Storia moderna

Ratio Constiutae Nuper Reipub. Angliae, Scotiae, Hiberniae, Una Cum Insulis Aliisque Locis Ejus Ditioni Subjectis, Penes Dom. Protectorem & Parlamentum in Qua Ostenditur, Constitutionem Hanc Non Modo Priorum Mutationum Rationibus Convenire, & Exillis Necessario Sequi; Sed Iis Etiam, Quae a Parlamento & Exercitu Delarata Palam Atque Acta Sunt, Prorsus Esse Consentaneam. Quae Quidem Sensus Atque Judiciuro Hominum Complurium Est, Qui Per Has Omnes Rerum Inclinationes Ac Motus, & Dei & Patriae Causa

1654 · Rooke Books

£499.99 (€599.40 | $660.67 | ¥105,513)

London, T. Newcomb, 1654. Cloth. A scarce Latin pamphlet on the Commonwealth of England. A scarce work. A Latin translation of: "A true state of the case of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the dominions thereto belonging. " Collated, complete. Rebound i...

Marie-Antoinette Correspondance Secrte Entre Marie-Therese Et le Cte de Mercy-Argenteau Avec Les Lettres de Marie-Therese Et de Marie-Antoinette

Marie-Antoinette; M. Le Chevalier Alfred D'Arneth · 1874 · Rooke Books

£220.00 (€263.74 | $290.70 | ¥46,427)

Paris, Librairie de Firmin Didiot Frres, 1874. Vellum. A rare work on Marie Antoinette in a smart vellum binding, in the original French. A selection of the letters written between Marie Antoinette and her mother, Marie-Therese, including the letters between the Queen of Austr...

Les Marechaux de Napoleon

Desire Lacroix · 1896 · Rooke Books

£99.99 (€119.87 | $132.12 | ¥21,101)

London, Garnier Freres, 1896. Leather. A smartly bound copy of this historical work on Napoleon, in the original French. A detailed and fascinating French history book about Napoleon's Marshalls. Featuring fifty four portraits and engravings. Two armorial bookplates to fr...

The Generall Historie of the Turkes

Richard Knolles · 1610 · Rooke Books

£6,900.00 (€8,271.94 | $9,117.39 | ¥1,456,104)

London, Adam Islip, 1610. Leather. The second edition of this major work in English of Ottoman history, enlarged from the first edition, and rather more sought after and valuable than the first as a result. Though lacking a couple of leaves, the author's text is complete,...

Ten Tracts by or Relating to Joanna Southcotte

Various · 1806 · Rooke Books

£2,399.99 (€2,877.19 | $3,171.25 | ¥506,469)

London, Various, 1806-9. Leather. Ten tracts by or related to Joanne Southcotte. Comprising of: The Full Assurance that the Kingdom of Christ is at Hand from the Signs of the Times, 1806 – London – Printed by S. Rousseau The Long-Wished for Revolution Announced to be at Hand...

The History, CIVIL and Commercial, of the British Colonies in the West Indies in Two Volumes

Bryan Edwards · 1793 · Rooke Books

£1,900.00 (€2,277.78 | $2,510.59 | ¥400,956)

London, John Stockdale, 1793 . Leather. A set of The History, Civil and Commercial, of the British Colonies in the Est Indies by Bryan Edwards. Complete in two volumes. With one large folding map on two separate sheets in volume I, and three double-page and three folding lette...

Notice Historique Des Evenements Qui Se Sont Passes Dans L&Apos;Administration de L&Apos;Opera, la Nuit Du 13 Fevrier

Roullet · 1820 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)

Paris , P. Didot , 1820. Leather. A scarce historical account of the assassination of the Duke of Berry at the Paris Opera. First edition, very small print run. "Only a few copies escaped destruction" according to reference clipping tipped-in to front paste down. Scarce. With...

A New and Compleat History and Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster

'A Society of Gentleman'; Henry Chamberlain · 1770 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.47 | $594.61 | ¥94,963)

London, J. Cooke , 1770. Leather. A large, richly illustrated history of London "by a Society of Gentleman", revised by Henry Chamberlain. The revised, corrected and improved edition by Henry Chamberlain. Bound in full calf. Rebacked, with later spine and contemporary boards ...

