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Lives of Remarkable Youth of Both Sexes

None stated · 1830 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

London, Colburn and Bentley, 1830. First edition. Cloth. The publisher's presentation, first edition copy of this collection of biographies on the lives of remarkable young people. The first edition. The publisher's presentation copy, inscribed to the front free endp...

The Life of Sir Richard Whittington, Knt. Four Times Lord Mayor of London, in the Reigns of Edward III, Richard II. And Henry V. Compiled from Authentic Documents; Containing Many Important Particulars Respecting That Illustrious Man, Never Before Published: Intended to Amuse, Instruct, and Stimulate the Rising Generation

Author of "Memoirs of George Barnwell · 1816 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,799)

London, Printed for Sherwood, Neely, and Jones , 1816. Cloth. The second edition of this scarce biography of Sir Richard Whittington. Second edition. A scarce work.With an engraved portrait frontispiece. A pleasing biography of Sir Richard Whittington, an English merchant and ...

A Visit to Stanley&Apos;S Rear-Guard at Major Barttelot&Apos;S Camp on the Aruhwimi

J. R. Werner · 1889 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.85 | ¥83,307)

Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1889 . First edition. Cloth. An exceptionally bright example of the uncommon first edition of J. R. Werner's narrative of the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition led by Henry Morton Stanley. An uncommon first edition.Illustrated ...

A Narrative of the Expedition to Algiers in the Year 1816

Mr. A. Salame · 1819 · Rooke Books

£485.00 (€581.34 | $640.76 | ¥102,288)

London, John Murray, 1819 . First edition. Leather. Illustrated throughout, this is a handsome example of the first edition of Abraham Salame's narrative of Lord Exmouth's expedition to end slavery on the Barbary Coast. The first edition of this work.Illustrated with...

The Young Ardizzone: An Autobiographical Fragment

Edward Ardizzone · 1970 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.30 | ¥17,927)

London, Studio Vista Limited, 1970. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing first edition of this autobiographical work from British artist Edward Ardizzone. First edition. Illustrated throughout with colour highlights. An autobiographical account of the childhood of Edward Jeffrey I...

The "Pope" of Holland House: Selections from the Correspondence of John Whishaw and His Friends 1813-1840

John Whishaw; Lady Seymour [editor] · 1906 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)

London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1906. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated collection of correspondence from English lawyer John Whishaw, edited by Lady Seymour. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and eight plates. Collated complete. A collection of...

The Life and Campaigns of Lieut. -Gen. U.S. Grant, from His Boyhood to the Surrender of Lee

Rev. P. C. Headley · 1866 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)

New York, The Derby and Miller Publishing Co, 1866 . First edition. Cloth. The illustrated first edition of Rev. P. C. Headley's biography of the 18th president of the United States and leader of the Union Army, Ulysses S. Grant. The first edition.Illustrated with a portr...

Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Thomas Chalmers

The Rev. William Hanna · 1851 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

Edinburgh, Sutherland and Knox, 1851. Leather. Three volumes of this definitive biography of Thomas Chalmers, written by his son-in-law, William Hanna. Comprising the first three out of the four volumes published for this series (a fifth supplement volume was added containing ...

The Gallery of Portraits: With Memoirs

1833 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.74 | $251.02 | ¥40,072)

London, Charles Knight , 1833-1836. First edition. Leather. Six volumes of this extensive biographical portrait series, uniformly bound in full calf and complete with all engraved plates. Comprising Vols I-VI, bound in three volumes. Lacking Vol VII. Uniformly bound in full bl...

Chances of Sports of Sorts

Colonel T. A. St Quintin · 1912 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,216)

Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1912. First edition. Cloth. A presentation first edition copy of T. A. Quintin's account of a life of sporting, detailing his experiences hunting and playing polo around the world, with an inscription and various correspon...

Histoire de Christophe Colomb Ou la Decouverte de L&Apos;Amerique

M. Deville · 1880 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)

Rouen, Megard, 1880 . First edition. Hardback. Beautifully bound in the publisher's decorative cartonnage binding, this is the very scarce first edition of Deville's biography of Christopher Columbus. In the original French.The very scarce first edition of this work ...

The Public and Domestic Life of the Right Hon. Edmund Burke

Peter Burke · 1854 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.84 | $151.93 | ¥24,254)

London, Nathaniel Cooke, 1854. Leather. A smartly bound second edition of this biographical study of Anglo-Irish statesman Edmund Burke. Second edition. With a frontispiece and numerous in-text images. A detailed and comprehensive biographical study of the public and private l...

Le Petit Nord: Annals of a Labrador Harbour

Anne Grenfell; Katie Spalding · 1920 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, [1920]. First edition. Cloth. A fascinating account of Anne Grenfell's time as a missionary in Labrador in the early twentieth century, signed and with a charming hand-drawn sketch by the illustrator of the work Wilfred Grenfell, who was also...

The Gurneys of Earlham; Venice

Augustus J. C. Hare · 1884 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,709)

London, George Allen; Smith, Elder and Co. 1884-1897. Cloth. A smart set from Augustus Hare, consisting of a biographical account of the Gurneys of Earlham, and a short guide to Venice. Comprising the first edition of 'Venice' and the second edition of 'The Gurn...

Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Oxford to Sir Horace Mann, His Britannic Majesty&Apos;S Resident at the Court of Florence, from 1760 to 1785; the Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Oxford: Including Numerous Letters Now First Published from the Original Manuscripts

Horace Walpole · 1840 · Rooke Books

£325.00 (€389.56 | $429.37 | ¥68,543)

London, Richard Bentley, 1840-1844 . Leather. A leather-bound set containing the letters of English Whig politician, Horace Walpole. This set includes the complete four-volume concluding series of Horace Walpole's letters to Sir Horace Mann, and the complete six-volume se...

The Reminiscences and Recollections of Captain Gronow

Captain Gronow; Rees Howell Gronow · 1892 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,453)

London, John C. Nimmo, 1892. Leather. A Bickers bound set of the memoirs of Captain Gronow, a lovely edition complete with hand-coloured plates. Bound by Bickers.Complete in two volumes.The memoir and reminiscences of Captain Rees Howell Gronow, a Welsh Grenadier Guards office...

Lighthouse

Tony Parker · 1975 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

London, Hutchinson, 1975. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this intimate view into the lives of lighthouse keepers by Tony Parker. Signed by the author to the title page. First edition, first impression of this work. With the publisher's original unclipped ...

Lessons from Noble Lives and Other Stories Selected from "Early Days

1874 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)

London, Wesleyan Conference Office , 1874. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce children's book depicting the lives and lessons to be learned from various eminent figures. The presumed first edition of this very scarce work. In the publisher's original decorative clot...

The Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys

Samuel Pepys; Henry B. Wheatley [editor]; J. R. Tanner [editor] · 1893 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,816)

London, George Bell & Sons, 1893-1897. Cloth. A twelve volume set of the diary and correspondence of Samuel Pepys. Twelve volumes. This set contains: The Diary of Samuel Pepys, in eight volumes, 1893-1899. Complete in ten volumes. With a portrait frontispiece to volume one; a ...

America and Americans and Selected Nonfiction

John Steinbeck; Susan Shillinglaw [ed.]; Jackson J. Benson [ed.] · 2002 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,872)

New York, Viking, 2002 . First edition. Paperback. An advance uncorrected proof copy of this collection of previously uncollected essays by John Steinbeck. An advance uncorrected proof of this first edition thus, the first work in which these fifty or so essays have been colle...