Biografia

The Letters of J.E. Flecker to Frank Savery

J. E. Flecker · 1926 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.05 | ¥10,548)

London , Beaumont Press, 1926. First edition. Cloth. A beautiful and limited edition collection of a novelist and playwright's letters to his closest friend. James Elroy Flecker was a British novelist and playwright. The forward is written by James Elroy Flecker's wi...

Wanderings and Memories

J. G. Millais · 1919 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.29 | ¥17,931)

London, Longmans, Green and Co. 1919. Cloth. A lovely first edition of John Guille Millais' autobiography detailing his fondness for game hunting, illustrated by the author. An autobiographical work describing the author's love of game hunting and for Scotland, where...

Boswell&Apos;S Life of Johnson

James Boswell; George Birkbeck Hill [ed.] · 1887 · Rooke Books

£1,300.00 (€1,558.23 | $1,717.38 | ¥274,244)

Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1887 . First edition. Leather. James Boswell's complete six volume biography of Samuel Johnson, beautifully bound in half calf, and illustrated throughout. The first edition of this work to be edited by George Birkbeck Hill. In beautiful signed ha...

Riders of Time

Mabel Brookes · 1967 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

Melbourne, Macmillan of Australia, 1967. First edition. Cloth. A first edition signed copy of socialite Mabel Brookes' memoir about Australian history, with beautiful colour illustrations. First edition, first impression.Signed by the author and illustrator. Illustrations...

High Diver

Michael Wishart · 1977 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.75 | $244.40 | ¥39,027)

London, Blond & Briggs, 1977. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon first edition of Michael Wishart's controversial autobiography, which shows off his bohemian lifestyle. This work details encounters with the author's friends, including Lucian Freud, Francis Bacon, Jean...

My Early Life: A Roving Commission

The Rt. Hon. Winston S. Churchill · 1930 · Rooke Books

£325.00 (€389.56 | $429.34 | ¥68,561)

London, Thornton Butterworth Limited, 1930. Cloth. A first edition, first impression of Churchill's autobiographical work exploring his formative years, with illustrations throughout. An immediate success, this work covers Winston Churchill's schooldays and youth, hi...

Gilbert White Pioneer, Poet, and Stylist

Walter Johnson · 1928 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

London, John Murray, 1928. First edition. Cloth. A delightful first edition examining the life's work of Gilbert White, including his poetry as well as his ecological contributions. Gilbert White was a world famous, pioneering naturalist and ornithologist. Best known for ...

The Farington Diary, Volumes I and II

Joseph Farington; James Greig · 1923 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.69 | $297.24 | ¥47,465)

London, Hutchinson & Co. 1923. First edition. Leather. A first edition copy of the diary of English painter Joseph Farington, covering the years 1793 to 1804. The personal copy of British journalist William Hardcastle, with extra illustrations and newspaper articles tipped-in....

Good As Gold; God Knows; Picture This; Closing Time; Now and Then; Portrait of an Artist, As an Old Man

Joseph Heller · 1979 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

New York; London, Simon and Schuster; Jonathan Cape; Macmillan; Scribner, 1979-2000. First edition. Cloth. Six pleasing copies of the works of American novelist Joseph Heller, including four U.K. first editions. Six works from American novelist and writer Joseph Heller, each i...

Memoirs of John Evelyn, Comprising His Diary from 1641 to 1705-6. And a Selection of His Familiar Letters

John Evelyn; William Bray [ed.] · 1666 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

London, Frederick Warne & Co. c1879. Vellum. A beautiful copy bound in full vellum of the memoirs of John Evelyn. A beautiful copy of this volume comprising John Evelyn memoirs and diary from his adult life until his death, as well as a selection of family letters, rebound in ...

Winston S. Churchill

Randolph S. Churchill · 1967 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)

London, Heinemann, 1967. First edition. Cloth. A lovely copy of the first companion volume to the official biography of Sir Winston Churchill, complete in two parts and homes in the original cardboard slipcases. The first companion volume to the official biography of Sir Winst...

The Royal George 1819-1904

Giles St. Aubyn · 1963 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.19 | ¥36,917)

London, Constable, 1963. First edition. Leather. An illustrated first edition biography on the life of Prince George the Duke of Cambridge, a lovely copy bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe for Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie. The first edition of this work.An insightful biography into th...

Memoirs of the Rev. Dr. Joseph Priestley

Dr. Joseph Priestley · 1809 · Rooke Books

£220.00 (€263.70 | $290.63 | ¥46,411)

London, Joseph Johnson, 1809. Cloth. An early edition of Joseph Priestley's autobiography, who was best known for discovering oxygen. Dr. Joseph Priestley was an English chemist and philosopher, credited with the discovery of oxygen in 1774 and known for his works on elec...

Wavell Scholar and Soldier to June 1941

John Connell · 1964 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.05 | ¥50,630)

London, Collins, 1964. First edition. Leather. The first edition of John Connell's biography on Archibald Wavell, an important figure in the British Army, illustrated throughout. The first edition of this work.In a signed binding by Harry Bailey & Raymond Whitaker.A biogr...

Blasting and Bombardiering

Wyndham Lewis · 1937 · Rooke Books

£525.00 (€629.29 | $693.56 | ¥110,752)

London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1937. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of the great Wyndham Lewis' autobiography. With the publisher's original unclipped dustwrapper.Wyndham Lewis co-founded the artistic Vorticist movement and edited their literary magaz...

The Enemy: A Biography of Wyndham Lewis

Jeffrey Meyers · 1980 · Rooke Books

£29.00 (€34.76 | $38.31 | ¥6,118)

London, Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1980. First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first impression of noted author Wyndham Lewis' biography by Jeffrey Meyers. An excellent copy in the unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of Jeffrey Meyer's biogr...

Le Chevalier Des Glaces: Aventures de Mer de Jean-Baptiste Charcot

Marc Dubu · 1943 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.74 | $58.13 | ¥9,282)

Paris , Societe Parisienne d'Edition, [1943]. Cloth. A very charming volume detailing Jean-Baptiste Charcot's adventures in the Antarctic, with lovely illustrations by Le Bret. Undated, dated from Jisc from a copy held at the British Library [1943]A French volume, pu...

The Caliph of Fonthill: The Story of William Beckford

H A N Brockman · 1956 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

London , Werner Laurie , 1956 . First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition of this illustrated biography of the eccentric novelist William Beckford by H. A. N. Brockman. The first edition of this exciting work by H. A. N. Brockman. Concerning the life and environment of...

T E Lawrence to His Biographer Robert Graves and Liddell Hart: Information About Himself, in the Form of Letters, Notes, Answers to Questions and Conversations

T E Lawrence; Robert Graves; Liddell Hart · 1938 · Rooke Books

£895.00 (€1,072.78 | $1,182.35 | ¥188,806)

London, Faber and Faber , 1938. First edition. Cloth. A fascinating set complete in two first editions illustrating T E Lawrence's intimate work with his biographers Robert Graves and Liddell Hart. A limited edition signed by Graves and Hart in slipcase. The first edition...

The Prince of Storytellers: The Life of E. Phillips Oppenheim

Robert Standish · 1957 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

London, Peter Davies, 1957. First edition. Cloth. A lovely and very scarce first edition of this volume illustrating the life of E. Phillips Oppenheim. The first edition of this work. A very scarce volume, held institutionally by two libraries only. A fascinating work by Robe...