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Eugenie de Guerin Journal Et Fragments

Eugenie de Guerin; G. S. Trebutien · 1864 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

Paris, Didier et Cie, 1864. Leather. An original French volume containing extracts of the diaries and letters of Eugenie de Guerin, from the library of Adolphus William Ward. In the original French.The second edition of this work.A selection of the diaries and letters of Eugen...

The Life of John Mytton

Nimrod [Charles James Apperley] · 1877 · Rooke Books

£690.00 (€827.07 | $911.59 | ¥145,569)

London, George Routledge and Sons, 1877. Fine Binding. A fine, early edition of this famous biography of British eccentric and rake, John 'Mad Jack' Mytton. The fourth edition of this work.Illustrated, with a hand-coloured frontispiece and seventeen hand-coloured pla...

The Circus Lady

Josephine DeMott Robinson · 1926 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

New York, Crowell, 1926. Cloth. An illustrated autobiographical work of the life and career of Josephine DeMott Robinson, signed by the author. An autobiographical work on the life of Josephine Demott Robinson, who grew up in the circus along with her family. She was an expert...

The Story of My Life

Augustus J C Hare · 1896 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.31 | ¥58,016)

London, George Allen, 1896-1900. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of Augustus Hare's autobiography, complete in six volumes. A collection complete in six volumes of this extensive autobiographical work by Augustus Hare. The first edition, published between 1896 and 1...

Elephant Tramp

George Lewis; Byron Fish · 1961 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Peter Davies, 1961. First edition. Cloth. A first edition autobiography describing the author's life as an elephant trainer, from the library of Paul Gallico. Written by George 'Slim' Lewis, an elephant handler who ran away to join the circus at sixteen....

Left Hand Right Hand! Great Morning Laughter in the Next Room

Osbert Sitwell · 1945 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1945-49. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of three volumes of Osbert Sitwell's autobiography, an illustrated memoir with the original decorative dustwrappers. The first edition of these works.Three volumes, being volumes I, III, and IV of ...

Two Great Scotsmen: William and John Hunter

George R. Mather · 1893 · Rooke Books

£58.00 (€69.52 | $76.63 | ¥12,236)

Glasgow, James Maclehose, 1893. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this biography of anatomist and surgeon William and John Hunter. A recounting of the lives and history of the two successful Scottish brothers, William and John Hunter by George Mather. The first editio...

Satyrical Characters and Handsome Descriptions in Letters

Cyrano de Bergerac · 1914 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

Cambridge , Printed for the Rowfant Club of Cleveland, 1914. First edition. Cloth. An excellent limited edition of this remarkable facsimile of a collection of satirical letters by Cyrano de Bergerac. A limited edition of this facsimile of Cyrano de Bergerac"s epistolary colle...

Memoires de Jacques Casanova de Seingalt

Giacomo Casanova · 1872 · Rooke Books

£850.00 (€1,018.86 | $1,122.97 | ¥179,324)

Brussels, J. Rozez, 1872. Loose Pages, Articles. A delightful set of the autobiographical writings of Giacomo Casanova in the French language, complete in six volumes. Giacomo Casanova (1725-1798) was an Italian adventurer and author. Remembered in particular for his womanizin...

Memoirs of the Life of Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Thomas Moore · 1825 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green, 1825. Leather. A third edition in two volumes, comprising a biography of important British playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan. Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816) was an Irish playwright and poet, also known for owning t...

Hail and Farewell

George Moore · 1911 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)

London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1911-1914. First edition. Cloth. A excellent set complete in three first edition volumes of George Moore's semi autobiographical and entertaining work reporting his experiences in Ireland. The first edition of these volumes, published in 191...

An Autobiography

Anthony Trollope · 1883 · Rooke Books

£370.00 (€443.50 | $488.82 | ¥78,059)

Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1883. Leather. A leather bound first edition of Anthony Trollope's autobiography, complete with a frontispiece illustration of the author and bound as two volumes in one. Anthony Trollope (1815-1882) was an English novelis...

Memoirs of Count Lavalette

Count Lavalette; Antoine Marie Chamans · 1894 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

London, Gibbings and Company, 1894. First edition. Cloth. The limited edition autobiography of Comte de Lavalette, Antoine Marie Chamans, an important figure in Napoleon's France. A limited edition work, limited to one-hundred and twenty-five copies, of which this is numb...

Marjorie Fleming: A Sketch Being the Paper Entitled Pet Marjorie a Story of a Child Fifty Years Ago

John Brown, M.D · 1885 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

Edinburgh, David Douglas, 1885. Hardback. A new, uncommon illustrated edition of Marjorie Fleming's story. The story of Marjorie Fleming. New edition, illustrated.Marjorie Fleming was a Scottish child writer and poet who received appreciation by many popular writers such ...

A Selection from the Obituary Notices of the Late John Blackwood

Various · 1880 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Edinburgh, Blackwood, 1880. First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of this sweet publication containing a selection of the obituaries published on the death of the publisher John Blackwood. The first edition of this work.A very scarce work.The obituary noticed pub...

Life and Writings of James Beattie

Sir William Forbes · 1807 · Rooke Books

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

Edinburgh, Arch. Constable and Co. 1807. Leather. A second edition three volume collection of this biographical sketch of James Beattie James Beattie (1735-1803) was a Scottish philosopher, poet and co-founder of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. known for his 'Essay on the...

The Way the Wind Blows

Lord Home · 1976 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

London, Collins, 1976. First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition copy of Lord Home's autobiography. In the original dustwrapper, which is price-clipped. Signed by Home to the title page.Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home was a British Conservative politician who served...

John Buchan the Presbyterian Cavalier

Andrew Lownie · 1995 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Constable, 1995. First edition. Cloth. A fine first edition of Andrew Lownie's fascinating biography on the life of the Scottish adventure novelist John Buchan. The first edition of this work.In the original unclipped dustwrapper.A biography on the life and work o...

Edmund Yates: His Recollections and Experiences

Edmund Yates · 1884 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Richard Bentley and Son, 1884. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Edmund Yates' personal and entertaining autobiography, illustrated throughout. The first edition of this work.Complete in two volumes.The autobiography of Edmund Yates, the noted Victorian j...

Another Self

James Lees-Milne · 1970 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1970. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of James Lees-Milne's memoir about his life from childhood to World War II, illustrated with a frontispiece. The first edition, first impression, of this work. In the original price-clipped dustwrapper...