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The Downfall of Parliamentarianism a Retrospect for the Accounting Day
William O'Brien · 1918 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)
Dublin and London, Maunsel & Company Limited, 1918. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A very scarce first edition pamphlet by William O'Brien, written at a critical time in Irish history. The very scarce first edition of this work.An interesting pamphlet on the downfall o...
London: Its Celebrated Characters and Remarkable Places
J. Heneage Jesse · 1871 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)
London, Richard Bentley, 1871. Cloth. A fascinating three volume collection regarding London's history and people, bound in the publisher's original cloth. This work merges Heneage Jesse's works 'Literary and Historical Memorials of London' and 'L...
Lords, Lieutenants, and High Sheriffs of Oxfordshire
John Marriott Davenport · 1868 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)
Oxford, At the Clarendon Press , 1868. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this charming works comprising lists of lord, lieutenants, and high sheriffs of Oxfordshire by John Davenport. The author's presentation copy with two signed letters tipped in. The fi...
The Corridors of Time
Harold Peake, Herbert John Fleure · 1929 · Rooke Books
£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)
Oxford , Oxford at the clarendon Press, 1929-1933. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of these three volumes in 'The Corridors of Time' series by Harold Peake and Herbert Fleure, exploring the history of civilisation. The first edition of this fascinating set of...
Banbury Chap Books and Nursery Toy Books Literature
Various · 1890 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)
London, Arthur reader, 1890. Cloth. An illustrated limited edition work looking at the popular chapbooks of the Victorian era, illustrated with the original woodcuts throughout. A limited edition work, limited to five-hundred small paper copies, and fifty large paper copies. T...
A Brief Account of the Earthquake the Solemn Event Which Occurred Near Axmouth Devonshire on the 25th December 1839
Anon · 1840 · Rooke Books
£4,900.00 (€5,874.28 | $6,474.67 | ¥1,034,045)
London, James Nisbett and Co, 1840. First edition. Paperback. An extremely scarce account of the great landslip of Christmas Day 1839 on the East Devon coastline which created what is now known as 'the undercliff&apos. An extremely scarce work, with no other copy seen in ...
Tale of the Disorder in Hãâ-ãâGen
Anonymous; William R. Wilson [ed.] · 1971 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)
Tokyo, Sophia University , 1971. First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of this major Japanese military chronicle, an important piece of heroic literature in Japanese tradition. The first UK edition, translated and edited with annotations and an essay by William R. Wilson....
Froissart in Britain
Henry Newbolt · 1902 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)
London, James Nisbet & Co. 1902. Fine Binding. A prize binding detailing the history of the Hundred Years' War in Britain, written by Henry Newbolt. Froissart's Chronicles tells the history of the Hundred Years' War in prosaic form, and was written in the fourte...
The Story of Seventy Momentous Years: The Life and Times of King George V
Harold Wheeler · 1936 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)
London, Odhams Press, 1936. First edition. Cloth. A superior first edition copy of this fascinating illustrated biography of King George V, a tribute in occasion of his death in 1936. The first edition of this work, in the uncommon and unclipped dustwrapper. Comprising the bi...
La Catiniere
Georges Montorgueil; [Octave Lebesgue] · 1898 · Rooke Books
£145.00 (€173.83 | $191.60 | ¥30,599)
Paris, Boivin et Cie, 1898. Hardback. A colourfully illustrated history of the cantiniere during the Napoleonic Wars, illustrated by Job. In the original French.A history of the cantiniere during the Napoleonic Wars, looking at the roles played by women in the military during ...
The Wild Flowers of Repton
William Wyatt; C. G. Thornton · 1866 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)
London, Bemrose and Sons, 1866. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce study of the flora of Repton, illustrated with a folding map. The very scarce first edition of this work.A study of the natural wild flora of Repton, a village in South Derbyshire, on t...
Storia D&Apos;Italia
Carlo Bertelli, Giulio Bollati · 1979 · Rooke Books
£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)
Torino, Giulio Einaudi, 1979. First edition. Cloth. A fantastic reprint of the first edition copy of these illustrated volumes portraying the history of Italy from 1845 to 1945. A reprint of the first edition of this work. TwoA fascinating two volumes on the history of Italy f...
A History of British Publishing
John Feather · 1988 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)
London, Croom Helm, 1988. First edition. Cloth. A fine first edition of this detailed history of publishing in Britain, an immensely interesting study of this subject. The first edition of this work.In the original unclipped dustwrapper.A comprehensive history of the publishin...
A Byron Library a Catalogue of Printed Books, Manuscripts and Autograph Letters
George Gordon Noel · 1928 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)
London, Private Circulation, 1928. Cloth. A limited edition unique bibliography on the literary works of Lord Byron, illustrated with many plates. A limited edition work, limited to two-hundred copies, printed for private circulation.An extensive catalogue, noting the works wr...
The Wisdom of Andrew Boorde
Andew Boorde; H Edmund Poole · 1936 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)
London, Edgar Backus, 1936. First edition. Paperback. A very smart, beautifully produced abridgement of Andrew Boorde's 'The Dyetary of Health&apos. Providing a fantastic insight into the organisation of a Tudor household. The first edition of this abridgement. Illu...
La Vie Nomade Et Les Routes D&Apos;Angleterre Au Xive Siecle
J. J. Jusserand · 1884 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)
Paris, Hachette et Cie, 1884. Leather. A fascinating French history study on the English life in the Middle Ages. A fascinating copy of 'La Vie Nomade et les Routes D'Angleterre au XIVe Siecle&apos. Written as part of the 'Les Anglais au Moyen Age&apos.Written b...
A History of the English-Speaking Peoples
Winston Churchill · 1956 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)
London, Cassell and Company LTD, 1956. First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first impression, of the second volume in Winston Churchill's impressive history of England. The first edition, first impression, of this work.In the original price-clipped dustwrapper.Volume ...
Memoire Aux Chambres a L&Apos;Occasion Des Evenemens de Lyon
Theodore Benazet · 1831 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)
Paris, Levavasseur Libraire, 1831. First edition. Disbound. A scarce political pamphlet regarding the Canut Revolts in Lyon during the 1830s . The first, and only edition of this pamphlet.In the original French. Written by Theodore Benazet, a French politician from Paris. He ...
Liberte de la Presse Proces de M Bertin Aine
Francois-Rene de Chateaubriand · 1829 · Rooke Books
£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)
Morinval, Pihan-Delaforest, 1829. First edition. Disbound. An important excerpt from Francois-Rene de Chateaubriand's periodical 'Liberte de la Presse&apos. This excerpt regards the trial of M Bertin Aine. Disbound. In French. This excerpt is the proceedings of the...
Catalogue of the Fossil Bryozoa in the Department of Geology British Museum
J W Gregory · 1899 · Rooke Books
£145.00 (€173.83 | $191.60 | ¥30,599)
London, Longmans and Co, 1899. First edition. Cloth. A complete first edition set of this uncommon work regarding the Fossil Bryozoa in the British Museum. Bookplate to the front pastedown of all volumes 'Presented by the Trustees of The British Museum' and to the re...