Storia moderna

Pre-War Diplomacy- Fresh Revelations

E.D. Morel · 1919 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

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 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

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...

A Military Consul in Turkey the Experiences & Impressions of a British Representative in Asia Minor

Captain A. F. Townshend · 1910 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.26 | $726.63 | ¥116,033)

London, Seeley & Co. Limited, 1910. First edition. Cloth. A superb, scarce first edition of Captain Townshend's military account of the British in Turkey, previously owned by physician Dame Louise McIlroy. A first edition of the military memoire and history of Turkey, by ...

Morceaux Choisis de Victor Hugo Poesie

Victor Hugo · 1831 · Rooke Books

£58.00 (€69.52 | $76.63 | ¥12,236)

Paris, Libraire Ch. Delagrave, c1908 (Undated, dated approximat. Leather. Paris: Libraire Ch. Delagrave, c1908 (Undated, dated approximately from a copy held by the University of Bristol Libraries). Leather. Very Good Indeed. 6.5" by 4". None. A handsome, quarter mottled calf ...

Social Caricature in the Eighteenth Century

George Paston [Emily Morse Symonds] · 1905 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Methuen & Co. 1905. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon first edition of this reflection on 18th Century social commentary through caricature, richly illustrated. An uncommon first edition of this insightful history. This work reflects on the contents and methods of soci...

History of Cartography

Leo Bagrow; R. A. Skelton [ed.] · 1964 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press, 1964. Cloth. An uncommon and expansive 1964 edition of this well-illustrated history, in original dust wrapper and slipcase, featuring many colour plates. An uncommon 1964 copy of the revised edition, first published in 1963,...

5 Vols Gibbon&Apos;S History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: For the Use of Families and Young Persons, Reprinted from the Original Text, with the Careful Omission of All Passages of an Irreligious or Immoral Tendency

Thomas Bowdler · 1826 · Rooke Books

£695.00 (€833.07 | $918.19 | ¥146,623)

London, Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1826 . Leather. A complete five-volume family edition of Gibbon"s detailed history of the Roman Empire, carefully expurgated for moral and religious propriety, in a handsome full calf Bickers and Son binding.  In a handsome full ...

A Short History of the English People

John Richard Green; Mrs. J.R. Green and Miss Kate Norgate (ed) · 1892 · Rooke Books

£510.00 (€611.32 | $673.78 | ¥107,594)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1892-1894. Leather. A finely bound set of the Illustrated Edition of Green's influential history of England. Each volume has a bookbinder's stamp for Pearse, Warrington, to the verso of the front free-endpaper. Featuring numerous illustratio...

Modes and Manners

Max Von Boehn · 1932 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,207)

London, George G Harrap & Company Ltd, 1932-1935. Cloth. A fascinating and standard work on the history of costume and fashion, complete in four volumes. A set of this work by Max Von Boehn. Complete in four volumes. Volume I contains: From the Decline of the Ancient World to ...

History the County Palatine and Duchy of Lancaster

Edward Baines · 1836 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€898.99 | $990.85 | ¥158,227)

London, Fisher Son and Co. 1836. Leather. A topographical work on The County Palatine and the Duchy of Lancaster. A four volume set in a uniform leather binding. Illustrated across all volumes with many plates. Plates comprise of both portraits and maps. Complete with all plat...

The Works of William Robertson

William Robertson, Dugald Stewart · 1840 · Rooke Books

£700.00 (€839.06 | $924.80 | ¥147,678)

London, T. Cadell, 1840. Leather. A uncommon eight volume complete set of The Works of William Robertson, in attractive leather bindings. Including a biography of the author, as well as his notable historical works on Scotland, the reign of Charles V, America and India. Includ...

Letters and Papers Illustrative of the Wars of the English in France During the Reign of Henry the Sixth, King of England

Joseph Stevenson · 1861 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts and Green, 1861-64. Cloth. A three volume set of this work relating to Henry the Sixth. Complete in three volumes. Part II is split into two volumes. Edited by Joseph Stevenson, English Catholic archivist and editor of historical texts....

The Works of Professor Wilson of the University of Edinburgh

Professor Ferrier · 1865 · Rooke Books

£385.00 (€461.48 | $508.64 | ¥81,223)

Edinburgh, William Blackwood, 1865. Cloth. An extensive collection of work by Professor Ferrier. Consisting of: Vol I, II, III, IV Noctes Ambrosianae Vol V, VI, VII, VIII Essay, Critical and Imaginative Vol X, IX Recreations of Christopher North Vol XI Tales Vol XII Poems With...

The National and Domestic History of England

William Hickman Smith Aubrey · 1858 · Rooke Books

£252.99 (€303.25 | $334.24 | ¥53,373)

London, James Hagger, c1879. Leather. An leather bound illustrated copy of William Hickman Smith Aubrey's 'History of England' Leather bound with decorative gilt tooling to spine and cloth covered boards. Illustrated with colour and engraved plates, as well as n...

The History of England from the Accession of James II

Thomas Babington Macaulay · 1853 · Rooke Books

£600.00 (€719.20 | $792.68 | ¥126,581)

London, Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1853. Leather. A complete set of Macaulay's renowned History of England. Ninth edition. Thomas Babington Macaulay was a British poet, historian and Whig politician. He wrote extensively as an essayist and reviewer, and on Britis...

Critical and Historical Essays, Contributed to the Edinburgh Review

Lord Macaulay · 1860 · Rooke Books

£245.00 (€293.67 | $323.68 | ¥51,687)

London, Longman, Brown and Green, Longmans and Roberts, 1860. Leather. A handsome three volume set of the critical and historical essays of Lord Macaulay Including essays on: Milton, Machiavelli, Southey's Edition of the Pilgrim's Progress, and Moore's Life of L...

The History of Great Britain, from the First Invasion of It by the Romans Under Julius Caesar & the History of Great Britain from the Death of Henry VIII to the Accession of James VI of Scotland to the Crown of England

Robert Henry; James Pettit Andrews · 1788 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€898.99 | $990.85 | ¥158,227)

London, T Cadell et al. 1788-1796. Leather. All volumes of Robert Henry's History of Great Britain plus James Pettit Andrews' continuation. Two books are bound in each volume. Direct from the Regency library of Elizabeth Greenly, later Lady Elizabeth Coffin Greenly. ...

The Works of William Robertson in Twelve Volumes

William Robertson · 1812 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.26 | $726.63 | ¥116,033)

London , Cadell and Davies , 1812. Leather. A set of The Works of William Robertson, Fellow of the Royal Society, and Principal of the University, of Edinburgh, Historiographer to His Majesty for Scotland, and Member of the Royal Academy of History at Madrid. To which is prefi...

British Foreign Policy in the Second World War

Sir Llewellyn Woodward · 1970 · Rooke Books

£200.00 (€239.73 | $264.23 | ¥42,194)

London , Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1970-1976. Cloth. A first edition of Sir Llewellyn Woodward's history of British foreign policy during the Second World War. Part of an enormous and meticulous project undertaken by the government to provide a official histor...

A Short History of the English People

J. R. Green · 1892 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.13 | ¥61,181)

London , Macmillan and Co. 1892. Cloth. The illustrated edition of John Richard Green's Short History of the English People. With twenty-six coloured plates, and numerous other illustrations and maps throughout. John Richard Green (1837 - 1883) was an English historian. H...