Biografia

Twenty Years a-Growing

Maurice O'Sullivan; Moya Llewelyn Davies [translator]; George Thomson [translator] · 1933 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1933. First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of this autobiography from Irish author Maurice O'Sullivan, with unique memoirs from his time living on the Great Blasket Island. First UK edition. The autobiography of Muiris Ó Súilleabháin, ang...

Letters from Settlers & Labouring Emigrants, in the New Zealand Company&Apos;S Settlements of Wellington, Nelson, & New Plymouth. From February, 1842, to January, 1843.

Various · 1843 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.82 | ¥83,328)

London, Smith, Elder and Co. 1843 . First edition. Paperback. A very scarce compilation of letters written by those who emigrated to New Zealand in the mid nineteenth century, working for the New Zealand Company establishing settlements across the country. First edition. Bound...

The Life and Art of W. Heath Robinson

Langston Day · 1947 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London, Herbert Joseph Limited, 1947. First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first impression of this biography of cartoonist W. Heath Robinson, illustrated throughout with plates of his own works. First edition, first impression. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece, on...

The Laureate of Pessimism: A Sketch of the Life and Character of James Thomson ("B.V. ")

Bertram Dobell · 1910 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, Published By The Author, 1910. First edition. Cloth. Three different first edition issues of Bertram Dobell's brief biography on the life of his friend, James Thomson. A set of three first editions of 'The Laureate of Pessimism: A Sketch of the Life and Chara...

The Terezin Requiem

Josef Bor; Edith Pargeter [trans.] · 1963 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

London, Heinemann, 1963. First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of this autobiographical novel about the Jewish musician Rafael Schächter and his staging of Verdi"s Requiem at Terezín. The first UK edition of this work. With the publisher's original unclipped dust ...

Lavengro; the Scholar - the Gypsy - the Priest.

George Borrow · 1851 · Rooke Books

£280.00 (€335.62 | $369.90 | ¥59,068)

London, John Murray, 1851 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of George Borrow's semi-autobiographical novel, telling the story of a man of many titles, complete here in three volumes, bound by E. Pouget. The first edition.Bound by E. Pouget in full crushed morocc...

Contemporary Portraits

Frank Harris · 1915 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

New York, Mitchell Kennerley, 1915. First edition. Cloth. A very pleasing first edition of Frank Harris' series of biographies of contemporary eminent figures. The first edition of this work. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Illustrated with a frontispiec...

The Right Joyous and Pleasant History of the Feats, Gests, and Prowesses of the Chevalier Bayard

The Loyal Servant [Jacques de Mailles]; Sara Coleridge [trans.] · 1825 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

London, John Murray, 1825. First edition. Leather. The first English edition of this biography of the illustrious knight, Chevalier Bayard, narrated by his companion in arms, Jacques de Mailles. The first English edition, complete in two volumes.In a half calf binding with mar...

The Arts and Artists, or Anecdotes and Relics of the Schools of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture

James Elmes · 1825 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, John Knight & Henry Lacey, 1825 . First edition. Hardback. Volumes II and III of a three volume first edition from James Elmes, regarding painting, sculpture and architecture through the centuries. The first edition of this work.Volumes II and III only of a three volum...

The Letters Pf Rudyard Kipling: Volume 1: 1872-89; Volume 2: 1890-1899

Thomas Pinney [ed.] · 1990 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, Macmillan, 1990. First edition. Cloth. The first two volumes from this series comprising the selected letters of Rudyard Kipling, both in excellent condition. The first edition. Containing Volume 1 and Volume 2 out of the six-volume series containing the letters of jo...

Churchyard&Apos;S Chips Concerning Scotland: Being a Collection of His Pieces Relative to That Country; with Historical Notices, and a Life of the Author

George Chalmers · 1817 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1817. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this very scarce work on Thomas Churchyard by George Chalmers, bound in full calf and previously owned by Joseph Haslewood, the founder of the Roxburghe Club. The first edition. ...

George Duke of Cambridge: A Memoir of His Private Life

Edgar Sheppard [editor] · 1907 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1907. Cloth. A smart two volume set of the third impression of this biography of Prince George, Duke of Cambridge. Complete in two volumes. Third impression. Volume one is illustrated with a portrait frontispiece, two photogravure plates, and e...

James Ramsay Macdonald: Labour&Apos;S Man of Destiny

H. Hessell Tiltman · 1929 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, The Waverley Book Company, Limited , 1929. Cloth. A very pleasing biographical work on former UK Prime Minister, Ramsay Macdonald. A bright early edition of this biographical work. In the publisher's original blue cloth binding, with gilt to the spine. Undated, ...

Alfred Lord Tennyson: A Memoir

Hallam Tennyson · 1897 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1897. Cloth. A smart third impression of Hallam Tennyson's affectionate memoir of his father Lord Tennyson, complete in two volumes. Complete in two volumes. Third impression, published the same year as the first. Volume one is illustrat...

Charles Kingsley: His Letters and Memories of His Life

Charles Kingsley; Frances Eliza Grenfell · 1881 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

London, C. Kegan Paul & Co, 1881. Cloth. A touching biography on the poet and author Charles Kingsley, an illustrated memoir written by his widow. Complete in two volumes.An insightful biography on the life and career of the priest, social reformer, historian, and novelist, Ch...

Anthony Bazley

Various · 1948 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

Swindon , Printed at the Cotswold Bruderhof Press, c1938. Cloth. A very scarce personal account of the life and memory of one Anthony Gardner Bazley. Bound in the original quarter paper vellum, with cloth boards. A very scarce personal memoir of one Anthony Gardner Bazley, wh...

Between Friends: Letters of James Branch Cabell and Others

Padraic Colum; Margaret Freeman Cabell [ed.] · 1962 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

New York, Harcourt, Brace and World, Inc. 1962. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this excellent correspondence between important American literary figurers of the 1920s. The first edition of this work. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapp...

George Grenfell and the Congo

Sir Harry Johnston · 1908 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.49 | $495.40 | ¥79,109)

London, Hutchinson & Co, 1908. First edition. Cloth. Exceptionally bright examples of the richly illustrated first edition of Johnston's study of Grenfell's travels. The two volume first edition of British explorer, botanist, artist, colonial administrator Sir Harry ...

Wilkie Collins

Robert Ashley · 1952 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

New York, Roy Publishers, 1952. First edition. Cloth. The first U.S edition of this biography on the life of the noted English novelist Wilkie Collins, written by Robert Ashley. The first U.S edition. Also published in the UK in the same year. In the publisher's original...

Samuel Butler: Author of Erewhon (1835-1902): A Memoir

Henry Festing Jones · 1919 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited , 1919-1920. Cloth. A pleasing biography of novelist Samuel Butler, written by his close friend Henry Festing Jones and complete in two volumes, illustrated throughout. A complete memoir of Samuel Butler, in two volumes. Volume I is the secon...