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Frank Harris · 1915 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,036)

New York, Mitchell Kennerley, 1915. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Frank Harris' volume of concise biographies on eminent figures of his day, illustrated throughout, the publisher's presentation copy. The first edition.Publisher's presentation copy, ...

Joseph Conrad Life and Letters

G. Jean-Aubry [Jean-Frederic-Emile Aubry] · 1927 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

New York, Doubleday, Page & Company, 1927. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this biographical work on Polish-British writer John Conrad, with his letters. Complete in two volumes. First edition. Volume one is illustrated with a portrait frontispiece and eleven pl...

The Letters of Mrs. Elizabeth Gwynn, of Swansea, 1677

Elizabeth Gwynn · 1878 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,635)

London, Chiswick Press, 1878. First edition. Leather. A smart first edition of this very scarce collection of letters written by Mrs. Elizabeth Gwynn to her husband Captain Richard Gwynn. First edition. Very scarce. A collection of eight letters written by Mrs. Elizabeth Gwynn...

Select Memoirs of the Lives, Labours, and Sufferings, of Those Pious and Learned English and Scottish Divines, Who Greatly Distinguished Themselves from Promoting the Reformation from Popery&Apos; in Translating the Bible and in Promulgating Its Salutary Doctrines by Their Numerous Evangelical Writings; and Who Ultimately Crowned the Venerable Edifice with the Celebrated Westminster Confession of Faith &C. &C. &C.

Thomas Smith · 1828 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,799)

Glasgow, D. Mackenzie, 1828. Leather. A very scarce second edition of this collection of memoirs of English and Scottish divines. Second edition. Very scarce work. With a portrait frontispiece. A retrospective view of the Church prior to the Reformation, contemplating the inhu...

Histoire D&Apos;Henriette D&Apos;Angleterre

Madame de La Fayette; Anatole France · 1882 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,014)

Paris, Charavay Freres, 1882. Leather. The biography of Henrietta Anne of England, the youngest daughter of King Charles I of England, in the original French. French. With a portrait frontispiece. The biography of Henrietta Anne of England, the youngest daughter of King Charle...

The Life of Samuel Johnson

James Boswell · 1811 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)

London, T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1811. Leather. A smartly rebacked set of the influential biography on Samuel Johnson by James Boswell. Complete in four volumes.The sixth edition of this work.The influential biography of the English writer Samuel Johnson. This biography has be...

Macmillan&Apos;S Magazine, September, 1869: No. 119, Vol. XX: The True Story of Lady Byron&Apos;S Life

Harriet Beecher Stowe · 1869 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1869. First edition. Cloth. The September 1869 issue of Macmillan's Magazine, which feature's Harriet Beecher Stowe's very scarce article 'The True Story of Lady Byron's Life&apos. Macmillan's Magazine, Vol. XX, No. 119, ...

A New Biographical Dictionary

Stephen Jones · 1802 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

London, T. Bensley for G. and J. Robinson, 1802 . Leather. A very smart early nineteenth century biographical pocket dictionary. The fourth edition of this work by Stephen Jones.A charming biographical dictionary, containing information on all manner of influential and importa...

Entertaining Biography: From Chambers&Apos;S Miscellany

1855 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

London, W and R Chambers , 1855. First edition. Cloth. A scarce series of biographies intended for the education of the young reader, with engraved illustrations to each. The first edition of this scarce collection of biographies. Published as part of the publisher's &ap...

Beneficent and Useful Lives

Robert Cochrane · 1890 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

London, W. &. R. Chambers, 1890 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce, first edition of Robert Cochrane's illustrated biographical work detailing the lives of numerous eminent figures. The first edition. Very scarce work. This interesting biographical work surrounds the l...

The Tigers of Baluchistan

Sylvia A. Matheson · 1967 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.33 | $653.97 | ¥104,397)

London, Arthur Barker Ltd. 1967. First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of Sylvia Matheson's account of her time amongst the Bugti Tribe. The very scarce first edition. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Illustr...

The Life and Correspondence of Thomas Arnold, D.D.

Arthur Penrhyn Stanley · 1892 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

London, John Murray, 1892. Leather. A smartly bound two-volume set exploring the life and career of influential English educator, Thomas Arnold. A later edition of this biographical work, complete in two volumes. In full maroon morocco binding, signed by J. P. Gray & Son. Wit...

Reminiscences

Justin McCarthy · 1899 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)

London, Chatto and Windus , 1899. First edition. Leather. An attractive two-volume set recounting the various notable figures met by Irish nationalist politician, Justin McCarthy. The first edition of this collection of memoirs from Irish nationalist, politician and historian,...

Lady Gregory&Apos;S Journals 1916-1930

Lennox Robinson [ed.] · 1946 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)

London, Putnam and Company Ltd , 1946. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this earnest collection of journal entries belonging to notable Anglo-Irish dramatist, Lady Gregory. The first edition, first impression. In the original unclipped dust wrapper.This intimate wor...

Sir William Henry Flower: A Personal Memoir

Charles J. Cornish · 1904 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.59 | ¥35,853)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1904. First edition. Leather. A smartly bound first edition of this memoir of English surgeon Sir William Henry Flower, signed and inscribed by his wife. First edition. Signed by Georgiana Rosetta Smyth, the wife of Sir William Henry Flower w...

Statecraft: Strategies for a Changing World

Margaret Thatcher · 2002 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.33 | $653.97 | ¥104,397)

London, HarperCollins , 2002 . First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition of Margaret Thatcher's final novel, outlining her views on the challenges brought by the new millennium. First edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. Illustrated with ...

The Court of Napoleon: Or, Society Under the First Empire

Frank B. Goodrich · 1857 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.32 | ¥57,998)

New York, Derby & Jackson, 1857 . First edition. Leather. The sumptuous first edition of Frank B. Goodrich's study of the French court under Napoleon's rule, illustrated with vibrant chromolithographs. The first edition of this work, in the superb publisher's or...

The Life and Adventures of George Augustus Sala

George Augustus Sala · 1895 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.32 | ¥57,998)

London, Cassell & Company, 1895 . Leather. A fine example of the third edition of George Augustus Sala's autobiographical work, beautifully bound in half morocco. The third edition of this work, complete in two volumes.With a frontispiece to each volume.George Augustus Sa...

Private Correspondence of William Cowper with Several of His Most Intimate Friends

William Cowper · 1824 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,036)

London, Henry Colburn , 1824. Leather. A uniformly leather-bound early edition of these charming letters written by William Cowper. The second edition of set of works, complete in two volumes. Published in the same year as the first edition.In full calf binding. Both volumes ...

1936 a London Girl of the Eighties 1937 a London Home in the Nineties

Mary Vivian Hughes · 1936 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

London, Oxford University Press, 1936-1937. First edition. Cloth. A very smart two volume set of first edition works recounting the author's life in London during 1880-1890, with illustrations throughout each. Two first edition works by Vivian Hughes. Both in the original...