Charles, Robert

A Sammelband of Five Tracts on French History and Politics

Charles Sturt; Robert Walsh; William Eden, Baron Auckland · 1795 · Rooke Books

£570.00 (€683.23 | $753.00 | ¥120,245)

London; Edinburgh, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown; J. Ridgway; William Creech; Jordan Hookham, 1795-1810 . First edition. Leather. Five works on French history and politics in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century bound together in a single volume. Present her...

A Collection of Crown Classics

William Wordsworth; Coventry Patmore; Algernon Charles Swinburne; Thomas Hood; Robert Burns; Thomas Gray · 1947 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.34 | ¥28,479)

London, The Grey Walls Press, 1947-1953. Hardback. Six smart volumes of collections of poetry from the Crown Classics series. Six volumes. Crown Classics. First thus. This set contains: Selected Poems of William Wordsworth, 1947. With an introduction by Montgomery Belgion, a F...

Lute, Lyre and Lotus Minithologies

Alfred Lord Tennyson; Ben Jonson; Charles Dickens; Robert Herrick; Max Crombie [ed.]; et al. · 1944 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)

Northwood, Knights Press, 1944-1946. Leather. An unusual collection of the illustrated Lute, Lyre and Lotus Minithologies, with poems and prose from Lord Tennyson, Ben Jonson and Charles Dickens, among others. A very scarce collection of twelve volumes in one work, in a full c...

A Narrative of the Voyage of H.M. S. Beagle

Captain Robert FitzRoy; Charles Darwin; Midshipman Philip King; Bartholomew Sulivan; David Stanbury (ed.) · 1977 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, The Folio Society, 1977 . Cloth. The first thus of this collection of diary entries, letters and reports to share the history of the H. M. S. Beagle. First thus of A Narrative of the Voyage of H. M. S. Beagle edited by David Stanbury in the original publisher's cl...

A Narrative of the Voyage of H.M. S. Beagle

Captain Robert FitzRoy; Charles Darwin; Midshipman Philip King; Bartholomew Sulivan; David Stanbury (ed.) · 1977 · Rooke Books

£32.00 (€38.36 | $42.27 | ¥6,751)

London, The Folio Society, 1977 . Cloth. The first thus of this collection of diary entries, letters and reports to share the history of the H. M. S. Beagle. First thus of A Narrative of the Voyage of H. M. S. Beagle edited by David Stanbury in the original publisher's cl...

The Last Records of a Cotswold Community: Being the Weston Subedge Field Account Book for the Final Twenty-Six Years of the Famous Cotswold Games Hitherto Unpublished and Now Edited with a Study on the Old Time Sports of Campden and the Village Community of Weston

Charles Robert Ashbee · 1904 · Rooke Books

£1,750.00 (€2,097.62 | $2,311.86 | ¥369,175)

Essex, Essex House Press, 1904. Cloth. A signed limited edition of this work written by the noted architect Charles Robert Ashbee. Limited edition numbered 47 of 75 copies issued. A scarce account of Gloucestershire by Robert Ashbee. Intended as a permanent account of a Cotsw...

Irish Eloquence: The Speeches of the Celebrated Irish Orators Philips, Curran and Grattan to Which Is Added the Powerful Appeal of Robert Emmett, at the Close of His Trial for High Treason

Charles Philips; John Philpot Curran; Henry Grattan; Robert Emmett · 1834 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)

Philadelphia, Key & Biddle, 1834. Leather. A smart example of this collection of political speeches performed by prominent Irish public figures Charles Philips, John Philpot Curran, and Henry Grattan. An anthology of political and parliamentary speeches by given by prominent I...

Gallery of Comicalities; [Pierce Egan]; the True History of Tom and Jerry; or the Day and Night Scenes of Life in London from the Start to the Finish!

Charles Hindley; George Cruikshank; Robert Cruikshank; Robert Seymour · 1888 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

London, Reeves and Turner, 1888-1891. Hardback. A scarce limited edition of a celebrated Regency London classic, paired with Cruikshank and Seymour"s comic anthology, richly illustrated with colour plates and engravings. In the publisher's original quarter paper vellum bi...

An Introductory History of England

Charles Robert Leslie Fletcher · 1909 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London, John Murray, 1909-1910 . Cloth. The first, third, and fourth volumes of Fletcher's history of England with maps and folding maps. Three volumes from An Introductory History of England by Charles Robert Leslie Fletcher in the original publisher's cloth binding...

Recollections of the Life of Lord Byron, from the Year 1808 to the End of 1814

Robert Charles Dallas · 1824 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)

London, Charles Knight, 1824. First edition. Leather. The first edition of a controversial biography on the great Romantic icon released almost immediately after his death, including previously unpublished letters and material. The first edition of Recollections of the Life of...

Jerusalem 1918-1922, or Walk About Sion and Go Round About the Towers Thereof

Ronald Storrs [pref.]; [ed. by] Charles Robert Ashbee · 1921 · Rooke Books

£475.00 (€569.35 | $627.50 | ¥100,205)

London, John Murray, 1921-1924. Cloth. The uncommon abridged edition of records for the Pro-Jerusalem Society, an integral group for the preservation of Jerusalem's history and architecture following British occupation in 1918. Walk About Sion and Go Round About The Tower...

