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The Farington Diary, Volumes I and II

Joseph Farington; James Greig · 1923 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

London, Hutchinson & Co. 1923. First edition. Leather. A first edition copy of the diary of English painter Joseph Farington, covering the years 1793 to 1804. The personal copy of British journalist William Hardcastle, with extra illustrations and newspaper articles tipped-in....

Good As Gold; God Knows; Picture This; Closing Time; Now and Then; Portrait of an Artist, As an Old Man

Joseph Heller · 1979 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

New York; London, Simon and Schuster; Jonathan Cape; Macmillan; Scribner, 1979-2000. First edition. Cloth. Six pleasing copies of the works of American novelist Joseph Heller, including four U.K. first editions. Six works from American novelist and writer Joseph Heller, each i...

Memoirs of John Evelyn, Comprising His Diary from 1641 to 1705-6. And a Selection of His Familiar Letters

John Evelyn; William Bray [ed.] · 1666 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Frederick Warne & Co. c1879. Vellum. A beautiful copy bound in full vellum of the memoirs of John Evelyn. A beautiful copy of this volume comprising John Evelyn memoirs and diary from his adult life until his death, as well as a selection of family letters, rebound in ...

Winston S. Churchill

Randolph S. Churchill · 1967 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, Heinemann, 1967. First edition. Cloth. A lovely copy of the first companion volume to the official biography of Sir Winston Churchill, complete in two parts and homes in the original cardboard slipcases. The first companion volume to the official biography of Sir Winst...

The Royal George 1819-1904

Giles St. Aubyn · 1963 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

London, Constable, 1963. First edition. Leather. An illustrated first edition biography on the life of Prince George the Duke of Cambridge, a lovely copy bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe for Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie. The first edition of this work.An insightful biography into th...

Memoirs of the Rev. Dr. Joseph Priestley

Dr. Joseph Priestley · 1809 · Rooke Books

£220.00 (€263.70 | $290.65 | ¥46,413)

London, Joseph Johnson, 1809. Cloth. An early edition of Joseph Priestley's autobiography, who was best known for discovering oxygen. Dr. Joseph Priestley was an English chemist and philosopher, credited with the discovery of oxygen in 1774 and known for his works on elec...

Wavell Scholar and Soldier to June 1941

John Connell · 1964 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

London, Collins, 1964. First edition. Leather. The first edition of John Connell's biography on Archibald Wavell, an important figure in the British Army, illustrated throughout. The first edition of this work.In a signed binding by Harry Bailey & Raymond Whitaker.A biogr...

Blasting and Bombardiering

Wyndham Lewis · 1937 · Rooke Books

£525.00 (€629.30 | $693.60 | ¥110,759)

London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1937. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of the great Wyndham Lewis' autobiography. With the publisher's original unclipped dustwrapper.Wyndham Lewis co-founded the artistic Vorticist movement and edited their literary magaz...

The Enemy: A Biography of Wyndham Lewis

Jeffrey Meyers · 1980 · Rooke Books

£29.00 (€34.76 | $38.31 | ¥6,118)

London, Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1980. First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first impression of noted author Wyndham Lewis' biography by Jeffrey Meyers. An excellent copy in the unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of Jeffrey Meyer's biogr...

Le Chevalier Des Glaces: Aventures de Mer de Jean-Baptiste Charcot

Marc Dubu · 1943 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.74 | $58.13 | ¥9,283)

Paris , Societe Parisienne d'Edition, [1943]. Cloth. A very charming volume detailing Jean-Baptiste Charcot's adventures in the Antarctic, with lovely illustrations by Le Bret. Undated, dated from Jisc from a copy held at the British Library [1943]A French volume, pu...

The Caliph of Fonthill: The Story of William Beckford

H A N Brockman · 1956 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London , Werner Laurie , 1956 . First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition of this illustrated biography of the eccentric novelist William Beckford by H. A. N. Brockman. The first edition of this exciting work by H. A. N. Brockman. Concerning the life and environment of...

T E Lawrence to His Biographer Robert Graves and Liddell Hart: Information About Himself, in the Form of Letters, Notes, Answers to Questions and Conversations

T E Lawrence; Robert Graves; Liddell Hart · 1938 · Rooke Books

£895.00 (€1,072.80 | $1,182.42 | ¥188,817)

London, Faber and Faber , 1938. First edition. Cloth. A fascinating set complete in two first editions illustrating T E Lawrence's intimate work with his biographers Robert Graves and Liddell Hart. A limited edition signed by Graves and Hart in slipcase. The first edition...

The Prince of Storytellers: The Life of E. Phillips Oppenheim

Robert Standish · 1957 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Peter Davies, 1957. First edition. Cloth. A lovely and very scarce first edition of this volume illustrating the life of E. Phillips Oppenheim. The first edition of this work. A very scarce volume, held institutionally by two libraries only. A fascinating work by Robe...

1906 Letters of Philip Gawdy

Philip Gawdy; Isaac Herbert Jeayes · 1906 · Rooke Books

£235.00 (€281.68 | $310.47 | ¥49,578)

London, J. B. Nichols and Sons, 1906 . Cloth. A lovely collection of the letters of Philip Gawdy, a prolific letter writer of the Tudor times. Philip Gawdy (1562-1617) was an English letter writer and landowner from a family of politicians; his letters are held at the British ...

The Book of Wonderful Characters Memoirs and Anecdotes of Remarkable and Eccentric Persons in All Ages and Countries

James Caulfield, Henry Wilson · 1790 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

London, John Camden Hotten , c1869. First edition. Cloth. A highly compelling and scarce book comprising biographies of remarkable people compiled by Henry Wilson and James Caulfield. A first edition of this scarce work.An ode to individuality, this book groups together people...

Memoirs and Letters of Sir James Paget

Stephen Paget [ed.] · 1901 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1901. Cloth. A second edition copy of this collection of memoirs and letters by popular English surgeon Sir James Paget, illustrated. The second edition of this work. Comprising a series of letters and memoirs by Sir James Paget, edited by Step...

Sketches from Memory

G. A. Storey · 1899 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1899. Cloth. A collection of vignette autobiographical tales, profusely illustrated by the author. G. A. Storey (1834-191) was an English painter and illustrator who drew heavily from the Pre-Raphaelites and later Charles Robert Leslie. His reputation ...

Diaries and Letters

Harold Nicolson · 1966 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,207)

London, Collins, 1966-68. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the diaries and letters of Harold Nicolson, the husband of Vita Sackville-West. The first edition of this work.Complete in three volumes.The diaries and letters of Harold Nicolson, covering the time period of...

The Life of Torquato Tasso

Robert Milman · 1850 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Henry Colburn, 1850. First edition. Cloth. A complete first edition of Robert Milman's fascinating biography on the life of the Italian poet Torquato Tasso. The first edition of this work.Complete in two volumes.A scarce work.A detailed biography on the life and w...

A Memoir of Charles Mayne Young, Tragedian

Julian Charles Young · 1871 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1871. Leather. A smart second edition of this biography on the life of the tragic actor Charles Mayne Young, illustrated throughout. The second edition of this work, complete in one volume.A touching biography on the life of the actor Charles Mayne Y...