Biografi

Shakespeare Versus Shallow

Leslie Hoston · 1931 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

London, The Nonesuch Press, 1931. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this intriguing look into Shakepeare's early life and acquaintances, from reputable scholar Leslie Hotson. First edition. In the publisher's original cloth binding. A unique biography illu...

Richard Cobden: The International Man

J. A. Hobson · 1919 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1919. Cloth. A smart second impression of this detailed biography of English Radical and Liberal politician Richard Cobden, with illustrations. Second impression, published the same year as the first. Illustrated with a photogravure frontispiece and ei...

Oliver Cromwell

John Morley · 1904 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.74 | $251.02 | ¥40,072)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1904. Leather. A smartly bound copy of John Morley's biography on Oliver Cromwell, an interesting look at the life of the statesman. Bound by Henry Young & Sons.John Morley's insightful biography on the life of Oliver Cromwell, expa...

The Greville Memoirs: A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV. And King William IV.

Charles Greville · 1874 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.32 | ¥57,998)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1874. Leather. The complete three volume, first edition set of the memoirs of Charles Greville, detailing the reigns of King George IV and King William IV and bound in half calf by Mudie. The first edition. Bound in half calf with marbled pape...

As I Walked out One Midsummer Morning

Laurie Lee · 1969 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,872)

London, Andre Deutsch, 1969. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of Laurie Lee's second instalment of his widely popular autobiographical trilogy, embellished with illustrations. The first edition, first impression of this autobiography by Laurie Lee. In the...

George Morland: His Life and Works

Sir Walter Gilbey; E. D. Cuming · 1907 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.30 | ¥17,927)

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1907. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this biography on artist George Morland, with illustrations throughout. First edition. Illustrated with fifty colour plates. Collated complete. A detailed biography of George Morland, an Engli...

Thackeray

Anthony Trollope · 1882 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1882. Leather. Anthony Trollope's brilliant biography on the life of popular author William Makepeace Thackeray. A short biography of the popular Victorian author William Makepeace Thackeray. He was best known for his satirical novel 'Vanity...

Chatham: His Early Life and Connections

Lord Rosebery · 1910 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)

London, Arthur L Humpreys, 1910. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this biographical work on William Pitt, the first Earl of Chatham. First edition. A biographical account of the early life of William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, a British Whig statesman who served ...

Ralegh and the Throckmortons

A. L. Rowse · 1962 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1962 . Leather. An elegantly bound copy of this interesting take on a biography of Sir Walter Raleigh, with insightful information taken from the diary of Raleigh's brother-in-law. The second impression. Published the month after the first editio...

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

Charles Dickens Jr · 1879 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,036)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1879. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this biographical work on the actor Charles James Mathews, written by the son of the noted author, Charles Dickens. The first edition. A two volume complete set.Illustrated with monochrome frontispiece...

An Autograph Collection and the Making of It

Lady Charnwood · 1930 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)

London, Ernest Benn Limited, 1930. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this unique work covering the stories behind the author's collection of autographs. The first edition of this uncommon work. Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece and seven plates showing ex...

Duse and the French

Victor Mapes; Daniel Frohman · 1898 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)

New York, The Dunlap Society, 1898. Paperback. A scarce limited edition copy of this piece on Italian actress Eleonora Duse. Limited to two hundred and sixty copies printed from type for the Dunlap Society. Scarce work. With a portrait frontispiece. A paper recounting the firs...

The Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay

Lord Macaulay; George Otto Trevelyan · 1877 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,453)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1877. Leather. A very smart second edition set of the life and letters of British historian Lord Macaulay, written by his nephew. Complete in two volumes. Second edition. With a portrait frontispiece to volume one. The life and letters of Thoma...

Memoires de Guy Joli, Conseiller Au Chastelet de Paris

Guy Joli · 1751 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,635)

Geneve, Fabry & Barillot, 1751. Leather. The memoirs of French magistrate Guy Joli, a confidante of Cardinal de Retz, in the original French. Complete in three volumes.In the original French.The memoirs of Guy Joli, also spelt as Joly.Joli was a French magistrate of the sevent...

Letters from the Raven Being the Correspondence of Lafcadio Hearn with Henry Watkin

Lafcadio Hearn; Henry Watkin; Milton Bronner [ed] · 1907 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

New York, Brentano's, 1907. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this collection of letters from the writer, Lafcadio Hearn. The first edition.Illustrated with four facsimile plates of Lafcadio's handwriting. Collated complete. In the publisher's original...

Alfred Stieglitz: An American Seer (Galley Copy)

Dorothy Norman · 1973 · Rooke Books

£200.00 (€239.73 | $264.23 | ¥42,181)

New York, Random House , 1973 . First edition. Loose Pages, Articles. An scarce-to-see Galley Copy of Dorothy Norman's biographical work on close friend and fellow photographer, Alfred Stieglitz. A Galley Copy; an advanced copy of the work sent prior to the final proofrea...

Correspondence of Thomas Gray

Paget Toynbee; Leonard Whibley · 1935 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)

Oxford, Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1935. Cloth. Three smart volumes of this collection of correspondence from English writer Thomas Gray, with illustrations. Complete in three volumes. The correspondence of Thomas Gray, an English poet, letter-writer, classical scholar, an...

From the Tan-Yard to the White House: The Story of President Grant&Apos;S Life

William M. Thayer · 1886 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1886. Leather. A third edition of this biographical work on President Ulysses S. Grant, with illustrations. Third edition. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece, one plate, and a folding plate to the rear. Collated complete. The life of Ulysses...

My Year

Roald Dahl · 1993 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1993 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this work, expanding the diary Dahl wrote in the final year of his life. Illustrated with watercolours by Quentin Blake. The first edition, first impression, in the publisher's original price unclipp...

Khaki and Gown: An Autobiography

Field-Marshal Lord Birdwood; Winston Churchill · 1942 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.74 | $58.13 | ¥9,280)

London, Ward, Lock and Co. Limited, 1942. Cloth. A smart second impression of Lord Birdwood's autobiography on his time with the British Army, complete with colour folding maps. Second impression, originally published 1941. Illustrated with a frontispiece, sixteen plates,...