Biografia

Mme de Sevigne (Les Grands Ecrivains Francais)

Gaston Boissier · 1888 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Paris , Librairie Hachette et Cie , 1888. Leather. A finely bound study of the correspondence of French aristocrat, Madame de Sevigne. Third edition. Handsomely bound in quarter crushed and marbled morocco, with marbled paper covered boards. This volume explores and examines...

7vols Les Contemporains: ãƒâ‰Tudes Et Portraits Littãƒâ©Raires

Jules Lemaître · 1896 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.05 | ¥50,630)

Paris, Société Francaise d'Imprimerie et de Librairie, 1896-1899. Leather. A complete and uniformly bound set of Lemaître's critical studies of French authors and their works, excluding the posthumous eighth volume. The complete seven-volume set of this work, unif...

The Six Chief Lives from Johnson&Apos;S "Lives of the Poet" with Macaulay&Apos;S "Life of Johnson

Samuel Johnson; Thomas Babington Macaulay; Matthew Arnold [ed.] · 1892 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1892. Leather. A smartly bound copy comprising both Samuel Johnson's biographies of eminent poets, and an analysis of his own biography by Macaulay. A new edition, with numerous alterations and additions. First published in 1878. In full calf pr...

The Life of Benvenuto Cellini: A Florentine Artist

Benvenuto Cellini; Anne Macdonell [translator] · 1926 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London, J. M. Dent and Sons Limited , 1926. Leather. An illustrated English translation of Benvenuto Cellini's captivating autobiography, in a signed half calf binding by Bumpus. First thus, second impression. Bound in signed half calf by Bumpus, with marbled paper cover...

Voices at Play: Stories and Ear-Pieces; Momento Mori and the Girls of Slender Means; the Abbess of Crewe; Territorial Rights; Curriculum Vitae; Muriel Spark, William Trevor, Ian Mcewan: A Bibliography of Their First Editions

Muriel Spark; David Rees · 1961 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)

London, Macmillan; The Reprint Society; Constable; The Colophon Press, 1961-1992. First edition. Cloth. A fantastic selection of works from Muriel Sparks, together with a limited edition bibliography of her first editions. The first editions of these works. A delightful set, ...

The Wanderers

Ezekial Mphahlele [Es'kia Mphahlele] · 1970 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)

London, Macmillan, 1970. Paperback. A very scarce proof copy of Es'kia Mphahlele's award winning novel about exiles in Africa during the apartheid. A very scarce pre-publication proof copy. In the publisher's original proof paper covers, bound with string.This ...

The Life, Political and Official, of John, Earl of Eldon, Late Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, &C. &C.

1827 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)

London, Hunt and Clarke, 1827. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce biography on the life and career of John Scott, published after his tenure as Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain. The first edition of this very scarce work.A concise biography on the...

Through Wood and Dale: Diaries, 1975-1978; Deep Romantic Chasm: Diaries, 1979-1981

James Lees-Milne; Nick Robinson [preface]; Michael Bloch [ed.] · 1999 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, John Murray, 1999-2000. First edition. Cloth. Excellent examples of two volumes of the diaries of James Lees-Milne, spanning the years 1975 to 1981; the latter volume is inscribed by the editor Michael Bloch, one of the lovers of Lees-Milne. An early edition of Through...

The Regent and His Daughter

Dormer Creston · 1933 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Thornton Butterworth Ltd, 1933. First edition. Leather. The first edition second impression of Dormer Creston's biographical novel on Princess Charlotte, bound in full crushed morocco and beautifully illustrated throughout. The first edition, second impression. B...

Memoirs of Vidocq, Principal Agent of the French Police.

[Eugene Francois Vidocq] · 1828 · Rooke Books

£540.00 (€647.27 | $713.37 | ¥113,917)

London, Whittaker & Co. c1840 . Leather. An early English translation of the memoirs of Eugène-François Vidocq, a French criminal turned criminalist, complete in four volume bound over two. An early English translation. Complete in four volumes bound over two. Bound in half ...

Journal D&Apos;Un Poete

Alfred de Vigny; Fernand Baldensperger · 1928 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.27 | ¥52,739)

London, The Scholartis Press, 1928 . Leather. A very scarce limited edition of this literary collection from French poet and Romanticist Alfred de Vigny. In the original French.A very scarce limited edition of Alfred de Vigny's posthumously published collection of reflect...

The Golden Carpet

Somerset de Chair · 1943 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, The Golden Cockerel Press, 1943 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of Somerset de Chair's first hand account of his World War II campaign in the desert. A limited edition work, in a Sangorski & Sutcliffe binding. Limited to five hundred copies, with numbe...

Jeunesse

André Gide · 1945 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.58 | ¥35,863)

Paris, Editions Ides et Calendes, 1945. Paperback. A smart limited edition copy of André Gide reflection on his childhood, in a binding designed by Matisse. A limited edition, this being number 404 of 1,500 copies printed on vellum.In the original glassine.A short autobiograp...

The World on Wheels

H. O. Duncan [Herbert Osbaldeston Duncan] · 1926 · Rooke Books

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

Paris, H. O. Duncan, [1926]. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Herbert Osbaldeston Duncan's profusely illustrated two volume autobiographical work, providing an account of the history of automobiles, inscribed by the author. The first edition. Inscribed by the a...

The Life and Times of Oliver Goldsmith

John Forster · 1890 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

London, Ward, Lock & Co. 1890. Leather. A lovely illustrated copy of John Forster's biography of Oliver Goldsmith in a tree calf binding. An illustrated work from 'The Minerva Library of Famous Books', in a full tree calf binding, with gilt detailing to the boar...

A Mingled Measure: Diaries, 1953-1972

James Lees-Milne · 1994 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

London, John Murray, 1994 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the fifth volume of the diaries of Henry Lees-Milne, in which he encounters Oswald Mosley, Colette, and Somerset Maugham. The first edition, first impression.In the publisher's original clipped dust wr...

Prophesying Peace

James Lees-Milne · 1977 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.29 | ¥17,931)

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons , 1977. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing first edition of these diary entries by James Lees-Milne. The first edition, first printing. With the original unclipped dust wrapper.The second volume of James Lee-Milne's highly acclaimed d...

The Mirror of the Sea

Joseph Conrad · 1906 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.49 | $495.40 | ¥79,109)

London, Methuen & Co, 1906. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this first work of non-fiction by Joseph Conrad, recounting his time at sea. The first edition, first impression, with the adverts dated August 1906.In this, Conrad's first work of non-fiction, Conrad ...

Tobacco Tycoon: The Story of James Buchanan Duke

John K. Winkler · 1942 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

New York, Random House, 1942. First edition. Cloth. A scarce biography of James Buchanan Duke, founder of the American Tobacco Company. The first edition of this scarce work in the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. An interesting biography of the American toba...

Fifty Leaders of British Sport: A Series of Portraits

F. G. Aflalo · 1904 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

London, John Lane The Bodley Head, 1904. First edition. Cloth. An attractive volume comprising a series of portraits of notable British sports figures, illustrated with portrait plates The first edition, first impression. In the publisher's decorative cloth binding. Col...