Storia moderna

Irish Literary Portraits

W. R. Rodgers · 1972 · Rooke Books

£39.00 (€46.75 | $51.53 | ¥8,230)

London, British Broadcasting Corporation , 1972. First edition. Cloth. A delightful compilation of W. R. Rogers' BBC Radio portraits of some of the great Irish writers. The first edition. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. Collected here as a sin...

A Collection of Epitaphs and Monumental Inscriptions, Historical, Biographical, Literary, and Miscellaneous

Dr Johnson · 1806 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

London, Lackington, Allen & Co. 1806 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of this collection of epitaphs, with an essay attached from Samuel Johnson, complete in two volumes. The first edition. Complete in two volumes. Bound in full calf. A charming collection of epitap...

Physiognomy; or, the Corresponding Analogy between the Conformation of the Features, and the Ruling Passions of the Mind

Johann Kaspar Lavater; Samuel Shaw · 1792 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, H. D. Symonds, [1792]. Leather. An English translation of the one of the important works on physiognomy by Johann Kaspar Lavater, illustrated. An English translation of an important work on physiognomy by Johann Kaspar Lavater, a work which helped to popularise the sci...

Some Notes of the Past

Sir Henry Drummond Wolff · 1892 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

London, Private Circulation [William Clowes], 1892. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this privately published autobiographical volume from Sir Henry Drummond Wolff. A scarce first edition.The work of Henry Drummond Wolff, an English diplomat and Conservative P...

Chap-Books of the Eighteenth Century with Facsimiles, Notes, and Introduction

John Ashton · 1882 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Chatto and Windus, 1882. First edition. Leather. The first edition of John Ashton's work on 1700s chapbooks, with facsimiles of their original illustrations. The first edition. Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece and numerous monochrome vignettes and facsi...

The Copper-Plate Museum; or, Monthly Repository of Elegance Taste and Humour

Various · 1775 · Rooke Books

£440.00 (€527.49 | $581.40 | ¥92,853)

London, A. Hamilton , 1775-6. First edition. Leather. A vanishingly scarce collection of early works from 'The Copper-Plate Magazine', richly illustrated with engraved copper plates by Paul Sandby. The first edition. An exceptionally scarce work, with no copies of th...

London Almanack for the Year of Our Christ 1718

1718 · Rooke Books

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

London, The Company of Stationers, 1718. Leather. A very scarce miniature almanack, for the year 1718, a useful reference work. A very scarce miniature almanack for the year 1718, scarce to see such an early edition of this popular yearly publication. This almanack offers a f...

The Great Plague in London in 1665

Walter George Bell · 1924 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, John Lane at The Bodley Head, 1924. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this study of the plague in London during 1665, with illustrations. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, five folding plates, seventeen plates, and ten in-text images. Collate...

Hereward: The Saxon Patriot

Lieutenant-General Harward; Thomas Netherton Harward · 1896 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, Elliot Stock, 1896. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce biography on the life of Hereward the Wake. The first edition of this scarce work.A biographical account of the life and character of Hereward the Wake, an Anglo-Saxon nobleman, who led a local ...

The Cretan Labyrinth: A Retrospect of Aegean Research (the Huxley Memorial Lecture for 1933)

J. L. Myres · 1933 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland , 1933. Paperback. A very scarce Huxley Memorial lecture by John Myres, offering a survey of research developments into prehistoric Greece. In the publisher's original wraps. This work, reprinted from t...

Capt. John Smith of Willoughby by Alford, Lincolnshire Works 1608-1631

Edward Arber [editor] · 1895 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

London, Archibald Constable & Co. 1895. Cloth. A smart two volume set of this collection of works from English soldier and explorer Captain John Smith. Complete in two volumes. The English Scholar's Library of Old and Modern Works. Volume one is illustrated with a portrai...

Two Addresses Delivered at the Dedication of a New Transmitter of Radio Free Europe Beamed to Hungary

Frederic R. Dolbeare; Gyula Dessewffy · 1951 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

Stamford, The Overbrook Press, 1951. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A very scarce program and record of the two addresses spoken at the ceremony inaugurating the new service of Radio Free Europe for Hungary. First edition. Limited to three hundred copies. A program and reco...

Parodies, a Scrapbook of Newspaper Clippings

James Gray [ed.]; William Garbutt; 'T.C.'; John Gilbert; John Rowell Waller; R. Irving; J. S. Burrows et al. · 1880 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)

Not Stated, Not Stated, 1880-1884 . Leather. A fantastic collection of newspaper clippings of poetic and literary parodies from the latter part of the nineteenth century. Two half morocco scrapbook volumes filled with newspaper clippings of parodies and humorous poems. In tota...

Palmyra

Iain Browning · 1979 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1979. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this highly illustrated work on the fascinating ancient site of Palmyra. First edition. Illustrated with four colour plates, four maps, and numerous monochrome in-text figures. Collated complete...

The Nun-Runners

Sonia Dougal · 1971 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1971. Paperback. A smart uncorrected proof of this true story of a nun-smuggling racket, with a letter from the publishers to The Sunday Times for review. Uncorrected proof. With a letter from A. P. Watt & Son to Ronald Hall at The Sunday Times. I...

Lays of Ancient Rome with Ivry and the Armada

Lord Macaulay [Thomas Babington Macaulay] · 1872 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1872. Leather. A smart new edition of this collection of narrative poems, or lays, from Thomas Babington Macaulay. New edition. A collection of narrative poems, or lays, which recount heroic episodes from early Roman history with strong dramati...

The History of the League

Louis Maimbourg; John Dryden · 1684 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.47 | $594.61 | ¥94,963)

London, M. Flesher; Jacob Tonson, 1684. First edition. Leather. The first edition of John Dryden's translation of Maimbourg's fascinating history of the French Wars of Religion. The first edition of John Dryden's translation of Louis Maimbourg's 'Histo...

The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) Pictorial Post Cards

Anonymous · 1905 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Geo. Falkner & Sons, c1905 . Paperback. A very scarce collection of eight military postcards depicting the uniforms and history of The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). A very scarce collection of eight colour postcards, housed in the publisher's original envelope.These...

History of Hungarian Literature

Tibor Klaniczay; Jozsef Szauder; Miklos Szabolcsi · 1964 · Rooke Books

£37.00 (€44.36 | $48.89 | ¥7,808)

London; Budapest , Collet's Holding Ltd; Corvina Press, 1964. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this impressively compiled history of Hungarian literature, a once scarce area of discussion for English readers. The first edition.In the publisher's br...

Cairo, Petra, and Damascus, in 1839. With Remarks on the Government of Mehemet Ali, and on the Present Prospects of Syria

John Kinnear · 1841 · Rooke Books

£775.00 (€929.10 | $1,024.06 | ¥163,548)

London, John Murray, 1841 . First edition. Cloth. The uncommon first and only edition of John Kinnear's informative collection of writings on his life in the Near East. The uncommon first edition of this work.Kinnear was a member of the well-known family of Scottish banke...