Storia moderna

Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, with a Preliminary View of the French Revolution

Sir Walter Scott · 1871 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

Edinburgh, Adam and Charles Black, 1871. Cloth. A smart copy of this extensive illustrated biography of notorious French leader, Napoleon Bonaparte, written by Sir Walter Scott. A fascinating and very detailed biography of eighteenth and nineteenth century notorious French mil...

Marie Louise, the Island of Elba, and the Hundred Days

Imbert de Saint-Amand; Elizabeth Gilbert Martin [trans.] · 1892 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.84 | $178.38 | ¥28,489)

London, Hutchinson & Co. 1892. Cloth. An English language translation of Arthur-Leon Imbert de Saint-Amand's study of Napoleon's second wife during the final year of his rule. Translated from the original French by Elizabeth Gilbert Martin, this is French historian a...

Death in the Forest

Jeremy Potter · 1977 · Rooke Books

£88.00 (€105.50 | $116.28 | ¥18,571)

London, Constable and Company, 1977. First edition. Cloth. A historical crime novel, set in England following the years of the Norman conquests, presented in the original unclipped dust wrapper. First Edition.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.'Death in the Forest&apo...

Citizeness Bonaparte

Imbert de Saint-Amand; Thomas Sergant Perry [trans.] · 1891 · Rooke Books

£34.00 (€40.76 | $44.93 | ¥7,175)

London, Hutchinson & Co, 1891 . Cloth. An English language translation of Arthur-Leon Imbert de Saint-Amand's biographical study of the Empress Josephine Bonaparte. Translated from the original French by Thomas Sergeant Perry, this is French historian and diplomat Arthur-...

Curiosities of Literature

I. D'Israeli · 1867 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

London, G. Routledge and Sons, 1867. Hardback. I. D'Israeli's collection of miscellaneous curiosities concerning the history of literature, in a charming full calf binding. Isaac D'Israeli's collection of miscellaneous facts concerning the history of litera...

Testimony of Light

Helen Greaves · 1970 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Great Britain, The World Fellowship Press Ltd. 1970. Cloth. A remarkable autobiographical work describing the author's telepathic encounter's with her deceased friend. Exploring the telepathic relationship between the living and the dead, in this case, the author and...

Footprints of the Creator, of the Asterolepis of Stromness

Hugh Miller · 1870 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)

Edinburgh, William P. Nimmo, 1870. Cloth. A lovely later impression of Hugh Miller's exploration into geology and its relationship to the Bible, bound in decorative cloth. Written by Hugh Miller, a prominent Scottish geologist.This work first appeared in 1850, with this b...

Anti-Commando

Victor Sampson; Ian Hamilton · 1931 · Rooke Books

£89.00 (€106.70 | $117.60 | ¥18,782)

London, Faber & Faber, 1931 . First edition. Cloth. An illustrated first edition study of the Second Boer War, featuring a number of contemporary photographs and folding plates and maps. The first edition of Ian Hamilton and Victor Sampson's study of the Boer War, reflect...

Winston S. Churchill

Randolph S. Churchill; Martin Gilbert · 1966 · Rooke Books

£625.00 (€749.27 | $825.85 | ¥131,893)

London, Heinemann, 1966-1976 . First edition. Cloth. A collection of five illuminating first editions of this celebrated biography of Sir Winston Churchill, accompanied by seven companion volumes. The first five volumes of the official biography of Winston Churchill, each in t...

Transport Pioneers of the Twentieth Century

Sir Peter Allen; Graham Robson · 1981 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Cambridge, Patrick Stephens, 1981. Cloth. An excellent limited edition collection of interviews with pioneers of transport, presented in a slipcase and lavishly illustrated throughout. Containing interviews with Thomas Sopwith, Robert E. Dicker, C. Hamilton Ellis, Leo Villa, S...

