Biografia

The Invention of Angela Carter

Edmund Gordon · 2016 · Rooke Books

£149.00 (€178.60 | $196.84 | ¥31,433)

London, Chatto & Windus, 2016. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of this insightful biography on Angela Carter, presented from the author to Carmen Callil. The first edition, first impression.Author's presentation copy, inscribed by him to Carmen Callil to ...

The Life and Death of Sir Matthew Hale, Kt, Sometime Lord Chief Justice of His Majesties Court of Kings Bench

Gilbert Burnett · 1682 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, William Shrowsbery, 1682. Loose Pages, Articles. A very scarce early edition of Gilbert Burnett's biography on the influential English barrister Sir Mathew Hale, bound in full calf. The second edition, first published in 1681, with the sixteen page preface. Early ...

The Wild Sports of Southern Africa; Being the Narrative of an Expedition from the Cape of Good Hope, Through Territories of the Chief Moselekatse to the Tropic of Capricorn

Captain William Cornwallis Harris · 1839 · Rooke Books

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

London, John Murray, 1839. First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of William Cornwallis Harris' account of his travels and hunting exploits in Africa, adorned with plates and a folding map. The very scarce first edition.Illustrated with seven monochrome plate...

Seven Pillars of Wisdom

T. E. Lawrence · 1935 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.39 | $594.48 | ¥94,931)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1935. First edition. Cloth. The first trade edition, first impression of T. E. Lawrence's iconic and extensively illustrated autobiography, with the scarce Memorial pamphlet. The first trade edition of this work, first impression.In the original pri...

A Journal of the Terror; the Waterloo Campaign; a Memoir of the &Apos;Forty-Five&Apos;; the Trial of Charles I; Memoirs of Louis Philippe Comte de Segur

M. Clery; Abbe de Firmont; Napoleon Bonaparte; Roger Lockyer [ed.]; Eveline Cruickshanks [ed.] et al · 1955 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.34 | ¥28,479)

London, The Folio Society , 1955-1960. Cloth. A beautiful set of Folio Society edition memoirs, including the trial of Charles I and the Waterloo Campaign by Napoleon. The Folio Society editions of these important historical memoirs. Comprising five volumes in total. In the o...

Biographie Moderne: Lives of Remarkable Characters, Who Have Distinguished Themselves from the Commencement of the French Revolution, to the Present Time

1811 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1811. Leather. A complete three volume set of this collection of biographical sketches from eminent French characters. Complete in three volumes. A collection of remarkable and eminent French characters, from the days of the Frenc...

The Life and Campaigns of Field-Marshal Prince Blucher, of Wahlstatt

General Count Gneisenau · 1815 · Rooke Books

£245.00 (€293.67 | $323.66 | ¥51,684)

London, Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1815 . First edition. Leather. Illustrated throughout with maps and plates, this is the scarce first English language edition of General Count Gneisenau's biography of a Prussian field marshal famed for his role in the Napoleonic Wars. ...

The Life and Times of Madame Veuve Clicquot-Ponsardin

Jacqueline de Chimay; Evelyn Waugh · 1961 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

Reims, Printed for Champagne Veuve Clicquot-Ponsardin by the Curwen Press, 1961. Paperback. A smart special edition of this biographical study of French champagne producer Madame Clicquot. Special edition. Illustrated with numerous in-text figures. An account of the life and t...

Thirty Years with G.B. S

Blanche Patch · 1951 · Rooke Books

£34.00 (€40.75 | $44.92 | ¥7,173)

London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1951. First edition. Cloth. A fascinating and insightful biographical work on Bernard Shaw by his private secretary Blanche Patch, previously owned by a member of Holbrook Jackson's family. The first edition, second impression. Previously own...

