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Memoirs of the Life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Thomas Moore · 1827 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1827. Leather. Thomas Moore's touching and insightful biography on the satirist Richard Brinsley Sheridan, complete with a frontispiece and one folding plate. Complete in two volumes.The fifth edition.An enlightening and symp...

The Air-Conditioned Nightmare

Henry Miller · 1947 · Rooke Books

£235.00 (€281.68 | $310.47 | ¥49,578)

London, Secker & Warburg, 1947. First edition. Cloth. The first U.K. edition of Henry Miller's travel memoir about his year long road trip from the East to West Coast of America. The first U.K. edition, first impression. Previously published in the U.S. in 1945.In the ori...

My Early Life

Winston Churchill · 1930 · Rooke Books

£1,275.00 (€1,528.29 | $1,684.45 | ¥268,985)

London, Thornton Butterworth Limited, 1930. Cloth. A first edition of Churchill's moving illustrated autobiography of his early life. This first edition, first impression, first state with eleven titles to the half-title, in the second binding state, denoted by five lines...

Winston S. Churchill

Randolph S. Churchill; Martin Gilbert · 1966 · Rooke Books

£270.00 (€323.64 | $356.71 | ¥56,962)

London, Heinemann, 1966-1976. First edition. Cloth. An illustrated set of the first five volume of Winston Churchill's authorized biography, detailing his life from birth to the start of the Second World War. The first five volumes of the official biography of Winston Chu...

Raymond Peynet: Den Lille Poet

Carl Johan Elmquist; Raymond Peynet · 1966 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Kobenhavn, Samlerens Forlag, 1966. First edition. Paperback. A vanishingly scarce little work on the French cartoonist Raymond Peynet, and his charming 'lovers' drawings. The first edition. Illustrated by Raymond Paynet with his monochrome 'Lovers' cartoon...

Queen Victoria

Lytton Strachey · 1921 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1921. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated biography of English Queen, Victoria. First edition. This work was awarded the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. Illustrated with a frontispiece and eight plates. Collated complete. A...

Our Conservative and Unionist Statesmen

Anonymous · 1890 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Newman, Graham & Co, c1900 . Cloth. A fantastic two volume photobooks containing portraits of 19th century British Conservative and Unionist statesmen. Complete in two volumes.A collection of large photographs portraying the Conservative and Unionist British statesmen ...

Oscar Wilde: Fragments and Memories

Martin Birnbaum · 1920 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Elkin Mathews, 1920 . First edition. Cloth. A lovely example of the scarce first UK edition of this collection of reminiscences about Oscar Wilde. The scarce first UK edition of this work, which was initially published six years prior in the US as a limited edition wor...

The Bookseller of Kabul

Asne Seierstad; Ingrid Christophersen [translator] · 2003 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,207)

London, Little, Brown, 2003. First edition. Cloth. A smart first translated edition of this non-fiction book about the bookseller Shah Muhammad Rais, signed by the author. First translated edition. Signed by the author to the title page. A non-fiction book written about bookse...

From Cairo to Siwa, Across the Libyan Desert with Armoured Cars

Major T. I. Dun; Field Marshal Sir William Birdwood [foreword] · 1933 · Rooke Books

£485.00 (€581.35 | $640.75 | ¥102,320)

Cairo, Messrs E. & R. Schindler, 1933 . Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the second edition of Major Dun's account of his travels across the Libyan desert, illustrated throughout with beautiful prints and photographs. The second edition of this work, published in the ...

My Political Life

L. S. Amery · 1953 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Hutchinson, 1953. First edition. Cloth. Two smart first edition volumes of the biography of British Conservative Party politician and journalist L. S. Amery. Two volumes of a three volume set, lacking volume three which was published in 1955. First edition. Volume one,...

Helen&Apos;S Tower

Harold Nicolson · 1937 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Constable and Co. Ltd. 1937. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated biography of Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and nine plates, with genealogical tables to ...

To Keep the Ball Rolling: The Memoirs of Anthony Powell, Volume One: Infants of the Spring and Volume Two: Messengers of Day

Anthony Powell · 1976 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, William Heinemann, 1976-1978. First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first impressions of the first two books of Anthony Powell's memoirs, in the original unclipped dust wrappers. The first edition, first impressions of these two books from Powell's four-vo...

Boy: Tales of Childhood

Roald Dahl · 1984 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1984. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of Roald Dahl's bestselling autobiography, with the original dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of this work. With the publisher's original clipped dust wrapper. An engross...

Frank Harris: My Life and Loves

Frank Harris · 1960 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)

Paris , The Obelisk Press , 1960. Paperback. A very smart, complete set of Frank Harris' controversial autobiography, each volume presented in the original glassine wrap. Published by the Obelisk Press, who also published the first edition, decades prior. Complete in four...

Frank Harris: His Life and Adventures: An Autobiography

Frank Harris; Grant Richards [Intro.] · 1947 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, The Richards Press, 1947 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Frank Harris' autobiography, inscribed by the editor Martin Secker to fellow editor, and member of the Bloomsbury group, Roger Senhouse. The first edition. Bound in the publisher's cloth. S...

Memoirs of the Life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Thomas Moore · 1827 · Rooke Books

£47.00 (€56.34 | $62.09 | ¥9,916)

London, Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1827. Leather. Thomas Moore's touching and insightful biography on the satirist Richard Brinsley Sheridan. Complete in two volumes.The fifth edition.An enlightening and sympathetic memoir on the life and work of Richard Brins...

Vita Di Vittorio Alfieri Da Asti Scritta Da Esso

Vittorio Alfieri · 1817 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

Italia, Co'Caratteri Di Didot, 1817 . Vellum. A vellum-bound copy of the autobiography of Italian playwright, poet and author, Vittorio Amedeo Alfieri. Bound in full vellum. First published posthumously in 1806, this work contains the autobiography of Italian poet and aut...

Souvenirs D&Apos;Enfance Et de Jeunesse

Ernest Renan · 1883 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,810)

Paris, Calmann Levy, 1883. Leather. A smartly bound fourth edition of this autobiographical work from French Orientalist Joseph Ernest Renan, in the original French. French. Fourth edition. An autobiographical contemplation on childhood, exploring the author's memories of...

Alfred Edward Housman: Recollections

Katharine E. Symons; A. W. Pollard; Laurence Housman; R. W. Chambers; Alan Ker; A. S. F. Gow; John Sparrow · 1936 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Bromsgrove , Bromsgrove School , 1936. First edition. Cloth. A limited work of five hundred copies, being a series of recollections about English poet and scholar, A. E. Housman. A limited edition of five hundred copies. Published at Bromsgrove School, which is where Housman a...