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Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Sir Philip Sydney

Thomas Zouch · 1809 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.85 | $151.93 | ¥24,261)

York, Thomas Wilson & Son, 1809. Hardback. The scarce second edition of Zouch's comprehensive biography of Sir Philip Sydney. Direct from the library at Newton Hall, the 18th century country house and estate in Northumberland, with a pencil shelfmark to the front free-end...

The Reminiscences and Recollections of Captain Gronow

Rees Howell Gronow and Joseph Grego · 1892 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)

London , John C. Nimmo, 1892. Cloth. A two volume set of this autobiography of Rees Howell Gronow. A Welsh Grenadier Guards officer and celebrated author, Gronow was additionally noted for an impeccable dress sense and overall popularity within society, as well as his keen ski...

Shakespeare&Apos;S True Life

James Walter · 1890 · Rooke Books

£69.99 (€83.89 | $92.47 | ¥14,766)

London , Longmans, Green and Co. 1890. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this biography of William Shakespeare Illustrated with a frontispiece and many engravings in the text by Gerald E. Moira. Large paper copy. In a paper-covered binding. Externally, rather worn, with...

Epitaph on George Moore

Charles Morgan · 1935 · Rooke Books

£24.00 (€28.77 | $31.71 | ¥5,063)

London, Macmillan, 1935. First edition. Cloth. A First Edition copy of this biographical work by Charles Morgan titled 'Epitaph on George Moore&apos. First Edition. Collated complete. Charles Langbridge Morgan (1894 –1958), was an English-born playwright and novelist of ...

James Russell Lowell: A Biographical Sketch

Francis H. Underwood · 1882 · Rooke Books

£83.99 (€100.68 | $110.96 | ¥17,719)

Boston , James R. Osgood and Company, 1882. Cloth. A biography of this American Romantic poet - one of the New England group of 'Fireside Poets', whose popularity rivalled that of British poets in the nineteenth century. Featuring a number of tissue guarded plates, i...

Mark Twain&Apos;S Notebook

Albert Bigelow Paine · 1935 · Rooke Books

£24.00 (€28.77 | $31.71 | ¥5,063)

New York; London, Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1935. Cloth. A very good copy of Mark Twain's Notebook, author of 'Adventures of Huckleberry Finn' and ' The Adventures of Tom Sawyer&apos. Prepared for publication and with additional comments by Albert Bigel...

Courtauld Thomson

L. A. G. Strong · 1958 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, John Murray, 1958. First edition. Leather. A smartly bound first edition of this biography of the 1st Baron Courtauld-Thomson. First Edition. Limited edition of one hundred copies. With the armorial bookplate of Courtauld Thompson, Dorneywood, to the first blank. Featu...

De la Valliãƒâ¨Re ãƒâ€ Montespan

Jean Lemoine and Andre Lichtenberger · 1902 · Rooke Books

£99.99 (€119.85 | $132.10 | ¥21,095)

Paris, Calmann-Levy, 1902. Fine Binding. A presumed first edition of this biography of the life of Françoise Athénaïs de Rochechouart de Mortemart, marquise of Montespan, the favourite mistress of Louis XIV of France. Born into one of the oldest noble families of France, th...

Choix Des Lettres Edifiantes, Ecrites Des Missions Etrangeres; Avec Des Additions, Des Notes Cirtiques, Et Des Observations Pour la Plus Grande Intelligence de Ces Lettres

Anon [Jean Baptiste de Montmignon] · 1808 · Rooke Books

£475.00 (€569.36 | $627.54 | ¥100,210)

Paris, Chez Maradan, 1808-1809. First edition. Leather. A scarce first edition of this collection of letters, complete in eight volumes. A scarce first edition of this collection of letters. Complete in eight volumes. Volumes are: I-III: Missions de la ChineIV: Missions de L&a...

