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Western Worthies: A Gallery of Biographical and Critical Sketches of West of Scotland Celebrities

J. Stephen Jeans · 1782 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)

Glasgow, At the Star Office , 1782. First edition. Cloth. A charming first edition comprising some biographical sketches of West of Scotland celebrities by Stephen Jeans, a scarce copy. The first edition of this charming volume by J. Stephen Jeans.Jeans proposes some short bio...

Reminiscences of Sir Walter Scott

John Gibson · 1871 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,709)

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1871. First edition. Hardback. A very scarce first edition of John Gibson's reminiscences of Walter Scott in the occasion of the late author's centenary. John Gibson was a Scottish author to the Signet and intimate friend of Walter Sco...

Memoirs of the Life and Times of Daniel de Foe

Walter Wilson · 1830 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,545)

London, Hurst, Change, and Co. 1830. First edition. Leather. A first edition set of the memoirs of Daniel De Foe, written by Walter Wilson Containing a view of his writings, and his opinions upon a variety of important matters, civil and ecclesiastical. Complete in three volum...

The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus

Washington Irving · 1846 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

Paris, Baudry's European Library, 1846. Leather. A charming little biographical sketch of Christopher Columbus, his life and travels. Italian explorer and navigator Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) was noted for his voyages across the Atlantic Ocean, paving the way for co...

Memoir of the Life of Laurence Oliphant, and Alice Oliphant, His Wife

Margaret Oliphant · 1891 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,036)

Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1891. Cloth. A smart two volume biography of Laurence and Alice Oliphant, published shortly after their deaths by a novelist cousin. A smart, two volume biography of Laurence Oliphant and his wide Alice Oliphant, from his cousi...

Sowing: An Autobiography of the Years 1880-1904

Virginia Woolf · 1960 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

London, The Hogarth Press, 1960. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition of Leonard Woolf's autobiographical work of the years 1880-1904, in the unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition of Leonard Woolf's autobiographical work detailing his life experiences...

Lewis Carroll: The Man and His Circle

Edward Wakeling · 2015 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)

London, I B Tauris, 2015. First edition. Cloth. A fine first edition examination of the life of Lewis Carroll, by an international authority on the author. A first edition in the original unclipped dustwrapper.Edward Wakeling, the former chairman of the Lewis Carroll society, ...

Memoirs of the Life of Judge Jeffreys

Humphry W. Woolrych · 1827 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.82 | $171.75 | ¥27,417)

London, Henry Colburn, 1827. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this biography of the 'Hanging Judge', George Jeffreys, a Welsh judge active during the seventeenth century. George Jeffreys (1645-1689) was a Welsh judge remembered for serving as Lord Chancellor ...

When the Sirens Slept

Lord Dunsany · 1944 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)

London, Jarrolds , [1944]. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition copy of this autobiography by Lord Dunsany in the original dustwrapper. The first edition of this work. A delightful autobiography, recollecting Lord Dunsany's experiences in many lands as a poet,...

Douglas Haig: War Diaries and Letters 1914-1918

Gary Sheffield, John Bourne [ed.] · 2005 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,545)

London, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2005. First edition. Cloth. A superb first edition, first impression copy of this illustrated selection of Senior Officer Douglas Haig's war diaries and letters. The first edition, first impression of this work. A selection of war diaries an...

Memoirs of Sir Thomas Lawrence

William Jerdan · 1831 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€898.98 | $990.86 | ¥158,177)

Anon, Anon, c1830. First edition. Cloth. An extremely scarce account of the life of English portrait painter Thomas Lawrence. A very scarce biographical work on the fourth president of the Royal Academy. No copies can be found institutionally. With the bookplate of one Reveren...

Memories of the Months

Sir Herbert Maxwell · 1909 · Rooke Books

£360.00 (€431.51 | $475.61 | ¥75,925)

London, Edward Arnold, 1909-1910. Leather. A smartly bound collection of Sir Herbert Maxwell's memoirs. Comprising the first five series of this work which was eventually seven series total.  At the time of publication these five series were all published. With the bookpl...

The Life and Times of Samuel Crompton Inventor of the Spinning Machine Called the Mule

Gilbert J. French · 1860 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,963)

Manchester, Thomas Dinham, 1860. Leather. A lovely second edition of Gilbert French's biography on the life and work of the inventor Samuel Crompton, illustrated with folding plates. The second edition of this work.A biography on the life of Samuel Crompton.Crompton was a...

Ancestral Voices

James Lees-Milne · 1975 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,453)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1975. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this interesting memoir about James Lees-Milne's life returning from World War Two. The first edition of this work. In the original price-clipped dustwrapper. A memoir about the life of James Lees-M...

Jamie an 80th Birthday Tribute from His Friends

1980 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,545)

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1980. First edition. Cloth. A signed first and limited edition of this tribute work for James Hamish Hamilton, published for his eightieth birthday. The first edition of this work. Inscribed to the half-title, 'To Mollie and Clare, with love from ...

Fire and Sword in the Sudan a Personal Narrative of Fighting and Serving the Dervishes 1879-1895

Rudolf C Slatin; F R Wingate · 1896 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.29 | ¥52,726)

London, Edward Arnold, 1896. Cloth. A bright and superior fourth edition copy of this popular bestselling memoir by the Anglo-Austrian soldier and administrator Rudolf Carl von Slatin on his time in the Sudan. An unusually smart copy of this work, in it's original binding...

Memoirs of Barras Member of the Directorate

Paul Barras; George Duruy (ed.); Charles E. Roche (translator) · 1895 · Rooke Books

£196.00 (€234.93 | $258.94 | ¥41,337)

London, Osgood, McIlvaine and Co. 1895-1896 . First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this fascinating english translation of the memoirs of Paul Barras, the renowned French politician, and one of the most powerful members of the Directory during the French Revolution. T...

Le Carnet de Campagne Du Commandant Giraud: Documents Recueillis, Classã©S Et Mis En Ordre

Commandant Jean-Baptiste Giraud [ed. by Commandant Léonce Grandin] · 1898 · Rooke Books

£235.00 (€281.68 | $310.47 | ¥49,562)

Paris, Téqui, 1898. First edition. Leather. A very scarce and fascinating war dairy of a Napoleonic soldier who served in both the Egyptian Campaign and under Massena in the Peninsular War. Le Carnet de Campagne du Commandant Giraud (The Campaign Diary of Commander Giraud), a ...

Birthday Letters

Ted Hughes · 1998 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

London, Faber and Faber, 1998. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of poetry by Hughes, reflecting on the death of Sylvia Plath, with unclipped dust wrapper. A first edition. In lovely condition. Bound in publisher's original blue boards, with the original un...

The Life of Nelson

Robert Southey · 1883 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

London, Bickers and Son, 1883 . Leather. A smart, leather-bound edition of Southey's popular biography of Horatio Lord Nelson. In a contemporary full morocco binding. Illustrared with a frontispiece. A detailled account of the life of Horatio Lord Nelson, widely regarded ...