Biografia

In the Grip of the Nyika: Further Adventures in British East Africa

J. H. Patterson · 1909 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

New York, The Macmillan Company, 1909 . First edition. Cloth. The first US edition of Lieutenant-Colonel John Henry Patterson's account of his life in Africa, hunting Big Game and interacting with the local Masai. The US edition of this work, published in the same year as...

The Life of Samuel Johnson

James Boswell · 1851 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, Office of the National Illustrated Library, 1851. Cloth. A complete set of one of the most famous biographies of all time: James Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson. Tenth thousand. A new edition, elucidated by copious notes. Illustrated with hundreds of engravings i...

Extracts of the Journals and Correspondence of Miss Berry

Lady Theresa Lewis · 1865 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London , Longmans, Green, and Co, 1865. Cloth. An uncommon first edition of Extracts of the Journals and Correspondence of Miss Berry, written by noted biographer Maria Theresa Lewis. Mary Berry (1763-1852) was a English non-fiction writer, best known for her letters and journ...

The Autobiography of Osbert Sitwell

Osbert Sitwell · 1946 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, Macmillan & Co Ltd, 1946 - 1950. First edition. Cloth. A four volume set of the autobiography of Osbert Sitwell. Four of original five volumes. Lacking volume one. Still uncommon in dustwrappers Titles are: 'The Scarlet Tree' 'Great Morning' 'L...

Graven Image an Autobiographical Textbook

John Farleigh · 1940 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1940. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this autobiographical work by John Farleigh. The first edition with unclipped dustwrapper. Illustrated throughout, with photographs as well as examples of etchings and drawings by Farleigh himself and o...

What&Apos;S Past Is Prologue the Memoirs of Vincent Massey

Vincent Massey · 1963 · Rooke Books

£29.99 (€35.95 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Toronto , The Macmillan Company of Canada, 1963. First edition. Cloth. The memoirs of Vincent Massey, the Canadian lawyer and diplomat who served as the 18th Governor General of Canada. In this vivid account of his life, Massey (1887-1967) describes being Canada's first M...

The Swan in the Evening Fragments of an Inner Life

Rosamond Lehmann · 1967 · Rooke Books

£36.00 (€43.16 | $47.57 | ¥7,597)

London, Collins, 1967. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this spiritual autobiography by Rosamond Lehmann. The first edition. The autobiography has been described as Lehmann's 'Last Testament.' In the work she describes the emotions she felt following t...

Kaddish

Leon Wieseltier · 1998 · Rooke Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,276)

London, Picador, Macmillan, 1998. First edition. Cloth. A philosophical and partially autobiographical work by Leon Wieseltier. First Edition, first impression with the number line 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Held in original unclipped dustwrapper. This work is historical, philosophical...

Josiah Wedgwood

Robin Reilly · 1992 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Macmillan, 1992. First edition. Cloth. A handsome first edition of Robin Reilly's 'Josiah Wedgwood&apos. A comprehensive biography of Josiah Wedgwood, who founded the the famous china and porcelain company in Stoke-on-Trent in 1759. In a cloth binding with an...

Memorials of the Goldsmiths&Apos; Company Being Gleanings from the Records between the Years 1335 and 1815 in Two Volumes

Walter Sherburne Prideaux · 1896 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1896-1897. Leather. An uncommon collection of memorials from one of the Great Twelve Livery Companies of the City of London; The Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths. Privately printed, and "Presented by the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths of the City...

A Memoir of Barbara, Duchess of Cleveland

G Steinman Steinman · 1871 · Rooke Books

£390.00 (€467.54 | $515.33 | ¥82,302)

Unknown, Printed for Private Circulation only, 1871. Leather. A scarce copy of this memoir of the Duchess of Cleveland. To which is added 'An Addenda to A Memoir of Barbara, Duchess of Cleveland' (1874) Privately circulated. This copy was a gift from the author to hi...

A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith with a Selection of His Letters

Lady Holland, Mrs Austin (ed) · 1855 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London , Longmans, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1855. Leather. An affectionate memoir of wit, writer and cleric Sydney Smith. Written by his daughter, Lady Saba Holland, the second wife of Sir Henry Holland. Sydney Smith published several sermons and religious work. His reputati...

Some Account of the Life and Opinions of Charles, Second Earl Grey

Lieut.-General Hon. C. Grey · 1861 · Rooke Books

£220.00 (€263.74 | $290.70 | ¥46,427)

London, Richard Bentley, 1861. Leather. A very scarce edition of this biography of former Prime Minister Charles Grey. A member of the Whig Party, he backed significant reform of the British government and was among the primary architects of the Reform Act 1832. In addition to...

Recollections of the Life of Lord Byron

R C Dallas · 1824 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, Charles Knight, 1824. First edition. Leather. A nicely presented first edition of these detailed set of accounts on the life of prolific author, Lord Byron. Presentation copy "From her affectionate friend the author." "From the year 1808 to the end of 1814; exhibiting ...

The Diary of George Bubb Dodington Baron of Melcombe Regis: From March 8, 1748-9, to Frebruary 6, 1761 with an Appendix Containg Some Curious and Interesting Papers Which Are Either Referred to, or Alluded in the Diary. Now First Published from His Lordship&Apos;S Original Manuscripts.

Henry Penruddocke Wyndham · 1784 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

Salisbury, E. Easton, 1784 . First edition. Leather. A very scarce first edition of this important diary complete with half title page. Full calf leather binding with gilt detail to spine. This copy would benefit from a rebind and is priced accordingly. George Bubb Dodington, ...

Charlotte Mary Yonge Her Life and Letters

Christabel Coleride · 1903 · Rooke Books

£27.00 (€32.37 | $35.68 | ¥5,698)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1903. First edition. Cloth. A fascinating first edition copy of Christabel Coleridge's biography of author, Charlotte Mary Yonge published two years after her death. Copiously illustrated with black and white plates throughout, including a fronti...

My First Alphabet

John Loch · 1994 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

Marlborough, John Loch, 1994. Hardback. A lovely copy of the memoir of John Loch, a former service worker in the colonies. Signed by the author to the title page: 'Stephen With many happy memories (p115 - 133) John' A limited edition, one of 115. In a paper binding. ...

Memoirs of Benvenuto Cellini, a Florentine Artist

Benvenuto Cellini · 1822 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London , Henry Colburn and Co. 1822. Cloth. A two volume first thus set of this autobiographical text. In the publisher's original bindings which have suffered a bit as they were never intended to last, but still a clean original set. The first translation by Thomas Rosco...

Giovanni Boccaccio As Man and Author

John Addington Symonds · 1895 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London , John C. Nimmo, 1895. Cloth. A biography of the Italian author of the Decameron, by the notable English biographer John Addington Symonds. Symonds wrote a number of biographies of writers and artists, and these often reflected his interest in the Renaissance, which is ...

Reminiscences of Thought and Feeling

Mary Kelty · 1852 · Rooke Books

£69.99 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,770)

London , Pickering, 1852. Cloth. A charming Pickering edition from Mary Kelty. This lovely little cloth-bound volume contains Kelty's autobiographical treatise on character; on rough-cut paper with broad, clear margins. Complete with publisher's catalogue. Bound in c...