Storia moderna

The Story of the British People in Pictures

Harley Verneau Usill · 0 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London, Odhams Press Limited, c1937 . Leather. A richly illustrated history of the British people, told through numerous black and white facsimile photographs and portraits. Rebound in green quarter morocco binding with brown cloth boards. Dated using Jisc using copies held at...

A Collection of Works on English Taverns and Inns

Various · 1921 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, Chatto and Windus; Collins; Odhams Press et al, 1921-1955. First edition. Cloth. An impressive selection of historical and autobiographical works centring around English taverns and inns. Comprising a mixture of majority first editions as well as the second edition of ...

Plans Referred to in the Report of the Commissioners Appointed to Inquire Into the Application of Iron Railway Structures

1849 · Rooke Books

£1,850.00 (€2,217.84 | $2,444.52 | ¥390,405)

London, William Clowes, 1849 . First edition. Cloth. A vanishingly scarce collection of plans referred to in the report of the commissioners, appointed to inquire into the application of iron to the railway, complete with 78 plans, most of which are folding. First edition. Ver...

The Border Antiquities of England and Scotland; Comprising Specimens of Architecture and Sculpture and Other Vestiges of Former Ages, Accompanied by Descriptions. Together with Illustrations of Remarkable Incidents in Border History and Tradition, and Original Poetry.

Sir Walter Scott · 1814 · Rooke Books

£425.00 (€509.50 | $561.58 | ¥89,688)

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1814. First edition. Leather. The large paper first edition of Walter Scott's immense topographical study into the antiquities and history along the border of England and Scotland. Complete in two volumes. First edition. Scot...

Letters Written by the Late Right Honourable Lady Luxborough, to William Shenstone

Henrietta Knight, Lady Luxborough · 1775 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, J. Dodsley, 1775 . First edition. Leather. The uncommon first edition of these posthumously published private correspondences from Henrietta Knight, Lady Luxborough to her personal friend, William Shenstone. A collection of letters from Henrietta Knight, Lady Luxboroug...

Every Mother&Apos;S Book

1949 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

Sussex, Alfred Fennings, 1949. Brochure/Pamphlet. A very smart copy of this illustrated guide for mothers from Alfred Fennings chemist. Scarce work. With illustrations throughout. A charming pamphlet from the chemist Alfred Fennings, who established Fennings Pharmaceuticals in...

Early Printed Books

E. Gordon Duff · 1893 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Limited, 1893. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated study on early printing and the earliest printed books from British bibliographer Edward Gordon Duff. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and ten...

Armoured Guardsmen: A War Diary June 1944 - April 1945

Robert Boscawen · 2001 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Yorkshire, Leo Cooper, 2001. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated war diary from British Conservative politician, Robert Thomas Boscawen, signed by the author with a letter. First edition. Signed by the author to the title page. With a handwritten le...

Rough Leaves from a Journal Kept in Spain and Portugal, During the Years 1832, 1833 & 1834

Lieut.-Col. Lovell Badcock · 1835 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.68 | $363.37 | ¥58,033)

London, Richard Bentley, 1835 . First edition. Leather. The scarce first edition of Lovell Badcock's account of his time in Portugal and Spain at the beginning of the civil war between Pedro and Miguel, offering a detailed eyewitness account of the siege of Porto. A scarc...

The Right Hon. Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield, K.G. , and His Times

Alexander Charles Ewald · 1883 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, William Mackenzie, 1883. Cloth. A complete set exploring the life of former Prime Minister and influential Conservative politician, Benjamin Disraeli. Complete as two volumes bound in five. An early edition. This biography was first published the year of Disraeli'...

Essays on Cathedrals

Various; J. S. Howson [ed.] · 1872 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, John Murray, 1872. Cloth. An uncommon first edition of this essay collection on cathedrals, edited by British divine and school master John Howson. The first edition of this work.  Scarce to find in the publisher's original cloth. With a twenty-four page catalog...

Old Falmouth: The Story of the Town from the Killigrews to the Earliest Part of the 19th Century

Susan E. Gay · 1903 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Headley Brothers, 1903. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this illustrated history of Falmouth, Cornwall. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and thirty-four images across thirty-one plates. Collated complete. A detailed history of Falmouth, a town, c...

The Eton School Lists from 1791 to 1850 (Every Third Year After 1793)

H. E. C. Stapylton · 1863 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, E. P. Williams, 1863 . First edition. Leather. The scarce first edition of this register of the boys who attended Eton College between 1791 and 1850. A scarce first edition, from H.E.C. Stapylton, who is best known for this work.The lists, which appear every third year...

The Plundered Forests

John Blower · 2007 · Rooke Books

£69.00 (€82.72 | $91.17 | ¥14,561)

Kinloss, Moray, Librario , 2007. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce signed copy of this compelling account of the author's mission to save endangered forests across South-East Asia. Signed by the author to the half title. First edition, first impression. A very sca...

Secret Court Memoirs

0 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)

London, The Grolier Society, c1900. Cloth. A smart collection of seven volumes from the edition de luxe of this set of memoirs written from various European courts through the past few hundred years. Seven volumes of a twenty volume set. Being volumes seven, eight, eleven, twe...

Korean Base Gazette: The Coronation of H.M. Queen Elizabeth II

Korean Base Gazette · 1953 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

Korea, Korean Base Gazette; R. A. E. C. Section at H. Q. Britcom, 1953. First edition. Paperback. A special coronation issue of the 'Korean Base Gazette', celebrating the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II and providing interesting historical insight into the lives of ...

Music Catalogue 103: Opera 1751-1800

Various · 1971 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

Kent, Richard Macnutt Ltd. 1971. First edition. Cloth. A smartly bound first edition of this very scarce issue of Richard Macnutt's Music Catalogue. First edition. From Music Catalogue, issue number 103. Very scarce work. Illustrated throughout. The first of three catalog...

Flugblatt-Propaganda IM 2. Weltkrieg Europa (Band 1 & Band 4)

Klaus Kirchner · 1974 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Erlangen , Verlag fur zeitgeschichtliche Dokumente und Curiosa, 1974-1978 . First edition. Cloth. A fascinating set of two volumes showcasing a variety of WWII propaganda leaflets. Offering volumes 1 and 4 from this extensive bibliographic series on WWII propaganda leaflets. ...

Histoire de la Conquete de L&Apos;Angleterre Par Les Normans

Augustin Thierry · 1883 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.80 | $224.63 | ¥35,875)

Paris, Librairie de Firmin-Didot et Cie. 1883. Leather. A smart four volume set of this history of the Norman conquest of England from French historian Augustin Thierry, in the original French. French. Complete in four volumes. Later edition. A history of the conquest of Engla...

Round About Calcutta

R. J. Minney · 1922 · Rooke Books

£850.00 (€1,019.01 | $1,123.16 | ¥179,375)

London, Humphrey Milford Oxford University Press, 1922 . First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition of this charming book providing a glimpse of life in Calcutta, written by Calcutta-born author R. J. Minney, with an additional letter from the author loosely inserted. First...