Storia moderna

Marlborough: His Life and Times

Sir Winston S. Churchill · 1934 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)

London, George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1934-1936. Cloth. Two first edition volumes of this biographical work on John Churchill, written by Sir Winston Churchill. Being volumes II and III of IV only. Two volumes, being volumes II and III of IV only. First edition. Volume II illust...

Old Plaistow: A Paper Read at the Balaam Street Schools

John Spencer Curwen · 1892 · Rooke Books

£79.00 (€94.69 | $104.37 | ¥16,667)

Plaistow, H. Parker, 1892. Cloth. A second edition of this very scarce historical work on Plaistow, in London, with illustrations throughout. Second edition. Very scarce work. With the original paper wraps bound in. Illustrated throughout by English artist and illustrator, Spe...

Shades and Echoes of Old London; Commercial Tales and Sketches

Rev. John Stoughton · 1864 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.83 | $171.75 | ¥27,426)

London, At The Leisure Hour Office, 1864-1865 . Leather. Two charmingly illustrated and highly informative works published by the Leisure Hour periodical, offering a collection of short narratives about London. Two charming studies of the history of London and its historical r...

Paradise Row or a Broken Piece of Old Chelsea

Reginald Blunt · 1906 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

London, Macmillan & Company Limited, 1906. First edition. Vellum. A limited edition of this illustrated historical study of Chelsea by Reginald Blunt, a signed presentation copy. First edition. Limited to one hundred and ten copies, of which this is number eighty-four. The aut...

Two Thousand Years of London

C. Whitaker-Wilson · 1935 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1935. Cloth. A smart second edition of this history of London over two thousand years, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Second edition. With the vanishingly scarce original unclipped dust wrapper. Illustrated with a frontispiece and nineteen...

Royal Performances in London Theatres

Richard Northcott · 1912 · Rooke Books

£39.00 (€46.75 | $51.52 | ¥8,228)

London, Percy Lindley, 1912 . First edition. Hardback. Illustrated throughout, this is the very scarce first edition of Richard Northcott's account of the theatrical performances attended by the Royal Family throughout history. A very scarce first edition.Illustrated with...

Notes on an Old Baptist Family: Ward of Nottingham

John T. Godfrey · 1900 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

Nottingham , Privately Printed , 1900. Cloth. A privately printed genealogical history of the descendants of Benjamin Ward of Nottingham. An uncommon copy of this work. Printed for private circulation. In the original cloth binding. With a frontispiece, folding genealogical ...

The Americans in the Great War

1914 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

Clermont-Ferrand , Michelin et Cie. c1919. Cloth. A three-volume Michelin guide to the American armies' movements across the battles of World War I, illustrated throughout. From the Illustrated Michelin Guides to the Battle-Fields (1914-1918). This particular series on th...

A History of Greece

George Grote · 1846 · Rooke Books

£2,250.00 (€2,696.98 | $2,972.56 | ¥474,680)

London, John Murray, 1846-1856 . First edition. Leather. A uniformly bound, complete set of George Grote's celebrated History of Greece, complete with folding maps and plans. The first edition, published between 1846 and 1856. Complete in twelve volumes. Uniformly bound...

The Library of Historic Characters and Famous Events of All Nations and All Ages

A. R. Spofford; et al. · 1895 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

London, William Finley & Co, 1895-1900. Leather. A scarce complete limited edition set of this illustrated series on important historical characters and events, bound in half morocco. The limited edition "Imperial Edition", being number 344 out of one thousand copies. A twelv...

University of Oxford College Histories: Brasenose College

John Buchan · 1898 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

London, F. E. Robinson, 1898. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of John Buchan's scarce historical account of 'Brasenose College', where the renowned author studied. The first edition, first impression of this scarce work, with the six page catalogue to th...

Whittier As a Politician

John Greenleaf Whittier; Samuel T. Pickard · 1900 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

Boston, Charles E. Goodspeed, 1900. Leather. A very scarce limited edition compiling the letters of John Greenleaf Whittier, written to his fellow abolitionist Elizur Wright. A very scarce limited edition, limited to only one hundred and fifty copies, of which this is numbered...

1946: The Making of the Modern World

Victor Sebestyen · 2014 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Macmillan, 2014. First edition. Cloth. A signed first impression of this remarkable post-WWII history, from the library of publisher and founder of Virago Press, Carmen Callil. Signed dedication from the author to the title page. The first edition, first impression. ...

Merchants and Merchandise in Seventeenth-Century Bristol

Patrick McGrath [editor] · 1955 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

Bristol, Bristol Record Society, 1955. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this scarce historical study into merchants of Bristol in the seventeenth century. Bristol Record Society's Publications Vol. XIX. First edition. Scarce work. A detailed study of the mer...

General Craufurd and His Light Division

Alexander H. Craufurd · 1891 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, Griffith Farran Okeden & Welsh, 1891. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this military biography of one of Wellington's most celebrated lieutenants and his division. First edition. With a portrait frontispiece and seven pages of facsimile letters to th...

Clausewitz: La Campagne de 1814

Carl von Clausewitz; G. Duval de Fraville [Translator] · 1972 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

Paris, Champs Libre, 1972 . Cloth. A smart, scarce edition of this strategic dissection of Napoleon"s 1814 downfall by Carl Philipp Gottlieb von Clausewitz, Prussian general and military theorist. Smartly rebound in blue cloth.Carl von Clausewitz's "La Campagne de 1814" d...

20 Vols a Collection of First Editions by John Masters

John Masters · 1951 · Rooke Books

£695.00 (€833.07 | $918.19 | ¥146,623)

London, Michael Joseph, 1951-1983. First edition. Cloth. An impressive set of twenty novels by John Masters; all first editions in the original dust wrappers. The first edition, first impressions of these twenty works in the publisher's original cloth bindings, with the o...

Things Japanese: Being Notes on Various Subjects Connected with Japan for the Use of Travellers and Others

Basil Hall Chamberlain · 1902 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, John Murray, 1902 . Cloth. A fascinating, comprehensive encyclopedia covering topics from the abacus to zoology in Japan, by prominent British academic and Japanologist, Basil Hall Chamberlain. In the publisher's original cloth binding.This volume is the fourth ed...

Wellington: The Bidassoa and Nivelle

Major-General F. C. Beatson · 1931 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

London, Edward Arnold & Co. 1931. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated study of the Duke of Wellington and the Battles of Bidassoa and Nivelle. First edition. Very scarce edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and nine images across seven plates, w...

A Comprehensive History of Norwich

A. D. Bayne · 1869 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Jarrold & Sons, Limited, 1869. Cloth. A smart first edition of this detailed and comprehensive history of Norwich from A. D. Bayne. First edition. With numerous in-text images. A historical account of the rich and varied history of Norwich, including its civil, politic...