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The Life of the Duke Wellington

Colonel John Montmorency Tucker · 1815 · Rooke Books

£97.00 (€116.27 | $128.15 | ¥20,458)

London, James Blackwood & Co. c1880 . Cloth. A smart biography of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, written by Montmorency Tucker and illustrated throughout. Detailing from the Duke's birth and education until his death and funeral, covering his illustrious career...

History of Napoleon

George Moir Bussey · 1840 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,453)

London, Joseph Thomas, 1840. Leather. A smart illustrated biography of Napoleon Bonaparte, considered an important source for Napoleon and his life. This was the definitive Victorian source for the life of Napoleon.Written by George Moir Bussey, best known for this work. Illu...

The Life and Death of Conder

John Rothenstein · 1938 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

London, Dent, 1938. Cloth. A smart first edition biography of Australian painter Charles Conder, illustrated with examples of his work. Charles Conder was an English-born painter, who after emigrating to Australia became an important figure in the Heidelberg School, an Austral...

Lights and Shades of Military Life

Count de Vigny; M. Elzear Blaze; Sir Charles J. Napier (ed) · 1850 · Rooke Books

£88.00 (€105.48 | $116.26 | ¥18,559)

London, Henry Colburn, 1850. Leather. An interesting work containing memoirs about military life from Alfred de Vigny and M. Elzear Blaze, edited by Sir Charles J. Napier. Second edition. Bound in half-calf on marbled boards, by Maclaren & Macniven. 'Lights and Shades o...

Memoir of Alexander J. Ross, D.D. Rector of Snelston Derbyshire and Sometime Vicar of St. Philip&Apos;S Stepney

Adelaide Ross · 1888 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

London, Wm. Isbister Limited , 1888. First edition. Leather. A lovely copy of this scarce biographical work of Alexader J. Ross, in a fine Relfe Brothers full calf prize binding. An uncommon work of memoir off Alexander J. Ross, compiled by his wife Adelaide from a gathering o...

Belmonte the Matador

Henry Baerlein · 1934 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

London, Thornton Butterworth Ltd, 1934. First edition. Cloth. A very smart, first edition copy of this illustrated biography of revolutionary twentieth-century bullfighter, Juan Belmonte. In the original dust wrapper. Presenting this fascinating biographical work on the life a...

No Laughing Matter

Joseph Heller; Speed Vogel · 1986 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,709)

Lonon, Jonathan Cape, 1986. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition copy of Joseph Heller's autobiography, covering his struggle with Gullain-Barre syndrome. First edition, first impression in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Signed by author Joseph Heller on ti...

Mystic Voices, Being Experiences of the Rev. Philip Rivers Pater 1834-1913

Roger Pater · 1923 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

London, Burns, Oates and Washbourne Ltd. 1923. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon collection of ghostly tales as experienced by priest Philip Rivers Pater. A first edition. Containing tales such as 'De Profundis', 'The Warnings', 'A Porta Inferi',...

Epitaph on George Moore

Charles Morgan · 1935 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1935. First edition. Cloth. A near fine, first edition copy of this epitaph for Irish writer and poet George Moore, written by Charles Morgan and signed by him to the title page. A near fine, first edition copy of this epitaph on Irish poet and writer...

Winston S. Churchill, Volume I, Youth 1874-1900, Including Companion Volumes Part 1 and Part 2

Randolph S. Churchill · 1966 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,216)

London, Heinemann, 1966-67. First edition. Cloth. A near fine, first edition copy of Volume I of Randolph S. Churchill's celebrated biography of Winston S. Churchill, including Part 1 and Part 2 Companion Volumes. Presenting a near fine copy of Volume I of Randolph S. Chu...

Winston S. Churchill: Youth; Young Statesman

Randolph S. Churchill · 1966 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

London, Heinemann, 1966-7. First edition. Cloth. The first two volumes of the official biography of Winston S. Churchill by his son Randolph, two first impressions. The first edition, first impressions of this work. The first two volumes of the official biography of Sir Winsto...

Winston S Churchill Memoires Sur la Deuxieme Guerre Mondiale

Winston Churchill · 1948 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

Paris, Libraire Plon, 1948-49. Paperback. A remarkable account of the early years of the Second World War by Winston Churchill, translated into the French language. Churchill's memoirs of the Second World War, covering from the first of September 1939 until December 1940....

Life and Explorations of Fridtjof Nansen

J. Arthur Bain · 1897 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.30 | ¥17,927)

London, Walter Scott, 1897. Cloth. An illustrated biography of the life and expeditions of Frfidtjof Nansen, a pioneering Arctic explorer and the first man to cross the Greenland interior. The revised and considerably enlarged second edition of J. Arthur Bain's biographic...

Low&Apos;S Autobiography

David Low · 1956 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)

London, Michael Joseph , 1956. First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first impression of David Low's autobiography, a bright copy in the price-clipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of this autobiography of David Low, famous political caricaturist an...

The Coast of Incense: Autobiography 1933-39

Freya Stark · 1953 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)

London, John Murray , 1953. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this autobiographical work by Freya Stark, recounting of her travels in South Arabia between 1933-39. The third and last part of Freya Stark's autobiography, which mainly focusses on her travels around...

The Life of Charles James Mathews Chiefly Autobiographical with Selections from His Correspondence and Speeches

Charles James Mathews; Charles Dickens · 1879 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,799)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1879. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this interesting biography on the life of the great actor Charles James Mathews, from the library of the Bright Young Thing Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie. The first edition of this work.Complete in two volum...

Byron

Andre Maurois · 1930 · Rooke Books

£280.00 (€335.62 | $369.92 | ¥59,053)

Paris, Bernard Grasset, 1930. First edition. Fine Binding. A very smartly bound first edition set of Andre Maurois' biography of Byron. From the library at Julians Park, once home to socialite and patron of arts Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie. This work is numbered 516 of copie...

Les Plus Belles Heures D&Apos;Amour de Casanova

Giacomo Casanova; Edouard Maynial · 1923 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.32 | ¥57,998)

Paris, Les Editions G. Cres & Co. 1923. Leather. A handsomely bound, limited edition copy of these memoirs of Georges Casanova, illustrated throughout. In French. A collection of amorous memoirs of Giacomo Casanova, Italian explorer and renowned womaniser. Including an introd...

Seventy Years a Showman

Lord George Sanger · 1961 · Rooke Books

£69.00 (€82.71 | $91.16 | ¥14,552)

London, J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1961. Cloth. An excellent autobiographical work describing the life of this prominent showman, complete with a scarce dust wrapper. Lord George Sanger was an English circus proprietor who ran numerous shows with his brother John throughout the ni...

The Big Cage

Clyde Beatty; Edward Anthony · 1933 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)

New York and London, The Century Co, 1933. First edition. Cloth. A first edition memoir by the famed animal trainer Clyde Beatty, an exciting first-hand account of his career, replete with illustrations throughout. The first edition of this work.Clyde Beatty's fascinating...