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Marianne Williams a Study of Life in the Bay of Islands, New Zealand 1823-1879

Sybil Woods · 1977 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

Unknown, Privately Printed, 1977. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce limited edition of this biography of Marianne Williams, with hand written letter and signed by the author. The first edition of this work limited to sixty copies printed for the press, this volume being numb...

Un Epicurien Anglais Thomas Love Peacock

Jean-Jacques Mayoux · 1933 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.31 | ¥58,016)

Paris, Nizet et Bastard, 1933. First edition. Paperback. A signed first edition of Mayoux's biography on Thomas Love Peacock, a very scarce work inscribed from the author to a fellow professor. The first edition of this work. A very scarce work.Signed by the author to th...

The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton

Mrs. Russell Barrington · 1906 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.26 | $726.63 | ¥116,033)

London, George Allen, 1906. Vellum. A limited edition of this expansive biography of Sir Frederic Leighton, a British painter and sculptor, presented by the author to novelist Marie Corelli. Written by Emilie Barrington (1841-1933), a British biographer and novelist, author of...

Myself

M. [anon.] · 1882 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

Oxford Street, Bolton, 1882. Cloth. A very scarce copy of this autobiography written by a mother for her daughter. A fascinating copy of this very scarce book. Local Bolton imprint. Really scarce. A rare window into the late Victorian female perspective.Written by a mother to...

The Life of Johnson

James Boswell · 1851 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,207)

London, Office of the National Illustrated Library, 1851. Cloth. A lovely illustrated four volume set detailing the life of this important English writer. Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) was an English poet, essayist, biographer and literary critic. He published 'A Dictionary ...

Diaries and Letters

Harold Nicolson · 1966 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,207)

New York, Atheneum, 1966-8. First edition. Cloth. The first U.S. edition of the diaries and letters of the Bloomsbury figure Harold Nicolson, spanning the period of 1930 to 1962. The first U.S. edition of this work.Complete in three volumes.In the original unclipped dustwrappe...

Long Before Forty

C. S. Forester · 1967 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Michael Joseph, 1967. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of C.S. Forester's autobiography, Long Before Forty, written before the recognition the author received for the Hornblower series. The first edition copy of Long Before Forty, C.S. Forester's a...

As It Was

Helen Thomas · 1931 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, William Heinemann LTD, 1931. Cloth. The second edition of Helen Thomas' touching memoir about her poet husband, Edward Thomas, published after his early death in battle. The second edition of this work.Helen Thomas' touching memoir about her marriage to the p...

Soldier True

Victor Bonham-Carter · 1963 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Frederick Muller Limited, 1963. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of Victor Bonham-Carter's biography exploring the life and affluent career of Sir William Robertson, illustrated throughout. The first edition of this work.Signed by the author to the rec...

Life&Apos;S Morning Hour

E. H. VIsiak; [Edward Harold Physick] · 1968 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)

London, John Baker, 1968. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of E. H. Visiak's autobiography, delving into his life in touching detail. The first edition of this work.Signed by the author to the recto to the front endpaper, 'To dear - very dear - Doris, (Di...

The Life and Opinions of Walter Richard Sickert

Robert Emmons · 1942 · Rooke Books

£1,500.00 (€1,797.99 | $1,981.71 | ¥316,453)

London, Faber and Faber Limited, 1942. Cloth. Graham Greene's presentation copy of this work, with his intimate ink inscription to the front endpaper. A biography on the life of the Post-Impressionist Walter Sickert. Presentation copy from Graham Greene, with his ink insc...

A Prince of Arabia the Emir Shereef Ali Haider

George Stitt · 1948 · Rooke Books

£220.00 (€263.70 | $290.65 | ¥46,413)

London, George Allen & Unwin LTD, 1948. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of George Stitt's detailed biography on the life and political career of Ali Haydar Pasha. Illustrated throughout, and held in the original and very scarce dust wrapper. The first edition...

Memorials of Thomas Hood

Thomas Hood · 1860 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, Edward Moxon & Co, 1860. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this memorial on the life and work of the English poet Thomas Hood, illustrated. The first edition of this work.Complete in two volumes.A touching work on the beloved English poet Thomas Hood, containi...

The Life of Benvenuto Cellini Written by Himself

Benvenuto Cellini; John Addington Symonds · 1936 · Rooke Books

£34.00 (€40.75 | $44.92 | ¥7,173)

New York, Tudor Publishing Company, 1936. Cloth. A beautiful copy of the goldsmith Benvenuto Cellini's energetic autobiography. Complete as two volumes bound in one.The autobiography of the Italian goldsmith Benvenuto Cellini, the most important autobiography from the Ren...

&Apos;Tom&Apos; an Autobiography with Revised Negro Melodies

Thomas Rutling · 1907 · Rooke Books

£900.00 (€1,078.79 | $1,189.03 | ¥189,872)

Bradford, WM Byles and Sons, 1907. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce, first edition of the pioneering Black artist Thomas Rutling's autobiography. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Illustrated,  With forty pages of sheet music. Lacking the portrait fron...

Serge Lifar Destin D&Apos;Un Danseur

Andre Levinson · 1934 · Rooke Books

£950.00 (€1,138.73 | $1,255.08 | ¥200,421)

Paris, Bernard Grasset , 1934. First edition. Fine Binding. A finely bound, limited edition, association copy of this biography regarding the life and career of Ukranian-born French ballet dancer, Serge Lifar. In a quarter morocco binding, with paper covered boards. With a si...

If I Die in a Combat Zone

Tim O'Brien · 1973 · Rooke Books

£300.00 (€359.60 | $396.34 | ¥63,291)

London, Calder & Boyars, 1973. First edition. Cloth. An exceptionally pleasing first edition of this moving first-hand account of the author's experiences on his tour of duty during the Vietnam War. The first edition of this work. In the original unclipped dustwrapper. &a...

Growing Up the Gorbals

Ralph Glasser · 1986 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1986. First edition. Cloth. A near fine copy of Ralph Glasser's first autobiography, an author's presentation copy, inscribed by the author to the publisher Tom Maschler. The first edition of this work. In the original unclipped dustwrapper. ...

A New and General Biographical Dictionary Containing an Historical and Critical Account of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons

Anon · 1798 · Rooke Books

£1,700.00 (€2,037.72 | $2,245.94 | ¥358,647)

London, G G and J Robinson, J Johnson, 1798. First edition. Leather. A complete set of the biographical dictionary. A first edition thus, published under the editorship and translator William Tooke. A New Edition of this dictionary, but a first edition thus overall. The Genera...

Another Self

James Lees-Milne · 1970 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

Hamish Hamilton, Hamish Hamilton, 1970. First edition. Cloth. A fine first edition of James Lees-Milne moving autobiography on his youth, illustrated with a lovely frontispiece by Reynolds Stone. The first edition, first impression, of this work. In the original unclipped dust...