Biografia

Burlington Fine Arts Club Illustrated Memoir of Charles Wellington Furse A.R. A

The Burlington Fine Arts Club · 1908 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, Burlington Fine Arts Club, 1908. Cloth. A commemorative volume, containing the life and works of Charles Wellington Furse. Illustrated with thirty-five plates from numerous works in Furse's collection Charles Wellington Furse (13 January 1868 – 16 October 1904) w...

The Life of the Rt Hon. George Canning

Robert Bell · 1846 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.27 | ¥52,739)

London, Chapman and Hall, 1846. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this political biography. The first edition of this biography of the British statesman and Tory politician, George Canning. Canning worked in several roles in the cabinet before becoming Prime Ministe...

Digby Grand: An Autobiography

G J Whyte Melville · 1890 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

London, Longmans, Greene and Co. 1890. Leather. The first and very successful novel penned by George John Whyte-Melville. One of the twenty-one novels written by Whyte-Melville about hunting. George John Whyte-Melville was a Scottish novelist of the sporting-field and poet. He...

Ingres: Sa Vie Et Ses Oeuvres

Olivier Merson · 0 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)

Paris, J. Hetzel, c1867. Fine Binding. A biography of French Neoclassical painter, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres. A biography of French Neoclassical painter, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres. In French. With a tipped-in photographic frontispiece. In a half-morocco binding. Extern...

Memoires Et Correspondance de Madam D&Apos;Epinay

Madame D'Epinay · 1818 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

Paris, Brunet, 1818. Leather. A two volume set of the memoirs of Madame D'Epinay. A two volume set of the memoirs of Madame D'Epinay. Two of original three volumes. Printed in French. Louise D'Epinay was a French writer, saloniste and woman of fashion, known for...

Racine Et Port Royal

J. Fourcassie · 1656 · Rooke Books

£22.99 (€27.56 | $30.37 | ¥4,850)

Paris, Librairie Hatier, c1933. Leather. An account of this major seventeenth century French dramatist's years in the religious institution of Port Royal, where he received a classical education and was influenced by the Jansenists. Jean Fourcassie was a French writer. &a...

The Choyce Letters of Monsieur de Balzac Written to Severall Grand and Eminent Persons in France Whereunto Are Annexed the Familiar Letters of Monsieur de Balzac to His Friend Monsieur Chapelain

Jean-Louis Guez Balzac. · 1658 · Rooke Books

£2,200.00 (€2,637.01 | $2,906.33 | ¥464,105)

London, Thomas Dring, 1658. Leather. An English translation of Jean-Louis Guez Balzac's letters. A very scarce work. Not seen at auction for over thirty five years. With a portrait frontispiece of Balzac. With two title pages, the first title page is in Red and Black and ...

The Letters of Jane Austen

R. Brimley Johnson [intro.]; Jane Austen · 1926 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

London, John Lane The Bodley Head, 1926 . Cloth. A very scarce second edition copy of this collection of letters by notable 18th century writer Jane Austen. The very scarce second edition of the work, first published the year prior. In publisher's original orange cloth b...

Les Critiques de Notre Temps Et Proust Proust Et Les Signes le Mysterieux Correspondant Et Autres Nouvelles Inedites Marcel Proust Correspondance Avec Daniel Halevy Lettres a Madame Scheikevitch de Marcel Proust Marcel Proust Marcel Proust 1871-1922 an Exhibition of Manuscripts, Books, Pictures and Photographs Madame Proust Correspondances Et Manuscrits Lettres (1879-1922)

Jacques Bersani; Gilles Deleuze; Luc Fraisse; Marcel Proust; Daniel Halevy; Jean Santeuil; Evelyne Bloch-Dano; Mireille Naturel [ed.]; · 1971 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.27 | ¥52,739)

Paris; Monaco; Manchester, Editions Garnier Freres; Quadrige/Puf; Editions de Fallois; Editions Sauret; Quarto Gallimard; Whitworth Art Gallery; Bernard Gr, 1971; 2006; 2019; 1992; 1993; 20. Paperback. Paris; Monaco; Manchester: Editions Garnier Freres; Quadrige/Puf; Editions ...

