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The Life of John Metcalf, Commonly Called Blind Jack of Knaresbrough, with Many Entertaining Anecdotes of His Exploits in Hunting, Card-Playing, &C, Some Particulars Relating to the Expedition Against the Rebels in 1745, in Which He Bore a Personal Share; and Also, a Succinct Account of His Various Contracts for Making Roads, Erecting Bridges, and Other Undertakings, in Yorkshire, Lancashire, Derbyshire, and Cheshire; Which, for a Series of Years, Have Brought Him Into Public Notice, As a Most E

Anonymous · 1809 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

Leeds, Edward Baines, 1809. Leather. An uncommon fourth edition of this touching first hand account of the life of John Metcalf, the father of the modern road, illustrated with a frontispiece, and rebound in a nice quarter calf binding. The fourth edition of this work. An unco...

Biographical Sketches Being Memorials of Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, Dean of Westminster Henry Alford, Dean of Canterbury Mrs Duncan Stewart Etc.

Augustus J. C. Hare · 1895 · Rooke Books

£270.00 (€323.64 | $356.71 | ¥56,962)

London, George Allen, 1895. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing copy of this charming collection of biographical sketches by the English writer and raconteur Augustus J. C. Hare; signed by the author and presented to Agnes Maxwell-Lyte. A first edition copy. Copiously illustrated...

Life and Correspondence of Abraham Sharp, the Yorkshire Mathematician and Astronomer, and Assistant of Flamstead; with Memorials of His Family, and Associated Families

William Cudworth · 1889 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

London, Sampson, Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, LTD, 1889. First edition. Vellum. The first edition of William Cudworth's biography of the noted astronomer Mr Harrison, signed by the author with a letter by his tipped in. The first edition of this work. Author's ...

Boswell&Apos;S Life of Johnson

George Birkbeck Hill · 1887 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)

Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1887. Cloth. Five volumes of George Birkbeck Hill's editorial of Boswell's life of Johnson. In uniform cloth bindings. With a frontispiece and one plate to vol I, a frontispiece and folding facsimile plate to volume II, a frontispiece and fol...

The Life and Correspondence of Thomas Arnold

Arthur Penrhyn Stanley · 1881 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, John Murray, 1881. Cloth. A fascinating collection of Arnold's correspondence compiled by his friend and former pupil Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, who in this work also provides an additional fascinating biographical commentary on Arnold's life. Renowned for his c...

Letters Addressed to the Daughter of a Nobleman, on the Formation of Religious and Moral Principle. Volume I Volume II. Translation of the Letters of a Hindoo Rajah Volume I Volume II.

Elizabeth Hamilton · 1806 · Rooke Books

£390.00 (€467.48 | $515.24 | ¥82,278)

London, Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1806-1811. Leather. A lovely rebound colection of two works by the noted Scottish essayist, poet, satirist and novelist Elizabeth Hamilton. Containing 'Letters Addressed to the Daughter of a Nobleman, on the Formation of Religi...

School-Days of Eminent Men: Or, Early Lives of Celebrated British Authors, Philosophers, and Poets, Inventors and Discoverers, Divines, Heroes, Statesmen and Legislators; with Sketches of the Progress of Education in England, the Foundation of Public Schools, Ect.

John Timbs · 1862 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Lockwood and Co, 1862. Leather. A nice and illustrated edition of John Timb's entertaining look at the lives of eminent men throughout history during their schooldays. This work is an entertaining look at the life of eminent men during their youth. 'School-Da...

The Fudge Family in Parts

Thomas Brown · 1818 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown , 1818. Leather. A attractively bound work by Thomas Moore, offering a insight into social and political state of Europe post- Napoleonic Wars. Seventh edition. A handsomely bound volume by Thomas Brown, or Thomas Moore. A epistola...

Fridtjof Nansen Explorer - Scientist - Humanitarian

Per Vogt · 1961 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)

Oslo, Dreyers Forlag, 1961. Cloth. Per Vogt's illustrated look at the fascinating life of explorer, diplomat and ice skater, Fridtjot Nansen. Fridtjof Nansen was known for being many things during his life time, including an explorer, a diplomat, and a champion ice skater...

Wigs on the Links

Nigel Hague · 2003 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

Milton Keynes, Bar Golfing Society, 2003. First edition. Cloth. A smart and scarce first edition golfing history, illustrated, signed, and with dust wrapper. A very smart and scarce first edition reflection on the history of the Bar Golfing Society, 1903-2002. Penned by Nigel ...

