Storia moderna

Signs of the Times: Explanations Applicable and Necessary for the Present Time

Emanuel Swedenborg · 1872 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.85 | $171.78 | ¥27,434)

London, Simpkin, Marshall & Co, 1872. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce volume containing extracts of the brilliant philosophical writings of Emanuel Swedenborg. The first edition of this very scarce volume collecting together some of Emanuel Swedenborg's writings. Swe...

Spitfire Parade

W. E. Johns · 1943 · Rooke Books

£385.00 (€461.55 | $508.72 | ¥81,246)

Toronto , Oxford University Press, 1943 . First edition. Cloth. The first Canadian edition of this thrilling adventure by W. E. Johns, with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. The first Canadian edition. First published in the UK in 1941. Scarce to see with the original, unc...

The Darlings of the Nations

Dora N. Kemp · 1905 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, Robert Culley, 1905. First edition. Cloth. A scarce children's history work following a young boy's conversations with the portraits of famous figures. The first edition of this very scarce work.Bound in the publisher's pleasing decorative cloth.A charmi...

Mottos and Their Morals

Sir John Courteous, Knight · 1855 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, Seeley, Jackson, and Halliday, 1855 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this vanishingly scarce mid-nineteenth century work on mottos and morals. A very scarce first edition.Anonymously authored, the preface is signed by the pseudonym 'Sir John Courteous,...

The Sacred Animal Necropolis at North Saqqara

Geoffrey T. Martin · 1981 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Egypt Exploration Society, 1981. First edition. Cloth. A detailed account of the findings from excavations carried out at Saqqara, accompanied by 46 plates of plans and photographs. First edition. With the publisher's original unpriced dust wrapper. A detailed r...

Egypt: The Art of the Pharaohs

Irmgard Woldering · 1963 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Methuen & Co. 1963. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this beautifully illustrated historical work on the art of Ancient Egypt. First edition. From the Art of the World Series. Illustrated with sixty-two tipped-in plates, most of which are in colour, seven...

Semna-Kumma: The Temple of Semna and the Temple of Kumma

Ricardo A. Caminos · 1998 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, Egypt Exploration Society, 1998. First edition. Hardback. An excellent two-volume set containing the epigraphic surveys of the New-Kingdom temples of Semna and Kumma in Lower Nubia. The thirty-seventh memoir from the 'Archaeological Survey of Egypt', edited b...

The Right Hon. Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield, K.G. , and His Times

Alexander Charles Ewald · 1881 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.81 | $211.42 | ¥33,765)

London, William Mackenzie , 1881-1882. First edition. Cloth. An impressive first edition complete set exploring the life of former Prime Minister and influential Conservative politician, Benjamin Disraeli, illustrated with plates to each. The first edition of this bright set o...

Correspondence of Mr. Joseph Jekyll

Joseph Jekyll; Algernon Bourke [ed.] · 1894 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.31 | $786.21 | ¥125,563)

London, John Murray, 1894 . First edition. Leather. An extra-illustrated example of the scarce first edition of the correspondence of Joseph Jekyll. The scarce first edition of this work, in a signed morocco binding by H Wood.Extra-illustrated with thirty-six plates.The corres...

Masterpieces: Catalogue 9

Dr. Jorn Gunther · 2008 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Hamburg , Dr Jorn Gunther, Antiquariat, 2008. First edition. Cloth. A fascinating catalogue dissecting a series of historical manuscripts, published as part of Dr Jorn Gunther's special cloth-bound catalogue series. Catalogue 9 in Dr Jorn Gunther's 'Masterpiece&...

The Pagan Religions of the Ancient British Isles: Their Nature and Legacy

Ronald Hutton · 1991 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.56 | $50.21 | ¥8,019)

London, BCA, 1991. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition copy of this fascinating study of Pagan religions in Ancient Britain, by the notable historian Ronald Hutton. The first edition, first impression of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with t...

Court Beauties of Old Whitehall: Histories of the Restoration

W. R. H. Trowbridge · 1906 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1906. First edition. Cloth. A charming first edition of this work comprising biographies of various important women of the Restoration, illustrated with portraits. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and thirty-one portrait plates. Collated ...

Histoire de France, Our Expose Des Faits Principaix Accomples Dan Cette Contree Depuis L&Apos;Invasion Des Francs Sous Clovis Jusqu&Apos;a L&Apos;Avenement de Louis-Phillippe 1er

Emile de Bonnechose · 1837 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

Paris, Chez Firmin Didot Freres et Cie, 1837. Leather. A detailed history of France from the invasion of the Franks under Clovis to the advent of Louis-Phillippe I, in the original French. French. Complete in two volumes. Scare work. Third edition. A detailed history of France...

The London Chronicle: Or, Universal Evening Post

Various · 1759 · Rooke Books

£850.00 (€1,019.01 | $1,123.16 | ¥179,375)

London, The London Chronicle, 1759. Disbound. A run of over one-hundred issues of this popular London-based Georgian evening paper. One-hundred and five issues of 'The London Chronicle' bound in one volume, for February 3rd 1759 to October 4th 1759, being issues 329 ...

The History of England from the Accession of James the Second

Thomas Babington Macaulay · 1852 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.85 | $171.78 | ¥27,434)

London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1852. Leather. Two volumes of the eighth edition of this detailed chronicle of the history of England from Thomas Babington Macaulay, Volumes I and II only. Two volumes of a five volume set. Volume I and II only. Eighth edition. A c...

The Birds of Surrey

John A. Bucknill · 1900 · Rooke Books

£238.00 (€285.32 | $314.48 | ¥50,225)

London, R. H. Porter, 1900 . First edition. Leather. A handsome copy of the first edition of Sir John Strachey's illustrated ornithological study of the birds of Surrey. The first edition of this work by British lawyer and Judge John Alexander Strachey Bucknill, who serve...

Note of an English Republican on the Muscovite Crusade

Algernon Charles Swinburne · 1876 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1876. First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this lesser known political work by Algernon Charles Swinburne. The first edition of this lesser known work by poet Algernon Charles Swinburne, an essay in which he criticises the political views of ...

The Horoscope in Detail

Alan Leo; H. S. Green · 1906 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.79 | $237.85 | ¥37,985)

London, Not Stated, 1906 . Cloth. The very scarce second edition of Alan Leo and H. S. Green's astrological guidebook. The second edition of volume IV of Alan Leo's 'Astrological Manuals&apos.Alan Leo was an English astrologer, author, publisher, astrological da...

Napoleon the Gaoler: Personal Experiences and Adventures of British Sailors and Soldiers During the Great Captivity

Edward Fraser · 1914 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1914. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this illustrated collection of personal accounts from British sailors and soldiers imprisoned in France by Napoleonic forces. First edition. Scarce work. Illustrated with a frontispiece and eleven plates...

The Antient Chronicles of Sir John Froissart of England, France, Spain, Portugal, Scotland, Brittany, and Flanders, and Adjoining Countries

Sir John Froissart; John Bourchier [translator] · 1814 · Rooke Books

£950.00 (€1,138.89 | $1,255.29 | ¥200,478)

London, J. Davis, 1814-1816. Leather. A smart copy of Sir John Froissart's prose history of the Hundred Years' War, translated from the original French by the order of King Henry VIII. Complete in four volumes. Scarce edition. A prose history of the Hundred Years&apo...