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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D. Together with the Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides Volumes I - IV

James Boswell, Esq; Alexander Napier, M.A · 1884 · Rooke Books

£199.99 (€239.72 | $264.21 | ¥42,192)

London, George Bell and Sons, 1884. Cloth. A four volume set of The Life of Samuel Johnson by Boswell, edited by Alexander Napier. 4 Volumes, complete. Dr Samuel Johnson, 1709 – 1784, was an English author. Beginning as a Grub Street journalist, he made lasting contributions ...

The Second Mrs Hardy

Robert Gittings; Jo Manton · 1979 · Rooke Books

£28.00 (€33.56 | $36.99 | ¥5,907)

London, Heinemann, 1979. First edition. Cloth. A copy of Gittings and Manton's biography of Thomas Hardy's second wife, Florence Emily Dugdale. Not content to allow Florence to languish in history as merely the young wife who helped out the ageing Hardy, the work aim...

Alchemist of War: The Life of Basil Liddell Hart

Alex Danchev · 1998 · Rooke Books

£34.99 (€41.94 | $46.23 | ¥7,382)

London, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1998. First edition. Cloth. A smart copy of this first biographical work on the remarkable life of Basil Liddell Hart. First edition. Featuring the original illustrated dustwrapper depicting Basil Liddell Hart, taken from the portrait by Hein Hec...

Deep Romantic Chasm Diaries, 1979-198

James Lees-Milne · 2000 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, John Murray, 2000. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon first edition of James Lees-Milne's 'Deep Romantic Chasm&apos. A social observer and biographer, James Lees-Milne's diaries show the development of the author throughout the formative years of establis...

The Unknown Conan Doyle Essays on Photography

John Michael Gibson; Richard Lancelyn Green · 1982 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.85 | $151.93 | ¥24,261)

London, Secker & Warburg, 1982. First edition. Cloth. A fascinating compilation of Conan Doyle's little-known essays on photography. "These essays..show Doyle to be a first-rate reporter, an expert practitioner of emerging art of dry-plate photography, an adventurous trav...

Lester: The Official Biography

Dick Francis · 1986 · Rooke Books

£24.99 (€29.95 | $33.02 | ¥5,272)

London, Michael Joseph, 1986. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Dick Francis' biography of jockey, Lester Piggott. Illustrated with monochrome photographs throughout. In a black cloth binding with original clipped dustwrapper. Externally, smart. Dustwrapper is sm...

The Haunted Man a Portrait of Edgar Allan Poe

Philip Lindsay · 1953 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, Hutchinson, 1953. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this biography of Poe from Philip Lindsay. Including a photographic frontispiece of Poe. In a blue cloth binding with original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, smart, though with some slight edgewear. Dustw...

The Correspondence of James Boswell and John Johnston of Grange

Edited by Ralph S. Walker · 1966 · Rooke Books

£71.99 (€86.29 | $95.11 | ¥15,188)

London, Heinemann, 1966. Cloth. Bound in blue cloth, with a dustjacket. James Boswell (1740-1795) was a prolific diarist and writer, best known for his association with Samuel Johnson, which lead to him becoming Johnson's most famous biographer. John Johnston was one of B...

Life of Frank Buckland

George C. Bompas · 1896 · Rooke Books

£59.99 (€71.91 | $79.26 | ¥12,656)

London, Smith, Elder & Co. 1896. Leather. A detailed biography of Frank Buckland, written by his brother in law. A new edition Francis Trevelyan Buckland 1826 – 1880 was an English surgeon, zoologist, popular author and natural historian. In full calf binding. Externally, sma...

Memoirs of the Duke of Orleans During the Minority of Louis XV

Philippe II, Duke of Orleans · 1740 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.79 | $211.38 | ¥33,755)

London, J Robinson, 1740. Leather. A very scarce copy of this memoir by Phillipe II, Duke of Orleans. The work starts with a preface to the 'The Memoirs and Miscellaneous Works of the Right Honourable Charles, Late Earl of Halifax' seemingly misbound, which is follow...

Caresses... Ou Les Memoires Intimes de Jacqueline de R...

