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The Times Printing Number Reprinted from the 40,000th Issue of the Times, Tuesday, September 10, 1912

1912 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

London , John Parkinson Bland , 1912. Cloth. A very scarce copy of a reprint from the 40,000th issue of The Times, Tuesday, September 10, 1912, with 9 plates and advertisements. A very scarce copy, reprinted from the 40,000th issue of The Times, Tuesday, September 10, 1912. I...

Peasant Customs and Savage Myths Selections from the British Folklorists

Richard M. Dorson [ed.] · 1968 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London , Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1968. First edition. Cloth. A lovely two volume set of works tracing the historical development of the idea of folklore from the sixteenth century to the First World War, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. A lovely two volume set of works ...

The Paris Exposition of 1900 a Vivid Descriptive View and Elaborate Scenic Presentation of the Site, Plan and Exhibits

James P. Boyd · 1900 · Rooke Books

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

Chicago , Dominion Pub. Co. [1900]. Cloth. An abundantly illustrated work on the Paris Exposition of 1900, also known as the Exposition Universelle, with a frontispiece and 70 further plates. In publisher's full decorative blue cloth.With a frontispiece, and 70 further pl...

The Universal Traveller: Designed to Introduce Readers at Home to an Acquaintance with the Arts, Customs, and Manners, of the Principal Modern Nations on the Globe

Charles A. Goodrich · 1836 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.73 | $77.96 | ¥12,451)

Hartford, Canfield & Robins, 1836 . Leather. The second edition of Charles A. Goodrich's charmingly illustrated study of the 'arts, customs, and manners' of the world. The second edition of this work.Illustrated with thirty plates, bearing forty-one woodcut illu...

120 New Views of Paris

Anonymous · 1867 · Rooke Books

£155.00 (€185.82 | $204.81 | ¥32,710)

London, Rock & Co, 1867 . Leather. A very scarce and charming work consisting of 120 engraved views of the French capital in the mid-19th century. A vanishingly scarce study of mid-19th century Paris and its landmarks.Illustrated with a general title page followed by sixty pla...

L&Apos;Invasion le Siãƒâ¨Ge la Commune

Armand Dayot · 1901 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

Paris, Ernest Flammarion, [1901]. First edition. Leather. Gorgeous illustrated first edition of Armand Dayot's historical account on the Franco-Prussian War. First edition.Bound in the original publisher's red half morocco with red cloth boards.In the original French...

A Guide to the Quadrupeds and Reptiles of Europe; with Descriptions of All the Species

Lord Clermont · 1859 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, John Van Voorst, 1859. First edition. Cloth. A very scare first edition copy, exploring the varied wildlife of Europe. A very scarce first edition copy of Lord Clermont's title, bound in original brown cloth.Lord Clermont - otherwise known as Thomas Fortesque, 1st...

Volume I the Good Soldier Selected Memories Poems Volume II the Fifth Queen Privy Seal the Fifth Queen Crowned Volume III Parade&Apos;S End: Part One Some Do Not... Volume IV Parade&Apos;S End Part Two: No More Parades Part Three: A Man Could Stand Up

Ford Madox Ford · 1963 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, The Bodley Head, 1963-1967. Cloth. Four volumes of a five volume set, in original unclipped dust wrappers. Four of five volumes in a set published by The Bodley Head, in original cornflower cloth binding, and in lovely condition.With introductions by writer and journal...

The City Temple 1640-1940 the Tercentenary Commemoration Volume

Albert Clare · 1940 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Independent Press Ltd. 1940. First edition. Cloth. A highly illustrated first edition of historical work on City Temple, in the original unclipped dust wrapper, with a frontispiece and 15 plates. The first edition of the work.In publisher's original blue cloth bin...

An Essay Concerning the Divine Right of Tythes

Charles Leslie · 1700 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)

London, C. Brome; W. Keblewhite et al, 1700. Leather. A bright example of the scarce first edition of Charles Leslie's theological defence of the use of tythes to fund the church. The scarce first edition of this work, handsomely bound in contemporary panelled calf.Church...

A Short History of the English People

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

£550.00 (€659.36 | $726.75 | ¥116,066)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1892-1894 . Leather. A fine Bayntun half morocco illustrated edition of J. R. Green's extensive and thorough history of the English people, beautifully illustrated in colour throughout. In Bayntun half morocco bindings, complete in four volumes.&...

