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Left Hand, Right Hand! an Autobiography: The Scarlet Tree; Great Morning; Laughter in the Next Room; Noble Essences

Osbert Sitwell · 1946 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,472)

London, Macmillan , 1946-1950 . First edition. Cloth. Exceptionally bright first editions of four volumes only of Osbert Sitwell's celebrated autobiography, retaining the original dust wrappers. The first editions, first impressions of volumes II-V of Osbert Sitwell'...

The Diaries of Franz Kafka: 1910-1913 & 1914-1923

Franz Kafka; Max Brod [Ed.] · 1948 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,216)

London, Secker & Warburg, 1948-9 . First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of the diaries of Franz Kafka from 1910 to 1923, providing a detailed look at the thoughts and character of the influential novelist. First UK edition. Complete in two volumes. A bright pair, each wi...

The Yankee of the Yards: The Biography of Gustavus Franklin Swift

Louis F. Swift; Arthur Van Vlissingen Jr · 1928 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,014)

Chicago , A. W. Shaw Company , 1928. Cloth. An excellent early printing of this biography of Gustavus Franklin Swift, the founder of a pioneering meat-packing business. The second printing, published two months after the first. With the publisher's original dust wrapper, ...

The Lyttelton Hart-Davis Letters: Correspondence of George Lyttelton and Rupert Hart-Davis

George Lyttelton; Rupert Hart-Davis · 1978 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)

London, John Murray, 1978-1982. First edition. Cloth. Four smart first edition volumes of this set containing the correspondence between the Hon. George William Lyttelton and Sir Rupert Charles Hart-Davis. Four volumes of a six volume set. First edition. With a frontispiece to...

Lord Grey of Fallodon, K.G.

Lt.-Col. Hon. Arthur C. Murray · 1947 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

Edinburgh, Reprinted for the Author by R. & R. Clark, Ltd. 1947. First edition. Cloth. A smart copy of this biographical sketch of British statesman and politician Lord Grey of Fallodon, signed by the author. First thus, reprinted from The Quarterly Review of January 1934. Sig...

Gwyn Evans: The Lunatic, the Lover, and the Poet

Steve Holland · 2012 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

Essex, Bear Alley Books, 2012. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce first edition of this study of the life and work of Gwyn Evans who wrote on the Sexton Blake comic series. First edition. Very scarce. Illustrated throughout. A detailed study into the life and work of Gwyn...

The Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay

Lord Macaulay [Thomas Babington Macaulay]; Sir George Otto Trevelyan · 1888 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,545)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1888. Leather. A new edition of the life and letters of Thomas Babington Macaulay, from his nephew. New edition. A record of the life and letters of Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay, a British historian, poet, and Whig politician, ...

Ice Captain: The Life of J.R. Stenhouse

Stephen Haddelsey · 2008 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

Gloucestershire, The History Press, 2008. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this history, which tells of the astonishing expeditions of Joseph Russell Stonehouse. The scarce first edition.With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. This biographi...

The Correspondence of Charles Darwin (Volume 2, Volume 14, and Volume 15)

Charles Darwin; Numerous Editors · 1986 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,816)

Cambridge , Cambridge University Press, 1986-2005. First edition. Cloth. A very smart set of three volumes from this definitive series containing Charles Darwins' correspondence. First editions.With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrappers.This set contains V...

Nelson

A. de Lamartine · 1859 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,872)

Paris, Librairie de L. Hachette et Cie, 1859. Leather. A smart copy of this scarce biography of Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson from French author Alphonse de Lamartine, in the original French. French. Scarce edition. Originally published in Le Civilisateur, this work explores the...

The Lives of Robert & Mary Moffat

John S. Moffat · 0 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

London, T. Fisher Unwin, c1890. Cloth. A smart twelfth edition of this illustrated biography of Scottish missionaries Robert and Mary Moffat. Twelfth edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and four plates. Collated complete. The lives of Robert Moffat, a Scottish Congregatio...

The Lives of Dr. John; -Sir Henry Wotton; Mr. Richard Hooker; -Mr. George Herbert; and Dr. Robert Sanderson

Isaac Walton [Izaak Walton]; Thomas Zouch · 1817 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.82 | $171.75 | ¥27,417)

York, Thomas Wilson and Sons, for Payne and Foss, 1817 . Leather. The two volume third edition of Isaac Walton's biographical writings, in calf bindings. The third edition of this work, which was first published in 1670.Complete in two volumes.With a frontispiece and four...

Life of Goethe Volumes I and II

Heinrich Duntzer · 1883 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

London, Macmillan, 1883. First edition. Cloth. A detailed analysis of the life and work of Goethe, translated from the original German. First edition in publisher's original binding. Scarce. Illustrated throughout, with a frontispiece to volume one, a fold-out facsimile o...

Coleridge Fille: A Biography of Sara Coleridge

Earl Leslie Griggs · 1940 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

London, Oxford University Press, 1940. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition of this biography, following the life and work of English author Sara Coleridge, with the very scarce unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition. In the publisher's very scarce unclipped du...

Twelve Men

Theodore Dreiser · 1919 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)

New York, Boni and Liveright , 1919. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this charming biographical series of men, each of which had influenced the author's life, written by acclaimed American novelist, Theodore Dreiser. The first edition. In the publisher's o...

The Life of Samuel Johnson Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides

James Boswell · 1835 · Rooke Books

£265.00 (€317.64 | $350.10 | ¥55,889)

London, John Murray, 1835. Leather. A smartly bound set of Boswell's famous biography of Samuel Johnson, featuring illustrations and valuable additions. Complete in ten volumes. Celebrated work of Scottish biographer James Boswell, often described as one of the greatest E...

Squire: Memories of Charles Davies Sherborn

J. R. Norman [John Roxborough Norman] · 1944 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

London, George G. Harrap & Company Ltd. 1944. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this biography of Charles Davies Sherborn, inscribed by Agnes Arber to W. T. Stearn, with a letter. The first edition, first impression of this work in the publisher's original cloth bi...

The Rise and Progress of Sir Tomothy Buncombe, Kt. And M.P. An Extra-Moral Biography

[Alexander Johnstone Wilson] · 1886 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,872)

Manchester, John Dale, 1886. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce biographical work on a man called Sir Timothy Buncombe by Alexander Johnstone Wilson. The first edition. A scarce work. In the publisher's original cloth. This work was written anonymously...

The Life of Mrs. Godolphin

John Evelyn · 1848 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

London, William Pickering , 1848. Vellum. An affectionate biography dedicated to the life and religious education of Margaret Godolphin, bound in full signed vellum binding. The second edition of this work. In full Bickers and Son vellum binding, with marbled endpapers.An inti...

Memorials of the Life and Works of Thomas Fuller D.D.

Arthur T. Russell · 1844 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

London, William Pickering, 1844. Cloth. A smart copy of this detailed biographical work on English churchman and historian, Thomas Fuller. A biographical account of the life and works of Thomas Fuller, an English churchman and historian. Now remembered as a prolific author, pa...