Biografia

Memoirs of Early Italian Painters and of the Progress of Painting in Italy

Mrs. Jameson [Anna Brownell Jameson] · 1868 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, John Murray, 1868. Leather. A smart new edition of this collection of memoirs of early Italian painters, with portraits. New edition. Illustrated with fifty-eight portrait plates. Collated complete. A collection of memoirs of early Italian painters including Gaddo Gadd...

Final Memorials of Charles Lamb

Charles Lamb; Thomas Noon Talfourd · 1848 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, Edward Moxon, 1848. First edition. Cloth. A smart complete two volume set of the first edition of this collection of letters and sketches from Charles Lamb. Complete in two volumes. First edition. A collection of writings from Charles Lamb, an English essayist, poet, a...

Sheridan

Mrs. Oliphant · 1889 · Rooke Books

£68.00 (€81.52 | $89.85 | ¥14,350)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1889. Leather. A smart later edition of this biography of Anglo-Irish writer and politician Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan. Later edition, first published in 1893. With a colour portrait frontispiece. The life of Richard Brinsley Butler She...

Nice One Cyril: Being the Odd Odessey and the Anecdotage of a Comedian

Cyril Fletcher · 1978 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Barrie & Jenkins, 1978. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this humorous autobiography from English comedian and actor Cyril Fletcher, signed by the author with a letter to Christina Foyle. First edition. Signed with an inscription from the author whic...

I Say Rejoice: A Memoir of Christopher Benn

John Benn · 1942 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Faber and Faber, 1942. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this scarce memoir of British soldier Christopher Benn, written by his brother. Signed by the author to W. A. Foyle. First edition. Signed and inscribed by the author to the front endpaper to William...

Vita de S. Giuseppe Oriol Sacerdote E Beneficiato de Barcelona

Prof. Carlo Salotti · 1909 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

Rome, Tipografia Poliglotta Dell'Istituto Pio IX, 1909. Leather. A smart leatherbound copy of this biography of Spanish Roman Catholic priest Joseph Oriol, in the original Italian. Italian. With a portrait frontispiece and two plates. Collated complete. The life of Joseph...

Khaki and Gown: An Autobiography

Field Marshal Lord Birdwood; Winston Churchill · 1941 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, Ward, Lock and Co. Limited, 1941. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated autobiography from British Army officer, Lord Birdwood. First edition. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece, fifteen plates, and five colour maps, four of which are fo...

Oriental and Western Siberia: A Narrative of Seven Years&Apos; Exploration and Adventures

Thomas Witlam Atkinson · 1858 · Rooke Books

£390.00 (€467.54 | $515.33 | ¥82,302)

London, Hurst and Blackett, 1858 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Thomas Witlam Atkinson's account of his mid nineteenth century travels in the Russian orient, illustrated throughout. The work of English architect and traveller Thomas Witlam Atkinson. Between ...

Ambulance No. 10: Personal Letters from the Front

Leslie Buswell · 1916 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

Boston , Houghton Mifflin Company, 1916. First edition. Hardback. A very smart copy of this important work detailing Leslie Buswell's time working in the American Field Ambulance Service during WWI. The first edition of this work.In the publisher's original quarter c...

The Itinerant, or Memoirs of an Actor & the Itinerant in Scotland

Samuel William Ryley · 1816 · Rooke Books

£770.00 (€923.10 | $1,017.45 | ¥162,493)

London, Sherwood and Co. 1816-1827 . First edition. Leather. An exceptionally scarce complete set of the fictional memoirs of English actor Samuel William Ryley, the author's presentation copy, signed to Volume VII. Bound in half calf with marbled paper-covered boards. Co...

The Bravest Deed I Ever Saw: Stories of Personal Experience

Earl Roberts; Robert Baden-Powell; Admiral Hamilton; R.K. Douglas; H. Rider Haggard; Frank T. Bullen; A. Quiller Couch; Winston Churchill; C.B. Fry; Captain Wells; Frederick Villiers; Gordon Stables; Others · 1905 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)

London , Hutchinson & Co. [1905]. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce copy of this work containing autobiographical short stories of heroic deeds from well-known authors and celebrities, such as Earl Roberts, H. Rider Haggard and Winston Churchill. A very scarce first edition,...

Southern English Reminiscences of Purbeck Country and People

Eric Benfield · 1942 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1942. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this memoir by Eric Benfield, describing the people and life Purbeck, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition. Illustrated by Denys-Watkins-Pitchford with a monochrome frontispiece ...

The Life of Sir Albert Hastings Markham

M. E. Markham; F. A. Markham · 1927 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1927. First edition. Cloth. A very well-preserved first edition copy of this interesting biography of the explorer Admiral Sir Albert Hastings Markham. The uncommon first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding...

The Amazing Story of James J. Braddock

James Lambert Harte · 1938 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

Emmaus, PA, Rodale Press, 1938 . First edition. Cloth. A bright, first edition of James Lambert Harte's biographical work on boxing world heavyweight champion of the past, James J. Braddock. First edition, in the publisher's original purple cloth binding. Scarce. Thi...

Thirty Years a Colporteur

Thomas Groat · 1939 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.84 | $178.38 | ¥28,489)

Kirkwall, The Orkney Herald Office, 1939 . First edition. Paperback. An extremely scarce first edition of this autobiographical work on Thomas Groat, documenting his career as a colporteur. First edition, in the publisher's original paper wraps.Very scarce. Written by Th...

The Young Rifleman&Apos;S Comrade: A Narrative of His Military Adventures, Captivity, and Shipwreck.

[Johan Christian Mampel] · 1826 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.47 | $594.61 | ¥94,963)

London, Henry Colburn, 1826 . First edition. Leather. The scarce first edition of this autobiographical work by Johan Christian Mampel, bound in full calf. The scarce first edition. Bound in full diced calf. This work, though written anonymously, was written by Johan Christi...

Reminiscences of a Soldier&Apos;S Wife.

Ellen McGowan Biddle · 1907 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.36 | $726.75 | ¥116,066)

1907, J. B. Lippincott Company, 1907. First edition. Cloth. The author's presentation copy of this illustrated Confederate Civil War autobiography by Ellen McGowan Biddle Author's presentation copy with inscription by the author; "To Mrs William Bunker, with best wis...

On the Frontier: Reminiscences of Wild Sports, Personal Adventures, and Strange Scenes

J. S. Campion · 1878 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, Chapman and Hall, 1878 . Cloth. An exceptionally bright copy of the second edition of this illustrated account of life on the American frontiers in the nineteenth century. The second edition of this work. While the title page gives the 1878 date of the first edition, t...

The Men of Skye

Roderick MacCowan · 1902 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

Glasgow, John Macneilage, 1902 . First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of this work documenting the lives of some of the men living on the Isle of Skye in the early nineteenth century. First edition, in the publisher's original blue cloth binding. This scarce work ...

Memoirs of Emma Lady Hamilton

W H Long [ed] · 1891 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.56 | $50.21 | ¥8,019)

London, W W Gibbings, 1891. Cloth. A new, limited edition of this collection of memoirs of Emma Lady Hamilton. A collection of memoirs of Emma, Lady Hamilton, English maid, model, dancer and actress. She is known for her series of affairs with wealthy men, including the naval...