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

Arthur T. Russell · 1844 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

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...

Life of Lord Chesterfield: An Account of the Ancestry, Personal Character & Public Services of the Fourth Earl of Chesterfield

W. H. Craig · 1907 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, John Lane at The Bodley Head, 1907. First edition. Leather. A very smart first edition of this biographical work on Lord Chesterfield, fourth Earl of Chesterfield, with illustrations. First edition. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece and twenty-seven plates. Coll...

Life of Lord Jeffrey

Lord Cockburn · 1852 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

Edinburgh, Adam and Charles Black, 1852 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of Lord Cockburn's touching biographical work on his lifelong friend, Lord Francis Jeffrey from the library of Andrew Carnegie The first edition.Complete in two volumes. Bound in half calf...

Lives of Cardinal Alberoni, the Duke of Ripperda, and Marquis of Pombal, Three Distinguished Political Adventures of the Last Century. Exhibiting a View of the Kingdoms of Spain and Portugal During a Considerable Portion of That Period

George Moore · 1814 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, J. Rodwell, 1814. Leather. The second edition of George Moore's immense biographical work on three prominent political adventurers of the eighteenth century. Second edition. George Moore's extensive biographical work on Cardinal Alberoni, an Italian cardinal ...

The Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay

Lord Macaulay; George Otto Trevelyan · 1877 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1877. Leather. A smart second edition set of the life and letters of British historian Lord Macaulay, written by his nephew. Complete in two volumes. Second edition. With a portrait frontispiece to volume one. The life and letters of Thomas Bab...

A Piece of My Mind: Reflections at Sixty

Edmund Wilson · 1956 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

New York, Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1956. Cloth. A bright first edition, first printing of Edmund Wilson's essays, sharing his thoughts on the social and political issues of the time. The first edition, first printing of this work in the publisher's original cloth b...

The Pictorial Biography of Adlai Ewing Stevenson Governor of Illinois

John M. Crane; John Hersey · 1952 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Washington, American Historical Publications, 1952. Magazine. A scarce first edition of this campaign publication on Governor Adlai Ewing Stevenson, with illustrations throughout. First edition. Scarce work. Illustrated with photographs throughout. A campaign publication to in...

Life of a Scotch Naturalist: Thomas Edward, Associate of the Linnean Society

Samuel Smiles · 1893 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, John Murray, 1893. Cloth. A smart illustrated copy of this biography of Scottish naturalist Thomas Edward. New edition. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece, nine plates, and many in-text images. Collated complete. The life of Thomas Edward, a Scottish naturalist w...

Lafcadio Hearn Containing Some Letters from Lafcadio Hearn to His Half-Sister, Mrs. Atkinson.

Nina H. Kennard · 1912 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

New York, D. Appleton and Company, 1912. First edition. Cloth. The first American edition of this illustrated biography on Lafcadio Hearn, written by Nina H. Kennard. The first U.S edition. First published in 1911 by Eveleigh Nash. Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece an...

A Collection of Works on Mervyn Peake

John Batchelor; John Watney; Maeve Gilmore; Sebastian Peake · 1974 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Duckworth; Michael Joseph; Allen Lane; Lennard Publishing, 1974-1989. First edition. Cloth. Four smart first editions of these biographical works on English writer and artist Mervyn Peake. Four volumes. First editions. A collection of biographical works on Mervyn Laure...

Forty-One Years in India from Subaltern to Commander-in-Chief

Field Marshal Lord Roberts of Kandahar · 1898 · Rooke Books

£58.00 (€69.52 | $76.63 | ¥12,236)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1898. Cloth. The thirtieth edition of this autobiographical work on Lord Roberts of Kandahar's years in India. The thirtieth, new edition in one volume. First published in 1897. Illustrated with a monochrome portrait frontispiece and for...

My Early Life (1869-1914)

M. K. Gandhi; Mahadeo Desai [editor] · 1949 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, Geoffrey Cumberlege for Oxford University Press, 1949. Brochure/Pamphlet. A scarce copy of this autobiographical account of the early life of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, or Mahatma Gandhi. Later printing, originally published in 1932. Very scarce work. Illustrated with...

Letters to Somebody: A Retrospect

Sir Guy Fleetwood Wilson · 1922 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Cassell & Company, Limited, 1922 . First edition. Leather. A scarce first edition of this collection of letters by the Right Honorable Sir Guy Fleetwood Wilson, inscribed by the author to Stephen G. Constance. First edition. Bound in half calf with cloth boards. Inscri...

Hidden Journey a Spiritual Awakening

Andrew Harvey · 1991 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Bloomsbury , 1991. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this autobiography by Andrew Harvey on his spiritual journey and return to his home country, India. The first edition, first impression, with a complete numberline. Signed by the author to the title pag...

Travels & Sketches

Frederik Poulsen · 1923 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1923. First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of this account of the travels of Frederik Poulsen, translated from the original Danish and in the original scarce dust wrapper. The first UK edition. Translated from the original Danish. In the original...

Toujours Provence

Peter Mayle · 1991 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.83 | $171.75 | ¥27,426)

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1991 . First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of Peter Mayle's sequel to his best selling memoir 'A Year in Provence&apos. The first edition, first impression, in the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.Flat signed to...

Caterina Cornaro: Regina Di Cipro, Signora Di Asolo

Giuseppe Campolieti · 1987 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

Milan, Camunia, 1987. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition copy of Campolieti's biography of the monarch Catherine Cornaro, inscribed by the author to Stephen Vizinczey. The first edition of this uncommon work in the publisher's original cloth binding, wi...

From the Gulf to the Ararat an Expedition Through Mesopotamia and Kurdistan

G. E. Hubbard · 1917 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

Edinburgh , William Blackwood and Sons , 1917. Cloth. The second impression of this uncommon illustrated work on G. E. Hubbards expedition through Mesopotamia and Kurdistan. The second impression. Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece, a map to the pastedown and thirty-th...

Life and Letters of Robert Browning

Mrs. Sutherland Orr; Frederic G. Kenyon · 1908 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

London, Smith, Elder & Co. 1908 . Leather. A new edition of this biographical work on famed poet Robert Browning, in a smart, prize leather binding. A new edition, revised and in part rewritten by Frederic G. Kenyon. First published in 1891. Bound in a smart, half calf prize w...

Excerpts from the Diary of Samuel Pepys, Esq. F.R. S.

Horace N. Pym · 1889 · Rooke Books

£325.00 (€389.56 | $429.37 | ¥68,565)

Not Stated, Ballantyne, Hanson & Co. 1889 . First edition. Cloth. A vanishingly scarce, limited edition copy of this collection of excerpts from Samuel Pepys' diary, presented by the editor, Horace Pym. First edition, in the publisher's original smart navy cloth bind...