Storia moderna

Bristol and Its Famous Associations

Stanley Hutton · 1907 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Bristol, J. W. Arrowsmith, 1907. Leather. An illustrated guide to the history of Bristol from its maritime associations to its philanthropic and social life. Fist edition.Stanley Hutton explores the history of Bristol and its place within Britain. It begins with Bristol's...

1826 an Attempt at a Glossary of Some Words Used in Cheshire

Roger Wilbraham · 1826 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London , T. Rodd, 1826. Hardback. A very scarce glossary for words used in the Cheshire dialect. The second edition. Very scarce. Wilbraham explores and compiles a glossary of Chester terms used during the early 19th century. Detailed descriptions are given for what the term i...

Carnival

1929 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.79 | $237.85 | ¥37,985)

Birmingham, Guild of Undergraduates of Birmingham University, 1929-47. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce set of seven issues of the rag of the University of Birmingham, a nice set of the issues in their original wraps. A very scarce to see set of seven issues of the Univ...

A Hundred Years Hence: The Expectations of an Optimist

T. Baron Russell · 1905 · Rooke Books

£575.00 (€689.33 | $759.78 | ¥121,342)

London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1905 . First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A signed first edition of this vanishingly scarce work in which the author makes predictions about society one hundred years in the future. The first edition of this very scarce work. A US edition, also very sca...

Awakenings

Oliver Sacks · 1973 · Rooke Books

£265.00 (€317.69 | $350.16 | ¥55,923)

London, Duckworth, 1973 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Oliver Sacks's Hawthornden Prize winning account of his treatment of the survivors of the sleeping-sickness epidemic of 1918. The first edition, first impression of this work, in the publisher's ori...

Wealth and Power in Tudor England

S. T. Bindoff; E. W. Ives; R. J Knecht; J. J. Scarisbrick et al. · 1978 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, The Athlone Press, 1978. First edition. Cloth. A collection of essays relating to Bindoff's study of wealth and power in Tudor England. A collection of essays presented to Stanley Thomas Bindoff, in original publisher's binding and original dustwrapper. First...

The Early History of the Guild of Merchant Taylors of the Fraternity of St. John the Baptist

Charles M. Clode · 1888 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.73 | $77.96 | ¥12,451)

London, Harrison and Sons, 1888. Leather. A complete two volume set of this early history of the London Guild of Merchant Taylors. Two volumes. Volume one contains one folding table, volume two contains one plate and two folding plates. Collated complete. A detailed history of...

Istoria D&Apos;Italia

Francesco Guicciardini · 1803 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)

Milano, Societa Tipografica de' Classici Italiani, 1803. Leather. The magnum opus of Francesco Guicciardini, exploring the political history of Italy from 1490 to 1534 Complete as ten volumes bound in five.In the original Italian.The important history of Italy by Francesc...

Gallus or Roman Scenes of the Time of Augustus

W. A. Becker, Frederick Metcalfe [translator] · 1895 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London , Longmans, Green and Co. 1895 . Cloth. An interesting insight into the Roman times of Augustus, translated from the original German. A second edition of the English translation, translated from the original German of W. A. Becker by Frederick Metcalfe. The original Ge...

Einfuhrung in Die Metaphysik

Martin Heidegger · 1957 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Tubingen, Max Niemeyer Verlag, 1957 . Cloth. The second edition of this brief introduction to metaphysics from German philosopher Martin Heidegger. In the original German.The second edition of this introductory work, first published in 1953 from a lecture course given by Heide...

Contes de la Decadence Romaine

Jean Richepin · 1898 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

Paris, Eugene Fasquelle, 1898. First edition. Leather. A smart first edition copy of Jean Richepin's tales of Roman history, a vivid exploration of Rome and its decadent history. The first edition.In the original French.Jean Richepin's historical short stories explor...

Paris Revolutionnaire; le Tribunal Revolutionnaire; Vielles Maisons Viewux Papiers

G. Lenotre [Theodore Gosselin] · 1906 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

Paris, Perrin et Cie, 1906-08. Leather. Three historical works on France by Theodore Gosselin in five volumes. Theodore Gosselin was a French historian and playwright who wrote under pseudonym G Lenotre. He contributed articles in Le Figaro, Revue des deux mondes, Le Monde i...

Lucknow: The Last Phase of an Oriental Culture

Abdul Halim Sharer · 1989 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

Delhi, Oxford University Press, 1989. Cloth. Abdul Halim Sharer describes eighteenth and nineteenth century life in the Indian city of Lucknow. An uncommon volume on the Indian city of Lucknow, found in the unclipped dustwrapper. With 32 illustrations and three maps, collated ...

A History of Nanchao Under the Meng Family

Michael Blackmore · 1958 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

Not Stated, Privately printed, 1958. First edition. Cloth. A PhD thesis on the history of Nanchao, which existed as a state in China from the 8th to the 9th centuries, presented to the University of London. An original PhD thesis in the original cloth binding, with a dust wrap...

Missionary Labours and Scenes in Southern Africa

Robert Moffat · 1842 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)

London, John Snow, 1842. Leather. A smart eighth thousand of Robert Moffat's popular account of his work as a missionary in Africa in the mid-nineteenth century. Illustrated throughout. The eighth thousand of this work, published in the same year as the first.Illustrated ...

Historia de Inglaterra

MM Leon Galibert; Clememte Pelle · 1844 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Barcelona, Imprenta del Imparcial, 1844. Leather. Three volumes from the history of England by Leon Galibert and Clememte Pelle in the Spanish language. History of England by MM Leon Galibert and Clememte Pelle translated to Spanish by 'A Literary Society.' Volumes I...

Le Regent Ses Filles, Ses Maitresses, Les Dames Galantes de la Regence

Albert Meyrac · 1912 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

Paris, Albin Michel, 1912. First edition. Leather. A complete two volume first edition set of this interesting history of the Regency, with illustrations. A complete two volume set, in the original French. These volumes are from a series of indiscreet and gallant chronicles, ...

Gesammelte Schriften

Wilhelm Dilthey · 1960 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)

Stuttgart, B. G. Teubner, 1960-1973 . Cloth. Two volumes of works by Wilhelm Dilthey. Two volumes from the works of Wilhelm Dilthey. In the original German. The first volume, Weltanschauung und Analyse Des Menschen seit Renaissance und Reformation, explores the World view an...

History of the Persecutions Endured by the Protestants of the South of France, and More Especially of the Department of the Gard, During the Years 1814, 1815, 1816, &C.

Mark Wilks · 1821 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, 1821 . First edition. Leather. The very scarce first edition of Mark Wilks's account of the persecution of Protestants in the South of France in the 1810s, during the Bourboun Restoration and Hundred Days. Illustrated with a fol...

Jeanne D&Apos;Arc

M. Boutet de Monvel · 1896 · Rooke Books

£1,750.00 (€2,097.96 | $2,312.38 | ¥369,302)

Paris, Plon Nourrit & Cie, 1896. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated retelling of the story of Joan of Arc by Louis-Maurice Boutet de Movel, with the scarce original dust wrapper. French language. In the scarce original dust wrapper. Illustrated throughout with an image to every ...