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Through Wood and Dale: Diaries, 1975-1978; Deep Romantic Chasm: Diaries, 1979-1981

James Lees-Milne; Nick Robinson [preface]; Michael Bloch [ed.] · 1999 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, John Murray, 1999-2000. First edition. Cloth. Excellent examples of two volumes of the diaries of James Lees-Milne, spanning the years 1975 to 1981; the latter volume is inscribed by the editor Michael Bloch, one of the lovers of Lees-Milne. An early edition of Through...

The Regent and His Daughter

Dormer Creston · 1933 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Thornton Butterworth Ltd, 1933. First edition. Leather. The first edition second impression of Dormer Creston's biographical novel on Princess Charlotte, bound in full crushed morocco and beautifully illustrated throughout. The first edition, second impression. B...

Memoirs of Vidocq, Principal Agent of the French Police.

[Eugene Francois Vidocq] · 1828 · Rooke Books

£540.00 (€647.28 | $713.42 | ¥113,923)

London, Whittaker & Co. c1840 . Leather. An early English translation of the memoirs of Eugène-François Vidocq, a French criminal turned criminalist, complete in four volume bound over two. An early English translation. Complete in four volumes bound over two. Bound in half ...

Journal D&Apos;Un Poete

Alfred de Vigny; Fernand Baldensperger · 1928 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

London, The Scholartis Press, 1928 . Leather. A very scarce limited edition of this literary collection from French poet and Romanticist Alfred de Vigny. In the original French.A very scarce limited edition of Alfred de Vigny's posthumously published collection of reflect...

The Golden Carpet

Somerset de Chair · 1943 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, The Golden Cockerel Press, 1943 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of Somerset de Chair's first hand account of his World War II campaign in the desert. A limited edition work, in a Sangorski & Sutcliffe binding. Limited to five hundred copies, with numbe...

Jeunesse

André Gide · 1945 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.59 | ¥35,865)

Paris, Editions Ides et Calendes, 1945. Paperback. A smart limited edition copy of André Gide reflection on his childhood, in a binding designed by Matisse. A limited edition, this being number 404 of 1,500 copies printed on vellum.In the original glassine.A short autobiograp...

The World on Wheels

H. O. Duncan [Herbert Osbaldeston Duncan] · 1926 · Rooke Books

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

Paris, H. O. Duncan, [1926]. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Herbert Osbaldeston Duncan's profusely illustrated two volume autobiographical work, providing an account of the history of automobiles, inscribed by the author. The first edition. Inscribed by the a...

The Life and Times of Oliver Goldsmith

John Forster · 1890 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Ward, Lock & Co. 1890. Leather. A lovely illustrated copy of John Forster's biography of Oliver Goldsmith in a tree calf binding. An illustrated work from 'The Minerva Library of Famous Books', in a full tree calf binding, with gilt detailing to the boar...

A Mingled Measure: Diaries, 1953-1972

James Lees-Milne · 1994 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, John Murray, 1994 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the fifth volume of the diaries of Henry Lees-Milne, in which he encounters Oswald Mosley, Colette, and Somerset Maugham. The first edition, first impression.In the publisher's original clipped dust wr...

Prophesying Peace

James Lees-Milne · 1977 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons , 1977. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing first edition of these diary entries by James Lees-Milne. The first edition, first printing. With the original unclipped dust wrapper.The second volume of James Lee-Milne's highly acclaimed d...

The Mirror of the Sea

Joseph Conrad · 1906 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.50 | $495.43 | ¥79,113)

London, Methuen & Co, 1906. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this first work of non-fiction by Joseph Conrad, recounting his time at sea. The first edition, first impression, with the adverts dated August 1906.In this, Conrad's first work of non-fiction, Conrad ...

Tobacco Tycoon: The Story of James Buchanan Duke

John K. Winkler · 1942 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

New York, Random House, 1942. First edition. Cloth. A scarce biography of James Buchanan Duke, founder of the American Tobacco Company. The first edition of this scarce work in the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. An interesting biography of the American toba...

Fifty Leaders of British Sport: A Series of Portraits

F. G. Aflalo · 1904 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, John Lane The Bodley Head, 1904. First edition. Cloth. An attractive volume comprising a series of portraits of notable British sports figures, illustrated with portrait plates The first edition, first impression. In the publisher's decorative cloth binding. Col...

A Highland Gathering: Being Some Leaves from a Stalker&Apos;S Diary

H. Frank Wallace · 1932 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1932. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this autobiography from artist and deer stalker, H. Frank Wallace, adorned with his illustrations. The very scarce first edition.In the publisher's original cloth binding. This volu...

Evenings at Derley Manor: Pencilings and Sketches of the English Poets and Their Favourite Scenes

Anonymous · 1849 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,207)

London, Thomas Nelson, 1849. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this very scarce collection of writings on important English poets, with a colour frontispiece. First edition. Illustrated with a hand coloured frontispiece. A collection of commentaries on important E...

Memories of Fourscore Years Less Two 1851-1929

Abel Chapman; George Bolam · 1930 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.74 | $58.13 | ¥9,283)

London, Gurney and Jackson, 1930. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this touching memoir on the life of hunter-naturalist Abel Chapman, complete with colourful plates. The first edition.A lovely biography from Sunderland-born hunter-naturalist Abel Chapman, who is rem...

Sam Bough, R.S. A, Some Account of His Life and Works

Sidney Gilpin · 1905 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, George Bell and Sons , 1905. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this posthumous biography on Scotland-residing landscape artist, Sam Bough, with illustrations. The first edition of this work. In the publisher's original cloth binding.Illustrated ...

G.B. Lancaster 1873-1945: A Tribute

F. A. de la Mare · 1945 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Hamilton, New Zealand , The Waikato Times , 1945. First edition. Paperback. A scarce tribute to Edith Joan Lyttleton, an Australasian author who wrote under the pen name of G. B. Lancaster. First edition of this scarce, privately circulated memoir. A stapled booklet in the pu...

Autobiography

John Stuart Mill · 1873 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, Longmans, Green, Reader, & Dyer, 1873. First edition. Cloth. The first issue of John Stuart Mill's brilliant autobiography. The first edition, second issue, with the errata to the rear.The autobiography of John Stuart Mill.Mill was a philosopher, civil servant, an...

An Historical Account of the Heroick Life and Magnanimous Actions of the Most Illustrious Protestant Prince, James Duke of Monmouth

S. T. · 1683 · Rooke Books

£1,600.00 (€1,917.85 | $2,113.82 | ¥337,550)

London, Thomas Malthus, 1683 . First edition. Leather. The very scarce first edition of this complimentary biography of the Duke of Monmouth, published two years prior to his Rebellion. A very scarce work.A largely complimentary account of the life and achievements of James Sc...