Sinai and Palestine in Connection with Their History

Arthur Penrhyn Stanley · 1862 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, John Murray, 1862 . Leather. A twelfth thousand of Arthur Penrhyn Stanley"s Sinai and Palestine, an illustrated exploration of Holy Land travel, geography, and church history, in a contemporary half calf binding. In a contemporary half calf binding with marbled paper b...

The Life and Remains of the Rev. Edward Daniel Clarke

William Otter · 1824 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.47 | $594.61 | ¥94,963)

London, George Cowie & Co. 1824 . First edition. Leather. A handsomely bound first edition of the only work solely dedicated to clergyman and minerologist Edward Daniel Clarke, from his friend William Otter. The first edition of this work.Illustrated with a portrait frontispie...

Golden Lads a Study of Anthony Bacon, Francis and Their Friends

Daphne du Maurier · 1975 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1975. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon first edition of Daphne du Maurier's biography, with colour and monochrome plates. An uncommon first edition of Daphne du Maurier's historical biography of the aristocratic brothers Anthony and Fran...

Stanley Morison

Nicolas Barker · 1972 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Macmillan, 1972. First edition. Hardback. A signed, illustrated first edition biography of typographer Stanley Morison, penned by printing historian Nicolas Barker. A lovely first edition biography of British typographer Stanley Arthur Morison, who was responsible for ...

Cock-a-Hoop a Bibliography of the Golden Cockerel Press

David Chambers [ed.]; Christopher Sandford [ed.] · 1962 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Private Libraries Association; For the Golden Cockerel Press, c.1962. Cloth. A charming, illustrated bibliography of publications released by the Golden Cockerel Press, illustrated throughout. An account of the publishing history of the Golden Cockerel Press, which ope...

On England and Other Addresses

Stanley Baldwin · 1926 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.68 | $363.37 | ¥58,033)

London, Philip Allan & Co. Ltd. 1926. Hardback. A scarce first edition essay title, in original unclipped dust wrapper. A scarce essay title by former Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin, who served as Prime Minister three times - between 1923-1924, 1924-1929, 1935-1937.A first edi...

The Centennial Frog, and Other Stories

1877 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

Philadelphia, Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, 1877 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce collection of children's short stories, illustrated throughout with black and white engravings, in the publisher's original pictorial cloth. The first edi...

The Housekeeping Book of Susanna Whatman

Susanna Whatman; Thomas Balston · 1956 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, Geoffrey Bles Ltd. 1956 . First edition. Cloth. Lovely first edition providing insight into the running of Turkey House, of which Susanna Whatman was mistress. The first edition published by Geoffrey Bles.In publisher's original cream cloth binding.Illustrated wit...

The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, in the County of Southampton

Gilbert White Thomas Bell [ed.] · 1877 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.68 | $363.37 | ¥58,033)

London, John Van Voorst, 1877. Cloth. A very smart first Bell edition of Gilbert White's important natural history of Selborne, edited by zoologist Thomas Bell. First Thomas Bell edition in the publisher's original cloth binding. Complete in two volumes. Volume I is...

London and Its Environs

Karl Baedeker · 1894 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

Leipsic, Karl Baedeker, 1894. Cloth. The ninth revised edition of an informative traveller's handbook for tourists wishing to explore London's magnificent City and West End. The ninth revised edition of London and Its Environs, an attractive handbook for tourists, wr...

A Glossary of English Furniture of the Historic Periods

Edwin J. Layton; J. Penderel-Brodhurst · 1925 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, John Murray, 1925 . First edition. Cloth. A scarce signed and inscribed first edition copy of this comprhensive glossary of English furniture. A scarce first edition copy of the work.Signed and inscribed by the author Edwin J. Layton.Signed to the front free endpaper, ...

The History of Scotland; History of Gustavus Vasa; the Cottages of Glenburnie; Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia and Poland; Travels in Hindustan and China; the Sea; the Life and Miscellaneous Writings of Benjamin Franklin

William Robertson; J. Von Archenholz; Mrs Elizabeth Hamilton; J.L. Stephens; Howard Malcom; Benjamin Franklin · 1837 · Rooke Books

£650.00 (€779.24 | $858.88 | ¥137,169)

Edinburgh, William and Robert Chambers, 1837-1849. Leather. Seven volumes smartly bound into one, with works on history, travel, and notable figures. Seven volumes in one.In half navy calf, with marbled boards.Comprising of:1837 The Cottagers of Glenburnie, A Tale. By Mrs Eliz...