Storia moderna

A Personal Narrative of the Outbreak and Massacre at Cawnpore During the Sepoy Revolt of 1857

J. W. Shepherd · 1886 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

Lucknow, Methodist Publishing House, 1886. Cloth. A very scarce first-hand account of the 1857 Siege of Cawnpore, an illustrated volume. A very scarce work.A vivid first hand account of the 1857 Indian Rebellion, in particular of the Siege of Cawnpore. The author, J. W. Shephe...

Scotland and Scotsmen in the Eighteenth Century

John Ramsay; Alexander Allardyce [ed.] · 1888 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.36 | $726.75 | ¥116,066)

Edinburgh , William Blackwood and Sons , 1888. First edition. Cloth. A scarce complete first edition of this Scottish history, compiled from the manuscripts of John Ramsay of Ochtertyre. The first edition. Scarce to find complete in two volumes. Uniformly bound in the publish...

Russia: From the Varangians to the Bolsheviks

Raymond Beazley; Nevill Forbes; G. A. Birkett · 1918 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

Oxford , Clarendon Press, 1918. First edition. Cloth. A rare copy with dust wrapper of this Russian history. The first edition. With the publisher's very scarce unclipped dust wrapper.This uncommon history of Russia spans from as early as 852 with the traditional beginni...

The Universal English Short-Hand; or, the Way of Writing English, in the Most Easy, Concise, Regular, and Beautiful Manner, Applicable to Any Other Language, But Particularly Adjusted to Our Own.

John Byrom · 1767 · Rooke Books

£1,750.00 (€2,097.96 | $2,312.38 | ¥369,302)

Manchester , Joseph Harrop, 1767 . First edition. Leather. A beautifully bound, first and only edition of this fascinating guide to universal English shorthand, written by the man who invented the system, John Byrom. The first and only edition. Bound in a decorative full calf....

Fanny Goes to War

Pat Beauchamp [Pat Weddell] · 1919 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, John Murray, 1919. First edition. Cloth. A scarce to see first edition of this autobiographical work about the author's time in the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry. The vanishingly scarce first edition, later published in 1940 by George Routledge and Sons Ltd under the...

The Bank of England from Within 1694-1900

W. Marston Acres · 1931 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London, Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1931. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition set of Wilfred Marston Acres' illustrated work on the history of the Bank of England. The first edition, first impression. A two volume, complete set. Illustrated with m...

Rhodesiana (Publication No. 19) & Heritage of Zimbabwe (Publication No. 10)

Various · 1968 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

Salisbury; Harare, The Rhodesiana Society; The History Society of Zimbabwe , 1968-1991. Paperback. Two very scarce journals published for the Rhodesian and Heritage of Zimbabwe Societies. First edition. Both very scarce issues. In the publisher's pictorial wraps. Sign...

Essai Sur L&Apos;Enseignement Philosophique Du Magnetisme

Le Baron Du Potet de Sennevoy [Jules Denis] · 1845 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)

Paris, A. René et Cie, 1845. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of Jules Denis' essay on the philosophical teaching of magnetism, in the original French. A very scarce work. The first edition of this very scarce work in a half cloth binding with marbled boards. P...

Cambridge

M. A. R. Tucker · 1907 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1907. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this beautifully illustrated study of Cambridge, adorned with many colour plates. The first edition of this work. In the publisher's original decorative cloth binding. A richly illustrated ...

The Ladies&Apos; Year Book and Diary for 1940 with Cookery Recipes and Hints and Household Accounts Section

Jean Scott · 1940 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, Charles Letts & Co. 1940. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce year book and diary for women in 1940, with a household accounts section, recipes, dressmaking hints, and legal and financial information. A very scarce year book and diary, in the original quarter cloth and...

A New Tale of Two Cities

James Milne · 1923 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, John Lane The Bodley Head, 1923 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of James Milne's pessimistic analysis of society in London and Paris in the years immediately following the end of the Great War. The very scarce first edition, first impression....

Turquie Agonisante and la Hyene Enragee

Pierre Loti · 1913 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

Paris, Calmann-Levy, 1913-16. Leather. Two limited edition volumes from the French writer Pieree Loti, featuring a historical work on Turkey and his novel 'La Hyene Enragee', bound in half calf. A limited edition, being one of one-hundred and seventy-five printed on ...

The Patriot&Apos;S Progress Being the Vicissitudes of Pte. John Bullock

Henry Williamson · 1930 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)

London, Geoffrey Bles, 1930. First edition. Vellum. A signed limited edition copy of this poignant WWI novel by Henry Williamson. This edition limited to three hundred and fifty copies, signed by the author and illustrator. This copy is number 232.In the publisher's origi...

Registrum Magni Sigilli Regum Scotorum in Archivis Publicis Asservatum

Thomas Thomson · 1814 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, By Command of His Majesty King George the Third, 1814. First edition. Leather. A scarce volume on the history of Scotland by Thomas Thomson, the first edition of this illustrated Latin work. The first edition of this scarce work.Text is in Latin, with the prefatory mat...

The Story of a Beautiful Duchess

Horace Bleackley · 1908 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.87 | $151.96 | ¥24,268)

London, Archibald Constable and Co, 1908 . First edition. Leather. The third impression of Horace Bleackley's very scarce biography of society hostess and celebrated beauty Elizabeth Hamilton, in a signed Bumpus binding. The third impression of this work, published the ye...

Two Scarce Moss Bros Leaflets: Bridal Hire and Warm Weather Clothing

Moss Bros · 0 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

Birmingham; London, Moss Bros Ltd; Moss Bros Birmingham Ltd, c1950. First edition. Paperback. Two vanishingly scarce leaflets from the popular menswear company 'Moss Bros', advertising their warm weather clothing and Bridal hire service, providing an interesting hist...

City of Manchester Education Committee: Manchester Municipal Secondary School Prospectus

1908 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.56 | $50.21 | ¥8,019)

Manchester , City of Manchester Education Committee, 1908. Brochure/Pamphlet. A vanishingly scarce early 20th-century prospectus for Manchester Secondary School. The 1908 prospectus for Manchester Municipal Secondary School, now known as Manchester Academy. In the publisher&a...

Letters on the Improvement of the Mind. Addressed to a Lady.

Mrs. Chapone [Hester Chapone] · 1822 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, John Sharpe, 1822 . Leather. The first Westall edition of Hester Chapone's popular educational work, intended to encourage self-improvement in women, with illustrations by Richard Westall. The first Westall edition. Bound in full crushed morocco with gilt detailin...

The Diamond Jubilee in Cheshire

John H. Cooke · 1899 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

Warrington and London, Mackie and Co. 1899 . First edition. Vellum. A limited edition Royal Quarto copy of this richly illustrated account of how Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee was celebrated in Chester, compiled by John H. Cooke. Limited edition of the Royal Quarto cop...

The Coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, June 1953: A Book Compiled by the City and County of Bristol Education Committee for the Boys and Girls of Bristol Schools

City and County of Bristol Education Committee · 1953 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

Bristol, Partridge & Love Ltd. 1953. First edition. Paperback. An illustrated educational booklet on the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, produced for the school children of Bristol. A very scarce work in the publisher's original pictorial paper wraps. Illustrated with t...