Biografia

Wayward Tendrils of the Vine

Ian Maxwell Campbell · 1947 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

London, Chapman and Hall, 1947. Cloth. A signed limited edition copy of this vivid wine-centred autobiography from Ian Maxwell Campbell. Limited to 750 copies, of which this copy is number 737. Signed by the author under the limitation. With a newspaper clipping of a review ...

The John Buchan Journal

Dr Kate Macdonald [ed]; John Buchan; The John Buchan Society; et al. · 1980 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.19 | $786.03 | ¥125,519)

Edinburgh , The John Buchan Society, 1980-2017. Leather. An impressive run of 'The John Buchan Journal', a publication featuring articles and studies on the renowned Scottish author John Buchan, including an unpublished short story from Buchan, housed in four fantast...

Thirteen Signed Works by Michael Holroyd

Michael Holroyd · 1964 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€407.54 | $449.16 | ¥71,725)

London, Bloomsbury; Heinemann; et al. 1964-2012. First edition. Cloth. London: Bloomsbury; Heinemann; et al. 1964-2012. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed. 9" by 5.5"; 8" by 5"; 7.5" by 4.5"; 9.5" by 6". None. A collection of signed works from Michael Holroyd, wi...

Eric Hiscock

Eric Hiscock · 1976 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

London, Arlington Books, 1976. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this powerful WWI memoir of an underage solider in the Royal Fusiliers. Signed by the author to reputable publisher and founder of Virago Press, Carmen Callil, who he writes to here as his "good fri...

Macmillan Modern Novelists: Rosamond Lehmann

Judy Simons · 1992 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

London, Macmillan, 1992. First edition. Cloth. A lovely signed first edition study of Rosamond Lehmann, from the library of Carmen Callil, founder of the feminist publisher Virago Press. A signed presentation copy from the author to reputable feminist publisher Carmen Callil.Â...

Other People&Apos;S Houses

Hilary McPhee · 2019 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.69 | $297.24 | ¥47,465)

Victoria, Melbourne University Press, 2019. First edition. Paperback. A very pleasing first edition of this memoir from Australian writer Hilary McPhee, signed in presentation to Carmen Callil. First edition. Signed and inscribed by the author to the title page with an inscrip...

All of Us There

Polly Devlin · 1983 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)

London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1983. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this beautifully written memoir of growing up Catholic in Northern Ireland. Signed by the author to the title page, "with love & admiration & gratitude". The first edition, first impression...

Memories

Max Reinhardt · 1998 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

Guildford, Biddles Limited, 1998. First edition. Cloth. The scarce autobiography of Max Reinhardt, limited to only three hundred copies, this is a lovely association copy from the library of fellow publisher Carmen Callil. The limited first edition, limited to three hundred un...

The Grey City of the North; the City of the West; R.L. Stevenson Memories

R.L. Stevenson; Jessie M. King · 1910 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.69 | $297.24 | ¥47,465)

Edinburgh, T. N. Foulis, 1910-1912 . First edition. Cloth. Three delightful first edition works, each in the original wrappers designed by celebrated artist Jessie M. King. Including two of King's own works on the cities of Scotland, and an illustrated biography of Scotti...

The Life of Benvenuto Cellini

Benvenuto Cellini; Anne Macdonell [translator] · 1903 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

London, J. M. Dent & Co, 1903. Cloth. A two volume set of this illustrated autobiography from Italian goldsmith and sculptor Benvenuto Cellini, translated into English. Complete in two volumes. Volume one is illustrated with a frontispiece and two plates. Volume two is illustr...

Marlborough: His Life and Times

Winston S. Churchill · 1933 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€898.98 | $990.80 | ¥158,218)

London, George G. Harrap and Co. Ltd. 1933-1938. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing complete first edition of Churchill's four-volume biography of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough. First editions. Complete in four volumes. In the publisher's cloth binding.This ...

But It Still Goes on: An Accumulation

Robert Graves · 1930 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1930. First edition. Cloth. A first edition, second impression, of this autobiographical work from English poet, Robert Graves. First edition, second impression. With the change to page 157, without the line 'The Child She Bare' as printed in t...

Everybody&Apos;S Pepys: The Diary of Samuel Pepys 1660-1669

Samuel Pepys · 1927 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

London, G. Bell and Sons, 1927. Leather. A decoratively bound copy of this illustrated edition of Samuel Pepys' diaries, adorned with many drawings by E. H. Shepard. The fourth impression of this illustrated edition of Samuel Pepys' diaries, featuring the works of E....

Memoirs of the Life of the Late John Mytton Esq. Of Halton Shropshire

Nimrod [Charles James Apperley] · 1900 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. 1900. Cloth. A bright facsimile printing of these illustrated memoirs, covering the life of Regency-era eccentric and rake, John "Mad Jack" Mytton. A facsimile printing of the second enlarged edition of this work (1837). In the publis...

Memoires for My Grand-Son

John Evelyn; Geoffrey Keynes [ed.] · 1926 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)

London, Nonesuch Press, 1926. Hardback. A charming Limited Edition of this biographical work by English writer John Evelyn, written between 1704 and 1705. Housed in the publisher's original glassine and slip case. Number three-hundred and thirty-three of one-thousand two-...

Colloquia Cum Notis Selectis Variorum Addito Indice Novo

Erasmi Roterodami [Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus]; Cornelius Schrevel [ed] · 1693 · Rooke Books

£445.00 (€533.40 | $587.87 | ¥93,876)

Amsterdam, Ex Typographia Blaviana, 1693. Leather. A collection of Latin works from the historic humanist, philosopher and theologian, Desidarius Erasmus, bound in full vellum. A collection of works from Erasmus, first published as 'Colloquia Familiaria' in 1518. Wi...

Memoirs of John Duke of Marlborough, with His Original Correspondence

William Coxe · 1820 · Rooke Books

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

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1820. Leather. A smart second edition of these memoirs of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, complete here in six volumes with illustrations. The second edition of this work. First published in three volumes in 1818. Very s...

Back View

Sir Harold Morris · 1960 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Peter Davies, 1960. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition presentation copy of this autobiographical work by Sir Harold Morris with interesting insight into his father's friendship with Arthur Conan Doyle and his hand in the creation of 'Sherlock Holme...

The Life Story of Sir Charles Tilston Bright

Charles Bright · 1908 · Rooke Books

£47.00 (€56.34 | $62.09 | ¥9,915)

London, Archibald Constable & Co. 1908. Cloth. The revised and abridged edition of this illustrated biography of Sir Charles Tilston Bright written by his son. Revised and abridged edition. With a portrait frontispiece and sixty-seven images, many of which are full-page. Colla...

The Life of Laurence Bishop of Holar in Iceland (Laurentius Saga)

Einar Haflidason; Oliver Elton [translator] · 1890 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Rivingtons, 1890. Cloth. A smart copy of this account of the life of the bishop of Holar, Laurence or Laurentius Kalfsson. With a map. An account of the life of Laurence or Laurentius Kalfsson, bishop of the northern Icelandic diocese of Holar from 1324 to 31 who spent...