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The Diary of Sir Henry Slingsby

Sir Henry Slingsby · 1836 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown et al, 1836 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this work, combining the first publication of Slingsby's diary, with a reprint of his trial and further related papers. The first edition of this scarce work.Illustrated wit...

Authors and I

C. Lewis Hind · 1921 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London , John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1921. First edition. Hardback. An uncommon copy of this charming biographical collection recounting the author's experiences with other writers. First edition. In the original quarter cloth, with paper covered boards. Undated, dated ...

Life of William Blake

Alexander Gilchrist; William Blake · 1880 · Rooke Books

£1,475.00 (€1,768.02 | $1,948.68 | ¥311,179)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1880. Cloth. The second and expanded edition of Alexander Gilchrist's illustrated biography on the life and work of William Blake. The second, expanded edition.Complete in two volumes.An insightful biography on the life and work of William Blake,...

Just My Story

Stephen Donoghue · 1923 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Hutchinson and Co, 1923. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this illustrated autobiography from English flat-race jockey, Stephen Donoghue. The first edition of this work. Undated, dated from a copy held at the British Library. Rebound in very smart ...

The Dictionary of National Biography 1961-85

Lord Blake [ed]; C. S. Nichols [ed] · 1981 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1981-90. First edition. Cloth. Three volumes of reference works on notable British figures throughout history, all in their original unclipped dust wrappers. The first edition.In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped d...

Memoires de la Vie de Jacques-Auguste de Thou

Jacques-Auguste de Thou · 1713 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

Amsterdam, Francois l'Honore, 1713. Vellum. The second edition in French of the autobiography of Jacques Auguste de Thou, complete with illustrations. The second edition in French, originally published in Latin in 1620. the first to be illustrated.The memoirs of Jacques-...

The Spike Milligan Letters, Spike Milligan&Apos;S Transports of Delight, and Small Dreams of a Scorpion

Spike Milligan · 1972 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

London, Sidgwick & Jackson; M. & J.Hobbs, 1972-7. First edition. Hardback. London: Sidgwick & Jackson; M. & J.Hobbs, 1972-7. First edition. Hardback. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8.5" by 6.5"; 7.5" by 8.5"; 9" by 5.5". None stated. Three first edition works by and about Spike Milligan...

Some Recollections of Jean Ingelow and Her Early Friends

1901 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

London, Wells Gardner, Darton & Co. 1901 . First edition. Cloth. A well presented first edition of the recollections of English poet and novelist, Jean Ingelow, with the original, vanishingly scarce dust wrapper. The first edition.Bound in the publisher's cloth, with the ...

Sunshine and Shade or the Life Story of Caroline Elliott Theaker

Caroline Elliott Theaker · 0 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Lincoln, W. K. Morton, c1905. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this autobiography from Caroline Elliott Theaker. First edition. Very scarce. With two portrait plates. The autobiography of Caroline Elliott Beaker, an English social reformer. With chapters on her schooldays...

The Kelmscott Press and William Morris Master-Craftsman

H. Halliday Sparling · 1924 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1924. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this interesting in-depth study of the founding and production of the Kelmscott Press, illustrated throughout. The first edition of this work.A fascinating study on the founding of the Kelmscot...

Charles Sackville Pelham, Lord Worsley: An Appreciation

Charles Alfred Worsley Pelham, 4th Earl of Yarborough · 1924 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

Not Stated, Not Stated, 1924. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this very scarce appreciation of the life of Charles Sackville Pelham, Lord Worsley who was killed in action during the First World War. First edition. Very scarce. Illustrated with a frontispiece and...

Richard Waldo Sibthorp: A Biography

Rev. J. Fowler · 1880 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, W. Skeffington & Son, 1880. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this scarce biographical work on Anglican priest Richard Waldo Sibthorp. First edition. Scarce work. With a frontispiece. The life of Richard Waldo Sibthorpe, an Anglican Pastor of St. James&apo...

Life of the Rev. William Morgan

John Lloyd Morgan · 1886 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Elliot Stock , 1886. First edition. Cloth. A smart copy of this very scarce biography concerning the life of Welsh evangelical cleric William Morgan, carried out by his son. The first edition of this very scarce work.In the original cloth binding. This biographical wo...

The Japanese Letters of Lafcadio Hearn

Lafcadio Hearn; Elizabeth Bisland [ed] · 1910 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1910. First edition. Cloth. The first trade edition of this collection of letters written by Lafcadio Hearn detailing his life in Japan. The first trade edition. Also published in a limited edition in the same year. Illustrated with a monochr...

Down All the Days

Christy Brown · 1970 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Secker & Warburg, 1970. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this playful expansion of the author's previous work 'My Left Foot' from Irish writer Christy Brown. First edition. A stream-of-consciousness novel drawn largely from a playful expansion ...

Jean Stafford: A Biography

David Roberts · 1988 · Rooke Books

£37.00 (€44.35 | $48.88 | ¥7,806)

Boston , Little Brown and Company, 1988. First edition. Hardback. A fine first edition of this compassionate biography delving into the life and work of Pulitzer Prize winner, Jean Stafford. A first edition advance copy of this work.With special advance copy materials, includi...

Charles Kingsley: His Letters and Memories of His Life

Charles Kingsley; His Wife [editor] · 1914 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1914. Leather. A smartly bound copy of this collection of letters and memories from the life of Charles Kingsley. Later edition. With a portrait frontispiece. A collection of letters and memories of the life of Charles Kingsley, a broad churc...

Letters of James Boswell Addressed to the Rev. W.J. Temple

James Boswell · 1857 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, Richard Bentley, 1857. First edition. Leather. A smart first edition of this collection of letters written by James Boswell to the Reverend William Johnson Temple. First edition. Published from the original manuscripts. A collection of letters from James Boswell, a Sco...

The Journal of Sir Walter Scott from the Original Manuscript at Abbotsford

Sir Walter Scott · 1890 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

Edinburgh, David Douglas, 1890. Cloth. A smart set of the journal of Scottish historian, novelist, poet, and playwright, Sir Walter Scott. Complete in two volumes. Each volume is illustrated with a frontispiece and vignette title page. Volume one also contains a map of Abbotsf...

The Suburban Child

James Kenward · 1955 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1955 . First edition. Hardback. A first edition of this interesting autobiographical work surrounding 'Suburbia' by James Kenward, illustrated throughout by Edward Ardizzone. First edition, in the publisher's original paper...