Biografi

Gm Memories of George Moore

Nancy Cunard · 1956 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1956. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy, in lovely condition, of Nancy Cunard's reflections on her 'GM' - Irish novelist George Moore. A lovely first edition of Nancy Cunard's memoirs on her childhood companion 'GM&a...

The Life of Laurence Sterne

Percy Fitzgerald · 1896 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, Downey and Co. 1896. Cloth. A handsomely-bound set of an interesting biographical work on Laurence Sterne, the eighteenth-century Anglo-Irish writer, in cloth with extensive gilt decoration to the front boards.  An interesting biographical work on Laurence Sterne, an e...

The Letters of Thomas Babington Macaulay

Thomas Pinney [ed.] · 1974 · Rooke Books

£198.00 (€237.33 | $261.59 | ¥41,772)

Cambridge , Cambridge University Press , 1974-1981. First edition. Cloth. The attractive 6 volume set of letters by influential Whig politician Thomas Babington Macaulay, with 6 frontispieces and unclipped dust wrappers. The first editions of the work.Volumes 1 and 2 published...

My Sketch Book in the Shiny

Snaffles · 1930 · Rooke Books

£360.00 (€431.52 | $475.61 | ¥75,949)

London, Gale & Polden, Ltd, 1930. Cloth. An excellent signed second edition of Snaffles" collection of sketches of the sporting habits of the British in India, inscribed by the author, and in the original dust wrapper. The second edition. The author's presentation copy, i...

The Life of Samuel Johnson

James Boswell · 1819 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)

London, Printed for the Proprietors, 1819. Leather. The new edition complete in four volumes of James Boswell's acclaimed biography of Samuel Johnson, in half green calf with a monochrome portrait frontispiece of Johnson and folding facsimiles of his handwriting. The new ...

Life and Letters of Mandell Creighton

Mandell Creighton; Louise Hume Creighton · 1905 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)

London, Longmans, Green & Co. 1905. Leather. A smartly bound sixth impression of this biographical work on British historian and priest Mandell Creighton. Complete in two volumes. Sixth impression. Volume one is illustrated with a portrait frontispiece, one photogravure plate,...

Amelia Jackson: A Brief Memoir of the Wife of William Walrond Jackson

Amelia Jackson; William Walrond Jackson · 1927 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

None stated, Private Circulation only , 1927. First edition. Leather. The first and only edition of this vanishingly scarce memoir on the life of the musician Amelia Jackson, being published by her husband for private circulation, and bound in full crushed morocco. The first a...

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

Nimrod [Charles James Apperley] · 1900 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. 1900. Cloth. A bright facsimile printing of this biography of John "Mad Jack" Mytton, the reckless Regency eccentric whose wild exploits, debts, and daring hunts made him a legend. In the publisher's original green cloth binding.A...

Personal Experiences of the Prisons of the World, with Stories of Crime, Criminals, and Convicts

Chas Cook · 1902 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

London, Morgan and Scott, 1902. First edition. Cloth. A presentation copy of this work featuring Chas Cook's personal account of his experiences with criminals and prisons, in the original decorative cloth binding, signed by the author. The third edition.The author's...

Some Account of the Life and Opinions of Charles, Second Earl Grey

Lieut.-General Hon. C. Grey · 1861 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, Richard Bentley, 1861. Leather. A leather bound copy of this biography of former Prime Minister Charles Grey, the second Earl Grey. The life of Charles Grey, second Earl Grey, a British Whig politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of th...

Memoirs of the Most Material Transactions in England, for the Last Hundred Years, Proceeding the Revolutions in 1688.

James Welwood · 1749 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, John Woodyer, 1749. Leather. James Welwood's historical account on the life of King Charles I, created upon the request of Queen Mary II, bound in full calf. The seventh edition, corrected. The register runs continuously as A6, B12-O12, P5. Collated, complete. Jam...

Diary of John Evelyn Esq. , F.R. S. To Which Are Added a Selection from His Familiar Letters and the Private Correspondence between King Charles I and Sir Edward Nicholas and between Sir Edward Hyde (Afterwards Earl of Clarendon) and Sir Richard Browne

John Evelyn; William Bray [ed.]; Henry B. Wheatley · 1906 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€407.54 | $449.19 | ¥71,729)

London, Bickers and Son, 1906. Vellum. A complete new edition of John Evelyn's diaries and correspondence, specially bound here in quarter vellum and chemises by Eric Sweet. A new edition. Complete in four volumes. In a handsome rebinding of quarter vellum, with marbled b...

The Life and Times of Samuel Crompton Inventor of the Spinning Machine Called the Mule

Gilbert J. French · 1860 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

Manchester; London, Thomas Dinham & Co.; Simpkin, Marshall & Co. 1860. Leather. A second edition of Gilbert French's biography on the life and work of the inventor Samuel Crompton, illustrated with folding plates. Second edition. Illustrated with three plates and three fo...

All Manner of Folk, Interpretations and Studies

Edward Lear; Holbrook Jackson [editor] · 1912 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

London, Grant Richards Ltd, 1912. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this uncommon work of literary criticism by Holbrook Jackson, signed by the author. The first edition of this uncommon work.Signed by the author to the recto of the front endpaper, with his bookplate ...

A Collection of First Edition Novels by Eric Ambler

Eric Ambler · 1972 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.79 | $211.38 | ¥33,755)

London, Weidenfeld and Nicholson, 1972-1993. First edition. Cloth. A smart collection of five first edition novels from English author Eric Clifford Ambler. Five volumes. First edition. Written by Eric Clifford Ambler, an English author and screenwriter, noted for his thriller...

Two Kings of Uganda; or, Life by the Shores of Victoria Nyanza

Robert P. Ashe · 1889 · Rooke Books

£795.00 (€952.93 | $1,050.31 | ¥167,720)

London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1889. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of Robert Pickering Ashe's account of his missionary work in Uganda, and his encounters with two Kings of the nation. With a signed letter from the author. The scarce fi...

Les Douleurs Qui Esperent

Abbe Felix Klein · 1917 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

Paris , Librairie Academique Perrin et Cie , 1917. Hardback. A very scarce volume recounting the Great War through the diaries of a French chaplain of the American ambulance service. The fifth edition of this very scarce work. Bound in marbled paper covered boards, with leathe...

The Cruise of the Cachalot: Round the World After Sperm Whales

Frank T. Bullen · 1899 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

New York, International Book and Publishing Co. 1899. Cloth. A smart illustrated edition of this semi-autobiographical novel from British writer Frank Thomas Bullen. Early edition, originally published 1898. Illustrated with a frontispiece, seven plates, and one folding map. C...

Memoirs of the Life of the Rt. Hon. Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Thomas Moore · 1866 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

New York, W. J. Widdleton, Publisher, 1866. Cloth. A smart two volume set of this biographical work on Anglo-Irish writer and politician Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan. Complete in two volumes. With a portrait frontispiece to volume one. A detailed study on the life of Richa...

Soliloquy of a Hermit

Theodore Francis Powys · 1916 · Rooke Books

£210.00 (€251.72 | $277.44 | ¥44,303)

New York, G. Arnold Shaw, 1916. First edition. Cloth. A smart first US edition of this non fiction piece from British writer Theodore Francis Powys. First US edition. With a portrait frontispiece. An interesting non fiction work, containing the thoughts of the author at the be...