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Papers and Addresses of Martin B. Anderson in Two Volumes

William C. Morey (Ed) · 1895 · Rooke Books

£99.99 (€119.85 | $132.10 | ¥21,095)

Philadelphia, American Baptist Publication Society, 1895. Leather. An uncommon set of lectures and papers from lecturer Martin Brewer Anderson. Volume one holds Anderson's "Educational Papers and Addresses", with volume two containing "Philosophical and Scientific Papers....

Kathie Brande a Fireside History of a Quiet Life

Holme Lee · 1872 · Rooke Books

£79.99 (€95.88 | $105.68 | ¥16,875)

London , Smith, Elder and Co, 1872. Leather. A copy of 'Kathie Brande; A Fireside History of a Quiet Life' by Holme Lee. Under pseudonym "Holme Lee", Harriet Parr published between 1854 and 1883 thirty novels and collections of stories, e.g. Maude Tulbot, Gilbert Mas...

Memoirs of the Marchioness de Larochejaquelein

M L Victoire de Donnissan · 1816 · Rooke Books

£510.00 (€611.32 | $673.78 | ¥107,594)

London, Constable and Co et al. 1816. First edition. Leather. he uncommon first English translation, by Sir Walter Scott, of the fascinating memoirs of Marie Louise Victoire de Donnissan, Marquise de La Rochejacquelein. These memoirs give a remarkable picture of the war, and f...

The Lives of the Sheridans

Percy Fitzgerald · 1886 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

London, Richard Bentley and Son, 1886. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this biography of the many notable members of the Sheridan family, by the Anglo-Irish author and critic, painter and sculptor Percy Hetherington Fitzgerald. A contributor to 'Household Words&a...

Men Women and Books a Selection of Sketches Essays and Critical Memoirs from His Uncollected Prose Writings

Leigh Hunt · 1847 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London , Smith, Elder and Co. 1847. First edition. Cloth. An interesting work by prolific author Leigh Hunt. The first edition of this work. Both volumes are lacking half-titles. With a portrait frontispiece of Hunt to volume I. Complete in two volumes. These two volumes are a...

George Morland His Life and Works

George C. Williamson · 1904 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

London , George Bell and Sons, 1904. Cloth. An illustrated biography of the artist George Morland. Illustrated throughout with forty-nine tinted plates, and a coloured frontispiece. The finest of Morland's pictures were executed between 1790 and 1794, and amongst them his...

Memoir of the Life of William James Muller

N. Neal Solly · 1875 · Rooke Books

£255.00 (€305.66 | $336.89 | ¥53,797)

London , Chapman & Hall, 1875. First edition. Cloth. An insightful biographical account into the life and works of landscape and figure painter, William James Muller - the first edition. The first published biography of William James Muller. With original letters and an accoun...

Private Correspondence of Chesterfield and Newcastles 1744-46 Part I: Chesterfield at the Hague Part II: Chesterfield at Dublin

Sir Richard Lodge · 1930 · Rooke Books

£22.99 (€27.56 | $30.37 | ¥4,850)

London , Offices of the Royal Historical Society, 1930. Cloth. A collection of the letters sent between Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield and Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of Newcastle. Edited, with an introduction and notes by British historian Sir Richard Lodge. In a...

The Adventures of Ralph Rashleigh a Penile Exile in Australia 1825-1844

Ralph Rashleigh [James Tucker] · 1929 · Rooke Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

London , Jonathan Cape, 1929. Cloth. The autobiographical text of a convict who was deported to Australia. With an introduction by The Earl of Birkenhead. The first reprint of this edition, published the same year as the first edition. The text was originally written in 1844 a...

Irish Recollections

Justin McCarthy · 0 · Rooke Books

£37.99 (€45.54 | $50.19 | ¥8,015)

London , Hodder and Stoughton, c1910. Cloth. A insightful autobiographical account about the author's life in and around Ireland. Featuring numerous tipped-in illustrations, including a frontispiece of the author. In original cloth binding with gilt detailing. Externally,...

