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The Ritchies in India Extracts from the Correspondence of William Ritchie, 1817-1862; and Personal Reminiscences of Gerald Ritchie

Gerald Ritchie · 1920 · Rooke Books

£210.00 (€251.72 | $277.44 | ¥44,290)

London, John Murray, 1920. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of this work by Gerald Ritchie. WIth a map and folding genealogical table to the rear. With four postcards written by Ritchie to the reviewer at the times thanking him for his review and expressing their s...

The Life of Henry Labouchere

Algar Labouchere Thorold · 1913 · Rooke Books

£34.99 (€41.94 | $46.23 | ¥7,379)

London , Constable and Company Ltd, 1913. Cloth. A copy of the Life of Henry Labouchere. Henry Du Pre Labouchere (9 November 1831 – 15 January 1912) was an English politician, writer, publisher and theatre owner in the Victorian and Edwardian eras. Labouchere, who inherited a...

Robert Wyer, Printer and Bookseller. A Paper Read Before the Bibliographic Society, January 21st, 1895.

Henry R. Plomer · 1897 · Rooke Books

£19.99 (€23.96 | $26.41 | ¥4,216)

London , Blades, East & Blades, 1897. Cloth. A copy of Plomer's Robert Wyer, Printer and Bookseller, which was printed for the Bibliographical Society. The printed version of a lecture delivered by Plomer on printer and bookseller Robert Wyer. Founded in 1892, the Bibliog...

The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D. To Which Is Added the Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides

James Boswell; Percy Fitzgerald · 1897 · Rooke Books

£33.99 (€40.74 | $44.91 | ¥7,169)

London, Bliss Sands and Co, 1897. Cloth. Boswell's classic work on Dr. Samuel Johnson - perhaps the most famous biography ever written - and his account of a trip to the Hebrides. Featuring a tissue guarded portrait frontispiece of Johnson. With four further illustrations...

The Albemarle Papers Being the Correspondence of William Anne, Second Earl of Albemarle Commander-in-Chief in Scotland, 1746-1747

Charles Sandford Terry (ed.) · 1902 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)

Aberdeen, Printed for the New Spalding Club, 1902. Cloth. A lovely limited edition set of the correspondence of William Anne, Second Earl of Abermarle during his time as Commander-in-Chief of Scotland; complete in two volumes. Lieutenant-General Willem Anne van Keppel, 2nd Ear...

Extracts from the Letters and Journal of Daniel Wheeler While Engaged in a Religious Visit to the Inhabitants of Some of the Islands of the Pacific Ocean, Van Diemen&Apos;S Land, New South Wales, and New Zealand

Daniel Wheeler; Charles Wheeler · 1840 · Rooke Books

£72.00 (€86.30 | $95.12 | ¥15,185)

Philadelphia, Joseph Rakestraw, 1840. Cloth. A collection of letters and journal entries by the Quaker, Daniel Wheeler. With additional material by Charles Wheeler. Daniel Wheeler (1771 - 1840) was a Quaker and a missionary. Wheeler went to St Petersburg as agricultural advise...

Sophie Arnould

Robert B. Douglas · 1898 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,872)

Paris, Charles Carrington, 1898. First edition. Cloth. A wonderful biography of the actress and wit Sophie Arnold, illustrated with seven plates throughout. First edition. Sophie Arnould (1740 - 1802) was a French operatic soprano. Born Magdeleine Sophie Arnould, she studied i...

Commissioner Kerr an Individuality

G. Pitt-Lewis · 1903 · Rooke Books

£89.99 (€107.87 | $118.89 | ¥18,979)

London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1903. Leather. A smart copy of this biography of Commissioner Robert Malcolm Kerr. First edition, second impression. Illustrated with two plates. In a half-calf binding. Externally smart, though with some slight discolouration. Internally, firmly bound...

The Creevey Papers. A Selection from the Correspondence and Diaries of the Late Thomas Creevey, M.P.

Edited by Sir Herbert Maxwell · 1903 · Rooke Books

£525.00 (€629.29 | $693.60 | ¥110,724)

London, John Murray, 1903. Leather. The Herbert Maxwell edition of Thomas Creevey's famous historical documents in rather decorative recent fine bindings. Complete in Two Volumes. With several portrait plates. Thomas Creevey, 1768-1838, was an English politician. "Creevey...

