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The Life of Samuel Johnson to Which Is Added the Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides

James Boswell · 1902 · Rooke Books

£39.99 (€47.93 | $52.83 | ¥8,437)

London, Sands and Company , 1902. Leather. A copy of Boswell's famous biography of Samuel Johnson. James Boswell is best known for the biography he wrote of one of his contemporaries, the English literary figure Samuel Johnson, which contemporary Johnsonian critic Harold ...

Footprints of Famous Men Designed As Incitements to Intellectual Industry

John G Edgar · 1858 · Rooke Books

£44.99 (€53.93 | $59.44 | ¥9,491)

London, W Kent, 1858. Leather. A collection of short biographies of influential men, including Burke, Southey, and Lord Collingwood. Part of the Biographies for Boys collection. Fourth edition WIth illustrations throughout, including vignette title page. In a half-calf binding...

Historical Collections of the Life and Acts of the Right Reverend Father in God, John Aylmer, Lord Bishop of London in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth

John Strype · 1701 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,810)

London, W Bower for Brabazon Aylmer, 1701. Leather. A scarce biography of the former Lord Bishop of London, John Aylmer. Collated, complete. John Strype (1 November 1643 – 11 December 1737) was an English clergyman, historian and biographer. In 1674 he was licensed by the Bis...

Public Characters of 1802-1803

Anonymous · 1803 · Rooke Books

£36.99 (€44.34 | $48.87 | ¥7,804)

London, Richard Phillips, 1803. First edition. Leather. A collection of biographical sketches of thirty-two British public figures. The fifth such publication, following the popularity of the first four, published between in 1798 and 1802. First edition. Featuring influential ...

Reminiscences of Captain Gronow Recollections and Anecdotes Being a Second Series of Reminiscences

Captain R H Gronow · 1862 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)

London, Smith, Elder, and Co. 1862. Leather. The first two volumes of Captain Rees Howell Gronow's memoirs. In total Gronow wrote and published four volumes of his Reminiscences, and these are the first two volumes published. Volume I is illustrated, with four full page p...

Boswell&Apos;S Life of Johnson in Two Volumes

James Boswell · 1904 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

London, Henry Frowde Oxford University Press, 1904. Vellum. A beautifully bound two volume set of Boswell's famous biographical work. Complete in two volumes. Oxford Edition. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. (1791) is a biography of Dr. Samuel Johnson written by James Bo...

A New Biographical Dictionary: Containing a Brief Account of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons and Remarkable Characters in Every Age and Nation

Stephen Jones · 1822 · Rooke Books

£39.99 (€47.93 | $52.83 | ¥8,437)

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1822. Leather. A reference book by literary editor Stephen Jones. The Seventh Edition. With numerous additions and improvements. In a full calf leather binding with gilt embellishment to the spine. Externally, generally smart, lig...

Necrology: Being Memoirs of the Lives of Eminent and Extraordinary Characters. Including Also Various Articles of Neglected Biography.

Various · 1805 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)

London, Lackington, Allen, and Co. 1805. Leather. A second edition of the scarce 1805 Necrology, biographies of eminent and extraordinary characters. Bound in half leather and marbled paper-covered boards, with gilt lettering. Scarce. Second Edition, with a Copious Index, and ...

William Cowper of the Inner Temple, Esq. - a Study of His Life and Works to the Year 1768

Charles Ryskamp · 1959 · Rooke Books

£19.99 (€23.96 | $26.41 | ¥4,217)

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1959. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of Ryskamp's biographical work of William Cowper. The volume includes three appendices - (A) Uncollected Letters and Essays, (B) Uncollected Poems: Early and Late, and (C) Uncollected Magaz...

The Power of Faith Exemplified in the Life and Writings of the Late Mrs. Isabella Graham of New York

Isabella Graham · 1828 · Rooke Books

£29.99 (€35.95 | $39.62 | ¥6,327)

London, James Duncan, 1828. Hardback. A classic and inspirational memoir of a Mrs. Isabella Graham, a Scottish-American philanthropist and educator. Born in Scotland, Isabella Graham moved to the United States in 1765, with her husband John Graham, a physician of the royal arm...

