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The Story of Doctor Johnson and a Popular Sketch of Dr Johnson&Apos;S Life and Works

S. C. Roberts; Rev. H.M. Lockock · 1927 · Rooke Books

£36.00 (€43.15 | $47.56 | ¥7,593)

Cambridge; Litchfield, At the University Press; The Johnson's Head, 1927-1955. Cloth. Two interesting volumes on writer Dr Samuel Johnson. Two volumes on the writer and critic Samuel Johnson, or Doctor Johnson. Johnson made lasting contributions to English writing as a po...

Oscar Wilde a Study of the Man and His Work

R. Thurston Hopkins · 1913 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

London , Lynwood & Co, 1913. Cloth. A fascinating biography of one of the greatest playwrights of the Victorian Era. A second, revised edition. An interesting study of one of the most popular playwright and writer of the 1890s, Oscar Wilde. This work offers an outline of the l...

Life of James Green Doctor of Divinity Rector and Dean of Maritzburg, Natal, from February, 1849, to January, 1906

A. Theodore Wirgman · 1909 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co, 1909. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition biography on Dean of Maritzburg, James Green, an illustrated work written by Theodore Wirgman. The first edition of this scarce work.Complete in two volumes.An insightful biography on the life ...

Les Dernieres Annees de Louis XV (1768-1774)

Imbert de Saint-Amand · 1891 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)

Paris, E Dentu Editeur, 1891. Hardback. The fourth edition of this biographical sketch of late life and career of Louis XV by Imbert de Saint-Amand. The fourth edition of this work. In the original French. By Imbert de Saint-Amand. Complete with half title.Concerned with the l...

Livre de Souvenirs de Maso Di Bartolommeo Dit Masaccio

Charles Yriarte · 1894 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

Paris, J Rothschild , 1894. First edition. Paperback. The scarce limited edition of this collection of French memoirs from Maso di Bartolomeo, written by Charles Yriarte. Limited edition of one hundred copies on Japon paper, this number thirteen. Scarce in commerce. In the ori...

Vita Del Proposto Lodovico Antonio Muratori

Giovanni Francesco Soli Muratori · 1756 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.49 | $495.43 | ¥79,089)

Venezia, Giambatista Pasquali, 1756. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this brilliant biography on the noted scholar and historian Ludovico Antonio Muratori, in the original Italian. The first edition.In the original Italian.A biography of Ludovico Antonio Muratori,...

Lettres de Madame de Sã©Vignã© (Volumes I - V, VIII-IX, XII)

Madame de Sevigne; Pierre-Marie Gault de Saint-Germain · 1823 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)

Paris, Dalibon, 1823. First edition. Leather. A first edition of the witty and vivid letters of French aristocrat Madame de Sévigné. Illustrated with portraits by Pierre-Marie Gault de Saint-Germain. Eight of twelve volumes from a first edition set of Madame de Sévigné's ...

A Narrative of the Last Illness of the Right Honourable the Earl of Orford from May 1744, to the Day of His Decease, March the Eighteenth Following

John Ranby · 1745 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

London , John and Paul Knapton, 1745. First edition. Disbound. A first edition copy of this account of the illness of Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford. A first edition copy. This volume is a detailed account of the last illness of the Earl of Orford from May 1744, to the day of ...

Leonard Trelawny Hobhouse 1864-1929

Ernest Barker · 1929 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

London, Humphrey Milford, 1929. Paperback. A scarce obituary for the sociologist Leonard Trelawny Hobhouse, as arranged by the British Academy. Scarce work. An obituary for Leonard Trelawny Hobhouse, an English liberal political theorist and sociologist considered a leading vo...

Souvenirs D&Apos;Un Vieillard, la Derniere Etape

Émile Souvestre; Eugène Lesbazeilles · 1868 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.53 | $63.42 | ¥10,123)

Paris, Michel Levy Freres, Libraires Editeurs, 1868. Leather. The memoirs of the French lawyer, journalist and writer Émile Souvestre, with a note on his life by Eugène Lesbazeilles. The new edition of this work in a half calf binding. Émile Souvestre's Memories of an Old...

