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Robert Steiner · 1973 · Rooke Books
£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.34 | ¥28,479)
New York , Harper & Row, 1973. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this offbeat novel, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition of this work.Scarce signed inscription by the author to the free endpaper title.In the publisher's original unclipped…
The Chestnut Tree
Evelyn Page · 1964 · Rooke Books
£79.00 (€94.69 | $104.36 | ¥16,666)
New York , The Vanguard Press, Inc. 1964. First edition. Hardback. A very scarce first edition of this work centred on the tightly-knit residents of a small hotel, inscribed by the author A very scarce first edition of this work.Signed inscription by the author to the front free…
I Wake from a Dream of a Drowned Star
S. P. Somtow · 1992 · Rooke Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)
Eugene, Axolotl Press, 1992. First edition. Leather. A very smart deluxe limited edition of this beautiful novella from Thai-American writer S. P. Somtow. First edition. Deluxe limited edition of seventy-five copies, bound in leather and signed, of which this is number forty-six…
The Breaks
Richard Price · 1983 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)
New York, Simon and Schuster, 1983. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this insightful novel from American writer Richard Price, signed and inscribed by the author. First edition, first printing. Signed by the author to the front endpaper with an inscription. Followi…
Nine Mysteries (Four Joyful, Four Sorrowful, One Glorious)
Reynolds Price · 1979 · Rooke Books
£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.34 | ¥28,479)
North Carolina, Palaemon Press, 1979. First edition. Cloth. A very smart limited edition of this collection of short mysteries from American writer Reynolds Price, signed to the rear. First collected edition. Limited to three hundred and nine signed copies. Signed to the rear by…
Smersh
Nicola Sinevirsky; Kermit & Milt Hill [editors] · 1950 · Rooke Books
£190.00 (€227.74 | $251.00 | ¥40,082)
New York, Henry Holt and Company, 1950. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first US edition of this political biographical work exploring the Russian anti-Communist underground organisations. Signed and inscribed by the editor, Milt Hill. First US edition. Signed and inscribed b…
For the Defence
Benjamin Leopold Farjeon · 1891 · Rooke Books
£650.00 (€779.12 | $858.69 | ¥137,122)
London, Trischler & Company, 1891 . Cloth. An extremely scarce, early edition of this work of crime fiction by Benjamin Farjeon, signed by the author. An early edition of the work, published the same year as the first edition. Fifteenth thousand. Very scarce. Bound in the publis…
The Collected Works of Louis Tracy
Louis Tracy · 1904 · Rooke Books
£2,350.00 (€2,816.81 | $3,104.49 | ¥495,749)
London, T. Sealey Clark; Ward, Lock & Co. Limited; F. V. White & Co. Limited; C. Arthur Pearson LTD; Digby, Long & Co, 1904-07. Cloth. Eleven entertaining and scarce works by Louis Tracy bound in four volumes, a smart set including two inscriptions from the author. A collection …
The White Crown and Other Stories
Herbert Dickinson Ward · 1894 · Rooke Books
£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.19 | ¥36,917)
Boston and New York, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1894. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce anthology of tales by American author, Herbert Dickinson Ward. The first edition of this scace work.Signed by the author to a 'Bryn Mawr Book Fair' bookplate to …
Hospitality for Murder
Gerard Fisher · 1959 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)
New York, Ives Washburn, Inc, 1959. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce murder mystery thriller by Gerard Fisher. The first edition of this scarce work.In the original unclipped dust wrapper, designed by Bob Ritter.A suspense filled crime novel, in which an Am…
The Gold Tree
J. C. Squire · 1917 · Rooke Books
£350.00 (€419.52 | $462.37 | ¥73,835)
London, Martin Secker, 1917 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of J. C. Squire's limited edition collection of short stories, in the very scarce publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. A signed presentation copy of this limited edition, inscribed &…
Washington, D.C.
Gore Vidal · 1967 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)
Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1967 . First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of Gore Vidal's novel, following the families of a Senator, and an influential newspaper publisher. Flat signed by Gore to the title page.The first edition, first printing, in the publish…
In the Great God&Apos;S Hair: Translated from the Original Manuscript
F. W. Bain · 1905 · Rooke Books
£47.00 (€56.34 | $62.09 | ¥9,915)
London , James Parker and Co. 1905. Leather. An intriguing second edition of one of F. W Bain's Indian Stories, the supposed origins from Hindu text of which was later revealed to be false. In Bumpus signed full calf binding. Illustrated frontispiece representing the Godde…
Hortensius: Friend of Nero
Edith Pargeter · 1937 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)
New York, The Greystone Press, 1937. First edition. Cloth. A smart first US edition of this historical novel from English author Edith Pargeter, with illustrations. First US edition, originally published in the UK in 1936. Signed by the author to a bookplate at the front of the …
A Collection of Novels from the Cadfael Chronicles
Ellis Peters [Edith Pargeter] · 1979 · Rooke Books
£4,400.00 (€5,274.02 | $5,812.67 | ¥928,210)
London, Macmillan; Headline, 1979-1990. First edition. Cloth. A collection of novels from the Cadfael Chronicles by English author Edith Pargether, most volumes are signed by the author. Twenty-two volumes. Twenty volumes of the twenty-one novels in the series. With A Rare Bened…
Red Invader
Harry Edmonds · 1933 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)
London, Ward, Lock & Co, 1933 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the scarce first edition of this thrilling near future conflict novel by Harry Edmonds, in the very scarce original dust wrapper. The scarce first edition of this work.Inscribed by the author to …
Erone
Chalmers Kearney · 1943 · Rooke Books
£285.00 (€341.61 | $376.50 | ¥60,123)
Guildford , Biddles Ltd. 1943 . First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition of this vanishingly scarce utopian science-fiction novel by Australian author and inventor, Chalmers Kearney. First edition, signed by the author to the title page.Very scarce work. Bound in the publis…
Four-Sided Triangle: A Romance
William F. Temple · 1949 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)
London, John Long Limited, 1949 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the uncommon first edition of William F. Temple's popular science-fiction novel. Inscribed to the front free endpaper with "I often wonder what foods the visitors buy, one half so precious…
Behind the Shutters
R. H. Mottram · 1968 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)
London, Hutchinson of London, 1968 . First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition of this novel exploring life in Britain and France after the Second World War, by R. H. Mottram. First edition, signed by the author to the contents page. Bound in the publisher's original cl…
Clandestine
James Ellroy · 1984 · Rooke Books
£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.19 | ¥36,917)
London, Allison & Busby, 1984. First edition. Cloth. A smart first U.K. edition of one of the early novels of James Ellroy, a gripping crime novel, signed by the author. The first U.K. edition, first impression of this work. This U.K. edition was published two years after the fi…