Biografia

Sheridan: A Biography

W Fraser Rae · 1896 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)

London, Richard Bentley and Son, 1896. First edition. Leather. A signed presentation copy of W Fraser Rae's biography of Richard Brinsley Sheridan in two uniform volumes in Eyre & Spottiswoode binding. The first edition of this work. Complete in two volumes. Inscribed by ...

A New Account of the East Indies

Alexander Hamilton; Sir William Foster [ed.] · 1970 · Rooke Books

£58.00 (€69.52 | $76.62 | ¥12,235)

Amsterdam, N. Israel, 1970. First edition. Cloth. An attractive illustrated reprint of the Scottish privateer's biography and travelogue of Asia. Two volumes of Captain Alexander Hamilton's biography are bound in one volume in this first edition edited by Sir William...

In the Green Tree

Alun Lewis; A. L. Rowse, Gwyn Jones, Vernon Watkins · 1948 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,016)

London, George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1948 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this collection of letters by the Welsh war poet Alun Lewis in the original dust wrapper. First edition of In the Green Tree in the original publisher's cloth binding and clipped dust wrap...

The Subaltern

[G. R. Gleig] · 1845 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Edinburgh and London , William Blackwood and Sons, 1845. Leather. A new edition of The Subaltern by G. R. Gleig. A new, fifth edition copy.Written by George Robert Gleig who was a Scottish soldier, military writer and priest.  The Subaltern is an account of the Peninsular War ...

The Worm Forgives the Plough

John Stewart Collis; Michael Holroyd · 1988 · Rooke Books

£68.00 (€81.51 | $89.83 | ¥14,345)

London, Barrie & Jenkins, 1988. Cloth. A fine new edition of this colourful illustrated edition of John Stewart Collis's popular story. New edition of The Worm Forgives the Plough by John Stewart Collis in the original publisher's cloth binding and unclipped dust wra...

Departures

E. L. Grant Watson · 1948 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

London , Pleiades Books, 1948. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this reflective nature work, with lovely woodcuts. A first edition copy of this autobiographical nature book  by E. L. Grant Watson. This volume is an intimate examination of nature, exploring the myster...

The Life Story of Sir Charles Tilston Bright CIVIL Engineer with Which Is Incorporated the Story of the Atlantic Cable, and the First Telegraph to India and the Colonies

Charles Bright · 1908 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

London, Archibald Constable & Co. 1908. Cloth. Revised and abridged edition of electrical engineer Charles Tilston Bright's autobiographical work. Revised and abridged edition. Autobiographical book on the life and work of Charles Tilston, British electrical engineer who ...

Five Volumes of Work of Military History

Andrew Lownie; Nisid Hajari; Amarpal Singh; Christopher Andrew; Jonathan Trigg · 2015 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)

London, St Martin's Press; Amberley; Allen Lane, 2015-2021. First edition. Cloth. A collection of five interesting and intense works on recent conflicts in military history. Five volumes. First editions. Stalin's Englishman: The Lives of Guy Burgess by Andrew Lownie,...

Happy England

Marcus B. Huish · 1909 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

London, Adam & Charles Black, 1909. Cloth. An expanded early reprint of this lovely illustrated biography of Helen Allingham, the Victorian watercolourist. Early edition of Happy England as painted by Helen Allingham, with a memoir and descriptions by Marcus Bourne Huish. In t...

Memoirs of Sir Joshua Reynolds

James Northcote · 1813 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London , Henry Colburn, 1813. First edition. Leather. An interesting first edition of this memoir of the painter Sir Joshua Reynolds, with illustrations. A first edition copy of Memoirs of Sir Joshua Reynolds. Sir Joshua Reynolds was an English painter who specialised in portr...

Memoirs of Rear-Admiral Sir W. Edward Parry

The Rev. Edward Parry · 1857 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)

London, Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts , 1857 . Cloth. Second edition of this memoir of Sir William Edward Parry of the Royal Navy by his son. The second edition of this work. A memoir of William Edward Parry, Royal Navy officer and explorer known for his expeditio...

Mark Twain&Apos;S Autobiography

Mark Twain [Samuel Clemens]; Albert Bigelow Paine [Intro.] · 1924 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.79 | ¥37,972)

New York, Harper & Brothers, 1924 . First edition. Cloth. The two volume first printings of Mark Twain's autobiography, dictated by him during the last years of his life. The first edition, first printing of these works, with 'H-Y' and 'First Edition' ...

The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.

Sir John Hawkins · 1787 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

London, J. Buckland; J. Rivington and Sons; T. Payne and Sons; et al, 1787. First edition. Leather. The first edition of the first full-length biography on Samuel Johnson to be published, pre-dating Boswell's influential work. The first edition.Hawkins' biography was...

Shakespeare&Apos;S Life and Work

Sidney Lee · 1900 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, Smith Elder & Co. 1900. Leather. Handsome biographical sketch of the life and work of William Shakespeare by Sidney Lee. A biographical sketch of the life and work of William Shakespeare, abridged for students from 1898 A Life of William Shakespeare by Sidney Lee, Engl...

Memories and Reflections 1852-1927 the Earl of Oxford and Asquith

The Earl of Oxford and Asquith · 1928 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.19 | ¥36,917)

London , Cassell and Company, 1928. First edition. Cloth. A complete two volume set of the reflections of a former British Prime Minister, with illustrations. A complete two volume set of Memoirs and Reflections 1852-1927 of The Earl of Oxford and Asquith. Herbert Henry Asquit...

The Life of Voltaire

S. G. Tallentyre; [Evelyn Beatrice Hall] · 1904 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.52 | $462.37 | ¥73,835)

London, Smith, Elder, & Co, 1904. Leather. The second edition of Evelyn Beatrice Hall's brilliant biography on the life and work of Voltaire, a Hatchards bound edition complete with plates. The second edition.Bound by Hatchards.Complete in two volumes.A brilliantly writte...

The Dramatic Works of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan, with a Memoir of His Life.

Richard Brinsley Sheridan; G. G. S · 1870 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, Bell & Daldy , 1870. Leather. The dramatic works of the renowned Irish writer, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, in a smart half calf binding. The Bohn's Standard Library edition. Rebound in beautiful half calf on marbled boards, with gilt detail to the spine. With a por...

Eighty Years Ago or the Recollections of an Old Army Doctor

DR. Gibney; Major R. D. Gibney · 1896 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.80 | $191.55 | ¥30,589)

London , Bellairs & Company, 1896. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon first edition copy of this work on the recollections of an army doctor during the battle of Waterloo. An uncommon first edition volume of Eighty Years Ago or The Recollections of An Old Army Doctor by DR. Gib...

Lord Strafford

H D Traill · 1889 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1889. First edition. Leather. Beautiful leather-bound first edition of Trail's biography of Lord Strafford. Biography of Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Stafford, English statesman and major figure in the period leading up to the English Civil War....

The Dairy of Samuel Pepys

Samuel Pepys; Henry B. Wheatley (ed.) · 1904 · Rooke Books

£795.00 (€952.92 | $1,050.24 | ¥167,711)

London , George Bell and Sons , 1904. Leather. A smart complete eight volume set of the famous Diary of Samuel Pepys. The Dairy of Samuel Pepys who was Clerk of the Acts and Secretary to the Admiralty. These volumes were transcribed by the late Rev. Mynors Bright from the shor...