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James Lees-Milne · 1970 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,709)

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1970. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition copy of James Lees-Milne's thoughtful autobiography, discussing his life at Eton and during the Second World War. The first edition, first impression, of this work.In the original unclipped dust w...

The Autobiography of Joseph Jefferson

Joseph Jefferson · 1890 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

New York, The Century Co. 1890. Cloth. A lavishly illustrated autobiography by this prominent American actor, with portraits throughout. Joseph Jefferson was an American actor. Born to a family of actors, he was a popular comedian of the nineteenth century best known for his p...

Pensãƒâ©Es of Joubert

Joseph Joubert; Henry Attwell [trans.] · 1898 · Rooke Books

£29.00 (€34.76 | $38.31 | ¥6,116)

London, George Allen , 1898 . Leather. A copy of the English translation of Joseph Joubert's popular collection of maxims and thoughts, the fourth edition. Joseph Joubert was a French moralist and essayist, largely remembered for his Pensées, published posthumously by C...

Memoirs of Sir Joshua Reynolds

James Northcote · 1813 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)

London, Henry Colburn, 1813. First edition. Leather. A fascinating first edition of this memoir of the eighteenth-century 'Grand Style' painter, Joshua Reynolds. Written by his esteemed pupil, James Northcote. The first edition of this work. A fascinating biographic...

A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine Von Gravenitz

Marie Hay · 1909 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)

London, Constable & Company LTD, 1909. Leather. A Hatchard bound semi-fictional biography on the life of the royal mistress Wilhelmine von Gravenitz, from the library of Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie. Bound by Hatchards.A semi-fictional biography on Wilhelmine von Gravenitz, a Germ...

The True Life of Captain Sir Richard F. Burton

Georgiana M. Stisted · 1896 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)

London, H.S. Nichols, 1896. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this biography of Sir Richard F. Burton, written by his niece Georgiana M. Stisted. In the publisher's original blue buckram binding. A comprehensive biography of noted English explorer, Sir Richar...

Oliver Cromwell

Samuel Rawson Gardiner · 1899 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.29 | ¥52,726)

London, Goupil & Co. 1899. First edition. Leather. An out of series copy of the limited, first edition of Gardiner's significant and extensive illustrated account of general Oliver Cromwell. An important and comprehensive biography of English general and statesman Oliver ...

Homes and Haunts of the Most Eminent British Poets

William Howitt · 1847 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,453)

London, Richard Bentley, 1847 . First edition. Leather. Two smartly bound first edition volumes discussing the favoured locations of the most famous poets in the English language. Illustrated throughout. The complete two volume first edition set of prolific English writer and ...

The Memoirs of Cap. George Carleton, an English Officer

George Carleton; [Daniel Defoe] · 1743 · Rooke Books

£425.00 (€509.42 | $561.49 | ¥89,634)

London, Thomas Astley, 1743. Leather. A scarce reissue of the memoirs of Captain George Carleton, an intriguing work with a complicated authorship history. A scarce work.A reissue with a new title, printed from the unsold sheets of the first edition.ESTC citation number T70329...

The Rival Princes; or, a Faithful Narrative of Facts Relating to Mrs. M.A. Clarke&Apos;S Political Acquaintance with Colonel Wardle Et Al.

Mary Anne Clarke · 1810 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,872)

London, C. Chapple, 1810. First edition. Leather. A first edition of Mary Anne Clarke's recollections of her acquaintance of Colonel Wardle, Major Dodd and others. Two volumes bound as one. Mary Anne Clarke (1776-1852) was the mistress of Prince Frederick, Duke of York an...

The Reminiscences and Recollections of Captain Gronow

Captain Gronow; John Raymond · 1964 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

London, The Bodley Head, 1964. First edition. Leather. A decoratively bound first Bodley Head abridged edition of the memoirs of Captain Rees Howell Gronow, an entertaining work on late Georgian and Victorian society. The first abridged edition of this work published by Bodley...

Memoirs of Joseph Sturge

Henry Richard · 1864 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,635)

London, S. W. Partridge , 1864. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition biography on the important abolitionist Joseph Sturge, illustrated with a portrait frontispiece. The very scarce first edition of this work.An enlightening biography on the life and monumental wo...

The King&Apos;S Son; or, a Memoir of Billy Bray

Frederick William Bourne · 1871 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.30 | ¥17,927)

London, Bible Christian Book-Room, 1871. Cloth. A scarce early edition of Frederick Bourne's widely popular biography on the uncovnential preacher Billy Bray, the second edition of this work. The second edition of this work, scarce to find this work in an early edition.Fr...

The Timeless Quest: Stephen Haggard

Christopher Hassall · 1948 · Rooke Books

£54.00 (€64.73 | $71.34 | ¥11,389)

London, Arthur Barker, [1948]. Cloth. A lovely copy of Stephen Haggard's illustrated biography by Christopher Hassall, with the unclipped dustwrapper. Undated. Dated from Jisc [1948]A fascinating biography of Stephen Haggard by Christopher Hassall. Haggard was a noted ac...

Notes of a Son and Brother

Henry James · 1914 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,036)

London, Macmillan & Co. LTD, 1914. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition of this illustrated autobiography by Henry James. The first edition of this work, first printing. A fascinating autobiography by Henry James, one of the greatest novelists in the English langu...

Jean-Baptiste Charcot

Various · 1936 · Rooke Books

£500.00 (€599.32 | $660.57 | ¥105,451)

Paris, Bulletin Officiel du Yacht Club de France, 1936. First edition. Paperback. The first limited edition of this touching memorial for Jean-Baptiste Charcot, an illustrated work in the original French. The first edition of this work.A limited edition work, limited to nine-h...

Alfred the Great

Thomas Hughes · 1873 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.13 | ¥61,162)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1873. Leather. A signed copy of this historical work by the author known for 'Tom Brown's School Days&apos. A signed copy, in a full morocco binding.  With the author's inscription 'Sybil Irene Cutler with the best wishes of her G...

Portraits of Eminent Conservatives and Statesman

Henry Thomas Ryall · 1836 · Rooke Books

£400.00 (€479.46 | $528.46 | ¥84,361)

London, George Virtue, 1836-46. Leather. A complete collection of Henry Thomas Ryall"s engraved portraits of eminent politicians in the nineteenth century, illustrated throughout with seventy-one engraved portraits. Complete in two volumes.Volume I illustrated with thirty-five...

Memoirs of the Life of the Right Honourable Sir John Eardley Wilmot, Knt. Late Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Commons Pleas, and One of His Majesty&Apos;S Most Honourable Privy Council: With Some Original Letters

John Eardley Wilmot · 1802 · Rooke Books

£1,200.00 (€1,438.37 | $1,585.38 | ¥253,084)

London, T Cadell, Jun, and W. Davies, 1802. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this enlightening biography of the judge John Eardley Wilmot, written by his son, with a frontispiece portrait of Wilmot. The first edition of this work. An interesting memoir of the Engli...

Collingwood

W. Clark Russell · 1891 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)

London, Methuen and Co, 1891. First edition. Cloth. An illustrated biography about Lord Nelson's partner Cuthbert Collingwood, written by the naval writer William Clark Russell. The first edition of this work. An uncommon work not mentioned by Wolff. This work is an inter...