Hannan Swaffer&Apos;S Who&Apos;S Who

Hannan Swaffer · 1929 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

London, Hutchinson & Co Ltd, [1929]. First edition. Cloth. A first edition presentation copy of Hannan Swaffer's collection of anecdotes about a noted individuals such as Rudyard Kipling and Winston Churchill, and inscribed by the author. The first trade edition. The aut...

Bernard Shaw

Holbrook Jackson · 1907 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.80 | $191.55 | ¥30,589)

London, E. Grant Richards, 1907. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Holbrook Jackson's monograph on Bernard Shaw, inscribed by the author to his mother. The first edition.Author's presentation copy, inscribed to the recto of the front endpaper, "To my dear mo...

The Russian Shores of the Black Sea in the Autumn of 1852 with a Voyage Down the Volga, and a Tour Through the Country of the Don Cossacks

Laurence Oliphant · 1854 · Rooke Books

£149.00 (€178.60 | $196.84 | ¥31,433)

Edinburgh, William Blackwood and Sons, 1854. Cloth. An early edition of Laurence Oliphant's account of his journey to Russia, written only a year before the start of the Crimean war, with this enlarged edition including remarks upon the political landscape of Russia. The ...

Narrative of a Journey Across the Balcan

Major Hon George Keppel · 1831 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.39 | $594.48 | ¥94,931)

London, Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1831. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Major George Keppel's two volume account of his travels bound into one volume, with the scarce hand-coloured frontispiece. The first edition. Illustrated with a hand-coloured lith...

Richard to Minna Wagner: Letters to His First Wife

Richard Wagner; William Ashton Ellis [translator] · 1909 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, H. Grevel & Co. 1909. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition set of this collection of letters from German composer Richard Wagner to his first wife. Complete in two volumes. First edition. With a portrait frontispiece to each volume. A collection of the letters o...

Scott&Apos;S Last Expedition: Being the Journals of Captain R.F. Scott

Leonard Huxley; Sir Clements R. Markham; Captain R. F. Scott · 1913 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.71 | ¥62,232)

London, Smith, Elder Co, 1913. Cloth. The second edition of this important official account of the renowned expedition to the geographic South Pole lead by Captain Robert Falcon Scott, written from Scott's own journals and heavily illustrated throughout. The second editio...

In the Trades, the Tropics, and the Roaring Forties

Lady Brassey [Anna Brassey, Baroness Brassey] · 1885 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

London, Longmans, Green, & Co, 1885. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated Victorian travelogue, in which Lady Anna Brassey recounts her voyage from England to the Caribbean. The first edition.Victorian travel writer Lady Anna Brassey describes her voyage...

William Caxton, the First English Printer: A Biography

Charles Knight · 1844 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

London, Charles Knight & Co. 1844. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this biography of English merchant William Caxton. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and numerous in-text images. A detailed biography of William Caxton, an English merchant, diplomat and ...

Private Correspondence and Miscellaneous Papers of Samuel Pepys 1679-1703 in the Possession of J. Pepys Cockerell

Samuel Pepys; J. R. Tanner [editor] · 1926 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, G. Bell and Sons Ltd, 1926. First edition. Cloth. A smart two volume set of the first edition of this collection of correspondence from English diarist Samuel Pepys. Two volumes complete. A matching 'further correspondence of Samuel Pepys' was also published....

The Graham Greene Birthplace Trust: Inaugural Lecture

W. J. West · 1997 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

Oxford, The Amate Press, 1997. First edition. Paperback. A smart first edition of this very scarce inaugural lecture for the Graham Green Birthplace Trust. First edition. Very scarce. A copy of the inaugural lecture for The Graham Green Birthplace Trust, a non-profit organisat...

Leaves from My Life: Memories of Bygone Days

Sir Richard Winfrey · 1936 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.29 | ¥17,931)

Not Stated, Private Circulation, 1936. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this scarce autobiography from British politician Sir Richard Winfrey. Printed for private circulation. First edition. Very scarce. Illustrated with a frontispiece and fourteen plates. Collat...