Biografia

The Art Annual 1901 the Life and Work of B.W. Leader, R.A. With Numerous Illustrations

Lewis Lusk · 1901 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

London, The Art Journal, 1901. First edition. Cloth. A richly illustrated first edition of this biography of successful landscape painter B. W. Leader. In the publisher's original cloth binding. 3 plates including the frontispiece, 5 full page illustrations and numerous f...

George J. Pinwell and His Works

George C. Williamson · 1900 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)

London, George Bell & Sons, 1900. First edition. Cloth. The scarce limited first edition of this biography of George Pinwell, illustrated throughout. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding. Frontispiece and 51 further plates. Collated com...

Letters and Literary Remains of Edward Fitzgerald

Edward Fitzgerald; William Aldis Wright · 1889 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.52 | $462.37 | ¥73,835)

London , Macmillan and Co. 1889. First edition. Leather. A lovely complete three volume set of the Letters and Literary Remains of Edward Fitzgerald, in its first edition. A complete three volume set of Letters and Literary Remains of Edward Fitzgerald edited by William Aldis ...

The Literary Life and Correspondence of the Countess of Blessington

R. R. Madden; Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington · 1855 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.82 | ¥83,328)

London, T. C. Newby, 1855 . First edition. Leather. A lovely copy of the first edition of R. R. Madden's account of the life and correspondence of the Countess of Blessington. In lovely half crushed morocco signed bindings from Henry Sotheran. With a frontispiece to each ...

Papuan Epic

Keith Bushell · 1936 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

London, Seeley, Service & Co, 1936 . Cloth. The second edition of Keith Bushell's account of life among the natives of Papua New Guinea, illustrated throughout with photographic plates. The second edition of this work, published in the same year as the first.Native Police...

Family Lettters 1745-1793

Ann Graeme; Eliza Fergusson · 1857 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.19 | ¥36,917)

Edinburgh , Macpherson & Syme, 1857. First edition. Leather. A very scarce copy of this collection of Fergusson family letters. A very scarce copy of Family Letters between the years 1745-1793. The explanatory notes are supplied by Eliza Graeme Fergusson. There are letters fro...

You&Apos;Ve Had Your Time Being the Second Part of the Confessions of Anthony Burgess

Anthony Burgess · 1990 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

London , Heinemann, 1990. First edition. Cloth. An insightful and remarkable second part of author Anthony Burgess's autobiography, signed by the author. Signed by the author to the title page. A first edition copy of the second volume of Anthony Burgess's autobiogr...

What I Remember in Two Volumes

Thomas Adolphus Trollope · 1887 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.11 | ¥61,177)

London, Richard Bentley and Son, 1887 . First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of Thomas Adolphus Trollope's autobiographical work complete in two volumes. Told in two volumes in original publisher's cloth bindings. Trollope's autobiography includes topic...

Tom Cringle&Apos;S Log

Michael Scott · 1895 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London And New York, Macmillan and Co. 1895 . Cloth. A beautiful early edition of Tom Cringle's Log, Michael Scott's semi-autobiographical work. Early edition in original publisher's cloth bindings of Michael Scott's semi-autobiographical novel Tom Cringle&...

The Early Lives of Dante

Giovanni Boccaccio; Philip H. Wicksteed [trans] · 1904 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, Alexander Moring Limited the De la More Press, 1904. Vellum. The Life of Dante as narrated by Giovanni Boccaccio, translated by Philip H. Wicksteed for this beautiful 'King's Classics' edition. Translation of Giovanni Boccaccio's biographical sketch...

Letters of James Boswell to the Rev W.J. Temple

James Boswell; Thomas Seccombe · 1908 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

London , Sidgwick & Jackson, 1908. First edition. Cloth. An interesting first edition collection of letters from the esteemed biographer James Boswell. First edition copy of Letters of James Boswell to the Rev W. J. Temple, with an introduction by Thomas Seccombe. The letters...

The Itinerant, or, Memoirs of an Actor

S. W. Ryley · 1808 · Rooke Books

£1,295.00 (€1,552.24 | $1,710.77 | ¥273,189)

London, Taylor and Hessey, 1808-27. First edition. Leather. A scarce to find first edition set of Samuel William Ryley's fantastical autobiography. The first editions.Complete in nine volumes.A rare theatrical work, especially scarce to find the first editions as a set.Bo...

The Miscellaneous Works of Tobias Smollett with Memoirs of His Life and Writings

Tobais Smollett; Robert Anderson · 1820 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)

Edinburgh , Stirling & Slade et al , 1820. Leather. A fascinating six set collection of the works of Tobias Smollett. This is a six volume set of The Miscellaneous Works of Tobias Smollet, in the sixth edition. Tobias Smollett was a Scottish poet and author, best known for hi...

Letters from Dorothy Osborne to Sir William Temple

Edward Abbott Parry [ed.] · 1903 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

London, Sherratt and Hughes , 1903. Hardback. Correspondence between Dorothy Osborne and Sir William Temple, an uncommon edition in the original publisher's binding with yapp edges. Third printing of this volume, originally published in 1888. A collection of letters from ...

Catherine Gladstone

Mary Drew · 1919 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,016)

London, Nisbet and Co. 1919. First edition. Cloth. A bright copy of this scarce first edition biography of Catherine Gladstone by her daughter Mary Drew. Scarce first edition of this work. Affectionate biography of Catherine Gladstone, wife of British statesman William Ewart G...

My Autobiography and Reminiscences

W. P. Frith · 1887 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, Richard Bentley , 1887. First edition. Leather. The first edition of William Powell Frith's autobiographical work, complete in two uniform volumes. William Powell Frith was a prominent English painter, known for his genre subjects and panoramic narrative works of ...

The Unpublished Letters of Charles Dickens to Mark Lemon

Charles Dickens; Mark Lemon; Walter Dexter [ed.] · 1927 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)

London, Halton & Truscott Smith, 1927. Leather. A bright limited edition of Charles Dickens's letters to editor Mark Lemon. Limited edition, number one-hundred and thirty-eight of five-hundred and twenty five copies printed of Charles Dicken's unpublished letters to ...

Praeterita. Outlines of Scenes and Thoughts Perhaps Worthy of Memory in My Past Life

John Ruskin · 1900 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.29 | ¥58,013)

London, George Allen, 1900. Leather. A nice Hatchard's bound second edition of John Ruksin's personal autobiography, an interesting work about the eminent Victorian. The second edition.Complete in three volumes.Bound by Hatchards. Illustrated with a frontispiece to ...

Recollections of a Sussex Parson

Edward Boys Ellman · 1912 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

London, Skeffington and Son, 1912. First edition. Cloth. Scarce first edition of Edward Boys Ellman's memoirs, a presentation copy. The first edition of this work, a scarce copy. Memoirs of Edward Boys Ellman, Rector Of Berwick, East Sussex. Containing numerous anecdotes ...

Jumping the Line

William Herrick · 1998 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.19 | ¥36,917)

Madison, Wisconsin, The University of Wisconsin Press, 1998. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this memoir written by American novelist William Herrick, signed by Herrick and including a personal letter from him to his former agent. A near fine copy of this memoir ...