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The Life of Joseph Wolf

A. H. Palmer · 1895 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Longmans, Green and Co, 1895. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of this enlightening biography on the life and natural history art of Joseph Wolf, illustrated throughout. The first edition of this work.A contemplative biography on the life and work of th...

The Life, Letters, and Writings of Charles Lamb

Charles Lamb; Percy Fitzgerald · 1876 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

London, E. Moxon and Co, 1876. Leather. A set of the collected writings and biography on Charles Lamb, including his best known works. Complete in six volumes.A biographical account of the life, letters, and writings of Charles Lamb.Illustrated with a frontispiece to Volume I....

Letters from Italy and Switzerland; Letters of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy from 1883 to 1847

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy; Paul Mendelssohn Bartholdy [ed.]; Lady Wallace [trans.] · 1862 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, and Green, 1862-1863. First edition. Leather. Two volumes offering the letters of German composer Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, uniformly bound in half calf. Comprising two first English editions of Felix Mendelssohn's letters, tra...

In the King&Apos;S German Legion: Memoirs of Baron Ompteda, Colonel in the King&Apos;S German Legion During the Napoleonic Wars

Baron Ompteda · 1894 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, H. Grevel and Co. 1894. Cloth. An uncommon autobiography, comprising the memoirs of German army officer Baron Ompteda. The second edition of this work. In the publisher's original burgundy cloth. Christian Friedrich Wilhelm von Ompteda served in the Hanoverian a...

Rufus Isaacs: First Marquess of Reading

Stanley Jackson; Gerald Isaacs · 1936 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.59 | ¥35,865)

London, Cassell and Company; Hutchinson and Co, 1936-1942. First edition. Leather. A finely bound pair of first edition biographical works on Rufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading. A pair of first edition biographies on Rufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading, also known as the ...

The Life of Lord Russell of Killowen

R. Barry O'Brien · 1901 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Smith, Elder, & Co. 1901. First edition. Leather. A smartly bound first edition of this biography of Irish statesman Charles Arthur Russell. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and three facsimile plates. Collated complete. A detailed biography of Charles Ar...

Judgement Reserved: The Reminiscences of the Right Honourable Sir Henry Slesser

Sir Henry Slesser · 1941 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.79 | $211.38 | ¥33,755)

London, Hutchinson & Co. 1941. First edition. Leather. A smartly bound first edition of this illustrated collection of reminiscences from English barrister Sir Herman Henry Slesser. First edition. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece and eleven plates. Collated complete. T...

Memoirs of the Life of the Late George Morland

John Hassell · 1806 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, James Cundee; Albion Press, 1806. First edition. Leather. The first edition of John Hassel's beautifully engraved biography of painter George Morland, published only two years after his death. The first edition.John Hassell's illustrated biography of his fell...

Die Familie Mendelssohn 1729-1847: Nach Briefen Und Tagebuchern

S. Hensel · 1908 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Berlin, B. Behr , 1908. Cloth. A smart set offering the history of the Mendelssohn family, including letters and diaries. Fifteenth edition. Complete in two volumes. In the publisher's original cloth binding.This work explores members of the Mendelssohn lineage from 1729...

Diary and Correspondence of John Evelyn, F.R. S. To Which Is Subjoined the Private Correspondence between King Charles I and Sir Edward Nicholas, and between Sir Edward Hyde, Afterwards Earl of Clarendon, and Sir Richard Browne

John Evelyn; William Bray [ed.] · 1850 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)

London , Henry Colburn and Co. 1850-1852. Leather. A complete new edition of John Evelyn's correspondence, uniformly bound in half calf. A new edition, complete in four volumes.Uniformly bound in half tan calf, with marbled boards.Containing the English writer's diar...

The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D. 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 · 1822 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.34 | $653.96 | ¥104,430)

London, T. Cadell; F. C. and J. Rivington et al , 1822. Leather. A complete ninth edition set of James Boswell's authoritative biography of Samuel Johnson, bound in half calf. The ninth edition, revised and augmented. Complete in four volumes. Uniformly bound in half cal...

Winston S. Churchill

Randolph S. Churchill · 1966 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)

London, William Heinemann , 1966-1971. First edition. Cloth. The first three volume of this definitive Winston Churchill biography, including a signed copy of the first volume by his son, Randolph Churchill. Volume I signed by Randolph Churchill to the half title. A set of th...

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Various; Ernest Rhys [ed.] · 1908 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, J. M. Dent and Sons Ltd , 1908-1919. Cloth. A pleasing set of seven volumes from Ernest Rhys' 'Everyman's Library' series of classics. Comprising seven volumes from the 'Everyman's Library' series, edited by Welsh-English writer Ernes...

Life of Leigh Hunt

Cosmo Monkhouse · 1893 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,810)

London, Walter Scott, Ltd, 1893. First edition. Leather. A smartly bound first edition of this biography of English essayist Leigh Hunt. First edition. Extra illustrated, with a portrait frontispiece and forty-one plates. A biography of James Henry Leigh Hunt, best known as Le...

Letters and Journals, Written by the Deceased Mr. Robert Baillie, Principal of the University of Glasgow.

Mr. Robert Baillie; Robert Aiken · 1775 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

Edinburgh; London, W. Gray; J. Buckland; G. Keith, 1775 . First edition. Leather. A very scarce, first edition of this compilation of the letters and journals of renowned Scottish author, advocate of the Covenanter movement, and Principal of Glasgow University, Robert Baillie,...

Kilvert&Apos;S Diary: Selections from the Diary of the Rev. Francis Kilvert

Rev. Francis Kilvert; William Plomer · 1971 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1971 . Cloth. A complete, three volume set containing selections from the diary of the Rev. Francis Kilvert, each with the publisher's dust wrapper and housed in a slipcase. Complete in three volumes. Bound in quarter cloth, with the original dust w...

Jeanne D&Apos;Arc

Gabriel Hanotaux · 1911 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€407.54 | $449.19 | ¥71,729)

Paris, Hachette, 1911 . Vellum. A charmingly illustrated example of this French language biography of Joan of Arc, from French historian and politician Gabriel Hanotaux. In the original French.Illustrated throughout with woodcuts 'from original sources&apos.A biography of...

At Home: Memoirs

William Plomer · 1958 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.83 | $171.75 | ¥27,426)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1958. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this memoir from South African and British novelist William Plomer, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author to the front free endpaper with an inscription that reads: "for J. R. & V. ...

The Agenda Club

The Agenda Club; Joseph Thorp · 1910 · Rooke Books

£3,400.00 (€4,075.44 | $4,491.88 | ¥717,294)

London, The Print Collector’s Quarterly; Williams & Norgate, 1910-1913. First edition. Cloth. A fascinating and very scarce collection of works about the philanthropic society 'The Agenda Club', which aimed to channel the energies of young men towards social good. A...

Collection of Biographical Works on Lewis Carroll

Jeffrey Stern; Evelyn M. Hatch et al. · 1932 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

Virginia; London, The Lewis Carroll Society of North America; Macmillan and Co, 1932-81. First edition. Cloth. A collection of biographical works on the renowned author of 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland', Lewis Carroll, including a collection of his letters, ...