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Marcel Proust · 1942 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.74 | $251.02 | ¥40,072)

Manchester, Editions du Calame , 1942. First edition. Paperback. A limited French edition of this collection of letters by Marcel Proust, exchanged with Marie Nordlinger from 1899 to 1908. A limited edition to two hundred and twenty five copies, of which this is number thirty ...

The Mint

352087 A/c Ross [T E Lawrence] · 1955 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,199)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1955. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of T. E. Lawrence's memoirs of his time enlisted in the Royal Air Force. The first trade edition of this work, in the original unclipped dust wrapper.In 1924, Lawrence enlisted in the British Royal Air F...

The Domestic and Artistic Life of John Singleton Copley

Martha Babcock Amory · 1882 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

Boston, Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1882. Leather. A fascinating biography of John Singleton Copley, a painter of the eighteenth century, bound by Bartlett and Co. John Singleton Copley (1738-1815) was an artist active in colonial America and England. His works included lar...

Under the Quizzing Glass; a Lewis Carroll Miscellany

Lewis Carroll · 1972 · Rooke Books

£39.00 (€46.75 | $51.52 | ¥8,225)

London, Magpie Press, 1972. Cloth. A limited edition compiling various short pieces regarding Lewis Carroll, published for the centenary of the release of 'Through the Looking Glass&apos. Containing extracts, a poem, illustrations and studies of his life and work.Charles ...

Phiz" (Hablot Knight Browne) a Memoir Including a Selection from His Correspondence and Notes on His Principal Works

Fred G. Kitton · 1882 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

London, W. Satchell and Co. 1882. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition of this remarkable Hablot Knight Browne's illustrated biography by Fred Kitton. A remarkably well preserved first edition of this short biographical sketch of the illustrator known as "Phiz...

Letters from Mesopotamia in 1915 and January 1916, from Robert Palmer, Who Was Killed in the Battle of Um El Hannah, June 21, 1916 Aged 27 Years

Robert Palmer · 1926 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.32 | ¥57,998)

London, Printed for Private Circulation , [1926]. Cloth. A very scarce and excellent copy of this work comprising Robert Palmer's letters of his time at war in Mesopotamia. Undated. Dated from a privately published copyon Jisc [1926], held at the British Library. Compris...

The Life of James Mcneill Whistler

E. R. Pennell; J. Pennell · 1908 · Rooke Books

£475.00 (€569.36 | $627.54 | ¥100,179)

London, William Heinemann, 1908. First edition. Leather. A limited edition biography on the artist James McNeill Whilster, profusely illustrated, signed by the publisher. A limited edition work, limited to one hundred and fifty copies, this copy numbered one hundred and one.Si...

Streewalker

Anonymous · 1960 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

New York, The Viking Press, 1960. First edition. Cloth. A first American edition of this work alleging to be the autobiography of a London-based prostitute, in the well-preserved original dust wrapper. This work was published anonymously, and is a confessional work giving an i...

Green Leaves New Chapters in the Life of Charles Dickens

John Harrison Stonehouse · 1931 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,036)

London, The Piccadilly Fountain Press, 1931. Hardback. A limited edition biography on the early life of Charles Dickens, looking at how his experiences influenced his novels. A limited edition work, limited to five hundred and thirty-five copies, of which this is numbered four...

Teena Rochfort-Smith. A Memoir.

Mary Grace Walker · 1883 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.20 | ¥36,908)

Not Stated, Not Stated, 1883. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this privately circulated memoir celebrating the life of Teena Rochfort-Smith, illustrated with four woodburytypes. The first edition of this work.A very scarce work.Printed for private circulat...

The Lives of the Most Eminent Modern Painters

James Burgess · 1754 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

London, Thomas Payne , 1754. First edition. Disbound. A scarce, first edition of this biographical treatise on modern painters by John Burgess. The title page notes 'J.B' which is 'James Burgess&apos. With sections on Pietro Francisco Mola, Francis Synders, Jo...

Counting My Steps Numbers

Jakov Lind · 1970 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.84 | $151.93 | ¥24,254)

London, Harper & Row, 1970-2. First edition. Cloth. A near fine first edition of Jakov Lind"s two autobiographies, both the author"s presentation copy to the publisher Tom Maschler. The first edition of these works. Two autobiographical works by Jakov Lind. In the original unc...

Epistolae Ho-Elianae the Familiar Letters of James Howell

Joseph Jacobs (Ed) · 1890 · Rooke Books

£23.00 (€27.57 | $30.39 | ¥4,851)

London, Published by Davis Nutt in The Strand, 1890. Cloth. A nineteenth century reprint of the family letters of James Howell, in the publisher's original cloth binding and edited by Joseph Jacobs. This particular reprint in a copy of 10th edition of the work, originally...

The Book of Lovat Claud Fraser

Haldane Macfall · 1923 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,199)

London, J. M. Dent & Sons, Ltd, 1923. Cloth. A lovely example of this work of this biographical work by Haldane Macfall, in which he discusses the life and work of the English artist and designer Claud Lovat Fraser. A biography of the artist Claud Lovat Fraser. Born in the Lon...

The Historical and the Posthumous Memoirs Sir Nathaniel William Wraxall 1772-1784

Henry B. Wheatley · 1884 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

London, Bickers & Son, 1884. Cloth. Three volumes of Henry B. Wheatley biography of the life of Sir Nathaniel William Wraxall, in an attractive uniform cloth binding. Three volumes of an original five volume set. Lacking volume III and IV. Memoirs of the author Nathaniel Wraxa...

The Life and Death of William Wallis the Cobler of Glocester Together with Some Inquiring Into the Mystery of Conventicleism

Anon · 1670 · Rooke Books

£1,900.00 (€2,277.43 | $2,510.18 | ¥400,716)

London, E Okes for William Whitwood, 1670. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce tract on Ralph Wallis, a nonconformist pamphleteer known as 'the Cobler of Gloucester&apos. This tract appeared following the death of Wallis and focuses on Wallis' idea...

Travels from St. Petersburgh in Russia, to Various Parts of Asia

John Bell · 1788 · Rooke Books

£950.00 (€1,138.71 | $1,255.09 | ¥200,358)

Edinburgh, William Creech, 1788 . Leather. An exceptional and scarce example of Scottish physician John Bell's incredible account of his travels in Russia, Siberia, Persia and China, complete in two volumes. First published in 1763, this work is scarce in all contemporary...

Pierre Brissaud

Jean Dulac · 1929 · Rooke Books

£695.00 (€833.06 | $918.20 | ¥146,578)

Paris, Henry Babou, 1929. First edition. Paperback. A deluxe limited edition of this richly illustrated monograph on Art Deco artist Pierre Brissaud, one of just fifty copies on Japan paper. Loose as issued in the publisher"s original paper wraps, retaining the original glassi...

Guerriers Et Sorciers En Somalie

Alphonse Lippmann · 1953 · Rooke Books

£124.00 (€148.63 | $163.82 | ¥26,152)

Hachette, Choses Vues Aventures Vecues, 1953. First edition. Leather. A very smart, very scarce half morocco binding of this first edition French title. A very smart copy of this mid-century travelogue, in the original French.  Bound in quarter morocco and marbled boards. Wit...

The Life and Times of Daniel de Foe: With Remarks Digressive and Discursive

William Chadwick · 1859 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

London, John Russell Smith, 1859. Leather. An account of influential 'Robinson Crusoe' writer Daniel Defoe, in original embossed full calf binding. An account of the life of English writer, merchant and spy Daniel Defoe, most known for his novels, including Robinson ...