Letters of William Cowper: Bieng a Selection from His Correspondence

William Cowper · 1905 · Rooke Books

£19.00 (€22.77 | $25.10 | ¥4,008)

London , The Religious Tract Society, 1905. Cloth. A selection of the letters of poet William Cowper. With an engraved frontispiece, a sketch of his life, and biographical notices of his correspondents. In a pink cloth binding. Externally, sound, though with some dampstaining,...

The Diary of Humfrey Wanley 1715-1726

C. E. Wright and Ruth C. Wright · 1966 · Rooke Books

£59.99 (€71.91 | $79.26 | ¥12,656)

London , The Bibliographical Society, 1966. Cloth. A smart copy of this eighteenth-century diary from librarian and palaeographer of Humfrey Wanley. With frontispieces to each volume. Volume I: 1715-1723 Volume II: 1723-1726 Complete in two volumes. In navy cloth bindings. Ext...

Departures

E L Grant Watson and John O'Conner · 1948 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London , Pleiades Books Limited , 1948. First edition. Cloth. An autobigraphical work by E L Grant Watson. First edition. Lacking original dustwrapper. Illustrated throughout by John O'Conner. E L Grant Watson was a writer and biologist. He wrote 40 books in total includi...

The Autobiography of Mark Rutherford, Dissenting Minister. Edited by His Friend, Reuben Shapcott

Mark Rutherford, William Hale White · 1881 · Rooke Books

£300.00 (€359.60 | $396.34 | ¥63,291)

London , Trubner & Co. 1881. First edition. Hardback. A scarce first edition of this fictitous autobiography criticising the state of religion in Victorian England. A rare survival in the original publisher's binding In 1881 "The Autobiography of Mark Rutherford, fictitio...

The Unpublished Letters of Charles Dickens to Mark Lemon

Walter Dexter; Charles Dickens · 1927 · Rooke Books

£425.00 (€509.43 | $561.48 | ¥89,662)

London, Halton and Truscott Smith, Ltd, 1927. Cloth. A limited edition copy of this volume, containing the letters of Charles Dickens to Mark Lemon, playwright and founder of Punch magazine, from 1847 to 1870. Mark Lemon's friendship with Charles Dickens was a close and l...

Domestic Manners of Sir Walter Scott

James Hogg · 1909 · Rooke Books

£49.99 (€59.92 | $66.04 | ¥10,546)

Stirling , Eneas Mackay, 1909. Cloth. A memoir of James Hogg's experiences and friendship with the great writer, Sir Walter Scott. In 1790 Hogg found work as a shepherd at Blackhouse Farm in the Yarrow valley in Ettrick Forest. He remained there for ten years, during whic...

Frank Fairlegh Scenes from the Life of a Private Pupil

Frank E. Smedley · 1818 · Rooke Books

£69.99 (€83.89 | $92.47 | ¥14,766)

London, Routledge , c1870. Cloth. The story of the life of a private pupil, which was based on francis Smedley's own experiences. Francis Edward Smedley (1818-1864) was an English Novelist. After an illness in his infancy his growth was restricted and his spine malformed,...

C.E. Montague a Memoir

Oliver Elton · 1929 · Rooke Books

£34.99 (€41.94 | $46.23 | ¥7,382)

London, Chatto and Windus, 1929. First edition. Cloth. A fascinating memoir of the English journalist Charles Edward Montague by Oliver Elton, illustrated with eight black and white plates. A first edition copy. Charles Edward Montague was an English journalist, known also as ...

Secret Memoirs of the Court of St. Cloud in a Series of Letters from a Gentleman at Paris to a Nobleman in London

Anonymous · 0 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

New York, Merrill and Baker. c1905. Leather. The scarce American edition of these memoirs of life at the Chateau de Saint-Cloud. With numerous plates throughout. Edition de Grand Luxe, limited to one thousand copies, of which this is number 150. Ex-libris bookplate of Joseph M...

Memoires D&Apos;Un Voyageur Qui Se Repose

Louis Dutens · 1806 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.34 | $653.96 | ¥104,430)

London, Cox fils et Baylis et se vend chez B. Dulau, 1806. First edition. Paperback. A scarce and complete collection of these insightful French memoirs. A scarce and complete collection of these insightful French memoirs. First edition published anonymously in London. Written...