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The Life of Edmund Kean

F. W. Hawkins · 1869 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, Tinsley Brothers, 1869. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of F. W. Hawkin's biography on the life of the celebrated Shakespearean stage actor, Edmund Kean. The first edition. Two volume complete set. This biographical work on the Shakespearian actor Edmund K...

The Life of Peter the Great

J. Barrow · 1861 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, William Tegg, 1861. Leather. A smartly bound sixth edition of this biography of Tsar of all Russia, Peter the Great. Sixth edition. With a portrait frontispiece. The life of Peter I, the Tsar of all Russia from 1682 and the first Emperor of all Russia, known as Peter t...

Jean Stafford: The Savage Heart

Charlotte Margolis Goodman · 1990 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

Austin, University of Texas Press, 1990. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this biography of American writer Jean Stafford, a review copy. First edition. Review copy with original letter from the University of Texas Press. A biography of Jean Stafford, an Ame...

Mervyn Peake: A Personal Memoir

Gordon Smith · 1984 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London , Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1984. First edition. Hardback. An intimate look into the life and personality of Mervyn Peake, as told by his long-time friend Gordon Smith through letters, memories and illustrations. In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.In the...

Indian Ink

Philip Steegman; Sir Hugh Walpole · 1939 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, Cobden-Sanderson, 1939. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this scarce narrative of a young English portrait painter, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. First edition, first impression. Very scarce work. The narrative of a young English portrait pain...

Memoirs of Madame Junot Duchesse D&Apos;Abrantes

Madame Junot · 1883 · Rooke Books

£235.00 (€281.68 | $310.47 | ¥49,578)

London, Richard Bentley and Son, 1883. Leather. A new and revised edition of the memoirs of French writer, Madame Junot. Complete in three volumes. New and revised edition. Volume one is illustrated with a frontispiece and six plates. Volume two is illustrated with a frontispi...

Seven Volumes of Works on the Battle of Waterloo and It&Apos;S Commanders; Wellington and His Army Wellington: A Reassessment Wellington Wellington and His Friends Wellington at Waterloo

Godfrey Davies; Sir Charles Petrie; S. G. P. Ward; Seventh Duke of Wellington; Jac Weller; David Johnson; Andrew Uffindell · 1954 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.85 | $151.93 | ¥24,261)

London, Longman; Macmillan; Batsford; Spellmount; Blackwell; Pen & Sword Military James Barrie, 1954-2007. First edition. Cloth. Seven volumes of work on the battle of Waterloo and it's commanders; Napoleon and the Duke of Wellington, with six being first editions and all...

The Secret of Heroism: A Memoir of Henry Albert Harper

W. L. Mackenzie King · 1906 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.83 | $171.75 | ¥27,426)

London, Fleming H. Revell Company, 1906. First edition. Leather. A smartly bound first edition of this memoir of Canadian journalist and civil servant, Henry Albert Harper. First edition. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece and one plate. Collated complete. The life of Ca...

The Life of Ibsen

Halvdan Koht · 1931 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1931 . First edition. Cloth. A complete set of two first editions exploring the life of notes Norwegian playwright, Henrik Ibsen. First edition, in the publisher's original green cloth binding. Written by Norwegian historian and politicia...

Rider Haggard: His Life and Works

Morton Cohen · 1960 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Hutchinson of London, 1960 . First edition. Cloth. A very smart biographical work on author Sir Henry Rider Haggard, written by Morton Cohen. First edition, in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original, clipped, dust wrapper. Written by American au...

A Vicarage Family

Noel Streatfeild · 1963 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)

London, The quality book club , 1963 . Cloth. The book club edition of this semi-autobiographical novel by Noel Streatfeild, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The scarce book club edition. First published the same year by Collins. In the publisher's cloth with the o...

The Register of Richard Mayew Bishop of Hereford (1504-1516)

Richard Mayew; Arthur Thomas Bannister · 1919 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

Hereford, Wilson and Phillips, 1919. Paperback. A scarce copy of the life and register of Richard Mayew, with extracts in the original Latin. Scarce work. With extracts in the original Latin. The life and register of Richard Mayew, an English academic who was appointed Bishop ...

The Time Has Come... The Memoirs of Dennis Wheatley: The Young Man Said 1897-1914

Dennis Wheatley · 1977 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Hutchinson, 1977. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of the autobiography of Dennis Wheatley, signed by the author. First edition. Signed with an inscription by the author to the title page. Illustrated with frontispiece and twelve plates of photographs. Colla...

The Life and Correspondence of Thomas Arnold

Arthur Penrhyn Stanley · 1891 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, Ward, Lock & Co. 1891. Leather. An illustrated fourth edition of this biographical work on the life and correspondence of English educator Thomas Arnold. The fourth edition of this work in a half calf binding with gilt detailing to the spine and marbled end papers and ...

Davies the Ocean: Railway King and Coal Tycoon

Herbert Williams · 1991 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Cardiff, University of Wales Press, 1991. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this rags-to-riches biography of David Davies, the first Welsh millionaire. First edition. Illustrated throughout. The life of David Davies, a Welsh industrialist and Liberal politici...

Pepita

Vita Sackville-West · 1937 · Rooke Books

£650.00 (€779.13 | $858.74 | ¥137,130)

London, Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, 1937 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of English writer and garden designer Vita Sackville-West's fascinating biography on her grandmother and mother. The first edition, first impression of Vita Sackville-W...

A Small Boy and Others

Henry James · 1913 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

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...

Memoirs of the Life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Thomas Moore · 1825 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1825. Leather. A complete two volume set of the second edition of the memoirs of Anglo-Irish writer, Richard Brinsley Sheridan. Complete in two volumes. Second edition. Volume one is illustrated with a portrait frontispiece...

The Miscellaneous Works of Tobias Smollett with Memoirs of His Life and Writings

Tobias Smollett; Robert Anderson · 1820 · Rooke Books

£325.00 (€389.56 | $429.37 | ¥68,565)

Edinburgh, Stirling and Slade , 1820. Leather. A six volume collection of the works of Tobias Smollett, with a memoir of his life, smartly bound in full calf. A well presented collection in full calf binding. This set consists of six volumes, presenting the works of Tobias Smo...

The Works of Laurence Sterne

Laurence Sterne · 1843 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.85 | $151.93 | ¥24,261)

London, J. J. Chidley, 1843. Leather. A scarce edition of this collection of the works of novelist Laurence Sterne, with a biographical sketch of the author. Scarce edition. With portrait frontispiece. The works of Laurence Sterne, an Anglo-Irish novelist and Anglican cleric. ...