Biografia

The Great Duke Volume Two

W. H. Fitchett · 1911 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Smith, Elder, & Co. 1911. Leather. The second volume of Fitchett's work on the Duke of Wellington. Volume two only. Illustrated with frontispiece and eight maps and plans. Collated complete. The life of the Duke of Wellington, from Salamanca and San Sebastian to W...

The Life of Sir William Fairbairn, Bart.

Sir William Fairbairn; William Pole · 1877 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1877. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this biography of Sir William Fairbairn, partially written by himself, and completed and edited by William Pole. The first edition of this uncommon work in the publisher's original cloth bindi...

Three Lives - and Now: An Autobiography

Stephen Foot · 1937 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1937. Cloth. A scarce new and revised edition of this autobiography by Stephen Foot. Scarce work. New and revised edition. A biography split into three parts: oil, war, and school. Written by Stephen Foot, the youngest overseas manager at Shell M...

Kilvert&Apos;S Diary 1870-1879

Robert Francis Kilvert; William Plomer (ed.) · 1977 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1977. Cloth. An illustrated selection of passages from the diary of Rev Robert Francis Kilvert Three volumes The diaries of Francis Kilvert, dating from 1870 to 1879. Illustrated with two plates in volume one, four plates in volume two, and two plates in...

Oxford English Memoirs and Travels Series

Various · 1973 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, Oxford University Press, 1973-1975. Cloth. Five excellent volumes of the memoirs and travels of important British figures. Six volumes from the Oxford English Memoirs and Travels Series. Wanderings in South America by Charles Waterton. 1937. Includes wandering in South...

Giovanni Boccaccio As Man and Author

John Addington Symonds · 1895 · Rooke Books

£67.00 (€80.31 | $88.51 | ¥14,134)

London, John C. Nimmo, 1895. Cloth. A very neat edition of this biography of Giovanni Boccaccio by John Addington Symonds. The biography of Giovanni Boccaccio, an Italian writer, poet, composer, and important Renaissance humorist. He was seen as one of the most important figur...

The Historical an the Posthumous Memoirs of Sir Nathanial William Wraxall

Henry B. Wheatley · 1884 · Rooke Books

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

London, Bickers & Son, 1884. Fine Binding. A handsome collection of the edited memoirs of Sir Nathanial William Wraxall, illustrated throughout and bound in full tree calf by Riviere & Son. The historical and posthumous memoirs of Sir Nathaniel William Wraxall, alongside notes...

The Life and Letters of Admiral Cornwallis

G. Cornwallis-West · 1927 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

London , Robert Holden & Co, 1927. First edition. Cloth. An illustrated first edition copy of this biography of Admiral Cornwallis. A first edition copy of this biography of Admiral Cornwallis, written by G. Cornwallis-West. Admiral Cornwallis was a Royal Navy Officer and was...

Compendio Istorico Della Vita Del Venerabile F. Bonaventura Da Barcellona, Laico Professo Fondatore Del S. Ritiro Della Prov. Riform. Romana

F. Luigi · 1825 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.98 | ¥34,808)

Rome, Dai Torchj di Michele Puccinelli a Tor Sanguigna, 1825. Paperback. The 1825 edition of this very scarce biography of the Franciscan friar Bonaventura Gran, with an engraved portrait, in the original paper wraps. A very scarce work in the publisher's original paper w...

Pepita

V. Sackville-West · 1937 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Hogarth Press, 1937. Cloth. A charming early edition of the extraordinary story of Vita Sackville-West's grandmother, Pepita. Illustrated throughout with sixteen plates. Collated, complete. Josefa (Pepita), the half-gypsy daughter of an old-clothes pedlar from Mal...

The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works

Samuel Johnson · 1810 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.29 | ¥17,931)

London, Printed by J Nichols and Son, 1810. Leather. Samuel Johnson's famous biographical sketches of many eminent poets, a new edition in three volumes. Early edition of this work, originally published in 1779-81. New edition, corrected. With the original advertisements ...

Shadows on the Grass

Simon Raven · 1982 · Rooke Books

£56.00 (€67.12 | $73.98 | ¥11,814)

London, Blond & Briggs, 1982 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this autobiographical work by English author Simon Raven in the original dust wrapper. First edition of Shadows on the Grass by Simon Raven in the original publisher's cloth binding and unclipped du...

George Meredith 1909

J. M. Barrie · 1924 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

New York, William Edwin Rudge, 1924. First edition. Paperback. A limited first edition of this memorial of George Meredith, by James Matthew Barrie. First edition. Limited edition. One of five hundred copies. Signed by typographer Bruce Rogers to the rear. In memory of George ...

Life of Samuel Johnson LL. D. Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; with His Correspondence and Conversations.

James Boswell · 1848 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, Henry Washbourne, 1848. Leather. A neat copy of this study of the life and works of Samuel Johnson. Leather binding. Said to the the greatest biography written in the English language, this work reviews the life and works of Samuel Johnson, an English writer who made l...

William Pickering Publisher: A Memoir and a Checklist of His Publications

Geoffrey Keynes · 1969 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, The Galahad Press, 1969. First edition. Cloth. A highly illustrated first edition of this memoir of the life and works of William Pickering. First edition. Highly illustrated with 37 title pages of books published by William Pickering. Collated complete. The life and w...

The Last Essays Elia

Charles Lamb; William MacDonald [ed.] · 1903 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, J.M Dent & Co.; E. P. Dutton & Co. 1903. Cloth. A profusely illustrated collection of Charles Lamb's final essays, supplemented with a memoir of Lamb from William Macdonald. Volume 2 of 12. This copy of Charles Lamb's final collection of essays opens with a m...

Biographies by Lord Macaulay

Lord Macaulay · 1879 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.19 | ¥36,917)

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1879. Leather. A very smart edition of Lord Macaulay's biographies of Atterbury, Bunyan, Goldsmith, Johnson and Pitt; bound by J. C. Wilbee. The twenty-third edition of this work in a full calf binding, with decorative gilt to the spine and...

Memoires for My Grand-Son

John Evelyn; Geoffrey Keynes [ed.] · 1926 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, Nonesuch Press, 1926 . Hardback. A charming Limited Edition of this biographical work by English writer John Evelyn, in the publisher's original glassine and slip case. Number seven-hundred and sixteen out of one-thousand two-hundred and fifty Limited Edition copi...

My Six Convicts

Donald Powell Wilson · 1951 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,016)

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1951. First edition. Cloth. First UK edition of this fascinating autobiographical work by Donald Powell Wilson in its scarce dust wrapper. Autobiographical work based on the author's experiences as a young professor of psychology in one of the big...

George Grenfell and the Congo

Sir Harry Johnston · 1908 · Rooke Books

£3,950.00 (€4,734.63 | $5,218.19 | ¥833,280)

London, Hutchinson & Co, 1908 . First edition. Cloth. Bright copies of the two volume first edition of Johnston's study of Grenfell, in the very scarce publisher's original dust wrappers. The two volume first edition of British explorer, botanist, artist, colonial ad...