Biografia

Les Oeuvres de Bernard Palissy

Bernard Palissy; Anatole France · 1880 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

Paris, Charavay Freres , 1880. Fine Binding. A lovely copy of the compiled works of sixteenth-century French Huguenot potter, Bernard Palissy, sumptuously bound in full morocco by Morrell. A handsomely bound copy of the compiled works of sixteenth-century French Huguenot potte...

Fridtiof Nansen, 1861-1893

W. C. Brogger; Nordahl Rolfsen; William Archer [trans.] · 1896 · Rooke Books

£69.00 (€82.72 | $91.17 | ¥14,561)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1896. First edition. Cloth. The fascinating first English language edition of this thrilling and informative biography of a pioneering polar explorer. Illustrated throughout, and with colour folding maps. The first English language translation ...

The Life of Thomas Gent

Thomas Gent · 1832 · Rooke Books

£210.00 (€251.75 | $277.49 | ¥44,316)

London, Thomas Thorpe, 1832. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of Thomas Gent's posthumously published autobiography, detailing his life as a printer. Thomas Gent was an Irish-born printer and author, known for his publishing house in Yorkshire, where he produced many...

Una Page D&Apos;Amour de Ferdinand Lassalle

Ferdinand Lassalle · 1959 · Rooke Books

£37.00 (€44.36 | $48.89 | ¥7,808)

Sanford , The Overbrook Press, 1959. Cloth. A limited edition in the original French of this collection of love letters by Ferdinand Lassalle, an excellent copy. An edition limited to two hundred and fifty unnumbered copies, an uncommon work. In the original French, with an in...

The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte

Willem Lodewyk Van-ess · 1808 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London, W. Day for Jones and Bumford, 1808-10. Leather. A fourth edition of this scarce biographical work on Napoleon Bonaparte, illustrated with portraits and bound in contemporary leather. A scarce biographical account of one of the most important military leaders in French ...

Queen Victoria

Richard R. Holmes · 1897 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)

London, Boussod, Valadon & Co, 1897. First edition. Leather. A striking first edition biography on Queen Victoria, written by her librarian Richard R. Holmes. A lovely work from the library of Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie. The first edition of this work.Bound by Zaehnsdorf.A charm...

A Brief Memoir of Francis Fry

Theodore Fry · 1887 · Rooke Books

£575.00 (€689.33 | $759.78 | ¥121,342)

Bristol, Privately Printed , 1887. Cloth. A smart copy of this very scarce memoir of Bristol-based businessman and bibliographer Francis Fry, by his son, Theodore Fry. A fascinating memoir of Bristol-based businessman and bibliographer Francis Fry (1803-1886). Francis Fry prac...

Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley

Leonard Huxley · 1900 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1900. Cloth. A second impression of this biographical work containing the letters of Thomas Henry Huxley, a biologist. Thomas Henry Huxley was an English biologist specialising in comparative anatomy and a strong advocate of Darwin's the...

Western Worthies: A Gallery of Biographical and Critical Sketches of West of Scotland Celebrities

J. Stephen Jeans · 1782 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

Glasgow, At the Star Office , 1782. First edition. Cloth. A charming first edition comprising some biographical sketches of West of Scotland celebrities by Stephen Jeans, a scarce copy. The first edition of this charming volume by J. Stephen Jeans.Jeans proposes some short bio...

Reminiscences of Sir Walter Scott

John Gibson · 1871 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1871. First edition. Hardback. A very scarce first edition of John Gibson's reminiscences of Walter Scott in the occasion of the late author's centenary. John Gibson was a Scottish author to the Signet and intimate friend of Walter Sco...

Memoirs of the Life and Times of Daniel de Foe

Walter Wilson · 1830 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

London, Hurst, Change, and Co. 1830. First edition. Leather. A first edition set of the memoirs of Daniel De Foe, written by Walter Wilson Containing a view of his writings, and his opinions upon a variety of important matters, civil and ecclesiastical. Complete in three volum...

The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus

Washington Irving · 1846 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

Paris, Baudry's European Library, 1846. Leather. A charming little biographical sketch of Christopher Columbus, his life and travels. Italian explorer and navigator Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) was noted for his voyages across the Atlantic Ocean, paving the way for co...

Memoir of the Life of Laurence Oliphant, and Alice Oliphant, His Wife

Margaret Oliphant · 1891 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1891. Cloth. A smart two volume biography of Laurence and Alice Oliphant, published shortly after their deaths by a novelist cousin. A smart, two volume biography of Laurence Oliphant and his wide Alice Oliphant, from his cousi...

Sowing: An Autobiography of the Years 1880-1904

Virginia Woolf · 1960 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, The Hogarth Press, 1960. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition of Leonard Woolf's autobiographical work of the years 1880-1904, in the unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition of Leonard Woolf's autobiographical work detailing his life experiences...

Lewis Carroll: The Man and His Circle

Edward Wakeling · 2015 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, I B Tauris, 2015. First edition. Cloth. A fine first edition examination of the life of Lewis Carroll, by an international authority on the author. A first edition in the original unclipped dustwrapper.Edward Wakeling, the former chairman of the Lewis Carroll society, ...

Memoirs of the Life of Judge Jeffreys

Humphry W. Woolrych · 1827 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.85 | $171.78 | ¥27,434)

London, Henry Colburn, 1827. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this biography of the 'Hanging Judge', George Jeffreys, a Welsh judge active during the seventeenth century. George Jeffreys (1645-1689) was a Welsh judge remembered for serving as Lord Chancellor ...

When the Sirens Slept

Lord Dunsany · 1944 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Jarrolds , [1944]. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition copy of this autobiography by Lord Dunsany in the original dustwrapper. The first edition of this work. A delightful autobiography, recollecting Lord Dunsany's experiences in many lands as a poet,...

Douglas Haig: War Diaries and Letters 1914-1918

Gary Sheffield, John Bourne [ed.] · 2005 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

London, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2005. First edition. Cloth. A superb first edition, first impression copy of this illustrated selection of Senior Officer Douglas Haig's war diaries and letters. The first edition, first impression of this work. A selection of war diaries an...

Memoirs of Sir Thomas Lawrence

William Jerdan · 1831 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€899.12 | $991.02 | ¥158,272)

Anon, Anon, c1830. First edition. Cloth. An extremely scarce account of the life of English portrait painter Thomas Lawrence. A very scarce biographical work on the fourth president of the Royal Academy. No copies can be found institutionally. With the bookplate of one Reveren...

Memories of the Months

Sir Herbert Maxwell · 1909 · Rooke Books

£360.00 (€431.58 | $475.69 | ¥75,971)

London, Edward Arnold, 1909-1910. Leather. A smartly bound collection of Sir Herbert Maxwell's memoirs. Comprising the first five series of this work which was eventually seven series total.  At the time of publication these five series were all published. With the bookpl...