Jours de Cirque

2002 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)

Monaco, Grimaldi Forum , 2002. First edition. Cloth. A beautifully and brightly illustrated celebration of the circus, signed by Prince Rainier of Monaco. A delightful first edition publication of the history of the circus, colourfully illustrated throughout with depictions of...

The Speakers of the House of Commons from the Earliest Times to the Present Day with a Topographical Description of Westminster at Various Epochs & a Brief Record of the Principal Constitutional Changes During Seven Centuries

Arthur Irwin Dasent · 1911 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, John Lane the Bodley Head, 1911. Cloth. An informative guide documenting the history of the speakers of the House of Commons, with illustrations of portraits throughout. The Speakers of the House of Commons from the Earliest Times to the Present Day' looks through...

Science and Government

C. P. Snow · 1961 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, Oxford University Press, 1961 . First edition. Cloth. A fascinating first edition political essay by English novelist C. P. Snow, presented in an unclipped dust wrapper. This essay examines the differences between governments and scientists when it comes to having soci...

History of British Aviation 1908-1914

R. Dallas Brett · 1935 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.43 | ¥10,129)

London, Aviation Book Club, 1935. Cloth. A two volume study of British aviation before the First World War, illustrated with a number of photographic and illustrated plates. A two volume work providing a comprehensive study of British aviation between 1908 and 1914, giving &ap...

The Pedigree of the English People

Thomas Nicholas · 1878 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London, C. Kegan Paul and Co, 1878. Cloth. Thomas Nicholas' history of the English people, an immense study into the country, illustrated with a colour map. An extensive history of the pedigree of the English people, a fascinating historical and scientific work on the nat...

The Capel Letters: Being the Correspondence of Lady Caroline Capel and Her Daughters with the Dowager Countess of Uxbridge from Brussels and Switzerland,1814 - 1817

The Marquess of Anglesey [ed.] · 1955 · Rooke Books

£245.00 (€293.71 | $323.73 | ¥51,702)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1955. First edition. Leather. A first edition collection of correspondences between the English nobility, from 1814-1817. Illustrated, and with a folding genealogical table. The first edition of this work, in a signed binding from Sangorski and Sutcliffe...

From Sea to Sky 1910-1945

Arthur Longmore · 1946 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.79 | $237.85 | ¥37,985)

London, Geoffrey Bles, 1946. First edition. Leather. A Sangorski & Sutcliffe bound copy of the first edition of Arthur Longmore's memoir of his time spent working in the Royal Navy. The first edition of this work.In a Sangorski and Sutcliffe binding.The memoir of Arthur L...

Le Vite Di Dante, Petrarca E Boccaccio: Scritte Fino Al Secolo Decimosesto

Angelo Solerti · 1904 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

Milan, Not Stated , [1904]. Leather. An original Italian edition of Angelo Solerti's biographies of Petrarca and Boccaccio, from 'Le Vite' in a uniform, attractive binding. Two of three volumes to form the collection of 'Le Vite' by Angelo Solerti, the...

L Annaei Flori Epitome Rerum Romanarum

L Annaei Flori; Florus · 1692 · Rooke Books

£325.00 (€389.62 | $429.44 | ¥68,585)

Amsterdam, Henricum Wetstenium, 1692. Leather. An uncommon, illustrated edition of this historical work attributed to the Roman cognomen, Florus. From the library of the Crum Ewings and the Hamiltons of Lowood house. 25 pages of engravings and one folding plate.  Other copie...

Quintus Curtius Rufus de Rebus Gestis Alexandrim Macedonum Regis

Quinus Curtius Rufus · 1687 · Rooke Books

£415.00 (€497.52 | $548.36 | ¥87,577)

Amsterdam, Henricum Wetstenium, 1687. Leather. A scarce imprint of Quintus Curtius Rufus' only surviving work, his history of Alexander the Great. In the original Latin.From the library of the Crum Ewings and the Hamiltons of Lowood house.Illustrated, with four plates and...