Biografia

About William Law

Arthur W. Hopkinson; E. Gordon Selwyn · 1948 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, S. P. C. K. 1948 . First edition. Leather. A leather-bound, first edition of Arthur Hopkinson's biographical work on theologian and priest, William Law. First edition, in a contemporary half calf binding, with cloth boards. Arthur Hopkinson provides a running comm...

The Life of Gordon Major-General; Turkish Field-Marshall, Grand Cordon Medjidieh, and Pasha; Chinese Titu, Yellow Jacket Order

Demetrius C. Boulger · 1896 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.87 | $145.35 | ¥23,213)

London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1896. Leather. A smart seventh impression of this biography of Charles George Gordon, also known as Chinese Gordon, Gordon Pasha and Gordon of Khartoum. Seventh impression. Illustrated with a frontispiece and two plates. Collated complete. This biograp...

General Smuts&Apos; Campaign in East Africa

Brig.-General J. H. V. Crowe · 1918 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London, John Murray, 1918 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this account of General Smuts' East African Campaign of 1916. Illustrated with four folding maps. The first edition, first impression of this work. An account by Brig. General J. H. V. Crowe of the 191...

Sir Walter Scott

John Buchan · 1932 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, Cassell and Company Ltd, 1932. First edition. Cloth. A first edition, first impression of Buchan's biography of the famous Romantic poet Sir Walter Scott. The first edition, first impression of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding. Bookplate to...

Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El Medinah and Meccah

Richard F. Burton · 1857 · Rooke Books

£900.00 (€1,078.95 | $1,189.23 | ¥189,927)

London, Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts, 1857 . Cloth. The second edition of Richard Burton's famous account of his journey to Mecca, disguised as a Muslim, during a period when non-Muslims were strictly forbidden. First published in three volumes between 185...

Coke of Norfolk and His Friends: The Life of Thomas William Coke, First Earl of Leicester of Holkham, Containing an Account of His Ancestry, Surroundings, Public Services & Private Friendships, & Including Many Unpublished Letters from Noted Men of His Day, English & American

A. M. W. Stirling · 1912 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, John Lane at The Bodley Head, 1912. Cloth. A smart new edition of this biographical sketch of Thomas Coke, with accounts of his friends and colleagues. New edition. Illustrated with frontispiece and twenty-one plates. Collated complete. The life of Thomas William Coke,...

Jerome Cardan: The Life of Girolamo Cardano, of Milan, Physician

Henry Morley · 1854 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.81 | $211.42 | ¥33,765)

London, Chapman and Hall, 1854. First edition. Cloth. A first edition two-volume biography of the Italian polymath Gerolamo Cardano, smartly rebound in one volume. The first edition of this very scarce two-volume work, rebound in one volume in a cloth binding.Small bookplate t...

Byron: A Self-Portrait Letters and Diaries 1798-1824

Lord Byron; Peter Quennell [editor] · 1950 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, John Murray, 1950. Cloth. A smart biography of Lord Byron with letters and sketches, in two volumes. Two volumes. First edition 1950. Reprinted 1950. A collection of letters, biographical sketches, and commentary on the life of George Gordon Byron, an English poet and ...

Cahiers (1716-1755)

Montesquieu; Bernard Grasset · 1941 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

Paris, Editions Bernard Grasset, 1941. First edition. Leather. A first edition copy of this French work containing the diaries and notebooks of Montesquieu, with illustrations. A first edition copy. In the original French. Cahiers (1716-1755) contains the diaries and noteboo...

Lettres de Madame de Sevigne

Madame de Sevigne · 1843 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

Paris, Chez Lefevre, 1843. First edition. Leather. A six volume set of the vivid letters of Madame de Sevigne, in the original French and first edition. A complete six volume set, being first edition copies. In the original French. Madame de Sevigne was a French aristocrat w...

The Remains of Henry Kirke White, Late of St. John&Apos;S College Cambridge

Henry Kirke White · 1826 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Glasgow, Andrew and John M. Duncan; Richard Griffin & Co, 1826. Hardback. The collected letters, poems, and hymns of Henry Kirke White, with a touching life of the author written by Robert Southey. The collected letters and poems of Henry Kirke White, a poet and author of hymn...

Memoires de la Societe de L&Apos;Histoire de Paris Et de L&Apos;Ile-de-France

1903 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

Paris, Chez H. Champion, 1903-1904. First edition. Leather. Two volumes of Memoires de la Societe de L'Histoire de Paris et de L'ile-de-France with folding plates. First editions of these volumes. In the original French. Volumes XXX and XXXI of Memoires de la Socie...

Mein Vater Fridtjof Nansen: Forscher Und Menschenfreund

Liv Nansen-Hoyer · 1957 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

Not Stated , F A Brockhaus Wiesbaden, 1957. First edition. Cloth. Bright copy of this scarce biography of Fridtjof Nansen by his daughter Liv Nansen-Hoyer. A scarce work, rarely seen in commerce. Biography of Norwegian polymath and Nobel Peace Prize laureate's Fridtjof...

Lawrence of Arabia: A Biographical Enquiry

Richard Aldington · 1955 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, Collins, 1955. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this biography of T. E. Lawrence, with maps. First edition. illustrated with frontispiece, eleven plates, and three maps. Collated complete. A biographical enquiry into the life of Lawrence of Arabia, or Tho...

George Frederic Watts

M. S. Watts · 1912 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1912. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Mary Fraser Taylor's touching biography on her husband, an illustrated set uncommon to see in the original dust wrappers. The first edition.Complete in three volumes.In the original unclip...

The Life of Sir Thomas Bernard

Rev. James Baker · 1819 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)

London, John Murray, 1819. First edition. Leather. A first edition of this very scarce biography of English social reformer Sir Thomas Bernard. A first edition of this very scarce biography of Sir Thomas Bernard, third Baronet. In this interesting biography, James Baker offers...

Familiar Letters from Italy, to a Friend in England

Peter Beckford · 1805 · Rooke Books

£420.00 (€503.51 | $554.97 | ¥88,632)

Salisbury , J. Easton, 1805. First edition. Leather. A first edition, complete two volume set of Familiar Letters from Italy, to A Friend in England. A complete two volume set. First edition copies. No half title to either volume. These volumes contain a collection of lette...

A Sketch of the Lives of Lords Stowell and Eldon

William Edward Surtees · 1846 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.68 | $363.37 | ¥58,033)

London, Chapman and Hall, 1846 . First edition. Cloth. A smart signed presentation copy of Surtees's biography of two brothers; Lords Stowell and Eldon. A signed presentation copy from the author, with the inscription 'John Williamson Esquire with the author's k...

Lives of Men of Letters and Science Who Flourished in the Time of George III

Henry, Lord Brougham · 1845 · Rooke Books

£285.00 (€341.67 | $376.59 | ¥60,143)

London , Charles Knight, 1845-1846. Leather. A complete two volume set of this collection of biographies, with illustrations. A complete two volume set of Lives of Men of Letters and Science who Flourished in the time of George III, by Henry, Lord Brougham. The first volume e...

A Selection of the Letters of Lewis Carroll to His Child-Friends

Lewis Carroll; Evelyn M. Hatch [ed.] · 1933 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1933. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this illustrated collection of letters penned by Lewis Carroll to his child friends This compelling selection of letters penned by celebrated author Lewis Carroll provides insight into his friendly relati...