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The Mint a Day-Book of the R.A. F. Depot between August and December 1922

T. E. Lawrence · 1955 · Rooke Books

£79.99 (€95.88 | $105.67 | ¥16,874)

London , Jonathan Cape, 1955. Cloth. A copy of the memoirs of T. E. Lawrence's time as an enlisted man in the R. A. F. With later notes by 352087 A/c Ross. For The Mint Lawrence worked from a notebook that he kept while enlisted, writing of the daily lives of enlisted men...

Memoirs by a Celebrated Literary and Political Character from the Resignation of Sir Robert Walpole in 1742 to the Establishment of Lord Chatham&Apos;S Second Administration in 1757 Containing Strictures on Some of the Most Distinguished Men of That Time

Richard Glover, Richard Duppa (Editor) · 1814 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

London , John Murray, 1814. Cloth. The diaries of poet Richard Glover. The second edition of this work, published a year after the first. Stated to the title page as a 'New Edition&apos. Richard Glover was an English poet and politician. Ex-library, with occasional Bath P...

Mrs Brookfield and Her Circle

Charles and Frances Brookfield · 1905 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London , Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons LTD, 1905. Cloth. A scarce biography of Mrs Brookfield Illustrated with full page engravings throughout Charles Hallam Elton Brookfield (19 May 1857 – 20 October 1913) was a British actor, author, playwright and journalist, including for The...

At John Murray&Apos;S: Records of a Literary Circle 1843-1892

George Paston · 1932 · Rooke Books

£100.00 (€119.86 | $132.11 | ¥21,096)

London, John Murray, 1932. Cloth. A first edition of this account of John Murray III and his literary circle. Running John Murray publishing after his father died, he was responsible for the pubilcations of such books as Darwin's Origin of Species. Here, Emily Morse Symon...

The Book of Gallant Vagabonds

Henry Beston · 1925 · Rooke Books

£59.99 (€71.91 | $79.25 | ¥12,655)

New York, George H. Doran, 1925. First edition. Cloth. A collection of tales of wanderers and adventurers. Including stories of Edward John Trelawney, John Ledyard, Belzoni and more. First edition. With map endpapers and portraits of the men mentioned. In a decorative cloth bi...

A Westminster Pilgrim Being a Record of Service in Church, Cathedral and Abbey, College, University, and Concert Room with a Few Notes on Sport.

Sir Frederick Bridge · 0 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

London , Novello & Co. Ltd, c1918. Cloth. A charmingly illustrated memoir by Sir Frederick Bridge, noted organist, composer and writer. This memoir includes several monochrome illustrations and a full coloured frontispiece. This memoir, among other things, recounts Bridge&apos...

Vailima Letters Being Correspondence Addressed by Robert Louis Stevenson to Sidney Colvin November 1890-October 1894

Robert Louis Stevenson · 1895 · Rooke Books

£59.99 (€71.91 | $79.25 | ¥12,655)

London , Methuen and Co. 1895. Cloth. A first edition of this collection of letters from Robert Louis Stevenson. Colvin became Stevenson's literary adviser and after his death was the first editor of Stevenson's letters. With a tissue-guarded frontispiece. Bookplate ...

The Marquis D&Apos;Argenson

Arthur Ogle · 1893 · Rooke Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

London , T. Fisher Unwin, 1893. Cloth. An uncommon biography of French statesman Rene Louis de Voyer de Paulmy d'Argenson, written by Magadalen College Exhibitioner Arthur Ogle. Argenson served under Louis XV after having been a lawyer, and was a noted friend of various i...

Sir Walter Scott the Great Unknown Volume I 1771-1821 Volume II 1821-1832

Edgar Johnson · 1970 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)

London , Hamish Hamilton, 1970. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of Johnson's biography of Sir Walter Scott. Complete in two volumes. With a number of photographs and illustrations in each. Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet, (15 August 1771 – 21 September 1832) was a Sc...

Tempestuous Journey: Lloyd George, His Life and Times

Frank Owen · 1954 · Rooke Books

£24.99 (€29.95 | $33.01 | ¥5,272)

London , Hutchinson, 1954. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this illustrated biography of Lloyd George. First Edition. Featuring a photographic frontispiece. 'With 41 photographs&apos. Humphrey Frank Owen (27 September 1905 – 23 January 1979) was a British journa...

