Biografia

Hidden Journey a Spiritual Awakening

Andrew Harvey · 1991 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London, Bloomsbury , 1991. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this autobiography by Andrew Harvey on his spiritual journey and return to his home country, India. The first edition, first impression, with a complete numberline. Signed by the author to the title pag...

Travels & Sketches

Frederik Poulsen · 1923 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1923. First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of this account of the travels of Frederik Poulsen, translated from the original Danish and in the original scarce dust wrapper. The first UK edition. Translated from the original Danish. In the original...

Toujours Provence

Peter Mayle · 1991 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.82 | $171.74 | ¥27,424)

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1991 . First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of Peter Mayle's sequel to his best selling memoir 'A Year in Provence&apos. The first edition, first impression, in the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.Flat signed to...

Caterina Cornaro: Regina Di Cipro, Signora Di Asolo

Giuseppe Campolieti · 1987 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

Milan, Camunia, 1987. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition copy of Campolieti's biography of the monarch Catherine Cornaro, inscribed by the author to Stephen Vizinczey. The first edition of this uncommon work in the publisher's original cloth binding, wi...

From the Gulf to the Ararat an Expedition Through Mesopotamia and Kurdistan

G. E. Hubbard · 1917 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.53 | $63.41 | ¥10,126)

Edinburgh , William Blackwood and Sons , 1917. Cloth. The second impression of this uncommon illustrated work on G. E. Hubbards expedition through Mesopotamia and Kurdistan. The second impression. Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece, a map to the pastedown and thirty-th...

Life and Letters of Robert Browning

Mrs. Sutherland Orr; Frederic G. Kenyon · 1908 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.29 | ¥17,931)

London, Smith, Elder & Co. 1908 . Leather. A new edition of this biographical work on famed poet Robert Browning, in a smart, prize leather binding. A new edition, revised and in part rewritten by Frederic G. Kenyon. First published in 1891. Bound in a smart, half calf prize w...

Excerpts from the Diary of Samuel Pepys, Esq. F.R. S.

Horace N. Pym · 1889 · Rooke Books

£325.00 (€389.56 | $429.34 | ¥68,561)

Not Stated, Ballantyne, Hanson & Co. 1889 . First edition. Cloth. A vanishingly scarce, limited edition copy of this collection of excerpts from Samuel Pepys' diary, presented by the editor, Horace Pym. First edition, in the publisher's original smart navy cloth bind...

The Life of Alcibiades: The Idol of Athens

E. F. Benson · 1929 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)

London, Ernest Benn Limited, 1929. First edition. Leather. A handsomely bound biography of the Athenian statesman and general Alcibiades by E. F. Benson. The first edition, second impression of this work in a full morocco binding with a decorative leather inlay depicting Alcib...

Two Years in California

Mary Cone · 1876 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)

Chicago , S. C. Griggs and Company , 1876. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated autobiographical work by Mary Cone on her time in California. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth. With a frontispiece, a folding map to the front and 1...

The Brudenells of Deene

Joan Wake · 1953 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.39 | $594.48 | ¥94,931)

London, Cassell & Company, 1953 . First edition. Leather. A beautifully bound edition of Joan Wake's genealogical history of the Brudenell family, in a very fine full morocco binding from Bayntun-Riviere. The first edition, first impression of this work from English histo...

The Earlier Life and Works of Daniel Defoe

Henry Morley [editor] · 1889 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, George Routledge & Sons, 1889. Cloth. A very smart copy of this collection of the early works of Daniel Defoe, with a biographical sketch. The Carisbrooke Library edition. A collection of the early works of Daniel Defoe, an English writer, journalist, pamphleteer, and ...

The Autobiography of Kingsley Fairbridge

Kingsley Fairbridge; L. S. Amery; Sir Arthur Lawley · 1928 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.58 | ¥35,863)

London, Oxford University Press, 1928. Hardback. A smartly bound third impression of this autobiography by the founder of the Fairbridge Schools, Kingsley Fairbridge. Third impression, November 1928. First impression, January 1927. Scarce impression. With a portrait frontispie...

Five Biographical Works on Samuel Johnson and James Boswell

James T. Boulton; Christopher Hibbert; Kai Kin Yung Frank Brady; Fiona MacMath · 1971 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

New York; London, Barnes & Noble; Longman; The Arts Council of Great Britain; Herbert Pressl Heinemann, Mowbray, 1971-1990. First edition. Cloth. New York; London: Barnes & Noble; Longman; The Arts Council of Great Britain; Herbert Pressl Heinemann, Mowbray, 1971-1990. First e...

George Morland: His Life and Works

Sir Walter Gilbey; E. D. Cuming · 1907 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.53 | $63.41 | ¥10,126)

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1907. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this biography on artist George Morland, with illustrations throughout. First edition. Illustrated with fifty colour plates. Collated complete. A detailed biography of George Morland, an Engli...

The Pollock-Holmes Letters Correspondence of Sir Frederick Pollock and Mr Justice Holmes 1874-1932

Mark DeWolfe Howe; Sir John Pollock · 1942 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1942. First edition. Cloth. A complete two volume set of these works that reveal an intimate friendship between two lawyers, with illustrations. First edition copies. Complete in two volumes. These volumes contain the correspondence of Si...

Lady Hamilton (1763-1815)

A. Fauchier-Magnan · 1912 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

Paris, Perrin, 1912 . Leather. A later, leather bound edition of this biography of Lady Hamilton, with illustrations. In the original French a later edition. Lady Hamilton was an English maid, model, dancer and actress. She married Sir William Hamilton who was the British Amba...

Memoires de Mme de Motteville Sur Anne D&Apos;Autriche Et Sa Cour

Francoise Bertaut de Motteville; M. F. Riaux; M. Sainte-Beuve · 1869 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Paris, Charpentier, 1869. Cloth. The memoirs of Francoise Bertaut de Motteville, in the original French, this volume focusing on the end of her life. Volume IV only of a total of four volumes.The memoirs of Francoise Bertaut de Motteville.Motteville was a French member of Anne...

La Vie de Disraeli

Andre Maurois · 1927 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

Paris, Gallimard, 1927. Leather. A smart leather bound, limited edition copy of this French biography of Benjamin Disraeli. Limited edition, being number 448 of 1020. In the original French.From the series, the lives of great men, this is a biography of Benjamin Disraeli. Disr...

Scelta Di Lettere Familiari Degli Autori Piu Celebri

Leonardo Nardini · 1823 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

Milano, Giovanni Silvestri, 1823. Leather. A eighth edition copy of this collection of letters from famous authors, in Italian. In the original Italian. Eighth edition copy. This volume contains a collection of family letters of the most famous authors with notes by Leonardo N...

Sir Henry Irving and the Life of Sir Henry Irving

Percy Russell; Austin Fryers · 1896 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

London , S. Champness & Co, 1896. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. Two volumes on the life of Sir Henry Irving. Two volumes on the life of Sir Henry Irving. The first volume is from the Men and Women of the Century series published by S. Champness & Co and is written by Percy...