Biografia

The Autobiography of Mark Rutherford, Dissenting Minister. Edited by His Friend, Reuben Shapcott

Mark Rutherford, William Hale White · 1881 · Rooke Books

£300.00 (€359.65 | $396.41 | ¥63,309)

London , Trubner & Co. 1881. First edition. Hardback. A scarce first edition of this fictitous autobiography criticising the state of religion in Victorian England. A rare survival in the original publisher's binding In 1881 "The Autobiography of Mark Rutherford, fictitio...

The Unpublished Letters of Charles Dickens to Mark Lemon

Walter Dexter; Charles Dickens · 1927 · Rooke Books

£425.00 (€509.50 | $561.58 | ¥89,688)

London, Halton and Truscott Smith, Ltd, 1927. Cloth. A limited edition copy of this volume, containing the letters of Charles Dickens to Mark Lemon, playwright and founder of Punch magazine, from 1847 to 1870. Mark Lemon's friendship with Charles Dickens was a close and l...

Domestic Manners of Sir Walter Scott

James Hogg · 1909 · Rooke Books

£49.99 (€59.93 | $66.05 | ¥10,549)

Stirling , Eneas Mackay, 1909. Cloth. A memoir of James Hogg's experiences and friendship with the great writer, Sir Walter Scott. In 1790 Hogg found work as a shepherd at Blackhouse Farm in the Yarrow valley in Ettrick Forest. He remained there for ten years, during whic...

Frank Fairlegh Scenes from the Life of a Private Pupil

Frank E. Smedley · 1818 · Rooke Books

£69.99 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,770)

London, Routledge , c1870. Cloth. The story of the life of a private pupil, which was based on francis Smedley's own experiences. Francis Edward Smedley (1818-1864) was an English Novelist. After an illness in his infancy his growth was restricted and his spine malformed,...

C.E. Montague a Memoir

Oliver Elton · 1929 · Rooke Books

£34.99 (€41.95 | $46.23 | ¥7,384)

London, Chatto and Windus, 1929. First edition. Cloth. A fascinating memoir of the English journalist Charles Edward Montague by Oliver Elton, illustrated with eight black and white plates. A first edition copy. Charles Edward Montague was an English journalist, known also as ...

Secret Memoirs of the Court of St. Cloud in a Series of Letters from a Gentleman at Paris to a Nobleman in London

Anonymous · 0 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)

New York, Merrill and Baker. c1905. Leather. The scarce American edition of these memoirs of life at the Chateau de Saint-Cloud. With numerous plates throughout. Edition de Grand Luxe, limited to one thousand copies, of which this is number 150. Ex-libris bookplate of Joseph M...

Memoires D&Apos;Un Voyageur Qui Se Repose

Louis Dutens · 1806 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.42 | $654.07 | ¥104,460)

London, Cox fils et Baylis et se vend chez B. Dulau, 1806. First edition. Paperback. A scarce and complete collection of these insightful French memoirs. A scarce and complete collection of these insightful French memoirs. First edition published anonymously in London. Written...

Joffre le Vainqueur de la Marne

Gabriel Hanotaux · 1929 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

Paris, Librairie Plon, 1929. Leather. A re-bound copy of Hanotaux's Joffre Le Vainqueur de la Marne - signed by the author. A re-bound copy of Hanotaux's Joffre Le Vainqueur de la Marne - signed by the author. Marshal Joseph Jacques Cesaire Joffre (1852 1931), was a ...

Vies Et Oeuvres Des Peintres Les Plus Celebres de Toutes Les Ecoles; Recueil Classique and Choix Des Plus Celebres Peintures Antiques, Reduites Et Gravees Au Trait

Various · 1805 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

Not Stated, Treuttel et Wurtz, 1805-20. Leather. An uncommon French collection of biographies of eminent artists, and a study of classical Art and sculpture. In French. Including entries on Correge, Poussin, and Parmesan. Volume I: Choix des Plus Celebres Peintures Antiques (...

La Vie Du Roy Almanzor

Capitaine Aly Abencufian [Miguel de Luna] · 1702 · Rooke Books

£365.00 (€437.57 | $482.30 | ¥77,026)

Lyon, Antoine Briasson, 1702. Leather. A biographical work in French detailing the life of Al-Mansur, the second Abbasid caliph. Al-Mansur was renowned for founding the 'Round City' of Madinah al-Salam.Written by Spanish writer and physician Miguel de Luna.A second e...

