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The Life of Lord Bacon

John, Lord Campbell · 1853 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London , John Murray, 1853. Cloth. A biography of the life of Lord Bacon by John, Lord Campbell. Sir Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St. Alban, (22 January 1561 – 9 April 1626) was an English philosopher, statesman, scientist, jurist, orator and author. He served both as Attorney...

The Correspondence of Sir Philip Sidney and Hubert Languet

Stuart A. Pears M.A. (Ed) · 1845 · Rooke Books

£64.99 (€77.90 | $85.86 | ¥13,711)

London , Pickering, 1845. Cloth. A collection of intimate correspondence between the famous courtier and the radical French reformer. Philip Sidney is most famous as an Elizabethan courtier and diplomat; as well as a poet and a soldier. Here we have his personal correspondence...

George Morland His Life and Works

Sir Walter Gilbey and E. D. Cuming · 1907 · Rooke Books

£34.00 (€40.75 | $44.92 | ¥7,173)

London , Adam and Charles Black, 1907. Cloth. A decorative examination of the life and oeuvre of artist, George Morland. Illustrated throughout with fifty coloured plates. George Morland (London 26 June 1763 ? 29 October 1804 Brighton) was an English painter of animals and rus...

The Letters of Arnulf of Lisieux

Frank Barlow · 1939 · Rooke Books

£26.99 (€32.35 | $35.66 | ¥5,694)

London , Offices of the Royal Historical Society, 1939. Cloth. A collection of the letters of medieval French bishop Arnulf of Lisieux. Camden third series, volume LXI. Arnulf was a partisan of the king in the conflict between Henry II and Thomas Becket, and after the murder o...

Rabelais the Five Books and Minor Writings Together with Letters and Documents Illustrating His Life

W. F. Smith · 1893 · Rooke Books

£89.99 (€107.87 | $118.89 | ¥18,985)

London , Alexander P. Watt, 1893. Cloth. A collection of the letters and works of the sixteenth-century French Renaissance author Francois Rabelais. A new translation, with notes, by W. F. Smith. Rabelais has historically been regarded as a writer of fantasy, satire, the grote...

George Baxter (Colour Printer) His Life and Work

C. T. Courtney Lewis · 1908 · Rooke Books

£29.99 (€35.95 | $39.62 | ¥6,327)

London, Sampson Low, Marston and Company, 1908. Cloth. A biography of the eminent printer, George Baxter, who is credited with the invention of commercially viable colour printing. Illustrated throughout with many reproductions of Baxter's works. In a cloth binding. Exter...

Four Good Men: Luke Challonder, Jeremy Taylor, Narcissus Marsh, Elias Bouhãƒâ©Reau

Newport J. D. White, D.D. · 1927 · Rooke Books

£168.00 (€201.37 | $221.95 | ¥35,443)

Dublin, Hodges, Figgis & Co. 1927. First edition. Paperback. A bright, clean first edition of Four Good Men with an inscription from the author, Newport J.D. White. Bound in card. First Edition. With an ink inscription from Newport J. D. White, dated 3rd Sept 1927. This book i...

Sir John Vanbrugh: Architect and Dramatist

Sir John Vanbrugh; Laurence Whistler · 1938 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

London, Cobden-Sanderson, 1938. First edition. Cloth. A biographical work on this seventeenth century architect and dramatist. First edition. Illustrated throughout, with fifteen plates of buildings designed by Sir John Vanbrugh. Collated, complete. With the signature of one J...

The Public and Private Life of Lord Chancellor Eldon, with Selections from His Correspondence

Horace Twiss · 1844 · Rooke Books

£49.99 (€59.92 | $66.04 | ¥10,546)

London , John Murray, 1844. Cloth. A biography of John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon. Volumes II and III of a three part set. Second edition. John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon, (4 June 1751 – 13 January 1838) was a British barrister and politician. He served as Lord Chancellor of Grea...

