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The Life and Letters of Admiral Cornwallis

G. Cornwallis-West · 1927 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London , Robert Holden & Co, 1927. First edition. Cloth. An illustrated first edition copy of this biography of Admiral Cornwallis. A first edition copy of this biography of Admiral Cornwallis, written by G. Cornwallis-West. Admiral Cornwallis was a Royal Navy Officer and was...

Compendio Istorico Della Vita Del Venerabile F. Bonaventura Da Barcellona, Laico Professo Fondatore Del S. Ritiro Della Prov. Riform. Romana

F. Luigi · 1825 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,810)

Rome, Dai Torchj di Michele Puccinelli a Tor Sanguigna, 1825. Paperback. The 1825 edition of this very scarce biography of the Franciscan friar Bonaventura Gran, with an engraved portrait, in the original paper wraps. A very scarce work in the publisher's original paper w...

Pepita

V. Sackville-West · 1937 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Hogarth Press, 1937. Cloth. A charming early edition of the extraordinary story of Vita Sackville-West's grandmother, Pepita. Illustrated throughout with sixteen plates. Collated, complete. Josefa (Pepita), the half-gypsy daughter of an old-clothes pedlar from Mal...

The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works

Samuel Johnson · 1810 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

London, Printed by J Nichols and Son, 1810. Leather. Samuel Johnson's famous biographical sketches of many eminent poets, a new edition in three volumes. Early edition of this work, originally published in 1779-81. New edition, corrected. With the original advertisements ...

Shadows on the Grass

Simon Raven · 1982 · Rooke Books

£56.00 (€67.12 | $73.98 | ¥11,814)

London, Blond & Briggs, 1982 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this autobiographical work by English author Simon Raven in the original dust wrapper. First edition of Shadows on the Grass by Simon Raven in the original publisher's cloth binding and unclipped du...

George Meredith 1909

J. M. Barrie · 1924 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

New York, William Edwin Rudge, 1924. First edition. Paperback. A limited first edition of this memorial of George Meredith, by James Matthew Barrie. First edition. Limited edition. One of five hundred copies. Signed by typographer Bruce Rogers to the rear. In memory of George ...

Life of Samuel Johnson LL. D. Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; with His Correspondence and Conversations.

James Boswell · 1848 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Henry Washbourne, 1848. Leather. A neat copy of this study of the life and works of Samuel Johnson. Leather binding. Said to the the greatest biography written in the English language, this work reviews the life and works of Samuel Johnson, an English writer who made l...

William Pickering Publisher: A Memoir and a Checklist of His Publications

Geoffrey Keynes · 1969 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, The Galahad Press, 1969. First edition. Cloth. A highly illustrated first edition of this memoir of the life and works of William Pickering. First edition. Highly illustrated with 37 title pages of books published by William Pickering. Collated complete. The life and w...

The Last Essays Elia

Charles Lamb; William MacDonald [ed.] · 1903 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, J.M Dent & Co.; E. P. Dutton & Co. 1903. Cloth. A profusely illustrated collection of Charles Lamb's final essays, supplemented with a memoir of Lamb from William Macdonald. Volume 2 of 12. This copy of Charles Lamb's final collection of essays opens with a m...

Biographies by Lord Macaulay

Lord Macaulay · 1879 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1879. Leather. A very smart edition of Lord Macaulay's biographies of Atterbury, Bunyan, Goldsmith, Johnson and Pitt; bound by J. C. Wilbee. The twenty-third edition of this work in a full calf binding, with decorative gilt to the spine and...

Memoires for My Grand-Son

John Evelyn; Geoffrey Keynes [ed.] · 1926 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Nonesuch Press, 1926 . Hardback. A charming Limited Edition of this biographical work by English writer John Evelyn, in the publisher's original glassine and slip case. Number seven-hundred and sixteen out of one-thousand two-hundred and fifty Limited Edition copi...

My Six Convicts

Donald Powell Wilson · 1951 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1951. First edition. Cloth. First UK edition of this fascinating autobiographical work by Donald Powell Wilson in its scarce dust wrapper. Autobiographical work based on the author's experiences as a young professor of psychology in one of the big...

George Grenfell and the Congo

Sir Harry Johnston · 1908 · Rooke Books

£3,950.00 (€4,734.70 | $5,218.50 | ¥833,327)

London, Hutchinson & Co, 1908 . First edition. Cloth. Bright copies of the two volume first edition of Johnston's study of Grenfell, in the very scarce publisher's original dust wrappers. The two volume first edition of British explorer, botanist, artist, colonial ad...

The Life of John Sterling

Thomas Carlyle · 1871 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London , Chapman and Hall , 1871. Leather. A biography of the Scottish author John Sterling, bound in lovely full calf. A lovely leather bound copy of this biography of John Sterling by Thomas Carlyle. Thomas Carlyle was a Scottish essayist, historian and philosopher who has ...

The Lives of Dr. John Donne, Sir Henry Wotton, Mr. Richard Hooker, Mr. George Herbert and Dr. Robert Sanderson

Izaak Walton · 1805 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

Oxford, At the Clarendon Press , 1805. Cloth. A complete two volume set of Izaak Walton's fascinating short biographies. A complete two volume set of Izaak Walton's Lives, including the biographies of 1805 Dr. John Donne, Sir Henry Wotton, Mr. Richard Hooker, Mr. Geo...

A Collection of Letters of Thackeray 1847-1855

William Makepeace Thackeray · 1887 · Rooke Books

£68.00 (€81.51 | $89.84 | ¥14,346)

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1887. First edition. Cloth. A limited edition collection of letters of William Makepeace Thackeray. First edition. This edition is limited to 500 copies, of which this is no. 256. Highly illustrated throughout. Includes portrait frontisp...

Memoirs of the Life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Thomas Moore · 1825 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.83 | $171.75 | ¥27,426)

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1825. Leather. The second edition of Thomas Moore's touching and insightful biography on the satirist Richard Brinsley Sheridan. The second edition.Complete in two volumes.An enlightening and sympathetic memoir on the ...

The Life of Laurence Sterne

Percy Fitzgerald · 1896 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, Downey and Co. 1896. Fine Binding. A handsomely bound biographical work on noted eighteenth-century Anglo-Irish novelist Laurence Sterne, complete in two volumes. An interesting biographical work on Laurence Sterne, an eighteenth-century Anglo-Irish writer most well-kn...

A Twice Crowned Queen Anne of Brittany

Constance, Countess De La Warr · 1906 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London , Eveleigh Nash , 1906. First edition. Cloth. A fascinating first edition account of the life of Anne of Brittany. A first edition volume. This volume gives a fascinating account of the life of Anne of Brittany, who was reigning Duchess of Brittany from 1488 until her ...

A Little Learning the First Volume of an Autobiography

Evelyn Waugh · 1964 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

Great Britain, Chapman & Hall, 1964 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the first volume from Evelyn Waugh's autobiography with illustrations. First edition of A Little Learning The First Volume of an Autobiography by Evelyn Waugh in the original publisher's...