Biografia

Portraits, Memoirs, and Characters, of Remarkable Persons, from the Revolution in 1688 to the End of the Reign of George II Collected from the Most Authentic Accounts Extant

James Caulfield · 1819 · Rooke Books

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

London, HR Young , 1819. Cloth. The complete set in four volumes of James Caulfield's collection of biographies of remarkable people. Complete in four volumes. First part appeared in 1790. Containing biographies from the Revolution of 1688 to the end of the Reign of King...

The Scarlet Tree; Noble Essences or Courteous Revelations

Osbert Sitwell · 1949 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Macmillan & Co. 1949-1950. First edition. Cloth. Two volumes of Osbert Sitwell's interesting autobiography. Volumes two and five from Osbert Sitwell's autobiography entitled Left Hand Right Hand. With twenty three plates to each volume, collated and complete....

Trying to Save Piggy Sneed

John Irving · 1996 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

New York, Arcade Publishing, 1996. First edition. Cloth. A first US edition, first impression copy of this collection of short works by critically-acclaimed novelist John Irving. The first US edition, first impression of this work in the publisher's original quarter cloth...

An Indian Pathfinder: Memoirs of Sevabrata Sasipada Banerji

Albion Rajkumar Banerji · 1924 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

Oxford, Kemp Hall Press, Ltd. 1924. Paperback. A scarce work on the life of social worker, Sevabrata Sasipada Banerji. Scarce work. The memoirs of Sevabrata Sasipada Banerji, a social worker and leader of the Brahmo Samaj who is remembered as a champion of women's rights ...

Chatterton a Biography

David Masson · 1899 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London , Hodder & Stoughton , 1899. Cloth. A new edition of this biography of poet Thomas Chatterton. A new and revised edition of this work. This volume was first published in 1856 as part of a volume of Collected Essays and is a biography of English poet Thomas Chatterton w...

The Life and Correspondence of Thomas Arnold

Arthur Penrhyn Stanley · 1890 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.53 | $63.41 | ¥10,126)

London, Ward, Lock and Co. 1890. Leather. Second edition of this biographical work on the life and correspondence of English educator Thomas Arnold. The second edition of this work. From the Minerva Library of Famous Books series edited by G. T. Bettany. Biographical work con...

Memoir of Captain M.M. Hammond

Captain M. M. Hammond · 1858 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, James Nisbet and Co. 1858. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this memoir of Captain M. M. Hammond's life. The first edition of this work, a scarce copy rarely seen in commerce. Memoir of the life of Rifle Brigade Captain M. M. Hammond, from his ea...

Happy England

Marcus B. Huish · 1904 · Rooke Books

£118.00 (€141.44 | $155.89 | ¥24,893)

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1904 . Cloth. The first reprint of this lovely illustrated biography of Helen Allingham, the Victorian watercolourist. Early edition of Happy England as painted by Helen Allingham, with a memoir and descriptions by Marcus Bourne Huish. In the o...

Francisco P. Moreno Arquetipo de Argentinidad Aquiles

Aquiles D. Ygobone · 1954 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

Buenos Aires, Orientacion Cultural Editores S. A. 1954 . Cloth. The uncommon second edition of this biography of Argentinian explorer Francisco Moreno, from the library of Kenn Back. Second edition of Francisco P. Moreno Arquetipo de Argentinidad Aquiles by Aquiles D. Ygobone....

Boswell in Holland 1763-1764

Frederick A. Pottle · 1952 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1952. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this detailed account of James Boswell's time in Holland, through letters and diary entries. First edition. Illustrated with frontispiece and four plates. Collated complete. A work of travel w...

Louis II de Bavieãƒâoeã‚â€Re

Jacques Bainville · 1927 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

Paris, Editions J. Tallandier, 1927. Leather. A smartly-bound biography of Ludwig II of Bavaria, sometimes called the Swan King, by French author Jacques Bainville. In a half morocco binding, with marbled boards and end papers. Binder's stamp of Sotheran to the verso of t...

The Works of Laurence Sterne

Laurence Sterne · 1808 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.39 | $594.48 | ¥94,931)

London, J. Johnson, T. Becket, R. Baldwin et al, 1808 . Leather. A wonderfully illustrated four volume edition of the works of Anglo-Irish novelist and cleric Laurence Sterne. Illustrated with eleven plates to volume I - including one coloured plate of marbling - eight to volu...

The Memoirs of Field-Marshal the Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, K.G.

Field Marshal The Viscount Bernard Montgomery of Alamein · 1958 · Rooke Books

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

London, Collins, 1958. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery's autobiography, covering the full span of his career, from boyhood to the post-war years. Signed 'Montgomery of Alamein F. M.' to the front free endpaper.The...

The World of Franz Kafka

J. P. Stern · 1980 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.72 | $77.94 | ¥12,446)

London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1980. First edition. Cloth. A first edition, signed copy of this fascinating biography of writer Franz Kafka. A first edition copy. Signed by the author to the front free endpaper. Franz Kafka was a German speaking novelist and short-story wr...

Memoirs of Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Picton

H. B. Robinson · 1835 · Rooke Books

£490.00 (€587.33 | $647.32 | ¥103,369)

London , Richard Bentley , 1835. First edition. Leather. A smart complete two volume set of the Memoirs of Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Picton. A complete two volume set of the Memoirs of Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Picton, including his correspondence, from originals in po...

Life Is Sweet, Brother

Bernard Darwin · 1940 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London, Collins, 1940. First edition. Cloth. Bright first impression of Bernard Darwin's celebrated volume of memoir. The first edition, first impression of Bernard Darwin's well-known autobiographical work. The second volume of memoir. Golfer and prolific golf write...

Reminiscences

Thomas Carlyle; James Anthony Froude [ed.] · 1881 · Rooke Books

£188.00 (€225.34 | $248.36 | ¥39,660)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1881. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of these posthumously published memoirs of Thomas Carlyle's wife and friend. First edition. Two volumes. A collection of memoirs of the author's wife, and friend Edward Irving, along with ...

Letters Written by the Late Earl of Chatham to His Nephew Thomas Pitt, Esq. (Afterwards Lord Camelford) Then at Cambridge

William Pitt; Thomas Pitt; William Grenville · 1810 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

London, T. Payne , 1810. Leather. The advice of the William Pitt, the 1st Earl of Chatham, to his nephew, Thomas Pitt. Comprising of a series of letters. A scarce new edition. Held institutionally in only three UK libraries. In a calf binding with gilt detail, rebacked with a ...

The Book of Wonderful Characters Memoirs and Anecdotes of Remarkable and Eccentric Persons in All Ages and Countries

Henry Wilson, James Caulfield · 1874 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.82 | ¥83,328)

London , John Camden Hotten, 1874. Cloth. A thoroughly illustrated copy of this volume of eccentric biographies. A later edition of this scarce work. This volume is a collection of biographies of remarkable and eccentric people, including Francis Battalia the stone-eater, Jac...

The Letters of the Late William Cowper to His Friends

William Cowper; J. Johnson · 1817 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.98 | ¥34,808)

London, Printed for Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy , 1817. Leather. New edition of the letters of William Cowper in three uniform volumes. New edition, complete in three volumes. In uniform half calf bindings.Containing the correspondence of English poet and Anglican hymnwriter Wil...