Biografia

Memoires de Casanova de Seingalt

Giacomo Girolamo Casanova · 1919 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.82 | ¥83,328)

Paris, Librairie Garnier Freres, 1919-1920. Leather. A lovely illustrated set containing the autobiography of the famed womanizer, Giacomo Girolamo Casanova. Published in French. Giacomo Girolamo Casanova reflects on his life in this lovely eight volume set, each with frontisp...

The Works of Laurence Sterne with a Life of the Author

Laurence Sterne · 1819 · Rooke Books

£490.00 (€587.33 | $647.32 | ¥103,369)

London, Cadell and Davies, 1819. Leather. Four neatly bound volumes of works by Laurence Sterne, with a biographical sketch as written by himself. Four volumes. The works and biography of Laurence Sterne, an Anglo-Irish novelist and Anglican cleric best known for the novels Th...

The Poetical Works of John Milton. With Notes of Various Authors; and with Some Account of the Life and Writings of Milton, Derived Principally from Original Documents in Her Majesty&Apos;S State-Paper Office

John Milton; Rev. Henry John Todd · 1842 · Rooke Books

£850.00 (€1,018.85 | $1,122.90 | ¥179,313)

London, Rivingtons; Longman and Co.; T. Cadell; J. Bohn; Duncan and Malcolm, [et al], 1842. Leather. A four volume complete set of the poetical works of John Milton, in a smart full vellum binding by Tepper Binder. The scarce fourth edition. Complete in four volumes. Uniformly...

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

John Aikin · 1792 · Rooke Books

£475.00 (€569.35 | $627.50 | ¥100,205)

London, Printed for J Johnson, 1792. First edition. Cloth. Bright rebound copy of the first edition of John Aikin's biographical sketch of John Howard. The first edition of this work, an uncommon copy.Biographical sketch of the life and deeds of John Howard (1726-1790), E...

Rambles, Roamings and Recollections

John Trotandot · 1870 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London , Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer , 1870. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition volume of Rambles, Roamings and Recollections. A scarce volume. Written by George Pulman under the name John Trotandot, this volume contains various travel and rambling sketches wh...

Works by Edmund Wilson

Edmund Wilson · 1950 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

New York and London , Farrar, Straus and Giroux; Macmillan and Co. 1950-1980. Cloth. Three bright volumes of work by Edmund Wilson. Three volumes of work by Edmund Wilson, who was an American writer, literary critic and journalist. Classics and Commercial, A Literary Chronicl...

Life of a Scotch Naturalist Thomas Edward

Samuel Smiles · 1897 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

London , John Murray, 1897. Leather. A smart prize leather bound copy of Life of Scotch Naturalist Thomas Edward, with illustrations. A copy of the popular edition, 1897, of Life of a Scotch Naturalist Thomas Edward by Samuel Smiles, with illustrations by Sir George Reid. The...

Matthew Boulton

H. W. Dickinson · 1936 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

Cambridge, Babcock and Wilcox Ltd, 1936. First edition. Cloth. An illustrated first edition of this study of the life and works of Matthew Boulton. First edition. Illustrated throughout with 15 plates and many in-text diagrams. Collated complete. The life and works of Matthew ...

Lady Diana Beauclerk Her Life and Work

Mrs. Steuart Er · 1903 · Rooke Books

£128.00 (€153.43 | $169.10 | ¥27,002)

London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1903 . First edition. Cloth. The uncommon and beautifully illustrated first edition of this biography of Lady Diana Beauclerk. First edition of Lady Diana Beauclerk Her Life and Work by Mrs. Steuart Erskine in the original publisher's red cloth bi...

The World That Fred Made: An Autobiography

Bernard Darwin · 1955 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1955. First edition. Cloth. A charming first edition of this illustrated autobiography by Bernard Darwin. First edition. Illustrated with eight plates. Collated complete. A charming autobiography of Bernard Darwin, a grandson of Charles Darwin, a golf-...

