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Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Lord Byron

George Clinton · 1827 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, John Robins and Co. 1827. Cloth. A smart copy of this memoir of the life and works of prolific writer Lord Byron, with illustrations. Scarce work. Illustrated with frontispiece and thirty-eight plates. Collated complete. The life and works of English Romantic poet and ...

The Collection of Autograph Letter and Historical Documents the Bulstrode Papers

Alfred Morrison · 1897 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

Not Stated , Private Press, 1897. First edition. Cloth. A first edition, privately printed copy of this collection of papers by Sir Richard Bulstrode. A first edition copy. This volume of Alfred Morrison's collection of autograph letters contains the first volume of the ...

William Wetmore Story and His Friends

Henry James · 1903 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,810)

London , William Blackwood and Sons, 1903. First edition. Cloth. A complete two volume set of this biography of sculptor William Wetmore Story by Henry James, in the first edition. First edition copies, complete in two volumes. William Wetmore Story was an American sculptor, ...

Stephen Hislop: Pioneer Missionary & Naturalist in Central India from 1844 to 1863

George Smith · 1888 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, John Murray , 1888. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of George Smith's biographical sketch of missionary to India Stephen Hislop. The first edition of this work. A scarce copy, rarely seen in commerce.With a frontispiece and further plates and illust...

Reminiscences of the Late Thomas Assheton Smith, Esq or the Pursuit of an English Country Gentleman

Sir John E Eardley-Wilmot, Bart · 1860 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, John Murray, 1860. Leather. The second edition of Sir John E Eardley-Wilmot's reminiscences of English landowner and sportsman Thomas Assheton Smith in signed AB Schofield binding. The second edition of this work. Illustrated with a frontispiece, a vignette illust...

Eating Rice Pudding on the Top of Mount Everest" a Biographical Impression of W.G. Galbraith

Susan Atherton Galbraith · 1997 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

None, [None Stated], 1997. Cloth. A privately published biographical sketch of Lieutenant Colonel William Graeme Galbraith, with a letter to his daughter. Author's copy. Privately published. With a portrait to the font. A detailed biography of Lieutenant Colonel William G...

An Officer&Apos;S Wife

Zoe Townshend; Col. Sir F. N. E. Dalrymple [foreword] · 1932 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Country Life Ltd. 1932. First edition. Cloth. A bright first edition copy of this scarce collection of memoirs by Zoe Townshend, covering military life in India and Ireland. The first edition of this scarce work in the publisher's original cloth binding. The memoi...

Memoir of the Right Rev. Robert Milman, D.D. , Lord Bishop of Calcutta & Metropolitan of India

Frances Maria Milman · 1879 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,810)

London, John Murray, 1879. First edition. Leather. A first edition copy of this scarce memoir of Robert Milman, an association copy inscribed by the author to her friend in 1883. The first edition of this scarce work in a full calf binding with marbled end papers. All edges gi...

Edith Sitwell: Selected Letters

John Lehmann [ed.]; Derek Parker [ed.] · 1970 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Macmillan, 1970. Paperback. A scarce uncorrected proof copy of this collection of Edith Sitwell's letters. An uncorrected proof copy of this work in the publisher's original paper wraps. Dame Edith Sitwell (1887-1964) was a British poet and critic and the eld...

The Life of Erasmus

[John Jortin] · 1758 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, J. Whiston and B. White, 1758. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of John Jortin's brilliant biography on the life of Dutch philosopher Erasmus. The first edition.Volume I only, complete in itself, an additional volume on Erasmus' works published later i...

Marilyn

Steve Crist; Shirley T. Ellis de Dienes · 2002 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

London, Taschen, 2002. Cloth. A moving tribute to Marilyn Monroe, showing her life in photographs taken by Andre de Dienes, and her growth into the blonde bombshell icon. Complete, including the additional facsimile corrected typescript by de Dienes, and small booklet showing ...

Memoirs of Richard Cumberland

Richard Cumberland · 1806 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, Lackington, Allen, & Co. 1806 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of Richard Cumberland's autobiography with illustrations. First edition of Memoirs of Richard Cumberland by himself.In half calf binding and marbled board. The front board is detached. Cont...

The History of Charles the Vth Emperor and King of Spain, the Great Hero of the House of Austria

D. F. Prudencio de Sandoval; John Stevens · 1703 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.13 | ¥61,181)

London, R. Smith, 1703. First edition. Leather. A very scarce first edition in English of Prudencio de Sandoval's important history of Emperor Charles V, a sought after work illustrated with a portrait frontispiece. The very scarce first edition of this work in English.ES...

Portraits, Memoirs, and Characters, of Remarkable Persons, from the Revolution in 1688 to the End of the Reign of George II Collected from the Most Authentic Accounts Extant

James Caulfield · 1819 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.34 | $653.96 | ¥104,430)

London, HR Young , 1819. Cloth. The complete set in four volumes of James Caulfield's collection of biographies of remarkable people. Complete in four volumes. First part appeared in 1790. Containing biographies from the Revolution of 1688 to the end of the Reign of King...

The Scarlet Tree; Noble Essences or Courteous Revelations

Osbert Sitwell · 1949 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Macmillan & Co. 1949-1950. First edition. Cloth. Two volumes of Osbert Sitwell's interesting autobiography. Volumes two and five from Osbert Sitwell's autobiography entitled Left Hand Right Hand. With twenty three plates to each volume, collated and complete....

Trying to Save Piggy Sneed

John Irving · 1996 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

New York, Arcade Publishing, 1996. First edition. Cloth. A first US edition, first impression copy of this collection of short works by critically-acclaimed novelist John Irving. The first US edition, first impression of this work in the publisher's original quarter cloth...

An Indian Pathfinder: Memoirs of Sevabrata Sasipada Banerji

Albion Rajkumar Banerji · 1924 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

Oxford, Kemp Hall Press, Ltd. 1924. Paperback. A scarce work on the life of social worker, Sevabrata Sasipada Banerji. Scarce work. The memoirs of Sevabrata Sasipada Banerji, a social worker and leader of the Brahmo Samaj who is remembered as a champion of women's rights ...

Chatterton a Biography

David Masson · 1899 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London , Hodder & Stoughton , 1899. Cloth. A new edition of this biography of poet Thomas Chatterton. A new and revised edition of this work. This volume was first published in 1856 as part of a volume of Collected Essays and is a biography of English poet Thomas Chatterton w...

The Life and Correspondence of Thomas Arnold

Arthur Penrhyn Stanley · 1890 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

London, Ward, Lock and Co. 1890. Leather. Second edition of this biographical work on the life and correspondence of English educator Thomas Arnold. The second edition of this work. From the Minerva Library of Famous Books series edited by G. T. Bettany. Biographical work con...

Memoir of Captain M.M. Hammond

Captain M. M. Hammond · 1858 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, James Nisbet and Co. 1858. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this memoir of Captain M. M. Hammond's life. The first edition of this work, a scarce copy rarely seen in commerce. Memoir of the life of Rifle Brigade Captain M. M. Hammond, from his ea...