Biografia

An Excursion in France, and Other Parts of the Continent of Europe

Charles Maclean · 1804 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.29 | ¥58,013)

London, T. N. Longman and C. Rees, 1804. First edition. Leather. The scarce first edition of this English physician's account of his detainment in France under Napoleon's orders. The scarce first edition of this early nineteenth century work from Charles Maclean, M. ...

Hugh Miller, a Critical Study

W.M. Mackenzie · 1905 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1905. Cloth. A very scarce biographical account of the life and professional career of nineteenth-century Scottish geologist and evangelical, Hugh Miller. A fascinating biographical account of the life and professional career of nineteenth-century...

Khaki and Gown an Autobiography

Lord Birdwood; Winston Churchill · 1942 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London, Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, 1942. Cloth. A nice second impression copy of Lord Birdwood's enlightening travel work on his time with the British Army, complete with colour folding maps. The second impression of this work, printed in February 1942. The first impressio...

Marlborough: His Life and Times

Winston S. Churchill · 1947 · Rooke Books

£270.00 (€323.63 | $356.69 | ¥56,958)

London, George G. Harrap, 1947-55. Cloth. The first edition complete in two volumes of John Churchill's panegyric biography by Sir Winston Churchill. Originally published in four volumes in 1933-8, this edition first thus complete in two volumes: vol. I first impression, ...

The Life of Christ, a Continuous Narrative in the Words of the Authorized Version of the Four Gospels

Joseph John Scott · 1905 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, John Murray, 1905. First edition. Leather. A very scarce first edition study of the life of Jesus Christ, in an exceptionally smart full calf school prize binding. Canon of Manchester Joseph John Scott explains in his preface that 'it has been pressed upon my atte...

The Yale Editions of the Private Papers of James Boswell

James Boswell · 1952 · Rooke Books

£320.00 (€383.57 | $422.74 | ¥67,506)

London, William Heinemann LTD, 1952-57. Vellum. A limited edition set by Yale, comprising of the private papers of James Boswell, most notably his travel works. Illustrated throughout, including with folding maps. In four volumes, two additional volumes were also published in ...

Memories of Sixty Years

Earl of Warwick and Brooke · 1918 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London, Cassell and Company , 1918. Cloth. The second printing of this scarce autobiography of the Early of Warwick and Brooke. A scarce autobiography of Francis Greville, 5th Earl of Warwick and Brooke, from his early through his travels around Florida, Mexico, and East Afric...

Eugenie de Guerin Journal Et Fragments

Eugenie de Guerin; G. S. Trebutien · 1864 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

Paris, Didier et Cie, 1864. Leather. An original French volume containing extracts of the diaries and letters of Eugenie de Guerin, from the library of Adolphus William Ward. In the original French.The second edition of this work.A selection of the diaries and letters of Eugen...

The Life of John Mytton

Nimrod [Charles James Apperley] · 1877 · Rooke Books

£690.00 (€827.06 | $911.53 | ¥145,560)

London, George Routledge and Sons, 1877. Fine Binding. A fine, early edition of this famous biography of British eccentric and rake, John 'Mad Jack' Mytton. The fourth edition of this work.Illustrated, with a hand-coloured frontispiece and seventeen hand-coloured pla...

The Circus Lady

Josephine DeMott Robinson · 1926 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.71 | ¥62,232)

New York, Crowell, 1926. Cloth. An illustrated autobiographical work of the life and career of Josephine DeMott Robinson, signed by the author. An autobiographical work on the life of Josephine Demott Robinson, who grew up in the circus along with her family. She was an expert...

The Story of My Life

Augustus J C Hare · 1896 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.29 | ¥58,013)

London, George Allen, 1896-1900. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of Augustus Hare's autobiography, complete in six volumes. A collection complete in six volumes of this extensive autobiographical work by Augustus Hare. The first edition, published between 1896 and 1...

Elephant Tramp

George Lewis; Byron Fish · 1961 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, Peter Davies, 1961. First edition. Cloth. A first edition autobiography describing the author's life as an elephant trainer, from the library of Paul Gallico. Written by George 'Slim' Lewis, an elephant handler who ran away to join the circus at sixteen....

Left Hand Right Hand! Great Morning Laughter in the Next Room

Osbert Sitwell · 1945 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1945-49. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of three volumes of Osbert Sitwell's autobiography, an illustrated memoir with the original decorative dustwrappers. The first edition of these works.Three volumes, being volumes I, III, and IV of ...

Two Great Scotsmen: William and John Hunter

George R. Mather · 1893 · Rooke Books

£58.00 (€69.52 | $76.62 | ¥12,235)

Glasgow, James Maclehose, 1893. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this biography of anatomist and surgeon William and John Hunter. A recounting of the lives and history of the two successful Scottish brothers, William and John Hunter by George Mather. The first editio...

Satyrical Characters and Handsome Descriptions in Letters

Cyrano de Bergerac · 1914 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.71 | ¥62,232)

Cambridge , Printed for the Rowfant Club of Cleveland, 1914. First edition. Cloth. An excellent limited edition of this remarkable facsimile of a collection of satirical letters by Cyrano de Bergerac. A limited edition of this facsimile of Cyrano de Bergerac"s epistolary colle...

Memoires de Jacques Casanova de Seingalt

Giacomo Casanova · 1872 · Rooke Books

£850.00 (€1,018.85 | $1,122.90 | ¥179,313)

Brussels, J. Rozez, 1872. Loose Pages, Articles. A delightful set of the autobiographical writings of Giacomo Casanova in the French language, complete in six volumes. Giacomo Casanova (1725-1798) was an Italian adventurer and author. Remembered in particular for his womanizin...

Memoirs of the Life of Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Thomas Moore · 1825 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green, 1825. Leather. A third edition in two volumes, comprising a biography of important British playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan. Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816) was an Irish playwright and poet, also known for owning t...

Hail and Farewell

George Moore · 1911 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.80 | $191.55 | ¥30,589)

London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1911-1914. First edition. Cloth. A excellent set complete in three first edition volumes of George Moore's semi autobiographical and entertaining work reporting his experiences in Ireland. The first edition of these volumes, published in 191...

An Autobiography

Anthony Trollope · 1883 · Rooke Books

£370.00 (€443.50 | $488.79 | ¥78,054)

Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1883. Leather. A leather bound first edition of Anthony Trollope's autobiography, complete with a frontispiece illustration of the author and bound as two volumes in one. Anthony Trollope (1815-1882) was an English novelis...

Memoirs of Count Lavalette

Count Lavalette; Antoine Marie Chamans · 1894 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.05 | ¥10,548)

London, Gibbings and Company, 1894. First edition. Cloth. The limited edition autobiography of Comte de Lavalette, Antoine Marie Chamans, an important figure in Napoleon's France. A limited edition work, limited to one-hundred and twenty-five copies, of which this is numb...