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Winston Spencer Churchill Servant of Crown and Commonwealth

Sir James Marchant · 1954 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

London, Cassell and Company, 1954. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this touching work issued upon the 80th birthday of Winston Churchill, a collection of tribute chapters to Churchill. The first edition of this work.In the original unclipped dustwrapper and wraparou...

The Rags of Time

Denis Lunn · 1983 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.74 | $58.13 | ¥9,280)

Salisbury , Michael Russel , 1983. First edition. Cloth. A compelling signed and first edition account of Lunn's exciting and intense life and works in the Middle East. This is an interesting account of the journeys, life and work of Denis Lunn in the Middle East. The vol...

The Life and Works of Sir Charles Barry, R.A. , F.R. S.

Rev. Alfred Barry · 1867 · Rooke Books

£235.00 (€281.68 | $310.47 | ¥49,562)

London, John Murray, 1867. First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of this richly illustrated biography of architect Charles Barry, responsible for the mid nineteenth century restoration of the Palace of Westminster. The very scarce first edition of Rev. Alfred Bar...

Napoleon

F.M. Kircheisen · 1931 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

London, Gerald Howe, 1931. Cloth. The first English edition of this extensive illustrated biography of Napoleon Bonaparte, including folding maps to the rear. A fascinating biography of Napoleon Bonaparte, one of the most prolific military and political leaders in French histo...

Journal of the Private Life and Conversations of the Emperor Napoleon

The Count de Las Cases · 1824 · Rooke Books

£725.00 (€869.02 | $957.83 | ¥152,905)

London, Henry Colburn, 1824. Leather. A leather bound complete four volume set which contains the English translation of Las Cases, 'Le Memorial de Sainte-Helene', the private notes and conversations made by Napoleon during his exile. 'New Edition', publish...

Writers and Their Work: No. 124 Elizabeth Gaskell; Writers and Their Work: No. 156 Thomas Love Peacock; Writers and Their Work: No. 15 George Eliot

Miriam Allott; J. I. M. Stewart; Lettice Cooper · 1960 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,014)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1960, 1963, 1966. First edition. Paperback. A charming collection of biographies on 3 prominent authors of the Victorian era; Elizabeth Gaskell, Thomas Love Peacock, and George Eliot. 3 Volumes from the Bibliographical Series "Writers and Their...

An Impossible Woman: The Memoirs of Dottoressa Moor of Capri

Elisabeth Moor; Graham Greene [ed.] · 1975 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

London, The Bodley Head , 1975. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition of the fascinating memoirs of Italian doctor Elisabeth Moor, complete with its unclipped dust wrapper. The charming memoirs of Elisabeth Moor, independent and eccentric Italian doctor in the islan...

Aux Pays de Napoleon L&Apos;Egypte

Jean de Metz; Georges Legrain · 1913 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.13 | ¥61,162)

Grenoble, Jules Rey, 1913. Leather. A beautifully illustrated work on Napoleon's experiences in Egypt, presented in a half- morocco binding. Bound in half-morocco. Illustrations include a frontispiece, an engraved vignette title page, and a range of in-text illustrations....

Wellington&Apos;S Career: A Military and Political Summary

Edward Bruce Hamley · 1860 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)

Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1860. Cloth. The first edition of Edward Bruce Hamley's work on the life of the first Duke of Wellington. Arthur Wellesley, the first Duke of Wellington, was a military leader and a leading political figure who served twic...

The Diary of Colour-Searjeant George Calladine, 19th Foot 1793-1837

George Calladine; Major M. L. Ferrar (ed) · 1922 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

London, Eden Fisher & Co. LTD. 1922 . First edition. Cloth. A first edition publication of George Calladine's diary, who served as Colour-Serjeant for the 19th Foot Infantry, edited by Major M. L. Ferrar. First Edition, uncommon. This is a diary for George Calladine, who ...

The Early Life of Thomas Hardy, 1840-1891

Florence Emily Hardy · 1928 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

London, Macmillan and Company, 1928 . First edition. Cloth. Thomas Hardy's wife's biography of the famed author, providing a personal insight into the first half of his life, and illustrated throughout. The first edition of Florence Emily Hardy's biography of fa...

Lady Charlotte Schreiber&Apos;S Journals: Confidences of a Collector of Ceramics and Antiques

Lady Charlotte Schreiber; Montague J. Guest; Egan Mew · 1911 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.20 | ¥36,908)

London & New York, John Lane The Bodley Head, 1911. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition of Lady Charlotte Schreiber's diaries lavishly illustrated, which detail her years spent as a collector. Lady Charlotte Guest, later Lady Charlotte Schreiber, was an arist...

Les Oeuvres de Bernard Palissy

Bernard Palissy; Anatole France · 1880 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)

Paris, Charavay Freres , 1880. Fine Binding. A lovely copy of the compiled works of sixteenth-century French Huguenot potter, Bernard Palissy, sumptuously bound in full morocco by Morrell. A handsomely bound copy of the compiled works of sixteenth-century French Huguenot potte...

Fridtiof Nansen, 1861-1893

W. C. Brogger; Nordahl Rolfsen; William Archer [trans.] · 1896 · Rooke Books

£69.00 (€82.71 | $91.16 | ¥14,552)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1896. First edition. Cloth. The fascinating first English language edition of this thrilling and informative biography of a pioneering polar explorer. Illustrated throughout, and with colour folding maps. The first English language translation ...

The Life of Thomas Gent

Thomas Gent · 1832 · Rooke Books

£210.00 (€251.72 | $277.44 | ¥44,290)

London, Thomas Thorpe, 1832. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of Thomas Gent's posthumously published autobiography, detailing his life as a printer. Thomas Gent was an Irish-born printer and author, known for his publishing house in Yorkshire, where he produced many...

Una Page D&Apos;Amour de Ferdinand Lassalle

Ferdinand Lassalle · 1959 · Rooke Books

£37.00 (€44.35 | $48.88 | ¥7,803)

Sanford , The Overbrook Press, 1959. Cloth. A limited edition in the original French of this collection of love letters by Ferdinand Lassalle, an excellent copy. An edition limited to two hundred and fifty unnumbered copies, an uncommon work. In the original French, with an in...

The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte

Willem Lodewyk Van-ess · 1808 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,635)

London, W. Day for Jones and Bumford, 1808-10. Leather. A fourth edition of this scarce biographical work on Napoleon Bonaparte, illustrated with portraits and bound in contemporary leather. A scarce biographical account of one of the most important military leaders in French ...

Queen Victoria

Richard R. Holmes · 1897 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,816)

London, Boussod, Valadon & Co, 1897. First edition. Leather. A striking first edition biography on Queen Victoria, written by her librarian Richard R. Holmes. A lovely work from the library of Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie. The first edition of this work.Bound by Zaehnsdorf.A charm...

A Brief Memoir of Francis Fry

Theodore Fry · 1887 · Rooke Books

£575.00 (€689.22 | $759.66 | ¥121,269)

Bristol, Privately Printed , 1887. Cloth. A smart copy of this very scarce memoir of Bristol-based businessman and bibliographer Francis Fry, by his son, Theodore Fry. A fascinating memoir of Bristol-based businessman and bibliographer Francis Fry (1803-1886). Francis Fry prac...

Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley

Leonard Huxley · 1900 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1900. Cloth. A second impression of this biographical work containing the letters of Thomas Henry Huxley, a biologist. Thomas Henry Huxley was an English biologist specialising in comparative anatomy and a strong advocate of Darwin's the...