Biografi

Three French Moralists and the Gallantry of France

Edmund Gosse · 1918 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,472)

London, William Heinemann, 1918. First edition. Cloth. A series of intriguing essays studying the thought of eminent French thinkers to rejuvenate French morale in the First World War, in the scarce original dust wrapper. The first edition of Three French Moralists, a series o...

Lettres Choisies de Mesdames de Sã©Vignã© Et de Maintenon

Madame de Sévigné, Madame de Maintenon [ed. by M. De Lévizac] · 1812 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

London, Dulau et Co. 1812. Leather. The fifth edition of selected letters from both Madame de Sévigné and Madame de Maintenon, two brilliant sources for the Sun King's reign. The fifth edition of Lettres Choisies de Mesdames de Sévigné (Selected Letters of Madame de Sévig...

Paul Hogarth&Apos;S American Album: Drawings 1962-65 with Notes from a Journal

Paul Hogarth · 1973 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

London, Lion and Unicorn Press, 1973. First edition. Cloth. A limited first edition of this visual travel journal from artist Paul Hogarth, documenting his visits to America in the 1960s. First edition. No. 45 of a limited edition.   In the publisher's original pictorial ...

I&Apos;LL Mature When I&Apos;M Dead

Dave Barry · 2010 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)

Connecticut, [Easton Press], [2010]. First edition. Leather. A lovely signed first edition memoir in handsome full Morocco, in original sealed shrink wrap. The first signed edition of this 2010 memoir.  Bound in handsome original full morocco binding by Easton Press. With gilt...

Anecdotes of Painting in England; a Catalogue of Engravers

Horace Walpole; George Vertue · 1786 · Rooke Books

£325.00 (€389.56 | $429.37 | ¥68,543)

London, J. Dodsley;, 1786 . Leather. Composed by Horace Walpole from the notebooks of John Vertue, this is a wonderful mixed early set of this study of British art and society during the early eighteenth century Present here are four volumes of the five volume 1786 set of thes...

Voyages de Mr. Le Chevalier Chardin

Jean Chardin · 1711 · Rooke Books

£995.00 (€1,192.65 | $1,314.54 | ¥209,848)

Amsterdam, Jean Louis de Lorme, 1711. First edition. Leather. The scarce first complete ten volume edition of Chardin"s celebrated travels in Persia and the East, offering a detailed early European account of Persia in the late 17th century. In the original French.Complete wit...

The War in Eastern Europe

John Reed · 1916 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.39 | $594.52 | ¥94,906)

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1916. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of this illustrated account of American journalist John Reed's  second trip after the first World War began, in the very scarce original unclipped dust wrapper.   The first edit...

Old-Soldier Sahib

Private Frank Richards · 1936 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)

London, faber & Faber, 1936. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of soldier Frank Richard"s autobiographical account of soldering abroad, in the original dust wrapper. The first edition.In the publisher"s original blue cloth binding. In the uncommon original price clipp...

John le Carrã© and the Secret Heart

Adam Sisman; Suleika Dawson · 2015 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)

London, Bloomsbury; Mudlark, 2015-2022. First edition. Cloth. Two first editions of biographies that delve into the author who shaped espionage fiction, including his definitive biography and an intimate memoir written by his lover. The two first editions of intriguing biograp...

The Plebeians Rehearse the Uprising; Peeling the Onion

Gunter Grass; Ralph Manheim [Trans.]; Michael Henry Heim [Trans.] · 1966 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

London, Secker & Warburg; Harvill Secker, 1966-2007. Cloth. Two very smart first UK editions by Nobel Laureate Günter Grass, combining his politically charged drama with his candid memoir, complete with the original dust wrappers. In the publisher's original cloth and pap...

Through the Dark Labyrinth: A Biography of Lawrence Durrell; Larry: A New Biography of Lawrence Durrell 1912-45

Lawrence Durrell; Gordon Bowker; Michael Haag · 1996 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

London, Sinclair-Stevenson; Profile Books, 1996-2025. First edition. Cloth. Two very smart first editions of these substaintial biographies of Lawrence Durrell, exploring his life, personal relationships, and early career, complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper. In ...

Shakespeare&Apos;S England an Account of the Life & Manners of His Age Volume I and Volume II

Various · 1917 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)

Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1917. Cloth. A smart and richly illustrated pair of volumes on the history of Shakespeare's social, geographical and political world. A smart pair of richly illustrated volumes on the writings, life, and environs of William Shakespeare.Richly illu...

A Collection of Correspondence

Various [ed. by Viola Meynell]; Various [ed. by Margaret Spence]; Johnson Ball; A.N.L Munby [intro. Nicolas Barker]; Various [ed. by Christopher Hewett] · 1952 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)

London; Kineton;, Jonathan Cape; Rupert Hart-Davis; George Allen & Unwin; The Roundwood Press; Scolar Press; Taranman/Carcanet, 1952-1984. Cloth. Six first editions of works centered on correspondence and letters, including those from John Ruskin and a various popular figures ...

The Autobiographical Trilogy: The Blossoming World; the World in Ripeness; the Vanished World

H.E. Bates · 1969 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

London, Michael Joseph, 1969-1972. First edition. Cloth. The complete autobiographical trilogy of the life of English novelist H.E. Bates, both a nostalgic and inspiring read for those wishing to pursue a literary career. The first editions of the Autobiographical Trilogy of E...

Hannah More

Charlotte M. Yonge · 1888 · Rooke Books

£29.99 (€35.95 | $39.62 | ¥6,325)

London , W. H. Allen and Co. 1888. Cloth. Hannah More by Charlotte M. Yonge, from the Eminent Woman Series edited by John Henry Ingram (1842 - 1916) was an English biographer and editor. Hannah More (1745 - 1833) was an English religious writer and philanthropist. She can be s...

A Doctor&Apos;S Life: The Diaries of Hugh Selbourne M.D. 1960-63

David Selbourne [ed.] · 1989 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

London, Jonathan Cape , 1989. First edition. Cloth. A bright first edition of this engaging series of diary entries from physician Hugh Selbourne. First edition. In the publisher's unclipped dust wrapper.A series of entries taken from the diary of Hugh Selbourne, who kept...

Memoir of Fleeming Jenkin

Robert Louis Stevenson · 1912 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1912. Cloth. Robert Louis Stevenson's memoir of his friend Fleeming Jenkin. Illustrated with portrait frontispiece. Originally published in 1888 alongside other works, this is its first issue in separate form. Fleeming Jenkin was an engine...

Ways of Escape

Graham Greene · 1980 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)

London , The Bodley Head , 1980. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition, first impression copy of the second volume of Graham Greene's unconventional autobiography. A first edition, first impression copy of this work. Ways of Escape is the second volume of the autobi...

Early Reminiscences 1834-1864

Sabine Baring-Gould · 1923 · Rooke Books

£210.00 (€251.72 | $277.44 | ¥44,290)

London, John Lane The Bodley Head, 1923. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of the early memoir of Sabine Baring-Gould, reflecting on his first thirty years of life during the Victorian era. The scarce first edition of this work.Publisher's compliment slip loo...

William Dyce 1806-1864: A Critical Biography

Marcia Pointon · 1979 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,872)

London , Clarendon Press, 1979. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this biography of Scottish author, William Dyce. Illustrated with numerous plates to the rear, and a coloured frontispiece. In a red cloth binding with original clipped dustwrapper. Externally, smart, wit...