Biografia

Jane Austen&Apos;S Sailor Brothers

J. H. Hubback; Edith C. Hubback · 1906 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.74 | $251.00 | ¥40,082)

London, John Lane The Bodley Head, 1906 . First edition. Cloth. Fascinating illustrated first edition on the lives and nautical careers of Jane Austen's brothers, written by relatives of Austen. First edition.In publisher's original cloth binding.Illustrated with a f...

Memoir of John Kay; of Bury, County of Lancaster, Inventor of the Fly-Shuttle, Metal Reeds

John Lord; William Lord; Archibald Sparke · 1903 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)

Rochdale, James Clegg, Aldine Press, 1903 . Cloth. A limited edition copy of this illustrated memoir of the inventor of the flying shuttle, with folding plates. A limited edition copy, with only 300 large paper copies being printed.In full red cloth binding.Illustrated with a ...

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Noel Coward · 1937 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1937. First edition. Cloth. A smart first impression copy of Noel Coward's autobiography, an illustrated account of his early life. The first edition of the work.In publisher's original blue cloth binding. The first volume of Noel Cowa...

The Diamond Smugglers

Ian Fleming · 1957 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.39 | $594.48 | ¥94,931)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1957 . First edition. Cloth. Illustrated throughout, this is the first edition of this thrilling work of true crime by the creator of James Bond, Ian Fleming. The first edition, first impression, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The standard issue...

William Morris: Craftsman-Socialist

Holbrook Jackson · 1908 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)

London, A. C. Fifield , 1908. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this charming biographical study of William Morris, from British journalist and leading bibliophile Holbrook Jackson. Signed by the author to the front free endpaper. An uncommon first edition of th...

The Thunderer"ã‚â  in the Making (1785-1841) (1935) the Tradition Established (1841-1884) (1939) the Twentieth Century Test (1884-1912) (1947) the 150th Anniversary and Beyond: Part I (1912-1920) (1952) the 150th Anniversary and Beyond: Part IIã‚â (1921-1948) (1952)

The Times · 1935 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.74 | $251.00 | ¥40,082)

London, The Times, 1935-1952. First edition. Cloth. A nice five volume set of the first edition of The Times' The History of the Times, each volume with tipped-in plate frontispieces and further illustrations throughout.  The first edition of The Times' The History ...

The Life of Eric Gill (1966) by Robert Speaight the Autobiography of G. Lowes Dickinson (1973) by Dennis Proctor Rose Macaulay: A Writer&Apos;S Life (1991) by Jane Emery the Diaries of Sylvia Townsend Warner (1994) by Claire Harman [Ed. ] Cyril Connolly: A Life (1997) by Jeremy Lewis

Multiple authors · 1966 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.34 | ¥28,479)

London, Methuen & Co.; Gerald Duckworth & Co; John Murray; Chatto & Windus; Jonathan Cape, 1966-1997. First edition. Cloth. A collection of fine, first edition biographies of renowned English figures from a variety of fields, in the original unclipped dust wrappers.  A collec...

A View of the Character and Public Services of the Late John Howard

John Aikin · 1792 · Rooke Books

£440.00 (€527.40 | $581.27 | ¥92,821)

London, J. Johnson, 1792. First edition. Leather. The first edition of John Aikin's biographical sketch of John Howard, bound in smart full contemporary calf. The first edition.Illustrated with a monochrome engraved frontispiece. Biographical sketch by John Aikin of the ...

The Diving-Bell and the Butterfly

Jean-Dominique Bauby; Jeremy Leggatt [trans.] · 2009 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.71 | ¥62,232)

London, Fourth Estate, 2009 . Cloth. A wonderful example of this very scarce limited edition of Jean-Dominique Bauby's celebrated memoir, in a striking dust wrapper by artist Sam Porritt. A very scarce limited edition, being number 1,692 of a limited edition of 2,000 copi...

Athenae Oxonienses. An Exact History of All the Writers and Bishops Who Have Had Their Education in the Most Ancient and Famous University of Oxford

Anthony Wood · 1721 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.71 | ¥62,232)

London, R. Knaplock; D. Midwinter, and J. Tonson, 1721 . Leather. The second edition of Anthony Wood's important study on the history and antiquities of Oxford and its affluent University, complete in two volumes. The two volume second edition of this work, in contemporar...

Rex Whistler: His Life and His Drawings

Laurence Whistler · 1948 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

London, Art and Technics Ltd. 1948. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated biography of British artist Rex Whistler, with his own illustrations. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, forty-eight pages of images, and numerous in-text figures. ...

Memoirs of the Life of John Philip Kemble, Esq. Including a History of the Stage, from the Time of Garrick to the Present Period

James Boaden · 1825 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.71 | ¥62,232)

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1825. First edition. Leather. A smartly bound two volume first edition set of James Boaden's biography on the life of the renowned actor, John Philip Kemble, bound in full calf. The first edition. Illustrated with a m...

The Life of John Nicholson, Soldier and Administrator, Based on Private and Hitherto Unpublished Documents

Captain Lionel J. Trotter · 1908 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

London, John Murray, 1908. Leather. A later edition of this biographical study of Brigadier General John Nicholson, with maps. Later edition, first published in 1897. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece and three maps, two of which are folding. Collated complete. The life...

Memoirs of Martha: An Autobiography

Martha [Pseudonym]; Agnes Stokes · 1934 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Arthur Barker Ltd. 1934 . Cloth. A vanishingly scarce copy and the first cheap edition of the autobiography of a domestic servant, Martha, a narrative recounted and fictionalised by her mistress. In the publisher's original cloth binding.This copy is the first che...

The Attache at Peking

A. B. Freeman-Mitford [Bernard Freeman-Mitford] · 1900 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.19 | $786.03 | ¥125,519)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1900. First edition. Cloth. A first edition signed copy of A. B. Freeman-Mitford's scarce account of his time in China, in the original very scarce publisher's cloth. Inscribed by the author to his son. The first edition of this sca...

The Life of William Ewart Gladstone

John Morley · 1905 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1905-1906. Leather. A smartly bound new edition of this biographical study of British politician William Ewart Gladstone. Complete in two volumes. New edition. With a portrait frontispiece to volume one. A detailed biographical commentary on ...

An Historical and Critical Account of the Life and Writings of Wm Chillingworth, Chancellor of the Church of Sarum

[Pierre Des Maizeaux] · 1725 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, T. Woodward, 1725. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this very scarce biography on the life of the controversial religious author and churchman. The first edition. With decorative headpieces. A biographical, critical and historical account on the life and ...

The Diary of the Right Hon. William Windham 1784 to 1810

Mrs. Henry Baring · 1866 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co, 1866. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of these diaries from Whig politician William Windham. The first edition. Scarce. This copy bearing the bookplate of the Laurence family to the front pastedown. With a familial connection to t...

153 Letters from W. H Hudson

W. H. Hudson; Edward Garnett (ed.) · 1923 · Rooke Books

£34.00 (€40.75 | $44.92 | ¥7,173)

1923, The Nonesuch Press, 1923. First edition. Cloth. A limited edition copy of the letters of Anglo-Argentine author, W.H Hudson. A limited edition of this work, being copy seven hundred and forty four of one thousand numbered copies. In the original publisher's brown cl...

Griffith John: The Story of Fifty Years in China

R. Wardlaw Thompson · 1906 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.19 | ¥36,917)

London, The Religious Tract Society, 1906 . First edition. Leather. The very scarce first edition of R. Wardlaw Thompson's illustrated biography of Christian missionary Griffith John, a translator of the Bible into Chinese. The very scarce first edition, first impression....