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Vies Et Oeuvres Des Peintres Les Plus Celebres de Toutes Les Ecoles; Recueil Classique and Choix Des Plus Celebres Peintures Antiques, Reduites Et Gravees Au Trait

Various · 1805 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.20 | ¥36,908)

Not Stated, Treuttel et Wurtz, 1805-20. Leather. An uncommon French collection of biographies of eminent artists, and a study of classical Art and sculpture. In French. Including entries on Correge, Poussin, and Parmesan. Volume I: Choix des Plus Celebres Peintures Antiques (...

La Vie Du Roy Almanzor

Capitaine Aly Abencufian [Miguel de Luna] · 1702 · Rooke Books

£365.00 (€437.51 | $482.22 | ¥76,980)

Lyon, Antoine Briasson, 1702. Leather. A biographical work in French detailing the life of Al-Mansur, the second Abbasid caliph. Al-Mansur was renowned for founding the 'Round City' of Madinah al-Salam.Written by Spanish writer and physician Miguel de Luna.A second e...

The Life and Pontificate of Leo the Tenth

William Roscoe · 1805 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.39 | $594.52 | ¥94,906)

Liverpool, Printed by J. McCreery for T. Cadell and W. Davies , 1805. First edition. Leather. The scarce complete first edition of William Roscoe's history of Pope Leo X. First edition. Complete in four volumes. Uniformly bound in full calf, with decorative gilt. With a...

Arctic Explorations: The Second Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin

Elisha Kent Kane · 1856 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,216)

Philadelphia, Childs & Peterson, 1856 . First edition. Cloth. Illustrated throughout, this is the first edition of Elisha Kent Kane's thrilling account of the Second Grinnell Expedition, in search of the lost Sir John Franklin. The first edition of this work, complete in ...

Leaves from a Viceroy&Apos;S Note-Book and Other Papers

Marquess Curzon of Kedleston · 1926 · Rooke Books

£43.00 (€51.54 | $56.81 | ¥9,069)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1926 . First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition copy of this collection of memoirs of the former Viceroy of India. The first edition of the work.In publisher's original blue cloth binding.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and 38 p...

Memoirs, Illustrative of the Life and Writings of John Evelyn, Esq. F.R. S. Author of the "Sylvia," &C. &C. 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 King Charles I. And His Secretary of State, Sir Edward Nicholas, Whilst His Majesty Was in Scotland, 1641, and at Other Times During the CIVIL War; Also between Sir Edward Hyde, Afterwards Earl of Clarendon, and Sir Richard Browne, Ambassado

John Evelyn; William Bray [ed.] · 1819 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.13 | ¥61,162)

London, Henry Colburn , 1819. Leather. The superior second edition of John Evelyn's life and writings, offering a wealth of sources on 17th-century life. Illustrated with plates. The second edition of this work, frequently regarded as the best edition of the publication. ...

Edward Pellew Viscount Exmouth Admiral of the Red

C. Northcote Parkinson · 1934 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,635)

London, Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1934. First edition. Cloth. A lovely and uncommon first edition illustrated naval biography, in original unclipped dust wrapper. A very smart and uncommon first edition of this biography, in original blue cloth binding, and in original unclipped dust...

The Life and Letters of Sir John Everett Millais

John Guille Millais · 1899 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

London, Methuen & Co. 1899. First edition. Cloth. Profusely illustrated two-volume biography of Pre-Raphaelite painter John Everett Millais, written by his son. First edition.Complete in two volumes.Bound in publisher's original blue cloth.Volume I features fifty-four pla...

The Autobiography of Joseph Jefferson

Joseph Jefferson · 1890 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)

New York, The Century Co. 1890 . Vellum. Full-vellum autobiography of prominent actor-comedian Joseph Jefferson, profusely illustrated with seventy-seven plates. In publisher's original embossed full-vellum binding.Illustrated with a frontispiece and seventy-six further m...

