Biografia

Gavarni in London: Sketches of Life and Character

Albert Smith [ed.] · 1849 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.69 | $297.24 | ¥47,465)

London, David Bogue, 1849. First edition. Cloth. A wonderful example of the first edition of this charming work, which combines the satirical illustrations of Gavarni with humorous commentary upon London life. The first edition.Illustrated with a frontispiece, title page, and ...

Quarrels of Authors; or, Some Memoirs for Our Literary History

1814 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.80 | $191.55 | ¥30,589)

London, John Murray, 1814. First edition. Vellum. A complete first edition of Isaac D'Israeli's biographical series on literary authors and their quarrels or controversies. First edition. Complete in three volumes. Uniformly bound in half vellum, with marbled paper ...

Memorials of the Tower of London

Lieut-Gen Lord de Ros · 1866 · Rooke Books

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

7.5" by 5, John Murray, 1866. First edition. Leather. An inscribed first edition copy of Lord de Ros's illustrated memoir of the most noted inmates of the Tower of London, written by the Lieutenant-general of the Tower, and re-backed in lovely decorative crushed morocco, ...

The Death of Christopher Marlowe

J. Leslie Hotson · 1925 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

London, The Nonesuch Press, 1925. First edition. Cloth. A fascinating first edition of this exploration of the death of Christopher Marlowe by Leslie Hotson. First edition, first impression. Illustrated with a folding facsimile frontispiece and four plates. Collated complete. ...

Richard Dehmels Tagebuch 1893-94

Richard Dehmel · 1921 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

Leipzig, Dehmel Gesellschaft, 1921. First edition. Hardback. A smart first printing of this very scarce diary from German poet and writer Richard Dehmel, in the original German. German. Very scarce work. The first printing of this work from the Dehmel Society. A record of the ...

Ariel: The Life of Shelley

Andre Maurois; Ella D'Arcy · 1925 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)

New York, D. Appleton and Company, 1925. Hardback. The second U.S. edition of Andre Maurois' biography on Percy Shelley, complete with colourful plates. The second U.S. edition, translated by Ella D'Arcy.An insightful life of Percy Bysshe Shelley, exploring the perso...

Life&Apos;S Enchanted Cup: An Autobiography (1872-1933)

Mrs. C. S. Peel [Constance Peel] · 1933 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, John Lane The Bodley Head Limited , 1933. Cloth. A desirable early edition of this autobiography of Constance Peel, best known for her household management and cookery books. The second edition of this work, published in the same year as the first. With the very scarc...

Winston S. Churchill (Companion Volumes I and II)

Randolph S. Churchill · 1967 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.27 | ¥52,739)

London, Heinemann, 1967-1969. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing collection offering four companion parts to Winston S. Churchill's authorised biography. Comprising two first edition companion volumes across four parts. Not including Part 3 of Volume II. With the original ...

The Mint: A Day-Book of the R.A. F. Depot between August and December 1922

T. E. Lawrence · 1955 · Rooke Books

£118.00 (€141.44 | $155.89 | ¥24,893)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1955. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of T. E. Lawrence's insightful memoirs of his time as an enlisted man in the Royal Air Force. First edition. When, in 1922, T. E. Lawrence enlisted in the ranks of the R.A.F. under the name of John H...

My Early Life: A Roving Commission & Great Contemporaries

Sir Winston S. Churchill · 1949 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, Odhams Press Ltd. 1949. Cloth. Two volumes of works from British statesman and former Prime Minister Sir Winston S. Churchill. Two volumes of a four volume set. Later editions. Written by Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, a British statesman, military officer, and...

Marlborough His Life and Times

Winston S. Churchill · 1933 · Rooke Books

£1,950.00 (€2,337.35 | $2,576.07 | ¥411,366)

London, George G. Harrap & Co LTD, 1933-38. First edition. Cloth. A sought after first impression set in unclipped dust wrappers of Winston Churchill's monumental biography on his ancestor, the Duke of Marlborough, complete with all plates and folding maps. The first edit...

The Life and Letters of Frances Baroness Bunsen

Augustus J. C. Hare · 1879 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

London, Daldy, Isbister & Co. 1879. First edition. Cloth. A first edition set of this biography of Welsh painter Frances Baroness Bunsen. Complete in two volumes. First edition. With a portrait frontispiece to each volume. The life and collected letters of Baroness Frances Wad...

Messing About in Boats

Surgeon Rear-Admiral John R. Muir · 1938 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.05 | ¥50,630)

London, Blackie and Son Limited , 1938. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing association copy of this autobiographical work from accomplished yachtsman and Surgeon Rear-Admiral, John R. Muir. Signed by the author to the front free endpaper, dedicated to one R. Lionel Foster, "with...

Les Promenades de Victorine; Ou, Morale de L&Apos;Enfance.

Mademoiselle Le Noir [Elizabeth Anne Le Noir] · 1804 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

A Londres, W. Spilsbury; T. Boosey, 1804 . Leather. The second edition of this exceptionally scarce instructive work written for young ladies by Elizabeth Anne Le Noir. Bound in full calf. Second edition, corrected and enlarged. Vanishingly scarce, as with any other works writ...

Memorials of the Missionary Career of the Rev. James Laing

James Laing; William Govan · 1875 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.27 | ¥52,739)

Glasgow, David Bryce and Son, 1875. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce biography on the life of missionary Reverend James Laing. The first edition of this very scarce work.A biography on the Reverend James Laing, a missionary of the Free Church of Scot...

Life of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy

W. A. Lampadius; William Leonhard Gage [ed.] · 1877 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

London, William Reeves , 1877. Cloth. A smart second edition of this biography of German composer, Felix Mendelssohn. The revised second edition of this work, exploring the life and career of Felix Mendelssohn, a German composer, pianist and conductor of the early Romantic per...

Everybody&Apos;S Pepys: The Diary of Samuel Pepys 1660-1669

Samuel Pepys; O. F. Morshead [editor] · 1926 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.29 | ¥58,013)

London, G. Bell and Sons Ltd, 1926. Leather. A smartly bound and richly illustrated abridged edition of the diary of Samuel Pepys, the first edited by O. F. Morshead. The first appearance of this abridged version of 'The Diary of Samuel Pepys', edited by O. F. Morshe...

Frederick Edwin Earl of Birkenhead

The Earl of Birkenhead [Frederick Smith] · 1933 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, Thornton Butterworth Ltd. 1933-1935. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition two volume set of this biographical work on Frederick Edwin Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead. Complete in two volumes. First edition. The First Phase is illustrated with a colour frontispiece...

Winston S. Churchill

Martin Gilbert; Randolph S. Churchill · 1967 · Rooke Books

£3,700.00 (€4,434.97 | $4,887.93 | ¥780,540)

London; New York, Heinemann; Houghton Mifflin Company, 1967-90. First edition. Cloth. A set of Winston Churchill's authorised and illustrated biography, including volumes signed by Martin Gilbert, Clementine Churchill, and Randolph Churchill. Nine volumes of Randolph Chur...

Paul Verlaine

Harold Nicolson · 1921 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

Boston and New York, Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1921. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first US edition of this biography of French poet Paul-Marie Verlaine from Sir Harold George Nicolson. First US edition. Scarce edition. A biography of Paul-Marie Verlaine, a French poet a...