Storia moderna

Somerset Parish Registers: Marriages

W.P.W. Phillimore et. al. · 1898 · Rooke Books

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

London, Phillimore & Co. 1898-1905. Cloth. A limited edition set of these marriage registers from various parishes Somerset through the years 1559 to 1812, signed by the editor to each volume. A very smart, uniformly bound set of Somerset parish registers of marriages from 155...

Pen and Pencil Sketches of Shipping and Craft All Round the World

R. T. Pritchett · 1899 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Edward Arnold, 1899. First edition. Vellum. A delightful collection of sketches by R. T. Pritchett relating to ships around the world. Detailing all manner of beautiful boats, including the 'Britannia', 'Sunbeam' and 'Victoria and Albert',...

The History of the Society of Merchant Venturers of the City of Bristol

John Latimer · 1903 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

Bristol, J. W. Arrowsmith, 1903. Leather. A smart and insightful history of the Society of Merchant Venturers, a Bristol-based charity. With a letter tipped-in by the author. Formed in the thirteenth century, the Society of Merchant Venturers is a charity based in Bristol. Alt...

Bristol Worthies and Notable Residents in the District

A.B. Freeman · 1909 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

Bristol, Burleigh Ltd. 1909. Cloth. A very scarce, illustrated biographical work on notable residents of Bristol throughout British history. The second series of this work. Written by A.B. Freeman. The second series. A work on historical and notable figures of Bristol, inclu...

Collection Rãƒâ©Alitãƒâ©S: Les Merveilles Du Monde

Various Contributors · 1957 · Rooke Books

£34.00 (€40.76 | $44.93 | ¥7,175)

Not Stated , Librairie Hachette , 1957. Cloth. An extensive volume celebrating all the world's wonders, from Hachette's series 'Collection Réalites.' An extensive volume exploring the wonders of the world, the first edition in Hachette's series '...

People of Eight Seasons

Ernst Manker · 1963 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

Gothenburg , Tre Tryckare , 1963. First edition. Cloth. An extremely charming and extensive illustrated volume accounting of the way of life of nomadic mountain Lapps in central Swedish Lapland. An extensive account of the history of Lapps and the ancient way of living in noma...

Mercurius Rusticus or the Countries Complaint of the Barbarous out-Rages Committed by the Sectaries of This Late Flourishing Kingdom

Bruno Ryves · 1646 · Rooke Books

£695.00 (€833.19 | $918.35 | ¥146,666)

Oxford, Anon, 1646. First edition. Leather. A scarce first edition of Bruno Ryves' newsbook. An important contemporary source from a Royalist perspective. Internally, a bright copy of this work.Printed without an author attribution, although this work is known to have bee...

An Illustrated Catalogue of the Loan Collection of Plate Exhibited in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge May 1895

J. E Foster; T. D. Atkinson · 1896 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

Cambridge, Deighton Bell & Co and Macmillan & Bowes, 1896. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce special limited edition of this catalogue of works church plate exhibited in 1895. The very scarce special limited edition of this work, number II of 42 copies printed on Japanese pa...

East Coast Oil Town Before 1700

Duncan Fraser · 1974 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

Montrose, Standard Press, 1974 . First edition. Cloth. A first edition history of a small Scottish coastal town, signed by the author and illustrated with photographs throughout. The first edition, first impression of this work, in the publisher's original price unclipped...

The Winston Churchill Memorial Statue Appeal

The Winston Churchill Statue Committee · 1973 · Rooke Books

£3,250.00 (€3,896.21 | $4,294.42 | ¥685,846)

London, The Winston Churchill Statue Committee , 1973. First edition. Cloth. An extremely scarce and bright, remarkable large paper manuscript containing the list of sponsors and subscribers for the appeal of Winston Churchill Memorial Statue in 1970, inscribed in ink by Mr W....