Countess Jacqueline · 1933 · Rooke Books

£99.99 (€119.85 | $132.10 | ¥21,095)

Paris, Editions du Couvre-Feu, 1933. Leather. A bright, clean, limited edition of the French book Caresses.. Bound in half leather with gilt lettering. Limited edition, No. 319 of 500. The memoirs of Countess Jacqueline, born and bred into the aristocracy of 18th-Century Franc...

Biographical Memoirs of the Late Revd Joseph Warton, D.D. Master of St. Mary Winton College; Prebendary of Winchester Cathedral; and Rector of the Parishes of Wickham and Upham, Hants: To Which Are Added, a Selection of His Works; and a Literary Correspondence between Eminent Persons, Reserved by Him for Publication. Volume I

Rev. John Wooll · 1806 · Rooke Books

£169.99 (€203.76 | $224.58 | ¥35,863)

London, Printed by Luke Hansard for T. Candell and W. Davies, 1806. First edition. Leather. The first edition of these biographical memoirs. Volume I of this work where no further volumes were published. A half brown leather hardback with gilt lettering on the spine. This is t...

Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Esquire: With Memoirs of His Life and Writings, Composed by Himself

Edward Gibbon; John Baker Holroyd · 1796 · Rooke Books

£69.99 (€83.89 | $92.47 | ¥14,766)

London, A. Strahan, and T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies, 1796. First edition. Leather. The first edition of Lord Sheffield's account of the life and works of this eighteenth-century English historian. 'Illustrated from his Letters, with Occasional Notes and Narrative, b...

Life and Correspondence of Thomas Arnold

Arthur Penrhyn Stanley · 1901 · Rooke Books

£69.99 (€83.89 | $92.47 | ¥14,766)

London, Ward, Lock and Company, c1844. Leather. A biography of the historian and headmaster, in a Modern School, Maidenhead, prize binding. Featuring a tissue-guarded portrait frontispiece. Contains several photographic plates. With a prize presentation label to the front past...

The Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay

Sir George Otto Trevelyan · 1888 · Rooke Books

£74.99 (€89.89 | $99.07 | ¥15,821)

London, Longmans, Green and Co. 1888. Leather. A study of the life of Thomas Babington Macaulay by his nephew. New edition. Sir George Otto Trevelyan (20 July 1838 – 17 August 1928) was a British statesman and author. In a ministerial career stretching almost 30 years, he was...

Anecdotes of the Life of Richard Watson, Bishop of Landaff; Written by Himself at Different Intervals, and Revised in 1814. In Two Volumes

His Son Richard Watson · 1818 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1818. Leather. A set of the Anecdotes of the Life of Richard Watson. Complete in two volumes. Second edition. With an engraved frontispiece of Richard Watson in volume I. Rt Rev Richard Watson (1737–1816) was an Anglican clergyman and academic...

Memoirs of the Late Thomas Holcroft, Written by Himself; and Continued to the Time of His Death, from His Diary, Notes, and Other Papers

Thomas Holcroft · 1852 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1852. Leather. A handsomely bound copy of Thomas Holcroft's memoirs, continuing up until his death in 1809. Thomas Holcroft (1745 – 1809) was an English dramatist and miscellaneous writer. His novels include Alwyn (1780), an ac...

Life and Labour or Characteristics of Men of Industry, Culture and Genius

Samuel Smiles · 1907 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)

London, John Murray, 1907. Leather. A study of the private and working lives of successful men in history. With chapters including Health-Hobbies, Town and Country Life, Single and Married and many more. In a Bickers and Son binding (binder's ink stamp to recto of front f...

Memoir of the Life of William James Muller

N Neal Solly · 1875 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)

London, Chapman and Hall, 1875. First edition. Leather. An insightful biographical account into the life and works of landscape and figure painter, William James Muller. First edition, being the first published biography of William James Muller. With original letters and an ac...

Shadow of Eros a Biographical and Critical Study of the Life and Work of Sir Alfred Gilbert

Adrian Bury · 1952 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.59 | ¥35,865)

London, The Dropmore Press, 1952. First edition. Leather. The first edition compelling biographical critical study of sculptor Sir Alfred Gilbert, a limited edition work. The first edition of this text. Limited edition, number 105 of 300 copies printed. Set in Monotype Baskerv...