Biografia

The Life of Benvenuto Cellini Written by Himself

Benvenuto Cellini; John Addington Symonds · 1936 · Rooke Books

£34.00 (€40.75 | $44.92 | ¥7,173)

New York, Tudor Publishing Company, 1936. Cloth. A beautiful copy of the goldsmith Benvenuto Cellini's energetic autobiography. Complete as two volumes bound in one.The autobiography of the Italian goldsmith Benvenuto Cellini, the most important autobiography from the Ren...

&Apos;Tom&Apos; an Autobiography with Revised Negro Melodies

Thomas Rutling · 1907 · Rooke Books

£900.00 (€1,078.78 | $1,188.95 | ¥189,861)

Bradford, WM Byles and Sons, 1907. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce, first edition of the pioneering Black artist Thomas Rutling's autobiography. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Illustrated,  With forty pages of sheet music. Lacking the portrait fron...

Serge Lifar Destin D&Apos;Un Danseur

Andre Levinson · 1934 · Rooke Books

£950.00 (€1,138.71 | $1,255.01 | ¥200,409)

Paris, Bernard Grasset , 1934. First edition. Fine Binding. A finely bound, limited edition, association copy of this biography regarding the life and career of Ukranian-born French ballet dancer, Serge Lifar. In a quarter morocco binding, with paper covered boards. With a si...

If I Die in a Combat Zone

Tim O'Brien · 1973 · Rooke Books

£300.00 (€359.59 | $396.32 | ¥63,287)

London, Calder & Boyars, 1973. First edition. Cloth. An exceptionally pleasing first edition of this moving first-hand account of the author's experiences on his tour of duty during the Vietnam War. The first edition of this work. In the original unclipped dustwrapper. &a...

Growing Up the Gorbals

Ralph Glasser · 1986 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1986. First edition. Cloth. A near fine copy of Ralph Glasser's first autobiography, an author's presentation copy, inscribed by the author to the publisher Tom Maschler. The first edition of this work. In the original unclipped dustwrapper. ...

A New and General Biographical Dictionary Containing an Historical and Critical Account of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons

Anon · 1798 · Rooke Books

£1,700.00 (€2,037.69 | $2,245.80 | ¥358,627)

London, G G and J Robinson, J Johnson, 1798. First edition. Leather. A complete set of the biographical dictionary. A first edition thus, published under the editorship and translator William Tooke. A New Edition of this dictionary, but a first edition thus overall. The Genera...

Another Self

James Lees-Milne · 1970 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

Hamish Hamilton, Hamish Hamilton, 1970. First edition. Cloth. A fine first edition of James Lees-Milne moving autobiography on his youth, illustrated with a lovely frontispiece by Reynolds Stone. The first edition, first impression, of this work. In the original unclipped dust...

Diary, Reminiscences, and Correpsondence of Henry Crabb Robinson, Barrister at Law.

Henry Crabb Robinson; Thomas Sadler · 1869 · Rooke Books

£500.00 (€599.32 | $660.53 | ¥105,478)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1869. First edition. Fine Binding. A finely bound, first edition copy of Henry Crabb Robinson's memoir. Henry Crabb Robinson founded London University, and these memoirs are his best remembered work. They were published posthumously, and contain ...

Letters from Conrad 1895 to 1924

Joseph Conrad; Edward Garnett · 1928 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)

London, The Nonesuch Press, 1928. First edition. Cloth. The first limited edition of the letters of Joseph Conrad from 1895 to 1924, edited here by his friend Edward Garnett. The first edition of this work. A limited edition, limited to nine-hundred and twenty-five copies, of ...

The Works of the English Poets. With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical

Various; Samuel Johnson · 1790 · Rooke Books

£1,300.00 (€1,558.23 | $1,717.38 | ¥274,244)

London, John Nichols; et al, 1790. Cloth. A rebound collection of Samuel Johnson's series of biographies on prominent English poets, containing selections of the popular works of the poets. Illustrated with portraits. Incomplete in seventy four volumes, lacking volume twe...

