Storia moderna

Memoirs of the Reign of King Charles the First

Sir Philip Warwick · 1813 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

Edinburgh and London, John Ballantyne and Co.; Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1813 . Leather. An early nineteenth century reprint of Philip Warwick's collection of memoires of King Charles I with illustrations. First edition of Memoirs of the Reign of King Charles...

The Land of Burns, a Series of Landscapes and Portraits, Illustrative of the Life and Writings of the Scottish Poet

Professor John Wilson; Robert Chambers · 1840 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

Glasgow, Edinburgh, and London, Blackie & Con , 1840 . Leather. A lovely illustrated biography of the life and work of Robert Burns complete in two volumes. Early edition of The Land of Burns, a Series of Landscapes and Portraits, Illustrative of the Life and Writings of The S...

The Silk Road

Frances Wood · 2002 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, The Folio Society, 2002. First edition. Cloth. A first Folio edition of this fascinating history of the Silk Road, in a lovely decorated silk binding, in the original slipcase. The first Folio edition of this work in a decorated silk binding, in the original pictorial ...

The Life and Times of James II and Queen Anne

Peter Earle; Gila Curtis; Antonia Fraser [ed.] · 1972 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1972. First edition. Cloth. Two biographies on the British monarchs King James II and Queen Anne, in the unclipped dust wrappers. The first edition of these volumes in the publisher's original cloth bindings, with the original unclipped du...

British Ports and Harbours; the Port of London

Leo Walmsley; John Herbert · 1946 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, Collins, 1946-47. First edition. Hardback. History of British ports and of the port of London from the 'Britain in Pictures' series by Collins, second and first impressions. From the 'Britain in Pictures: The British People in Pictures' series, illu...

La Bibliotheque de Pierre Berge

Pierre Berge & Associates; Sotheby's · 2018 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

Not Stated, Pierre Berge & Associates; Sotheby's , 2018 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the catalogue of the fourth sale from the collection of Pierre Berge after his passing. First edition of La Bibliotheque de Pierre Berge in the original publisher's c...

A Description of the Hugh Stream of Arundel

Water-Bailiff of Thomas Howard; Joseph Fowler [ed.] · 1929 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

Hertford, Simson & Co. Ltd. 1929 . Cloth. The first thus of this seventeenth century manuscript edited with notes and a map, signed, inscribed, and dated by the editor. First thus of A Description of the Hugh Stream of Arundel, the Heads and Risings THereof; The sundry Kings o...

Elizabeth and Essex: A Tragic History

Lytton Strachey · 1928 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1928. First edition. Cloth. An illustrated first edition copy of this work which chronicles the relationship of Elizabeth and Robert Devereux. First edition. Illustrated with frontispiece and five additional plates. Collated complete. A retelling of Qu...

History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France

Major-General Sir W.F.P. Napier · 1851 · Rooke Books

£795.00 (€953.07 | $1,050.48 | ¥167,768)

London, Thomas and William Boone, 1851. Leather. An early edition of General Sir William Francis Patrick Napier's detailed study of the Peninsular War, handsomely and uniformly bound in half calf. An attractively bound and impressively detailed historical study of the Pen...

The Life and Letters of Barthold George Niebuhr, with Essays on His Character and Influence

Barthold Georg Niebuhr · 1852 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.84 | $178.38 | ¥28,489)

London, Chapman and Hall , 1852. First edition. Cloth. The first edition life and letters of Barthold Georg Niebuhr, the Danish-German statesman and historian. Bound in the original cloth. The first edition. In two volumes. Lacking the supplementary volume. Uniformly bound in ...

All Quiet on the Western Front

Erich Maria Remarque; A. W. Wheen [trans] · 1929 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, Putnam, 1929. Cloth. An early printing of Erich Maria Remarque's celebrated war novel. Twenty-fourth English impression of this bestselling novel by Erich Maria Remarque, translated to English by A. W. Wheen. An important and influential novel based on the experi...

British Almanac of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge for the Year 1878, with Companion

Various · 1878 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, The Company of Stationers, 1878. First edition. Cloth. A fascinating almanac and companion for 1878, full of historical information. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Ink inscription to the front free end paper. The almanac provides a calendar for 1878, a...

Historical Record and Regimental Memoir of the Royal Scots Fusiliers

James Clark · 1885 · Rooke Books

£245.00 (€293.71 | $323.73 | ¥51,702)

Edinburgh, Banks & Co. 1885. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated work on the Royal Scots Fusiliers, the personal copy of Scots Fusilier Commander and later Commander-in-Chief of Scotland, Edward Forestier-Walker. A fascinating historical work and regime...

Adams&Apos;S Chronicle of Bristol

William Adams · 1910 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

Bristol, J W Arrowsmith, 1910. Cloth. A smart volume of this fascinating history of Bristol. The original manuscript of Adam's Chronicle of Bristol was initiated in around 1623, with the last date mentioned in 1648. The work aided Samuel Seyer to complete his work History...

Arundel: Borough and Castle

G. W. Eustace · 1922 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, Robert Scott, 1922 . First edition. Cloth. The uncommon first edition of this history of Arundel with the author's presentation. First edition of Arundel: Borough and Castle by G. W. Eustace in the original publisher's cloth binding. An uncommon presentation...

Return to an Order of the House of Lords 24th March 1874 for Copies or Extracts of Any Further Correspondence Respecting Outrages Committed Upon Natives of the South Sea Islands, in Continuation of the Papers Upon This Subject Laid Before the House Last Session

The Earl of Belmore · 1874 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

Not stated, Not stated, 1874 . First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this very scarce return to the House of Lords regarding South Sea Island colonies during the British Empire. First edition of Return to an Order of the House of Lords 24th March 1874 for Copies or Ex...

The Story of Port Sunlight Its Work and Its People

Lever Brothers · 1925 · Rooke Books

£34.00 (€40.76 | $44.93 | ¥7,175)

Port Sunlight, Lever Brothers Limited, c1935 . First edition. Paperback. The scarce first edition of this souvenir of Port Sunlight from the early twentieth century with illustrations. First edition of The Story of Port Sunlight Its Work and Its People by the Lever Brothers Li...

Almanach de la Lanterne Pour 1869

Henri Rochefort · 1869 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

Paris, Calvet, 1869. Cloth. A very scarce almanac published by 'La Lanterne' satirical journal, led by the vaudeville writer Henri Rochefort. Very scarce.In the original French.The 1869 almanac for Henri Rochefort's satirical journal 'La Lanterne&apos. &ap...

The Aborigines of South-Eastern Australia As They Were

Aldo Massola · 1971 · Rooke Books

£57.00 (€68.33 | $75.32 | ¥12,029)

Melbourne, Heinemann, 1971. First edition. Cloth. An attractive first edition copy of The Aborigines of south-eastern Australia As They Were, with illustrations. A first edition copy of this work. Aldo Massola, an anthropologist with a specialism in tribal life and customs of...

The Black Dwarf

Sir Walter Scott · 1912 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne , Henry Frowde, 1912 . Leather. An uncommon edition of Walter Scott's novel in leather binding with illustrations. Reprint edition of The Black Dwarf by Sir Walter Scott in full morocco binding. First published in 1816, as part of ...