Biografia

1906 Letters of Philip Gawdy

Philip Gawdy; Isaac Herbert Jeayes · 1906 · Rooke Books

£235.00 (€281.68 | $310.45 | ¥49,575)

London, J. B. Nichols and Sons, 1906 . Cloth. A lovely collection of the letters of Philip Gawdy, a prolific letter writer of the Tudor times. Philip Gawdy (1562-1617) was an English letter writer and landowner from a family of politicians; his letters are held at the British ...

The Book of Wonderful Characters Memoirs and Anecdotes of Remarkable and Eccentric Persons in All Ages and Countries

James Caulfield, Henry Wilson · 1790 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.52 | $462.37 | ¥73,835)

London, John Camden Hotten , c1869. First edition. Cloth. A highly compelling and scarce book comprising biographies of remarkable people compiled by Henry Wilson and James Caulfield. A first edition of this scarce work.An ode to individuality, this book groups together people...

Memoirs and Letters of Sir James Paget

Stephen Paget [ed.] · 1901 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.05 | ¥10,548)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1901. Cloth. A second edition copy of this collection of memoirs and letters by popular English surgeon Sir James Paget, illustrated. The second edition of this work. Comprising a series of letters and memoirs by Sir James Paget, edited by Step...

Sketches from Memory

G. A. Storey · 1899 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1899. Cloth. A collection of vignette autobiographical tales, profusely illustrated by the author. G. A. Storey (1834-191) was an English painter and illustrator who drew heavily from the Pre-Raphaelites and later Charles Robert Leslie. His reputation ...

Diaries and Letters

Harold Nicolson · 1966 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.32 | ¥23,205)

London, Collins, 1966-68. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the diaries and letters of Harold Nicolson, the husband of Vita Sackville-West. The first edition of this work.Complete in three volumes.The diaries and letters of Harold Nicolson, covering the time period of...

The Life of Torquato Tasso

Robert Milman · 1850 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, Henry Colburn, 1850. First edition. Cloth. A complete first edition of Robert Milman's fascinating biography on the life of the Italian poet Torquato Tasso. The first edition of this work.Complete in two volumes.A scarce work.A detailed biography on the life and w...

A Memoir of Charles Mayne Young, Tragedian

Julian Charles Young · 1871 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1871. Leather. A smart second edition of this biography on the life of the tragic actor Charles Mayne Young, illustrated throughout. The second edition of this work, complete in one volume.A touching biography on the life of the actor Charles Mayne Y...

Memoirs of the Life and Times of Sir Christopher Hatton

Sir Harris Nicolas · 1847 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.58 | ¥35,863)

London, Richard Bentley, 1847. First edition. Fine Binding. A finely bound, first edition of this important biography. An exquisite copy, in a lovely half calf binding. With errata tipped in following the contents pages. Illustrated, with a frontispiece. Sir Christopher Hatton...

The Birth-Place, Home, Churches, and Other Places Connected with the Author of "the Christian Year," Illustrated in Thirty-Two Photographs by W. Savage; with Notes by the Rev. J.F. Moor, Jun. , M.A. , Incumbent of Ampfiled

Rev. J. F. Moor · 1866 · Rooke Books

£440.00 (€527.40 | $581.27 | ¥92,821)

Winchester; London, William Savage; James Parker and Co, 1866. First edition. Cloth. A scarce work on the Oxford Movement founder Rev. Keeble, illustrated by 32 real photographs. First edition, published the year after John Keble's death. Illustrated with 32 photographs b...

A Middy&Apos;S Recollections 1853-1860

Victor Alexander Montagu · 1900 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1900. Cloth. An interesting memoir recounting the author's experience in the navy during his youth, illustrated throughout. Victor Montagu's memoir of his time in the navy. The author, Victor Alexander Montagu, documents his career ser...

George Hope of Fenton Barns a Sketch of His Life

Charlotte Hope · 1881 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.74 | $251.00 | ¥40,082)

Edinburgh, David Douglas, 1881. First edition. Leather. An interesting memoir on the agriculturist George Hope, written by his daughter Charlotte Hope. A memoir of the life of George Hope. Hope was an agriculturist, holding the farm Fenton Barns, which was internationally gene...

A Tour Thro&Apos; the Whole Island of Great Britain, Divided Into Circuits or Journies

Daniel Defoe, [intro. by G.D.H. Cole] · 1927 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.80 | $191.55 | ¥30,589)

London, Peter Davies, 1927. Cloth. A complete two volume set of Daniel Defoe's brilliant guided tour around Great Britain, illustrated with numerous maps and this edition limited to 1,000 copies. A charming limited edition of A Tour Thro' the Whole Island of Great Br...

The Lakeside Classics: (1981) Skyward; (1986) Autobiography of an English Soldier in the United States Army; (1994) My Life East and West.

Richard Evelyn Byrd; William R. Anderson; George Ballentine; William H. Goetzmann; William S. Hart; Martin Ridge · 1981 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

Chicago, R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company, 1981-94. Cloth. A smart collection of three uniformly bound installments in R. R. Donnelley & Sons "Lakeside Classics" series. Collection comprised of: (1981) Skyward by Richard Evelyn Byrd, ed. by William R. Anderson; (1986) Autobiogra...

The Chambers of Marshall Hall: 125 Years

Malcolm Spence · 2005 · Rooke Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

Chichester, Aenas Press, 2005. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce signed first edition of this fascinating history of the Chambers of Sir Edward Marshall Hall, encased in the original dust wrapper. First edition. Very scarce.   Signed by the author to the front free endpaper...

The Life of Sir Richard Hill, Bart.

Rev. Edwin Sidney · 1839 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London, R. B. Seeley and W. Burnside, 1839. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of a biography on the Shropshire MP and Methodist patron, a keen supporter of William Pitt the Younger. The scarce first edition of The Life of Sir Richard Hill, Bart. the Tory Member of Parlia...

A Narrative of Travels in the United States of America

Wm. O'Bryan [William O'Bryan] · 1836 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.33 | $653.93 | ¥104,424)

London, For the Author, by S. Thorne; Gilbert and Co, 1836 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of Methodist preacher William O'Bryan's account of his travels in New England and the wider United States. A very scarce first edition. Illustrated with a...

Writing at the Kitchen Table: Elizabeth David

Artemis Cooper · 1999 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, Michael Joseph, 1999. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of a biography on the fascinating food pioneer who brought European cuisine to British audiences, written and signed by biographer Artemis Cooper. The first edition of the authorised biography of food pionee...

Narrative of the United States&Apos; Expedition to the River Jordan and the Dead Sea

W. F. Lynch · 1849 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.11 | ¥61,177)

London, Richard Bentley, 1849 . First edition. Cloth. Impressively illustrated throughout, this is the scarce first UK edition of United States Navy officer William F. Lynch's account of his travels along the River Jordan and in the Dead Sea. The first UK edition of this ...

Two Women: A Book of Words and Pictures

Laurie Lee · 1983 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

London, Andre Deutsch, 1983 . First edition. Cloth. A very smart signed first edition copy of this movingly sentimental memoir by poet Laurie Lee, signed to the title page. The first edition.Signed by the author to the title page. In the publisher's original red cloth bi...

The Life of William Ewart Gladstone

John Morley · 1903 · Rooke Books

£99.99 (€119.85 | $132.09 | ¥21,094)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1903. Cloth. The highest authority on the life of William Gladstone by his 'main prop': his close friend and key orchestrator of his public success, John Morley Includes tissue-guarded frontispieces to each volume. Complete in three volumes....