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Oriental and Western Siberia: A Narrative of Seven Years&Apos; Exploration and Adventures

Thomas Witlam Atkinson · 1858 · Rooke Books

£390.00 (€467.48 | $515.24 | ¥82,278)

London, Hurst and Blackett, 1858 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Thomas Witlam Atkinson's account of his mid nineteenth century travels in the Russian orient, illustrated throughout. The work of English architect and traveller Thomas Witlam Atkinson. Between ...

Ambulance No. 10: Personal Letters from the Front

Leslie Buswell · 1916 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

Boston , Houghton Mifflin Company, 1916. First edition. Hardback. A very smart copy of this important work detailing Leslie Buswell's time working in the American Field Ambulance Service during WWI. The first edition of this work.In the publisher's original quarter c...

The Itinerant, or Memoirs of an Actor & the Itinerant in Scotland

Samuel William Ryley · 1816 · Rooke Books

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

London, Sherwood and Co. 1816-1827 . First edition. Leather. An exceptionally scarce complete set of the fictional memoirs of English actor Samuel William Ryley, the author's presentation copy, signed to Volume VII. Bound in half calf with marbled paper-covered boards. Co...

The Bravest Deed I Ever Saw: Stories of Personal Experience

Earl Roberts; Robert Baden-Powell; Admiral Hamilton; R.K. Douglas; H. Rider Haggard; Frank T. Bullen; A. Quiller Couch; Winston Churchill; C.B. Fry; Captain Wells; Frederick Villiers; Gordon Stables; Others · 1905 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

London , Hutchinson & Co. [1905]. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce copy of this work containing autobiographical short stories of heroic deeds from well-known authors and celebrities, such as Earl Roberts, H. Rider Haggard and Winston Churchill. A very scarce first edition,...

Southern English Reminiscences of Purbeck Country and People

Eric Benfield · 1942 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1942. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this memoir by Eric Benfield, describing the people and life Purbeck, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition. Illustrated by Denys-Watkins-Pitchford with a monochrome frontispiece ...

The Life of Sir Albert Hastings Markham

M. E. Markham; F. A. Markham · 1927 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1927. First edition. Cloth. A very well-preserved first edition copy of this interesting biography of the explorer Admiral Sir Albert Hastings Markham. The uncommon first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding...

The Amazing Story of James J. Braddock

James Lambert Harte · 1938 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

Emmaus, PA, Rodale Press, 1938 . First edition. Cloth. A bright, first edition of James Lambert Harte's biographical work on boxing world heavyweight champion of the past, James J. Braddock. First edition, in the publisher's original purple cloth binding. Scarce. Thi...

Thirty Years a Colporteur

Thomas Groat · 1939 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)

Kirkwall, The Orkney Herald Office, 1939 . First edition. Paperback. An extremely scarce first edition of this autobiographical work on Thomas Groat, documenting his career as a colporteur. First edition, in the publisher's original paper wraps.Very scarce. Written by Th...

The Young Rifleman&Apos;S Comrade: A Narrative of His Military Adventures, Captivity, and Shipwreck.

[Johan Christian Mampel] · 1826 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)

London, Henry Colburn, 1826 . First edition. Leather. The scarce first edition of this autobiographical work by Johan Christian Mampel, bound in full calf. The scarce first edition. Bound in full diced calf. This work, though written anonymously, was written by Johan Christi...

Reminiscences of a Soldier&Apos;S Wife.

Ellen McGowan Biddle · 1907 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.26 | $726.63 | ¥116,033)

1907, J. B. Lippincott Company, 1907. First edition. Cloth. The author's presentation copy of this illustrated Confederate Civil War autobiography by Ellen McGowan Biddle Author's presentation copy with inscription by the author; "To Mrs William Bunker, with best wis...

On the Frontier: Reminiscences of Wild Sports, Personal Adventures, and Strange Scenes

J. S. Campion · 1878 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, Chapman and Hall, 1878 . Cloth. An exceptionally bright copy of the second edition of this illustrated account of life on the American frontiers in the nineteenth century. The second edition of this work. While the title page gives the 1878 date of the first edition, t...

The Men of Skye

Roderick MacCowan · 1902 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

Glasgow, John Macneilage, 1902 . First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of this work documenting the lives of some of the men living on the Isle of Skye in the early nineteenth century. First edition, in the publisher's original blue cloth binding. This scarce work ...

Memoirs of Emma Lady Hamilton

W H Long [ed] · 1891 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)

London, W W Gibbings, 1891. Cloth. A new, limited edition of this collection of memoirs of Emma Lady Hamilton. A collection of memoirs of Emma, Lady Hamilton, English maid, model, dancer and actress. She is known for her series of affairs with wealthy men, including the naval...

Boswell&Apos;S Life of Johnson

James Boswell; George Birkbeck Hill [ed.] · 1887 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, Clarendon Press, 1887 . Cloth. James Boswell's complete six volume biography of Samuel Johnson, illustrated throughout. A complete six volume set of James Boswell's biography of English writer Dr. Samuel Johnson. Edited by George Birkbeck Hill, and including ...

Memoir and Correspondence of Susan Ferrier 1782-1854

John A. Doyle · 1929 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London , Eveleigh Nash & Grayson, 1929. Cloth. An interesting memoir of Scottish novelist Susan Ferrier. A limited edition copy of three hundred and fifty. This is volume four of The Works of Susan Ferrier the Holyrood Edition. This volume contains a memoir and the correspon...

Journal of a Somerset Rector John Skinner, A.M. , Antiquary 1772-1839

John Skinner; Howard Coombs; Arthur N. Bax · 1930 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London , John Murray , 1930. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of this journal of John Skinner, with illustrations. A first edition copy. John Skinner was Parochial Affairs of the Parish of Camerton between 1822 and 1832 and this volume is an interesting insigh...

Kinwun Mingyi&Apos;S London Diary

Kinwun Mingyi; PE Maung Tin [editor] · 1953 · Rooke Books

£285.00 (€341.62 | $376.52 | ¥60,126)

Rangoon, Govt. Printing and Stationary Burma, 1953-1954. Cloth. A complete two volume set of the diary of Kinwun Mingyi U Kaung, in the original Myanmar (Burmese) language. Myanmar (Burmese) language. Two volumes. Scarce work. The diary of Kinwun Mingyi U Kaung, a Myanmar (Bur...

Gonzalve de Cordoue, Ou Grenade Reconquise

M. De Florian · 1792 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

Paris , Chez Lemarie , 1792. Paperback. A complete three volume, third edition set of this work on the Spanish general Gonzalo de Cordoue. A complete three volume set. In the third edition.In the original French. Gonzalve De Cordoue was a Spanish General and statesman who led...

Le Duc de Saint-Simon 1675-1755

Jacques Roujon · 1958 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

Paris, Dominique Wapler, 1958 . Leather. A leather bound copy of this memoir of the court at Versailles. In the original French. Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon was a French soldier, diplomat and memoirist. His memoirs are a classic of French literature giving the most d...

Recueil Des Lettres de Madame la Marquise de Sevigne

Madame la Marquise de Sevigne · 1774 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

Paris, Par la Compagnie des Librairies , 1774. Leather. A new edition of the letters of Madame la Marquise de Sevigne to Madame la Comtesse de Grignan, her daughter, complete in eight volumes. Half titles to vols I-VII. In eight volumes. A new edition, expanded. With the adver...