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The Life and Work of Thomas Chippendale

Christopher Gilbert · 1978 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,216)

London, Studio Vista; Christie's, 1978. First edition. Leather. A signed presentation copy of the first edition of Christopher Gilbert's study of Chippendale, in superb half calf bindings. The first editions, first impressions of these volumes.Inscribed by the author...

Scott&Apos;S Interleaved Waverley Novels (the &Apos;Magnum Opus&Apos;: National Library of Scotland Mss. 23001-41)

Iain Gordon Brown [ed.] · 1987 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

Aberdeen, Pergamon Books Ltd; Aberdeen University Press, 1987. First edition. Cloth. An excellent illustrated study of Sir Walter Scott's own working copy of the 'Waverley' novels. First edition. With the publisher's original unclipped, unpriced dust wrappe...

John Francis, Publisher of the Athenaeum: A Literary Chronicle of Half a Century

John C. Francis · 1888 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,635)

London, Richard Bentley & Son, 1888 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the two volume first edition of John C. Francis's scarce autobiography, about his time publishing 'The Athenaeum&apos. The scarce first edition of this work, complete in two vol...

The Vanished World, the Blossoming World, & the World in Ripeness

H. E. Bates · 1969 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)

London, Michael Joseph, 1969-1972. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this three volume autobiography from British writer Herbert Ernest Bates, with illustrations. Complete in three volumes. First edition. Illustrated throughout. The autobiography of Herbert Ernest...

Breaking Through: Essays, Journals, and Travelogues of Edward F. Ricketts

Edward F. Ricketts; Katharine A. Rodger [ed.] · 2006 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.30 | ¥17,927)

Berkeley , University of California Press , 2006. First edition. Cloth. A superb collection of writings from marine biologist and ecology philosopher, Edward F. Ricketts, featuring previously unpublished pieces. The first edition thus, comprising journals, essays and travelogu...

Men and Memories: Recollections of William Rothenstein

William Rothenstein · 1931 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.84 | $151.93 | ¥24,254)

London, Faber and Faber, 1931-1939. First edition. Cloth. A complete three volume set of the memoirs of English painter and writer Sir William Rothenstein, with illustrations. Complete in three volumes. Volume one is a third impression, containing recollections from 1872 to 19...

The Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian, Concerning the Kingdoms and Marvels of the East

Colonel Henry Yule · 1875 · Rooke Books

£1,350.00 (€1,618.17 | $1,783.55 | ¥284,719)

London, John Murray, 1875 . Leather. The second edition of Colonel Henry Yule's discussion of the travels of Marco Polo, in a beautiful half morocco signed binding by Bayntun. The second edition of this work, first published in 1871.Complete in two volumes.Scottish Orient...

Arthur Yates: Trainer and Gentleman Rider

Arthur Yates; Bruce Blunt · 1924 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

London, Grant Richards Ltd, 1924. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of trainer and Gentleman rider, Arthur Yates' autobiography, adorned with monochrome plates. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth binding.This autobiography, written in...

The Duke of Beaufort: Memoirs

Henry Hugh Arthur FitzRoy Somerset, 10th Duke of Beaufort · 1981 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,545)

London, Country Life Books, 1981. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of the memoirs of Henry Hugh Arthur FitzRoy Somerset, 10th Duke of Beaufort, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author to the title page. Illustrated with thirty-six photographs acros...

Pablo Ruiz Picasso: A Biography

Patrick O'Brian · 1976 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.30 | ¥17,927)

London, Collins, 1976. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition biography exploring the life of celebrated artist, Pablo Picasso, with the unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition of this work. In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.A delightful biogr...

Christopher Wordsworth Bishop of Lincoln 1807-1885

John Henry Overton; Elizabeth Wordsworth · 1890 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

London, Rivingtons, 1890. Cloth. A smart new edition of this biographical work on English intellectual and bishop Christopher Wordsworth. New edition. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece. The life of Christopher Wordsworth, an English intellectual and a bishop of the Angl...

Tributes to Allen Lane at a Service of Thanksgiving for His Life and Work 1902-1970

Harry Paroissien; Richard Hoggart; Sir Robert Lusty · 1970 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

Cambridge , Privately Printed [Rampant Lions Press], 1970. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. One of the 750 copies privately printed for the family of Allen Lane, comprising three touching tributes of his life and work. A scarce copy, being one of 750 that were printed for the...

Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men

Francois Arago · 1857 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,709)

London, Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts, 1857. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this translated collection of biographies of important men of science. First edition. A collection of biographies of important men of science, including: Bailly, Laplace, Josep...

Looking for a Bluebird

Joseph Wechsberg · 1945 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)

London, Michael Joseph Ltd, 1945. First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first UK edition of this illustrated autobiographical work by Joseph Wechsberg, in the original very scarce dust wrapper. The very scarce first UK edition. In the publisher's original cloth with the o...

Chatham His Early Life and Connections

Lord Rosebery · 1910 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)

London, Arthur L. Humphreys, 1910. First edition. Leather. A Bumpus bound second impression of Lord Rosebery's biography on the early life of the Whig political William Pitt the Elder. Bound by Bumpus. The first edition, second impression of this work.Lord Rosebery's...

The Days Before Yesterday

Lord Frederic Hamilton · 1920 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1920. Cloth. A smart copy of this work from Lord Frederick Hamilton's three-volume set of personal memoirs. The third edition of this work.In the publisher's original cloth binding. Undated, dated from an identical copy held institutiona...

Men and Women of Soho: Famous and Infamous

Rev. J. H. Cardwell et al. · 0 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

London, Truslove and Hanson, c1900. Cloth. A smart copy of this illustrated work exploring significant people in Soho. The second contribution to this series. Illustrated with portraits throughout. A detailed sketch of important and significant individuals across Soho, London,...

Mistinguett and Her Confessions

Mistinguett; Hubert Griffith [translator and editor] · 1938 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)

London, Hurst and Blackett, 1938. First edition. Cloth. A smart first English translation of this biographical work on French actress and singer Mistinguett, signed by the translator and inscribed to W. A. Foyle. First thus. Signed and inscribed to the front endpaper by the tr...

Life and Letters of William Bewick (Artist)

William Bewick; Thomas Landseer [editor] · 1871 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.30 | ¥17,927)

London, Hurst and Blackett, 1871. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition set of the life and letters of English painter William Bewick. Complete in two volumes. First edition. With a portrait frontispiece to volume one. A record of the life and letters of William Bewick, ...

The Life of Edmund Kean

F. W. Hawkins · 1869 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)

London, Tinsley Brothers, 1869. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of F. W. Hawkin's biography on the life of the celebrated Shakespearean stage actor, Edmund Kean. The first edition. Two volume complete set. This biographical work on the Shakespearian actor Edmund K...