Biografia

Lawrence of Arabia: A Biographical Enquiry

Richard Aldington · 1955 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)

London, Collins, 1955. First edition. Cloth. A smart first English edition of this biographical exploration of the life of T. E. Lawrence, complete with a clipped dust wrapper. This work explores the biographical background of T. E. Lawrence, also known as Lawrence of Arabia.C...

A Miscellany of Corps Nostalgia: Being Extracts from the Journals of the Army Service Corps, Royal Army Service Corps, and Royal Corps of Transport over a Century of Publication 1891-1991

M H G Young [ed.] · 1992 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)

Unknown, Privately Printed, 1992. Leather. A superb limited edition, very scarce copy of this miscellaneous of extracts from the journals of the Army Service Corps, the Royal Army Service Corps, and the Royal Corps of Transport over a century of publication. Signed by the edit...

The Infamous Essay on Woman or John Wilkes Seated between Vice and Virtue

Adrian hamilton · 1972 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)

London, André Deutsch , 1972. First edition. Hardback. An excellent set complete in two volumes illustrating the life of John Wilkes; an interesting and original set, profusely illustrated throughout. A set in two volumes formed by an edition limited to two thousand copies, e...

The Reminiscences and Recollections of Captain Gronow

Captain Gronow · 1900 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London & New York, John C. Nimmo, 1900. Cloth. A lovely two volume collection of the reminiscences of this Welsh Grenadier Guards officer and writer. Rees Howell Gronow (1794-1865) was a military man before commencing an unsuccessful parliamentary career. He wrote four works o...

Forty Years for Labrador

Sir Wilfred Grenfell · 1933 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.32 | ¥23,205)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1933. First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of this extended inspiring autobiography by Sir Wilfred Grenfell. The first UK edition of this extended autobiography by Sir Wilfred Grenfell. Partly inspired by his 1919 original autobiography The...

The Pigeon Tunnel Stories from My Life

John Le Carre · 2016 · Rooke Books

£2,400.00 (€2,876.74 | $3,170.55 | ¥506,296)

London, Penguin, Viking, 2016. First edition. Cloth. A fine, limited edition of John Le Carre's classic autobiographical work. Signed by him to the title page, in the original pictorial slipcase. Limited to only 100 copies, this is numbered 35 to the title page, with Le C...

Hitler a Biography

Konrad Heiden · 1936 · Rooke Books

£1,400.00 (€1,678.10 | $1,849.49 | ¥295,340)

London, Constable & Co LTD, 1936. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first English edition of this important biography on Hitler, a critical view on the dictator published at a time when such works were still unusual. The first English edition of this work. The work was publi...

Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Alexander Pope Esq

William Ayre · 1745 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.29 | ¥58,013)

London, For the Author, 1745. First edition. Leather. A mixed, early edition of this biography regarding noted Romantic poet and translator, Alexander Pope. An uncommon biography as it was unauthorized. It is believed that this work was actually written by Edmund Curll under a...

A Westminster Pilgrim Being a Record of Service in Church, Cathedral, an Abbey College, University, and Concert-Room with a Few Notes on Sport

Sir Frederick Bridge · 0 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

London, Novello and Co.; Hutchinson and Co. c1918. Cloth. A charming memoir of organist and teacher Sir Frederick Bridge. Sir Frederick Bridge presents his memoirs in this charming volume, chronicling his life as the organist at Westminster Abbey, conductor of the Royal Choral...

The Gallery of Portraits: With Memoirs. Volume III.

[Arthur Thomas Malkin] · 1834 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

London, Charles Knight, 1834. First edition. Cloth. A fascinating work containing twenty four fascinating biographies of eminent men, each with an accompanying gallery portrait plate; volume III from Arthur Thomas Malkin's original seven volume work. This work was origina...

A Portion of the Journal Kept by Thomas Raikes, Esq. From 1831 to 1847: Comprising Reminiscences of Social and Political Life in London and Paris During That Period

Thomas Raikes · 1856 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.74 | $251.00 | ¥40,082)

London, Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1856. Cloth. A fascinating two volume set of work, taking extracts from the journal of the notorious London dandy, Thomas Raikes. A wonderful insight into the life and times of this charismatic man. Very scarce. Two volumes of a four...

Michael Moorcock: Death Is No Obstacle

Colin Greenland, Michael Moorcock [intro. by Angela Carter] · 1992 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.74 | $251.00 | ¥40,082)

Manchester, Savoy, 1992. First edition. Cloth. A scarce and fascinating interview with the pioneering science-fiction and fantasy author, an excellent resource for any budding writer. The first edition of Michael Moorcock: Death is No Obstacle, a fascinating interview with the...

The Letters of Fletcher Christian

Fletcher Christian; Stephen Walters · 1984 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.19 | $786.03 | ¥125,519)

Guildford, Genesis Publications Limited, 1984 . Leather. A lovely limited edition, being one of three hundred and fifty copies, of this illustrated facsimile of the letters that reframed Fletcher Christian as a vanished mutineer turned survivor and adventurer. In the publisher...

Sir Charles Tyler, G.C. B. Admiral of the White

Colonel Wyndham-Quin · 1912 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Arthur L. Humphreys, 1912. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this illustrated military biography. A very scarce first edition title. Focusing on the life of Admiral Charles Tyler, who is known for being one of Nelson's Band of Brothers. Penned b...

The Land of Burns, a Series of Landscapes and Portraits

Professor Wilson; Robert Chambers · 1840 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

Glasgow, Blackie & Son, 1840 . Leather. A wonderfully illustrated biography of the life and work of Robert Burns, complete in two volumes and illustrated by David Octavius Hill. An early edition of this work, complete in two volumes. The work of Professor John Wilson and Rober...

The Life and Times of Francis the First, King of France. In Two Volumes.

[James Bacon] · 1829 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

London, Edward Bull, 1829. First edition. Hardback. The complete first edition of this scarce biography of Francis I, in the original publisher's blue paper covered boards. The complete, two-volume first edition.  Bound in the original publisher's blue paper covered...

A Classical Tour Through Italy and Sicily

Sir Richard Colt Hoare · 1819 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.25 | $726.58 | ¥116,026)

London, J. Mawman, 1819 . First edition. Leather. Illustrated with a map frontispiece, this is the very scarce first edition of antiquarian, archaeologist, artist, and traveller Sir Richard Colt Hoare, 2nd Baronet's travels through Italy. The very scarce first edition of ...

A Gothic Vision: F.L. Griggs and His Work

Francis Adams Comstock · 1966 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

Oxford, Boston Public Library; Ashmolean Museum, 1966. First edition. Cloth. An illustrated first and limited edition, richly illustrated, with letters regarding the estate An insightful limited edition catalogue of the artistic work of English etcher, illustrator and conserva...

The Gun in the Field Shooter&Apos;S Delight in the Gunroom

W. H. T. Long; "Scolopax"; C. W. Thurlow Craig; Major Sir Gerald Burrard · 1948 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London; New York; Melbourne; Sydney; Cape Town, Robert Hale Limited; Hutchinson's Library of Sports and Pastimes; Herbert Jenkins, 1948; 1952; 1951. First edition. Cloth. A smart collection of uncommon shooting titles, including 2 first editions, and all three original du...

Ferdinand de Lesseps a Biographical Study

Charles Beatty · 1956 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1956. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon first edition, and very scarce presentation copy, of this biography, in unclipped dust wrapper. An uncommon first edition title, recounting the life and political career of Ferdinand de Lesseps.French Orienta...