Old London Coaching Inns and Their Successors; Inns and Inn Signs: Sacred and Secular; English Inn Signs: Being a Revised and Modernized Version of History of Signboards; Kent Inns, a Distillation

Arthur Groom; Charles Robert Swift; Jacob Larwood; John Camden Hotten · 1928 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

St. Albans; London; Maidstone , Euston Station; Charles Robert Swift; Chatto and Windus; Kent Messenger, 1928-1955. First edition. Cloth. A very smart four-volume set exploring the signs and origins of various English inns. This set comprises four volumes on English inns, in p...

Life of Humphrey Chetham

Francis Robert Raines; Charles W. Sutton · 1903 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

Manchester, Chetham Society, 1903. Cloth. A smart two volume set of this biography of English philanthropist Humphrey Chetham, with illustrations. Complete in two volumes. Scarce work. From the Remains Historical and Literary Connected with the Palatine Counties of Lancaster a...

The Savage Mountain K2

Bates,Robert and Charles Houston · 1955 · Richard Thornton Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

Collins A Very Good Copy of this Book in a Very Good Dust-Jacket with one small closed tear to the top edge of the rear cover.Not price clipped.NO former names or inscriptions are present.The book describes the Americans magnificent but ill fated adventure on K2,well illustrat...

Trusted Advisor

Maister, David, Charles Green, Robert Galford · 2002 · Boekhandel - Antiquariaat Emile Kerssemakers - Member ILAB/NVvA

€18.00 ($19.84 | £15.02 | ¥3,168)

Simon & Schuster, 2002 Paperback. 240 pages. Text in English. Clean, tight and fresh copy with minimal signs of use. The essential must have tool for professionals who advise or negotiate with others in today's new economy. In today's fast-paced networked economy, professional...

THE BEST SCIENCE FICTION OF THE YEAR #15

Carr, Terry (editor)(Robert Silverberg; Howard Waldrop; Harry Turtledove; Lucius Shepard; John Crowley; David Zindell; Connie Willis; Gregory Benford; Michael Bishop; Karen Jay Fowler; Ian Watson; James Tiptree, Jr.; Charles N. Brown; Terry Carr) · 1985 · Books from the Crypt

$3.50 (€3.18 | £2.65 | ¥559)

Good to Very Good- First Edition Tor NY 1st printing, Aug. 1986. Cover art by Ron Walotsky. Includes "Introduction"; "Sailing to Byzantium" by Robert Silverberg;"Flying Saucer Rock & Roll" by Howard Waldrop; "Bluff" by Harry Turtledove; "A Spanish Lesson" by Lucius Shepard; "S...

Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers

d'après Charles-Nicolas COCHIN - Louis Jacques CATHELIN - Robert BÉNARD · 1777 · Librairie Le Feu Follet

€25,000.00 ($27,553.30 | £20,856.95 | ¥4,399,917)

Édition la plus démocratique de l'Encyclopédie, qui fit dire au libraire-éditeur Charles-Joseph Panckoucke : « La faveur du public est sans exemple : des gens qui ne savent pas lire ont ici souscrit » | Chez Pellet, Imprimeur-Libraire, rue des Belles Filles Charles-Joseph Pan...

Vie, poésies et pensées de Joseph Delorme

Charles-Augustin SAINTE-BEUVE - Robert TREBOR · 1861 · Librairie Le Feu Follet

€400.00 ($440.85 | £333.71 | ¥70,399)

Poulet Malassis & De Broise | Paris 1861 | 14.50 x 21 cm | relié | Edition en grande partie originale. Reliure en demi maroquin bleu à coins, dos à cinq nerfs, date et lieu dorés en milieu du dos, plats de papier marbré, gardes et contreplats de papier peigné, tête dorée, ex-l...

Madame la Comtesse de Castiglione et Napoléon III ou Le bal aux Tuileries le mardi 29 janvier 1856

[Comtesse de Virginia CASTIGLIONE ] - Charles ROBERT · 1856 · Librairie Le Feu Follet

€1,000.00 ($1,102.13 | £834.28 | ¥175,997)

Paris 1856 | 30 x 24 cm | une feuille sous marie-louise | Encre originale signée et datée de Charles Robert, intitulée "Madame la Comtesse de Castiglione et Napoléon III ou Le bal aux Tuileries le mardi 29 janvier 1856". Cette encre immortalise la rencontre historique de la Co...

Vie privée du prince de Conty, Louis-François de Bourbon (1717-1776)

Gaston CAPON - Robert-Charles YVE-PLESSIS · 1907 · Librairie Le Feu Follet

€60.00 ($66.13 | £50.06 | ¥10,560)

Jean Schemit | Paris 1907 | 15 x 23.50 cm | broché | Edition originale. Dos légèrement insolé sans gravité, infimes piqûres sur le premier plat, rares rousseurs affectant principalement les marges, agréable état intérieur. | [ENGLISH DESCRIPTION FOLLOWS] First edition. Spine l...