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Indira Priyadarshini
Various · 1966 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)
New Delhi, Popular Book Services, 1966. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this biography of Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi, published when she became the third prime minister of India. With twenty five pages of illustrations to the rear, found in the unclipped dust wrapper...
Out of the Past: Some Biographical Essays
Sir Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant Duff · 1903 · Rooke Books
£77.00 (€92.31 | $101.74 | ¥16,249)
London, John Murray, 1903 . First edition. Leather. The scarce two volume first edition of this collection of biographical essays by Sir M.E. Grant Duff, in signed half calf bindings by Bickers. A scarce first edition from Sir Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant Duff, a Scottish pol...
On the Face of the Waters
Flora Annie Steel · 1905 · Rooke Books
£38.00 (€45.56 | $50.21 | ¥8,019)
London, William Heinemann, 1905. Paperback. A scarce paperback edition of Flora Annie Steel's novel on the Indian Rebellion of 1857. Scarce work. Hailed by critics as one of the best novels dealing with the Indian Rebellion of 1857. Based heavily on research that Steel co...
Soldier from the Wars Returning
Jerrard Tickell · 1942 · Rooke Books
£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)
London, Chapman and Hall Ltd. 1942 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this war inspired novel in the scarce original dust wrapper. First edition of Soldier from the Wars Returning by Jerrard Tickell in the original publisher's cloth binding and scarce unc...
With Kitchener to Khartum
George Warrington Steevens · 1898 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)
Edinburgh, William Blackwood and Sons, 1898. Cloth. A detailed account of the campaign in Sudan, variously known as the Madhist Revolt, or the Second Anglo-Sudan War of 1896-1899. Twelfth edition. Illustrated throughout with eight maps, four of which are folding. Collated comp...
At the Sign of the Grasshopper
Oliver A. Minns · 1913 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)
London , Unwin Brothers, 1913. Paperback. A scarce history of the Gresham Press, with illustrations. A scarce short account of a little journey to the Gresham Press at Ludgate Hill and St. Martha Printing works. With four pages of tipped in plates and twenty pages of illustra...
Sketch of the Early History of the Cymry, or Ancient Britons
Rev. P. Roberts · 1803 · Rooke Books
£170.00 (€203.80 | $224.63 | ¥35,875)
London, E. Williams, 1803 . First edition. Hardback. The scarce first edition of Rev. P. Roberts's historical study of Wales from 700 B.C. to 500 A.D. Chronologically structured, this scarce first edition begins with the earliest records of the Cymry, continues through to...
The Royal Tribes of Wales
Philip Yorke; Richard Williams [ed.] · 1887 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)
Liverpool, Isaac Foulkes, 1887 . Cloth. The illustrated second edition of Philip Yorke's genealogical and historical history of the nobility of Wales. The second edition of this work, which was first published in 1799. Featuring numerous additions and notes from Richard W...
Leading Events in the History of the Port of Bristol
W. N. Reid; W. E. Hicks · 1877 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)
Bristol, W. C. Hemmons, 1877. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of Leading Events in the History of the Port of Bristol, with a folding map. A first edition copy. Leading Events in the History of the Port of Bristol is a fascinating focused history of Bristol as a key...
Eleven Works Collector&Apos;S Reference Set of English History
Various · 1979 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)
London; New York, Various, 1979-2019 . First edition. Cloth. A fine set of first edition English history works in the original dust wrappers. Eleven first edition works of English history in the original publisher's cloth bindings and unclipped dust wrappers. In fine con...
Channel Tunnel: Report of Sir Douglas Fox & Partners
None · 1907 · Rooke Books
£115.00 (€137.87 | $151.96 | ¥24,268)
London, Waterlow and Sons Limited, 1907. Leather. A scarce geological and engineering report on the Channel Tunnel from Sir Douglas Fox. Scarce work. A detailed geographical and engineering report on the Channel Tunnel Project, with reference to proposals, strata of the coast,...
Die Olympischen Spiele 1952
National Olympischen Komitees · 1952 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)
Stuttgart, Zurich, Salzburg, Euopaischer Buchklub , 1952 . Cloth. The special edition of this official report from the German National Olympic Committee on the 1952 Olympics. Die Olympischen Spiele 1952, Das Offizielle Standardwerk des Nationalen Olympischen Komitees.In the or...
History of the United Netherlands; from the Death of William the Silent to the Twelve Years Truce - 1609
John Lothrop Motley · 1875 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)
London, John Murray, 1875-1876. Leather. Four attractive volumes on the formation of the Dutch Republic by American historian and diplomat John Lothrop Motley. Historian and diplomat John Lothrop Motley describes the formation of the Dutch Republic across these four attractive...
The Private Life of Lewis XV. In Which Are Contained the Principal Events, Remarkable Occurrences, and Anecdotes of His Reign.
Barthelemy Mouffle d'Angerville; J. O. Justamond [trans.] · 1781 · Rooke Books
£1,295.00 (€1,552.49 | $1,711.16 | ¥273,283)
London, Charles Dilly, 1781. First edition. Leather. The scarce first English language edition of Mouffle d'Angerville's chronologically arranged account of the life of Louis XV. The first English language edition of this work, translated from Barthelemy Mouffle d&ap...
Archive of Copy Letters from the London and North Western Railway John Partington
John Partington · 1901 · Rooke Books
£1,490.00 (€1,786.26 | $1,968.83 | ¥314,434)
London , Not Stated, 1901. Hardback. Two scarce volumes of a collection of letters from senior LNWR Official, John Partington. Two volumes of a 19th century archive of more than 1300 copy letters written by a senior London and North Western Railway Official, John Partington. T...
Caricature History of the Georges
Thomas Wright · 1871 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)
London , John Camden Hotten, 1871. Cloth. A later copy of this humorous history of the Georges, richly illustrated. A later edition of this work, dated from the adverts to the rear of the volume. Caricature History of the Georges or Annals of the House of Hanover, compiled fr...
Letters on Natural Magic Addressed to Sir Walter Scott
David Brewster · 1833 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)
London, John Murray, 1833 . Cloth. An early edition of this collection of letters regarding natural magic from David Brewster to Walter Scott. Early edition of Letters on Natural Magic Addressed to Sir Walter Scott in the original publisher's cloth binding. By David Brew...
Golden Deeds Told Anew
Annie Craig · 1897 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)
London, Robert Culley , [1897]. Cloth. Very scarce collection of tales from the nineteenth century by Annie Craig. A very scarce work, rarely seen on the market and listed only in three institutional libraries including the British Library and the University of Leeds Library. ...
A Winter Pilgrimage Being an Account of Travels Through Palestine, Italy, and the Island of Cyprus, Accomplished in the Year 1900
Henry Rider Haggard · 1908 · Rooke Books
£38.00 (€45.56 | $50.21 | ¥8,019)
London, New York, Bombay and Calcutta, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1908 . Cloth. An early edition of this extensive and densely illustrated travel journal from the early twentieth century. Early edition of A Winter Pilgrimage Being An Account of Travels Through Palestine, Italy, ...
Glasgow and Its Clubs: Or, Glimpses of the Condition, Manners, Characters and Oddities of the City During the Past and Present Centuries
John Strang · 1864 · Rooke Books
£160.00 (€191.81 | $211.42 | ¥33,765)
Glasgow , John Smith & Son, 1864. Cloth. A third edition copy of this interesting history of Glasgow by John Strang. A third and preferred edition, enlarged, of Glasgow and its Clubs: or, Glimpses of the Condition, Manners, Characters and Oddities of the City during the Past a...