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Taken at the Flood: The Story of Albert D Lasker

John Gunther · 1960 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.79 | $211.38 | ¥33,755)

New York, Harper & Brothers , 1960. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this biography of Albert Lasker by John Gunther, an association copy inscribed by the author to Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie. The first edition of this work, a biography of Albert Lasker by John Gun...

Quasi Cursores: Portraits of the High Officers and Professors of the University of Edinburgh

William Hole · 1884 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)

Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press, 1884. Cloth. A beautiful collection of portraits of the professors at the University of Edinburgh by William Hole. Including portraits of the Lord Provost George Harrison, John Stuart Blackie, Peter Guthrie Tait, David Masson, James Muirh...

Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain Engraved from Authentic Pictures in the Galleries of the Nobility and the Public Collections of the Country with Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Their Lives and Actions

Edmund Lodge · 1823 · Rooke Books

£1,175.00 (€1,408.42 | $1,552.34 | ¥247,889)

London, Printed for Harding, Mavor and Lepard, 1823-34. First edition. Leather. Edmund Lodge's celebrated biography of eminent people in Great Britain, the first edition complete in twelve volumes in some charming Hatchard signed bindings. A set complete in twelve volumes...

Chateaubriand

Andre Maurois; Vera Fraser [trans.] · 1938 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€407.54 | $449.19 | ¥71,729)

London, Jonathan Cape , 1938. First edition. Leather. The first English translation of this biography of French author François-René de Chateaubriand, in an exquisite Bayntun full calf binding. The first edition of this biographical sketch of François-René de Chateaubriand...

Selected Biographical Works of Jean-Baptiste Capefigue

Jean-Baptise Capefigue · 1858 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

Paris, Amyot, 1858-60. Leather. A uniformly bound set of selected biographical works by noted French historian Jean-Baptiste Capefigure. In French. Included in this set are the following works: La Marquise de Pompadour, published in 1858. The biography of noted member of the ...

Fear, and Be Slain

General Seely · 1936 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.79 | $211.38 | ¥33,755)

London, Hodder and Stoughton Limited, 1936 . Cloth. A remarkable tale of courage and leadership by a British Army general of the First World War, complete with a striking dust wrapper. Written by J. E. B. Seely, a British Army general and politician who served as Secretary of ...

General Smuts

Sarah Gertrude Millin · 1936 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Faber & Faber, 1936. First edition. Cloth. A smart, first edition copy of this biography on Jan Smuts, in original dust wrappers. Complete in two volumes, including the clipped dust wrappers (though you can still see the prices on the dust wrappers). This is a compreh...

The Life of William Lord Russell with Some Account of the Times in Which He Lived; Some Account of the Life of Rachael Wriothesley Lady Russell

Lord John Russell; William Lord Russell; Rachael Wriothesley · 1819 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.13 | ¥61,181)

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1819-1820. First edition. Leather. A uniformly bound, two volume set of letters and memoirs from Lord and Lady Russell, William Russel, and Rachael Wriothesley. This set contains two works: 'The Life of William Lord Russell, ...

Roger Keyes

Cecil Aspinall-Oglander · 1951 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.79 | $211.38 | ¥33,755)

London, The Hogarth Press, 1951. First edition. Leather. A nicely bound first edition of Cecil Aspinall-Oglander's biography on Roger Keyes, illustrated throughout. The first edition, first impression of this work.A notable biography on the life of the Admiral of the Flee...

The Life of Sir William Harcourt

A. G. Gardiner · 1923 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Bombay and Sydney, Constable & Company Ltd. 1923. Cloth. A first edition of this biographical exploration of William Harcourt, complete in two volumes. William Harcourt (1827-1904) was a British lawyer and statements, serving as Home Secretary and Chancellor of the Exc...

My Perilous Life in Palestine

Rosamond Dale Owen · 1928 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, George Allen and Unwin Ltd. 1928. Paperback. A scarce autobiographical account of the author's life in Palestine; a fascinating character, she laid claim to Armageddon. Mrs. Rosamond Dale Owen Oliphant Templeton (1846-1937) was an author, traveller and philosopher...

Memoirs of the Life of Sir Samuel Romilly, Written by Himself; with a Selection from His Correspondence. Edited by His Sons.

Sir Samuel Romilly · 1840 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

London, John Murray, 1840. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of these memoirs of legal reformer and abolitionist Sir Samuel Romilly. The complete three volume first edition set of this work, with an illustrated frontispiece portrait and folding facsimile of Romilly'...

Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart.

J. G. Lockhart · 1848 · Rooke Books

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

Edinburgh & London, Robert Cadell; Houlston & Stoneman, 1848. Leather. A beautiful ten volume biography of Sir Walter Scott, written by J. G. Lockhart and bound in contemporary leather. This was an acclaimed biography, written by the author's son-in-law and first publishe...

Lawrence of Arabia: A Biographical Enquiry

Richard Aldington · 1955 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, Collins, 1955. First edition. Cloth. A smart first English edition of this biographical exploration of the life of T. E. Lawrence, complete with a clipped dust wrapper. This work explores the biographical background of T. E. Lawrence, also known as Lawrence of Arabia.C...

A Miscellany of Corps Nostalgia: Being Extracts from the Journals of the Army Service Corps, Royal Army Service Corps, and Royal Corps of Transport over a Century of Publication 1891-1991

M H G Young [ed.] · 1992 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

Unknown, Privately Printed, 1992. Leather. A superb limited edition, very scarce copy of this miscellaneous of extracts from the journals of the Army Service Corps, the Royal Army Service Corps, and the Royal Corps of Transport over a century of publication. Signed by the edit...

The Infamous Essay on Woman or John Wilkes Seated between Vice and Virtue

Adrian hamilton · 1972 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, André Deutsch , 1972. First edition. Hardback. An excellent set complete in two volumes illustrating the life of John Wilkes; an interesting and original set, profusely illustrated throughout. A set in two volumes formed by an edition limited to two thousand copies, e...

The Reminiscences and Recollections of Captain Gronow

Captain Gronow · 1900 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London & New York, John C. Nimmo, 1900. Cloth. A lovely two volume collection of the reminiscences of this Welsh Grenadier Guards officer and writer. Rees Howell Gronow (1794-1865) was a military man before commencing an unsuccessful parliamentary career. He wrote four works o...

Forty Years for Labrador

Sir Wilfred Grenfell · 1933 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,207)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1933. First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of this extended inspiring autobiography by Sir Wilfred Grenfell. The first UK edition of this extended autobiography by Sir Wilfred Grenfell. Partly inspired by his 1919 original autobiography The...

The Pigeon Tunnel Stories from My Life

John Le Carre · 2016 · Rooke Books

£2,400.00 (€2,876.78 | $3,170.74 | ¥506,325)

London, Penguin, Viking, 2016. First edition. Cloth. A fine, limited edition of John Le Carre's classic autobiographical work. Signed by him to the title page, in the original pictorial slipcase. Limited to only 100 copies, this is numbered 35 to the title page, with Le C...

Hitler a Biography

Konrad Heiden · 1936 · Rooke Books

£1,400.00 (€1,678.12 | $1,849.60 | ¥295,357)

London, Constable & Co LTD, 1936. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first English edition of this important biography on Hitler, a critical view on the dictator published at a time when such works were still unusual. The first English edition of this work. The work was publi...