Biografia

Letters to Frederick Tennyson

Hugh J. Schonfield [editor] · 1930 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

London, Hogarth Press, 1930. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this very scarce illustrated collection of letters to poet Frederick Tennyson. First edition. Very scarce. Illustrated with a frontispiece and eight plates. Collated complete. A collection of letters a...

Autobiography of Andrew Dickson Volume II

Andrew Dickson White · 1905 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)

New York, The Century Co, 1905. First edition. Leather. The first edition of the second half to Andrew Dickson White's autobiography, bound in full straight grain morocco. The first edition. Bound in half straight grain morocco with marbled paper to the boards. Illustra...

Memoirs of the Marchioness de Larochejaquelein

Marchioness de Larochejaquelein · 1816 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

Edinburgh, George Ramsay and Company for Archibald Constable and Company , 1816. First edition. Leather. The first English translation of the memoirs of the Marchioness de Larochejaquelein, with a folding map. First English translation. With a folding map to the front of the t...

Lettres a Felice

Franz Kafka; Marthe Robert [translator] · 1972 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Paris, Gallimard, 1972. Paperback. A smart complete set of this collection of letters from Franz Kafka to Felice Bauer, translated into French. Signed and inscribed by the translator. Complete in two volumes. French. Signed and inscribed by the translator. With eight plates to...

The Martian: A Novel

George du Maurier · 1897 · Rooke Books

£58.00 (€69.52 | $76.62 | ¥12,235)

New York, Harper & Brothers Publishers , 1897. First edition. Cloth. A smart first US edition of this illustrated semi-autobiographical novel from Franco-British writer George du Maurier. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and numerous in-text and full-page images....

A Selection of the Letters of Horace Walpole

Horace Walpole; W. S. Lewis [editor] · 1926 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

New York and London, Harper & Brothers Publishers , 1926. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition set of this illustrated collection of letters from English writer Horace Walpole. Complete in two volumes. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and twenty-five plate...

Flying Feathers

Horatio Bigelow; Archibald Rutledge [Intro.] · 1937 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.69 | $297.24 | ¥47,465)

Virginia , Garrett and Massie , 1937 . First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition of this collection of reminiscences of hunting adventures in the South of America, with a lengthy inscription from the author. The first edition.Bound in the publisher's original burlap b...

My Life, Volume Two

Frank Harris · 1925 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

Germany, Privately Printed, 1925. Cloth. A limited pirated edition of Volume II of Frank Harris' explicit and banned memoir. Volume Two of Frank Harris' memoir, 'My Life and Loves', an autobiography published across four volumes.This is a pirated edition, r...

Contemporary Portraits

Frank Harris · 1915 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)

New York, Mitchell Kennerley, 1915. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Frank Harris' volume of concise biographies on eminent figures of his day, illustrated throughout, the publisher's presentation copy. The first edition.Publisher's presentation copy, ...

Joseph Conrad Life and Letters

G. Jean-Aubry [Jean-Frederic-Emile Aubry] · 1927 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

New York, Doubleday, Page & Company, 1927. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this biographical work on Polish-British writer John Conrad, with his letters. Complete in two volumes. First edition. Volume one is illustrated with a portrait frontispiece and eleven pl...

The Letters of Mrs. Elizabeth Gwynn, of Swansea, 1677

Elizabeth Gwynn · 1878 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)

London, Chiswick Press, 1878. First edition. Leather. A smart first edition of this very scarce collection of letters written by Mrs. Elizabeth Gwynn to her husband Captain Richard Gwynn. First edition. Very scarce. A collection of eight letters written by Mrs. Elizabeth Gwynn...

Select Memoirs of the Lives, Labours, and Sufferings, of Those Pious and Learned English and Scottish Divines, Who Greatly Distinguished Themselves from Promoting the Reformation from Popery&Apos; in Translating the Bible and in Promulgating Its Salutary Doctrines by Their Numerous Evangelical Writings; and Who Ultimately Crowned the Venerable Edifice with the Celebrated Westminster Confession of Faith &C. &C. &C.

Thomas Smith · 1828 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.98 | ¥34,808)

Glasgow, D. Mackenzie, 1828. Leather. A very scarce second edition of this collection of memoirs of English and Scottish divines. Second edition. Very scarce work. With a portrait frontispiece. A retrospective view of the Church prior to the Reformation, contemplating the inhu...

Histoire D&Apos;Henriette D&Apos;Angleterre

Madame de La Fayette; Anatole France · 1882 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,016)

Paris, Charavay Freres, 1882. Leather. The biography of Henrietta Anne of England, the youngest daughter of King Charles I of England, in the original French. French. With a portrait frontispiece. The biography of Henrietta Anne of England, the youngest daughter of King Charle...

The Life of Samuel Johnson

James Boswell · 1811 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)

London, T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1811. Leather. A smartly rebacked set of the influential biography on Samuel Johnson by James Boswell. Complete in four volumes.The sixth edition of this work.The influential biography of the English writer Samuel Johnson. This biography has be...

Macmillan&Apos;S Magazine, September, 1869: No. 119, Vol. XX: The True Story of Lady Byron&Apos;S Life

Harriet Beecher Stowe · 1869 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1869. First edition. Cloth. The September 1869 issue of Macmillan's Magazine, which feature's Harriet Beecher Stowe's very scarce article 'The True Story of Lady Byron's Life&apos. Macmillan's Magazine, Vol. XX, No. 119, ...

A New Biographical Dictionary

Stephen Jones · 1802 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, T. Bensley for G. and J. Robinson, 1802 . Leather. A very smart early nineteenth century biographical pocket dictionary. The fourth edition of this work by Stephen Jones.A charming biographical dictionary, containing information on all manner of influential and importa...

Entertaining Biography: From Chambers&Apos;S Miscellany

1855 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

London, W and R Chambers , 1855. First edition. Cloth. A scarce series of biographies intended for the education of the young reader, with engraved illustrations to each. The first edition of this scarce collection of biographies. Published as part of the publisher's &ap...

Beneficent and Useful Lives

Robert Cochrane · 1890 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, W. &. R. Chambers, 1890 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce, first edition of Robert Cochrane's illustrated biographical work detailing the lives of numerous eminent figures. The first edition. Very scarce work. This interesting biographical work surrounds the l...

The Tigers of Baluchistan

Sylvia A. Matheson · 1967 · Rooke Books

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

London, Arthur Barker Ltd. 1967. First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of Sylvia Matheson's account of her time amongst the Bugti Tribe. The very scarce first edition. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Illustr...

The Life and Correspondence of Thomas Arnold, D.D.

Arthur Penrhyn Stanley · 1892 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, John Murray, 1892. Leather. A smartly bound two-volume set exploring the life and career of influential English educator, Thomas Arnold. A later edition of this biographical work, complete in two volumes. In full maroon morocco binding, signed by J. P. Gray & Son. Wit...