988 · Rooke Books
£28.99 (€34.75 | $38.30 | ¥6,116)
New York, The Mysterious Press, 1988. First edition. Cloth. The first US edition of this adventure novel by George C. Chesbro. First edition, first printing. Signed by the author to the front free-endpaper. In a cloth binding with paper-covered boards and original unclipped dust…
Pick Up Sticks
Emma Lathen · 1971 · Rooke Books
£34.99 (€41.94 | $46.23 | ¥7,382)
London, Victor Gollancz Limited, 1971. First edition. Cloth. A thrilling work of crime fiction being Emma Lathen's eleventh thriller. First English edition. With original dustwrapper. In original cloth binding with the original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, cloth is so…
The Lies of Fair Ladies a Lovejoy Novel
Jonathan Gash · 1992 · Rooke Books
£39.99 (€47.93 | $52.83 | ¥8,437)
London, Random Century Group, 1992. First edition. Cloth. A charming, signed first edition of this Lovejoy adventure. That scruffiest of antiques dealers has a new apprentice - the debonair Mrs. Luna Carstairs - but as he guides his charge through the minefield world of antique …
The Raymond Chandler Papers: Selected Letters and Non-Fiction 1909-1959
Raymond Chandler; Tom Hiney; Frank MacShane · 2000 · Rooke Books
£28.99 (€34.75 | $38.30 | ¥6,116)
London, Hamish Hamilton, 2000. First edition. Cloth. An anthology of essays and letters from renowned detective fiction author, Raymond Chandler. Being "both an ideal companion of Chandler's work and an intriguing account of the man himself." First edition. Featuring the or…
The Heel of Achilles
Gerald Verner · 1947 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)
London, Wright and Brown Ltd. 1947. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce copy of this thriller novel by Gerald Verner. First edition, second reprint. Gerald Verner (1897-1980) was a prolific writer of thrillers and wrote more than 120 novels translated into over 35 languages. In …
Saviours of Society
Stephen McKenna · 1926 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)
London, Thornton Butterworth, 1926. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon first edition of Stephen McKenna's 'Saviours of Society&apos. With a general focus on English upper-class society, McKenna wrote forty six novels and six works of non fiction, including a biography o…
The Strawberry Marten
Pauline Glen Winslow · 1973 · Rooke Books
£24.99 (€29.95 | $33.02 | ¥5,272)
London, Macmillan, 1973. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of The Strawberry Marten by Pauline Glen Winslow. "A first novel that is strange and compulsive." "We believe that this book, gripping and deeply moving, introduces a new novelist of a most unusual talent." In a navy…
The Witch Hill Murder
Pauline Glen Winslow · 1977 · Rooke Books
£19.99 (€23.96 | $26.41 | ¥4,217)
London, Collins, 1977. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this crime novel from Pauline Glen Winslow. Featuring the recurring character, Superintendent Capricorn. In a red cloth binding with original clipped dustwrapper. Externally, smart, with only some slight bumping. Du…
The Kindly Vision
Florence Lawford · 1931 · Rooke Books
£174.00 (€208.57 | $229.88 | ¥36,709)
London, Stanley Paul & Co. Ltd, 1931. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of one of Florence Lawford's novels. Bound in cloth with an unclipped dustwrapper Dated from COPAC. Little is known about the author, Florence Lawford. She wrote many other novels, including …
When We Were Romans
Matthew Kneale · 2007 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)
London, Picador, 2007. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of Matthew Kneale's 2007 novel When We Were Romans. The title page includes a personalised dedication from the author in black ink. Matthew Kneale is a bestselling author, whose previous work includes Engli…
Cast a Yellow Shadow
Ross Thomas · 1968 · Rooke Books
£54.99 (€65.91 | $72.65 | ¥11,601)
London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1968. First edition. Cloth. A first UK edition of Cast a Yellow Shadow by Ross Thomas. Ross Thomas (born February 19, 1926, in Oklahoma City  December 18, 1995, in Santa Monica, California) was an American writer of crime fiction. He is best known…
London Labour and the London Poor
Henry Mayhew · 1864 · Rooke Books
£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)
London, Charles Griffin and Company, 1864. Leather. Mayhew"s seminal study of London street life in the middle of the century Bound in half morocco leather with gilt lettering and cloth covered boards. Rebound with new endpapers by Haroldson. With half titles. Volumes I and II o…
The Huntingdon Peerage Comprising a Detailed Account of the Evidence and Proceeding Connected with the Recent Restoration of the Earldom; Together with the Report of the Attorny-General on That Occasion. To Which Is Prefixed a Genealogical and Biographical History of the Illustrious House of Hastings, Including a Memoir of the Present Earl and His Family.
Henry Nugent Bell · 1820 · Rooke Books
£385.00 (€461.48 | $508.64 | ¥81,223)
London, Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1820. First edition. Leather. A half leather hardback with gilt lettering on the spine. Scarce. First edition. This copy was owned by the author Henry H Gibbs, dated 1851 and he has in a very neat copperplate added some marginalia and extended …