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David W. Bone · 1949 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.34 | ¥28,479)

London, Chatto and Windus, 1949. Leather. A fascinating memoir of Captain and novelist Sir Captain David William Bone. Limited edition of one hundred and sixty copies of which this is number twenty one. Signed by the author to colophon, with original etching of the author, sig...

Seventeen Sermons of the Rev. And Learned Dr. William Hopkins, Late Prebendary of the Cathedral of Worcester. Published with a Preface Containing a Short Account of His Life.

William Hopkins · 1708 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)

London, Sare, 1708. Leather. A diligent biography of a gregarious and well-loved minister. William Hopkins (1647-1700) was educated at Oxford before travelling to Sweden as chaplain to the English ambassador. Having returned to England in 1675 he was made prebend of Worcester,...

The Life of Richard Nash of Bath

Oliver Goldsmith · 1762 · Rooke Books

£245.00 (€293.67 | $323.66 | ¥51,684)

London, J Newbery and W Frederick, 1762. First edition. Leather. A First Edition copy of 'The Life of Richard Nash of Bath' Written by Oliver Goldsmith (November 1730 – April 1774), the celebrated author and poet best known for his novel The Vicar of Wakefield (1766...

Memoirs of the Life of Colonel Hutchinson, Governor of Nottingham Castle and Town

Lucy Hutchinson · 1808 · Rooke Books

£59.99 (€71.91 | $79.25 | ¥12,655)

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1808. Leather. A biography of Lord Hutchinson written by his widow, Lucy. Second edition. Mrs. Lucy Hutchinson (1620–1681) was an English biographer as well as probably the first translator into English of the complete text of Lu...

Charles Kingsley: His Letters and Memories of His Life. In Two Volumes

Charles Kingsley · 1888 · Rooke Books

£99.99 (€119.85 | $132.09 | ¥21,094)

London, Kegan Paul, Trench & Co, 1888. Leather. A smartly bound copy of Kingsley's writings, dating from the 1880s. Sixteenth Abridged Edition. 'Edited by his wife&apos. Both volumes feature tissue-guarded frontispieces. Complete in two volumes. With the bookplates o...

Harriet & Mary Being the Relations between Percy Bysshe Shelley, Harriet Shelley, Mary Shelley, and Thomas Jefferson Hogg As Shown in Letters between Them

Walter Sidney Scott · 1944 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.78 | $211.37 | ¥33,753)

London , The Golden Cockerel Press, 1944. First edition. Leather. A first and limited edition copy of 'Harriet and Mary', numbered 206 of 500. A study, through letters, of the relationship between members of the Shelley circle: Mary Shelley, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Har...

Letters of J. Downing, Major Downingville Militia, Second Brigade, to His Old Friend Mr. Dwight, of the New-York Daily Advertiser

J. Downing · 1835 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London, John Murray, 1835. Cloth. A scarce collection of letters from J. Downing to his 'old friend' Mr. Dwight. Second English Edition, with Three Additional Letters. From the latest New-York Edition. In a brown cloth binding. Externally, worn. There is some loss to...

Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Sir Philip Sydney

Thomas Zouch · 1809 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.84 | $151.92 | ¥24,260)

York, Thomas Wilson & Son, 1809. Hardback. The scarce second edition of Zouch's comprehensive biography of Sir Philip Sydney. Direct from the library at Newton Hall, the 18th century country house and estate in Northumberland, with a pencil shelfmark to the front free-end...

The Reminiscences and Recollections of Captain Gronow

Rees Howell Gronow and Joseph Grego · 1892 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.80 | $191.55 | ¥30,589)

London , John C. Nimmo, 1892. Cloth. A two volume set of this autobiography of Rees Howell Gronow. A Welsh Grenadier Guards officer and celebrated author, Gronow was additionally noted for an impeccable dress sense and overall popularity within society, as well as his keen ski...

Shakespeare&Apos;S True Life

James Walter · 1890 · Rooke Books

£69.99 (€83.89 | $92.46 | ¥14,765)

London , Longmans, Green and Co. 1890. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this biography of William Shakespeare Illustrated with a frontispiece and many engravings in the text by Gerald E. Moira. Large paper copy. In a paper-covered binding. Externally, rather worn, with...

