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The Works of Tobias Smollett with Memoirs of His Life; to Which Is Prefixed a View of the Commencement and Progress of Romance
The Works of Tobias Smollett with Memoirs of His Life; to Which Is Prefixed a View of the Commencement and Progress of Romance
Tobias Smollett; John Moore · 1797 · Rooke Books
£495.00 (€593.33 | $653.93 | ¥104,424)
London, B. Law, J. Johnson et. al. 1797. Leather. A smart calf-bound set comprising the works and memoirs of Tobias Smollett, complete in eight volumes. Complete in eight volumes. Uniformly bound in full calf, with red morocco spine labels and raised bands. Bound with the ori...
A Westminster Pilgrim; Being a Record of Service in Church, Cathedral, an Abbey College, University, and Concert-Room with a Few Notes on Sport
A Westminster Pilgrim; Being a Record of Service in Church, Cathedral, an Abbey College, University, and Concert-Room with a Few Notes on Sport
Sir Frederick Bridge · 1918 · Rooke Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)
London, Novello & Co. Ltd. [1918]. First edition. Cloth. A charmingly illustrated memoir of organist and teacher Sir Frederick Bridge, with a coloured frontispiece and 20 plates. In publisher's original decorative brown cloth binding.Illustrated with a coloured frontispie...
Passages from the Note-Books of the Late Nathaniel Hawthorne
Passages from the Note-Books of the Late Nathaniel Hawthorne
Nathaniel Hawthorne; Moncure D. Conway [intro.] · 1869 · Rooke Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)
London, John Camden Hotten , 1869. Leather. This volume of Nathaniel Hawthorne's note-book entries previously owned by British journalist and bibliophile Holbrook Jackson, with his handwritten gift slip. First edition. Bound in quarter morocco, with marbled paper covered...
The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D. Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works
The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D. Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works
James Boswell, Esq. · 1851 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)
London , Office of the National Illustrated Library, [1851]. Cloth. A fantastically illustrated four volume set of biographies on English writer Samuel Johnson, with frontispieces, vignette title pages, and a folding plate. A fantastic complete four volume set of biographies o...
The Fruits of Experience; or, Memoir of Joseph Brasbridge
The Fruits of Experience; or, Memoir of Joseph Brasbridge
Joseph Brasbridge · 1824 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)
London, Printed for the Author; A. J. Valpy, 1824 . Cloth. The insightful illustrated memoir from notorious silversmith Joseph Brasbridge. Second edition.Featuring a frontispiece portrait of the author and additional monochrome plate.The notorious memoir of Joseph Brasbridge, ...
On John Masefield Collection
On John Masefield Collection
John Masefield; Constance Babington Smith · 1947 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)
London; Oxford, William Heinemann Ltd; Oxford University Press; Buchan and Enright, 1947-1983. First edition. Cloth. An insightful collections of works which offer an intimate portrait of the fascinating 1930 poet laureate. All first editions. An insightful collection on John ...
2 Vols Master Francis Rabelais: Five Books of the Lives, Heroic Deeds and Sayings of Gargantua and His Son Pantagruel
2 Vols Master Francis Rabelais: Five Books of the Lives, Heroic Deeds and Sayings of Gargantua and His Son Pantagruel
Francis Rabelais; Thomas Urquhart [Trans.]; Peter Antony Motteux [Trans.] · 1892 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)
London, Lawrence and Bullen, 1892. Cloth. A handsome two-volume set of limited editions of Rabelais" comic Renaissance masterpiece, pairing the Urquhart–Motteux translation with Louis Chalon"s illustrations. In the publisher's original green moire binding. A limited edi...
Mrs. Delany and Her Circle
Mrs. Delany and Her Circle
Mark Laird; Alicia Weisberg-Roberts · 2009 · Rooke Books
£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)
New Haven; London, Yale University Press, 2009 . First edition. Cloth. A first edition, richly illustrated Yale University Press exhibition catalogue exploring the art and social world of Mary Delany. In the publisher"s original cloth binding. First edition.Complete with the o...
Charles Kingsley: His Letters and Memories of His Life
Charles Kingsley: His Letters and Memories of His Life
Charles Kingsley; Frances Eliza Grenfell [editor] · 1888 · Rooke Books
£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)
London, Kegan Paul, Trench & Co. 1888. Cloth. A smartly bound collection of the letters and memories of social reformer Charles Kingsley, edited by his wife. Complete in one volume, also published in two volumes. With a portrait frontispiece. A collection of the letters and me...
A Selection from the Public and Private Correspondence of Vice-Admiral Lord Collingwood Interspersed with Memoirs of His Life
A Selection from the Public and Private Correspondence of Vice-Admiral Lord Collingwood Interspersed with Memoirs of His Life
G. L. Newnham Collingwood · 1828 · Rooke Books
£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.71 | ¥62,232)
London, James Ridgway, 1828. First edition. Hardback. The scarce first edition of this interesting collection of letters from Vice Admiral Lord Collingwood, including a folding plan of the Battle of Trafalgar. The first edition of the work. Quarto.With a frontispiece and a fol...
