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2 Vols Chronicles of England, France, Spain and the Adjoining Countries, from the Latter Part of the Reign of Edward II. To the Coronation of Henry IV.
Sir John Froissart [Jean Froissart]; Thomas Johnes [trans.] · 1855 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)
London, Henry G. Bohn , 1855 . Leather. A two-volume Bohn reissue in half morocco, richly illustrated with Humphreys" illuminated plates, presenting Johnes"s classic English translation of Froissart"s chronicle of England, France, Spain, and the adjoining countries. In a half ...
The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of France, King of Italy, &C. &C. From His Birth to the Present Time; Including His Parentage, Military Achievements, Remarkable Actions, Speeches, Battles & Victories; and a Full Account of His Campaigns in France, Italy, Germany, Egypt, Syria, Spain, Poland, Portugal, Prussia, Piedmont, and Russia; Interspersed with Anecdotes and Biographical Memoirs of the Principal Generals in the French Armies
1814 · Rooke Books
£296.00 (€354.85 | $391.12 | ¥62,465)
London, Printed and Published by W. Mason, [1814]. Paperback. A very scarce copy of this account of French Revolutionary General Napoleon Bonaparte. A very scarce work.Placed in a blue paper wrap, with text block unattached. Illustrated with a coloured frontispiece, depicting...
India&Apos;S Army
Major Donovan Jackson · 1940 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)
London, Sampson Low , [1940]. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated account of the British Indian Army, with coloured illustrations, and collectible cigarette cards tipped in. A work by the British Army Officer Major Donovan Jackson.The volume provides an account of the British Ind...
The Farmer&Apos;S Outlook: A Review of Home and Overseas Agriculture, 1880-1913
Ralph T. Hinckes · 1913 · Rooke Books
£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)
London, Jarrold & Sons , [1913]. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of Ralph T. Hinckes"s study of global agriculture and food prices in the decades before the First World War. In the publisher's original red cloth binding. First edition. This copy is undated. Dated her...
Hannibal and the Roman Age
Harold Lamb; A.F. Scott · 1959 · Rooke Books
£57.00 (€68.33 | $75.32 | ¥12,029)
London, White Lion Publishers Limited; Robert Hale LTD, 1959-1977 . First edition. Cloth. A fascinating two volume set of works on Ancient Rome, with the original dust wrappers. A lovely two volume set of works on Rome. Both in their original cloth bindings, in the original d...
An Old Story of My Farming Days (Ut Mine Stromtid)
Fritz Reuter; M.W. Macdowall · 1878 · Rooke Books
£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)
Leipzig, Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1878. Cloth. A very scarce complete three volume set of autobiographical farming works by German novelist Fritz Reuter. A very scarce complete three volume set of autobiographical works.The authorized editions.In full green cloth binding. A work b...
Harold the Norseman
Fred Whishaw · 1897 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)
London, T. Nelson and Sons, 1897. First edition. Cloth. A charming historical fiction that dramatizes the legendary life of Harald Hardraada, including his exploits in Scandinavia, Constantinople and Stamford Bridge. Harold The Norseman, A very scarce and charming fictional na...
Cha-No-Yu the Japanese Tea Ceremony
A. L. Sadler · 1933 · Rooke Books
£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)
Japan; London, J. L. Thompson & Co. (Retail) Ltd.; Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd. 1933. First edition. Cloth. An incredibly scarce first edition of this illustrated historical work. A very scarce first edition by A. L. Sadler, Professor of Oriental Studies at the Unive...
A Manual of Marine Zoology for the British Isles Part I. And Part II.
Philip Henry Gosse · 1855 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)
London, John Van Voorst, 1855-1856. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon complete pair of well-illustrated zoological works by the "Father of the Aquarium". A smart pair of first edition works by influential English naturalist, Brethren evangelist, and "Father of the Aquarium" Ph...
The Book of the Martyrs of Tolpuddle 1834-1934
A. Conley; Sidney Webb; Walter M. Citrine; et al. · 1934 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)
London, The Trades Union Congress General Council, 1934. First edition. Cloth. An abundantly illustrated first edition of this historical account of the Martyrs of Tolpuddle. The first edition of the work.In publisher's original green cloth binding.A history of the Martyr...
