Biografia

Reach for the Sky

Paul Brickhill · 1954 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

London, Collins, 1954 . First edition. Cloth. A pleasing first edition, first impression of Paul Brickhill's illustrated biography of Battle of Britain and Dunkirk hero, Douglas Bader. The first edition, first impression of Paul Brickhill's authorised biography of Ba...

To Keep a Promise

Paul Potts · 1970 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, Macgibbon & Kee, 1970. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this autobiographical work by Paul Potts, in which the author reflects on his literary influences and his friendship with George Orwell, signed by the author to the title page. Uncommon First Edition. Sig...

Memoirs of the Lives and Characters of the Right Honourable George Baillie of Jerviswood and of Lady Grisell Baillie

Lady Murray of Stanhope · 1824 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

Edinburgh , not stated , 1824. Leather. A scarce leather bound copy of Lady Murray's memoirs of her distinguished parents. Lady Murray's Memoirs of her parents, George Baillie and Lady Grisell Baillie. Lady Grisell Baillie was a Scottish gentlewoman and songwriter a...

William Morris: His Life, Work and Friends

Philip Henderson · 1967 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

New York, McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1967. First edition. Cloth. The first US edition of Philip Henderson's detailed biography of William Morris, illustrated throughout with examples of the artist's work. The first US edition, first impression of this illustrated biog...

The Letters and Private Papers of William Makepeace Thackeray

William Makepeace Thackeray; Gordon N. Ray (ed.) · 1945 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, Oxford University Press, 1945-46. Cloth. A fascinating collection of papers and letters of British novelist William Makepeace Thackeray, complete with illustrated and folding plates. A fascinating biographical work, containing the letters and private papers of 19th cen...

A Tangled Yarn: Captain James Payen&Apos;S Life Log

Captain James Payen; Thomas Durley (Ed) · 1891 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

London, Charles H. Kelly, 1891. First edition. Cloth. A wonderful autobiographical account on the life of Captain JAmes Payen and his adventures at sea, edited by Thomas Durley. First Edition, Scarce.In the publisher's original cloth binding. Illustrations include a fron...

The Rise of Wellington

General Lord Roberts · 1895 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.56 | $50.21 | ¥8,019)

London, Sampson Low, Marston and Company, 1895. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts' biography of the early years of Arthur Wellesley's success. Arthur Wellesley, the first Duke of Wellington, was a military leader and a...

Petals of a Wild Rose

Alfreda Bean · 1965 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

Esher, Penmiel Press, 1965. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of Alfreda Bean's collection of autobiographical writings; a limited edition. A collection of the articles by Alfreda Bean that had been published over three decades, covering her childhood during the First Wor...

Another Self

James Lees-Milne · 1970 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1970. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition copy of James Lees-Milne's thoughtful autobiography, discussing his life at Eton and during the Second World War. The first edition, first impression, of this work.In the original unclipped dust w...

The Autobiography of Joseph Jefferson

Joseph Jefferson · 1890 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

New York, The Century Co. 1890. Cloth. A lavishly illustrated autobiography by this prominent American actor, with portraits throughout. Joseph Jefferson was an American actor. Born to a family of actors, he was a popular comedian of the nineteenth century best known for his p...

Pensãƒâ©Es of Joubert

Joseph Joubert; Henry Attwell [trans.] · 1898 · Rooke Books

£29.00 (€34.77 | $38.32 | ¥6,120)

London, George Allen , 1898 . Leather. A copy of the English translation of Joseph Joubert's popular collection of maxims and thoughts, the fourth edition. Joseph Joubert was a French moralist and essayist, largely remembered for his Pensées, published posthumously by C...

Memoirs of Sir Joshua Reynolds

James Northcote · 1813 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, Henry Colburn, 1813. First edition. Leather. A fascinating first edition of this memoir of the eighteenth-century 'Grand Style' painter, Joshua Reynolds. Written by his esteemed pupil, James Northcote. The first edition of this work. A fascinating biographic...

A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine Von Gravenitz

Marie Hay · 1909 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, Constable & Company LTD, 1909. Leather. A Hatchard bound semi-fictional biography on the life of the royal mistress Wilhelmine von Gravenitz, from the library of Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie. Bound by Hatchards.A semi-fictional biography on Wilhelmine von Gravenitz, a Germ...

The True Life of Captain Sir Richard F. Burton

Georgiana M. Stisted · 1896 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, H.S. Nichols, 1896. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this biography of Sir Richard F. Burton, written by his niece Georgiana M. Stisted. In the publisher's original blue buckram binding. A comprehensive biography of noted English explorer, Sir Richar...

Oliver Cromwell

Samuel Rawson Gardiner · 1899 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

London, Goupil & Co. 1899. First edition. Leather. An out of series copy of the limited, first edition of Gardiner's significant and extensive illustrated account of general Oliver Cromwell. An important and comprehensive biography of English general and statesman Oliver ...

Homes and Haunts of the Most Eminent British Poets

William Howitt · 1847 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)

London, Richard Bentley, 1847 . First edition. Leather. Two smartly bound first edition volumes discussing the favoured locations of the most famous poets in the English language. Illustrated throughout. The complete two volume first edition set of prolific English writer and ...

The Memoirs of Cap. George Carleton, an English Officer

George Carleton; [Daniel Defoe] · 1743 · Rooke Books

£425.00 (€509.50 | $561.58 | ¥89,688)

London, Thomas Astley, 1743. Leather. A scarce reissue of the memoirs of Captain George Carleton, an intriguing work with a complicated authorship history. A scarce work.A reissue with a new title, printed from the unsold sheets of the first edition.ESTC citation number T70329...

The Rival Princes; or, a Faithful Narrative of Facts Relating to Mrs. M.A. Clarke&Apos;S Political Acquaintance with Colonel Wardle Et Al.

Mary Anne Clarke · 1810 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London, C. Chapple, 1810. First edition. Leather. A first edition of Mary Anne Clarke's recollections of her acquaintance of Colonel Wardle, Major Dodd and others. Two volumes bound as one. Mary Anne Clarke (1776-1852) was the mistress of Prince Frederick, Duke of York an...

The Reminiscences and Recollections of Captain Gronow

Captain Gronow; John Raymond · 1964 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, The Bodley Head, 1964. First edition. Leather. A decoratively bound first Bodley Head abridged edition of the memoirs of Captain Rees Howell Gronow, an entertaining work on late Georgian and Victorian society. The first abridged edition of this work published by Bodley...

Memoirs of Joseph Sturge

Henry Richard · 1864 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London, S. W. Partridge , 1864. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition biography on the important abolitionist Joseph Sturge, illustrated with a portrait frontispiece. The very scarce first edition of this work.An enlightening biography on the life and monumental wo...