Biografia

The Works of John Dryden

John Dryden; Walter Scott · 1808 · Rooke Books

£2,350.00 (€2,816.81 | $3,104.49 | ¥495,749)

London, William Miller , 1808 . Leather. A complete, eighteen-volume set of the collected works of John Dryden, the first Scott edition, uniformly bound in straight-grain morocco. The collected works of John Dryden, with notes, historical, critical and explanatory, and a life ...

The Lindsay Report

Ethel Lindsay · 1963 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

Courage House, Surrey, Ethel Lindsay, 1963 . First edition. Paperback. A unique and very scarce report from fanzine publisher Ethel Lindsay, documenting her important trip to the US after winning the TAFF, or Trans-Atlantic Fan Fund, in 1962. The first edition. Very scarce wor...

The Career of Major George Broadfoot

Major W. Broadfoot · 1888 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.52 | $462.37 | ¥73,835)

London, John Murray, 1888. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce biography on the military career of Major George Broadfoot, during the colonial expansion in India. The first edition of this scarce work.A biographical work on the life and career of Major Georg...

The Recreations of Christopher North

Christopher North [John Wilson] · 1842 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

Edinburgh, William Blackwood and Son, 1842. First edition. Leather. The complete three volume first edition set of John Wilson's collection of essays, bound in half morocco. The first edition. Bound in half morocco with moire cloth boards. This collection of essays was ...

Tressell of Mugsborough

F. C. Ball · 1951 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Lawrence and Wishart Ltd, 1951. First edition. Hardback. A first edition biography of the author of 'The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropists', Robert Noonan, who wrote under the pen name Robert Tressell. First edition. In the publisher's original quarter c...

The Life and Works of Thomas Bewick

David Croal Thomson · 1882 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.19 | ¥36,917)

London, The Art Journal Office, 1882. Hardback. A limited edition volume on the life and work of Thomas Bewick, illustrated with examples of Bewick's wood engravings. A limited edition of two hundred and fifty copies, of which this is numbered one hundred and sixty four.Â...

Men and Memories: Recollections of William Rothenstein

William Rothenstein · 1931 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

London, Faber and Faber, 1931-1932. First edition. Cloth. A two volume first edition set of the memoirs of English painter and writer Sir William Rothenstein, with illustrations. Two volumes. Lacking volume three only. First edition, first impression. Volume one contains recol...

A Book for a Rainy Day or Recollections of the Events of the Years 1766-1833 by John Thomas Smith. Edited, with an Introduction and Notes by Wilfred Whitten. With Illustrations from Contemporary Prints

John Thomas Smith; Wilfred Whitten [ed] · 1905 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.32 | ¥23,205)

London, Methuen & Co. 1905. Hardback. London: Methuen & Co. 1905. Hardback. Good. 9.5" by 6.5". Multiple, including illustrations after Pugin and Rowlandson, Robert Cruikshank, and engravings from William Bond, James Bretherton. An uncommon edition of this work by Hackney-carr...

The Shrewsbury Edition of the Works of Samuel Butler

Samuel Butler; Henry Festing Jones [ed.]; A. T. Bartholomew [ed.] · 1923 · Rooke Books

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

London, Jonathan Cape, 1923-1926. Leather. A lovely uniformly bound set of this presentation copy of the Shrewsbury edition of Samuel Butler's works. Eighteen volumes of a twenty-volume set of the Shrewsbury Edition of this work, limited to 750 numbered sets; this work is...

The Life of Lord Byron

John Galt · 1830 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.98 | ¥34,808)

London, Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1830. First edition. Leather. A first edition copy of this biography of Lord Byron, written by his friend, the Scottish novelist John Galt. The first edition of this work in a half calf binding with marbled boards. Bookplate of Mark A...

Elizabeth Hodgkin (Betty) October 8th, 1915-September 8th, 1927

1928 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Oxford, Privately Printed by Basil Blackwell, 1928. Hardback. A touching account comprising memories and recollections of a child Betty's short life, privately printed and adorned with coloured and monochrome illustrations. A very scarce copy of this privately printed bio...

Velazquez; George Romney

A. De Beruete; Arthur B. Chamberlain · 1906 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

London, Methuen and Co, 1906-1910. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing duo of first edition biographies exploring the works of two leading painters of their times, Diego Velazquez and George Romney, profusely illustrated throughout. The first edition of these works. A very smart...

The Truth at Last from Charles Hawtrey

Charles Hawtrey; W. Somerset Maugham [editor] · 1924 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

London, Thornton Butterworth Ltd. 1924. Cloth. A smart second impression of the illustrated memoirs of English actor Sir Charles Henry Hawtrey. Second impression, published the same year as the first. Scarce work. Illustrated with a frontispiece and thirty-five images across t...

The Life of Francis Thompson

Everard Meynell · 1913 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

London, Burns & Oates Ltd, 1913. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated biography of English poet Francis Thompson. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and twelve plates. Collated complete. The life of Francis Joseph Thompson, an English poe...

Just So Stories, Puck of Pook&Apos;S Hill & Something of Myself

Rudyard Kipling · 1916 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1916-37 . Cloth. A collection of three, well presented works from celebrated novelist, Rudyard Kipling, including a first edition of Kipling's autobiography, completed by his wife and published posthumously after the author's death. A trio o...

Chauncy Maples: Pioneer Missionary in East Central Africa for Nineteen Years and Bishop of Likoma, Lake Nyasa A.D. 1895. A Sketch of His Life with Selections from His Letters.

His Sister · 1897 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,016)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1897. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of this biography of British clergyman Chauncy Maples with illustrations and a folding map. First edition. Scarce work. Illustrated with a frontispiece, one plate, and a folding colour map to t...

A Review of the Missionary Life and Labors of Richard Wright

Richard Wright · 1824 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, D. Eaton, 1824 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Richard Wright's autobiographical review of his own life and labours, detailing his time working as a unitarian minister. The first edition. Scarce work. Written by English Unitarian minister, Richard Wri...

Life and Letters of William John Butler

William John Butler · 1898 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1898. Cloth. A smart new impression of this illustrated biographical work, with a collection of the letters of William John Butler. New impression, originally published 1897. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece and one portrait plate. Co...

My Life and Loves

Frank Harris · 1922 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Paris, Privately Printed, 1922. Cloth. The first volume of Frank Harris' controversial autobiography, a pirated edition. A privately printed pirated edition of the first volume of Frank Harris' controversial memoir.The book gives a graphic account of Harris's se...

The Homes and Haunts of Henry Kirk White with Some Account of the Family of White, of Nottingham and Norfolk

John T. Godfrey; James Ward · 1908 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. Ltd. 1908. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of this illustrated biography of the poet and hymn-writer Henry Kirk White. The first edition of this uncommon work in the publisher's original cloth binding. Previ...