The Principal Corrections and Additions to the First Edition of Mr. Boswell&Apos;S Life of Dr. Johnson

James Boswell · 1793 · Rooke Books

£9,000.00 (€10,787.77 | $11,889.55 | ¥1,898,612)

London, Henry Baldwin , 1793. First edition. Fine Binding. A finely bound copy of this very scarce work with manuscript corrections and additions to Boswell's 'Life of Johnson&apos. The first edition. With nine contemporary manuscript corrections in black in to refer...

A True and Impartial Account of the Life of the Most Reverend Father in God Dr James Sharp Archbishop of St Andrews

David Symson · 1723 · Rooke Books

£380.00 (€455.48 | $502.00 | ¥80,164)

Edinburgh, Not Stated, 1723. First edition. Cloth. A scarce biography of the highly political archbishop of St Andrews. The first edition of this work. James Sharp was the archbishop of St Andrews from 1661. He was influential in both church and state. He strongly supported Ep...

The Lives of the Chief Justices of England. From the Norman Conquest Till the Death of Lord Tenterden Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England, from the Earliest Times Till the Reign of King George IV

John Lord Campbell · 1868 · Rooke Books

£1,900.00 (€2,277.42 | $2,510.02 | ¥400,818)

London, John Murray, 1868-74. Leather. A beautifully bound set of John Lord Campbell's influential biographies on the Lord Chancellors and Chief Justices of England. Complete in fourteen volumes, being four volumes of 'The Lives of the Chief Justices of England'...

The Reminiscences of Albert Pell

Albert Pell · 1908 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)

London, John Murray, 1908. First edition. Fine Binding. A finely bound, first edition copy of Albert Pell's reminiscences. With the bookplate of one W H Foster to the front pastedown. William Henry Foster was an English Conservative party politician. He sat in the House o...

De Thoma Valperga Calusio

Carlo Boucheron · 1833 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Taurini, Edebant Chirio et Mina, 1833. First edition. Hardback. In the original paper boards, a scarce first edition of Carlo Boucheron's biography of this mentor Tommaso Valperga Caluso. The first edition of this work. A scarce work. In the original Latin. A biography of...

George Morland His Life and Works

Sir. Walter Gilbey; E. D. Cuming · 1907 · Rooke Books

£68.00 (€81.51 | $89.83 | ¥14,345)

London, Adam and Charles Black , 1907. First edition. Cloth. A handsomely bound copy of this work biographical work celebrating the life and artist career of George Morland. A first edition copy of this work, bound in the publisher's original decorative cloth binding, wit...

Birket Foster

Herbert Minton Cunda · 1906 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1906. First edition. Cloth. A copiously illustrated first trade edition copy of this fascinating biography of the popular English illustrator, watercolour artist and engraver in the Victorian period Myles Birket Foster. This work is from the &ap...

The First Earl of Shaftesbury

Louise Fargo Brown · 1933 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.78 | $211.37 | ¥33,753)

New York and London, D. Appleton-Century Company, 1933. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated work on the political Anthony Ashley Cooper, the First Earl of Shaftesbury, written by Louise Fargo Brown. The first edition of this work. An interesting biograp...

Memoirs of the Public and Private Life of William Penn.

Thomas Clarkson; W. E. Forster · 1849 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

London, C. Gilpin, 1849. Cloth. A fascinating biography of William Penn, the Quaker founder of the Province of Pennsylvania; by the renowned English abolitionist and author Thomas Clarkson. A 'New Edition' copy, with a preface by W. E. Foster, writing in response to ...

A Strong Dose of Myself

Dannie Abse · 1983 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, Hutchinson, 1983. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this fascinating work by the Welsh poet and physician Dannie Abse; signed by the author to the title page, with an additional signature by the renowned English dramatist Arnold Wesker. Containing a fascina...