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The Works and Life of the Right Honourable Charles, Late Earl of Halifax. Including the History of His Lordship&Apos;S Times.

Charles Montagu; William Pittis [Ed.] · 1715 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, E. Curll; J. Pemberton, 1715 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of Charles Montagu's collected writings and political memoir, offering a collection of his poetry, biography and a chronicle of his eventful public career. In a contemporary full calf binding...

Fire and Sword in the Sudan

Rudolf C. Slatin Pasha; Colonel F. R. Wingate · 1898 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Edward Arnold, 1898. Cloth. The fascinating recount of Slatin's time serving in Sudan, richly illustrated, including with a folding map. Popular edition.   In the publisher's original maroon cloth binding.   Featuring twenty-two plates, including the fronti...

Essays on the Lives and Writings of Fletcher of Saltoun and the Poet Thomson

D. S. Earl of Buchan · 1792 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, J. Debrett, 1792. First edition. Leather. The scarce first edition of D. S. Earl of Buchan's biographical study of Scottish writers Andrew Fletcher and James Thomson, including samples of their works. A scarce first edition. A combined work of biography, literary ...

Irish Eloquence: The Speeches of the Celebrated Irish Orators Philips, Curran and Grattan to Which Is Added the Powerful Appeal of Robert Emmett, at the Close of His Trial for High Treason

Charles Philips; John Philpot Curran; Henry Grattan; Robert Emmett · 1834 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

Philadelphia, Key & Biddle, 1834. Leather. A smart example of this collection of political speeches performed by prominent Irish public figures Charles Philips, John Philpot Curran, and Henry Grattan. An anthology of political and parliamentary speeches by given by prominent I...

Bohemia in London

Arthur Ransome · 1907 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

London, Chapman & Hall, 1907. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Ransome's first major literary success, a charming volume exploring Bohemian London in its past and present. The first edition of Bohemia in London, the seventh published book and first major literar...

The Literary Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds

Joshua Reynolds; Edmond Malone; Joseph Farington · 1819 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

London, T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1819 . Leather. A beautifully bound example of the three volume fifth edition of the collected literary works of artist Sir Joshua Reynolds, with an account of his life. The fifth edition, complete in three volumes.  Illustrated with a frontis...

The Letters of Madame de Sãƒâ©Vignãƒâ©

Madamde de Sévigné [Marie de Rabutin-Chantal], [intro. by A. Edward Newton] · 1927 · Rooke Books

£1,295.00 (€1,552.26 | $1,710.88 | ¥273,205)

Philadelphia, J. P. Horn and Company, 1927. Leather. The lovely Carnavale edition of the iconic French literary figure's letters, including three hundred previously untranslated letters, bound in half red morocco. The prized Carnavale edition The Letters of Madame de Sév...

A Literary Man&Apos;S London

Charles G. Harper · 1926 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Cecil Palmer, 1926. Cloth. The first edition of a charming travel guide to London from a literary perspective, delving into how particular authors saw London, as well as a reflection on penny dreadfuls. The first edition of A Literary Man's London, an entertaining...

The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne

Gilbert White [note. by Frank Buckland] [add. Lord Selbourne] · 1897 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1897. Cloth. A lovely edition of Gilbert White's classic with greater focus on Selborne as a village, a copy belonging to the prestigious Selborne Society. The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, a new charming edition of Gilbert White&a...

The Works of Charles Lamb

Charles Lamb; Sir Thomas Noon Talfourd [ed.] · 1867 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

New York, George Routledge and Sons, 1867. Leather. A very smart, full calf binding of a new edition collecting many of the letters and essay titles of Charles Lamb. A new edition - the first edition by George Routledge and Sons recorded on Jisc.English essayist, poet and anti...

What I Saw in Russia

George Lansbury · 1920 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Leonard Parsons, 1920. First edition. Cloth. A first edition account of Soviet Russia by Labour leader George Lansbury, offering a British perspective on the early Bolshevik state, complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original brow...

The Life of Henry Irving

Austin Brereton · 1908 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1908 . First edition. Cloth. A complete set of the first editions of these illustrated autobiographies of the life of esteemed actor Henry Irving. Complete in two volumes. The first editions.In the publisher's original blue cloth bindings...

My Story

Arthur Lambton · 1925 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Hurst and Blackett, Ltd. 1925. First edition. Cloth. The author's presentation copy of his very scarce autobiography, inscribed and with a tipped-in signed letter. Presentation copy, signed by the author to the front free endpaper, "To my friends". With an additio...

Life of a Scotch Naturalist: Thomas Edward, Associate of the Linnean Society

Samuel Smiles · 1877 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, John Murray, 1877. Leather. The early fifth edition of Smile's biography on a Scottish naturalist who dedicated his life to science at monetary expense, bound in full red morocco. The early fifth edition of Life of a Scotch Naturalist: Thomas Edward, Associate of ...

Memoirs of Benvenuto Cellini, a Florentine Artist, Written by Himself. Containing a Variety of Information Respecting the Arts, and the History of the Sixteenth Century

Benvenuto Cellini; Thomas Roscoe [transl.] · 1823 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, Henry Colburn and Co. 1823. Vellum. A vellum-bound third edition of Thomas Roscoe's translation of Benvenuto Cellini's memoirs. Third edition of Thomas Roscoe's English edition. Complete sets of this translation are uncommon.Complete in two volumes. Un...

Journal of the Conversations of Lord Byron, Noted During a Residence with His Lordship at Pisa, in the Years 1821 and 1822

Lord Byron; Thomas Medwin · 1824 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

Paris , A. and W. Galignani, 1824. Leather. A scarce early edition of Lord Byron's recorded conversations at Pisa, a posthumous publication which sparked controversy. A very scarce A. and W. Galignani edition (Paris), published the same year as the L. Baurdry Paris editio...

Marshal of the Soviet Union: Reminiscences and Reflections

G. Zhukov; Vic Schneierson [trans.] · 1985 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Moscow, Progress Publishers, 1985. Cloth. The first English edition of this illustrated collection of distinguished Soviet military leader George Zhukov's reminiscences and reflections, in the original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrappers. Complete in two volum...

Confessions of an English Opium-Eater

[Thomas De Quincey] · 1823 · Rooke Books

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

London, Taylor and Hessey, 1823 . Leather. A second edition copy of this influential autobiographical account of addiction by Thomas De Quincey. The second edition, originally published in 1821.In a half brown calf binding, with marbled boards.The work is an autobiographical ...

The Diary of a Soldier of Fortune

Stanley Portal Hyatt · 1910 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.79 | $211.38 | ¥33,755)

London, T. Werner Laurie, 1910. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon autobiography written by an English explorer and hunter who helped open trade routes in Rhodesia, reminiscent of a character from a Hemingway novel. The Diary of a Soldier of Fortune, the uncommon autobiography ...

Orientations

Ronald Storrs · 1937 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.85 | $151.93 | ¥24,261)

London, Ivor Nicholson and Watson, 1937 . Cloth. A smart reprint of the illustrated memoir of British Foreign Office official Ronald Storrs, with a folding map and plates. A reprint, first published in the same year.In the publisher's original black cloth binding.Illustr...