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The Right Joyous and Pleasant History of the Feats, Gests, and Prowesses of the Chevalier Bayard

The Loyal Servant [Jacques de Mailles]; Sara Coleridge [trans.] · 1825 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, John Murray, 1825. First edition. Leather. The first English edition of this biography of the illustrious knight, Chevalier Bayard, narrated by his companion in arms, Jacques de Mailles. The first English edition, complete in two volumes.In a half calf binding with mar...

The Arts and Artists, or Anecdotes and Relics of the Schools of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture

James Elmes · 1825 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, John Knight & Henry Lacey, 1825 . First edition. Hardback. Volumes II and III of a three volume first edition from James Elmes, regarding painting, sculpture and architecture through the centuries. The first edition of this work.Volumes II and III only of a three volum...

The Letters Pf Rudyard Kipling: Volume 1: 1872-89; Volume 2: 1890-1899

Thomas Pinney [ed.] · 1990 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Macmillan, 1990. First edition. Cloth. The first two volumes from this series comprising the selected letters of Rudyard Kipling, both in excellent condition. The first edition. Containing Volume 1 and Volume 2 out of the six-volume series containing the letters of jo...

Churchyard&Apos;S Chips Concerning Scotland: Being a Collection of His Pieces Relative to That Country; with Historical Notices, and a Life of the Author

George Chalmers · 1817 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1817. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this very scarce work on Thomas Churchyard by George Chalmers, bound in full calf and previously owned by Joseph Haslewood, the founder of the Roxburghe Club. The first edition. ...

George Duke of Cambridge: A Memoir of His Private Life

Edgar Sheppard [editor] · 1907 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1907. Cloth. A smart two volume set of the third impression of this biography of Prince George, Duke of Cambridge. Complete in two volumes. Third impression. Volume one is illustrated with a portrait frontispiece, two photogravure plates, and e...

James Ramsay Macdonald: Labour&Apos;S Man of Destiny

H. Hessell Tiltman · 1929 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, The Waverley Book Company, Limited , 1929. Cloth. A very pleasing biographical work on former UK Prime Minister, Ramsay Macdonald. A bright early edition of this biographical work. In the publisher's original blue cloth binding, with gilt to the spine. Undated, ...

Alfred Lord Tennyson: A Memoir

Hallam Tennyson · 1897 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1897. Cloth. A smart third impression of Hallam Tennyson's affectionate memoir of his father Lord Tennyson, complete in two volumes. Complete in two volumes. Third impression, published the same year as the first. Volume one is illustrat...

Charles Kingsley: His Letters and Memories of His Life

Charles Kingsley; Frances Eliza Grenfell · 1881 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, C. Kegan Paul & Co, 1881. Cloth. A touching biography on the poet and author Charles Kingsley, an illustrated memoir written by his widow. Complete in two volumes.An insightful biography on the life and career of the priest, social reformer, historian, and novelist, Ch...

Anthony Bazley

Various · 1948 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

Swindon , Printed at the Cotswold Bruderhof Press, c1938. Cloth. A very scarce personal account of the life and memory of one Anthony Gardner Bazley. Bound in the original quarter paper vellum, with cloth boards. A very scarce personal memoir of one Anthony Gardner Bazley, wh...

Between Friends: Letters of James Branch Cabell and Others

Padraic Colum; Margaret Freeman Cabell [ed.] · 1962 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

New York, Harcourt, Brace and World, Inc. 1962. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this excellent correspondence between important American literary figurers of the 1920s. The first edition of this work. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapp...

George Grenfell and the Congo

Sir Harry Johnston · 1908 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.50 | $495.43 | ¥79,113)

London, Hutchinson & Co, 1908. First edition. Cloth. Exceptionally bright examples of the richly illustrated first edition of Johnston's study of Grenfell's travels. The two volume first edition of British explorer, botanist, artist, colonial administrator Sir Harry ...

Wilkie Collins

Robert Ashley · 1952 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

New York, Roy Publishers, 1952. First edition. Cloth. The first U.S edition of this biography on the life of the noted English novelist Wilkie Collins, written by Robert Ashley. The first U.S edition. Also published in the UK in the same year. In the publisher's original...

Samuel Butler: Author of Erewhon (1835-1902): A Memoir

Henry Festing Jones · 1919 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited , 1919-1920. Cloth. A pleasing biography of novelist Samuel Butler, written by his close friend Henry Festing Jones and complete in two volumes, illustrated throughout. A complete memoir of Samuel Butler, in two volumes. Volume I is the secon...

Hold Hard! Hounds, Please!; Bells of the Chase; a Fox-Hunter&Apos;S Anthology; Hunting, Showing and "Chasing: With Chapters on Hunter Trials and Breaking and Making a Hunter Colt

Yoi-Over"; Peter Lewis; Sam Marsh · 1924 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, H. F. and G. Witherby; Hutchinson and Co; Lovat Dickson Limited; Jarrolds , 1924-1938. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing set of four first editions revolving around hunting, including its history, the management of hounds and memoirs from a huntsman. Four first edition ...

David Livingstone: Missionary and Discoverer

Rev. Jabez Marrat · 0 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, T. Woolmer, c1880. Cloth. A scarce copy of this work on the life of Scottish pioneer Christian missionary David Livingstone, with illustrations. Scarce work. With a frontispiece, twelve plates, and two full-page images. Collated complete. The life and work of David Liv...

Sixty Years of an Agitator&Apos;S Life

George Jacob Holyoake · 1900 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1900. Cloth. A pleasing two-volume set containing the autobiography of English secularist and newspaper editor, George Holyoake. The fourth impression of this work. Complete in two volumes. In the very smart original cloth binding.With a frontispiece ...

The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford: Including Numerous Letters Now First Published from the Original Manuscripts & the Letters of Horace Walpole Earl of Orford

Horace Walpole · 1840 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)

London, Richard Bentley, 1840-1866. Leather. A smart five volume set of the collected letters of English writer Horace Walpole, with one volume from another set of his letters. Six volumes, mixed set. Five volumes of a six volume set and one volume of a nine volume set. Each v...

The Works of Mr. Congreve

William Congreve · 1788 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, W. Lowndes, 1788 . Leather. A new edition of this collection of the works of William Congreve, a playwright and poet known for his Restoration literature. Complete in two volumes. A new edition. Bound in full diced calf, rebacked, with the boards restored and spine lai...

Ssu-Ma Ch&Apos;Ien: Grand Historian of China

Burton Watson · 1958 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

New York , Columbia University Press , 1958. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this delightful history on the origins and contributions of Chinese historical theory, with keen focus on the works of Ssu-ma Ch'ien. A review copy of the first edition. With the orig...

The Coast of Incense: Autobiography 1933-1939

Freya Stark · 1953 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, John Murray, 1953. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this autobiographical work by Freya Stark, recounting of her travels in South Arabia between 1933-39. First edition. Illustrated with forty plates containing a series of photographs taken by the author herse...