London Past and Present

Henry B. Wheatley · 1891 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, John Murray, 1891 . First edition. Leather. The complete three volume first edition of Henry B. Wheatley's detailed and informative study of the history of London over the centuries. The first edition, complete in three volumes.Considered a topographical and histo...

The Royal Kalendar; or Complete and Correct Annual Register for England, Scotland, Ireland, and America for the Year 1792

Anonymous · 1792 · Rooke Books

£1,200.00 (€1,438.60 | $1,585.63 | ¥253,235)

London, J. Debrett; S. Crowder et al, 1792 . Leather. An attractively bound example of the scarce 1792 edition of this popular work of British history and genealogy, providing the annual register for England, Scotland, Ireland and the Colonies. The scarce 1792 edition of this ...

The Laws of Honour: Or, a Compendious Account of the Ancient Derivation of All Titles, Dignities, Offices, &C.

Anonymous · 1714 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.36 | $726.75 | ¥116,066)

London, R. Gosling, 1714 . First edition. Leather. Handsomely bound and with engraved plates, this is the scarce first edition of this enormously informative guide to noble ranks and titles in the early 18th century. The scarce first edition of this work.A detailed and informa...

Gimlet Comes Home; Gimlet Mops Up; Gimlet Goes Again; Gimlet Lends a Hand; Gimlet Bores in; Gimlet Off the Map

Captain W. E. Johns · 1946 · Rooke Books

£235.00 (€281.73 | $310.52 | ¥49,592)

Leicester , The Brockhampton Press Ltd; University of London Press , 1946-1951. First edition. Cloth. A bright collection of largely first impression novels from Captain W. E. Johns' 'Gimlet' series, with the original dust wrappers. All first editions, first imp...

The Great War 1914-1919 the Book of Remembrance of the 5th Battalion (Prince Albert&Apos;S) Somerset Light Infantry

None Stated; Major E. S. Goodland; Captain H. L. Milsom; Major C. H. Goodland; Captain T. M. Pulman; Captain Sir J. S. P. Mellor; Captain A. H. Armstrong, Captain W. E. Hunt; Lieut. J. Bell · 1930 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

Chiswick, Privately Printed at the Chiswick Press, 1930. First edition. Cloth. A scarce presentation copy, of an already limited edition print run - featuring an inscription by F. D. Urnwick Bound in its original green cloth.One of a limited edition run - this being one of onl...

The Universities of Europe in the Middle Ages Volume II Italy - Spain - France - Germany - Scotland Etc. The Universities of Europe in the Middle Ages Volume III English Universities - Student Life

Hastings Rashdall; F. M. Powicke [ed.]; A. B. Emden [ed.] · 1942 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.56 | $50.21 | ¥8,019)

Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1942. Cloth. An uncommon set of Volume II and Volume III of a three volume 1942 publication, in lovely condition. The latter two volumes of a three volume publication, in lovely condition.Originally published in 1895, this edition was posthumou...

Regimental Records of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers: Volume II, 1816 - July 1914

A.D.L. Caey and Stouppe McCance · 1923 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Foster Groom and Co. 1923. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the second volume of Cary and McCance's detailed history of the Royal Welch Fusiliers during the height of the British Empire. The first edition of the second volume of A.D.L. Cary and Stouppe M...

James I of Scotland: The Kingis Quair

James I of Scotland [int., notes and gloss. by John Norton-Smith] · 1971 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1971. Cloth. A scarce book on the fascinating and mysterious The Kingis Quair, attributed to James I of Scotland. Analysis, introduction and notes by scholar John-Norton Smith. A scarce book on the intriguing medieval poem The Kingis Quair, attributed ...

Extracta E Variis Cronicis Scocie, from the Ancient Manuscript in the Advocates Library at Edinburgh Now First Printed

W. B. D. D. Turnball [Preface]; Various · 1842 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

Edinburgh, The Abbotsford Club, 1842. Cloth. A scarce first printed edition of a medieval Scottish chronicle, issued by the Abbotsford Club and preserving vital Latin accounts of Scotland"s early history. In the publisher's original green cloth binding. This is the first ...