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The Medallic History of England to the Revolution
John Pinkerton · 1790 · Rooke Books
£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)
London, For Edwards and Sons, 1790 . First edition. Leather. The uncommon first edition of John Pinkerton's impressive - and illustrated - history of numismatics in England. An uncommon first edition.Illustrated with forty engraved plates. Collated, complete.According to ...
The Crustacea of Devon and Cornwall
Canon A. M. Norman; Thomas Scott · 1906 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)
London, William Wesley And Son, 1906. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy, in original binding, featuring 24 monochrome plates. A 1906 first edition copy, in original green cloth, with gilt lettering to spine.Written by Thomas Scott, and Alfred Merle Norman - a cl...
Kearsley&Apos;S Complete Peerage, of England, Scotland Ireland
Catharine Kearsley; George Kearsley · 1804 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)
London, C & G Kearsley, 1804 . Leather. Handsomely bound in contemporary tree calf, this is the second volume of the 1804 edition of Kearsley's detailed account of titled aristocracy in England, Scotland and Ireland. First published in 1790, this is an 1804 edition of Cat...
1925 History of the Manchester Regiment (Late the 63rd and 96th Foot) Vol. II 1883-1922
Colonel H. C. Wylly · 1925 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)
London, Forster Groom & Co. LTD. 1925. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition, with colour and monochrome plates, in its original binding. A smart first edition, bound in its original green cloth.A comprehensive history from the Colonel and, later, military historian, H. ...
The Peterborough Chronicle 1070-1154ãâ by Cecily Clark, First Edition, 1958. ãâ Old English Grammarãâ by Alistair Campbell, 1962 Reprint. ãâ a Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionaryãâ by J.R. Clark Hall, Reprint of the Fourth Edition, 1962. Anglo-Norman Literature and Its Background by M. Dominica Legge, First Edition, 1963.
Cecily Clark; Alistair Campbell; J. R. Clark Hall; M. Dominica Legge · 1958 · Rooke Books
£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)
London, Oxford University Press; Clarendon Press; Cambridge University Press, 1958-1963. Cloth. A collection of interesting works on Old English, in the publishers' original cloth bindings with the original dust wrappers. A set of interesting works on Old English, from An...
The History of the Cheshire Regiment in the Great War
Arthur Crookenden · 0 · Rooke Books
£59.00 (€70.73 | $77.96 | ¥12,451)
Chester, W.H. Evans, Sons & Co. Ltd. c1935. Cloth. A fascinating recount of the 22nd Cheshire regiment, with a frontispiece, 33 plates and 10 folding maps. In full navy cloth. With a frontispiece of King Gorge V, 33 photographic plates with two of those folding, 10 folding ma...
Natural History
J G Wood · 1853 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)
London, George Routledge and Sons, Limited, c1900. Cloth. A lovely, and very scarce example of 20th Century cover to this title, designed by artist Jessie M. King. Bound in its original blue cloth.One of many natural history titles by the prolific Rev. J. G. Wood, originally p...
British Wildflowers in Their Natural Haunts
A.R. Horwood [Arthur Reginald Horwood] · 1919 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)
London, The Gresham Publishing Company, 1919. First edition. Cloth. The complete set of A.R. Horwood's detailed study on wild flowers and plants across the British Isles, with accompanying illustrations by J.N. Fitch. The first edition of Arthur Reginald Horwood's Br...
The Commodore
Patrick O'Brian · 1994 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)
London , Harper Collins, 1994. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this action packed historical naval novel from the Aubrey/Maturin series, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of the work. In publisher's original blue cloth ...
The Croydon Co. Partner
W. Henry Topley [ed.]; Frank F. Woods [ed.] · 1913 · Rooke Books
£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)
Croydon, Co-Partnership Committee of the Croydon Gas Company , 1913-1922. First edition. Cloth. A vanishingly scarce collection of issues from the 'Croydon Co-Partner', a magazine published by its committee for the Croydon Gas Company. All first editions except for J...
