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A Short View of the History of Free-Masonry. Dedicated to the Grand Lodge of England
William Sandys · 1829 · Rooke Books
£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)
London, Crew and Spencer, 1829. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon first edition of this concise and informative history of the Freemasons in England, written by the antiquarian William Sandys. The first edition of this work. An uncommon work. With excellent provenance from the...
The Genuineness of Lord Clarendon&Apos;S History of the Rebellion the Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon, Lord High Chancellor of England, and Chancellor of the University of Oxford. Containing I. An Account of the Chancellor&Apos;S Life from His Birth to the Restoration in 1660. II. A Continuation of the Same, and of His History of the Grand Rebellion, from the Restoration to His Banishment in 1667.
John Burton · 1744 · Rooke Books
£2,200.00 (€2,637.05 | $2,906.51 | ¥464,132)
Oxford, James Fletcher, 1744-59. Leather. A very scarce collection of two works on Edward Hyde the first Earl of Clarendon, one being his own autobiography, and the other being a defence of his 'History of the Rebellion' by John Burton. Two volumes in one, bound with...
Danicorum Monumentorum Libri Sex: E Spissis Aniquitatum Tenebris Et in Dania Ac Norvegia Extantibus Ruderibus Eruti Ab Regum Daniae Series Duplex Et Limitum Inter Daniam & Sueciam Descriptio. Ex Vetustissimo Legum Scanicarum Literis Runicis in Membrana Exarto Codice Eruta
Ole Worm · 1642 · Rooke Books
£9,500.00 (€11,387.26 | $12,550.83 | ¥2,004,205)
Hafniae; [Copenhagen], Joachimum Moltkenium, 1642-43. First edition. Leather. A very scarce first edition of Ole Worm's important work studying the ancient runestones in Scandinavia, his work being the beginning of Danish research into runes, with information on runestone...
The Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Esq. , with Memoirs of His Life and Writings, Composed by Himself: Illustrated from His Letters, with Occasional Notes and Narrative
Edward Gibbon; John, Lord Sheffield · 1837 · Rooke Books
£285.00 (€341.62 | $376.52 | ¥60,126)
London, B. Blake, 1837. Leather. A nicely bound collection of miscellaneous works writing by the important historian Edward Gibbon, with a memoir of his life. Illustrated with a frontispiece. A collection of miscellaneous works by Edward Gibbon. This work contains 'Accoun...
Palaeography Genealogy and Topography 1930 Catalogue
H. R. Moulton · 1930 · Rooke Books
£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)
London, Geo. Aug. Mate & Son, 1930. Cloth. Two volumes bound in one of this work of British topography, with numerous examples of documents and deed. Two volumes bound in one. Rebound in a full cloth binding, with gilt detailing to the spine. This expansive work includes Histo...
The Ban of the Bori Demons and Demon-Dancing in West and North Africa
Major A. J. N. Tremearne · 1914 · Rooke Books
£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)
London, Heath, Cranton & Ouseley Ltd. 1914. First edition. Cloth. An exploration the Bori religion and the practise of Demon-Dancing in the countries in the West and North Africa. A lavishly illustrated work with a colour frontispiece, 60 photographic illustrations and 47 figu...
Sikandra 1840-1940
F. J. McBride; F. W. Hinton · 1940 · Rooke Books
£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)
Not Stated, Sikandra Press, 1940. Cloth. A very scarce copy of this work on missionaries in India, written by F. J. McBride and F. W. Hinton. A very scarce work, with only one on Copac, and three on WorldCat. This work is an interesting account of a missionary campaign in Sika...
Articles of the Ancient Britons&Apos; Benefit Building Society. Established Under the Act of 6th and 7th Wm. IV, Cap. 32.
Unamed · 1840 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)
Liverpool, Printed by Egerton Smith and Co, 1840. Brochure/Pamphlet. A very scarce article discussing the Ancient Britons building society. A pleasing copy of this pamphlet, offering a look into the financial organisations of the nineteenth century. A very scarce work. With th...
History of the Lodge of Prosperity No. 65 of the Most Antient & Honourable Fraternity of Free & Accepted Masons of England
Bro. C. E. Ferry; Bro. William James Hughan (Intro) · 1893 · Rooke Books
£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,207)
London, Published by the Author , 1893. Cloth. A very scarce work of Masonic history by Bro. C. E. Ferry. Illustrated with several plates and one folding plate. A very scarce second edition copy of this work of Masonic history. In the publisher's original cloth binding, w...
The Postal Services of the Gold Coast to 1901
John Sacher (ed.) · 2003 · Rooke Books
£39.00 (€46.75 | $51.52 | ¥8,228)
London, The Royal Philatelic Society London, 2003. First edition. Cloth. A lovely scarce copy of this fascinating history of the Postal Service in the British colony on the Gulf of Guinea in west Africa, the 'Gold Coast&apos. Complete with original unclipped dustwrapper. ...