Norman Douglas

H. M. Tomlinson · 1931 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1931. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this biography of the travel writer and novelist Norman Douglas. First edition. The biography of Norman Douglas, a British writer best known for his novel South Wind and travel book Old Calabria. Written b...

The Life of Captain Sir Richard F. Burton

Isabel Burton; W. H. Wilkins · 1898 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.27 | ¥52,739)

London, Duckworth & Co. 1898. Cloth. A new edition of this illustrated biography of explorer and translator Captain Sir Richard F. Burton, written by his wife, Isabel Burton. A fascinating and detailed biography of the life and career of Captain Sir Richard F. Burton.Richard B...

A Daughter of the Revolution: A Leader of Society at Napoleon&Apos;S Court

Catherine Bearne · 1904 · Rooke Books

£46.00 (€55.14 | $60.77 | ¥9,704)

New York, E.P. Dutton and Company, 1904. First edition. Cloth. Illustrated first edition of this fictionalised portrait of 19th century writer Laure Junot, née Permon, a vivacious woman in Napoleon's court A first edition of Catherine Bearne's historical fiction abo...

Tolstoi Conference Faite a Paris le 3 Juillet 1915

Georges Tournaire · 1915 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Paris, Edition de la Revue "L-Essor, 915. Brochure/Pamphlet. A scarce record of a speech given on Tolsty in July 1915 in Paris. A scarce French pamphlet of a speech given on Tolstoi on 3rd July 1915 by Georges Tournaire. Leo Tolstoy was a Russian writer who is regarded as one...

Wuthering Heights; Jane Eyre; Agnes Grey; the Tenant of Wildfell Hall; Shirley; Villette; the Professor; the Life of Charlotte Brontãƒâ«

Charlotte Brontë; Emily Brontë; Anne Brontë; E. C. Gaskell; Temple Scott (Ed.) · 1924 · Rooke Books

£995.00 (€1,192.65 | $1,314.46 | ¥209,902)

Edinburgh, John Grant , 1924. Cloth. A beautiful twelve volume set of the Brontë sisters classic novels. The new, Thornton Edition, edited by Temple Scott. Complete in twelve volumes. In the publisher's original full cloth binding with gilt detail. A beautiful collection...

Portraits: Biographical Representation in the Greek and Latin Literature of the Roman Empire

M. J. Edwards; Simon Swain [ed.] · 1997 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.19 | ¥36,917)

Oxford , Clarendon Press, 1997. First edition. Cloth. Lovely copy of this scarce first impression biographical study of Greek and Latin literature, complete with unclipped dust wrapper. Collected essays illustrative of the growth of interest in individual representation with G...

Theatrum Poetarum Anglicanorum

Edward Phillips; Sir Egerton Brydges [ed.] · 1824 · Rooke Books

£440.00 (€527.40 | $581.27 | ¥92,821)

Geneva, Press of Bonnant, 1824. Leather. A limited edition copy of this biographical and critical work of poetry and poets prior to 1675, from the library of former Prime Minister Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery. A fascinating biographical and critical work of poetry ...

The Blossoming World; the World in Ripeness

H. E. Bates · 1971 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

London, Michael Joseph, 1971-2. First edition. Cloth. Two volumes of H. E. Bates' autobiographical work, the first editions. H. E. Bates was an English author best known for works such as Love for Lydia and The Darling Buds of May. The present set is comprised of two ...

Patrick and Mabell Ogilvy

Mabell Ogilvy Countess of Airlie · 1920 · Rooke Books

£480.00 (€575.35 | $634.11 | ¥101,259)

Not Stated, Not Stated, 1920. Cloth. A very scarce privately printed work, a touching tribute to two children of the Countess of Airlie, who died at the ages of 26 and 21. Presentation copy from the author. A very scarce work, privately printed.Author's presentation copy,...

The Poetry of Dante Gabriel Rossetti: Modes of Self-Expression

Joan Rees · 1981 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1981. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition copy containing a detailed biography of Dante Gabriel Rossetti and an analysis of his poetry, written by Joan Rees. First Edition. In the original unclipped dust wrapper.Presentation cop...