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Louis-Ferdinand Celine · 1972 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, The Bodley Head , 1972. First edition. Cloth. The uncommon first UK edition of this powerful semi-autobiographical novel, based on Louis-Ferdinand Celine's escape from France to Denmark in the Second World War. First UK edition. With the publisher's original...

The Life of Samuel Johnson, D.D. The First President of King&Apos;S College, in New York. Containing Many Interesting Anecdotes; a General View of the State of Religion and Learning in Connecticut During the Former Part of the Last Century; and an Account of the Institution and Rise of Yale College, Connecticut; and of King&Apos;S (Now Columbia) College, New York

Thomas Bradbury Chandler · 1824 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

London, C. and J. Rivington, 1824. First edition. Leather. A handsomely bound and very scarce first UK edition of this biography on US clergyman and educator, Samuel Johnson. A very scarce first UK edition of this work. In a handsome half tree calf binding, with marbled paper...

The Romany Rye Wild Wales the Bible in Spain the Zincali Lavengro

George Borrow · 1900 · Rooke Books

£370.00 (€443.50 | $488.82 | ¥78,059)

London, John Murray, 1900-1902. Leather. A lovely 5 volume matching set of Borrow's popular works, illustrated, and bound in green half morocco. A very smart matching set, bound in half green morocco and patterned pictorial boards.An uncommon example of a complete 5 volum...

Hogarth&Apos;S London: Pictures of the Manners of the Eighteenth Century

Henry B. Wheatley · 1909 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Constable And Company Ltd. 1909 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition in the publisher"s original gilt decorated cloth, with many black and white illustrations. The first edition in the publisher"s original gilt decorated cloth. With many black and white illustrati...

The Book of Wonderful Characters Memoirs and Anecdotes of Remarkable and Eccentric Persons in All Ages and Countries

Henry Wilson; James Caulfield · 1869 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

London , Reeves and Turner, [1869]. Cloth. A very scarce and wonderful collection of biographies of characters chosen due to their remarkability and eccentricity, with 59 full page engravings. A very scarce publishing of the work.In full red cloth with the original boards, reb...

Memorials of the Hon. Ion Keith-Falconer, M.A.

Rev. Robert Sinker, B.D. · 1888 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

Cambridge , Deighton, Bell and Co. 1888. First edition. Cloth. A detailed recollection of the life of Scottish missionary and Arabic scholar Ion Grant Neville Keith-Falconer, with a frontispiece, map and plate. The first edition of the work. In publisher's original red c...

Life and Letters of Dean Church

Dean Church; Mary C. Church [Ed.] · 1895 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1895. Leather. The second edition of this scarce biographical work edited by Mary Church on her father, English churchman Richard William Church, in half vellum with patterned paper-covered boards.  The second edition of this scarce biographical work...

The Autobiography of Mark Rutherford, Dissenting Master

Mark Rutherford [William Hale White] · 1881 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

London, Trubner and Co. 1881. First edition. Hardback. An uncommon first edition of this fictious autobiography credited under William Hale White's two pseudonyms. First edition. Rebacked with the original back strip and printed label laid down. Preserved in modern cloth...

A Village to Grow in: An Autobiography

Anne Taylor Furno · 1998 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

Dexter, Privately Printed, 1998. First edition. Cloth. A fine first edition of this very scarce autobiography from Welsh writer Anne Taylor Furno. First edition. Signed and inscribed by the author to the front free endpaper, with a message that reads: "To John, Time has no pow...

Architect, Designer and Romantic Socialist

C. R. Ashbee · 1985 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

New Haven , Yale University Press, 1985. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this biography on pioneering architect and designer, Charles Robert Ashbee. Signed dedication by the author to the front free endpaper. First edition.With the original unclipped dust wrap...

My Chinese Note Book

Lady Susan Townley · 1904 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.79 | $211.38 | ¥33,755)

London, Methuen & Co, 1904 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of Lady Susan Townley's account of her life in late 19th century China, illustrated with folding maps and photographic plates. The very scarce first edition, first impression of this work.Ill...

Mishima: A Vision of the Void

Marguerite Yourcenar · 1986 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,810)

Henley on Thames , Aidan Ellis , 1986. First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first English edition of Marguerite Yourcenar's study of Japanese writer, Yukio Mishima. The very scarce first English translation of this work. With the original clipped dust wrapper, with revi...

Gavarni in London: Sketches of Life and Character

Albert Smith [ed.] · 1849 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

London, David Bogue, 1849. First edition. Cloth. A wonderful example of the first edition of this charming work, which combines the satirical illustrations of Gavarni with humorous commentary upon London life. The first edition.Illustrated with a frontispiece, title page, and ...

Quarrels of Authors; or, Some Memoirs for Our Literary History

1814 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)

London, John Murray, 1814. First edition. Vellum. A complete first edition of Isaac D'Israeli's biographical series on literary authors and their quarrels or controversies. First edition. Complete in three volumes. Uniformly bound in half vellum, with marbled paper ...

Memorials of the Tower of London

Lieut-Gen Lord de Ros · 1866 · Rooke Books

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

7.5" by 5, John Murray, 1866. First edition. Leather. An inscribed first edition copy of Lord de Ros's illustrated memoir of the most noted inmates of the Tower of London, written by the Lieutenant-general of the Tower, and re-backed in lovely decorative crushed morocco, ...

The Death of Christopher Marlowe

J. Leslie Hotson · 1925 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, The Nonesuch Press, 1925. First edition. Cloth. A fascinating first edition of this exploration of the death of Christopher Marlowe by Leslie Hotson. First edition, first impression. Illustrated with a folding facsimile frontispiece and four plates. Collated complete. ...

Richard Dehmels Tagebuch 1893-94

Richard Dehmel · 1921 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Leipzig, Dehmel Gesellschaft, 1921. First edition. Hardback. A smart first printing of this very scarce diary from German poet and writer Richard Dehmel, in the original German. German. Very scarce work. The first printing of this work from the Dehmel Society. A record of the ...

Ariel: The Life of Shelley

Andre Maurois; Ella D'Arcy · 1925 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

New York, D. Appleton and Company, 1925. Hardback. The second U.S. edition of Andre Maurois' biography on Percy Shelley, complete with colourful plates. The second U.S. edition, translated by Ella D'Arcy.An insightful life of Percy Bysshe Shelley, exploring the perso...

Life&Apos;S Enchanted Cup: An Autobiography (1872-1933)

Mrs. C. S. Peel [Constance Peel] · 1933 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, John Lane The Bodley Head Limited , 1933. Cloth. A desirable early edition of this autobiography of Constance Peel, best known for her household management and cookery books. The second edition of this work, published in the same year as the first. With the very scarc...

Winston S. Churchill (Companion Volumes I and II)

Randolph S. Churchill · 1967 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

London, Heinemann, 1967-1969. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing collection offering four companion parts to Winston S. Churchill's authorised biography. Comprising two first edition companion volumes across four parts. Not including Part 3 of Volume II. With the original ...