Lucii Coelii Lactantii Firmiani Opera Quã⦠Extant, Ad Fidem Mss. Recognita Et Commentariis Illustrata a Tho. Spark A.M. Ex ãâde Christi.
Thomas Spark · 1684 · Rooke Books
£1,200.00 (€1,438.39 | $1,585.37 | ¥253,163)
Oxford, E Theatro Sheldoniano, 1684. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this very scarce Latin work regarding the works of early Christian author, Lacantius, by noted classical scholar, Thomas Spark. Very scarce. ESTC Citation No. R14307. The first edition of the wor...
The Publications of the Harleian Society Volume LXV the Register of St Mary the Virgin Aldermanbury London Part III
A W Hughes Clarke · 1935 · Rooke Books
£47.00 (€56.34 | $62.09 | ¥9,916)
London, The Harleian Society, 1935. Cloth. A lovely copy of this work from the Harleian Society's records regarding St Mary the Virgin church, Aldermanbury, London. A register of the Marriages and Christenings from 1722 to 1837 and Burials from 1722-1859 for St Mary The V...
Airshipwreck
Len Deighton; Arnold Schwartzman · 1978 · Rooke Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)
London, Jonathan Cape, 1978. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated work on the heyday of airship travel, complied by Len Deighton and Arnold Schwartzman. The first edition of this work. Held in the original unclipped dustwrapper. 'Airshipwreck' ...
View of the State of Europe During the Middle Ages
Henry Hallam · 1856 · Rooke Books
£155.00 (€185.79 | $204.78 | ¥32,700)
London, John Murray, 1856. Leather. A three volume set of Henry Hallam's extensive look at Europe during the Middle Ages, with his supplementary notes included. Complete in three volumes. This work is a comprehensive history and view of Europe during the period dubbed the...
The British Essayists; with Prefaces, Historical and Biographical
Alexander Chalmers · 1802 · Rooke Books
£650.00 (€779.13 | $858.74 | ¥137,130)
London, J. Johnson; J. Nichols; R. Baldwin; et al, 1802 - 1803. Leather. A thirty-nine volume collection of essays from prominent British Essayists. Incomplete, as lacking volumes VII, XVII, XXIX, XXXI, XXXVIII, and XLII, with thirty-nine volumes present here in this set. &apo...
Royal Windsor Volume I Volume II Volume IV
William Hepworth Dixon · 1879 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)
London, Hurst and Blackett, 1879-1880. Cloth. A fascinating study of Windsor Castle and its illustrious history by the notable English historian and traveller William Hepworth Dixon. In writing this text, Dixon was permitted by Queen Victoria to examine every part of Windsor C...
Old English Plate. Ecclesiastical, Decorative, and Domestic: Its Makers and Marks
Wilfred Joseph Cripps · 1906 · Rooke Books
£54.00 (€64.73 | $71.34 | ¥11,392)
London, John Murray, 1906. Cloth. An illustrated work on the history of English plate, a helpful guide to collectors with advice of the makers and marks of antique plate. This work is an interesting history on English plate, offering advice on the care for plate, as well as in...
Index to James&Apos; Naval History Letters and Papers Relating to the War with France 1512-1513 Letters and Papers of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Thos. Byam Martin Volume I Volume II Volume III Selections from the Correspondence of Admiral John Markham During the Years 1801-4 and 1806-7 Letters and Papers of Charles, Lord Barham Admiral of the Red Squadron 1758-1813 Volume I Volume II Volume III
Various · 1895 · Rooke Books
£335.00 (€401.55 | $442.58 | ¥70,675)
N/A, The Navy Records Society , 1895-1911. Cloth. A mixed volume set of publications by the Navy Records Society, from 1895 to 1911. The Navy Records society publish rare and original documents on naval history. It was established in 1893 and has to this day published over 160...
The History of the Hospital of S. Margaret Taunton
Thomas Hugo · 1874 · Rooke Books
£220.00 (€263.70 | $290.65 | ¥46,413)
London, J. R. Smith, 1874. First edition. Cloth. A limited edition of this scarce work, with a signed dedication from the author. Limited edition of fifty large paper copies of which this is number fifteen. Dedicated from the to the title page. Inscription reads: 'Mss Rob...
Anleitung Zur Ertheilung Des Schreiblese-Unterrichtes
K Jung (Ed)l Philipp Markus Jakob Nabholz · 1845 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)
Karlsruhe, Herder, 1845. First edition. Hardback. An uncommon nineteenth century instructional German work on the education of reading and writing. Written by the well-known German Benedictine monk and reform educator, Philipp Jakob Nabholz The first edition of this work. In a...