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David Low; Graham Greene [intro.] · 1973 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

Tehran, The Amate Press, 1973. First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the first edition of David Low's humorous memoir. A signed presentation copy of the first edition, first impression of this work.Inscribed to the half title 'but may they give some fun...

Eminent Victorians: Cardinal Manning, Florence Nightingale, Dr. Arnold, General Gordon

Lytton Strachey · 1926 · Rooke Books

£69.00 (€82.71 | $91.16 | ¥14,557)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1926. Leather. A smartly bound copy of this collection of four biographical sketches of eminent Victorians, with illustrations. Later edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and five plates. Collated complete. A collection of four important biographie...

Letters Speeches and Tracts on Irish Affairs

Edmund Burke; Matthew Arnold [ed.] · 1881 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1881. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition comprising the writings of Edmund Burke, previously owned by descendants of his associate and literary executor, French Laurence. First edition. This copy bearing the bookplate of the Laurence family,...

The Life and Work of the Seventh Earl of Shaftesbury

Edwin Hodder · 1887 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Cassell & Company, Limited, 1887. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition set of this study of the life and works of Anthony Ashley-Cooper, seventh Earl of Shaftesbury. Complete in three volumes. First edition. With a portrait frontispiece to each volume. A detaile...

The Autobiography of Sir Henry Morton Stanley

Sir Henry Morton Stanley; Dorothy Stanley · 1909 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.31 | ¥58,016)

London, Sampson, Low, Marston & Co LTD, 1909. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated autobiography of the Africa explorer Henry Morton Stanley, a thrilling discussion of his career and his discovery of David Livingstone. The first edition.The autobiography...

Reisebriefe Von Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy · 1862 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

Leipzig , Hermann Mendelssohn, 1862. Paperback. The second unaltered edition of these travel letters written by German composer Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy. The second unchanged edition of this work. First published in 1861. Very scarce to find in the publisher's origina...

Diaries and Correspondence of James Harris, First Earl of Malmesbury

James Harris; Third Earl of Malmesbury · 1844 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

London, Richard Bentley, 1844. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this biographical account on the life and political career of James Harris, the 1st Earl of Malmesbury. The first edition.Volumes II, III, and IV, of a total of four volumes, lacking Volume I.Illustrat...

Life of W.M. Thackeray

Herman Merivale; Frank T. Marzials · 1891 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, Walter Scott , 1891. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this richly illustrated biography of W. M. Thackeray, bound in signed half calf by Bayntun. First edition. In signed half calf by Bayntun.A charming biography of William Makepeace Thackeray, an English ...

The Roll Call of Honour: A New Book of Golden Deeds

Arthur Quiller-Couch · 1911 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1911. Cloth. A smart copy of this illustrated selection of biographies on prominent and respected individuals, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. With the original unclipped dust wrapper. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and eight col...

Chief Justice Coke: His Family and Descendants at Holkham

Charles Warburton James · 1929 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.75 | $244.41 | ¥39,029)

London, Country Life Ltd , 1929. First edition. Leather. The author's signed presentation copy of this biography of Edward Coke, handsomely bound in half calf by Morrell. Signed dedication inscription by the author to the front endpaper, referring to one Molly as his "ver...

Lettres de la Marquise Du Deffand a Horace Walpole

Marquise du Deffand; M. A. Thiers · 1864 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

Paris , Librairie de Firmin Didot Freres, 1864. Leather. A handsomely bound new edition of this volume of letters from Madame du Deffand to Horace Walpole. A new edition of this work. Complete in two volumes. Uniformly bound in half crushed morocco, with marbled paper covered...

The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford

Horace Walpole; Peter Cunningham [editor] · 1857 · Rooke Books

£440.00 (€527.41 | $581.30 | ¥92,826)

London, Richard Bentley, 1857-1859. Leather. A smartly bound collection of the letters of English politician Horace Walpole, here first chronologically arranged. Complete in nine volumes. Now first chronologically arranged. Volumes one, eight, and nine are illustrated with a p...

Journal Et Pensees de Chaque Jour

Elisabeth Leseur; R. P. Javier · 1919 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

Paris, J. De Gigord, 1919. Leather. A smartly bound copy of the diaries of Elisabeth Leseur, in the original French. French. Fortieth thousand. The dairies and daily thoughts of Elisabeth Arrighi Leseur, a French mystic best known for her spiritual diary and the conversion of ...

Mme de Sevigne (Les Grands Ecrivains Francais)

Gaston Boissier · 1888 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Paris , Librairie Hachette et Cie , 1888. Leather. A finely bound study of the correspondence of French aristocrat, Madame de Sevigne. Third edition. Handsomely bound in quarter crushed and marbled morocco, with marbled paper covered boards. This volume explores and examines...

7vols Les Contemporains: ãƒâ‰Tudes Et Portraits Littãƒâ©Raires

Jules Lemaître · 1896 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

Paris, Société Francaise d'Imprimerie et de Librairie, 1896-1899. Leather. A complete and uniformly bound set of Lemaître's critical studies of French authors and their works, excluding the posthumous eighth volume. The complete seven-volume set of this work, unif...

The Six Chief Lives from Johnson&Apos;S "Lives of the Poet" with Macaulay&Apos;S "Life of Johnson

Samuel Johnson; Thomas Babington Macaulay; Matthew Arnold [ed.] · 1892 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1892. Leather. A smartly bound copy comprising both Samuel Johnson's biographies of eminent poets, and an analysis of his own biography by Macaulay. A new edition, with numerous alterations and additions. First published in 1878. In full calf pr...

The Life of Benvenuto Cellini: A Florentine Artist

Benvenuto Cellini; Anne Macdonell [translator] · 1926 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, J. M. Dent and Sons Limited , 1926. Leather. An illustrated English translation of Benvenuto Cellini's captivating autobiography, in a signed half calf binding by Bumpus. First thus, second impression. Bound in signed half calf by Bumpus, with marbled paper cover...

Voices at Play: Stories and Ear-Pieces; Momento Mori and the Girls of Slender Means; the Abbess of Crewe; Territorial Rights; Curriculum Vitae; Muriel Spark, William Trevor, Ian Mcewan: A Bibliography of Their First Editions

Muriel Spark; David Rees · 1961 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, Macmillan; The Reprint Society; Constable; The Colophon Press, 1961-1992. First edition. Cloth. A fantastic selection of works from Muriel Sparks, together with a limited edition bibliography of her first editions. The first editions of these works. A delightful set, ...

The Wanderers

Ezekial Mphahlele [Es'kia Mphahlele] · 1970 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, Macmillan, 1970. Paperback. A very scarce proof copy of Es'kia Mphahlele's award winning novel about exiles in Africa during the apartheid. A very scarce pre-publication proof copy. In the publisher's original proof paper covers, bound with string.This ...

The Life, Political and Official, of John, Earl of Eldon, Late Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, &C. &C.

1827 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, Hunt and Clarke, 1827. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce biography on the life and career of John Scott, published after his tenure as Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain. The first edition of this very scarce work.A concise biography on the...