Storia moderna

The Scourge of Christendom: Annals of British Relations with Algiers Prior to the French Conquest. By Lieut. -Colonel R.L. Playfair H.M. Consul-General at Algiers Author of &Apos;Travels in the Footsteps of Bruce,&Apos; (Murray&Apos;S) &Apos;Handbook to the Mediterranean,&Apos; (Murray&Apos;S) &Apos;Handbook to Algeria and Tunis,&Apos; Etc. With Illustrations.

Robert Lambert Playfair · 1884 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

London, Smith, Elder & Co. 1884. First edition. Cloth. A first edition Association copy signed by the author, complete with 7 plates that include single and folded page illustrations and folded maps. Collated, complete with 7 plates; including a folding map frontispiece, 3 sin...

Scãƒâ¨Nes de la Vie Privãƒâ©E Et Publique Des Animaux

Various [inc. Honore de Balzac, Alfred de Musset et al.], [ed. by Pierre-Jules Hetzel] · 1842 · Rooke Books

£440.00 (€527.41 | $581.30 | ¥92,826)

Paris, J. Hetzel et Paulin, 1842. First edition. Leather. The first edition of complete two volume set of a bestselling parody on the French Revolution, combining the best of French satire, illustrated by the brilliant Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard. The first edition of Scènes ...

La Corte: Letters from Spain 1863-1866

By A Resident There · 1868 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.31 | ¥58,016)

London, Saunders, Otley, and Co. 1868. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition account of contemporary Spain, featuring illustrations of a variety of clothing fashions. A scarce first edition account, in original green cloth, with gilt motif to the front board. Featuring ...

Concilia Decreta Leges Constitutiones

Henrici [Henry] Spelman · 1639 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.20 | $786.08 | ¥125,527)

Londini [London], Typis R Badger, 1639. First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of this ambitious historical record, written by a leading seventeenth century antiquary and pioneering medieval scholar. The first edition of the work. Very scarce. Signatures run: §2-...

Aide-Memoire to the History of India

John Davenport · 1864 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, J. Davy & Sons, 1864. First edition. Cloth. The vanishingly scarce first edition of John Davenport's educational guide to the history of India, with a signed presentation inscription from the author to Henry Spencer Ashbee. A signed presentation copy of the first ...

Stamp Album of Arms, Crests and Monograms

1917 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.26 | $726.63 | ¥116,033)

Not Stated, Not Stated, c1945. First edition. Cloth. A marvellous album of this personal collection of arms, crests and monograms, primarily of British Military and European aristocracy. A fantastic and unique personal collection of tipped-in arms, crests and monographs. Bound...

Caricature History of the Georges

Thomas Wright · 1867 · Rooke Books

£79.00 (€94.69 | $104.37 | ¥16,667)

London, John Camden Hotten, [1867]. Cloth. An amusing and richly illustrated historical title, featuring several contemporary advertisements. Undated, dated from a copy held by the University of Birmingham Libraries. A humorous and colourful snapshot of the Hanoverian monarchs...

Histoire Generale de Paris: Atlas Anciens Plans de Paris

Max Engelhard · 1880 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)

Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, 1880. First edition. Leather. Illustrated with sixty-four plates, this is the three volume first edition of this very scarce atlas of the history of Paris. Presented by the Paris Municipal Council to the Mayor of Folkestone. In the original French....

A Manual of Petrol Motors and Motor Cars: Comprising the Designing, Construction, and Working of Petrol Motors

F. Strickland · 1914 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Charles Griffin & Company Limited, 1914. Cloth. The scarce revised edition of a book focusing on the design of early petrol cars from theoretical, practical and commercial perspective, with folding tables. The scarce revised edition of A Manual of Petrol Motors and Mot...

In English Homes: The Internal Character, Furniture & Adornments of Some of the Most Notable Houses of England

Charles Latham · 1904 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,207)

London; New York, Published at the Offices of 'Country Life'; George Newnes, Ltd.; Charles Scribner's Sons, 1904. First edition. Cloth. A richly illustrated first edition depicting and describing a wide range of fine houses across England. A first edition of the...