Stephen Langton

Martin F. Tupper · 0 · Rooke Books

£580.00 (€695.21 | $766.26 | ¥122,324)

London, Hurst and Blackett, c1858. Leather. Two volumes of this biographical novel by Martin F. Tupper, in very attractive Zahendorf leather binding. Containing a frontispiece plate and decorative title page, the work contains both volumes bound into one, and contains the book...

The Bernards of Abington and Nether Winchendon

Mrs Napier Higgins · 1904 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.19 | $786.08 | ¥125,487)

London, Longmans, Green and Co. 1904. Leather. A set of biographies detailing the history of the Bernard family of Abington Park and the surrounding area. Abington Park Museum was originally a manor house built at the turn of the 16th century. The Great Hall, now called the Oa...

Byron

Andre Maurois · 1930 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)

London, Bernard Grasset, 1930. First edition. Leather. Andre Maurois's biography of the poet, Lord Byron. In French. First edition. André Maurois (born Émile Salomon Wilhelm Herzog; 26 July 1885 – 9 October 1967) was a French author. Complete in two volumes. In half-tr...

Random Recollections of the Midland Circuit

Robert Walton · 1869 · Rooke Books

£650.00 (€779.12 | $858.74 | ¥137,087)

London, Chiswick Press, 1869-73. First edition. Leather. A scare two volume set of Robert Walton's Random Recollections. First editions. The first series was published in 1869 and achieved such success that a second series was issued in 1873. In attractive bindings by J A...

Les Femmes D&Apos;Artistes

Alphonse Daudet · 1889 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,709)

Paris , Alphonse Lemerre, 1889. Leather. A French collection of short biographies of female artists. Bound by Dray of Cambridge. Possibly with the signature of Ezra Pound, an expatriate American poet and critic. In a quarter morocco binding. Externally, sound, though with some...

Memoirs de Madame de Motteville, Pour Sevir a L&Apos;Histoire D&Apos;Anne D&Apos;Autriche. In Five Volumes

Francoise Bertaut de Motteville · 1822 · Rooke Books

£440.00 (€527.40 | $581.30 | ¥92,797)

Paris, Colnet Libraire, 1822. Leather. A scarce set of de Motteville's history of Queen Anne of Austria. Complete in five volumes. Françoise Bertaut de Motteville (c.1621 – 1689), French memoir writer, was the daughter of Pierre Bertaut, a gentleman of the king's c...

Les Memoires de Joseph Fouche

Jospeh Fouche · 1957 · Rooke Books

£29.00 (€34.76 | $38.31 | ¥6,116)

Paris, Les amis de l'histoire, 1957. Hardback. A very smart copy of this memoir written by Joseph Fouche. A memoir by Joseph Fouche (1759-1820), Minister of Police and a French Statesman under Napoleon the First. His title is often translated as The Duke of Otranto.Illust...

Alexander L Kielland Og Hans Samtid

Gerhard Gran · 1922 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

Stavanger, Dreyers Forlag, 1922. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this biography of Alexander Kielland. The first edition of this biography of Alexander Kielland. With four coloured plates and a coloured frontispiece. Gerhard Gran was a Norwegian literary historian...

Du Dandysme Et de Georges Brummell

J.Barbey j'Aurevilly · 1879 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.13 | ¥61,162)

Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1879. Leather. A biography of Georges Brummell in which the author defends the dandy lifestyle. A biography of Georges Brummell in which the author defends the dandy lifestyle. With an engraved frontispiece. Third Edition. First published in 1845, this...

Les Historiettes de Tallemant Des Reaux

Gedeon Tallemant des Reaux · 1854 · Rooke Books

£575.00 (€689.22 | $759.66 | ¥121,269)

Paris, J. Techener, 1854. Leather. A beautiful set of the Historiettes by Gedeon Tallemant des Reaux. A beautiful set of the Historiettes by Gedeon Tallemant des Reaux. Complete in nine volumes. Third Edition. Entirely reviewed from the original manuscript, arranged in a new o...

Paul Deroulede Et la Mort de Paul Deroulede in Two Volumes

Jerome et Jean Tharaud · 1914 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

Paris, Emile-Paul Freres, 1914. Paperback. A set of books on the Life and Death of Paul Deroulede. By Jerome and Jean Tharaud. Complete in two volumes. Paul Deroulede (2 September 1846 ? 30 January 1914) was a French author and politician. In paper bindings in cardboard wraps ...