The Poetical Register of the Lives and Characters of the English Dramatick Poets an Historical Account of the Lives and Writings of Our Most Considerable English Poets, Whether Epick, Lyrick, Elegiack, Epigramatists, Etc.

[Giles Jacob] · 1719 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

London, E. Curll, 1719-1720. First edition. Leather. A complete set of the first edition of this early and influential literary history, written by English lawyer and biographer, Giles Jacob. The first edition. Very scarce. Two volumes bound in one. Volume one published in 171...

George Canning and His Friends, Containing Hitherto Unpublished Letters, Jeux D&Apos;Espirit, Etc. Volumes I and II.

Captain Josceline Bagot · 1909 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, John Murray, 1909. First edition. Cloth. A complete first edition and publisher's presentation copy of this insightful illustrated biography of the former British Prime Minister. First edition.   Complete in two volumes.   Publisher's presentation copy. "Wi...

Relics of Shelley

Percy Bysshe Shelley; Richard Garnett [Ed.] · 1862 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

London, Edward Moxon & Co. 1862. First edition. Leather. A smartly rebound first edition offering a collection of Shelley"s lesser-known writings, with a presentation association from novelist and poet, Mortimer Collins. Smartly rebound in a later quarter calf binding with mar...

Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain. Engraved from Authentic Pictures in the Galleries of the Nobility and the Public Collections of the Country. With Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Their Lives and Actions

Edmund Lodge · 1835 · Rooke Books

£485.00 (€581.35 | $640.75 | ¥102,320)

London, Harding and Lepard , 1835. Leather. Edmund Lodge's copiously illustrated biographical series, offering portraits and memoirs of illustrious figures of Great Britain. Complete in twelve volumes, bound into six. In a handsome full signed morocco by Bickers & Son, w...

2 Vols Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English Poets

Samuel Johnson · 1779 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, Printed by J. Nichols for C. Bathurst; J. Buckland; W. Strahan; Et al. 1779. First edition. Leather. Two volumes of the first edition of Johnson"s Lives of the Poets in its original Prefaces form, including the substantial and influential Life of Milton, ina smart full...

Ismail the Maligned Khedive

Pierre Crabites · 1933 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, George Routledge and Sons, Ltd. 1933. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition biography of Isma'il Pasha, Khedive of Egypt from 1863-1879. A very scarce first edition reflecting on the life and reign of Isma'il Pasha, called 'Ismail the Magnifi...

2 Vols Sailing Through China; Patagonia Revisited

Paul Theroux; Bruce Chatwin · 1983 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Michael Russell; Jonathan Cape, 1983-1992. Cloth. A smart illustrated pair of Theroux travel narratives, including the first trade edition of Sailing Through China, with artwork by Patrick Procktor and Kyffin William, complete with the original unclipped dust wrappers....

Anecdotes of Distinguished Persons, Chiefly of the Last and Two Preceding Centuries

William Seward · 1804 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,207)

London, T Cadell and W Davies, 1804. Leather. A scarce collection of historical biographies by William Seward With a frontispiece to each volume and 13 additional plates of portraits, sheet music and fascimiles. Direct from the Regency library of Elizabeth Greenly, later Lady ...

Interesting Anecdotes, Memoirs, Allegories, Essays, and Poetical Fragments, Tending to Amuse the Fancy, and Inculcate Morality

Mr. Addison · 1794 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,207)

London, Printed for the Author, 1794. Leather. Four volumes of this varied collection of biographical anecdotes, poetry, essays, and more. Four volumes of this varied collection of biographical anecdotes, poetry, essays, and more. Written under the pseudonym of, 'Mr. Addi...

The Life of Samuel Johnson Comprehending an Account of His Studies, and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons and Various Original Pieces of His Composition Never Before Published the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great Britain, for Near Half a Century During Which He Flourished

James Boswell · 1811 · Rooke Books

£259.99 (€311.64 | $343.48 | ¥54,850)

London, T Cadell and W Davies, 1811. Cloth. Boswell's first-hand account of Samuel Johnson's life is often considered one of the greatest biographies written in English. Four hardbound volumes in blue cloth covered boards with gilt titles to the spine, two fold-outs ...