Cornelius Tacitus

Cornelius Tacitus; Immanuel Bekker [ed.] · 1831 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€407.54 | $449.19 | ¥71,729)

Leipzig , Weidmann, 1831. Leather. A pleasing two-volume vellum-bound set of this 19th-century critical edition of the works of the Roman historian Tacitus, edited by the renowned German classical scholar Immanuel Bekker Complete in two volumes. In full vellum. A 19th-century...

George Villers, First Duke of Buckingham: The Stanhope Essay for 1882

W. Hudson Shaw · 1882 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

Oxford, B.H. Blackwell , 1882 . First edition. Leather. A very scarce first edition copy of W. Hudson Shaw's essay on the life of George Villiers, the first Duke of Buckingham. A very scarce work.The first edition.In a full black calf binding, with gilt to fore edge.An es...

Catalogue of the Predynastic Egyptian Collection in the Ashmolean Museum

Joan Crowfoot Payne · 2000 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

Oxford, Griffith Institute, Ashmolean Museum, 2000. Cloth. Fascinating and profusely illustrated catalogue of the Predynastic Egyptian Collection held at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, compiled by prominent archaeologist and cataloguer Joan Crowfoot Payne. In publisher's o...

Tales of Ancient Greece

The Rev. G.W. Cox · 1868 · Rooke Books

£118.00 (€141.44 | $155.89 | ¥24,894)

London, Longmans, Green and Co. 1868. Leather. A smartly bound collection of tales from Greek mythology by British historian George William Cox. In a full brown calf binding. A work by George William Cox, a British Historian known for resolving the several myths of Greece...

Through Egypt in War-Time

Martin S. Briggs · 1918 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1918. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of a personal account from a soldier of Egypt during the First World War, including sketches and photographs by the author. The scarce first edition of Egypt Through War-Time, written by British hist...

Qataban and Sheba, Exploring Ancient Kingdoms on the Biblical Spice Routes of Arabia

Wendell Phillips · 1955 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1955. First edition. Cloth. An illustrated first edition, with unclipped dust wrapper, once owned by evolutionary biologist and eugenicist Julian S. Huxley. A first UK edition, penned by American archaeologist and oil magnate who led some of the fi...

England in Egypt

Alfred Milner · 1894 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,810)

London, Edward Arnold, 1894 . Cloth. A very scarce presentation copy of Alfred Milner's detailed account of British involvement in Egypt in the nineteenth century, with a folding map. A very scarce work.The new edition, first published in 1892.A presentation copy, inscrib...

Les Bords de L&Apos;Adriatique Et le Montenegro

Charles Yriarte · 1878 · Rooke Books

£795.00 (€952.93 | $1,050.31 | ¥167,720)

Paris, Librairie Hachette, 1878 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of Charles Yriarte's beautifully illustrated study of Montenegro and the surrounding region, in a beautiful binding designed by Auguste D. Souze. In the original French.The first edition of this w...

Great Domesday Book: The County Edition Domesday Book Studies: Sussex

Various · 1987 · Rooke Books

£270.00 (€323.64 | $356.71 | ¥56,962)

London, Alecto Historical Editions, 1987-90. Cloth. A special edition of this work on Sussex, taken from entries in the Domesday book. Held in a presentation slipcase First edition thus. Comprising Domesday Book Studies, Introduction and Translation, and Folios and Maps. Numbe...

The History of the Rebellion and the CIVIL Wars in England to Which Is Added an Historical View of the Affairs of Ireland and the Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon Written by Himself Printed from His Orignal Manuscripts

Edward Hyde · 1761 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)

Oxford, Clarendon Printing House, 1761-1826. Leather. Eight volumes of Edward Hyde's famous account of the Civil War along with his Life. Volume I and II of his Rebellion and Civil War [1829] are complete over the first four volumes of this set. Volume V is the first part...