Biografia

Life and Correspondence of Thomas Arnold

Arthur Penrhyn Stanley · 1901 · Rooke Books

£69.99 (€83.89 | $92.46 | ¥14,765)

London, Ward, Lock and Company, c1844. Leather. A biography of the historian and headmaster, in a Modern School, Maidenhead, prize binding. Featuring a tissue-guarded portrait frontispiece. Contains several photographic plates. With a prize presentation label to the front past...

The Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay

Sir George Otto Trevelyan · 1888 · Rooke Books

£74.99 (€89.89 | $99.07 | ¥15,820)

London, Longmans, Green and Co. 1888. Leather. A study of the life of Thomas Babington Macaulay by his nephew. New edition. Sir George Otto Trevelyan (20 July 1838 – 17 August 1928) was a British statesman and author. In a ministerial career stretching almost 30 years, he was...

Anecdotes of the Life of Richard Watson, Bishop of Landaff; Written by Himself at Different Intervals, and Revised in 1814. In Two Volumes

His Son Richard Watson · 1818 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1818. Leather. A set of the Anecdotes of the Life of Richard Watson. Complete in two volumes. Second edition. With an engraved frontispiece of Richard Watson in volume I. Rt Rev Richard Watson (1737–1816) was an Anglican clergyman and academic...

Memoirs of the Late Thomas Holcroft, Written by Himself; and Continued to the Time of His Death, from His Diary, Notes, and Other Papers

Thomas Holcroft · 1852 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1852. Leather. A handsomely bound copy of Thomas Holcroft's memoirs, continuing up until his death in 1809. Thomas Holcroft (1745 – 1809) was an English dramatist and miscellaneous writer. His novels include Alwyn (1780), an ac...

Life and Labour or Characteristics of Men of Industry, Culture and Genius

Samuel Smiles · 1907 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.34 | ¥28,479)

London, John Murray, 1907. Leather. A study of the private and working lives of successful men in history. With chapters including Health-Hobbies, Town and Country Life, Single and Married and many more. In a Bickers and Son binding (binder's ink stamp to recto of front f...

Memoir of the Life of William James Muller

N Neal Solly · 1875 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.39 | $594.48 | ¥94,931)

London, Chapman and Hall, 1875. First edition. Leather. An insightful biographical account into the life and works of landscape and figure painter, William James Muller. First edition, being the first published biography of William James Muller. With original letters and an ac...

Shadow of Eros a Biographical and Critical Study of the Life and Work of Sir Alfred Gilbert

Adrian Bury · 1952 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.58 | ¥35,863)

London, The Dropmore Press, 1952. First edition. Leather. The first edition compelling biographical critical study of sculptor Sir Alfred Gilbert, a limited edition work. The first edition of this text. Limited edition, number 105 of 300 copies printed. Set in Monotype Baskerv...

The Life of Samuel Johnson to Which Is Added the Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides

James Boswell · 1902 · Rooke Books

£39.99 (€47.93 | $52.83 | ¥8,436)

London, Sands and Company , 1902. Leather. A copy of Boswell's famous biography of Samuel Johnson. James Boswell is best known for the biography he wrote of one of his contemporaries, the English literary figure Samuel Johnson, which contemporary Johnsonian critic Harold ...

Footprints of Famous Men Designed As Incitements to Intellectual Industry

John G Edgar · 1858 · Rooke Books

£44.99 (€53.93 | $59.43 | ¥9,491)

London, W Kent, 1858. Leather. A collection of short biographies of influential men, including Burke, Southey, and Lord Collingwood. Part of the Biographies for Boys collection. Fourth edition WIth illustrations throughout, including vignette title page. In a half-calf binding...

Historical Collections of the Life and Acts of the Right Reverend Father in God, John Aylmer, Lord Bishop of London in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth

John Strype · 1701 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.98 | ¥34,808)

London, W Bower for Brabazon Aylmer, 1701. Leather. A scarce biography of the former Lord Bishop of London, John Aylmer. Collated, complete. John Strype (1 November 1643 – 11 December 1737) was an English clergyman, historian and biographer. In 1674 he was licensed by the Bis...

