Biografi

1934 Permanent Way Through the Khyber

Victor Bayley · 1934 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, Jarrolds, 1934 . First edition. Cloth. Illustrated throughout with photographic plates, this is the scarce first edition of Victor Bayley's first hand account of the construction of the Khyber Pass. The scarce first edition of Victor Bayley's account of the c...

The Mint: A Day-Book of the R.A. F. Depot between August and December 1922

352087 A/c Ross [T. E. Lawrence]; Prof. A. W. Lawrence [ed.] · 1955 · Rooke Books

£425.00 (€509.43 | $561.48 | ¥89,662)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1955 . First edition. Leather. An exceptional limited edition example of the first edition of T. E. Lawrence's memoirs of his time enlisted in the Royal Air Force. A first edition, limited edition, with this copy being no. 451 of 2,000 copies produc...

Narrative of the Earl of Elgin&Apos;S Mission to China and Japan in the Years 1857, &Apos;58, &Apos;59

Laurence Oliphant · 1860 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1860 . Cloth. The two volume second edition of Laurence Oliphant's account of Lord Elgin's diplomatic activities during the Second Opium War. The second edition of this work, complete in two volumes. First published t...

Unleashed

Boris Johnson · 2024 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, William Collins, 2024. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition, first impression of Boris Johnson's memoir Unleashed, signed by the author. First edition, first impression. Limited edition, signed by the author to the half-title. Illustrated with thirty-t...

The Faramus Story: Being the Experiences of Anthony Charles Faramus

Anthony Charles Faramus; Frank Owen; Eddie Chapman [Foreword] · 1954 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Allan Wingate, [1954]. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of Anthony Charles Faramus"s harrowing WWII memoir, charting his captivity alongside double agent, "Agent Zigzag", Eddie Chapman, from Nazi-occupied Jersey. In the publisher's original green ...

Biographies by Lord Macaulay

Lord Macaulay [Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay] · 1911 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1911 . Leather. A handsome example of Lord Macaulay's biographies of Atterbury, Bunyan, Goldsmith, Johnson and Pitt, in a lovely full calf prize binding. The twenty-eighth edition.Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay was a British ...

Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder

Salman Rushdie · 2024 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

London, Jonathan Cape, 2024 . First edition. Cloth. A fine example of the first edition of Salman Rushdie's account of the attempt on his life made in 2022, signed by Rushdie himself. Flat signed by Rushdie to the title page.The first edition, first impression, in the pub...

Pilgrim&Apos;S Way: An Essay in Recollection; One Man&Apos;S Happiness; Always a Countryman

Lord Tweedsmuir [John Buchan] · 1940 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Cambridge; London , Houghton Mifflin Company; Robert Hale , 1940-1976. Cloth. A pleasing collection of reflections and memoirs from John Buchan, including a first U.S. edition of 'Pilgrim's Way', or 'Memory Hold-the-Door&apos. This set offers three autobiog...

Lord Roberts of Kandahar, V.C. : The Life-Story of a Great Soldier

Walter Jerrold · 1901 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, S. W. Partridge & Co. Ltd. 1901. Leather. A smartly bound copy of this biographical sketch of British Victorian era general Field Marshal Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts. Fourth impression. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece, seven plates, and one in-t...

Memoirs of John Bannister, Comedian

John Adolphus · 1839 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

London, Richard Bentley, 1839. First edition. Leather. An uncommon biography on the actor and theatre manager John Bannister, the first edition. The first edition of this uncommon work.Complete in two volumes. Illustrated with a frontispiece to each volume. Collated, complete...

Pilgrimages to English Shrines: First and Second Series

Mrs S. C. Hall [Anna Maria Hall] · 1853 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, Arthur Hall, 1853. First edition. Leather. The first and second series of Anna Maria Hall's account of her pilgrimages to the shrines of noted individuals, bound in full calf, and featuring the first edition of the second series. A two volume complete set, featuri...

Four Victorian Ladies of Wiltshire

Edith Olivier · 1945 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.72 | $77.95 | ¥12,447)

London, Faber and Faber , 1945. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition, first impression of these charming biographical sketches from Edith Olivier. The first edition, first impression. With the vanishingly scarce original unclipped dust wrapper. This volume comprises ...

Going Solo

Roald Dahl · 1986 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1986. Paperback. A very scarce uncorrected proof copy of Roald Dahl's second autobiography, detailing his exploits as a World War II pilot. A very scarce uncorrected proof copy of this follow-up autobiography from Roald Dahl. In the publisher'...

The Invention of Angela Carter

Edmund Gordon · 2016 · Rooke Books

£149.00 (€178.60 | $196.85 | ¥31,434)

London, Chatto & Windus, 2016. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of this insightful biography on Angela Carter, presented from the author to Carmen Callil. The first edition, first impression.Author's presentation copy, inscribed by him to Carmen Callil to ...

The Life and Death of Sir Matthew Hale, Kt, Sometime Lord Chief Justice of His Majesties Court of Kings Bench

Gilbert Burnett · 1682 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, William Shrowsbery, 1682. Loose Pages, Articles. A very scarce early edition of Gilbert Burnett's biography on the influential English barrister Sir Mathew Hale, bound in full calf. The second edition, first published in 1681, with the sixteen page preface. Early ...

The Wild Sports of Southern Africa; Being the Narrative of an Expedition from the Cape of Good Hope, Through Territories of the Chief Moselekatse to the Tropic of Capricorn

Captain William Cornwallis Harris · 1839 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.34 | $653.96 | ¥104,430)

London, John Murray, 1839. First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of William Cornwallis Harris' account of his travels and hunting exploits in Africa, adorned with plates and a folding map. The very scarce first edition.Illustrated with seven monochrome plate...

Seven Pillars of Wisdom

T. E. Lawrence · 1935 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1935. First edition. Cloth. The first trade edition, first impression of T. E. Lawrence's iconic and extensively illustrated autobiography, with the scarce Memorial pamphlet. The first trade edition of this work, first impression.In the original pri...

A Journal of the Terror; the Waterloo Campaign; a Memoir of the &Apos;Forty-Five&Apos;; the Trial of Charles I; Memoirs of Louis Philippe Comte de Segur

M. Clery; Abbe de Firmont; Napoleon Bonaparte; Roger Lockyer [ed.]; Eveline Cruickshanks [ed.] et al · 1955 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)

London, The Folio Society , 1955-1960. Cloth. A beautiful set of Folio Society edition memoirs, including the trial of Charles I and the Waterloo Campaign by Napoleon. The Folio Society editions of these important historical memoirs. Comprising five volumes in total. In the o...

Biographie Moderne: Lives of Remarkable Characters, Who Have Distinguished Themselves from the Commencement of the French Revolution, to the Present Time

1811 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1811. Leather. A complete three volume set of this collection of biographical sketches from eminent French characters. Complete in three volumes. A collection of remarkable and eminent French characters, from the days of the Frenc...

The Life and Campaigns of Field-Marshal Prince Blucher, of Wahlstatt

General Count Gneisenau · 1815 · Rooke Books

£245.00 (€293.67 | $323.68 | ¥51,687)

London, Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1815 . First edition. Leather. Illustrated throughout with maps and plates, this is the scarce first English language edition of General Count Gneisenau's biography of a Prussian field marshal famed for his role in the Napoleonic Wars. ...