Epitaph on George Moore

Charles Morgan · 1935 · Rooke Books

£24.00 (€28.77 | $31.71 | ¥5,063)

London, Macmillan, 1935. First edition. Cloth. A First Edition copy of this biographical work by Charles Morgan titled 'Epitaph on George Moore&apos. First Edition. Collated complete. Charles Langbridge Morgan (1894 –1958), was an English-born playwright and novelist of ...

James Russell Lowell: A Biographical Sketch

Francis H. Underwood · 1882 · Rooke Books

£83.99 (€100.67 | $110.96 | ¥17,718)

Boston , James R. Osgood and Company, 1882. Cloth. A biography of this American Romantic poet - one of the New England group of 'Fireside Poets', whose popularity rivalled that of British poets in the nineteenth century. Featuring a number of tissue guarded plates, i...

Mark Twain&Apos;S Notebook

Albert Bigelow Paine · 1935 · Rooke Books

£24.00 (€28.77 | $31.71 | ¥5,063)

New York; London, Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1935. Cloth. A very good copy of Mark Twain's Notebook, author of 'Adventures of Huckleberry Finn' and ' The Adventures of Tom Sawyer&apos. Prepared for publication and with additional comments by Albert Bigel...

Courtauld Thomson

L. A. G. Strong · 1958 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, John Murray, 1958. First edition. Leather. A smartly bound first edition of this biography of the 1st Baron Courtauld-Thomson. First Edition. Limited edition of one hundred copies. With the armorial bookplate of Courtauld Thompson, Dorneywood, to the first blank. Featu...

De la Valliãƒâ¨Re ãƒâ€ Montespan

Jean Lemoine and Andre Lichtenberger · 1902 · Rooke Books

£99.99 (€119.85 | $132.09 | ¥21,094)

Paris, Calmann-Levy, 1902. Fine Binding. A presumed first edition of this biography of the life of Françoise Athénaïs de Rochechouart de Mortemart, marquise of Montespan, the favourite mistress of Louis XIV of France. Born into one of the oldest noble families of France, th...

Choix Des Lettres Edifiantes, Ecrites Des Missions Etrangeres; Avec Des Additions, Des Notes Cirtiques, Et Des Observations Pour la Plus Grande Intelligence de Ces Lettres

Anon [Jean Baptiste de Montmignon] · 1808 · Rooke Books

£475.00 (€569.35 | $627.50 | ¥100,205)

Paris, Chez Maradan, 1808-1809. First edition. Leather. A scarce first edition of this collection of letters, complete in eight volumes. A scarce first edition of this collection of letters. Complete in eight volumes. Volumes are: I-III: Missions de la ChineIV: Missions de L&a...

Lettres de Madame la Duchesse Du Maine Et de Madame la Marquise de Simiane

L. Philipon de la Madelaine · 1805 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)

Paris, Leopold Collin, 1805. Leather. A scarce publication of the correspondence between Louise Benedicte de Bourbon and Marquise de Simiane in a decorative contemporary calf binding. In the original French. With the armorial bookplate of H. Remsen Whitehouse to the front past...

The Letters of T.E. Lawrence

David Garnett [ed.]; T.E. Lawrence · 1938 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1938 . First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this important collection of the letters of Thomas Edward Lawrence, known as Lawrence of Arabia. The first edition.Illustrated with fifteen plates and four maps, two of which are folding. Collated com...

For Api

Arthur Symons · 1913 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.82 | ¥83,328)

London, Privately Printed at the Chiswick Press, 1913 . First edition. Cloth. An exceptional copy of the vanishingly scarce first edition of Arthur Symons's tribute to his beloved black dog, Api. Detailing the arrival of Api in their family, and his death and the aftermat...

A Correct, Full, and Impartial Report, of the Trial of Her Majesty, Caroline

J. H. Adolphus · 1820 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

London, Jones and Co, 1820 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of this scarce contemporary account of the trial of Caroline of Brunswick, with the arguments of the prosecution and defence laid out in detail. The first edition of this work.J. H. Adolphus presents the ca...