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Lessons of the War with Spain and Other Articles
Alfred T. Mahan · 1899 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)
London, Sampson Low, Marston and Company, 1899. Cloth. A collection of essays looking at naval history, mostly at the effect of the Spanish War, illustrated with two folding maps. This work is an essay discussing the lessons of the war with Spain, looking at how the war affect...
Reminiscences of Admiral Montagu
Victor A. Montagu · 1910 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)
London, Edward Arnold, 1910. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this entertaining collection of reminiscences of Victorian naval and social life, by Admiral Victor A. Montagu. Victor Montagu was a British Naval officer who saw considerable service in the latter half...
Histoire Abregee Des Campagnes Modernes
J. Vial · 1876 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)
Paris, J. Dumaine, 1876. Leather. A two volume set of works, in the original French, by J. Vial, exploring this history of military campaigns from as early at the seventeenth century. Second edition. This interesting work of military history explore the history of military cam...
Great Horton in Bye-Gone Days Historical Sketches of Great Horton and History and Opening of the Lidget Green Tramway. August, 1900
James Parker · 1900 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)
Bradford, J Feather & Son, 1900. Cloth. A very scarce work exploring the history and opening of the tramways of Lidget Green Tramway, in Great Horton West Yorkshire. A lovely piece of local history, perfect those with an interest in the tramways of England. A very scarce work....
The History of England
David Hume; Tobias Smollett; T. S. Hughes · 1834 · Rooke Books
£700.00 (€839.18 | $924.95 | ¥147,721)
London, A. J. Valpy, 1834 - 1836. Cloth. A twenty volume set documenting the history of England, from B.C. 55 to A.D. 1813 Incomplete in twenty volumes out of twenty-one. Lacking Volume XX, which documents to years 1814 to 1824. "The History of England" by David Hume From the ...
The Snuff Shop
John Arlott · 1974 · Rooke Books
£135.00 (€161.84 | $178.38 | ¥28,489)
London, Michael Joseph, 1974. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this interesting illustrated work detailing the history of snuff. A review copy, with review slip loosely inserted to the front of the work. Profusely illustrated with one coloured plate and many other mo...
Memorable Days in America: Being a Journal of a Tour to the United States
W. Faux · 1823 · Rooke Books
£390.00 (€467.54 | $515.33 | ¥82,302)
London, W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 1823 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of Faux"s first-hand account of American travel and British emigration, with particularly important observations on Birkbeck"s Illinois settlement. In a contemporary half calf binding with mar...
Dictionary of Dates and Universal Reference, Relating to All Ages and Nations; Comprehending Every Remarkable Occurrence, Ancient and Modern- the Foundation, Laws, and Governments of Countries- Their Progress in Civilization, Industry, and Science- Their Achievements in Arms- the Political and Social Transactions of the British Empire- Its CIVIL, Military, and Religious Institutions- the Origin and Advance of Human Arts and Inventions, with Copious Details of England, Scotland, and Ireland;
Joseph Haydn · 1841 · Rooke Books
£750.00 (€899.12 | $991.02 | ¥158,272)
London, Edward Moxon, 1841. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of this extensive history of the world by British journalist Joseph Timothy Hind, rarely seen on the market and in its original cloth binding. The first edition of this work. Exceptionally scarce on the...
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Edward Gibbon · 1802 · Rooke Books
£995.00 (€1,192.84 | $1,314.75 | ¥209,974)
London, A. Strahan; T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies, 1802 . Leather. An impressive twelve volume edition of Gibbon's magnum opus, handsomely bound in tree calf, tracing Western civilization from the height of the Roman Empire to the fall of Byzantium in the 15th century. C...
Verona and Other Lectures
John Ruskin · 1894 · Rooke Books
£122.00 (€146.26 | $161.21 | ¥25,746)
London, George Allen, 1894. First edition. Cloth. A wonderful limited large-paper edition of this essay collection by John Ruskin, with numerous illustrations throughout by Ruskin himself. The Large Paper Edition, published simultaneously with the first trade edition. Limited ...
