Storia moderna

The Dickens Country

Frederick G. Kitton · 1905 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.87 | $145.35 | ¥23,213)

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1905. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this illustrated work on the residences of the noted Charles Dickens, written by Frederick G. Kitton and bound in full straight grain morocco. The first edition. The 'Pilgrimage Series&apo...

War Memoirs: Volumes I, II, III, IV & V

David Lloyd George · 1933 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London, Ivor Nicholson & Watson, 1933-1936. First edition. Cloth. A first edition five-volume set of David Lloyd George's illustrated memoirs of the First World War. Five volumes of a six-volume set in the publisher's original cloth bindings.Ink inscription to the fr...

Local Gleanings: An Archaeological & Historical Magazine Chiefly Relating to Lancashire & Cheshire

J. P. Earwaker [editor] · 1880 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

Manchester, J. E. Cornish, 1880. Cloth. Volume one of this archaeological and historical magazine on Lancashire and Cheshire, with illustrations throughout. Volume one of two. Illustrated with eight plates, two folding plates, and many in-text figures. A collection of articles...

A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland

Rev. F. O. Morris · 1880 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€407.60 | $449.26 | ¥71,750)

London, William Mackenzie , 1880. First edition. Cloth. A brightly illustrated set of five first editions presenting the country seats and estates of British noblemen and gentlemen. First edition, bound in the publisher's original pictorial cloth.Dated using Jisc. Five v...

Commentaries of Ruy Freyre de Andrada

Ruy Freyre de Andrada; C. R. Boxer [editor] · 1930 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, George Routledge & Sons, 1930. Cloth. A smart copy of this illustrated account of the exploits of Ruy Freyre de Andrada, a Portuguese soldier. The Argonaut Series. Illustrated with a frontispiece and thirteen plates, two of which are folding. Collated complete. The exp...

The Cabinet History of England

Charles Macfarlane · 1845 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)

London, Charles Knight and Co. 1845-1847. First edition. Leather. The complete twenty-six volume set of Macfarlane's comprehensive work on the history of England, uniformly bound in thirteen volumes. The first editions of these twenty-six volumes in thirteen books in half...

The Norman Balliols in England Compiled in Part from Mr. Wentworth Huyshe&Apos;S Harold and the Balliols

Benjamin J. Scott · 1914 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, Blades, East, & Blades, Printers, 1914. First edition. Cloth. A delightful presentation copy of this historical look at the Norman Balliols in England. First edition. Presentation copy with an inscription to the front endpaper "with the compilers kind regards" dated 19...

Enclosures and Defences in the Neolithic of Western Europe

Colin Burgess; Peter Topping; et al. · 1988 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

Oxford, BAR International Series, 1988 . First edition. Paperback. A pair of scarce, first editions of this interesting study of Neolithic enclosures and defences in Western Europe, illustrated throughout. First editions, in the publisher's original paper wraps. Very scar...

Nordland

1893 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.36 | $726.75 | ¥116,066)

Leipzig, Not Stated, 1893 . Cloth. A very scarce collection of twenty-six plates of the photographs of Wilhelm Dreesen, depicting late nineteenth century Norway. In the original Danish.Illustrated with seventy-seven photographic images on twenty-six plates. Collated, completeT...

The Tower Menagerie: Comprising the Natural History of the Animals Contained

Edward T. Bennett · 1829 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London, Robert Jennings, 1829 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of this illustrated work about the various wild animals previously held at the Tower of London. The first edition of this work by Edward T. Bennett.An entertaining work about the various wild animals pre...

The Juvenile Tourist or the Excursion Into the West of England; Into the Midland Countries, with Part of South Wales; and Into the Whole Country of Kent; Concluding with an Account of Maidstone and Its Vicinity. Interspersed with Historical Anecdotes and Political Extracts

John Evans · 1818 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London , Baldwin, Cradock and Joy , 1818. Hardback. A very scarce enlarged and corrected edition from 1818. A very scarce edition of the Juvenile Tourist. This edition is the fourth edition published in 1818. It has been enlarged and corrected. A very scarce collection of trav...

The Birds of Scotland Their History, Distribution, and Migration

Evelyn V. Baxter; Leonora Jeffrey Rintoul · 1953 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

Edinburgh; London, Oliver and Boyd, 1953. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Baxter and Rintoul's extensive study on Scottish ornithology, a unique copy with two signed letters from the authors, addressed to fellow ornithologist Dr. Ian Pennie. The first edition.C...

The Naval History of Great Britain, from the Declaration of War by France in 1793, to the Accession of George IV

William James · 1847 · Rooke Books

£1,250.00 (€1,498.54 | $1,651.70 | ¥263,787)

London, Richard Bentley, 1847 . Leather. A beautiful edition of naval historian William James's detailed and richly illustrated history of the Royal Navy. A 'New Edition' of naval historian William James's impressive work, in which he aims to provide an exa...

Knole and the Sackvilles

Vita Sackville-West · 1949 · Rooke Books

£1,275.00 (€1,528.51 | $1,684.74 | ¥269,063)

London, Lindsay Drummond, 1949 . Cloth. A signed presentation copy of Vita Sackville-West's ode to her ancestral home Knole House, in Kent. Inscribed by Sackville-West herself to the front free endpaper, with 'for Galby, with love from the author, Christmas 1954.The ...

Memoirs of Gonzalo Fernandez de Cordova

Don Manuel Jose Quintana; Joseph Russell · 1851 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

London, Edward Churton, 1851. First edition. Leather. A very scarce biography on the Great Captain Gonzalo Fernandez de Cordoba, the first edition in English. The first edition in English of this very scarce work, translated into English by John Russell.Originally written in S...

A Historical Account of His Majesty&Apos;S Visit to Scotland

Robert Mudie · 1822 · Rooke Books

£299.00 (€358.45 | $395.09 | ¥63,098)

Edinburgh, Oliver & Boyd, 1822 . First edition. Leather. An attractively bound, very scarce first edition of this contemporary account of George IV's visit to Scotland. The very scarce first edition of this work, without edition remarks to the title page. Four editions we...

A Sketch of the Modern and Ancient Geography, for the Use of Schools.

Samuel Butler · 1814 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London , Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1814. Leather. A detailed account of world geography from ancient to modern. Third edition. This geographical work tells the story of the world from ancient to modern. Its aim is to understand how the world was formed and the way ...

The Dickens Country

Frederick G. Kitton · 1905 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1905. First edition. Cloth. A comprehensive documentation of the array of abodes of Charles Dickens, alongside fifty illustrations. In the original publisher's green cloth binding, with a gilt motif to the front board. A first edition of th...

Sheffield a Handbook Prepared for the Festival of Britain

None · 1951 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

Sheffield, Civil Information Services , c.1951. First edition. Paperback. A short guidebook to Sheffield during the Festival of Britain. First edition. Very scare. A guidebook to Sheffield with a plan of the city centre and a colour map of the wider area. This guidebook celebr...

The Parish Church of Sr. Lawrence Ludlow

George Wooley · 1893 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

Ludlow, George Wooley , 1893. Cloth. This book gives a comprehensive account of the history of the restoration of this church in Ludlow. The first edition. This work gives a comprehensive account of the restoration of this parish church in Ludlow. It includes 10 plates showing...