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In Memoriam Ian Charles, Eighth Earl of Seafield, Twenty-Seventh Chief of the Clan Grant

Countess Dowager of Seafield · 1884 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

Inverness, Northern Chronicle" Office, 1884. Cloth. A memoriam for Ian Charles Ogilvy-Grant, a Scottish nobleman and the twenty-seventh Chief of Clan Grant. A memoriam for Ian Charles Ogilvy-Grant, produced by his mother Caroline Stuart, the Countess Dowager. This work contain...

Autobiography of Miss Cornelia Knight, Lady Companion to the Princess Charlotte of Wales. With Extracts from Her Journals and Anecdote Books.

Miss Cornelia Knight · 1861 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, W. H. Allen & Co. 1861. First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of this autobiography by Miss Cornelia Knight, complete in two volumes. The first edition of this two volume work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with a gilt crest to the front ...

Thrilling Lives of Buffalo Bill and Pawnee Bill

Frank Winch · 1911 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,207)

New York, S. L. Parsons & Co. 1911. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this engaging anecdotal biography of Buffalo Bill and Pawnee Bill by Frank Winch. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Illustrated with two ful...

Oeuvres de Alfred de Musset

Alfred de Musset · 1876 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

London, Alphonse Lemerre , 1876-1880. Leather. A collection of illustrated works by Alfred de Musset bound in full calf. Eleven volumes. Bound in full calf. With frontispieces, illuminated letters, headpieces and 6 plates to 'Contes de Nouvelles', 2 to 'Comedi...

Works of the English Poets with Prefaces, Biographical and Critical & Index to the English Poets

Dr. Samuel Johnson · 1779 · Rooke Books

£995.00 (€1,192.67 | $1,314.53 | ¥209,914)

London, J. Nichols, 1779-1781. Leather. Forty-three volumes of the sixty-eight volume set of The Works of the English Poets, with prefaces and biographies by Dr. Samuel Johnson. Forty-three volumes of sixty-eight volume set. Scarce collection. Written by Dr. Samuel Johnson, an...

England&Apos;S Hour

Vera Brittain · 1941 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1941. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated account of England during the Second World War. First edition. Illustrated with frontispiece and seven plates. Collated complete. A series of brief but graphic vignettes of...

A Lady&Apos;S Diary of the Siege of Lucknow: Written for the Perusal of Friends at Home

Anonymous [Mrs. G Harris] · 1858 · Rooke Books

£280.00 (€335.62 | $369.92 | ¥59,071)

London, John Murray, 1858. Cloth. A scarce copy of this account of the Siege of Lucknow, during the Indian Rebellion on 1857. Scarce work. An anonymous account of the Siege of Lucknow during the Indian Rebellion of 1857, the prolonged defence of the British Residency within th...

Memoirs of John Frederic Oberlin, Pastor of Waldbach, in the Ban de la Roche

John Frederic Oberlin · 1833 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Holdsworth & Ball , 1833. Leather. The fourth edition of this memoir of John Frederic Oberlin. The fourth edition. With a frontispiece silhouette side portrait. In a full calf binding with gilt text to the spine. This work features a memoir of John Frederic Oberlin....

The Letters of Sir Walter Raleigh, 1879-1922

Sir Walter Raleigh; Lady Raleigh [ed.]; David Nichol Smith [preface] · 1926 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Methuen & Co. 1926. First edition. Cloth. A smart two-volume collection of the letters of the English scholar Sir Walter Alexander Raleigh, edited by Lady Raleigh. The second edition of Volume I, published in the same year as the first edition, and the first edition of...

Colomb Dans Les Fers, a Ferdinand Et Isabelle

M. le Chevalier de Langeac [Egide de Lespinasse Langeac] · 1782 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

Londres [London], Chez Alexandre Jombert, 1782 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of this uncommon late eighteenth century celebration of Christopher Columbus. In the original French.Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece, retaining the original tissue guard, and w...

A Biographical Dictionary of the Living Authors of Great Britain and Ireland

[John Watkins] · 1816 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

London, Colburn, 1816. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this biographical dictionary comprising of memories and anecdotes of early 19th century authors of Britain and Ireland. The first edition of John Watkins biographical dictionary of British and Irish authors. T...

The Martian

George Du Maurier · 1898 · Rooke Books

£68.00 (€81.51 | $89.84 | ¥14,346)

London and New York, Harper & Brothers, 1898 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of George du Maurier's autobiographical novel, illustrated by the author himself, and retaining the rear wrap and flyleaf of the dust wrapper. The first edition of this novel which foll...

Histoire de Napolãƒâ©on Bonaparte ãƒâ  L&Apos;Usage de la Jeunesse Et Des ãƒâ‰Coles

L. A. J. Mordacque · 1832 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, F. de Porquet And Cooper, 1832. First edition. Leather. A comprehensive history in French, of the French military commander and political leader, Napoleon Bonaparte. A very scarce first edition of this work in French. In half calf binding with marbled boards. This work...

Reminiscences of a Literary Life; the Reverend Thos. Frognall Dibdin, D.D.

Thomas Frognall Dibdin · 1836 · Rooke Books

£265.00 (€317.64 | $350.10 | ¥55,907)

London, John Major, 1836. First edition. Leather. A complete two volume set of this first edition from Thomas Frognall Dibdin, with illustrations. Complete in two volumes. Volume one is illustrated with frontispiece and three plates. Volume two is illustrated with five plates....

Memoirs of the Life of Colonel Hutchinson

Lucy Hutchinson; CH Firth [ed] · 1885 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.26 | $726.63 | ¥116,033)

New York, Scribner & Weford , 1885. First edition. Leather. The scarce first edition of Lucy Hutchinson's memoirs of her late husband in two volumes sumptuously bound by Zaehnsdorf in uniform calf. The first edition of this work. Published in a printing of three hundred c...

Passages in the Early Military Life of General Sir George T. Napier

Sir George T. Napier; W. C. E. Napier [editor] · 1884 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, John Murray, 1884. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this collection of writings from Sir George Thomas Napier, a presentation copy from the publisher. First edition. Presentation copy with embossed stamp to the title page from the publisher, John Murray. With p...

Horace Walpole (1717-1797) a Biographical Study

Lewis Melville · 1930 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Hutchinson & Co, 1930 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of Lewis Melville's biography of British Whig politician and author Horace Walpole. The very scarce first edition of this work, illustrated with a frontispiece and fifteen plates. Collated...

Wellington

The Hon John Fortescue · 1925 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Williams and Norgate, 1925. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of John Fortescue's biography of Wellington, signed by the author's wife. The first edition of this work. Biography of the Duke of Wellington by British military historian John Fortescue.This...

Life of Field Marshal, His Grace the Duke of Wellington. Embracing His CIVIL, Military, and Political Career to the Present Time

Sir James Edward Alexander · 1839 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, Henry Colburn, 1839-40. First edition. Leather. The first edition of Sir James Edw. Alexander's biographical sketch of the life and times of the Duke of Wellington, complete in two volumes. The first edition of this biography of the Duke of Wellington, edited by S...

The Autobiography and Memoirs of Benjamin Robert Haydon (1786-1846) Edited from His Journals

Benjamin Robert Haydon; Tom Taylor [ed.]; Aldous Huxley [intro] · 1926 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Peter Davies, 1926. Cloth. A two-volume set of Benjamin Haydon's autobiography and memoirs, with an introduction by Aldous Huxley. A two-volume set in the publisher's original cloth bindings. Benjamin Robert Haydon (1786-1846) was a British artist who special...