Storia moderna

What Are You Going to Do About It? the Case for Constructive Peace

Aldous Huxley · 1936 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London , Chatto And Windus , 1936. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A pamphlet on pacifism and the case for constructive peace. The first edition. A pacifist pamphlet written in 1936 by Aldous Huxley. This pamphlet explores pacifism in relation to constructive peace. Within t...

The Life and Reign of Edward I

Robert Benton Seeley · 1872 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, Seeley, Jackson, & Halliday, 1872 . First edition. Leather. A smart, leather-bound copy of Robert Benton Seeley's biographical work on Edward I. First edition, rebound in a full calf binding. Written by publisher and author, Robert Benton Seeley. This biographical...

Parish Churches on the Sites of Romano-British Chapels and the Lines of the Roman Survey

Montague Sharpe · 1909 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Brentford, Brentford Printing and Publishing Co. 1909. Brochure/Pamphlet. A short history of parish churches on the sites of Romo-British Chapels, and the lines of the roman Survey with nine maps. First edition. Very scarce. A short introduction to Parish Churches on the sites...

Holland House

Princess Marie Liechtenstein · 1874 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1874. First edition. Cloth. A first edition two-volume set on the history and art collection of Holland House, originally known as Cope Castle. The first edition of this two-volume set in the publisher's original cloth bindings, with gilt detaili...

Katharine, the Virgin Widow & the King&Apos;S Secret Matter

Jean Plaidy [Eleanor Alice Hibbert] · 1961 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.43 | ¥10,129)

London, Robert Hale Limited, 1961-1962. First edition. Cloth. Two first editions of novels from the Tudor Saga by Jean Plaidy, with the original unclipped dust wrappers. Two volumes. First edition. Volumes two and four from the Tudor Saga. Written by Eleanor Alice Hibbert, und...

The Greville Memoirs: A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV

Charles C. F. Greville; Henry Reeve [ed.] · 1874 · Rooke Books

£1,400.00 (€1,678.37 | $1,849.91 | ¥295,441)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1874-1887. First edition. Leather. The first edition of the complete three volumes, handsomely and uniformly bound in eight volumes, of The Greville Memoirs. The first edition of this three volume work, bound in eight volumes in full calf bindi...

Letters from Head-Quarters; or, the Realities of the War in Crimea

[Somerset Gough-Calthorpe] · 1857 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, John Murray, 1857. Cloth. The second edition of the collected letters written by Somerset Gough-Calthorpe during the Crimean War. The second edition of this uncommon work.A selection of the letters of Somerset Gough-Calthorpe, writing his experiences during the Crimean...

Germany, from the Baltic to the Adriatic; or, Prussia, Austria, and Venetia with Reference to the Late War

Captain Spencer [William Spencer Beaumont] · 1867 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, George Routledge and Sons, 1867. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of William Spencer Beaumont's scarce history of Prussia, Austria, and Venetia, with reference to the Austro-Prussian War. The first edition of this scarce work in the publisher's orig...

Egils Saga, Skalla-Grimssonar; Laxdãƒâ¦la Saga; Eyrbyggja Saga

Sigurder Nordal; Einar Sveinsseon · 1933 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

Rekjavik, Hið Islenzka Fornritafelag, 1933-1935 . Paperback. These uncommon volumes contain three Icelandic and Norwegian Sagas. Published in Icelandic. Three uncommon volumes of Icelandic and Norwegian sagas from the Islenzk Fornrit series. Published in Icelandic. With two p...

An English Garner

Various; Thomas Seccombe [ed.] · 1903 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

Westminster, Archibald Constable and Co. 1903-1904. Cloth. An eleven volume collection of tracts, poems, essays and histories from the Tudor, Stuart and Elizabethan eras, part of a complete set of twelve. An eleven-volume work in the publisher's original cloth binding. Tw...

Dizionario Italiano, Latino E Francese, in Cui Si Contiene, Non Solamente Un Compendio Del Dizionario Della Crusca, Ma Ancora Tutto Cio, Che Y&Apos;Ha Di Piu Rimmarchevole Ne&Apos; Migliori Lessicografi, Etimologisti, E Glossari, Usciti Fin Ora Alla Luce in Diverse Lingue

Annibale Antonini · 1770 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

Lione, Benedetto Duplain, 1770. Leather. An extensive Italian, Latin, and French dictionary compiled by Annibale Antonini, a conclusive reference work on the languages. Complete in two volumes.An extensive Italian, Latin, and French dictionary.This is an expanded version of th...

The Pastime of People, or, the Chronicles of Divers Realms; and Most Especially

John Rastell · 1811 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.42 | $654.07 | ¥104,460)

London, F. C. and J. Rivington; T. Payne; Wilkie and Robinson; et al, 1811. Hardback. A facsimile of this sixteenth century chronicle of English history by John Rastell, complete with eighteen charming woodcuts. A faithful facsimile of this work originally published in 1529.Il...

The Story of Kormak the Son of Ogmund

William Morris; Eiríkr Magnússon · 1970 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, William Morris Society, 1970. First edition. Leather. William Morris' and his Icelandic teacher Eiríkr Magnússon translate the Kormaks saga in this first edition. William Morris' and his Icelandic teacher Eiríkr Magnússon translate the thirteenth century ...

A Bibliography of the Musical Works Published by John Walsh During the Years 1695-1720

William C. Smith · 1968 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

Oxford, The Bibliographical Society, 1968. Cloth. A smart reprint of William Charles Smith's bibliography of music published by John Walsh from 1695 to 1720. A reprint of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding. William Charles Smith (1881-1972) was an En...

Romans Nationaux

Erckmann-Chatrian · 1869 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Paris , J. Hetzel & Cie, c1871. Leather. Two volumes of Romans Nationaux by Erckmann-Chatrian, with illustrations. Two volumes of Romans Nationaux by Erckmann-Chatrian. Erckmann-Chatrian was the name used by French authors Emile Erckmann and Alexandre Chatrian, who wrote toge...

Le Banquet Papiers Intimes

J. Michelet · 1879 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

Paris, Calmann Levy , 1879. First edition. Leather. A first edition copy of this work by Jules Michelet, in smart binding. This is a collection of intimate papers by the historian Jules Michelet.In the first edition.Jules Michelet was a French historian and writer, best known ...

Works on Winston Churchill

Winston S. Churchill; Henry Pelling; James Rusbridger and Eric Nave; Frederick Woods · 1962 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, Eyre and Spottiswoode; Macmilland; Michael O'Mara Books; Brassey's, 1962-1997 . Cloth. Four smart volumes of works on the writings of Churchill. Four volumes of work on Winston Churchill. Frontiers and Wars (1962) by Winston Churchill himself is the story of...

Transactions of the Third International Congress for the History of Religions

P. S. Allen; J. de M. Johnson · 1908 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1908. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the complete transactions of Third International Congress For the History of Religions, an illustrated account of the congress. The first edition.Complete in two volumes.A detailed and faithful account o...

Tamerlane the Earth Shaker

Harold Lamb · 1929 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Thornton Butterworth , 1929. Cloth. Harold Lamb offers a fascinating study of Tamerlane in this scarce volume. An early edition of Harold Lamb's interesting study of Tamerlane, the fourteenth century Turco-Mongol conqueror and founder of the Timurid Empire. With f...

La Legende de Socrate

Mario Meunier · 1926 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Paris, L'Edition D'Art, 1926. Leather. A French limited edition copy of La Legende de Socrate by Mario Meunier. In the original French. A limited edition copy, limited to five hundred copy with this being number 139. Rebound in quarter leather with the original pap...