The Private Life of Lewis XV in Which Are Contained the Principal Events, Remarkable Occurrences, and Anecdotes of His Reign

Mouffle D'Angerville; J.O. Justamond (trans.) · 1781 · Rooke Books

£795.00 (€953.07 | $1,050.48 | ¥167,768)

London, Charles Dilly, 1781. First edition. Leather. A smart, first edition set of this work on the life of King Louis XV of France, written by Mouffle D'Angerville and translated by J.O. Justamond. Complete in four volumes, written by Barthélemy François Joseph Mouffle...

The Ironside Diaries 1937-1940

Edmund Ironside · 1962 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, Constable, 1962. First edition. Leather. A nicely leather bound first edition copy of the diaries of Edmund Ironside, dating from 1937 to 1940, an interesting look at the start of the war from a military perspective. The first edition of this work.In a signed binding b...

Journal of the East India Association

Various · 1896 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Asiatic Quarterly Review Office, 1896. Paperback. A very scarce journal of the East India Association, a selection of six insightful essays pertaining to India. A very scarce pamphlet of the 'Journal of the East India Association', this being Volume XXVIII ne...

Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research Vol. XXXV-XXXVI No. 141-148

T. H. McGuffie [ed.] · 1957 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, The Society for Army Historical Research , 1957-1958. First edition. Paperback. The scarce complete run of volumes XXXV and XXXVI of the Society for Army Historical Research's peer reviewed quarterly journal, richly illustrated and in the original publisher's...

Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character

E. B. Ramsay · 0 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London, Gall and Inglis, c1890. Cloth. An intriguing and extremely popular published collection of observations and anecdotes on the Scottish national character. The twenty sixth edition of this incredibly popular work from Edward Bannerman Ramsay, usually referred to as Dean ...

North Italian Folk

Alice Comyns Carr · 1878 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Chatto and Windus, 1878. Cloth. A signed edition of this delightful travel work regarding Italy by Alice Comyns Carr, illustrated by Randolph Caldecott. This work is split into two halves, the first covering the Italian Riviera, and the second covering the Apennines.Al...

Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom

George Edward Cokayne · 1887 · Rooke Books

£3,400.00 (€4,076.03 | $4,492.63 | ¥717,500)

London, George Bell & Sons, 1887-98. First edition. Leather. A beautifully bound first edition set of this important authorativie reference work on the peerage of Britain, by George Edward Cokayne. The first edition of this work.Complete in eight volumes.In a fine half morocco...

Memoirs of Maximilian de Bethune, Duke of Sully, Prime Minister to Henry the Great. Containing the History of the Life and Reign of That Monarch, and His Own Administration Under Him. Translated from the French, to Which Is Added, the Tryal of Ravaillac for the Murder of Henry the Great.

Pierre Mathurin de l'Écluse des Loges · 1778 · Rooke Books

£1,800.00 (€2,157.90 | $2,378.45 | ¥379,853)

London, Printed for J. Rivington and Sons; J. Dodsley, S. Crowder, G. Robinson; et al. 1778. Leather. The fifth edition of this fascinating collection of Maximilien de Bethune's memoirs. Complete in six volumes. The fifth edition complete in six volumes containing the Eng...

Jildirim" Deutsche Streiter Auf Heiligem Boden Nach Eigenen Lagebuchaufzeichnungen Und Unter Benutzung Amtlicher Quellen Des Reichsarchivs

Dr Steuber [ed.] · 1925 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

Berlin, Gerhard Stalling, 1925. Hardback. The narrative of a battle fought by the German fighters on the Holy Land, from their diary entries and based on official sources of the Reich's archives. An excellent example of the second edition. The second German edition, seldo...

Defence of the Realm Act in Ireland

Anonymous · 1915 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.81 | $218.02 | ¥34,820)

Dublin, Committee of Public Safety, 1915. Brochure/Pamphlet. A nice copy of this very scarce pamphlet, questioning the use of DORA in Ireland during the First World War. Very scarce work.A pamphlet looking into the Defence of the Realm Act (DORA) that was put in place during W...