Ian Fleming Introduces Jamaica

Ian Fleming; Morris Cargill [ed.] · 1965 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,199)

London, Andre Deutsch, 1965 . First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition of Ian Fleming's delightful travelogue exploring his beloved Jamaica, illustrated brightly with colour plates throughout. The first edition, first impression, in the publisher's original u...

The Diary of Joseph Farington

Kathryn Cave; Kenneth Garlick; Angus Macintyre; Evelyn Newby. · 1978 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.85 | ¥83,307)

New Haven; London, Yale University Press , 1978-1998. Cloth. A complete 17 volume set of the diaries of English painter Joseph Farington, with illustrations and the original unclipped dust wrappers. A comprehensive 17 volume set of the diaries of Joseph Farington, including ex...

Memoirs from 1754 to 1758

James Earl Waldegrave · 1821 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

London, John Murray, 1821 . First edition. Leather. Illustrated with an engraved portrait frontispiece, this is the first edition of the mid-19th century memoirs of James Earl Waldegrave, who was Prime Minister for only five days. The first edition of this posthumously publish...

Narrative of a Residence in South Africa

Thomas Pringle; Josiah Conder · 1840 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.29 | ¥52,726)

London, Edward Moxon, 1840. Leather. The second edition of Pringle's Narrative of a Residence in South Africa, in a full calf prize binding from Huddersfield College, 1840, featuring an introductory biographical sketch of Pringle by Josiah Conder. The second edition of Pr...

Memorials of a Quiet Life

Augustus J. C. Hare · 1872 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.20 | ¥36,908)

London, Strahan and Co. 1872-1876. Leather. The second edition of this three volume biographical work from English writer Augustus John Cuthbert Hare, on his adoptive mother. Complete in three volumes. Second edition. With a portrait frontispiece to volumes one and two, and fi...

The Life of Arthur Duke of Wellington

G. R. Gleig · 1892 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)

London, Longmans, Green & Co. 1892. Leather. A leather bound new edition of this biographical account of Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. New edition. With a portrait frontispiece. A record of the life and career of Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Du...

Memories of My Youth 1844-1865

George Haven Putnam · 1914 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

New York and London, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1914. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this autobiography from American publisher George Haven Putnam, recounting his youth. First edition. With a portrait frontispiece. An autobiographical account of the youth of Ge...

Andrew Jameson, Lord Ardwall

John Buchan · 1913 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.74 | $251.02 | ¥40,072)

Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1913 . First edition. Cloth. A sought-after, first edition of John Buchan's biography on Scottish advocate and judge, Andrew Jameson, also known as Lord Ardwall. The first edition. An excellent copy, bound in the publisher...

Life in Normandy: Sketches of French Fishing, Farming, Cooking, Natural History, and Politics, Drawn from Nature

Walter Frederick Campbell; John Francis Campbell [ed.] · 1863 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.39 | $594.52 | ¥94,906)

Edinburgh, Edmonston & Douglas, 1863. First edition. Leather. Charmingly illustrated throughout, this is the uncommon first edition of Walter Frederick Campbell's account of his adventures in Normandy. The uncommon first edition of this work, complete in two volumes.Autho...

The Clearing House: A Survey of One Man&Apos;S Mind; the Lilac and the Rose; the Edwardian Lady

Susan Tweedsmuir; John Buchan · 1946 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

London, Hodder and Stoughton; Gerald Duckworth and Co. Ltd , 1946-1966. First edition. Cloth. A three-volume first edition set of works from Susan Buchan, including two memoirs and an anthology of John Buchan's writings. Comprising three first edition works either written...

Sir Walter Raleigh

John Buchan · 1923 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)

London, Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1923. Leather. A smartly bound copy of this biographical study of Sir Walter Raleigh, told in eleven stories. A biographical study of Sir Walter Raleigh, an English statesman, soldier, writer and explorer, considered one of the most notable figure...