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L. A. J. Mordacque · 1832 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London, F. de Porquet And Cooper, 1832. First edition. Leather. A comprehensive history in French, of the French military commander and political leader, Napoleon Bonaparte. A very scarce first edition of this work in French. In half calf binding with marbled boards. This work...

Reminiscences of a Literary Life; the Reverend Thos. Frognall Dibdin, D.D.

Thomas Frognall Dibdin · 1836 · Rooke Books

£265.00 (€317.64 | $350.08 | ¥55,904)

London, John Major, 1836. First edition. Leather. A complete two volume set of this first edition from Thomas Frognall Dibdin, with illustrations. Complete in two volumes. Volume one is illustrated with frontispiece and three plates. Volume two is illustrated with five plates....

Memoirs of the Life of Colonel Hutchinson

Lucy Hutchinson; CH Firth [ed] · 1885 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.25 | $726.58 | ¥116,026)

New York, Scribner & Weford , 1885. First edition. Leather. The scarce first edition of Lucy Hutchinson's memoirs of her late husband in two volumes sumptuously bound by Zaehnsdorf in uniform calf. The first edition of this work. Published in a printing of three hundred c...

Passages in the Early Military Life of General Sir George T. Napier

Sir George T. Napier; W. C. E. Napier [editor] · 1884 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)

London, John Murray, 1884. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this collection of writings from Sir George Thomas Napier, a presentation copy from the publisher. First edition. Presentation copy with embossed stamp to the title page from the publisher, John Murray. With p...

Horace Walpole (1717-1797) a Biographical Study

Lewis Melville · 1930 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Hutchinson & Co, 1930 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of Lewis Melville's biography of British Whig politician and author Horace Walpole. The very scarce first edition of this work, illustrated with a frontispiece and fifteen plates. Collated...

Wellington

The Hon John Fortescue · 1925 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, Williams and Norgate, 1925. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of John Fortescue's biography of Wellington, signed by the author's wife. The first edition of this work. Biography of the Duke of Wellington by British military historian John Fortescue.This...

Life of Field Marshal, His Grace the Duke of Wellington. Embracing His CIVIL, Military, and Political Career to the Present Time

Sir James Edward Alexander · 1839 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

London, Henry Colburn, 1839-40. First edition. Leather. The first edition of Sir James Edw. Alexander's biographical sketch of the life and times of the Duke of Wellington, complete in two volumes. The first edition of this biography of the Duke of Wellington, edited by S...

The Autobiography and Memoirs of Benjamin Robert Haydon (1786-1846) Edited from His Journals

Benjamin Robert Haydon; Tom Taylor [ed.]; Aldous Huxley [intro] · 1926 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London, Peter Davies, 1926. Cloth. A two-volume set of Benjamin Haydon's autobiography and memoirs, with an introduction by Aldous Huxley. A two-volume set in the publisher's original cloth bindings. Benjamin Robert Haydon (1786-1846) was a British artist who special...

Patrick Leigh Fermor: An Adventure

Artemis Cooper · 2013 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

New York, New York Review of Books, 2013 . First edition. Hardback. The first US edition of Artemis Cooper's biography of English travel writer Patrick Leigh Fermor. The first US edition, first impression, in the publisher's original price unclipped binding. First pu...

The Life of Samuel Johnson, Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides

James Boswell; John Wilson Croker [ed] · 1831 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, John Murray, 1831. Leather. A new edition of Boswell's celebrated biography of Samuel Johnson in five uniform volumes edited by John Wilson Croker. A new edition of Scottish biographer James Boswell's celebrated biography of Samuel Johnson, often described as...

The Life of Samuel Johnson Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition. The Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great Britain for Near Half a Century During Which He Flourished.

James Boswell · 1831 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.82 | ¥83,328)

London, Charles Tilt, 1831. Leather. A bright copy of this uncommon edition of James Boswell's famous biography of Dr Johnson in striking signed binding. A new edition of Scottish biographer James Boswell's celebrated biography of Samuel Johnson, often described as o...

The Life of Samuel Johnson

James Boswell · 1934 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London , J. M. Dent , 1934. Cloth. A three volume set detailing the interesting life of Samuel Johnson, with illustrations. A complete three volume set. James Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson is an interesting biography of the English writer. Samuel Johnson made lasting ...

The Life of Samuel Johnson, Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides

James Boswell · 1835 · Rooke Books

£975.00 (€1,168.68 | $1,288.03 | ¥205,683)

London, John Murray , 1835. Vellum. A striking vellum bound set of Boswell's famous biography of Samuel Johnson, featuring illustrations and valuable additions. Complete in ten volumes. Celebrated work of Scottish biographer James Boswell, often described as one of the gr...

The Life of George Brummel, Esq, Commonly Called Beau Brummell

Captain Jesse · 1893 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)

London, Swan Sonnenschein & Co, 1893. Cloth. An uncommon biography of the Regency era socialite George 'Beau' Brummell. An interesting biography of the Regency era socialite George 'Beau' Brummell. Brummel was an important figure on late eighteenth century ...

The Life of Samuel Johnson

James Boswell; John Wilson Croker · 1839 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.82 | ¥83,328)

London, John Murray, 1839. Cloth. An illustrated set of James Boswell's acclaimed biography of Samuel Johnson. James Boswell's renowned biography of eighteenth century poet, playwright, critic, moralist, and lexicographer Samuel Johnson. Frequently regarded as the fo...

The Life and Times of Arabella Stuart

M. Lefuse · 1913 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

London , Mills & Boon, 1913. First edition. Cloth. An interesting illustrated biography of Arabella Stuart, in the first edition. Arabella Stuart was an English noblewoman who was considered a possible successor to Queen Elizabeth I of England as she was her first cousin twice...

A French Ambassador at the Court of Charles the Second le Comte de Cominges from His Unpublished Correspondence

J. J. Jusserand · 1892 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

London , T. Fisher Unwin, 1892. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this account and correspondence of Hugues de Lionne. A first edition copy. An interesting volume containing correspondence from Le Comte de Cominges, Hugues de Lionne who was a French statesman at t...

Sir Walter Scott, Bart. : A New Life

Sir Herbert Grierson · 1938 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London, Constable & Co. 1938. First edition. Cloth. A first edition, second impression of Grierson's uncommonly seen biography of the renowned writer Sir Walter Scott. The first edition, second impression of this uncommon work in the publisher's original cloth bindin...

The Life of William Waynflete, Bishop of Winchester

Richard Chandler · 1811 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)

London, White and Cochrane, 1811. Leather. An illustrated biography of William Waynflete, in its first edition. A first edition copy.William Waynflete was the Bishop of Winchester and Lord Chancellor of England during the fifteenth century. He founded Magdalen College, Oxford ...

Aristide Maillol

Octave Mirbeau · 1921 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.79 | ¥37,972)

Paris, Societe Des Dilettantes, 1921. Paperback. A limited edition of this illustrated work on Aristide Maillol and his sculptures, in the original French language. French language. Scarce work. Limited to three hundred copies, this is number one hundred and ninety-seven. Illu...