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Pilgrim&Apos;S Way: An Essay in Recollection

John Buchan [Lord Tweedsmuir] · 1940 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

Cambridge, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1940. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this anecdotal autobiography of the Scottish novelist, historian and politician John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth bin...

Pioneer Life and Frontier Adventures

Dewitt C. Peters · 1888 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, Frederick Warne and Co, [1888] . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first UK edition of Dewitt C. Peters's account of the life of frontiersman Kit Carson. Previously published in Boston, this is the very scarce first UK edition of this work, in a charming picto...

The Lives of Dr. John Donne, Sir Henry Wotton, Mr. Richard Hooker, Mr. George Herbert, and Dr. Robert Sanderson

Izaak Walton · 1825 · Rooke Books

£1,200.00 (€1,438.39 | $1,585.37 | ¥253,163)

London, John Major, 1825. Leather. A beautifully bound edition of Izaak Walton's 'Lives', sumptuously bound by Riviere and Son, complete with detailed plates throughout. The first John Major edition.In a striking morocco binding by Riviere and Son.Illustrated wi...

Voyage to Buenos Ayres, Performed in the Years 1817 and 1818, by Order of the American Government

H. M. Brackenridge [Henry Marie Brackenridge] · 1820 · Rooke Books

£280.00 (€335.62 | $369.92 | ¥59,071)

London, Sir Richard Phillips, 1820 . First edition. Leather. The first edition thus of H. M. Brackenridge's account of his early nineteenth century South American travels. The first edition thus; containing extracts from Brackenridge's earlier two volume work, '...

The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age

W. Y. Sellar · 1877 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

Oxford, Clarendon Press , 1877. First edition. Leather. The first edition of W. Y. Sellar's educational work, bound in a handsome full calf prize binding. The first edition of the work. This educational work expands on previous works of W. Y Sellar and other scholars. It ...

Letters of Walter Savage Landor: Private and Public

Stephen Wheeler · 1899 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London , Duckworth and Co , 1899. First edition. Leather. Collection of writer Walter Savage Landor's private and public letters. First edition of the letters of Walter Savage Landor edited by Stephen Wheeler. These letters give a glimpse into Landor's life and the w...

The Mint: A Day-Book of the R.A. F. Depot between August and December 1922

352087 A/C Ross, a.k.a. T. E. Lawrence · 1955 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1955. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of T. E. Lawrence's insightful memoirs of his time as an enlisted man in the Royal Air Force. First edition. When, in 1922, T. E. Lawrence enlisted in the ranks of the R.A.F. under the name of John H...

The Correspondence of Samuel Richardson

Samuel Richardson; Anna Laetitia Barbauld · 1804 · Rooke Books

£580.00 (€695.22 | $766.26 | ¥122,362)

London, Printed for Richard Phillips, 1804. First edition. Leather. The first edition of the correspondence of Samuel Richardson in six uniform volumes. The first edition of this work. In six volumes. Correspondence of important English writer and printer of the eighteenth cen...

The Letters of Samuel Johnson

Samuel Johnson; Bruce Redford [editor] · 1992 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)

Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1992-1994. First edition. Cloth. A complete set of the Hyde Edition collection of letters from Samuel Johnson in his life, with illustrations. Complete in five volumes. First thus. Hyde edition. Considered the most scholarly edition of these letters to...

The Letters of Charles Lamb

Charles Lamb; Alfred Ainger · 1888 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London , Macmillan and Co. 1888-1891. Cloth. A complete two volume set of letters of Charles Lamb. Volume one is a second edition reprint published in 1888 and volume two is a third edition reprint published in 1891. Charles Lamb was an English essayist, poet and antiquarian ...

Nothing Venture, Nothing Win

Edmund Hillary · 1975 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London , Hodder & Stoughton , 1975. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this impressive autobiography of one of the greatest adventurers, with illustrations. A first edition copy.Edmund Hillary was a New Zealand mountaineer, explorer and philanthropist who was one of...

The Life and Art of Allan Ramsay

Alastair Smart · 1952 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.85 | $151.93 | ¥24,261)

London , Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1952 . First edition. Cloth. A fascinating account of the life and art of Scottish painter Allan Ramsay. A first edition copy. Allan Ramsay was a prominent Scottish portrait painter. This work was the first book to be written on the artist w...

Une Femme Du Monde Au Xviiith Siecle Dernieres Annees de Madame D&Apos;Epinay Son Salon Et Ses Amis

Lucien Perey and Gaston Maugras · 1884 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.83 | $171.75 | ¥27,426)

Paris, Calmann Levy , 1884. Cloth. An interesting collection of letters and memoirs from the final years of French woman of fashion Madame D'Epinay. A fifth edition copy. In the original French.Louise D'Epinary was a French writer and woman of fashion who had many f...

Correspondance de Madame Gourdan Dite la Petite Comtesse

Octave Uzanne · 1883 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

Brussels, Henry Kistemaeckers, 1883 . Leather. A new edition copy in French of Correspondance de Madame Gourdan. A new edition. In the original French. Limited to 777 copies. With the original paper wraps bound to the front and rear of the volume.This volume contains the co...

Louis XIV Memoires Pour Les Annees 1661 Et 1666

Jean Lognon · 1923 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

Paris , Editions Boassard, 1923. Hardback. A limited edition copy of this collection of memoirs of Louis XIV. A limited edition copy. With this being number 1875. With a frontispiece of King Louis XIV was also known as Louis the Great and was King of France from 1643 until hi...

Lettres D&Apos;Eugenie de Guerin

Eugenie De Guerin; G. S. Trebutien · 1867 · Rooke Books

£39.00 (€46.75 | $51.52 | ¥8,228)

Paris, Didier, 1867. Leather. The poetical correspondences of Eugénie de Guérin are gathered in this leather bound volume. G. S. Trebutien edits the letters of Eugénie de Guérin in this leather bound volume. Published in French. In a quarter calf binding over patterned boa...

Lamartine

Rene Doumic · 1924 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

Paris, Librairie Hachette , 1924. Leather. A fourth edition copy of this biography of Lamartine. A fourth edition copy. From the series Les Grand Ecrivains Francais, or Great French writers, this volume is a biography of Alphonse de Lamartine. Alphonse de Lamartine was a Fre...

Christophe Colomb Vu Par Un Marin

J. B. Charcot; Paul Chack · 1928 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

Paris, Ernest Flammarion, 1928. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this illustrated biography of Christopher Columbus, written in the original French. The first edition of this work in a half cloth binding. Illustrated with 26 black-and-white plates and numerous in-...

Memoires Du General General Bon de Marbot

Marcellin Marbot · 0 · Rooke Books

£149.00 (€178.60 | $196.85 | ¥31,434)

Paris, Plon-Nourrit, c1900. Cloth. Three cloth bound copies of the memoirs of General Marbot. In the original French. Complete in three volumes, being the 46th edition.Marcellin Marbot was a French General famous for his memoirs which depict the Napoleonic age of warfare. The...

Svundne Dage; Glade Aar

Axel Henriques · 1929 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

Copenhagen, Gyldendalske Boghandel Nordisk , 1929-30. Leather. The very scarce first two volumes of Axel Henrique's autobiography in smart uniform bindings. A very scarce work, rarely seen in commerce. In two volumes of three, complete in itself.Memoirs of Axel Henriques&...