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Charles Dickens and His Family: A Sympathetic Study

W. H. Bowen · 1956 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Cambridge, Privately printed by W. Heffer & Sons Ltd, 1956. Cloth. A smart copy of this uncommon work delving into the family and medical history of Charles Dickens. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Undated, dated from a copy held at the British Library. From ...

The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini

J. Addington Symonds [Trans] · 1927 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

New York, Walter J. Black Inc, 1927. Leather. The one volume, translated edition of the autobiography of the talented sculptor Benvenuto Cellini, bound in quarter calf. The 'one volume' edition. Bound in quarter calf with cloth to the boards. This work features the...

Henry Irving: A Record of Twenty Years at the Lyceum

Percy Fitzgerald · 1893 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Chapman and Hall, 1893. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Fitzgerald's interesting biography on the theatre actor Henry Irving. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth. This biography on Henry Irving was written by author, critic and a...

The Life and Work of the Rev. E.J. Peck Among the Eskimos

Arthur Lewis · 1908 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.74 | $58.13 | ¥9,283)

London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1908. Cloth. The third edition of this biography on the life of missionary Edmund Peck, an illustrated work by Arthur Lewis. The third edition of this work.An insightful biography on the life and work of Edmund James Peck.Peck was an Anglican missio...

The Japanese Letters of Lafcadio Hearn

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

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

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...

The Late John Burgess, Member of the Society of Painters in Water Colour

Rosario Aspa · 1879 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Leamington, Courier" Steam Printing Works, 1879. Paperback. A very scarce biographical pamphlet on the life and art of John Burgess. A very scarce brief biographical sketch on the life and work of John Burgess, a member of the Burgess dynasty of painters.Burgess was a talented...

A Memoir of Felix Neff

William Stephen Gilly · 1840 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, J. G. F. & J. Rivington, 1840. Leather. A smart fifth edition of this book on the life of pastor Felix Neff. Fifth edition. With a folding map to the front of the text to illustrate his pastoral charge. The life of Felix Neff, a Swiss Protestant divine and philanthropi...

A Little Learning

Evelyn Waugh · 1964 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,810)

London, Chapman & Hall, 1964. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of Evelyn Waugh's autobiography focusing on his early life. The first edition, first impression.In the original unclipped dust wrapper, with an uncommon wraparound band.The first volume of Evel...

The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett 1845-1846

Robert Browning; Elizabeth Barrett Browning · 1898 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

New York, Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1898. Leather. Two volumes of works featuring the correspondences between poets Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Browning, bound in crushed half morocco. Two volumes. Complete in two. Bound in crushed half morocco with cloth to the...

Ten Works on the Duke of Wellington, Napoleon and the Battle of Waterloo

Various · 1969 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London; Barnsley, Various, 1969-2016. First edition. Cloth. Ten historical studies of the Duke of Wellington, Napoleon and the Battle of Waterloo by various historians and biographers. Ten works in the publisher's original cloth bindings. All volumes are in the original u...

As I Walked out One Midsummer Morning

Laurie Lee · 1969 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

London, Andre Deutsch, 1969. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of Laurie Lee's sequel to the famous memoir "Cider with Rosie." First edition, first impression. Illustrated throughout. The sequel to award-winning poet Laurie Lee's acclaimed autobiographical ...

The Journal of a Disappointed Man

W. N. P. Barbellion [Bruce Frederick Cummings]; H. G. Wells [intro.] · 1919 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1919. First edition. Cloth. An early impression of this collection of the journal entries of Bruce Frederick Cummings, giving an insight into life with multiple sclerosis. The first edition, fourth impression of this work in the publisher's origin...

Conundrum

Jan Morris · 1974 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London , Faber and Faber, 1974. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this autobiographical work by Jan Morris on her ten year transition from man to women, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth with the origina...

Life of Friedrich Schiller (1825) Life of John Sterling (1951) Two Biographies

Thomas Carlyle · 1857 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Chapman & Hall, 1857. Leather. A smart copy of these biographies of Friedrich Schiller and John Sterling, written by Thomas Carlyle. Dated from the British Library. The autobiographies of German poet, playwright, historian, philosopher, and physician, Friedrich Schille...

Diary of a Cavalry Officer in the Peninsular War and Waterloo Campaign 1809-1815

Lieut.-Col. Tomkinson; James Tomkinson [ED] · 1895 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

New York, Swan Sonnenschein & Co , 1895. Cloth. An illustrated second edition of this autobiographical work by Lieut.-Col. Tomkinson. The second edition of the work.With a frontispiece, 5 folding maps and 2 plates.Collated complete. This work autobiographical work was written ...

Summoned by Bells

John Betjeman · 1960 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, John Murray, 1960. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this collection of personal and intimate poetry from Betjeman, illustrated throughout. First edition. Illustrated throughout. Written in blank verse, this collection of poetry is an autobiography de...

Spencer Farm with Some Account of Its Owners

G. L. Way; Rev. Lewis Way · 1845 · Rooke Books

£280.00 (€335.62 | $369.92 | ¥59,071)

Sudbury, George Williams Fulcher, 1845. First edition. Cloth. A scarce First Edition of letters from G. L. Way and his son the Rev. Lewis Way, signed by the Reverend. This is a very scarce First Edition of the work, signed by one of the authors, the Reverend Lewis Way. This wo...

Memoirs of the Count de Grammont

Count Anthony Hamilton; Horace Walpole [translator] · 1928 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, John Lane at The Bodley Head, 1928. Cloth. A limited edition copy of this illustrated memoir of Count de Grammont, translated into English. Limited to one thousand copies for Great Britain, of which this is number seventy-four. Illustrated with eight tipped-in plates o...

Gilbert Keith Chesterton

WacÃÂ-‚aw Borowy · 1929 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

Krakow, Krakowskiej SpóÃÂ-‚ki Wydawniczej, 1929. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce biography of the notable English author G. K. Chesterton in the original Polish. The first edition of this very scarce work in the publisher's original paper wraps. Illustrated...

Letters Written by Mr. Sydney Smith

Sydney Smith · 1884 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Philobiblon Society , 1884. Paperback. A very scarce collection of letters written by Mr. Sydney Smith. Very scarce. Dated from the British Library. A collection of letters written to individuals such as: the Honourable Miss Fox, Miss Vernon, and Lord and Lady Holland....