The Life of Mrs. Godolphin

John Evelyn · 1848 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, William Pickering, 1848. Cloth. A copy of John Evelyn's memoir of the British courtier 'Margaret Godolphin&apos. Margaret Godolphin, nee Blagge, was a Maid of Honour to Anne Hyde, the Duchess of York, and after her death she was employed in the same role by t...

A Brief Statement of the Religious Experience of Miss E Diplock of Claygate Farm, Shipborne, Kent

Elizabeth Diplock · 1840 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Simpkin, Marshall and Co. 1840. Cloth. A very scarce, pocket sized, biographical work. This work is taken from the diary of one Elizabeth Diplock of Kent. Following her death these thoughts on her religious experience have been compiled into this work. The preface stat...

James Hain Friswell: A Memoir

Laura Hain Friswell · 1869 · Rooke Books

£29.00 (€34.76 | $38.31 | ¥6,118)

London , Sampson Low, Son and Marston, 1869. Cloth. An uncommon edition of On English Writers by James Hain Friswell. A Nineteenth Century essayist and novelist, he also frequently contrubuted articles to The Spectator, The Leader and Chamber's Journal. Here, he focusses ...

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

T. E. Lawrence · 1955 · Rooke Books

£79.99 (€95.88 | $105.68 | ¥16,875)

London , Jonathan Cape, 1955. Cloth. A copy of the memoirs of T. E. Lawrence's time as an enlisted man in the R. A. F. With later notes by 352087 A/c Ross. For The Mint Lawrence worked from a notebook that he kept while enlisted, writing of the daily lives of enlisted men...

Memoirs by a Celebrated Literary and Political Character from the Resignation of Sir Robert Walpole in 1742 to the Establishment of Lord Chatham&Apos;S Second Administration in 1757 Containing Strictures on Some of the Most Distinguished Men of That Time

Richard Glover, Richard Duppa (Editor) · 1814 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London , John Murray, 1814. Cloth. The diaries of poet Richard Glover. The second edition of this work, published a year after the first. Stated to the title page as a 'New Edition&apos. Richard Glover was an English poet and politician. Ex-library, with occasional Bath P...

Mrs Brookfield and Her Circle

Charles and Frances Brookfield · 1905 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London , Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons LTD, 1905. Cloth. A scarce biography of Mrs Brookfield Illustrated with full page engravings throughout Charles Hallam Elton Brookfield (19 May 1857 – 20 October 1913) was a British actor, author, playwright and journalist, including for The...

At John Murray&Apos;S: Records of a Literary Circle 1843-1892

George Paston · 1932 · Rooke Books

£100.00 (€119.87 | $132.11 | ¥21,097)

London, John Murray, 1932. Cloth. A first edition of this account of John Murray III and his literary circle. Running John Murray publishing after his father died, he was responsible for the pubilcations of such books as Darwin's Origin of Species. Here, Emily Morse Symon...

The Book of Gallant Vagabonds

Henry Beston · 1925 · Rooke Books

£59.99 (€71.91 | $79.26 | ¥12,656)

New York, George H. Doran, 1925. First edition. Cloth. A collection of tales of wanderers and adventurers. Including stories of Edward John Trelawney, John Ledyard, Belzoni and more. First edition. With map endpapers and portraits of the men mentioned. In a decorative cloth bi...

A Westminster Pilgrim Being a Record of Service in Church, Cathedral and Abbey, College, University, and Concert Room with a Few Notes on Sport.

Sir Frederick Bridge · 0 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London , Novello & Co. Ltd, c1918. Cloth. A charmingly illustrated memoir by Sir Frederick Bridge, noted organist, composer and writer. This memoir includes several monochrome illustrations and a full coloured frontispiece. This memoir, among other things, recounts Bridge&apos...

Vailima Letters Being Correspondence Addressed by Robert Louis Stevenson to Sidney Colvin November 1890-October 1894

Robert Louis Stevenson · 1895 · Rooke Books

£59.99 (€71.91 | $79.26 | ¥12,656)

London , Methuen and Co. 1895. Cloth. A first edition of this collection of letters from Robert Louis Stevenson. Colvin became Stevenson's literary adviser and after his death was the first editor of Stevenson's letters. With a tissue-guarded frontispiece. Bookplate ...