Lettres de Madame la Duchesse Du Maine Et de Madame la Marquise de Simiane

L. Philipon de la Madelaine · 1805 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

Paris, Leopold Collin, 1805. Leather. A scarce publication of the correspondence between Louise Benedicte de Bourbon and Marquise de Simiane in a decorative contemporary calf binding. In the original French. With the armorial bookplate of H. Remsen Whitehouse to the front past...

The Letters of T.E. Lawrence

David Garnett [ed.]; T.E. Lawrence · 1938 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1938 . First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this important collection of the letters of Thomas Edward Lawrence, known as Lawrence of Arabia. The first edition.Illustrated with fifteen plates and four maps, two of which are folding. Collated com...

For Api

Arthur Symons · 1913 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

London, Privately Printed at the Chiswick Press, 1913 . First edition. Cloth. An exceptional copy of the vanishingly scarce first edition of Arthur Symons's tribute to his beloved black dog, Api. Detailing the arrival of Api in their family, and his death and the aftermat...

A Correct, Full, and Impartial Report, of the Trial of Her Majesty, Caroline

J. H. Adolphus · 1820 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Jones and Co, 1820 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of this scarce contemporary account of the trial of Caroline of Brunswick, with the arguments of the prosecution and defence laid out in detail. The first edition of this work.J. H. Adolphus presents the ca...

Jane Austen&Apos;S Sailor Brothers

J. H. Hubback; Edith C. Hubback · 1906 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)

London, John Lane The Bodley Head, 1906 . First edition. Cloth. Fascinating illustrated first edition on the lives and nautical careers of Jane Austen's brothers, written by relatives of Austen. First edition.In publisher's original cloth binding.Illustrated with a f...

Memoir of John Kay; of Bury, County of Lancaster, Inventor of the Fly-Shuttle, Metal Reeds

John Lord; William Lord; Archibald Sparke · 1903 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

Rochdale, James Clegg, Aldine Press, 1903 . Cloth. A limited edition copy of this illustrated memoir of the inventor of the flying shuttle, with folding plates. A limited edition copy, with only 300 large paper copies being printed.In full red cloth binding.Illustrated with a ...

Present Indicative

Noel Coward · 1937 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1937. First edition. Cloth. A smart first impression copy of Noel Coward's autobiography, an illustrated account of his early life. The first edition of the work.In publisher's original blue cloth binding. The first volume of Noel Cowa...

The Diamond Smugglers

Ian Fleming · 1957 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1957 . First edition. Cloth. Illustrated throughout, this is the first edition of this thrilling work of true crime by the creator of James Bond, Ian Fleming. The first edition, first impression, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The standard issue...

William Morris: Craftsman-Socialist

Holbrook Jackson · 1908 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, A. C. Fifield , 1908. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this charming biographical study of William Morris, from British journalist and leading bibliophile Holbrook Jackson. Signed by the author to the front free endpaper. An uncommon first edition of th...

The Thunderer"ã‚â  in the Making (1785-1841) (1935) the Tradition Established (1841-1884) (1939) the Twentieth Century Test (1884-1912) (1947) the 150th Anniversary and Beyond: Part I (1912-1920) (1952) the 150th Anniversary and Beyond: Part IIã‚â (1921-1948) (1952)

The Times · 1935 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)

London, The Times, 1935-1952. First edition. Cloth. A nice five volume set of the first edition of The Times' The History of the Times, each volume with tipped-in plate frontispieces and further illustrations throughout.  The first edition of The Times' The History ...

The Life of Eric Gill (1966) by Robert Speaight the Autobiography of G. Lowes Dickinson (1973) by Dennis Proctor Rose Macaulay: A Writer&Apos;S Life (1991) by Jane Emery the Diaries of Sylvia Townsend Warner (1994) by Claire Harman [Ed. ] Cyril Connolly: A Life (1997) by Jeremy Lewis

Multiple authors · 1966 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)

London, Methuen & Co.; Gerald Duckworth & Co; John Murray; Chatto & Windus; Jonathan Cape, 1966-1997. First edition. Cloth. A collection of fine, first edition biographies of renowned English figures from a variety of fields, in the original unclipped dust wrappers.  A collec...