The Life and Pontificate of Leo the Tenth

William Roscoe · 1805 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.47 | $594.61 | ¥94,963)

Liverpool, Printed by J. McCreery for T. Cadell and W. Davies , 1805. First edition. Leather. The scarce complete first edition of William Roscoe's history of Pope Leo X. First edition. Complete in four volumes. Uniformly bound in full calf, with decorative gilt. With a...

Arctic Explorations: The Second Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin

Elisha Kent Kane · 1856 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

Philadelphia, Childs & Peterson, 1856 . First edition. Cloth. Illustrated throughout, this is the first edition of Elisha Kent Kane's thrilling account of the Second Grinnell Expedition, in search of the lost Sir John Franklin. The first edition of this work, complete in ...

Leaves from a Viceroy&Apos;S Note-Book and Other Papers

Marquess Curzon of Kedleston · 1926 · Rooke Books

£43.00 (€51.55 | $56.82 | ¥9,074)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1926 . First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition copy of this collection of memoirs of the former Viceroy of India. The first edition of the work.In publisher's original blue cloth binding.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and 38 p...

Memoirs, Illustrative of the Life and Writings of John Evelyn, Esq. F.R. S. Author of the "Sylvia," &C. &C. Comprising His Diary, from the Year 1641 to 1705-6, and a Selection of His Familiar Letters. To Which Is Subjoined, the Private Correspondence between King Charles I. And His Secretary of State, Sir Edward Nicholas, Whilst His Majesty Was in Scotland, 1641, and at Other Times During the CIVIL War; Also between Sir Edward Hyde, Afterwards Earl of Clarendon, and Sir Richard Browne, Ambassado

John Evelyn; William Bray [ed.] · 1819 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.66 | $383.19 | ¥61,199)

London, Henry Colburn , 1819. Leather. The superior second edition of John Evelyn's life and writings, offering a wealth of sources on 17th-century life. Illustrated with plates. The second edition of this work, frequently regarded as the best edition of the publication. ...

Edward Pellew Viscount Exmouth Admiral of the Red

C. Northcote Parkinson · 1934 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London, Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1934. First edition. Cloth. A lovely and uncommon first edition illustrated naval biography, in original unclipped dust wrapper. A very smart and uncommon first edition of this biography, in original blue cloth binding, and in original unclipped dust...

The Life and Letters of Sir John Everett Millais

John Guille Millais · 1899 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Methuen & Co. 1899. First edition. Cloth. Profusely illustrated two-volume biography of Pre-Raphaelite painter John Everett Millais, written by his son. First edition.Complete in two volumes.Bound in publisher's original blue cloth.Volume I features fifty-four pla...

The Autobiography of Joseph Jefferson

Joseph Jefferson · 1890 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

New York, The Century Co. 1890 . Vellum. Full-vellum autobiography of prominent actor-comedian Joseph Jefferson, profusely illustrated with seventy-seven plates. In publisher's original embossed full-vellum binding.Illustrated with a frontispiece and seventy-six further m...

Ian Fleming Introduces Jamaica

Ian Fleming; Morris Cargill [ed.] · 1965 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.87 | $145.35 | ¥23,213)

London, Andre Deutsch, 1965 . First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition of Ian Fleming's delightful travelogue exploring his beloved Jamaica, illustrated brightly with colour plates throughout. The first edition, first impression, in the publisher's original u...

The Diary of Joseph Farington

Kathryn Cave; Kenneth Garlick; Angus Macintyre; Evelyn Newby. · 1978 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)

New Haven; London, Yale University Press , 1978-1998. Cloth. A complete 17 volume set of the diaries of English painter Joseph Farington, with illustrations and the original unclipped dust wrappers. A comprehensive 17 volume set of the diaries of Joseph Farington, including ex...

Memoirs from 1754 to 1758

James Earl Waldegrave · 1821 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, John Murray, 1821 . First edition. Leather. Illustrated with an engraved portrait frontispiece, this is the first edition of the mid-19th century memoirs of James Earl Waldegrave, who was Prime Minister for only five days. The first edition of this posthumously publish...