Biografia

Days of the Dandies

Various · 0 · Rooke Books

£790.00 (€946.93 | $1,043.64 | ¥166,656)

London, The Grolier Society, c1900. Leather. An impressive set of biographies on eminent authors, actors, and politicians, an illustrated limited edition set published by the Grolier Society. A limited edition de luxe, limited to one thousand copies, of which this is numbered ...

William Callow

William Callow; H. M. Cundall · 1908 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1908. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this autobiography of William Callow with illustrations of his work throughout. First edition. Illustrated with frontispiece, twenty-two colour plates and eight black-and-white plates. An auto...

Happy England

Marcus B. Huish · 1909 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

London, Adam & Charles Black, 1909. Cloth. Huish's work on the English painter Helen Allingham, illustrated profusely with colour plates of the artist's works. Reissued larger edition. First published in 1903.Illustrated profusely throughout with full colour plates d...

Gloves, Glory, and God: An Autobiography

Henry Armstrong · 1956 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

New Jersey, Fleming H. Revell Company, 1956. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated autobiography from American professional boxer, Henry Armstrong. First edition. Illustrated with eight plates. Collated complete. The life of American professional boxe...

The Life of John Nicholson, Soldier and Administrator, Based on Private and Hitherto Unpublished Documents

Captain Lionel J. Trotter · 1908 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.29 | ¥17,931)

London, John Murray, 1908. Leather. A handsomely prize bound biography of the soldier John Nicholson, by Captain Lionel J. Trotter. A later edition in a full calf prize binding, with gilt detailing to the spine and the gilt crest of St Peter's College, Radley, to the boar...

Escapade: A Tale of Average Imperial Caesar the Converts; a Novel of Early Christianity

Rex Warner · 1953 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)

London, Collins; Bodley Head , 1953-67. First edition. Cloth. Three first edition novels by Rex Warner including his biography of Caesar, in their original dust wrappers. The first edition to all. Three volumes. In the publisher's original cloth with the original clippe...

Jane Austen Reference Works

Penelope Hughes-Hallett; Sheila Kaye-Smith; G. B. Stern; Kathleen Freeman; Mary August Austen-Leigh etc · 1920 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.71 | ¥62,232)

London, John Murray; Cassell & Co; Jonathan Cape etc, 1920-91 . First edition. Cloth. London: John Murray; Cassell & Co; Jonathan Cape etc, 1920-91 . First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good Indeed. 10" by 7.5"; 9.5" by 6"; 8.5" by 5.5"; 8" by 6"; 8" by 5.5" etc. None ...

William Morris: His Life, Work and Friends

Philip Henderson · 1967 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

London, Thames and Hudson , 1967 . First edition. Hardback. A fine, first edition of this illustrated, biographical work of William Morris, by Philip Henderson. First edition, in the publisher's original decorated boards, with the original, unclipped dust wrapper.Written ...

In Memoriam Ian Charles, Eighth Earl of Seafield, Twenty-Seventh Chief of the Clan Grant

Countess Dowager of Seafield · 1884 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

Inverness, Northern Chronicle" Office, 1884. Cloth. A memoriam for Ian Charles Ogilvy-Grant, a Scottish nobleman and the twenty-seventh Chief of Clan Grant. A memoriam for Ian Charles Ogilvy-Grant, produced by his mother Caroline Stuart, the Countess Dowager. This work contain...

Autobiography of Miss Cornelia Knight, Lady Companion to the Princess Charlotte of Wales. With Extracts from Her Journals and Anecdote Books.

Miss Cornelia Knight · 1861 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, W. H. Allen & Co. 1861. First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of this autobiography by Miss Cornelia Knight, complete in two volumes. The first edition of this two volume work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with a gilt crest to the front ...

Thrilling Lives of Buffalo Bill and Pawnee Bill

Frank Winch · 1911 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.32 | ¥23,205)

New York, S. L. Parsons & Co. 1911. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this engaging anecdotal biography of Buffalo Bill and Pawnee Bill by Frank Winch. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Illustrated with two ful...

Oeuvres de Alfred de Musset

Alfred de Musset · 1876 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.71 | ¥62,232)

London, Alphonse Lemerre , 1876-1880. Leather. A collection of illustrated works by Alfred de Musset bound in full calf. Eleven volumes. Bound in full calf. With frontispieces, illuminated letters, headpieces and 6 plates to 'Contes de Nouvelles', 2 to 'Comedi...

Works of the English Poets with Prefaces, Biographical and Critical & Index to the English Poets

Dr. Samuel Johnson · 1779 · Rooke Books

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

London, J. Nichols, 1779-1781. Leather. Forty-three volumes of the sixty-eight volume set of The Works of the English Poets, with prefaces and biographies by Dr. Samuel Johnson. Forty-three volumes of sixty-eight volume set. Scarce collection. Written by Dr. Samuel Johnson, an...

England&Apos;S Hour

Vera Brittain · 1941 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1941. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated account of England during the Second World War. First edition. Illustrated with frontispiece and seven plates. Collated complete. A series of brief but graphic vignettes of...

A Lady&Apos;S Diary of the Siege of Lucknow: Written for the Perusal of Friends at Home

Anonymous [Mrs. G Harris] · 1858 · Rooke Books

£280.00 (€335.62 | $369.90 | ¥59,068)

London, John Murray, 1858. Cloth. A scarce copy of this account of the Siege of Lucknow, during the Indian Rebellion on 1857. Scarce work. An anonymous account of the Siege of Lucknow during the Indian Rebellion of 1857, the prolonged defence of the British Residency within th...

Memoirs of John Frederic Oberlin, Pastor of Waldbach, in the Ban de la Roche

John Frederic Oberlin · 1833 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, Holdsworth & Ball , 1833. Leather. The fourth edition of this memoir of John Frederic Oberlin. The fourth edition. With a frontispiece silhouette side portrait. In a full calf binding with gilt text to the spine. This work features a memoir of John Frederic Oberlin....

The Letters of Sir Walter Raleigh, 1879-1922

Sir Walter Raleigh; Lady Raleigh [ed.]; David Nichol Smith [preface] · 1926 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

London, Methuen & Co. 1926. First edition. Cloth. A smart two-volume collection of the letters of the English scholar Sir Walter Alexander Raleigh, edited by Lady Raleigh. The second edition of Volume I, published in the same year as the first edition, and the first edition of...

Colomb Dans Les Fers, a Ferdinand Et Isabelle

M. le Chevalier de Langeac [Egide de Lespinasse Langeac] · 1782 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.19 | ¥36,917)

Londres [London], Chez Alexandre Jombert, 1782 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of this uncommon late eighteenth century celebration of Christopher Columbus. In the original French.Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece, retaining the original tissue guard, and w...

A Biographical Dictionary of the Living Authors of Great Britain and Ireland

[John Watkins] · 1816 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.69 | $297.24 | ¥47,465)

London, Colburn, 1816. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this biographical dictionary comprising of memories and anecdotes of early 19th century authors of Britain and Ireland. The first edition of John Watkins biographical dictionary of British and Irish authors. T...

The Martian

George Du Maurier · 1898 · Rooke Books

£68.00 (€81.51 | $89.83 | ¥14,345)

London and New York, Harper & Brothers, 1898 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of George du Maurier's autobiographical novel, illustrated by the author himself, and retaining the rear wrap and flyleaf of the dust wrapper. The first edition of this novel which foll...