Biografia

Boswell&Apos;S Life of Johnson

James Boswell; George Birkbeck Hill [ed.] · 1887 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, Clarendon Press, 1887 . Cloth. James Boswell's complete six volume biography of Samuel Johnson, illustrated throughout. A complete six volume set of James Boswell's biography of English writer Dr. Samuel Johnson. Edited by George Birkbeck Hill, and including ...

Memoir and Correspondence of Susan Ferrier 1782-1854

John A. Doyle · 1929 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London , Eveleigh Nash & Grayson, 1929. Cloth. An interesting memoir of Scottish novelist Susan Ferrier. A limited edition copy of three hundred and fifty. This is volume four of The Works of Susan Ferrier the Holyrood Edition. This volume contains a memoir and the correspon...

Journal of a Somerset Rector John Skinner, A.M. , Antiquary 1772-1839

John Skinner; Howard Coombs; Arthur N. Bax · 1930 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London , John Murray , 1930. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of this journal of John Skinner, with illustrations. A first edition copy. John Skinner was Parochial Affairs of the Parish of Camerton between 1822 and 1832 and this volume is an interesting insigh...

Kinwun Mingyi&Apos;S London Diary

Kinwun Mingyi; PE Maung Tin [editor] · 1953 · Rooke Books

£285.00 (€341.67 | $376.59 | ¥60,143)

Rangoon, Govt. Printing and Stationary Burma, 1953-1954. Cloth. A complete two volume set of the diary of Kinwun Mingyi U Kaung, in the original Myanmar (Burmese) language. Myanmar (Burmese) language. Two volumes. Scarce work. The diary of Kinwun Mingyi U Kaung, a Myanmar (Bur...

Gonzalve de Cordoue, Ou Grenade Reconquise

M. De Florian · 1792 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

Paris , Chez Lemarie , 1792. Paperback. A complete three volume, third edition set of this work on the Spanish general Gonzalo de Cordoue. A complete three volume set. In the third edition.In the original French. Gonzalve De Cordoue was a Spanish General and statesman who led...

Le Duc de Saint-Simon 1675-1755

Jacques Roujon · 1958 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

Paris, Dominique Wapler, 1958 . Leather. A leather bound copy of this memoir of the court at Versailles. In the original French. Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon was a French soldier, diplomat and memoirist. His memoirs are a classic of French literature giving the most d...

Recueil Des Lettres de Madame la Marquise de Sevigne

Madame la Marquise de Sevigne · 1774 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)

Paris, Par la Compagnie des Librairies , 1774. Leather. A new edition of the letters of Madame la Marquise de Sevigne to Madame la Comtesse de Grignan, her daughter, complete in eight volumes. Half titles to vols I-VII. In eight volumes. A new edition, expanded. With the adver...

Sculptor: Josefina de Vasconcellos

Linda Clifford · 2000 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Hants, Linda Clifford, 2000. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this copy of the life and work of Josefina de Vasconcellos. First edition. Illustrated throughout. The life and work of Josefina de Vasconcellos, an English sculptor who worked in bronze, stone, w...

Life and Letters of John Constable

C. R. Leslie · 1896 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London , Chapman and Hall , 1896. Cloth. A new edition of this biography of landscape painter John Constable, with illustrations. A new edition of this work. John Constable was an English landscape painter during the Romantic Movement. Many of his landscapes, of which he is f...

A History of Myself: Dawn

Theodore Dreiser · 1931 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, Constable & Co. 1931. First edition. Cloth. Lovely first UK edition of this autobiographical work on the early life of American author Theodore Dreiser. The first UK edition of this work. Autobiography of American author Theodore Dreiser, novelist and journalist of th...

Three Years of War in East Africa

Capt. Angus Buchanan · 1919 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.47 | $594.61 | ¥94,963)

London, John Murray, 1919. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this scarce First World War narrative by Victoria Cross recipient Angus Buchanan. The scarce first edition, second impression of this biographical account of a soldier's involvement in the East Africa Cam...

Memoirs of the Rev. Dr. Joseph Priestley. To the Year 1795.

Dr. Joseph Priestley · 1809 · Rooke Books

£258.00 (€309.30 | $340.91 | ¥54,446)

London, Reprinted from the American Edition, by the several Unitarian Societies in England: and sold by Joseph Johnson, 1809. Hardback. An early edition of the autobiography of Dr Joseph Priestley, who was best known for discovering oxygen. Housed in a quarter morocco slip cas...

New Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle

Thomas and Alexander Carlyle; Sir James Crichton-Browne [intro.] · 1903 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, John Lane: The Bodley Head, 1903. First edition. Cloth. A new Bodley Head edition of the collected letters and memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle, a celebrated letter-writer. A new edition of this work published by the Bodley Head, in two volumes, in the publisher's ...

Portraits of the Eighties

Horace G Hutchinson · 1920 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, T Fisher Unwin, 1920. First edition. Leather. The scarce first edition of this collection of biographies from the late nineteenth century by Horace G Hutchinson. The first edition of this work. A scarce volume. G. Horace Hutchinson's tributes to some of the most ...

The Letters of the Duke of Wellington to Miss J. 1834-1851 Edited with Extracts from the Diary of the Latter

Christine Terhume Herrick · 1890 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.43 | ¥10,129)

London, T Fisher Unwin, 1890. First edition. Hardback. A charming first edition of this collection of letters and diary entries relating to the Duke of Wellington and Miss J. The first UK edition of this work. A fascinating collection of letters exchanged between Arthur Welles...

Not Many Dead

Nicholas Garland · 1990 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, Sydney, Auckland, Johannesburg, Hutchinson, 1990 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this collection of journals from Nicholas Garland signed by the author. First edition of Not Many Dead by Nicholas Garland in the original publisher's cloth binding and u...

Memoires de Mme Du Hausset

Madame Du Hausset; Hippolyte Fournier · 1891 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

Paris, E. Flammarion , 1891. Leather. A smart leather bound volume of the memoirs of Madame Du Hausset. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. A smart leather bound copy of these memoirs. In the original French. Madame du Hausset was a French memoirist and the...

The Lady"S New-Year"S-Gift, or Advice to a Daughter

George Savile, Lord Marquis of Halifax · 1927 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

Kensington, The Cayme Press, 1927 . Cloth. Illustrated by Hester Sainsbury, this is a lovely limited edition production of George Savile's seventeenth century essay offering guidance for his daughter. Of a Limited Edition with three hundred and fifty copies produced, this...

The Life of Samuel Johnson

James Boswell; Edmund Malone · 1826 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, Baynes, Cowie, Low & Co. et. al. 1826. Cloth. The four volume complete set of James Boswell's iconic biography of Samuel Johnson, here with notes by Edmund Malone and, for the first time, anecdotes of Hesther Lynch Piozzi. A fascinating edition of James Boswell&ap...

Walker&Apos;S Quarterly, Numbers 1-8

Various · 1920 · Rooke Books

£220.00 (€263.74 | $290.70 | ¥46,427)

London, Walker's Galleries, 1920-1922 . First edition. Leather. A brightly bound collection of the first eight issues of artist's biographies from Walker's Quarterly magazine, illustrated throughout with examples of the artist's work. The first edition of t...