Biografia

Address Given at the Memorial Service for Ian Fleming

Ian Fleming; William Plomer · 1964 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.25 | $726.58 | ¥116,026)

Westerham, Westerham Press, 1964. First edition. Paperback. An uncommon first edition of the address given by William Plomer at Ian Fleming's funeral. Wirth the original glassine wrap. A privately printed work, in the original paper wraps. A limited issue of 50 copies in...

The Life of the Right Honorable Charles James Fox

1807 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)

London, Albion Press, 1807. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this faithful biography of Charles James Fox, the prominent and controversial Whig politician. The first edition of this work.A biography on the life and political work on the Honourable Charles James Fox...

The Wet Flanders Plain

Henry Williamson · 1929 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)

London, Faber & Faber Limited, 1929. Cloth. A sombre piece written about the author's experiences during the First World War, ten years on after his return to visit the battlefield. This work was written after the author had returned to the Western Front in order to find ...

Gandhi to Vinoba: The New Pilgrimage

Lanza del Vasto, Philip Leon [trans.] · 1956 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.52 | $462.37 | ¥73,835)

London, Rider and Company, 1956. First edition. Cloth. A superb copy of this fascinating biography of Vinoba Bhave. The first edition, illustrated. Inscribed and signed by brilliant comedian and author Spike Milligan. The first edition of this work. Inscribed and signed by Spi...

An Unfinished Autobiography

John Wilkes, R. des Habits [ed.] · 1888 · Rooke Books

£220.00 (€263.70 | $290.63 | ¥46,411)

Harrow, William F. Taylor, 1888. Paperback. A limited edition on handmade paper of this fascinating unfinished autobiography by John Wilkes. The review copy of this very scarce work. The review copy for this limited edition printed on ordinary handmade paper comprising a fasci...

Henry M. Stanley

A. Montefiore-Brice · 1890 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.29 | ¥17,931)

London, A. W. partridge & Co. c1890. Cloth. A very interesting biographical work on Henry M. Stanley, journalist and explorer. Undated. Dated from Library Hub circa 1890. A biographical work on Henry M. Stanley, journalist and explorer, known for his exploration of central Afr...

Randolph Caldecott

Randolph Caldecott; Henry Blackburn · 1886 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)

London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, 1886. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this profusely illustrated memoir of Randolph Caldecott's art career by Henry Blackburn The first edition of this work. The memoirs of Randolph Caldecott's early a...

Marianne Williams a Study of Life in the Bay of Islands, New Zealand 1823-1879

Sybil Woods · 1977 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.27 | ¥52,739)

Unknown, Privately Printed, 1977. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce limited edition of this biography of Marianne Williams, with hand written letter and signed by the author. The first edition of this work limited to sixty copies printed for the press, this volume being numb...

Un Epicurien Anglais Thomas Love Peacock

Jean-Jacques Mayoux · 1933 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.29 | ¥58,013)

Paris, Nizet et Bastard, 1933. First edition. Paperback. A signed first edition of Mayoux's biography on Thomas Love Peacock, a very scarce work inscribed from the author to a fellow professor. The first edition of this work. A very scarce work.Signed by the author to th...

The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton

Mrs. Russell Barrington · 1906 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.25 | $726.58 | ¥116,026)

London, George Allen, 1906. Vellum. A limited edition of this expansive biography of Sir Frederic Leighton, a British painter and sculptor, presented by the author to novelist Marie Corelli. Written by Emilie Barrington (1841-1933), a British biographer and novelist, author of...

Myself

M. [anon.] · 1882 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

Oxford Street, Bolton, 1882. Cloth. A very scarce copy of this autobiography written by a mother for her daughter. A fascinating copy of this very scarce book. Local Bolton imprint. Really scarce. A rare window into the late Victorian female perspective.Written by a mother to...

The Life of Johnson

James Boswell · 1851 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.32 | ¥23,205)

London, Office of the National Illustrated Library, 1851. Cloth. A lovely illustrated four volume set detailing the life of this important English writer. Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) was an English poet, essayist, biographer and literary critic. He published 'A Dictionary ...

Diaries and Letters

Harold Nicolson · 1966 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.32 | ¥23,205)

New York, Atheneum, 1966-8. First edition. Cloth. The first U.S. edition of the diaries and letters of the Bloomsbury figure Harold Nicolson, spanning the period of 1930 to 1962. The first U.S. edition of this work.Complete in three volumes.In the original unclipped dustwrappe...

Long Before Forty

C. S. Forester · 1967 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

London, Michael Joseph, 1967. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of C.S. Forester's autobiography, Long Before Forty, written before the recognition the author received for the Hornblower series. The first edition copy of Long Before Forty, C.S. Forester's a...

As It Was

Helen Thomas · 1931 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

London, William Heinemann LTD, 1931. Cloth. The second edition of Helen Thomas' touching memoir about her poet husband, Edward Thomas, published after his early death in battle. The second edition of this work.Helen Thomas' touching memoir about her marriage to the p...

Soldier True

Victor Bonham-Carter · 1963 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, Frederick Muller Limited, 1963. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of Victor Bonham-Carter's biography exploring the life and affluent career of Sir William Robertson, illustrated throughout. The first edition of this work.Signed by the author to the rec...

Life&Apos;S Morning Hour

E. H. VIsiak; [Edward Harold Physick] · 1968 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.34 | ¥28,479)

London, John Baker, 1968. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of E. H. Visiak's autobiography, delving into his life in touching detail. The first edition of this work.Signed by the author to the recto to the front endpaper, 'To dear - very dear - Doris, (Di...

The Life and Opinions of Walter Richard Sickert

Robert Emmons · 1942 · Rooke Books

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

London, Faber and Faber Limited, 1942. Cloth. Graham Greene's presentation copy of this work, with his intimate ink inscription to the front endpaper. A biography on the life of the Post-Impressionist Walter Sickert. Presentation copy from Graham Greene, with his ink insc...

A Prince of Arabia the Emir Shereef Ali Haider

George Stitt · 1948 · Rooke Books

£220.00 (€263.70 | $290.63 | ¥46,411)

London, George Allen & Unwin LTD, 1948. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of George Stitt's detailed biography on the life and political career of Ali Haydar Pasha. Illustrated throughout, and held in the original and very scarce dust wrapper. The first edition...

Memorials of Thomas Hood

Thomas Hood · 1860 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)

London, Edward Moxon & Co, 1860. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this memorial on the life and work of the English poet Thomas Hood, illustrated. The first edition of this work.Complete in two volumes.A touching work on the beloved English poet Thomas Hood, containi...