Biografia

Life of Leigh Hunt

Cosmo Monkhouse · 1893 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.98 | ¥34,808)

London, Walter Scott, Ltd, 1893. First edition. Leather. A smartly bound first edition of this biography of English essayist Leigh Hunt. First edition. Extra illustrated, with a portrait frontispiece and forty-one plates. A biography of James Henry Leigh Hunt, best known as Le...

Letters and Journals, Written by the Deceased Mr. Robert Baillie, Principal of the University of Glasgow.

Mr. Robert Baillie; Robert Aiken · 1775 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.27 | ¥52,739)

Edinburgh; London, W. Gray; J. Buckland; G. Keith, 1775 . First edition. Leather. A very scarce, first edition of this compilation of the letters and journals of renowned Scottish author, advocate of the Covenanter movement, and Principal of Glasgow University, Robert Baillie,...

Kilvert&Apos;S Diary: Selections from the Diary of the Rev. Francis Kilvert

Rev. Francis Kilvert; William Plomer · 1971 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1971 . Cloth. A complete, three volume set containing selections from the diary of the Rev. Francis Kilvert, each with the publisher's dust wrapper and housed in a slipcase. Complete in three volumes. Bound in quarter cloth, with the original dust w...

Jeanne D&Apos;Arc

Gabriel Hanotaux · 1911 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€407.54 | $449.16 | ¥71,725)

Paris, Hachette, 1911 . Vellum. A charmingly illustrated example of this French language biography of Joan of Arc, from French historian and politician Gabriel Hanotaux. In the original French.Illustrated throughout with woodcuts 'from original sources&apos.A biography of...

At Home: Memoirs

William Plomer · 1958 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.82 | $171.74 | ¥27,424)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1958. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this memoir from South African and British novelist William Plomer, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author to the front free endpaper with an inscription that reads: "for J. R. & V. ...

The Agenda Club

The Agenda Club; Joseph Thorp · 1910 · Rooke Books

£3,400.00 (€4,075.38 | $4,491.61 | ¥717,253)

London, The Print Collector’s Quarterly; Williams & Norgate, 1910-1913. First edition. Cloth. A fascinating and very scarce collection of works about the philanthropic society 'The Agenda Club', which aimed to channel the energies of young men towards social good. A...

Collection of Biographical Works on Lewis Carroll

Jeffrey Stern; Evelyn M. Hatch et al. · 1932 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

Virginia; London, The Lewis Carroll Society of North America; Macmillan and Co, 1932-81. First edition. Cloth. A collection of biographical works on the renowned author of 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland', Lewis Carroll, including a collection of his letters, ...

Mrs. Delany (Mary Granville): A Memoir 1700-1788

Mary Granville; George Paston [Emily Morse Symonds] · 1900 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.72 | $77.94 | ¥12,446)

New York, E. P. Dutton and Co, 1900. Cloth. A very scarce selection of letters and memoirs of Mary Granville, compiled by British author and critic Emily Morse Symonds. An early impression of the first US edition, published two months after the first. A very scarce collection...

All Done from Memory

Osbert Lancaster · 1963 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, John Murray, 1963. Cloth. A smart second edition of this illustrated autobiography from English cartoonist Sir Osbert Lancaster, signed and inscribed by the publisher. Second edition, originally released in autographed limited edition of forty-five copies in 1953. Sign...

Ottoline: The Early Memoirs of Lady Ottoline Morrell

Lady Ottoline Morrell; Robert Gathorne-Hardy [ed.] · 1963 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Faber and Faber, 1963. First edition. Cloth. A bright first edition, first impression of the early memoirs of Lady Ottoline Morrell, with illustrations throughout and the original dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of this work in the publisher's or...

Reminiscences of Behar

An Old Planter [Minden Wilson] · 1887 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)

Calcutta, Thacker, Spink and Co. 1887 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce autobiographical account of the life of a planter in Behar, or Cooch Bihar, in India in the 1840s and 1850s. The first edition of this scarce work.Lacking the title page.Minden ...

The Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian

Colonel Henry Yule · 1875 · Rooke Books

£695.00 (€833.06 | $918.14 | ¥146,615)

London, John Murray, 1875 . Cloth. The second edition of Colonel Henry Yule's discussion of the travels of Marco Polo, richly illustrated throughout and with folding plates and maps. The second edition of this work, first published in 1871.Complete in two volumes.Scottish...

The Literary Life of the Late Thomas Pennant, Esq. By Himself.

Thomas Pennant · 1793 · Rooke Books

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

London, Benjamin and John White, 1793 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of this uncommon autobiographical survey by Welsh naturalist and aniquary, Thomas Pennant, complete with four plates, including the scarce hand coloured folding plate of 'The Church Militant...

John Constable&Apos;S Correspondence: The Family at East Bergholt 1807-1837

John Constable; R. B. Beckett [editor] · 1962 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

London, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1962. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated collection of the correspondence of English Romantic painter John Constable. First edition. Scarce work. From the Historical Manuscripts Commission. Illustrated ...

Ian Hamilton&Apos;S March

Winston Spencer Churchill · 1900 · Rooke Books

£330.00 (€395.55 | $435.95 | ¥69,616)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1900 . Cloth. The second edition of Winston Churchill's personal account depicting his experiences during the Second Boer War. The second edition, published the same year as the first. Only 1,700 copies of this second edition were printed....

A Small Boy and Others

Henry James · 1913 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.71 | ¥62,232)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1913 . First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of novelist Henry James's autobiography of his early life and childhood. The first UK edition, first issue of this work, published the month after the US first edition.Illustrated with a frontispi...

The Book of Omar and Rubãƒâ¡Iyãƒâ¡T, Being a Book of Miscellanies -- Biographical, Historical, Bibliographical and Pictorial Notes on Omar Khayyam of Naishapur and His Inspired Quatrians

Multiple, including Richard Le Gallienne, Owen Seaman, Edwin Gosse, Andrew Lang, and Alfred Tennyson. · 1900 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

New York and London, The Bankside Press, 1900. First edition. Hardback. This scarce first edition, first impression of an illustrated, miscellaneous collection of items relating the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, in the original publisher's pictorial paper wraps. The first ...

Laggard

R. Stevens · 1953 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London, Faber and Faber Ltd, 1953. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition of this vivid autobiography from celebrated falconer, Ronald Stevens. The first edition. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.A beautifully written memoir of life in post-...

Letters of Matthew Arnold 1848-1888

Matthew Arnold; George W. E. Russell · 1895 · Rooke Books

£96.00 (€115.07 | $126.82 | ¥20,252)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1895. First edition. Cloth. A smart two volume set of the first edition of this collection of letters from English poet Matthew Arnold. Complete in two volumes. First edition. A collection of the letters and correspondence of Matthew Arnold, ...

Letters: Raymond Chandler and James M. Fox

Raymond Chandler; James M. Fox; James Pepper [ed.] · 1978 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

Santa Barbara, Neville and Yellin, 1978. First edition. Cloth. An excellent signed limited edition of this book of letters between authors Raymond Charles and James M. Fox. One of this edition's 350 numbered copies, being number 278. Signed by James M. Fox and editor Jam...