2 Vols History of the Norfolk Regiment 1685-1918
F. Lorriane Petre · 1920 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)
Norwich , Jarrolds & Sons, Limited, 1920. First edition. Cloth. A first edition, two-volume history of the Norfolk Regiment by noted military historian F. Loraine Petre, richly illustrated with maps and plates. In the publisher's original red cloth binding.First edition.C...
On the Abbot of Waltham&Apos;S House, in the Parish of Saint Mary-at-Hall, London.
G. R. Corner [George Richard Corner] · 1856 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)
London, J. B. Nichols & Sons, 1856. First edition. Leather. The first edition in book form of this very scarce article from George Richard Corner on the Abbot of Waltham's House, bound in half calf, and signed by the author to the title page. The first edition in book for...
Bishop Burnet&Apos;S History of the Reformation of the Church of England
Gilbert Burnet · 1820 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)
London, Richard Priestley , 1820. Leather. Three calf-bound volumes from this scarce new edition of Gilbert Burnet's 'History of the Reformation of the Church of England&apos. New edition. Comprising Volume I (Part I and Part II) and Volume III (Part II) across three...
A Collection of Works on the Life, Times, and Contemporaries of Samuel Johnson and James Boswell
Various · 1952 · Rooke Books
£450.00 (€539.47 | $594.61 | ¥94,963)
London; New York, William Heinemann; Chatto and Windus; White Lion Publishers; Macmillan & Co.; McGraw-Hill Book Company; Hodder & Stoughton; Weid, 1952-2015. First edition. Cloth. London; New York: William Heinemann; Chatto and Windus; White Lion Publishers; Macmillan & Co.; ...
A History of Ireland. From the Earliest Period, to the Present Time.
William Crawford · 1783 · Rooke Books
£750.00 (€899.12 | $991.02 | ¥158,272)
Strabane, John Bellew, 1783 . First edition. Leather. The vanishingly scarce two volume first edition of William Crawford's detailed history of Ireland, arranged in a series of letters addressed to the author's friend, William Hamilton. A very scarce first edition, c...
Travels of a Naturalist in Japan and Manchuria
Arthur Adams · 1870 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)
London, Hurst and Blackett, 1870. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of naval surgeon and naturalist Arthur Adams's account of his mid 19th century travels in Japan and Manchuria, offering insight into regions then little-known to Western readers. A scarce first edit...
Memorials of Temple Bar with Some Account of Fleet Street, and the Parishes of St. Dunstan and St. Bride
T. C. Noble · 1869 · Rooke Books
£180.00 (€215.79 | $237.85 | ¥37,985)
London, Diprose and Bateman , 1869. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this history of Temple Bar and Fleet Street, with a bound-in errata handwritten and signed by the author. First edition. With a handwritten errata bound-in to the preface, signed by the author. Thi...
The History of Barn Elms and the Kit-Cat Club Now the Ranelagh Club
C. J. Barrett · 1889 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)
London, Ranelagh Club , 1889. Vellum. A very scarce copy of this fascinating history of the Kit-Cat Club at Barn Elms. The second edition of this very scarce work. In the original full paper vellum binding. This history, written by C. J. Barrett, discusses the origins, membe...
One Hundred Years of Architecture 1851-1951
Royal Institute of British Architects · 1951 · Rooke Books
£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)
London, Royal Institute of British Architects, 1951. First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this very scarce work on the history of British architecture, previously owned by Ambrose Heal, the chairman of the 'Heal's' furniture company, with a letter from...
The Guildhall Miscellany: Issued by the Authority of the Library Committee of the Corporation of London
Various · 1955 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)
London, The Library Committee of the Corporation of London , 1955-1968. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce selection of issues from 'The Guildhall Miscellany', a historical periodical from The Library Committee of the Corporation of London. A pleasing set compri...