Biografia

Life and Explorations of Fridtjof Nansen

J. Arthur Bain · 1897 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.29 | ¥17,931)

London, Walter Scott, 1897. Cloth. An illustrated biography of the life and expeditions of Frfidtjof Nansen, a pioneering Arctic explorer and the first man to cross the Greenland interior. The revised and considerably enlarged second edition of J. Arthur Bain's biographic...

Low&Apos;S Autobiography

David Low · 1956 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

London, Michael Joseph , 1956. First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first impression of David Low's autobiography, a bright copy in the price-clipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of this autobiography of David Low, famous political caricaturist an...

The Coast of Incense: Autobiography 1933-39

Freya Stark · 1953 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

London, John Murray , 1953. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this autobiographical work by Freya Stark, recounting of her travels in South Arabia between 1933-39. The third and last part of Freya Stark's autobiography, which mainly focusses on her travels around...

The Life of Charles James Mathews Chiefly Autobiographical with Selections from His Correspondence and Speeches

Charles James Mathews; Charles Dickens · 1879 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.98 | ¥34,808)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1879. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this interesting biography on the life of the great actor Charles James Mathews, from the library of the Bright Young Thing Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie. The first edition of this work.Complete in two volum...

Byron

Andre Maurois · 1930 · Rooke Books

£280.00 (€335.62 | $369.90 | ¥59,068)

Paris, Bernard Grasset, 1930. First edition. Fine Binding. A very smartly bound first edition set of Andre Maurois' biography of Byron. From the library at Julians Park, once home to socialite and patron of arts Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie. This work is numbered 516 of copie...

Les Plus Belles Heures D&Apos;Amour de Casanova

Giacomo Casanova; Edouard Maynial · 1923 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.29 | ¥58,013)

Paris, Les Editions G. Cres & Co. 1923. Leather. A handsomely bound, limited edition copy of these memoirs of Georges Casanova, illustrated throughout. In French. A collection of amorous memoirs of Giacomo Casanova, Italian explorer and renowned womaniser. Including an introd...

Seventy Years a Showman

Lord George Sanger · 1961 · Rooke Books

£69.00 (€82.71 | $91.15 | ¥14,556)

London, J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1961. Cloth. An excellent autobiographical work describing the life of this prominent showman, complete with a scarce dust wrapper. Lord George Sanger was an English circus proprietor who ran numerous shows with his brother John throughout the ni...

The Big Cage

Clyde Beatty; Edward Anthony · 1933 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

New York and London, The Century Co, 1933. First edition. Cloth. A first edition memoir by the famed animal trainer Clyde Beatty, an exciting first-hand account of his career, replete with illustrations throughout. The first edition of this work.Clyde Beatty's fascinating...

Memoirs of Mary, the Young Duchess of Burgundy, and Her Contemporaries

Louisa Stuart Costello · 1853 · Rooke Books

£1,500.00 (€1,797.96 | $1,981.59 | ¥316,435)

London, Richard Bentley, 1853. Fine Binding. A copy of this scarce work by Louisa Stuart Costello, in handsome binding by August De Decker-Lemaire from Ghent. A very comprehensive history of the Mary of Burgundy, who reigned over the Burgundian state, in modern day France, fro...

A Life of Francis Amasa Walker

James Phinney Munroe · 1923 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

New York , Henry Hold and Company , 1923. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce biography of American economist Francis Amasa Walker, the first edition. A very scarce first edition of this biography of American economist Francis Amasa Walker by James Phinney Munroe. Francis Ama...

David Livingstone the Story of His Life and Travels

David Livingstone · 1888 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.53 | $63.41 | ¥10,126)

London, Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1888. Cloth. A smart copy of this autobiographical work by David Livingstone, illustrated throughout. David Livingstone was a Scottish physician, Congregationalist, and pioneer Christian missionary with the London Missionary Society, an explorer...

Thomas Bewick: His Life and Times

Robert Robinson · 1887 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

Newcastle, R Robinson, 1887. First edition. Cloth. A illustrated work on the life of Thomas Bewick, an English wood-engraver and natural history author. Thomas Bewick (1753-1828) was an English wood-engraver and natural history author. Early in his career he took on all kinds ...

Life of Charles Darwin

G. T. Bettany · 1887 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.53 | $63.41 | ¥10,126)

London, Walter Scott, 1887. Cloth. A biographical account of the life and works of Charles Darwin, one of the most important figures in Western science to date. Best known for his theory of evolution, Charles Darwin was one of the most important naturalists of all time, widely...

Life of Sir John Lubbock, Lord Avebury

Horace G. Hutchinson · 1914 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, Macmillan & Co , 1914. First edition. Cloth. Hutchinson's scarce two volume biography of John Lubbock, with a signed letter from the subject of the work. The scarce two volume first edition of this two volume work from celebrated English amateur golfer Horace Hutc...

Brangwyn

Rodney Brangwyn · 1978 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)

London, William Kimber , 1978. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated biography of the leading artist Frank Brangwyn in its original dust wrapper. The first edition of this illustrated biography of Frank Branwgyn, one of Britain's leading artists in h...

An Account of the Life and Writings of James Beattie

Sir William Forbes · 1824 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)

London, E. Roper, 1824. Leather. An account of the life and works of James Beattie, written by his lifelong friend Sir William Forbes, a new edition illustrated with a portrait frontispiece. Complete in two volumes.Illustrated with a frontispiece to volume I.William Forbes&apo...

Memoirs of the Life and Ministerial Conduct, with Some Free Remarks on the Political Writings, of the Late Lord Visc. Bolingbroke

Lord Viscount Bolingbroke · 1752 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, R. Baldwin, 1752. Leather. A fascinating and insightful autobiographical work regarding the life of Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke. ESTC Citation No. N4592.Detailing the life and writings of this important British politician.Henry St. John (1678-1751) was an E...

The Life of the Reverend Arthur O&Apos;Leary

Thomas R. England · 1822 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1822. First edition. Leather. A first edition of this scarce biographical account of important Irish preacher Arthur O'Leary. Arthur O'Leary (1729-1802) was an Irish preacher and polemical writer. He wrote numerous tracts...

Life and Letters of James David Forbes

John Campbell Shairp; Peter Guthrie Tait; A. Adams-Reilly · 1873 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.78 | $211.37 | ¥33,753)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1873. First edition. Fine Binding. A handsomely bound, first edition copy of James David Forbes's biography, written by John Campbell Shairp, Peter Guthrie Tait, and A. Adams-Reilly. A first edition copy of this biography of the life of James Dav...

Lord Randolph Churchill

Lord Rosebery · 1906 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

London, Arthur L. Humphreys, 1906. Cloth. An excellent second impression of this fascinating account of the life of Randolph Churchill. Lord Randolph Churchill (1849-1895) was a British statesman and Tory radical, and father of Winston Churchill. He served as Leader of the Con...