Letters to William Allingham

H. Allingham and E. Baumer-Williams [editors] · 1911 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)

London , Longmans, Green and Co. 1911. Cloth. An uncommon collection of letters to the Irish poet and diarist William Allingham. Containing letters from Robert Browning and Thomas Carlyle as well as his wife Helen, a well known water-colourist, the collection is an interesting...

The Letters of George Meredith to Alice Meynell with Annotations Thereto 1896-1907

George Meredith · 1923 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.78 | $211.37 | ¥33,753)

London and San Francisco, The Nonesuch Press, 1923. Cloth. A collection of letters from George Meredith to Alice Meynell. This Edition is limited to 850 copies, on Ingres paper, for England and America, of which 780 are for sale. The type has been distributed. This is number 5...

The Printer and the Poet and Account of the Printing of &Apos;the Tapestry&Apos; Based Upon Correspondence between Stanley Morrison and Robert Bridges

Nicholas Barker · 1970 · Rooke Books

£47.00 (€56.34 | $62.09 | ¥9,915)

Cambridge, Privatley Printed (Cambridge), 1970. Cloth. This is a limited edition compilation of letters between Stanley Morrison and Robert Bridges. This edition, one of a five-hundred copy limited run, was printed as the annual Christmas book for 1970 for presentation by the ...

On the Trail of Stevenson

Clayton Hamilton and Walter Hale · 1916 · Rooke Books

£28.00 (€33.56 | $36.99 | ¥5,907)

London , Hodder and Stoughton, 1916. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of this study of Robert Louis Stevenson. Written by American drama critic Clayton Hamilton, with illustrations throughout by Walter Hale, the book traces Stevenson's origins in Scotland thro...

Woodeford Passages from the Five Volumes of the Diary of a Country Parson 1758-1802

Rev. James Woodforde; John Beresford · 1935 · Rooke Books

£37.00 (€44.35 | $48.88 | ¥7,805)

London, Oxford University Press, 1935. Cloth. A nice clean copy of Woodforde's diary extracts, edited by John Beresford. An interesting volume featuring several passages taken from the Rev. James Woodforde's diaries. The work was selected and edited by John Beresford...

Wordsworthshire: An Introduction to a Poet&Apos;S Country

Eric Robertson · 1911 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,016)

London , Chatto and Windus, 1911. Cloth. A comprehensive study of the places from Wordsworth's life and poetry. Illustrated, with over forty black and white plates detailing locations and figures from Wordsworth's life. Illustrations by Arthur Tucker. Direct from the...

Shakespeare and Stratford-Upon-Avon a &Apos;Chronicle of the Time&Apos; Comprising the Salient Facts and Traditions, Biographical, Topographical and Historical, Connected with the Poet and His Birth-Place Together with a Full Record of the Tercentenary Celebration

Robert E. Hunter · 1864 · Rooke Books

£69.99 (€83.89 | $92.46 | ¥14,765)

London , Whittaker and Co. 1864. Cloth. A fascinating biography of Shakespeare and a historical study of life in Shakespeare's England. Also with a record of the 1864 Tercentenary celebration of Shakespeare's birth, which was an occasion of intense rivalry between Lo...

Richard Strauss the Staging of His Operas and Ballets

Rudolf Hartmann · 1982 · Rooke Books

£44.99 (€53.93 | $59.43 | ¥9,491)

Oxford, Phaidon, 1982. Cloth. A nice clean copy of this illustrated biography of the German composer Strauss. An early edition. Richard Georg Strauss (1864 –1949) was a German composer of the late Romantic and early modern eras, particularly of operas, Lieder and tone poems. ...

Convoys, Blockades and Mystery Towers

Captain D. J. Munro · 0 · Rooke Books

£54.99 (€65.91 | $72.65 | ¥11,601)

London, Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd, c1930. Cloth. A Royal Naval officer's account of his service in the Great War, blockading continental ports on the English Channel, supervising convoys in the Mediterranean, and participating in the development of enigmatic "mystery...

Petticoat Pioneers: Women of Distinction

Ruth E. Gordon · 1988 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Pietermaritburg, Shooter & Schuter, 1988. First edition. Cloth. A first edition, signed copy of Ruth E. Gordon's historical work discussing the influential women of Natal. First edition. Signed by the author to the title page. The women featured in the volume include Laur...