Sketches of East Lothian
D. Croal, [rev.by W.A. Baird] · 1904 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)
Haddington, 'The Courier Office', 1904. Cloth. The fourth and revised edition of a scarce collection of local tales regarding the historic Scottish county of East Lothian. The fourth and revised edition of the scarce Sketches of East Lothian, a collection of stories ...
The Revolutions of Portugal
Abbot De Vertot [Rene-Aubert Vertot] · 1724 · Rooke Books
£220.00 (€263.74 | $290.70 | ¥46,427)
London, W. Taylor, 1724. Leather. An early English translation of Rene-Aubert Vertot's history of Portugal's revolutions, in full panelled calf. A contemporary English translation of Revolutions de Portugal. "Done into English from the last French edition". In conte...
The Natural History of Selborne and Observations on Nature
Gilbert White · 1904 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)
Toronto , Musson Book Co. Ltd, 1904. Cloth. A pleasing two-volume set of White's illustrated Natural History of Selborne and Observations on Nature with black and white photographic illustrations by Clifton Johnson throughout. In the publisher's original cloth. Compl...
Le SysteãâoeãâMe Palatial En Orient, En GreãâoeãâCe Et aãâoeãâ Rome: Actes Du Colloque de Strasbourg, 19-22 Juin, 1985
Various [ed. by Ãdmond Levy] · 1987 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)
Strasbourg, Brill, 1987. Paperback. A comprehensive volume on palaces across the Ancient world from the Strasbourg Colloquium from the University of Science and Humanities, including Babylonian and Roman. Le SysteÃÂOeÃÂme Palatial en Orient, En GreÃÂOeÃÂce et aÃÂOeÃÂ ...
Abridgement of the Annals of Glasgow Comprising an Account of the Public Buildings, Charities and the Rise and Progress of the City
James Cleland · 1817 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)
Glasgow, E. Khull & Co. 1817. Leather. A pleasing early abridged edition of James Cleland's thorough historical record for the city of Glasgow, rebound in full calf. The abridged, second edition of the Annals of Glasgow, first published in two volumes in 1816 by the Glasg...
The Rise of the Dutch Republic: A History
John Lothrop Motley · 1862 · Rooke Books
£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)
London, Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, 1862. Leather. Handsome full-calf complete set of Motley's first influential history of the Netherlands. Complete in three volumes.Handsomely bound in full brown calf with marbled endpapers.Written by important American diplomat Jo...
The Reichstag Fire Trial: The Second Brown Book of the Hitler Terror
Georgi Dimitrov [Dimitroff]; D. N. Pritt; Lion Feuchtwanger · 1934 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)
London, John Lane The Bodley Head , 1934 . First edition. Cloth. A pleasing copy of the first English edition of this scarce Reichstag Fire Trial historical work by Georgi Dimitrov, illustrated with black and white photographs. The first English edition. A scarce legal and hi...
The Fowler in Ireland: Notes on the Haunts and Habits of Wild Fowl and Sea Fowl
Sir Ralph Payne-Gallwey · 1882 · Rooke Books
£115.00 (€137.87 | $151.96 | ¥24,268)
London, John Van Voorst, 1882. First edition. Cloth. A comprehensive guide into shooting birds across Ireland, including a variety of illustrations and boat designs, written by ballistics expert Ralph Payne-Gallwey. The first edition of The Fowler in Ireland: Notes on the Haun...
Pre-War Diplomacy- Fresh Revelations
E.D. Morel · 1919 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)
London, The Independent Labour Party, [1919]. Paperback. A scarce copy of this pamphlet summarising German documentary evidence presented to the Peace Conference in World War One. A scarce work.A sequel to "Truth and the War".In the publisher's original red paper wraps. ...
1915 the Archaeological Survey of Nubia. Report for 1909-1910
C. M. Firth · 1915 · Rooke Books
£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)
Cairo, Government Press, 1915. First edition. Hardback. An incredibly scarce first edition, reporting archaeological finds in Nubia, 1909-1910, illustrated, with folding plans. An incredibly scarce first edition account of the archaeological achievements across Nubia in the ye...