The Book of the Meat Trade
Frank Gerrard [ed.] · 1950 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)
London, The Caxton Publishing Company, 1950 . Cloth. A comprehensive 2 volume set of the intricacies of the meat trade, with numerous illustrations throughout. A comprehensive complete two volume set on the meat trade.The third reprints of the work, first published in 1949.In ...
The Book of Julian
Norah Gribble · 1923 · Rooke Books
£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)
Not Stated, None, 1923 . First edition. Hardback. The very scarce first edition of Norah Gribble's biography of her son, Captain Julian Royds Gribble, who died in a POW camp fourteen days after the First World War had concluded. The vanishingly scarce first edition of thi...
British Imperial Calendar and Ridgway&Apos;S Peerage for 1834
The British Almanac; James Ridgway · 1834 · Rooke Books
£180.00 (€215.79 | $237.85 | ¥37,985)
London, Winchester and Varnham; James Ridgway, 1834 . Leather. Two handsomely bound and scarce volumes of peerages and reference works for 1834, with both the Imperial Calendar and Ridgway's Peerage for the year present. Beautifully bound in straight grain morocco signed ...
The Origin and History of a Great Industry
The Pioneers Ant. Jurgens' Margarine Works · 1910 · Rooke Books
£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)
Oss, Ant. Jurgens' Margarine Works, 1910. First edition. Cloth. Very scarce profusely illustrated history of the influential Antoon Jurgens Margarine Works. Very scarce first edition.In publisher's original binding.Profusely illustrated with an illustrated title page...
The Antiquities of London: Comprising Views and Historical Descriptions of Its Principal Buildings; Also Anecdotes of Eminent Persons Connected Therewith
Thomas Pennant · 1818 · Rooke Books
£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)
London, Printed for J. Coxhead, 1818. Leather. The second one-volume edition of this early 19th-century history of London, complete with fifty engraved plates. Second edition, in one volume. A new edition in two volumes preceded this in 1813.Bound in half crushed morocco, with...
Rambles in Greater London a Short History of Lincoln&Apos;S Inn London Triumphant 14 Stanhope Gate Fashionably Situate in May Fair Covent Garden a Volume of Drawings by Imre Hofbauer the Other London London Is London a Selection of Prose & Verse the Hurlingham Club 1869-1953 the Orrible Synne a Look at London Lechery from Roman to Cromwellian Times
Walter Jerrod; Sir Gerald Hurst; Sydney R. Jones; A. N. Holden and Co; Desmond Shawe-Taylor; Imre Hofbauer; D. M. Low; Captain Taprell Dorling; C. J. Burford · 1925 · Rooke Books
£275.00 (€329.68 | $363.37 | ¥58,033)
London and Glasgow; London; New York; Norwich; Brussels, Blackie & Son Limited; Constable; The Studio Publications; Boulton & Paul Ltd; Max Parrish & Co. Limited; Nicholson and Watson; , [1925] Undated, dated from a cop. Cloth. London and Glasgow; London; New York; Norwich; Br...
A Hundred Year History of the P. &0. Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company
Boyd Cable · 1937 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)
London, Ivor Nicholson and Watson, 1937 . First edition. Cloth. An abundantly illustrated first edition copy of this comprehensive historical account of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. The first edition of the work.In publisher's original blue cloth ...
Chirurgie de Guillaume de Salicet
Guillaume de Salicet; Paul Pifteau · 1898 · Rooke Books
£265.00 (€317.69 | $350.16 | ¥55,923)
Toulouse, Saint-Cyprien, 1898. First edition. Cloth. An excellent example of the very scarce limited edition first edition of Paul Pifteau's French language translation of William of Saliceto's 'Chirurgia', on the importance of the surgical knife. Translate...
The Works of Soame Jenyns
Soame Jenyns; Charles Nalson Cole · 1790 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)
Dublin, P. Wogan, P. Byrne, W. M'Kenoie et al; William Porter, 1790-1791 . First edition. Leather. The scarce first Dublin edition of the collected theological and miscellaneous works of English M.P. Soame Jenyns, complete in two volumes. The scarce first Dublin edition o...
For Daws to Peck at
Monk Gibbon · 1929 · Rooke Books
£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)
London, Victor Gollancz Limited, 1929. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon presentation copy, in original dust wrapper, and inscribed to the author's friend, publisher Alister Mathews. An uncommon example of a presentation copy of this title, in its original, unclipped dust...