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What I Remember in Two Volumes

Thomas Adolphus Trollope · 1887 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.13 | ¥61,181)

London, Richard Bentley and Son, 1887 . First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of Thomas Adolphus Trollope's autobiographical work complete in two volumes. Told in two volumes in original publisher's cloth bindings. Trollope's autobiography includes topic...

Tom Cringle&Apos;S Log

Michael Scott · 1895 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London And New York, Macmillan and Co. 1895 . Cloth. A beautiful early edition of Tom Cringle's Log, Michael Scott's semi-autobiographical work. Early edition in original publisher's cloth bindings of Michael Scott's semi-autobiographical novel Tom Cringle&...

The Early Lives of Dante

Giovanni Boccaccio; Philip H. Wicksteed [trans] · 1904 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Alexander Moring Limited the De la More Press, 1904. Vellum. The Life of Dante as narrated by Giovanni Boccaccio, translated by Philip H. Wicksteed for this beautiful 'King's Classics' edition. Translation of Giovanni Boccaccio's biographical sketch...

Letters of James Boswell to the Rev W.J. Temple

James Boswell; Thomas Seccombe · 1908 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London , Sidgwick & Jackson, 1908. First edition. Cloth. An interesting first edition collection of letters from the esteemed biographer James Boswell. First edition copy of Letters of James Boswell to the Rev W. J. Temple, with an introduction by Thomas Seccombe. The letters...

The Itinerant, or, Memoirs of an Actor

S. W. Ryley · 1808 · Rooke Books

£1,295.00 (€1,552.26 | $1,710.88 | ¥273,205)

London, Taylor and Hessey, 1808-27. First edition. Leather. A scarce to find first edition set of Samuel William Ryley's fantastical autobiography. The first editions.Complete in nine volumes.A rare theatrical work, especially scarce to find the first editions as a set.Bo...

The Miscellaneous Works of Tobias Smollett with Memoirs of His Life and Writings

Tobais Smollett; Robert Anderson · 1820 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

Edinburgh , Stirling & Slade et al , 1820. Leather. A fascinating six set collection of the works of Tobias Smollett. This is a six volume set of The Miscellaneous Works of Tobias Smollet, in the sixth edition. Tobias Smollett was a Scottish poet and author, best known for hi...

Letters from Dorothy Osborne to Sir William Temple

Edward Abbott Parry [ed.] · 1903 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Sherratt and Hughes , 1903. Hardback. Correspondence between Dorothy Osborne and Sir William Temple, an uncommon edition in the original publisher's binding with yapp edges. Third printing of this volume, originally published in 1888. A collection of letters from ...

Catherine Gladstone

Mary Drew · 1919 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)

London, Nisbet and Co. 1919. First edition. Cloth. A bright copy of this scarce first edition biography of Catherine Gladstone by her daughter Mary Drew. Scarce first edition of this work. Affectionate biography of Catherine Gladstone, wife of British statesman William Ewart G...

My Autobiography and Reminiscences

W. P. Frith · 1887 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Richard Bentley , 1887. First edition. Leather. The first edition of William Powell Frith's autobiographical work, complete in two uniform volumes. William Powell Frith was a prominent English painter, known for his genre subjects and panoramic narrative works of ...

The Unpublished Letters of Charles Dickens to Mark Lemon

Charles Dickens; Mark Lemon; Walter Dexter [ed.] · 1927 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, Halton & Truscott Smith, 1927. Leather. A bright limited edition of Charles Dickens's letters to editor Mark Lemon. Limited edition, number one-hundred and thirty-eight of five-hundred and twenty five copies printed of Charles Dicken's unpublished letters to ...

Praeterita. Outlines of Scenes and Thoughts Perhaps Worthy of Memory in My Past Life

John Ruskin · 1900 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.31 | ¥58,016)

London, George Allen, 1900. Leather. A nice Hatchard's bound second edition of John Ruksin's personal autobiography, an interesting work about the eminent Victorian. The second edition.Complete in three volumes.Bound by Hatchards. Illustrated with a frontispiece to ...

Recollections of a Sussex Parson

Edward Boys Ellman · 1912 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Skeffington and Son, 1912. First edition. Cloth. Scarce first edition of Edward Boys Ellman's memoirs, a presentation copy. The first edition of this work, a scarce copy. Memoirs of Edward Boys Ellman, Rector Of Berwick, East Sussex. Containing numerous anecdotes ...

Jumping the Line

William Herrick · 1998 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

Madison, Wisconsin, The University of Wisconsin Press, 1998. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this memoir written by American novelist William Herrick, signed by Herrick and including a personal letter from him to his former agent. A near fine copy of this memoir ...

Hugh Thomson: His Art, His Letters, His Humour, and His Charm

M. H. Spielmann; Walter Jerrold · 1931 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, A. & C. Black, LTD, 1931. First edition. Cloth. A wonderfully illustrated first edition copy on the life of Hugh Thomson, written by M. H. Spielmann and Walter Jerrold, in the original publisher's cloth binding with a prize book plate from the Hinckley Grammar Sch...

Peter Beckford Esquire: Sportsman, Traveller, Man of Letters

A. Henry Higginson · 1937 · Rooke Books

£36.00 (€43.15 | $47.56 | ¥7,595)

London, Collins, 1937. First edition. Cloth. A first edition biographical work on the life of hunter Peter Beckford, written by A. Henry Higginson with a signed inscription from the author to the half-title page. First edition.With an ink inscription to the half-title page whi...

Gloires Et Souvenirs Militaires

Charles Bigot · 1898 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

Paris, Librairie Hatchette et Cie, 1898. Leather. A beautifully illustrated historical work containing information on a range of French military figures, written by Charles Bigot with numerous colour plates. Quatrieme Edition.Bound in quarter-morocco on cloth boards. Illustra...

O Dreams, O Destinations": An Autobiography

Phyllis E. Bentley · 1962 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Victor Gollancz, 1962. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of Phyllis E. Bentley's autobiography, complete with its vanishingly scarce dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of Phyllis E. Bentley's autobiographical work. Phyllis was a prol...

Mark Twain a to Z: The Essential Reference to His Life and Writings

R. Kent Rasmussen · 1995 · Rooke Books

£52.00 (€62.33 | $68.70 | ¥10,970)

New York, Facts On File, Inc. 1995. First edition. Cloth. A wonderfully informative chronology on the life of Mark Twain as well as his various works, with various illustrations and presented in the unclipped dust wrapper. First Edition. In the original unclipped dust wrapper...

Despatches, Correspondence, and Memoranda of Field Marshal Arthur Duke of Wellington

Arthur Wellesley; Arthur Richard Wellesley (Ed) · 1858 · Rooke Books

£1,980.00 (€2,373.34 | $2,615.86 | ¥417,719)

London, John Murray, 1858-80. First edition. Cloth. An impressive collection of works containing the despatches, correspondence, and memoranda of Arthur Wellesley, complete in twelve volumes. First Edition. Very scarce complete twelve volume set. Bound in cloth by Edmonds an...

Wellington: Being an Account of the Life and Achievements of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

Richard Aldington · 1946 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, William Heinemann, 1946. First edition. Cloth. A bright copy of the biography of Arthur Wellesley by Richard Aldington, the first edition complete with its unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition of this work by Richard Aldington, looking at the life and achievements...