Biografia

The Story of My Life

Augustus J. C. Hare · 1896 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.27 | ¥52,739)

London, George Allen , 1896-1900. First edition. Cloth. Augustus Hare's autobiography complete in six volumes, bright first edition. A collection complete in six volumes of this extensive autobiographical work by Augustus Hare. The first edition, published between 1896 an...

James Joyce a to Z

A Nicholas Fargnoli; Michael Patrick Gillespie · 1995 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.74 | $58.13 | ¥9,282)

London, Bloomsbury, 1995. First edition. Cloth. Lovely first impression of this large paper study of James Joyce's life and career, complete with unclipped dust wrapper. Biographical study of the life and career of James Joyce, prominent author in the twentieth century, o...

The Laird of Abbotsford a View of Sir Walter Scott

A. N. Wilson · 1980 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.05 | ¥10,548)

Oxford, New York, Toronto, Melbourne, Oxford University Press, 1980 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first printing of this biography of Sir Walter Scott, signed by the author and in the original dust wrapper. First edition, first printing of The Laird of Abbotsford,...

The Life of Samuel Johnson

James Boswell · 1857 · Rooke Books

£260.00 (€311.65 | $343.48 | ¥54,849)

London , G. Routledge & Co, 1857-1859. Leather. A four volume set of one of the most famous biographical works by James Boswell, of his dear friend Samuel Johnson. A complete four volume set of The Life of Samuel Johnson by James Boswell. New Edition copies which are elucidate...

Some Particulars Contributed Towards a Memoir of Mrs. Myddelton

G. Steinman Steinman · 1864 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)

Not Stated, Not Stated, 1864. First edition. Cloth. A scarce and privately printed biographical account of Jane Myddelton, one of the 'Windsor Beauties', written by G. Steinman Steinman and signed by the author to the title page. First edition, scarce, 'printed ...

Peg Woffington

Charles Reade · 1899 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

London , George Allen, 1899. Cloth. A decorative and extensively illustrated copy of Charles Reade's novel Peg Woffington. Peg Woffington was inspired by the popular stage play Masks and Faces which Charles Reade had co-written and featured Woffington as a central charact...

Thomas Stothard, R.A. : An Illustrated Monograph

A. C. Coxhead · 1906 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

London, A. H. Bullen, 1906. First edition. Cloth. A wonderfully illustrated first edition copy containing a biographical account of the life of Thomas Stothard, written by A. C. Coxhead, with other fifty illustrated plates. First Edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and fi...

Memories of My Life

Francis Galton · 1908 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.69 | $297.24 | ¥47,465)

London, Methuen & Co , 1908. Cloth. A well presented second edition of Francis Galton's memories as a prominent Victorian polymath. Second Edition published one month after the first edition. The memories of Francis Galton, a prominent Victorian polymath and half-cousin t...

William Morris: A Life of out Time

Fiona MacCarthy · 1994 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London, Faber and Faber , 1994. First edition. Cloth. A major new biography of William Morris by Fiona MacCarthy, fourth impression complete with unclipped dust wrapper. First edition, fourth impression of this sweeping study of William Morris remarkable life and career. With ...

The Household of Sir Thos. More

Thomas More; Rev. Hutton · 1896 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

London, John C. Nimmo , 1896. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this collection of diary entries and memoirs of noted 16th century statesman, Sir Thomas More, illustrated throughout. A fascinating and intriguing collection of diary entries and memoirs of sixteenth-cen...

Napoleon&Apos;S Heritage: An Ethnic Reconstruction Which Explains His Mortal Duel with England

B. Fortescue · 1934 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London , John Murray, 1934. First edition. Cloth. A fascinating ethnic and biographical exploration of the life of Napoleon Bonaparte, enclosed in the scarce original dust wrapper. A compelling exploration of the life of Napoleon Bonaparte, particularly his ethnic background a...

In the Wake of Napoleon: Being the Memoirs of Ferdinand Von Funck

Ferdinand von Funck; Oakley Williams (ed) · 1931 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, John Lane The Bodley Head Limited, 1931. First edition. Cloth. A first edition English translation of the memoirs of Ferdinand von Funck, taken from the previously unpublished Saxon Archives, with twelve illustrated plates. First Edition, uncommon. Illustrated with a f...

Some Details Concerning General Moreau

General Moreau; Paul Svinine · 1814 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1814. First edition. Leather. A scarce, first edition copy of this memoir and biography of French general Jean Victor Marie Moreau. A fascinating collection of letters and excerpts from the life of eighteenth and nineteenth centur...

The Life of William Ewart Gladstone

Sir Wemyss Reid [ed.] · 1899 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

London, Cassell and Co. 1899. Cloth. A smart, heavily illustrated biography of the life and career of nineteenth-century British prime minister, William Ewart Gladstone. Presenting a smart copy of this fascinating and comprehensive biography of the life of nineteenth century B...

Speaking for Themselves

Mary Soames · 1999 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.19 | ¥36,917)

London, New York, Toronto, Sydney and Auckland, Doubleday, 1999. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of the letters of Winston and Clementine Churchill edited and inscribed by their daughter Mary. Married for fifty-six years, Clementine and Winston Churchill's mar...

Conversations of Lord Byron with the Countess of Blessington

Marguerite Gardiner · 1850 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.11 | ¥61,177)

London, Henry Colburn, 1850. Cloth. The second edition of this charming account of Maguerite Gardiner's conversations with Lord Byron. The Countess of Blessington's most popular work, a record of her own conversations with the charming poet Lord Byron. Marguerite Gar...

Little Wilson and Big God You&Apos;Ve Had Your Time the Confessions of Anthony Burgess

Anthony Burgess · 1987 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, William Heinemann LTD, 1987-89. First edition. Cloth. A striking set of the complete autobiography of Anthony Burgess, a wonderful insight into the life of one of the most influential authors of the twentieth century. The first edition, first impression of both volumes...

A Sketch of the Career of Richard F. Burton

Alfred Bates Richards; Andrew Wilson; St. Clair Baddeley · 1886 · Rooke Books

£695.00 (€833.06 | $918.14 | ¥146,615)

London, Waterlow and Sons, 1886. Cloth. A smart copy of this comprehensive biography of British explorer, Sir Richard F. Burton. Sir Richard F. Burton (1821-1890) was a British explorer, writer, and scholar who was well-known for his voyages to Asia, Africa, and the Americas. ...

Life and Adventures of Nansen the Great Arctic Explorer

F. Arthur Bain · 1888 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, The Walter Scott Publishing Co, c1897. Leather. A prize binding edition of this fascinating and touching biography on the Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen, an illustrated biography. An insightful biography on the life and career of the great Arctic explorer Fridjtof ...

Five Fags a Day the Last Year of a Scrap-Picker

John Petty; Angus Wilson · 1956 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

London, Secker & Warburg, 1956. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of this scarce memoir written by a scrap-picker, a different look into grimy post-war England. The first edition of this scarce work.In the original unclipped dustwrapper.An intriguing memoir by J...