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The Murder of Lord Erroll

Rupert Furneaux · 1961 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

London, Stevens & Sons, 1961. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of a true crime investigation on the murder of an aristocrat in war-time Kenya, a sensationalised cold case. The first edition of The Murder of Lord Erroll, a true crime work on the famous cold case, written...

Palestine Memories 1917-1918-1925

Robert H. Goodsall · 1932 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,036)

Canterbury, Cross and Jackman, 1932 . Cloth. A smart copy of this richly illustrated cheap edition of Robert H. Goodsall"s memoir of wartime and Mandate-era Palestine, inscribed and signed by the author to the front free endpaper. In the publisher's original blue cloth bi...

Dean Swift and His Writings

Gerald P. Moriarty · 1893 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)

London, Seeley & Co. Limited, 1893. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of a revisionist biography on the renowned Anglo-Irish author, which paints Swift in a calculating light compared to contemporary biographers. The first edition of Dean Swift and His Writings, a compre...

Private Correspondence of Horace Walpole Earl of Orford

Horace Walpole · 1820 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.32 | ¥57,998)

London, Rodwell and Martin, 1820. Leather. An uncommon collection of the private correspondence of Horace Walpole. First collected edition. Complete in four volumes. Horatio Walpole, also known as Horace Walpole, was an English art historian, man of letters, antiquarian and po...

Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart.

J. G. Lockhart · 1837 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)

Boston; Philadelphia, Ostis, Broaders and Company; Carey, Lea and Blanchard, 1837-1838. Cloth. An early American edition of Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. by J. G. Lockhart. With a portrait of Scott to frontispiece to first volume, engraved by R. W. Dodson from...

The Life of Samuel Johnson

James Boswell; John Wilson Croker · 1831 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€898.98 | $990.86 | ¥158,177)

London, John Murray, 1831. Leather. A five volume set of James Boswell's biography of the life of Samuel Johnson, in a uniform leather binding. A beautifully bound five volume set of the famous biography 'The Life of Samuel Johnson' by James Boswell Samuel Johns...

Brougham and His Early Friends in Three Volumes

R. H. M. Buddle Atkinson and G. A. Jackson · 1908 · Rooke Books

£99.99 (€119.85 | $132.10 | ¥21,088)

London, Privately Printed, Darling and Pead , 1908. First edition. Cloth. A set of Brougham and His Early Friends : Letters to James Loch 1798-1809. Collected and arranged by R. H. M. Buddle Atkinson and G. A. Jackson. Complete in three volumes. With notes and appendices. Firs...

The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D. Comprehending an Account of His Studies, and Numerous Works; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition, Never Before Published. Volumes I - IV

James Boswell; Edmond Malone · 1824 · Rooke Books

£199.99 (€239.72 | $264.22 | ¥42,178)

London, James Christie, 1824. Paperback. An uncommon edition of 'The Life of Samuel Johnson' by Boswell, with copious notes and biographical illustrations by Edmond Malone. Dr Samuel Johnson, 1709 – 1784, was an English author. Beginning as a Grub Street journalist,...

Lives, Travels and Tales

Captain Basil Hall et al. · 1820 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,216)

London, Edward Moxon, c1840. Leather. An eclectic assortment of biographies, travel memoirs and stories from the nineteenth century. Containing The Life of Petrarch by Mrs Dobson (no title page) Memoirs of the Life of Colonel Hutchinson.. by His Widow Lucy [Lucy Hutchinson] (h...

Memoirs of Madame de Remusat 1802-1808

Paul De Remusat; Mrs Cashel Hoey (Translator); John Lillie (Translator) · 1880 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

New York, Appleton and Co. 1880. Leather. The memoirs of the french woman of letters Madame de Remusat, translated from the original french. The first volume of three only. Translated from the original French into English by Cashel Hoey and John Lillie. The original work was e...

Memoirs, Illustrative of the Life and Writings of John Evelyn, Esq F.R. S.

