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Paul Deroulede Et la Mort de Paul Deroulede in Two Volumes

Jerome et Jean Tharaud · 1914 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

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 ...

Memoires de Voltaire Suivis de Mlanges Divers Et Prcds de "Voltaire Dmiurge" Par Paul Souday

Voltaire · 1927 · Rooke Books

£49.99 (€59.92 | $66.04 | ¥10,546)

Paris, Emile Hazan, 1927. Leather. The memoir of the popular eighteenth century French writer and philosopher, Voltaire. In French. The memoirs of French philosopher Franois-Marie Arouet, better known by his pseudonym Voltaire. Paul Souday (born in Le Havre Aug. 20, 1869 and d...

Recollections of Mirabeau, and of the Two First Legislative Assemblies of France

Etienne Dumont · 1832 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Edward Bull, 1832. Leather. The carefully revised second edition of Dumont's highly interesting personal account of French revolutionary, Comte de Mirabeau. Direct from the library at Newton Hall, the 18th century country house and estate in Northumberland, with a...

Cornelii Nepotis Excellentium Imperatorum Vitae

Michael Maittaire · 1806 · Rooke Books

£99.99 (€119.85 | $132.10 | ¥21,095)

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, & Orme, et al, 1806. Leather. An early nineteenth century edition of Maittaire's biography of Cornelius Nepos, in a full calf binding. A biography about the Roman biographer Cornelius Nepos. In Latin. Michael Maittaire, (1668 - 1747), was a F...

Seven Scarce Biographical Pamphlets

Various · 1650 · Rooke Books

£2,250.00 (€2,696.98 | $2,972.56 | ¥474,680)

Various, Various, 1650-1713. First edition. Leather. A collection of seven scarce seventeenth and eighteenth-century pamphlets detailing the life, works, letters, deeds and crimes of various men of merit and dishonour. Includes: 1650-London-John Stafford: An Exact Narration of...

The Witticisms, Anecdotes, Jests, and Sayings of Dr. Samuel Johnson

J. Merry · 1791 · Rooke Books

£1,200.00 (€1,438.39 | $1,585.37 | ¥253,163)

London, Printed for the Editor, 1791 . Leather. A scarce copy of this work by J. Merry on Dr. Samuel Johnson. Rare and sought after - the lighter side of the famous man. Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) was an English writer who made lasting contributions to English literature as a ...

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

Horace Twiss · 1844 · Rooke Books

£265.00 (€317.64 | $350.10 | ¥55,907)

London, John Murray, 1844. First edition. Leather. A handsome first edition of this illustrated biography of British barrister and politician, Lord Chancellor Eldon. First edition. Complete in three volumes. Uniformly bound in signed full straight-grain morocco, with "White 2...

Beyond Euphrates: Autobiography 1928-1933

Freya Stark · 1951 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, John Murray, 1951 . First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition copy of the second work in Freya Stark's illustrated autobiographical travel quartet. The first edition of the work.In the publisher's original green cloth binding. In the original unclipped...

Collection of Modern French Works

Multiple authors · 1977 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

Paris, Various, 1977-2014. Cloth. A very good collection of eleven interesting modern French works, many biographical or journalistic.  A collection of twelve interesting modern French works, many biographical or journalistic, covering the lives and careers of figures such as...

D.H. Lawrence Biographies

John Worthen; Geoffrey Trease; Stephen Potter · 1930 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London; Cambridge, Macmillan; Jonathan Cape; Cambridge University Press, 1930-1991. First edition. Cloth. A smart three volume set of biographies on English modernist novelist D.H. Lawrence. A three volume set.All the first editions of the works.In the original cloth bindings....

Our Lost Explorers: The Narrative of the Jeanette Arctic Expedition

Raymond Lee Newcomb; Rev. W. L. Gage [intro.] · 1883 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

Hartford, Conn. American Publishing Company, 1883 . Leather. An early example of this illustrated account of the ill-fated expedition to the North Pole undertaken by the Jeannette, and of the survivors of its wreck. An early edition of this work, which was first published the ...

Time Past

Marie Scheikevitch; Francoise Delisle [trans.] · 1936 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Thornton Butterworth Ltd. 1936. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first English edition of this title, illustrated throughout with monochrome photographic plates. A very scarce title, seen here in its first English language edition.Bound in original green cloth, with...

The Life of Thomas Chatterton

John Dix · 1837 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, Hamilton, Adams, & Co. 1837 . First edition. Leather. Lovely half-morocco first edition of John Dix's notable biography on the tragic life of English poet Thomas Chatterton. First edition.In red half-morocco binding with marbled boards. Binder's stamp of A. P...

Leaves of a Life Being Reminiscences of Montagu Williams in Two Volumes

Montago Williams · 1890 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Macmillan & Co. 1890. Leather. A complete two volume set of leather bound memoirs by English barrister Montagu Williams. A complete two volume set.Bound in half green morocco. An autobiographical work by Montagu Williams, an English barrister, Queen's Counsel, ...

Sketch of the Life and Character of Rutherford B. Hayes

WM. D. Howells · 1876 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

New York, Hurd and Houghton, 1876. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this uncommon sketch of former U.S. president from 1877-1881, Rutherford B. Hayes. First edition. Uncommon.In the publisher's original cloth binding. A concise biography on the life and charact...

A Moveable Feast

Ernest Hemingway · 1964 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)

London, Jonathan Cape , 1964. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first UK edition of Ernest Hemingway's posthumous memoir, complete with the publisher's unclipped dust wrapper. The first UK edition of this work.With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrappe...

Biography and Poetical Remains of the Late Margaret Miller Davidson

Washington Irving; Margaret Miller Davidson · 1841 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

Philadelphia, Lea and Blanchard, 1841 . First edition. Cloth. An exceptionally lovely example of the first edition of Washington Irving's biography of teenage poet Margaret Miller Davidson, including much of her own poetry. The first edition of this work. BAL 10159. Washi...

The Life and Writings of Henry Fuseli

Henry Fuseli; John Knowles [ed.] · 1831 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

London, Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1831 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this early monograph about the Swiss born artist Johann Heinrich Fuessli, known as Henry Fuseli, complete in three volumes. The first edition in the publisher's original cloth.Com...

An Essay on the Life and Genius of Samuel Johnson

Arthur Murphy · 1793 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Printed for T. Longman, B. White and Son et. al. 1793. Leather. The second separate edition of Arthur Murphy's intimate biography of Samuel Johnson. The second separate edition of Arthur Murphy's Essay on the Life and Genius of Samuel Johnson.Full speckled ca...

Mr. Oddity; Samuel Johnson the Moralist; Dr. Johnson: His Life in Letters; New Light on Dr. Johnson; the Religious Thought of Samuel Johnson; the Personal History of Samuel Johnson; Johnson As Critic; Samuel Johnson and Poetic Style; Samuel Johnson: Political Writings.

Charles Norman; Robert Voitle; David Littlejohn; Frederick W. Hilles; Chester F. Chapin; Christopher Hibbert; John Wain; William Edinger; Donald J. Greene · 1951 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.83 | $171.75 | ¥27,426)

Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania; Cambridge, Massachusetts; Eaglewood Cliffs, New Jersey; Michigan; New York, Evanston, San Francisco a, Bell Publishing Company; Harvard University Press; Prentice-Hall, Inc.; Archon Books; The University of Michigan Press; Harper &, 1951-1977. First ...