Biografia

Doggin&Apos; Around

Alan Plater · 2006 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Northway Publications, 2006. First edition. Paperback. A signed first edition of Alan Plater's remarkable memoir, with his love of jazz music running throughout. This work was described by its author as the 'memoirs of a jazz-crazed playwright', containi...

Life of Thomas Stothard

Mrs. Bray · 1851 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)

London, John Murray, 1851. First edition. Leather. A lovely and insightful first edition into the life of this British painter, richly illustrated throughout from his work. Thomas Stothard was an English painter and illustrator; his illustrations included for 'Robinson Cr...

Memoirs of the Life and Religious Experience of William Lewis, Late of Bristol

William Lewis · 1819 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

Bristol, Albion Press, 1819. First edition. Disbound. A scarce first edition memoir by William Lewis, a Quaker of Bristol, this memoir discussing his religious experiences. The first edition of this work.A scarce memoir of the life and religious career of William Lewis.Lewis w...

Animadversions Upon Mr. Phillips&Apos;S History of the Life of Cardinal Pole

Timothy Neve · 1766 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.81 | $211.42 | ¥33,765)

Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1766. First edition. Leather. A very scarce first edition of Timothy Neve's Church of England attack on Thomas Phillips' life on the Cardinal Reginald Pole. The very scarce first edition of this work.ESTC citation number T71415.Timothy Neve&a...

The Private Papers of Douglas Haig 1914 - 1919

Douglas Haig; Robert Blake · 1952 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.85 | $171.78 | ¥27,434)

London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1952. First edition. Leather. A half morocco bound first edition, second impression copy of the private papers of Douglas Haig dating from the First World War. The first edition, second impression of this work, printed in the same month as the firs...

Life of James Watt

M Arago · 1839 · Rooke Books

£42.00 (€50.35 | $55.50 | ¥8,863)

Edinburgh, Adam & Charles Black, 1839. Cloth. A second edition copy of M. Arago's memoir on James Watt and history of machinery. A second edition copy of M. Arago's memoir, 'Life of James Watt&apos. James Watt was a Scottish inventor, mechanical engineer, and ch...

Sixty Years of an Agitator&Apos;S Life

George Jacob Holyoake · 1892 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1892. First edition. Cloth. The two volume first edition of English newspaper editor George Holyoake's autobiography. The two volume first edition biography of the man, with frontispiece photogravure portrait, protected by tissue guard, to each vo...

Life of William Blake, &Apos;Pictor Ignotus&Apos;

Alexander Gilchrist · 1863 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.42 | $654.07 | ¥104,460)

London and Cambridge, Macmillan and Co. 1863. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this important biography of poet William Blake, in the publisher's original decorative binding and complete in two volumes. The first volume comprises a biographical account of Blake, a...

Lettres ãƒâ¡ Une Amie: Recueil de Quarante-Et-Une Lettres inãƒâ©Dites Addressãƒâ©S a Marie Nordlinger

Marcel Proust · 1942 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)

Manchester, Editions du Calame , 1942. First edition. Paperback. A limited French edition of this collection of letters by Marcel Proust, exchanged with Marie Nordlinger from 1899 to 1908. A limited edition to two hundred and twenty five copies, of which this is number thirty ...

The Mint

352087 A/c Ross [T E Lawrence] · 1955 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.87 | $145.35 | ¥23,213)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1955. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of T. E. Lawrence's memoirs of his time enlisted in the Royal Air Force. The first trade edition of this work, in the original unclipped dust wrapper.In 1924, Lawrence enlisted in the British Royal Air F...

The Domestic and Artistic Life of John Singleton Copley

Martha Babcock Amory · 1882 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

Boston, Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1882. Leather. A fascinating biography of John Singleton Copley, a painter of the eighteenth century, bound by Bartlett and Co. John Singleton Copley (1738-1815) was an artist active in colonial America and England. His works included lar...

Under the Quizzing Glass; a Lewis Carroll Miscellany

Lewis Carroll · 1972 · Rooke Books

£39.00 (€46.75 | $51.53 | ¥8,230)

London, Magpie Press, 1972. Cloth. A limited edition compiling various short pieces regarding Lewis Carroll, published for the centenary of the release of 'Through the Looking Glass&apos. Containing extracts, a poem, illustrations and studies of his life and work.Charles ...

Phiz" (Hablot Knight Browne) a Memoir Including a Selection from His Correspondence and Notes on His Principal Works

Fred G. Kitton · 1882 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, W. Satchell and Co. 1882. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition of this remarkable Hablot Knight Browne's illustrated biography by Fred Kitton. A remarkably well preserved first edition of this short biographical sketch of the illustrator known as "Phiz...

Letters from Mesopotamia in 1915 and January 1916, from Robert Palmer, Who Was Killed in the Battle of Um El Hannah, June 21, 1916 Aged 27 Years

Robert Palmer · 1926 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.68 | $363.37 | ¥58,033)

London, Printed for Private Circulation , [1926]. Cloth. A very scarce and excellent copy of this work comprising Robert Palmer's letters of his time at war in Mesopotamia. Undated. Dated from a privately published copyon Jisc [1926], held at the British Library. Compris...

The Life of James Mcneill Whistler

E. R. Pennell; J. Pennell · 1908 · Rooke Books

£475.00 (€569.45 | $627.65 | ¥100,239)

London, William Heinemann, 1908. First edition. Leather. A limited edition biography on the artist James McNeill Whilster, profusely illustrated, signed by the publisher. A limited edition work, limited to one hundred and fifty copies, this copy numbered one hundred and one.Si...

Streewalker

Anonymous · 1960 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

New York, The Viking Press, 1960. First edition. Cloth. A first American edition of this work alleging to be the autobiography of a London-based prostitute, in the well-preserved original dust wrapper. This work was published anonymously, and is a confessional work giving an i...

Green Leaves New Chapters in the Life of Charles Dickens

John Harrison Stonehouse · 1931 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, The Piccadilly Fountain Press, 1931. Hardback. A limited edition biography on the early life of Charles Dickens, looking at how his experiences influenced his novels. A limited edition work, limited to five hundred and thirty-five copies, of which this is numbered four...

Teena Rochfort-Smith. A Memoir.

Mary Grace Walker · 1883 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

Not Stated, Not Stated, 1883. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this privately circulated memoir celebrating the life of Teena Rochfort-Smith, illustrated with four woodburytypes. The first edition of this work.A very scarce work.Printed for private circulat...

The Lives of the Most Eminent Modern Painters

James Burgess · 1754 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Thomas Payne , 1754. First edition. Disbound. A scarce, first edition of this biographical treatise on modern painters by John Burgess. The title page notes 'J.B' which is 'James Burgess&apos. With sections on Pietro Francisco Mola, Francis Synders, Jo...

Counting My Steps Numbers

Jakov Lind · 1970 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.87 | $151.96 | ¥24,268)

London, Harper & Row, 1970-2. First edition. Cloth. A near fine first edition of Jakov Lind"s two autobiographies, both the author"s presentation copy to the publisher Tom Maschler. The first edition of these works. Two autobiographical works by Jakov Lind. In the original unc...