Through the Buffer State; a Record of Recent Travels Through Borneo, Siam, and Cambodia
Through the Buffer State; a Record of Recent Travels Through Borneo, Siam, and Cambodia
Surgeon-Major John Macgregor · 1896 · Rooke Books
£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.71 | ¥62,232)
London, F. V. White & Co, 1896 . First edition. Cloth. Illustrated throughout with photographic plates, this is the very scarce first edition of Surgeon-Major John Macgregor's accounts of his travels in the 'Buffer States' between rival colonial powers. A very s...
The Story of Paul Boyton: Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the World
The Story of Paul Boyton: Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the World
Anonymous · 1893 · Rooke Books
£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.71 | ¥62,232)
London, George Routledge and Sons, 1893 . First edition. Hardback. In the publisher's original pictorial paper covered boards, this is the vanishingly scarce first UK edition of this contemporary biography of the early life of Fearless Frogman, Paul Boyton. A vanishingly ...
Risen by Perseverance; or, Lives of Self-Made Men
Risen by Perseverance; or, Lives of Self-Made Men
Robert Cochrane · 1885 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)
Edinburgh, W. P. Nimmo, Hay, & Mitchell, 1885. Leather. A smartly bound copy of this collection of biographical sketches of important and inspirational self-made men. With a frontispiece. A collection of biographical sketches and commentaries on some of the important entrepren...
The Story of My Heart, My Autobiography
The Story of My Heart, My Autobiography
Richard Jefferies · 1912 · Rooke Books
£225.00 (€269.69 | $297.24 | ¥47,465)
London, Duckworth & Co, 1912 . First edition. Vellum. A lovely example of the scarce limited edition of the first edition of Richard Jefferies's autobiography, in the original paper vellum binding. No. 148 of only 160 copies of this large paper limited edition produced.In...
An Historical and Critical Account of Hugh Peters. After the Manner of Mr. Bayle; the Life and Death of Anne Bullen, Queen Consort of England; the Fatal Vespers: A True and Full Narrative of That Signal Judgement of God Upon the Papists, by the Fall of the House in Black Friers, London, Upon Their Fifth of November, 1623; No Jest Like a True Jest: Being a Compendious Record of the Merry Life, and Mad Exploits of Capt. James Hind; Second Captain Hind: Or the Notorious Life and Actions of That Inf
An Historical and Critical Account of Hugh Peters. After the Manner of Mr. Bayle; the Life and Death of Anne Bullen, Queen Consort of England; the Fatal Vespers: A True and Full Narrative of That Signal Judgement of God Upon the Papists, by the Fall of the House in Black Friers, London, Upon Their Fifth of November, 1623; No Jest Like a True Jest: Being a Compendious Record of the Merry Life, and Mad Exploits of Capt. James Hind; Second Captain Hind: Or the Notorious Life and Actions of That Inf
William Harris · 1818 · Rooke Books
£950.00 (€1,138.71 | $1,255.01 | ¥200,409)
London, G. Smeeton, 1818. Leather. A collection of five scarce biographical tracts printed by G. Smeeton, smartly presented here in one volume. A desirable volume offering five scarce biographical tracts bound into one, with all but one (Anne Bullen) being a new printing from ...
The Letters of Robert Browning
The Letters of Robert Browning
Robert Browning; Thomas J. Wise [Compiler]; Thurman L. Hood [Editor] · 1933 · Rooke Books
£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.98 | ¥34,808)
London, John Murray, 1933. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first UK edition of the collected letters of Robert Browning with the vanishingly scarce original dust wrapper. In the publisher's original green cloth binding. Complete with the vanishingly scarce original un...
English Furniture Designers of the Eighteenth Century
English Furniture Designers of the Eighteenth Century
Constance Simon · 1907 · Rooke Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)
London, B. T. Batsford, 1907 . Cloth. Ambrose Heal's personal annotated copy of Constance Simon's illustrated study of the leading furniture designers of Georgian England. First published in 1904, this is a later re-issue following a change of publisher.With the penc...
The Island Empire; or, the Scenes of the First Exile of the Emperor Napoleon I
The Island Empire; or, the Scenes of the First Exile of the Emperor Napoleon I
Sir Henry Drummond Wolff · 1855 · Rooke Books
£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.71 | ¥62,232)
London, T. Bosworth, 1855. First edition. Cloth. The scarce second edition of Henry Drummond Wolff's informative account of Napoleon's first exile, illustrated with a folding map and in the scarce publisher's cloth. The second edition of this work, a scarce work...
Memoirs of the Life of the Right Honourable Sir John Eardley Wilmot
Memoirs of the Life of the Right Honourable Sir John Eardley Wilmot
Sir John Eardley Wilmot; John Wilmot · 1811 · Rooke Books
£550.00 (€659.25 | $726.58 | ¥116,026)
London, J. Nichols; White and Cochrane; J. Butterworth, 1811 . Leather. A signed association copy of the revised second edition of John Wilmot's biography of his father, Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas Sir John Wilmot. Signed by the grandson of the subject...
Memoirs of the Public and Private Life of the Right Honorable R.B. Sheridan, with a Particular Account of His Family and Connexions
Memoirs of the Public and Private Life of the Right Honorable R.B. Sheridan, with a Particular Account of His Family and Connexions
John Watkins · 1817 · Rooke Books
£270.00 (€323.63 | $356.69 | ¥56,958)
London, Henry Colburn, 1817. Leather. The second edition of John Watkins' biographical work on the life of the noted playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan, bound in full calf. The second edition. Illustrated with a monochrome engraved frontispiece to each volume, and a mo...