Memoirs of Count Grammont

Antoine Hamilton, Sir Walter Scott (Editor) · 1889 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

London, John C Nimmo, 1889. Cloth. A biographical work on a famous French nobleman. First thus, the first large paper edition. Limited edition, number 173 of 700. Written by Count Grammont's brother-in-law Antoine Hamilton. Count de Grammont was the younger half-brother o...

Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs Piozzi (Thrale) Edited with Notes and an Introductory Account of Her Life and Writings

A Hayward (editor), Hester Thrale · 1861 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London , Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts, 1861. Cloth. Two volumes of Mrs Piozzi's autobiography. With a frontispiece to each volume. From the library of one Arthur C Newsum, with his bookplate to the front pastedown of each volume. With half titles to each volume and...

Life&Apos;S a Circus

Eleanor Smith · 1939 · Rooke Books

£23.99 (€28.76 | $31.69 | ¥5,061)

London, New York, Toronto, Longmans, Green and Co. 1939. First edition. Cloth. Life's a Circus by Eleanor Smith illustrated with black and white photographs. First edition. Lady Eleanor Furneaux Smith (1902 - 1945) was an English writer. The eldest of the politician F. E....

Historical Sketches of Statesmen Who Flourished in the Time of George III

Henry Lord Brougham · 1855 · Rooke Books

£69.99 (€83.89 | $92.47 | ¥14,766)

London , Richard Griffin and Company, 1855. Cloth. Two volumes of Brougham's sketches of statesmen from the era of George III. With original advertisements on the endpapers. Henry Peter Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux (1778-1868)was a British statesman who became Lo...

The Letters of Algernon Charles Swinburne

Algernon Charles Swinburne · 1918 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.83 | $171.75 | ¥27,426)

London , William Heinemann, 1918. First edition. Cloth. A two volume first edition of The Letters of Algernon Charles Swinburne. Very rare in the original dustwrappers. Edited by author, critic and poet Sir Edmund William Gosse, as well as noted bibliophile Thomas James Wise, ...

A Life of William Shakespeare

Sidney Lee · 1899 · Rooke Books

£19.99 (€23.96 | $26.41 | ¥4,217)

London , Smith, Elder and Co. 1899. Cloth. A copy of this late nineteenth-century biography of Shakespeare, illustrated with plates. Fourth Edition. Featuring a portrait frontispiece. 'With portraits and facsimilies&apos. In a cloth binding. Externally, generally smart wi...

Memoirs of Count Grammont

Anthony Hamilton; Sir Walter Scott (Editor) · 1889 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, John C Nimmo, 1889. Cloth. A limited edition copy of this biographical work exploring the life and times of the French nobleman Philibert, Count de Gramont. Limited edition, number 159 of 780 copies printed for England and America. Written by his brother-in-law Antoine...

Francois-Severin Marceau

T G Johnson · 1896 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, George Bell and Sons, 1896. Cloth. A first edition copy of this military biography by T G Johnson on the life and career of Francois-Severin Marceau. With a frontispiece and three further illustrations. The illustration La Vendee in 1793 is stated to contents to be at ...

The Life of the Duke of Wellington

Colonel John Montmorency Tucker · 0 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Colonel John Montmorency Tucker, c1880. Cloth. A biographical work on the prominent figure in military history, Arthur Wellesley, The Duke of Wellington. Illustrated, with a frontispiece and many vignettes. Written by Colonel John Montmorency Tucker, a Captain in the 2...

The Evening and the Morning; a Diary, Illustrated

J. H. Hipsley (Designer) · 1799 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, The Religious Tract Society, c1882. First edition. Cloth. A scarce, handsome and decorative diary from the Religious Tract Society, illustrated in colour. Includes Bible quotes, colour and gilt borders, and colour floral illustrations throughout, engraved and printed b...

The British Classical Authors Select Specimens of the National Literature of England and America with Biographical Sketches and an Historical Outline of English Literature. Poetry and Prose.

Various; L. Herrig (Ed) · 1889 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Brunswick, George Westermann, 1889. Cloth. A selection of poetry and prose by a variety of British authors. Edited and compiled by L. Herrig. The British Classical Authors. Select Specimens of the National Literature of England and America with Biographical Sketches and an His...