Ralph Thoresby the Topographer; His Town and Times

DH Atkinson · 1885 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)

Leeds, Walker and Laycock, 1885. First edition. Hardback. The first limited edition of important topographer Ralph Thoresby's biography in two volumes. The first limited edition. No. two hundred and seventy six of five hundred copies printed for sale. Complete in two volu...

P.G. Wodehouse: Man and Myth

Barry Phelps · 1992 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

London, Constable, 1992. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this biographical work on P. G. Wodehouse. First edition. Illustrated with sixteen plates of black and white photographs. Collated complete. A biographical work on Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, an English au...

A Warning to Youth. The Life and Death of Thomas Savage

Anonymous · 1734 · Rooke Books

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

London, John Marshall, 1734. Leather. A very scarce cautionary tale for children, discussing the twice-executed murderer Thomas Savage. A very scarce work.The twenty-second edition.ESTC citation number N35387.With six in-text illustrations.Three pages of adverts to the rear. A...

Lives of the Italian Painters, Michel Angelo & Raffeallo

Richard Duppa; Quatremere de Quincy · 1846 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.59 | ¥35,853)

London, David Bogue, 1846 . Leather. The first edition of this collection of two studies of the lives and art of Michel Angelo and Raphaello. First edition of Lives of the Italian Painters in Sotheran half calf binding and marbled boards. Michel Angelo, by Richard Duppa, and R...

Dare to Be a Daniel

Tony Benn · 2004 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.72 | $77.95 | ¥12,443)

London, Hutchinson, 2004 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first impression of Tony Benn's autobiography, signed by the author. First edition, first impression of Dare To Be a Daniel by Tony Benn in the original publisher's cloth binding and unclipped dust w...

James Hannington First Bishop of Eastern Equatorial Africa: A History of His Life and Work

E. C. Dawson · 1887 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.30 | ¥17,927)

London, Seeley & Co. 1887. First edition. Cloth. Early edition of this biography of James Hannington by E. C. Dawson. Early edition of this work. Biographical study of the life and work of James Hannington, the first Bishop of Eastern Equatorial Africa, from 1847 to 1885. Writ...

An Authentic Account of the Trial of Marshal Ney, Duke of Elchingen, Prince of Moskwa

None · 1834 · Rooke Books

£260.00 (€311.65 | $343.50 | ¥54,835)

Glasgow, William Stuart, 1834. Cloth. A scarce translated account of the trial of Marshal Ney with a memoir of his life. Scarce work. Translated from the French. A memoir of Michel Ney, Duke of Elchingen, Prince of the Moskva, with a detailed account of his trial. A French mil...

Everybody&Apos;S Pepys the Diary of Samuel Pepys 1660-1669

Samuel Pepys; O. F. Morshead [ed.] · 1926 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

London , G. Bell and Sons, 1926. First edition. Cloth. A smart and richly illustrated abridged edition of the diary of Samuel Pepys. A first edition of this abridged version which is edited by O. F. Morshead of Everybody's Pepys The Diary of Samuel Pepys 1660-1669, with i...

Baskerville&Apos;S Punches

Philip Gaskell · 1953 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

Cambridge , [Cambridge University Press], 1953. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce pamphlet concerned with the life of John Baskerville by Philip Gaskell. The first and only edition of this work, a very scarce volume. Pamphlet containing a short biography of the life of J...

The Life of William of Wykeham, Bishop of Winchester

Robert Lowth · 1759 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.80 | $191.57 | ¥30,581)

London, A. Millar, R. and J. Dodsley, 1759. Leather. The scarce second edition of Robert Lowth's account of the life of fourteenth century Bishop William of Wykeham. The scarce corrected second edition of this work, published the year after the first. Illustrated with a f...