John Evelyn; Edited by William Bray · 1819 · Rooke Books

£325.00 (€389.56 | $429.37 | ¥68,543)

London, Henry Colburn, 1819. Leather. A detailed edition of the life and memoirs of diarist John Evelyn. Second edition. 'Comprising his diary, from the year 1641 to 1705-6, and a selection of his familiar letters. To which is subjoined, the private correspondence between...

The Life of Sir Michael Foster, Knt. Sometime One of the Judges of the Court of King&Apos;S Bench and Recorder of Bristol

Michael Dodson · 1811 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.29 | ¥52,726)

London, J. Johnson and Co, 1811. First edition. Leather. A very scarce copy of 'The Life of Michael Foster' written by his Nephew Michael Dodson. First edition. With an engraved portrait of Foster to frontispiece, engraved by James Basire, from an original picture in...

An Apology for the Life of Mr Bampfylde-Moore Carew

Mr Bampfylde-Moore Carew · 1768 · Rooke Books

£260.00 (€311.65 | $343.50 | ¥54,835)

London, R Goadby W Owen et al. 1768 . Leather. An interesting biographical work on the King of Beggars. Bampfylde Moore Carew was an English rogue, vagabond and impostor. He was from a well-established Devonshire family and these memoirs demonstrate Carew's reputation for...

Memoirs of the Protector, Oliver Cromwell and of His Sons, Richard and Henry

Oliver Cromwell · 1821 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.78 | $211.38 | ¥33,744)

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1821. Leather. A collection of the memoirs of Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of England during the Interregnum. Second edition. Including a frontispiece to each volume, and several other portraits in the text. Bookseller's l...

The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D

James Boswell · 1867 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

London, George Routledge and Sons, 1867. Leather. A new edition of James Boswell's comprehensive biography of literary giant Samuel Johnson. Samuel Johnson, often referred to as Dr Johnson, was an English write who made lasting contributions to English Literature as a poe...

Memoirs of the Life of Colonel Hutchinson

Lucy Hutchinson · 1848 · Rooke Books

£58.00 (€69.52 | $76.63 | ¥12,232)

London, Henry G Bohn, 1848. Leather. A seventh edition of this biography of Colonel Hutchinson. Including a life of Lucy Hutchinson written by herself. Colonel John Hutchinson was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England from 1648-1653 and in 1660. He w...

Edwin Forrest: The Actor and the Man. Critical and Reminiscent

Gabriel Harrison · 1889 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.49 | $495.43 | ¥79,089)

Brooklyn, Not Stated, 1889. First edition. Leather. An extremely scarce first edition, signed by the author, of this fascinating biography of a nineteenth century American actor. 'I hereby certify that the Brooklyn Eagle Book Printing Department has printed only two hundr...

The Annual Biography and Obituary: 1835 and the Annual Biography and Obituary: 1836 Volumes XIX and XX

Anon · 1835 · Rooke Books

£99.99 (€119.85 | $132.10 | ¥21,088)

London, Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green,, 1835-36. Leather. The scarce Annual Biography and Obituary for 1835 and 1836. The 1835 Volume bound in leather with gilt lettering. The 1836 Volume bound in half leather with gilt lettering and spine decoration. These works are memoi...

The Portrait of a Christian Gentleman a Memoir of Patrick Fraser Tytler Author of the History of Scotland

Rev. John W Burgon · 1859 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

London, John Murray, 1859. Cloth. A memoir of Patrick Fraser Tytler. Tytler was a Scottish advocate and historian. He is noted for his many essays and papers in Blackwood's Magazine as well as his major work the History of Scotland. Written by John W Burgon was an English...

Memoirs of Alessandro Tassoni Author of la Secchia Rapita or the Rape of the Bucket

Joseph Cooper and Samuel Walker · 1815 · Rooke Books

£400.00 (€479.46 | $528.46 | ¥84,361)

London , Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Co. 1815. First edition. Cloth. A biographical work on Alessandro Tassoni. With a frontispiece of Tassoni and plate to the start of the work. The first edition of this work. This work was written by Irish antiquarian and writer Joseph Co...