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Happy England

Marcus B. Huish · 1909 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

London, Adam & Charles Black, 1909. Cloth. An expanded early reprint of this lovely illustrated biography of Helen Allingham, the Victorian watercolourist. Early edition of Happy England as painted by Helen Allingham, with a memoir and descriptions by Marcus Bourne Huish. In t...

Memoirs of Sir Joshua Reynolds

James Northcote · 1813 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

London , Henry Colburn, 1813. First edition. Leather. An interesting first edition of this memoir of the painter Sir Joshua Reynolds, with illustrations. A first edition copy of Memoirs of Sir Joshua Reynolds. Sir Joshua Reynolds was an English painter who specialised in portr...

Memoirs of Rear-Admiral Sir W. Edward Parry

The Rev. Edward Parry · 1857 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,872)

London, Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts , 1857 . Cloth. Second edition of this memoir of Sir William Edward Parry of the Royal Navy by his son. The second edition of this work. A memoir of William Edward Parry, Royal Navy officer and explorer known for his expeditio...

Mark Twain&Apos;S Autobiography

Mark Twain [Samuel Clemens]; Albert Bigelow Paine [Intro.] · 1924 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,963)

New York, Harper & Brothers, 1924 . First edition. Cloth. The two volume first printings of Mark Twain's autobiography, dictated by him during the last years of his life. The first edition, first printing of these works, with 'H-Y' and 'First Edition' ...

The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.

Sir John Hawkins · 1787 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

London, J. Buckland; J. Rivington and Sons; T. Payne and Sons; et al, 1787. First edition. Leather. The first edition of the first full-length biography on Samuel Johnson to be published, pre-dating Boswell's influential work. The first edition.Hawkins' biography was...

Shakespeare&Apos;S Life and Work

Sidney Lee · 1900 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

London, Smith Elder & Co. 1900. Leather. Handsome biographical sketch of the life and work of William Shakespeare by Sidney Lee. A biographical sketch of the life and work of William Shakespeare, abridged for students from 1898 A Life of William Shakespeare by Sidney Lee, Engl...

Memories and Reflections 1852-1927 the Earl of Oxford and Asquith

The Earl of Oxford and Asquith · 1928 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.20 | ¥36,908)

London , Cassell and Company, 1928. First edition. Cloth. A complete two volume set of the reflections of a former British Prime Minister, with illustrations. A complete two volume set of Memoirs and Reflections 1852-1927 of The Earl of Oxford and Asquith. Herbert Henry Asquit...

The Life of Voltaire

S. G. Tallentyre; [Evelyn Beatrice Hall] · 1904 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,816)

London, Smith, Elder, & Co, 1904. Leather. The second edition of Evelyn Beatrice Hall's brilliant biography on the life and work of Voltaire, a Hatchards bound edition complete with plates. The second edition.Bound by Hatchards.Complete in two volumes.A brilliantly writte...

The Dramatic Works of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan, with a Memoir of His Life.

Richard Brinsley Sheridan; G. G. S · 1870 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

London, Bell & Daldy , 1870. Leather. The dramatic works of the renowned Irish writer, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, in a smart half calf binding. The Bohn's Standard Library edition. Rebound in beautiful half calf on marbled boards, with gilt detail to the spine. With a por...

Eighty Years Ago or the Recollections of an Old Army Doctor

DR. Gibney; Major R. D. Gibney · 1896 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.80 | $191.57 | ¥30,581)

London , Bellairs & Company, 1896. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon first edition copy of this work on the recollections of an army doctor during the battle of Waterloo. An uncommon first edition volume of Eighty Years Ago or The Recollections of An Old Army Doctor by DR. Gib...

Lord Strafford

H D Traill · 1889 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,709)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1889. First edition. Leather. Beautiful leather-bound first edition of Trail's biography of Lord Strafford. Biography of Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Stafford, English statesman and major figure in the period leading up to the English Civil War....

The Dairy of Samuel Pepys

Samuel Pepys; Henry B. Wheatley (ed.) · 1904 · Rooke Books

£795.00 (€952.92 | $1,050.31 | ¥167,668)

London , George Bell and Sons , 1904. Leather. A smart complete eight volume set of the famous Diary of Samuel Pepys. The Dairy of Samuel Pepys who was Clerk of the Acts and Secretary to the Admiralty. These volumes were transcribed by the late Rev. Mynors Bright from the shor...

The Story of My Life

Augustus J. C. Hare · 1896 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.29 | ¥52,726)

London, George Allen , 1896-1900. First edition. Cloth. Augustus Hare's autobiography complete in six volumes, bright first edition. A collection complete in six volumes of this extensive autobiographical work by Augustus Hare. The first edition, published between 1896 an...

James Joyce a to Z

A Nicholas Fargnoli; Michael Patrick Gillespie · 1995 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.74 | $58.13 | ¥9,280)

London, Bloomsbury, 1995. First edition. Cloth. Lovely first impression of this large paper study of James Joyce's life and career, complete with unclipped dust wrapper. Biographical study of the life and career of James Joyce, prominent author in the twentieth century, o...

The Laird of Abbotsford a View of Sir Walter Scott

A. N. Wilson · 1980 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,545)

Oxford, New York, Toronto, Melbourne, Oxford University Press, 1980 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first printing of this biography of Sir Walter Scott, signed by the author and in the original dust wrapper. First edition, first printing of The Laird of Abbotsford,...

The Life of Samuel Johnson

James Boswell · 1857 · Rooke Books

£260.00 (€311.65 | $343.50 | ¥54,835)

London , G. Routledge & Co, 1857-1859. Leather. A four volume set of one of the most famous biographical works by James Boswell, of his dear friend Samuel Johnson. A complete four volume set of The Life of Samuel Johnson by James Boswell. New Edition copies which are elucidate...

Some Particulars Contributed Towards a Memoir of Mrs. Myddelton

G. Steinman Steinman · 1864 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,635)

Not Stated, Not Stated, 1864. First edition. Cloth. A scarce and privately printed biographical account of Jane Myddelton, one of the 'Windsor Beauties', written by G. Steinman Steinman and signed by the author to the title page. First edition, scarce, 'printed ...

Peg Woffington

Charles Reade · 1899 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)

London , George Allen, 1899. Cloth. A decorative and extensively illustrated copy of Charles Reade's novel Peg Woffington. Peg Woffington was inspired by the popular stage play Masks and Faces which Charles Reade had co-written and featured Woffington as a central charact...

Thomas Stothard, R.A. : An Illustrated Monograph

A. C. Coxhead · 1906 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)

London, A. H. Bullen, 1906. First edition. Cloth. A wonderfully illustrated first edition copy containing a biographical account of the life of Thomas Stothard, written by A. C. Coxhead, with other fifty illustrated plates. First Edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and fi...

Memories of My Life

Francis Galton · 1908 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,453)

London, Methuen & Co , 1908. Cloth. A well presented second edition of Francis Galton's memories as a prominent Victorian polymath. Second Edition published one month after the first edition. The memories of Francis Galton, a prominent Victorian polymath and half-cousin t...