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Reliquiae Hearnianae: The Remains of Thomas Hearne

Philip Bliss · 1869 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London , John Russell Smith , 1869. Cloth. A complete three volume set of Reliquiae Hearnianae: The Remains of Thomas Hearne. Reliquiae Hearnianae: The Remains of Thomas Hearne, comprises of extracts from his diaries collected with a few notes by Philip Bliss. Complete in thr...

Memoirs and Correspondence of Coventry Patmore

Basil Champneys · 1900 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

London, George Bell & Sons, 1900. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this uncommon biography of Victorian poet Coventry Patmore by Basil Champneys. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding. Ink inscription to Volume I, dated 1916. I...

Sir Richard Whittington: Lord Mayor of London

Walter Besant; James Rice · 1894 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.75 | $244.41 | ¥39,029)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1894. Leather. A beautiful new edition of this biography of Richard Whittington in full tree calf prize binding. A biography of Sir Richard Whittington, English merchant and politician of the late medieval period who served as Lord Mayor of London, mem...

Vassili Verestchagin Painter Soldier Traveller Autobiographical Sketches

Vasili Verestchagin; F. H. Peters (trans.) · 1887 · Rooke Books

£695.00 (€833.07 | $918.19 | ¥146,623)

London, Richard Bentley & Son, 1887 . Cloth. The uncommon first English translation of this autobiography by the Russian artist Vasili Verestchagin. First English edition of Vassili Verestchagin Painter Soldier Traveller Autobiographical Sketches in the original publisher&apos...

Extraordinary Men: Their Boyhood and Early Life

William Russell · 1853 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London , George Routledge and Sons , 1853. Leather. A bright leather bound copy of this interesting volume of biographies. A new edition which has been revised and augmented of Extraordinary Men: Their Boyhood and Early Life. This volume contains biographies of extraordinary ...

Carlyle&Apos;S First Love: Margaret Gordon, Lady Bannerman an Account of Her Life, Ancestry and Homes, Her Family and Friends

Raymond Clare Archibald · 1910 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, John Lane: The Bodley Head, 1910. First edition. Leather. An illustrated first edition copy of this biography of Margaret Gordon, Lady Bannerman, the first love of Thomas Carlyle. The first edition of this work in a full morocco binding, with marbled paste downs, endpa...

Conservative Science of Nations, (Preliminary Instalment,) Being the First Complete Narrative of Somerville&Apos;S Diligent Life in the Service of Public Safety in Britain

Alexander Somerville · 1860 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

Montreal, John Lovell, 1860. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Alexander Somerville's entertaining autobiography about his early life in England, between 1811 and 1857. The first edition of this autobiography by Alexander Somerville, a British Radical journalist ...

Sir Joshua Reynolds

Elsa D'Esterre-Keeling · 1902 · Rooke Books

£134.00 (€160.62 | $177.03 | ¥28,270)

London, The Walter Scott Publishing Co. 1902. First edition. Fine Binding. A fascinating biographical work of 18th century portrait artist Sir Joshua Reynolds, handsomely bound in full calf prize binding and awarded to T.C. Eden, brother of Prime Minister Anthony Eden. An inte...

The Life of William Harvey

Geoffrey Keynes · 1966 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

Oxford, At the Clarendon Press , 1966. First edition. Cloth. A fascinating first edition copy of this medical biography of renowned physician William Henry, with illustrations. A first edition copy of this biography of William Harvey. William Harvey was an English physician w...

Letters of Horace Walpole Earl of Orford, to Horace Mann, British Envoy at the Court of Tuscany. Now First Published from the Originals in the Possession of the Earl of Waldegrave.

Horace Walpole; Lord Dover (ed.) · 1833 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)

London, Richard Bentley, 1833. First edition. Cloth. The first edition, three volume set of letters by the English writer and politician, Horace Walpole to Sir Horace Mann. The first edition and first publication of the original letters. Uniformly rebound in full cloth binding...

A History of the Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus

Washington Irving · 1828 · Rooke Books

£895.00 (€1,072.80 | $1,182.42 | ¥188,817)

London, John Murray, 1828. First edition. Leather. A handsomely bound four volume set of this fictionalised account of the life of Christopher Columbus. The first edition of the work. Complete in four volumes, with a folding map to volumes one and two. Half titles present to a...

Tales My Father Taught Me: An Evocation of Extravagant Episodes

Osbert Sitwell · 1962 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, Hutchinson of London, 1962 . First edition. Cloth. Bright first edition of this collection of reminiscences by Osbert Sitwell, complete with striking dust wrapper. First edition of Osbert Sitwell's reminiscences with more details into incidents mentioned in his sw...

Vita Di Vittorio Alfieri Da Asti

Vittorio Alfieri · 1822 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Firenze , Leonardo Ciardetti, 1822. Leather. Posthumous autobiography by celebrated Italian dramatist Vittorio Alfieri da Asti, in the original Italian. This autobiography constitutes Vittorio Alfieri's most notable prose work. Originally published posthumously in 1806 (f...

The Letters of J.E. Flecker to Frank Savery

J. E. Flecker · 1926 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

London , Beaumont Press, 1926. First edition. Cloth. A beautiful and limited edition collection of a novelist and playwright's letters to his closest friend. James Elroy Flecker was a British novelist and playwright. The forward is written by James Elroy Flecker's wi...

Wanderings and Memories

J. G. Millais · 1919 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

London, Longmans, Green and Co. 1919. Cloth. A lovely first edition of John Guille Millais' autobiography detailing his fondness for game hunting, illustrated by the author. An autobiographical work describing the author's love of game hunting and for Scotland, where...

Boswell&Apos;S Life of Johnson

James Boswell; George Birkbeck Hill [ed.] · 1887 · Rooke Books

£1,300.00 (€1,558.26 | $1,717.48 | ¥274,260)

Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1887 . First edition. Leather. James Boswell's complete six volume biography of Samuel Johnson, beautifully bound in half calf, and illustrated throughout. The first edition of this work to be edited by George Birkbeck Hill. In beautiful signed ha...

Riders of Time

Mabel Brookes · 1967 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

Melbourne, Macmillan of Australia, 1967. First edition. Cloth. A first edition signed copy of socialite Mabel Brookes' memoir about Australian history, with beautiful colour illustrations. First edition, first impression.Signed by the author and illustrator. Illustrations...

High Diver

Michael Wishart · 1977 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.75 | $244.41 | ¥39,029)

London, Blond & Briggs, 1977. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon first edition of Michael Wishart's controversial autobiography, which shows off his bohemian lifestyle. This work details encounters with the author's friends, including Lucian Freud, Francis Bacon, Jean...

My Early Life: A Roving Commission

The Rt. Hon. Winston S. Churchill · 1930 · Rooke Books

£325.00 (€389.56 | $429.37 | ¥68,565)

London, Thornton Butterworth Limited, 1930. Cloth. A first edition, first impression of Churchill's autobiographical work exploring his formative years, with illustrations throughout. An immediate success, this work covers Winston Churchill's schooldays and youth, hi...

Gilbert White Pioneer, Poet, and Stylist

Walter Johnson · 1928 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, John Murray, 1928. First edition. Cloth. A delightful first edition examining the life's work of Gilbert White, including his poetry as well as his ecological contributions. Gilbert White was a world famous, pioneering naturalist and ornithologist. Best known for ...