Public Characters of 1802-1803

Anonymous · 1803 · Rooke Books

£36.99 (€44.34 | $48.87 | ¥7,803)

London, Richard Phillips, 1803. First edition. Leather. A collection of biographical sketches of thirty-two British public figures. The fifth such publication, following the popularity of the first four, published between in 1798 and 1802. First edition. Featuring influential ...

Reminiscences of Captain Gronow Recollections and Anecdotes Being a Second Series of Reminiscences

Captain R H Gronow · 1862 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.74 | $251.00 | ¥40,082)

London, Smith, Elder, and Co. 1862. Leather. The first two volumes of Captain Rees Howell Gronow's memoirs. In total Gronow wrote and published four volumes of his Reminiscences, and these are the first two volumes published. Volume I is illustrated, with four full page p...

Boswell&Apos;S Life of Johnson in Two Volumes

James Boswell · 1904 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.69 | $297.24 | ¥47,465)

London, Henry Frowde Oxford University Press, 1904. Vellum. A beautifully bound two volume set of Boswell's famous biographical work. Complete in two volumes. Oxford Edition. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. (1791) is a biography of Dr. Samuel Johnson written by James Bo...

A New Biographical Dictionary: Containing a Brief Account of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons and Remarkable Characters in Every Age and Nation

Stephen Jones · 1822 · Rooke Books

£39.99 (€47.93 | $52.83 | ¥8,436)

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1822. Leather. A reference book by literary editor Stephen Jones. The Seventh Edition. With numerous additions and improvements. In a full calf leather binding with gilt embellishment to the spine. Externally, generally smart, lig...

Necrology: Being Memoirs of the Lives of Eminent and Extraordinary Characters. Including Also Various Articles of Neglected Biography.

Various · 1805 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.74 | $251.00 | ¥40,082)

London, Lackington, Allen, and Co. 1805. Leather. A second edition of the scarce 1805 Necrology, biographies of eminent and extraordinary characters. Bound in half leather and marbled paper-covered boards, with gilt lettering. Scarce. Second Edition, with a Copious Index, and ...

William Cowper of the Inner Temple, Esq. - a Study of His Life and Works to the Year 1768

Charles Ryskamp · 1959 · Rooke Books

£19.99 (€23.96 | $26.41 | ¥4,217)

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1959. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of Ryskamp's biographical work of William Cowper. The volume includes three appendices - (A) Uncollected Letters and Essays, (B) Uncollected Poems: Early and Late, and (C) Uncollected Magaz...

The Power of Faith Exemplified in the Life and Writings of the Late Mrs. Isabella Graham of New York

Isabella Graham · 1828 · Rooke Books

£29.99 (€35.95 | $39.62 | ¥6,327)

London, James Duncan, 1828. Hardback. A classic and inspirational memoir of a Mrs. Isabella Graham, a Scottish-American philanthropist and educator. Born in Scotland, Isabella Graham moved to the United States in 1765, with her husband John Graham, a physician of the royal arm...

The Life of Mrs. Godolphin

John Evelyn · 1848 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

London, William Pickering, 1848. Cloth. A copy of John Evelyn's memoir of the British courtier 'Margaret Godolphin&apos. Margaret Godolphin, nee Blagge, was a Maid of Honour to Anne Hyde, the Duchess of York, and after her death she was employed in the same role by t...

A Brief Statement of the Religious Experience of Miss E Diplock of Claygate Farm, Shipborne, Kent

Elizabeth Diplock · 1840 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

London, Simpkin, Marshall and Co. 1840. Cloth. A very scarce, pocket sized, biographical work. This work is taken from the diary of one Elizabeth Diplock of Kent. Following her death these thoughts on her religious experience have been compiled into this work. The preface stat...

James Hain Friswell: A Memoir

Laura Hain Friswell · 1869 · Rooke Books

£29.00 (€34.76 | $38.31 | ¥6,118)

London , Sampson Low, Son and Marston, 1869. Cloth. An uncommon edition of On English Writers by James Hain Friswell. A Nineteenth Century essayist and novelist, he also frequently contrubuted articles to The Spectator, The Leader and Chamber's Journal. Here, he focusses ...