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The Life and Times of Madame Veuve Clicquot-Ponsardin

Jacqueline de Chimay; Evelyn Waugh · 1961 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

Reims, Printed for Champagne Veuve Clicquot-Ponsardin by the Curwen Press, 1961. Paperback. A smart special edition of this biographical study of French champagne producer Madame Clicquot. Special edition. Illustrated with numerous in-text figures. An account of the life and t...

Thirty Years with G.B. S

Blanche Patch · 1951 · Rooke Books

£34.00 (€40.75 | $44.92 | ¥7,173)

London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1951. First edition. Cloth. A fascinating and insightful biographical work on Bernard Shaw by his private secretary Blanche Patch, previously owned by a member of Holbrook Jackson's family. The first edition, second impression. Previously own...

Hannan Swaffer&Apos;S Who&Apos;S Who

Hannan Swaffer · 1929 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Hutchinson & Co Ltd, [1929]. First edition. Cloth. A first edition presentation copy of Hannan Swaffer's collection of anecdotes about a noted individuals such as Rudyard Kipling and Winston Churchill, and inscribed by the author. The first trade edition. The aut...

Bernard Shaw

Holbrook Jackson · 1907 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)

London, E. Grant Richards, 1907. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Holbrook Jackson's monograph on Bernard Shaw, inscribed by the author to his mother. The first edition.Author's presentation copy, inscribed to the recto of the front endpaper, "To my dear mo...

The Russian Shores of the Black Sea in the Autumn of 1852 with a Voyage Down the Volga, and a Tour Through the Country of the Don Cossacks

Laurence Oliphant · 1854 · Rooke Books

£149.00 (€178.60 | $196.85 | ¥31,434)

Edinburgh, William Blackwood and Sons, 1854. Cloth. An early edition of Laurence Oliphant's account of his journey to Russia, written only a year before the start of the Crimean war, with this enlarged edition including remarks upon the political landscape of Russia. The ...

Narrative of a Journey Across the Balcan

Major Hon George Keppel · 1831 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)

London, Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1831. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Major George Keppel's two volume account of his travels bound into one volume, with the scarce hand-coloured frontispiece. The first edition. Illustrated with a hand-coloured lith...

Richard to Minna Wagner: Letters to His First Wife

Richard Wagner; William Ashton Ellis [translator] · 1909 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, H. Grevel & Co. 1909. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition set of this collection of letters from German composer Richard Wagner to his first wife. Complete in two volumes. First edition. With a portrait frontispiece to each volume. A collection of the letters o...

Scott&Apos;S Last Expedition: Being the Journals of Captain R.F. Scott

Leonard Huxley; Sir Clements R. Markham; Captain R. F. Scott · 1913 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

London, Smith, Elder Co, 1913. Cloth. The second edition of this important official account of the renowned expedition to the geographic South Pole lead by Captain Robert Falcon Scott, written from Scott's own journals and heavily illustrated throughout. The second editio...

In the Trades, the Tropics, and the Roaring Forties

Lady Brassey [Anna Brassey, Baroness Brassey] · 1885 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Longmans, Green, & Co, 1885. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated Victorian travelogue, in which Lady Anna Brassey recounts her voyage from England to the Caribbean. The first edition.Victorian travel writer Lady Anna Brassey describes her voyage...

William Caxton, the First English Printer: A Biography

Charles Knight · 1844 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Charles Knight & Co. 1844. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this biography of English merchant William Caxton. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and numerous in-text images. A detailed biography of William Caxton, an English merchant, diplomat and ...

Private Correspondence and Miscellaneous Papers of Samuel Pepys 1679-1703 in the Possession of J. Pepys Cockerell

Samuel Pepys; J. R. Tanner [editor] · 1926 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, G. Bell and Sons Ltd, 1926. First edition. Cloth. A smart two volume set of the first edition of this collection of correspondence from English diarist Samuel Pepys. Two volumes complete. A matching 'further correspondence of Samuel Pepys' was also published....

The Graham Greene Birthplace Trust: Inaugural Lecture

W. J. West · 1997 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

Oxford, The Amate Press, 1997. First edition. Paperback. A smart first edition of this very scarce inaugural lecture for the Graham Green Birthplace Trust. First edition. Very scarce. A copy of the inaugural lecture for The Graham Green Birthplace Trust, a non-profit organisat...

Leaves from My Life: Memories of Bygone Days

Sir Richard Winfrey · 1936 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

Not Stated, Private Circulation, 1936. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this scarce autobiography from British politician Sir Richard Winfrey. Printed for private circulation. First edition. Very scarce. Illustrated with a frontispiece and fourteen plates. Collat...

A la Recherche Du Bonheur; la Mort; Mes Mãƒâ©Moires: Enfance, Adolescence, Jeunesse

Leo Tolstoy; M. E. Halpérine [trans.] · 1886 · Rooke Books

£385.00 (€461.48 | $508.64 | ¥81,223)

Paris, Librarie Academique Didier, Perrin et Cie, 1886-1887. Leather. Three uniformly and elegantly bound collections of the works of Tolstoy, translated into French by M. E. Halpérine. The fourth edition of the French language edition of these three works, uniformly bound ...

Recollections of Rossetti

Hall Caine · 1928 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Cassell and Company, 1928 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the first complete edition of Hall Caine's account of his years spend in the company of artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti, founder of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. A signed presentation ...

The Works of Mr. Thomas Otway: Consisting of His Plays, Poems and Letters

Thomas Otway · 1757 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, C. Hitch and L. Hawes, D. Browne, H. Lintot, J. and R. Tonson, J. Hodges, C. Bathurst, J. Brindley, C. Corbet, T. Waller, A. Str, 1757. Leather. London: C. Hitch and L. Hawes, D. Browne, H. Lintot, J. and R. Tonson, J. Hodges, C. Bathurst, J. Brindley, C. Corbet, T. Wa...

Life of John Stuart MILL

W. L. Courtney · 1889 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, Walter Scott, 1889 . First edition. Cloth. A comprehensive biographical work on eminent philosopher and M. P. John Stuart Mill, written by fellow philosopher, William Leonard Courtney. First edition. Bound in the publisher's cloth. A biography of esteemed philosop...

Autobiography

John Stuart Mill · 1875 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Longmans, Green, Reader, & Dyer, 1875. Cloth. The insightful autobiography of leading economist John Stuart Mill. The autobiography of John Stuart Mill.Mill was a philosopher, civil servant, and political economist, and was only of the most influential philosophers in ...

The Contrary Experience: Autobiographies; an Impossible Woman: The Memories of Dottoressa Moor of Capri; Shades of Greene: The Televised Stories of Graham Greene; Miss Silver"S Past

Graham Greene; Herbert Read; Josef Skvorecky · 1973 · Rooke Books

£149.00 (€178.60 | $196.85 | ¥31,434)

London; New York, Secker and Warburg; The Viking Press; The Bodley Head; William Heinemann, 1973-1976. Cloth. A smart selection of works either written, edited or with a preface by distinguished writer Graham Greene. This set offers the autobiographies of English art historian...

Stop-Time

Frank Conroy · 1967 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

New York, The Viking Press, 1967. First edition. Paperback. A smart advance reading copy of this memoir from American author Frank Conroy, with the original notice from the publishers. First edition. A scarce advance reading copy of this work with the original notice from the ...