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The Geological Evidence of the Antiquity of Man

Sir Charles Lyell · 1863 · Rooke Books

£770.00 (€922.97 | $1,017.28 | ¥162,446)

London, John Murray, 1863. First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first impression of Charles Lyell's important scientific work which helped to establish the new science of prehistoric archaeology in Great Britain. A very important nineteenth century scientific work which…

Flight of a Witch

Ellis Peters · 1964 · Rooke Books

£134.00 (€160.62 | $177.03 | ¥28,270)

London, The Crime Club by Collins, 1964. First edition. Cloth. A bright, first edition copy of this thrilling mystery novel by Ellis Peters, enclosed in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Part of the Felse series, Flight of a Witch tells the story of Annet Beck, a beautiful yo…

The Life of William Harvey

Geoffrey Keynes · 1966 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

Oxford, At the Clarendon Press , 1966. First edition. Cloth. A fascinating first edition copy of this medical biography of renowned physician William Henry, with illustrations. A first edition copy of this biography of William Harvey. William Harvey was an English physician who…

Mezzotint

Compton Mackenzie · 1961 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1961 . First edition. Cloth. First edition of this novel by Scottish author Compton Mackenzie in the original dust wrapper. First edition of Mezzotint by Compton Mackenzie in the original publisher's cloth binding and unclipped dust wrapper. This n…

The Keys to the Street

Ruth Rendell · 1996 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Hutchinson, 1996 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this mystery fiction novel by Ruth Rendell, signed and inscribed by the author. First edition of The Keys to the Street by Ruth Rendell in the original publisher's cloth binding and unclipped dust wrapper…

Jones of Colorado

Ralph Steadman · 1995 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Ebury Press, 1995. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this collection of sketches and stories about Jones the cat, by Ralph Steadman. First edition. While visiting his friend, Hunter S. Thompson, Steadman met Jones the cat. He decided to buy a new sketchbook to cap…

The Fortunes of Oliver Horn

F. Hopkinson Smith · 1902 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1902. First edition. Cloth. A fictional historical tale set in the old South by Francis Hopkinson Smith. First edition. An exciting story of life in the Old South. Illustrated with 8 plates. Collated complete. Written by Francis Hopkinson …

Looking for Rachel Wallace

Robert B. Parker · 1980 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

New York, Seymour Lawrence, 1980. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this tale of kidnaping and corruption by Robert B. Parker. First edition. After being fired as protection for the eponymous Rachel Wallace, a lesbian feminist activist, Spenser hears that she has been kid…

No Alibi the Best New Crime Fiction

Various; Maxim Jukubowski · 1995 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

Manchester, Ringpull, 1995. First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this impressive crime story anthology, this copy signed by nine of the contributors, including Val McDermid and Ian Rankin. The first edition.Signed by nine of the twenty-nine contributors to the head of …

Bony and the Kelly Gang

Arthur Upfield · 1960 · Rooke Books

£118.00 (€141.44 | $155.89 | ¥24,894)

London, Heinemann, 1960. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of one of Arthur Upfield's gripping novels in his Napoleon "Bony" Bonaparte series. The first edition, first impression.In the original unclipped dustwrapper."Bony and the Kelly Gang" is a novel set in a to…

Isabella D&Apos;Este: Marchioness of Mantua 1474-1539

Julia Cartwright · 1903 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, John Murray, 1903. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of volume II of Julia Cartwright's biography of Isabella d'Este, Marchioness of Mantua and Renaissance art patron. The first edition of volume II of this work in the publisher's original cloth bind…

The Spas of England and Principal Sea-Bathing Places: Northern Spas, Southern Spas, and Midland Spas

A. B. Granville · 1841 · Rooke Books

£385.00 (€461.48 | $508.64 | ¥81,223)

London, Henry Colburn, 1841 . First edition. Cloth. The complete three volume first edition of A. B. Granville's illustrated guide to the spas and sea bathing places of England. Volume I, 'Northern Spas', is illustrated with a folding linen map, eight plates, and …

Find the Innocent

Roy Vickers [William Edward Vickers] · 1959 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Herbert Jenkins, 1959 . First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition of this thrilling detective novel by Roy Vickers. The first edition, first impression of this detective fiction novel by Roy Vickers, the penname of English mystery writer William Edward Vickers. In…

The Revelations of Inspector Morgan

Oswald Crawfurd · 1907 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

New York, Dodd, Mead and Co, 1907 . First edition. Cloth. Crime writer Anthony Berkeley's own copy of the first US edition of this thrilling collection of four detective short stories by Oswald Crawfurd. The first US edition of this collection of four short stories by Briti…

Elephant&Apos;S Work an Enigma

E. C. Bentley [Edmund Clerihew Bentley] · 1950 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1950 . First edition. Cloth. An excellent copy of the first edition, first impression of E. C. Bentley's humorous and shocking 1950 novel, 'Elephant's Work&apos. The first edition, first impression of this work of fiction from novelis…

The Pageantry of Life

Charles Whibley · 1900 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

New York , Harper & Brothers, 1900. First edition. Cloth. A smart first US edition of this critical work on The Pageantry of Life. This is a first US edition of this collection of essays that explore the art and pageantry of life. Charles Whibley was an English literary journal…

Ask for Me Tomorrow

Margaret Millar · 1977 · Rooke Books

£43.00 (€51.54 | $56.81 | ¥9,072)

London, Victor Gollancz, 1977. First edition. Cloth. Lovely first UK edition of this thrilling novel by Margaret Millar, a scarce work. First UK edition of this work, preceded by the US edition published the year prior. A scarce copy. A mystery novel following the young lawyer A…

Faceless Killers; the Dogs of Riga; the Man Who Smiled; Sidetracked; the Fifth Woman

Hanning Mankell · 2000 · Rooke Books

£280.00 (€335.62 | $369.92 | ¥59,071)

London, The Harvill Press, 2000-05. First edition. Cloth. Five bright first UK editions of the novels in the 'Inspector Wallander' series by Henning Mankell. Five novels in Swedish author Henning Mankell's 'Kurt Wallander' series to feature his character…

The Elizabethan Home Discovered in 2 Dialogues

Claudius Hollyband; Peter Erondell; M. St. Clare Byrne (ed.) · 1925 · Rooke Books

£37.00 (€44.35 | $48.88 | ¥7,806)

London, The Haslewood Books; Frederick Etchells & Hugh Macdonald, 1925 . Cloth. An interesting historical record of life in the Elizabethan period from dialogues reprinted from the time. First thus of The Elizabethan Home Discovered in 2 Dialogues by Claudius Hollyband and Peter…

Mop Fair, Some Elegant Extracts from the Private Correspondence of Lady Viola Drumcree, the Fatherless Daughter of Feodorovna, Countess of Chertsey

Arthur M. Binstead · 1905 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Edinburgh and London, Sands & Co. 1905 . First edition. Cloth. The uncommon first edition of this early twentieth century humorous novel. First edition of Mop Fair, Some Elegant Extracts from the Private Correspondence of Lady Viola Drumcree, the Fatherless Daughter of Feodorovn…