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Cahiers (1716-1755)

Montesquieu; Bernard Grasset · 1941 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

Paris, Editions Bernard Grasset, 1941. First edition. Leather. A first edition copy of this French work containing the diaries and notebooks of Montesquieu, with illustrations. A first edition copy. In the original French. Cahiers (1716-1755) contains the diaries and noteboo...

Lettres de Madame de Sevigne

Madame de Sevigne · 1843 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,635)

Paris, Chez Lefevre, 1843. First edition. Leather. A six volume set of the vivid letters of Madame de Sevigne, in the original French and first edition. A complete six volume set, being first edition copies. In the original French. Madame de Sevigne was a French aristocrat w...

The Remains of Henry Kirke White, Late of St. John&Apos;S College Cambridge

Henry Kirke White · 1826 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

Glasgow, Andrew and John M. Duncan; Richard Griffin & Co, 1826. Hardback. The collected letters, poems, and hymns of Henry Kirke White, with a touching life of the author written by Robert Southey. The collected letters and poems of Henry Kirke White, a poet and author of hymn...

Memoires de la Societe de L&Apos;Histoire de Paris Et de L&Apos;Ile-de-France

1903 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

Paris, Chez H. Champion, 1903-1904. First edition. Leather. Two volumes of Memoires de la Societe de L'Histoire de Paris et de L'ile-de-France with folding plates. First editions of these volumes. In the original French. Volumes XXX and XXXI of Memoires de la Socie...

Mein Vater Fridtjof Nansen: Forscher Und Menschenfreund

Liv Nansen-Hoyer · 1957 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)

Not Stated , F A Brockhaus Wiesbaden, 1957. First edition. Cloth. Bright copy of this scarce biography of Fridtjof Nansen by his daughter Liv Nansen-Hoyer. A scarce work, rarely seen in commerce. Biography of Norwegian polymath and Nobel Peace Prize laureate's Fridtjof...

Lawrence of Arabia: A Biographical Enquiry

Richard Aldington · 1955 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

London, Collins, 1955. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this biography of T. E. Lawrence, with maps. First edition. illustrated with frontispiece, eleven plates, and three maps. Collated complete. A biographical enquiry into the life of Lawrence of Arabia, or Tho...

George Frederic Watts

M. S. Watts · 1912 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,216)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1912. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Mary Fraser Taylor's touching biography on her husband, an illustrated set uncommon to see in the original dust wrappers. The first edition.Complete in three volumes.In the original unclip...

The Life of Sir Thomas Bernard

Rev. James Baker · 1819 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.08 | ¥50,617)

London, John Murray, 1819. First edition. Leather. A first edition of this very scarce biography of English social reformer Sir Thomas Bernard. A first edition of this very scarce biography of Sir Thomas Bernard, third Baronet. In this interesting biography, James Baker offers...

Familiar Letters from Italy, to a Friend in England

Peter Beckford · 1805 · Rooke Books

£420.00 (€503.43 | $554.88 | ¥88,579)

Salisbury , J. Easton, 1805. First edition. Leather. A first edition, complete two volume set of Familiar Letters from Italy, to A Friend in England. A complete two volume set. First edition copies. No half title to either volume. These volumes contain a collection of lette...

A Sketch of the Lives of Lords Stowell and Eldon

William Edward Surtees · 1846 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.32 | ¥57,998)

London, Chapman and Hall, 1846 . First edition. Cloth. A smart signed presentation copy of Surtees's biography of two brothers; Lords Stowell and Eldon. A signed presentation copy from the author, with the inscription 'John Williamson Esquire with the author's k...

Lives of Men of Letters and Science Who Flourished in the Time of George III

Henry, Lord Brougham · 1845 · Rooke Books

£285.00 (€341.61 | $376.53 | ¥60,107)

London , Charles Knight, 1845-1846. Leather. A complete two volume set of this collection of biographies, with illustrations. A complete two volume set of Lives of Men of Letters and Science who Flourished in the time of George III, by Henry, Lord Brougham. The first volume e...

A Selection of the Letters of Lewis Carroll to His Child-Friends

Lewis Carroll; Evelyn M. Hatch [ed.] · 1933 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1933. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this illustrated collection of letters penned by Lewis Carroll to his child friends This compelling selection of letters penned by celebrated author Lewis Carroll provides insight into his friendly relati...

Social & Political Reminiscences

Lady Southwark · 1913 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)

London , Williams and Norgate, 1913. First edition. Cloth. A first edition smart signed copy of this collection of reminiscences. A first edition copy of this work. Signed by the author to the front free endpaper. Social & Political Reminiscences by Lady Southwark is a autob...

The Life and Adventures of Peg Woffington with Pictures of the Period in Which She Lived

J. Fitzgerald Molloy · 1884 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,872)

London, Hurst and Blackett, 1884. First edition. Cloth. Scarce first trade edition of this biographical work on the life and career of Irish actress Peg Woffington, complete in two volumes. First trade edition, published in the same year as a limited deluxe edition. Complete i...

Back to the Long Grass My Link with Livingstone

Dan Crawford · 0 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,545)

New York, George H. Doran Company, c1922. First edition. Cloth. The first US edition of Crawford's travel experiences in Africa with illustrations. First US edition of Back to the Long Grass My Link with Livingstone by Dan Crawford in the original publisher's cloth b...

Salamina

Rockwell Kent · 1935 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

New York , Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1935 . First edition. Cloth. A smart, illustrated first edition copy of this travel memoir in the arctic by Rockwell Kent. Stated first edition. Salamina is a memoir of Rockwell Kent's first Arctic Winter where he painted and explore...

Africa and African Travel and Adventure, Including the Life and Travels of Dr. Livingstone

John S. Roberts · 1874 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,635)

London, W. P. Bennett, 1874 . First edition. Cloth. Illustrated throughout, present here is the first edition of John S. Roberts's comprehensive three volume account of the history of European adventures in Africa. The first edition of John S. Roberts's account of th...

James Boswell

C. E. Vulliamy · 1932 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

London, Geoffrey Bles, 1932. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Vulliamy's scarce biography on the influential writer James Boswell, who is best known for his own biography on his friend Samuel Johnson. The first edition of this scarce work.Vulliamy's biograp...

Joseph Arch the Story of His Life Told by Himself

Joseph Arch; The Countess of Warwich · 1898 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

London, Hutchinson & Co. 1898. Cloth. A very scarce second edition of Joseph Arch's autobiography with a preface from the Countess of Warwick Very scarce second edition in original publisher's cloth binding. Joseph Arch's autobiography edited with a preface by t...

Samuel Butler: Author of Erewhon (1835-1902), a Memoir

Henry Festing Jones · 1920 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1920 . Cloth. An attractive two volume biography of novelist Samuel Butler, written by his close friend Henry Festing Jones, and illustrated throughout. The complete two volume second edition of English solicitor and writer Henry Festing Jones's ...