Biografia

Tom Brown&Apos;S School-Days; Wanderings in South America ; Old Christmas; Bracebridge Hall

Thomas Hughes; Charles Waterton; Washington Irving · 1885 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1885. Cloth. A scarce edition of this volume comprising four works by Thomas Hughes, Charles Waterton, and Washington Irving. With numerous illustrations by Randolph Caldecott and others. A scarce copy of this volume comprising four works by some popu...

Letters to Frank Harris, & Other Friends

Enid Bagnold; R. P. Lister · 1980 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.32 | ¥23,205)

London, The Whittington Press & William Heinemann , 1980. First edition. Cloth. A beautiful limited edition of Enid Bagnold's letters to Frank Harris and others, signed by the author and illustrated with charming designs. A lovely first limited edition of this collection ...

La Belle O&Apos;Morphi

Patrick de Heriz · 1947 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

Great Britain, The Golden Cockerel Press, 1947. Leather. A smart limited edition of this biography of the lover of King Louis XV of France. Marie-Louise O'Murphy (173701814) was one of King Louise XV's many mistresses, and possibly the subject of Francois Boucher&apo...

A Biography of David Cox

William Hall · 1881 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London, Paris, and New York, Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, 1881. Cloth. The biography of one of the most important artists of Birmingham. David Cox (1783-1859) was an English landscape painter and early precursor of Impressionism. His watercolour works were his most popular, an...

The Kelmscott Press and William Morris Master-Craftsman

H. Halliday Sparling · 1924 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1924. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this interesting in-depth study of the founding and production of the Kelmscott Press, illustrated throughout. The first edition of this work.A fascinating study on the founding of the Kelmscot...

Letters Written by Eminent Persons in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries: To Which Are Added, Hearne&Apos;S Journey to Reading and Whaddon Hall, the Sea of Browne Willis, Esq. And Lives of Eminent Men

John Aubrey · 1813 · Rooke Books

£330.00 (€395.55 | $435.95 | ¥69,616)

Oxford, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, Pater-Noster Row; and Munday and Slatter, 1813. First edition. Hardback. A first edition of this remarkable collection of letters by prominent people in the seventeenth and eighteenth century compiled by John Aubrey. The whole wor...

Nostradamus Et Ses Propheties

Jacques Boulenger · 1943 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

Paris, Editions Colbert, 1943. First edition. Paperback. A French study on the prophet Nostradamus, an enlightening and immensely educational work by Jacques Boulenger. The first edition of this work.In the original French.In the original glassine wrap.A detailed study on the ...

Mount Eryx and Other Diversions of Travel

Henry Festing Jones · 1921 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

London, Jonathan Cape , 1921. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition, first impression of this volume comprising the author's experiences as he travelled through Europe. The first edition, first impression of this work.Inscribed and signed by the author to the half ...

Memoirs of Count Grammont

Anthony Hamilton; Sir Walter Scott · 1889 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott Company, 1889. Cloth. A limited edition illustrated memoir of the Count de Gramont, written by his brother-in-law, a fascinating historical memoir on the courts of Louis XIV and Charles II. A limited edition work, limited to seven-hundred and eig...

Blasting and Bombardiering

Wyndham Lewis · 1937 · Rooke Books

£575.00 (€689.22 | $759.61 | ¥121,300)

London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1937. First edition. Cloth. An very bright first edition copy of the founding father of Vorticism Wyndham Lewis' autobiography. With the publisher's original unclipped dustwrapper.Wyndham Lewis co-founded the artistic Vorticist movement a...

The Life of Mr. Thomas Gent, Printer, of York

Thomas Gent · 1832 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.74 | $251.00 | ¥40,082)

London, Thomas Thorpe, 1832. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon first edition of Thomas Gent's historically fruitful autobiography, illustrated with a frontispiece of Gent. The first edition of this work. In the original publishers' binding.An uncommon work.The autobi...

To Keep the Ball Rolling

Anthony Powell · 1983 · Rooke Books

£200.00 (€239.73 | $264.21 | ¥42,191)

London, Penguin Books, 1983. First edition. Paperback. A signed first edition thus of Anthony Powell's memoirs, the first abridged copy, illustrated with sixteen plates. Signed by the author to the title page, 'Miranda, with love from Tony.. 1983&apos.The first editi...

La Gloire Du Vicomte de Launay Delphine Gay de Girardin

Henri Malo · 1925 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

Paris, Emile-Paul Freres, 1925. Vellum. A finely bound copy of Henri Malo's biographical study of the French author Delphine de Girardin. With a portrait frontispiece of de Girardin. From the library of Katherine Leeds, the wife of the 10th Duke of Leeds. With her inscrip...

The Life of Samuel Johnson

James Boswell · 1895 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

London, George Routledge and Sons, Limited, 1895. Leather. An attractive half leather bound copy of James Boswell's notable biography of Samuel Johnson; with charming marbled paper over boards, and marbled endpapers and textblock. Boswell's biography of Samuel Johnso...

Bellini

Leslie Orrey · 1969 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.79 | ¥37,972)

London, J. M. Dent and Sons Ltd, 1969. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this biography on the Italian opera composer, Vincenzo Bellini, written by Leslie Orrey, illustrated throughout. The first edition of this work. In a signed binding by Sangorski and Sutcliffe. ...

The Life of Lord Hill, G.C. B. Late Commander of the Forces

Rev. Edwin Sidney · 1845 · Rooke Books

£248.00 (€297.26 | $327.62 | ¥52,317)

London, John Murray , 1845. First edition. Leather. A beautifully bound copy of this biographical work by Rev. Edwin Sidney, charting the life and times of Lord Hill. Rebound in a half calf binding, with marbled paper covered boards. With new endpapers. Ink inscription to the ...

The Life of General Monk: Duke of Ablemarle, Containing I. A Faithful Account of His Unparallel&Apos;D Conduct, Surprizing Actions, and Providential Success in Accomplishing the Restoration of Monarchy. II. A Particular Relation of the Most Memorable March from Coldstream to London; the Preparations for It in Scotland, the Happy Consequences of It in England. III. Many Mistakes Committed by Our Historians, (Particularly the Earl of Clarendon) Concerning the General&Apos;S Administration, Rectifi

Thomas Skinner; William Webster · 1724 · Rooke Books

£500.00 (€599.32 | $660.53 | ¥105,478)

London, J. Isted and J. Hooke, 1724. Leather. A very scarce biographical work from the early eighteenth century, charting the life and times of the Royalist Duke of Albemarle. Second edition, corrected. Published from the original manuscript of Thomas Skinner, with a preface b...

The Life of the Rev. Philip Henry, A.M.

Rev. Matthew Henry; Sir J. B. Williams · 1839 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.29 | ¥17,931)

London, William Ball, 1839 . Cloth. A scarce edition of this descriptive biography of Philip Henry, as written by his son, and featuring his sermons in print for the first time. Scarce edition. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Smartly rebacked with the spine lai...

A Memoir of the Rev. W.B. Trevelyan

Various [pref. by A.F. London] · 1934 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1934. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce memoir celebrating the life of William Bouverie Trevelyan, a vicar famed for his tolerance, including a folding map of Westminster parish to the rear. The very scarce Memoir of the Rev...

The Holy Mountain, Being the Story of a Pilgrimage to Lake Manas

Bhagwan Shri Hamsa; Shri Purohit Swami [trans.]; W. B. Yeats [intro.] · 1934 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

London, Faber and Faber, 1934 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this English language translation of a Hindu saint"s pilgrimage, with an introduction to the work from W. B. Yeats. Translated from the Marathi into English by Shri Purohit Swami. The first edition, fir...