Biografia

Social & Political Reminiscences

Lady Southwark · 1913 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London , Williams and Norgate, 1913. First edition. Cloth. A first edition smart signed copy of this collection of reminiscences. A first edition copy of this work. Signed by the author to the front free endpaper. Social & Political Reminiscences by Lady Southwark is a autob...

The Life and Adventures of Peg Woffington with Pictures of the Period in Which She Lived

J. Fitzgerald Molloy · 1884 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London, Hurst and Blackett, 1884. First edition. Cloth. Scarce first trade edition of this biographical work on the life and career of Irish actress Peg Woffington, complete in two volumes. First trade edition, published in the same year as a limited deluxe edition. Complete i...

Back to the Long Grass My Link with Livingstone

Dan Crawford · 0 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

New York, George H. Doran Company, c1922. First edition. Cloth. The first US edition of Crawford's travel experiences in Africa with illustrations. First US edition of Back to the Long Grass My Link with Livingstone by Dan Crawford in the original publisher's cloth b...

Salamina

Rockwell Kent · 1935 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

New York , Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1935 . First edition. Cloth. A smart, illustrated first edition copy of this travel memoir in the arctic by Rockwell Kent. Stated first edition. Salamina is a memoir of Rockwell Kent's first Arctic Winter where he painted and explore...

Africa and African Travel and Adventure, Including the Life and Travels of Dr. Livingstone

John S. Roberts · 1874 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London, W. P. Bennett, 1874 . First edition. Cloth. Illustrated throughout, present here is the first edition of John S. Roberts's comprehensive three volume account of the history of European adventures in Africa. The first edition of John S. Roberts's account of th...

James Boswell

C. E. Vulliamy · 1932 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, Geoffrey Bles, 1932. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Vulliamy's scarce biography on the influential writer James Boswell, who is best known for his own biography on his friend Samuel Johnson. The first edition of this scarce work.Vulliamy's biograp...

Joseph Arch the Story of His Life Told by Himself

Joseph Arch; The Countess of Warwich · 1898 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Hutchinson & Co. 1898. Cloth. A very scarce second edition of Joseph Arch's autobiography with a preface from the Countess of Warwick Very scarce second edition in original publisher's cloth binding. Joseph Arch's autobiography edited with a preface by t...

Samuel Butler: Author of Erewhon (1835-1902), a Memoir

Henry Festing Jones · 1920 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1920 . Cloth. An attractive two volume biography of novelist Samuel Butler, written by his close friend Henry Festing Jones, and illustrated throughout. The complete two volume second edition of English solicitor and writer Henry Festing Jones's ...

Works of Samuel Butler

Samuel Butler; Henry Festing Jones · 1921 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London , Jonathan Cape, 1921-1922. Cloth. A scarce two volume set of works by Samuel Butler, including The Ways of All Flesh and The Note-Books of Samuel Butler. A two volume set of The Way of All Flesh and The Note-Books of Samuel Butler. The Way of All Flesh is a semi-autob...

The Life of Samuel Johnson

James Boswell · 1793 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

London, Charles Dilly, 1793. Leather. The first two volumes of James Boswell's well-known 18th century biography of author Samuel Johnson, the second edition of this work. The second edition of this well-known biography, revised and augmented.Including Volumes I and II, l...

The Greenwood Hat Being a Memoir of James Anon 1885-1887

J.M. Barrie · 1937 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Peter Davies Limited, 1937. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated memoir written by noted English writer J.M. Barrie, author of 'Peter Pan', enclosed in the original dust wrapper. The only autobiographical work of noted English novelist ...

Doctor Kane of the Arctic Seas by George W. Corner

George W. Corner · 1972 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

Philadelphia, Temple University Press, 1972. First edition. Cloth. A fine first edition of the enthralling biography of Arctic explorer, Elisha Kent Krane. A fine first edition in the original, unclipped dust wrapper. George W. Corner"s captivating biography of doctor, naval o...

Period Piece: A Cambridge Childhood

Gwen Raverat · 2017 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Folio Society, 2017. Cloth. A lovely Folio Society edition of the celebrated memoir by English wood engraver Gwen Raverat, complete with the original slipcase. Memoirs of Gwent Raverat, English wood engraver, a founder member of the Society of Wood Engravers. Original...

George the Third His Court and Family

[John Galt] · 1821 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.87 | $151.96 | ¥24,268)

London, Henry Colburn and Co, 1821. Leather. A complete two volume biography of George the Third, including his court and family, illustrated throughout and presented in a half-calf binding. Second 'New Edition', Complete Two Volume Set.Bound in half-calf on marbled ...

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

Rev. Edwin Sidney · 1845 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)

London, John Murray, 1845. Cloth. The second edition of this biographical work by Rev. Edwin Sidney, charting the life and times of Lord Hill. Rebound in full paper covered boards with refreshed endpapers. A fascinating biography on the life of Lord Hill, the late commander o...

Memoirs of Celebrated Etonians

J. Heneage Jesse · 1875 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London, Richard Bentley and Son, 1875. First edition. Leather. An interesting work containing the biographies of many notable men who attended Eton College, with notable alumni such as Horace Walpole and George Selwyn. First Edition, in a half-calf binding. This is an interes...

The Story of Napoleon

Harold F. B. Wheeler · 1912 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, George G. Harrap & Company, 1912. Cloth. A smart first edition biography of Napoleon written by Harold Wheeler, illustrated throughout. A first edition, written by Harold F. B. Wheeler.Detailing Napoleon's life from his boyhood through his early successes as offic...

Adam Lindsay Gordon and His Friends in England and Australia

Edith Humphris; Douglas Sladen · 1912 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, Constable & Company LTD, 1912. First edition. Cloth. A biography on the British-Australian poet Adam Lindsay Gordon, with various illustrated plates. First edition.Illustrated with a frontispiece, sixteen illustrated plates by Adam Lindsay Gordon, and numerous other il...

Epitaph on George Moore

Charles Morgan · 1935 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.43 | ¥10,129)

London, Macmillan & Co. 1935. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition of this collection of essays illustrative of George Moore's life by Charles Morgan, complete with the scarce front flyleaf loosely inserted. The first edition of this work. A collection of essays i...

A Sketch of the Career of Richard F. Burton

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

£650.00 (€779.24 | $858.88 | ¥137,169)

London, Waterlow & Sons, 1886. Hardback. A sought-after first edition thus of this biographical account of the career of British explorer Richard F. Burton. The first edition thus expanded from the extremely scarce short 1880 A Short Sketch by an 'Old Oxonian,' writt...