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Diary, Reminiscences, and Correpsondence of Henry Crabb Robinson, Barrister at Law.

Henry Crabb Robinson; Thomas Sadler · 1869 · Rooke Books

£500.00 (€599.33 | $660.57 | ¥105,484)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1869. First edition. Fine Binding. A finely bound, first edition copy of Henry Crabb Robinson's memoir. Henry Crabb Robinson founded London University, and these memoirs are his best remembered work. They were published posthumously, and contain ...

Letters from Conrad 1895 to 1924

Joseph Conrad; Edward Garnett · 1928 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, The Nonesuch Press, 1928. First edition. Cloth. The first limited edition of the letters of Joseph Conrad from 1895 to 1924, edited here by his friend Edward Garnett. The first edition of this work. A limited edition, limited to nine-hundred and twenty-five copies, of ...

The Works of the English Poets. With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical

Various; Samuel Johnson · 1790 · Rooke Books

£1,300.00 (€1,558.26 | $1,717.48 | ¥274,260)

London, John Nichols; et al, 1790. Cloth. A rebound collection of Samuel Johnson's series of biographies on prominent English poets, containing selections of the popular works of the poets. Illustrated with portraits. Incomplete in seventy four volumes, lacking volume twe...

The Principal Corrections and Additions to the First Edition of Mr. Boswell&Apos;S Life of Dr. Johnson

James Boswell · 1793 · Rooke Books

£9,000.00 (€10,787.93 | $11,890.26 | ¥1,898,721)

London, Henry Baldwin , 1793. First edition. Fine Binding. A finely bound copy of this very scarce work with manuscript corrections and additions to Boswell's 'Life of Johnson&apos. The first edition. With nine contemporary manuscript corrections in black in to refer...

A True and Impartial Account of the Life of the Most Reverend Father in God Dr James Sharp Archbishop of St Andrews

David Symson · 1723 · Rooke Books

£380.00 (€455.49 | $502.03 | ¥80,168)

Edinburgh, Not Stated, 1723. First edition. Cloth. A scarce biography of the highly political archbishop of St Andrews. The first edition of this work. James Sharp was the archbishop of St Andrews from 1661. He was influential in both church and state. He strongly supported Ep...

The Lives of the Chief Justices of England. From the Norman Conquest Till the Death of Lord Tenterden Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England, from the Earliest Times Till the Reign of King George IV

John Lord Campbell · 1868 · Rooke Books

£1,900.00 (€2,277.45 | $2,510.17 | ¥400,841)

London, John Murray, 1868-74. Leather. A beautifully bound set of John Lord Campbell's influential biographies on the Lord Chancellors and Chief Justices of England. Complete in fourteen volumes, being four volumes of 'The Lives of the Chief Justices of England'...

The Reminiscences of Albert Pell

Albert Pell · 1908 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, John Murray, 1908. First edition. Fine Binding. A finely bound, first edition copy of Albert Pell's reminiscences. With the bookplate of one W H Foster to the front pastedown. William Henry Foster was an English Conservative party politician. He sat in the House o...

De Thoma Valperga Calusio

Carlo Boucheron · 1833 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Taurini, Edebant Chirio et Mina, 1833. First edition. Hardback. In the original paper boards, a scarce first edition of Carlo Boucheron's biography of this mentor Tommaso Valperga Caluso. The first edition of this work. A scarce work. In the original Latin. A biography of...

George Morland His Life and Works

Sir. Walter Gilbey; E. D. Cuming · 1907 · Rooke Books

£68.00 (€81.51 | $89.84 | ¥14,346)

London, Adam and Charles Black , 1907. First edition. Cloth. A handsomely bound copy of this work biographical work celebrating the life and artist career of George Morland. A first edition copy of this work, bound in the publisher's original decorative cloth binding, wit...

Birket Foster

Herbert Minton Cunda · 1906 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1906. First edition. Cloth. A copiously illustrated first trade edition copy of this fascinating biography of the popular English illustrator, watercolour artist and engraver in the Victorian period Myles Birket Foster. This work is from the &ap...

The First Earl of Shaftesbury

Louise Fargo Brown · 1933 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.79 | $211.38 | ¥33,755)

New York and London, D. Appleton-Century Company, 1933. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated work on the political Anthony Ashley Cooper, the First Earl of Shaftesbury, written by Louise Fargo Brown. The first edition of this work. An interesting biograp...

Memoirs of the Public and Private Life of William Penn.

Thomas Clarkson; W. E. Forster · 1849 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, C. Gilpin, 1849. Cloth. A fascinating biography of William Penn, the Quaker founder of the Province of Pennsylvania; by the renowned English abolitionist and author Thomas Clarkson. A 'New Edition' copy, with a preface by W. E. Foster, writing in response to ...

A Strong Dose of Myself

Dannie Abse · 1983 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Hutchinson, 1983. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this fascinating work by the Welsh poet and physician Dannie Abse; signed by the author to the title page, with an additional signature by the renowned English dramatist Arnold Wesker. Containing a fascina...

Christian Furchtegott Gellerts Leben

Johann Andreas Cramer; Christian Furchtegott Gellert · 1774 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

Leipzig, M G Weidmanns Erben und Reigh, 1774. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this biography regarding the German poet and moral philosopher, Christian Furchtegott Gellert. Written by Johann Andreas Cramer, an associate of Gellert. Illustrated, with a folding fron...

Charles I

John Skelton · 1898 · Rooke Books

£155.00 (€185.79 | $204.78 | ¥32,700)

London, Goupil and Co. 1898. First edition. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated biography of Charles I, by the renowned Scottish author Sir John Skelton. Published by the renowned fine art publisher, Goupil and co. Collated, with complete forty one monochromatic illustrations, ea...

Memoirs of Richard Cumberland. Written by Himself. Containing an Account of His Life and Writings, Interspersed with Anecdotes and Characters of Several of the Most Distinguished Persons of His Time, with Whom He Has Had Intercourse and Connexion

Richard Cumberland · 1806 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€407.54 | $449.19 | ¥71,729)

London, Lackington, Allen and Co, 1806. Leather. A autobiographical work of Richard Cumberland with an exploration of his life and career as a dramatist. A scarce work. With the bookplate of Hope Bart. of Craig Hall to the front pastedown. There were two Baronet's of Crai...

My Life, and a Few Yarns

Vice-Admiral H. L. Fleet · 1922 · Rooke Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

London, George Allen and Unwin Ltd, 1922. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this autobiographical naval work by Admiral H. L. Fleet, in the publisher's original cloth binding. First edition. A first hand account of the naval career of the Admiral H. L. Fleet. ...

Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart

J. G. Lockhart · 1862 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.20 | $786.08 | ¥125,527)

Edinburgh, Adam and Charles Black, 1862. Leather. A complete smartly bound ten volume set of J. Lockhart's informative and thorough biography of his father-in-law, Sir Walter Scott. Complete in ten volumes. This work is a thorough biography looking at the life of the grea...

A Memoir of the Right Honourable Hugh Elliott

Countess of Minto · 1868 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)

Edinburgh, Edmonston and Douglas, 1868. First edition. Leather. A beautifully bound memoir of British diplomat and colonial governor, Hugh Elliot. First thus, the first edition of this work, of which much of the information was privately printed several years before. With the ...

Wolfe [and] Wellington

A G Bradley; George Hooper · 1904 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1904. Leather. An attractive volume featuring two biographical works, both being reprints published by Macmillan and Co. in 1904. The work explore the lives of James Wolfe and the Duke of Wellington. Early 20th century reprints of these 19th century b...