Storia moderna

An Historical and Critical Account of the Life of Oliver Cromwell

William Harris · 1762 · Rooke Books

£285.00 (€341.62 | $376.52 | ¥60,126)

London, A. Millar, 1762. First edition. Leather. The first edition of William Harris' nonconformist biography on Oliver Cromwell. The first edition.A scare work.A significant biography on Oliver Cromwell, the infamous statesman who was the leading advocate for the executi...

The Coat of Arms

J. P. Brooke-Little · 1950 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, The Heraldry Society, c1955. Cloth. A smartly bound collection of nine issues of this quarterly heraldry magazine issued by The Heraldry Society of London. Nine issues bound into one volume. Illustrated throughout. The Coat of Arms is a non-profit academic journal whic...

If the Invader Comes, and, Beating the Invader

Winston Churchill · 1940 · Rooke Books

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

London, Ministry of Information; War Office; Ministry of Home Security, 1940-41. First edition. Loose Pages, Articles. Two first edition leaflets distributed across the country during the Second World War, encouraging messages from the Prime Minister Churchill to his public. T...

The Rise of the Dutch Republic: A History

John Lothrop Motley · 1896 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, George Bell and Sons , 1896. Leather. A complete leather-bound new edition of this history of the Dutch Republic by John Lothrop Motley. A new edition, published for Bohn's Standard Library. Complete in three volumes. Uniformly bound in half tan calf, with marble...

Every Mother&Apos;S Book

1949 · Rooke Books

£34.00 (€40.75 | $44.92 | ¥7,173)

Sussex, Alfred Fennings, 1949. Brochure/Pamphlet. A very smart copy of this illustrated guide for mothers from Alfred Fennings chemist. Scarce work. With illustrations throughout. A charming pamphlet from the chemist Alfred Fennings, who established Fennings Pharmaceuticals in...

An Historical Description of Westminster-Abbey, Its Monuments and Curiosities

David Henry · 1753 · Rooke Books

£325.00 (€389.56 | $429.37 | ¥68,565)

London, J. Newbery, 1753. First edition. Leather. The very scarce first edition of David Henry's detailed historical study of Westminster Abbey. The very scarce first edition.The title page explains that this work is 'designed as a guide to strangers in viewing this ...

Notables of Britain: An Album of Portraits and Autographs of the Most Eminent Subjects of Her Majesty in the 60th Year of Her Reign

1897 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Review of Reviews" Office, 1897. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of portraits of eminent persons from across Britain. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and over one hundred and fifty portraits. A collection of portraits of im...

Old Church Slavonic Psalter

1678 · Rooke Books

£2,900.00 (€3,476.11 | $3,831.31 | ¥611,810)

Moscow, Not Stated, c1678 . Leather. A vanishingly scarce seventeenth-century Old Church Slavonic psalter, the oldest surviving written Slavonic language, bound in a striking seventeenth-century full calf binding with metal clasps. Bound in an impressive seventeenth-century fu...

The Life of John Rushworth Earl Jellicoe

Admiral Sir R. H. Bacon · 1936 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Cassell & Company, Limited, 1936. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated biography of Admiral of the Fleet John Rushworth Jellicoe. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, forty plates, and eight maps and plans, five of which are foldin...

Arrian&Apos;S History of the Expedition of Alexander the Great, and Conquest of Persia

Arrian of Nicomedia; Mr. Rooke [trans.] · 1813 · Rooke Books

£390.00 (€467.48 | $515.24 | ¥82,278)

London, W. McDowall; J. Davis, 1813 . Leather. The second edition of John Rooke's translation of Lucius Flavius Arrianus's account of Alexander the Great's conquest of Persia. The second edition of this work, which is very scarce in all editions.The second editi...

On Some Ancient Battle-Fields in Lancashire and Their Historical, Legendary, and Aesthetic Associations

Charles Hardwick · 1882 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

Manchester; London, Abel Heywood & Son; Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. 1882. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this detailed history on the battle-fields of ancient Lancashire. First edition. A chronicle of the ancient battles and battle-fields of Lancashire, a ceremoni...

A Calendar of Court Minutes of the East India Company 1674-1676

Ethel Bruce Sainsbury · 1935 · Rooke Books

£88.00 (€105.48 | $116.26 | ¥18,565)

Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1935. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce calendar of records from the East India Company, providing historical insight into the proceedings of the company from 1674-76. The first edition.The records were first calendared up to 1634 W. Noel Sainsbury, ...

Augustus

John Buchan · 1937 · Rooke Books

£33.00 (€39.56 | $43.60 | ¥6,962)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1937. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this biography of the former Roman emperor Augustus by the Scottish historian John Buchan. First edition. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece, three plates, a folding pedigree of the househo...

The History of England from the Accession of James the Second

Lord Macaulay [Thomas Babington Macaulay] · 1877 · Rooke Books

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

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1877. Leather. A complete five volumes set of this detailed chronicle of the history of England from Thomas Babington Macaulay. Complete in five volumes. With a portrait frontispiece to volume one. A detailed and comprehensive history of Englan...

Shipwrecks and Disasters at Sea; or Historical Narratives of the Most Noted Calamities and Providential Deliverances, Which Have Resulted from Maritime Enterprise; with a Sketch of Various Expedients for Preserving the Lives of Mariners

[John Graham Dalyell] · 1812 · Rooke Books

£545.00 (€653.27 | $720.02 | ¥114,978)

Edinburgh, Archibald Constable and Co. 1812. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this scarce account of shipwrecks and maritime accidents by Sir John Graham Dalyell, an interesting work on maritime history bound in full calf. The first edition.Illustrated with folding...

The Historical Record of the Imperial Visit to India 1911

Compiled from the Official Records Under the Orders of the Viceroy and Governor-General of India · 1914 · Rooke Books

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

London, The Government of India by John Murray, 1914 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of this richly illustrated account of George V's 1911 visit to entia, to take part in the Imperial Durbar in Delhi. A very scarce first edition.Illustrated with a co...

Brier-Patch Philosophy

Peter Rabbit"; William J. Long · 1906 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

Boston, Ginn & Company Publishers, 1906. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated study of animal philosophy from American naturalist William Joseph Long. First edition. Uncommon work. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, four plates, and numerous in-...

The South Sea Company: An Historical Essay and Bibliographical Finding List

John G. Sperling · 1962 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Boston, Baker Library, Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration, 1962 . First edition. Paperback. The first edition of for-profit education pioneer John G. Sperling's detailed bibliographical guide to the South Sea Company. The first edition of this work.Illustr...

List of Etonians Who Fought in the Great War MCMXIV-MCMXIX

1921 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, Riccardi Press, Medici Society Limited, 1921. First edition. Cloth. A privately printed list of the Etonians who fought and lost their lives in the First World War. First and only edition. Privately printed. A list of the Etonians who fought in the Great War of 1914 to...

Lawrence of Arabia Memorial

Various · 1935 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

Not Stated, Not Stated, 1935 . First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A bright copy of this pamphlet discussing plans for the memorial bust of T. E. Lawrence, which was unveiled at St. Paul's Cathedral the following year. The first edition of this work. A single sheet of paper...