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Rilke, Ce Faible Heroique

Luis de Vilallonga · 1944 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

Paris, Pierre Mangart, 1944 . First edition. Paperback. The scarce first edition of this memoir by the twentieth century Spanish actor, socialite and author. The first edition of Rilke, Ce Faible Heroique by Louis de Vilallonga in the original publisher's paper wraps. A ...

Autobiography of Miss Cornelia Knight, Lady Companion to the Princess Charlotte of Wales. With Extracts from Her Journals and Anecdote Books.

Miss Cornelia Knight · 1861 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,207)

London, W. H. Allen and Co. 1861. First edition. Cloth. The complete first edition of this autobiography of Miss Cornelia Knight. Fourth edition. With extracts from journals and anecdote books. Includes portrait frontispiece to volume one. Written by Ellis Cornelia Knight, an ...

Tracy and Hepburn: An Intimate Memoir

Garson Kanin · 1972 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.74 | $58.13 | ¥9,283)

London, Angus and Robertson, 1972. Cloth. A classic Hollywood memoir written and signed by a close friend of both Tracy and Hepburn. Signed by the author. "It was always Tracy and Hepburn" - anecdotes and tales of the relationship between Spence Tracy and Kate Hepburn. Written...

The Most Gorgeous Lady Blessington

J. Fitzgerald Molloy · 1896 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, Downey & Co. 1896. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this interesting biography regarding Marguerite Gardiner, the Countess of Blessington. The scarce first edition. Complete in two volumes. Uniformly bound in the publisher's original full cloth binding w...

The Lie of Lord Tennyson

Arthur Christopher Benson · 1904 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.59 | ¥35,865)

London, Methuen & Co. 1904. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this work previously owned by Sir Tennyson's cousin Eustace Tennyson d'Eyncourt. First edition. Previously owned by Eustace Tennyson d'Eyncourt who, through his father, was a cousin of Alfred, ...

Charles... Bradlaugh: A Record of His Life and Work

Hypatia Bradlaugh Bonner · 1908 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)

London, T Fisher Unwin, 1908. Cloth. A bright early edition of this biography of English activist Charles Bradlaugh by his daughter Hypatia. Seventh edition of this work. Looking into the life and career of Charles Bradlaugh, English political activist and atheist, founder of ...

Monica&Apos;S Story

Andrew Morton · 1999 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Michael O'Mara, 1999 . First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition, first impression of Andrew Morton's authorised biography of Monica Lewinsky, flat signed by Lewinsky to a front blank. In the publisher's original dust wrapper, price unclipped.Morton, th...

Reminiscences of Court and Diplomatic Life

Georgiana Baroness Bloomfield · 1883 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

London , Kegan Paul, Trench, & Co. 1883. First edition. Cloth. A smart two volume complete set of Georgiana Bloomfield's fascinating reminisces of her time as a courtier, with illustrations. A complete two volume set of the  Reminiscences of court and Diplomatic Life by ...

Character and Principles. A Discourse on the Death of the Duke of Wellington

Richard Brindley · 1852 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Ward & Co, 1852. Brochure/Pamphlet. A very scarce memorial for the Duke of Wellington, published on his death at the age of 83. A very scarce work.A touching memorial published upon the death of Arthur Wellesley, the Duke of Wellington, in 1852.The death of Wellington ...

The Life of Sir Richard Whittington, Knight, and Four Times Lord Mayor of London, in the Reigns of Edward III Richard II and Henry V Compiled from Authentic Documents; and Containing Many Important Particulars Respecting That Illustrious Man, Never Before Published: Intended to Amuse, Instruct, and Stimulate the Rising Generation.

1811 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

Harlow , Printed by B. Flower , 1811 . First edition. Leather. A lovely copy of this very scarce biography of Sir Richard Whittington. The first edition of this work. A very scarce copy of this biography of Sir Richard Whittington, English merchant and politician of the late m...

Oscar Wilde, a Biography

H. Montgomery Hyde · 1976 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Eyre Methuen, 1976. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this fascinating biography of Oscar Wilde, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition. In the publisher's full cloth binding with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. With twenty-fou...

Three Years in Savage Africa

Lionel Decle · 1898 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)

London, Methuen & Co, 1898 . Cloth. The illustrated second edition of John Decle's account of his three year journey from Cape Town to Mombasa. The second edition of this work, published in the same year as the first. John Decle's account of his three years of trave...

Conversations with Joseph Heller

Adam J. Sorkin; Joseph Heller · 1993 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

Jackson, University Press of Mississippi, 1993 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition, first printing of this collection of interviews with Joseph Heller in the original dust wrapper. First edition, first printing of Conversations with Joseph Heller edited by Adam J....

Buckinghamshire: A Short History, with Genealogies and Current Biographies

John Grant · 1911 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London , London & Provincial Publishing Co, 1911. First edition. Vellum. A comprehensive history and biography of the county of Buckinghamshire. A first edition copy of this comprehensive work, Buckinghamshire: A Short History, with Genealogies and Current Biographies, by John...

The Life of Raymond Chandler

Frank MacShane · 1976 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Jonathan Cape , 1976. First edition. Hardback. A handsome first edition copy of this biographical exploration into the life and works of Raymond Chandler. A first edition. In the publisher's original cloth binding with the unclipped dust wrapper designed by Craig ...

Alfred Lord Tennyson: A Memoir

Hallam Tennyson · 1897 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.79 | $211.38 | ¥33,755)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1897. Cloth. Second impression of Hallam Tennyson's affectionate memoir of his father Lord Tennyson, complete in two volumes. Second impression of this work printed in the same year and month as the first. A sweeping biography of famous English p...

The Life and Work of Charles Henry Von Bogatzky

Rev. John Kelly · 1889 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, The Religious Tract Society, 1889. Leather. A scarce 19th century biographical sketch of Charles Henry Von Bogatzky and his work, 'The Golden Treasury', signed by the author and presented to his wife. A fascinating biographical sketch of the life and career o...

Fridtjof Nansen: Explorer - Scientist - Humanitarian

Per Vogt · 1961 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

Oslo , Dreyers Vorlag , 1961. First edition. Leather. A beautiful first English language edition of Per Vogt's biography of Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen, adorned with beautiful illustrations and complete with unclipped dust wrapper. First English language edition of...

The Life of Benvenuto Cellini

John Addington Symonds [trans.] · 1901 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1901. Cloth. Fifth edition of Benvenuto Cellini's biographical work, translated to the English by John Addington Symonds. A detailed account of the life of Florentine artist Benvenuto Cellini: his career, love, passions, hate, and delights. Some ...

Paul Philip Barraud: A Study of a Fine Chronometer Maker

Cedric Jagger · 1968 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)

London, The Antiquarian Horological Society, 1968. First edition. Cloth. A scarce work on the life of watchmaker Paul Philip Barraud, published on behalf of the Antiquarian Horological Society, with numerous illustrated plates. First Ed, Scarce.Presented in the very scarce unc...