The Magnet Companion; a Collective Biography, Index and Directory

Various · 1971 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Howard Baker Press, 1971 . First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this complete list of every Magnet published, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition of the work.In publisher's original green cloth binding. In the original unclipped dust...

Lettres de Marcel Proust a Bibseco

Marcel Proust; Thierry Maulnier [preface] · 1949 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Lausanne; Paris; Bruxelles; Milan; New-York, La Guilde du Livre, 1949. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon, illustrated first edition of this French title, which was once owned by art dealer Adrian Eeles. An uncommon first edition title, collecting the personal letters of litera...

The Life and Adventures of Oliver Godsmith

John Forster · 1848 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

London, Bradbury and Evans, 1848. First edition. Leather. The first edition of a popular biography on the idiosyncratic and celebrated Anglo-Irish Georgian writer, written by accomplished biographer John Forster. The first edition of The Life and Adventures of Oliver Goldsmith...

The Tavern Is My Drum: My Autobiography

Joseph Vecchi · 1948 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Odhams Press Ltd. 1948 . First edition. Cloth. A pleasing signed first edition of Joseph Vecchi's autobiography.  A signed first edition of Joseph Vecchi's autobiography. Joseph Vecchi was born a natural restauranteur. He ran the fine restaurant at Claridge...

George Meredith: Some Characteristics

Richard le Gallienne · 1890 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

London, Elkin Mathews, 1890 . First edition. Cloth. A nice copy of this first edition biography of Victorian novelist George Meredith, in the publisher's original cloth, with two black and white illustrations. The first edition, in the publisher's original cloth. Wi...

The Public and Private Life of Lord Chancellor Eldon, with Selections from His Correspondence

Horace Twiss · 1844 · Rooke Books

£425.00 (€509.42 | $561.45 | ¥89,657)

London, John Murray, 1844. First edition. Leather. The complete first edition of this biography of Lord Chancellor Eldon, illustrated with plates and bound in full diced calf. The first edition of this biographical work on Lord Chancellor Eldon. Complete in three volumes. Uni...

Letters from the North of Italy. Addressed to Henry Hallam, Esq.

William Stewart Rose · 1819 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.82 | ¥83,328)

London, John Murray, 1819 . First edition. Leather. A bright example of the two volume first edition of William Stewart Rose's travel work on Italy, recounting his experiences exploring the north of the country. The first edition, complete in two volumes.The travel letter...

A History of the Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus

Washington Irving · 1828 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.33 | $653.93 | ¥104,424)

London, John Murray, 1828. First edition. Leather. The first edition of Washington Irving's popular fictional account of the life of Christopher Columbus, bound in half calf. The first edition. A four volume, complete set. Illustrated with two folding maps, one each to ...

William Ewart Gladstone: His Life and Times

Lewis Apjohn · 1881 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)

London, The Tyne Publishing Company, Limited, 1881. Leather. A smartly bound copy of this volume from the Memorable Men of the Nineteenth Century series, exploring the life of British statesman William Ewart Gladstone. The Memorable Men of the Nineteenth Century series. With a...

Unleashed

Boris Johnson · 2024 · Rooke Books

£57.00 (€68.32 | $75.30 | ¥12,025)

London, William Collins, 2024. First edition. Cloth. A signed limited edition of Boris Johnson"s memoir Unleashed, charting his political rise from London Mayor to Prime Minister, complete with 16 double-sided photographic colour plates. In the publisher's original blue b...

The Life of Abraham Newland, Esq. Late Principal Cashier at the Bank of England

[John Dyer Collier] · 1808 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.74 | $251.00 | ¥40,082)

London, B. Crosby and Co. 1808 . First edition. Leather. A very scarce work presenting the life and achievements of the Bank of England's chief cashier, Abraham Newland, written by John Dyer Collier. The first edition. Very scarce work.Written by successful journalist and...