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Gad&Apos;S Hill Place and Charles Dickens

Edwin Harris · 1910 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)

Rochester, Edwin Harris & Sons, 1910. First edition. Leather. A signed scarce first edition copy of Edwin Harris' wonderful study of Dickens' association with Gad's Hill Place. The scarce first edition of this work.Signed postcard of the author adhered to the ve...

Memoirs of Samuel Pepys, Esq.

Samuel Pepys; Richard Lord Braybrooke · 1828 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)

London, Henry Colburn, 1828. Leather. A charming five volume set of the second edition of Pepy's renowned memoirs, published for the first time, detailing life in the 1660s. This is a second edition of the first publication of Pepy's diary. Painstakingly written out ...

The Life and Times of Oliver Goldsmith

John Forster · 1854 · Rooke Books

£795.00 (€952.93 | $1,050.31 | ¥167,720)

London, Bradbury and Evans , 1854. Fine Binding. A sumptuous MacLehose-bound second edition of John Forster's immense biography of the important author, Oliver Goldsmith. The second edition of this popular, immense work by John Forster, originally published in 1848. Compl...

Lewis Carroll

Florence Becker Lennon · 1947 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, Cassell and Co. 1947. First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of Lewis Carroll's illustrated biography by Florence Becker Lennon. The first UK edition of this work by Florence Lennon. A detailed biography of the acclaimed author, Lewis Carroll, a notably a pec...

The Life and Correspondence of Sir Thomas Lawrence

D. E. Williams, Esq. · 1831 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1831. First edition. Leather. A scarce complete set of the life of Sir Thomas Lawrence, bound in contemporary leather. Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830) was an English portrait artist known for being the fourth president of the Royal Ac...

In the Woods

Henry Williamson · 1960 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)

Llandeilo, St Albert's Press, 1960. First edition. Paperback. A 1961 first edition excerpt of Henry Williamson's unpublished autobiography A first edition, number 717 of 1000 copies published, and in the original unclipped dustwrapper. Published by a press in the dom...

Stephan Langton; or, the Days of King John

M. F. Tupper · 1880 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

Guildord, Frank Lasham, 1880. Leather. A leather-bound biographical novel detailing the life of Catholic cardinal Stephen Langton, active in the early thirteenth century. This work delineates England during the reign of King John, narrating a fictional account of Stephen Langt...

Ouma Smuts

Tom Macdonald · 1946 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, Hurst and Blackett , [1946]. Leather. An affectionate biography of Isie Smuts, wife of the Union of South Africa's second Prime Minister, Jan Smuts. An excellent copy. Undated. Dated from Jisc [1946]An affectionate biography by Tom Macdonald of Sybella Smuts. She ...

Jean Charcot

Marthe Oulie; Paul Chack · 1937 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

Paris, Gallimard, 1937. Paperback. A biography of Jean Charcot, a French scientist and polar scientist who also won silver medals in sailing at the Summer Olympics of 1900. The son of Jean-Martin Charcot, a pioneer of neurology, Jean Baptiste Charcot (1867-1936) was a French m...

Reminiscences of Captain Gronow Recollections and Anecdotes Being a Second Series of Reminiscences

Captain Gronow · 1889 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€407.54 | $449.19 | ¥71,729)

London, John C Nimmo, 1889. First edition. Leather. A very smart first illustrated edition of Captain Gronow's recollections. A limited edition, with this set belonging to Sir Winston Churchill's brother. Limited edition, numbered 143 of 870 copies produced with the ...

Gimani

Edmund Heafod [Osias Bain] · 1961 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

London, Gaberbocchus, 1961. First edition. Cloth. A superb and scarce limited edition signed by the author. This diary contains the author's interesting thoughts on philosophy and psychology. The first edition of this work by Edmund Heafod, pseudopseudonymous for Osias Ba...

James Orrock, R.I. : Painter, Connoisseur, Collector

Byron Webber · 1903 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

London, Chatto and Windus , 1903. First edition. Cloth. A limited edition of James Orrock's illustrated biography by Byron Webber, complete in two volumes. Inscribed and signed by Orrock to his niece to the front free endpaper. The first edition of this work, limited to f...

Norman Douglas

H. M. Tomlinson · 1931 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1931. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this biography of travel writer and novelist Norman Douglas, complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper. George Norman Douglas (1868-1952) was a British writer, remembered for his travelogues in par...

Address Given at the Memorial Service for Ian Fleming

Ian Fleming; William Plomer · 1964 · Rooke Books

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

Westerham, Westerham Press, 1964. First edition. Paperback. An uncommon first edition of the address given by William Plomer at Ian Fleming's funeral. Wirth the original glassine wrap. A privately printed work, in the original paper wraps. A limited issue of 50 copies in...

The Life of the Right Honorable Charles James Fox

1807 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, Albion Press, 1807. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this faithful biography of Charles James Fox, the prominent and controversial Whig politician. The first edition of this work.A biography on the life and political work on the Honourable Charles James Fox...

The Wet Flanders Plain

Henry Williamson · 1929 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, Faber & Faber Limited, 1929. Cloth. A sombre piece written about the author's experiences during the First World War, ten years on after his return to visit the battlefield. This work was written after the author had returned to the Western Front in order to find ...

Gandhi to Vinoba: The New Pilgrimage

Lanza del Vasto, Philip Leon [trans.] · 1956 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

London, Rider and Company, 1956. First edition. Cloth. A superb copy of this fascinating biography of Vinoba Bhave. The first edition, illustrated. Inscribed and signed by brilliant comedian and author Spike Milligan. The first edition of this work. Inscribed and signed by Spi...

An Unfinished Autobiography

John Wilkes, R. des Habits [ed.] · 1888 · Rooke Books

£220.00 (€263.70 | $290.65 | ¥46,413)

Harrow, William F. Taylor, 1888. Paperback. A limited edition on handmade paper of this fascinating unfinished autobiography by John Wilkes. The review copy of this very scarce work. The review copy for this limited edition printed on ordinary handmade paper comprising a fasci...

Henry M. Stanley

A. Montefiore-Brice · 1890 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

London, A. W. partridge & Co. c1890. Cloth. A very interesting biographical work on Henry M. Stanley, journalist and explorer. Undated. Dated from Library Hub circa 1890. A biographical work on Henry M. Stanley, journalist and explorer, known for his exploration of central Afr...

Randolph Caldecott

Randolph Caldecott; Henry Blackburn · 1886 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, 1886. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this profusely illustrated memoir of Randolph Caldecott's art career by Henry Blackburn The first edition of this work. The memoirs of Randolph Caldecott's early a...