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The History of England, from the Earliest Times to the Death of George the Second
The History of England, from the Earliest Times to the Death of George the Second
Oliver Goldsmith; Charles Coote · 1815 · Rooke Books
£290.00 (€347.66 | $383.19 | ¥61,199)
London, F. C. and J. Rivington; G. Wilkie et al, 1815 . Leather. A handsome four volume edition of Oliver Goldsmith's 'History of England', continued to the Treaty of Amiens by Charles Coote. The twelfth edition of this work, complete in four volumes.This work t...
Skrine of Warleigh in the County of Somerset
Skrine of Warleigh in the County of Somerset
E. W. Ainley Walker · 1936 · Rooke Books
£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)
Taunton, The Wessex Press, 1936. First edition. Leather. A wonderful example of the very scarce first edition of this genealogical and antiquarian study of the Skrine family. A limited edition, privately printed work. No. 153 of 200 copies of this very scarce work printed.Illu...
The British Colonies, Their History, Extent, Condition and Resources; Vol VIII
The British Colonies, Their History, Extent, Condition and Resources; Vol VIII
Robert Montgomery Martin · 1850 · Rooke Books
£135.00 (€161.84 | $178.38 | ¥28,489)
London, John Tallis & Company, [1850]. First edition. Cloth. Volume VIII of Robert Montgomery Martin's renowned series on the British colonies, covering the possessions of the East India Company, with John Tallis and Company's sought after detailed maps. The first ed...
Silver Jubilee 1935: Copy of Illuminated Address Presented to H.M. The King by the County Council Association
Silver Jubilee 1935: Copy of Illuminated Address Presented to H.M. The King by the County Council Association
County Council Association · 1935 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)
London, County Council Association, 1935. Cloth. An exceptionally scarce facsimile featuring five fold-out plates of the illuminated address presented by the County Council Association to King George V on his Silver Jubilee. In the publisher's original red cloth binding.Â...
Some Notices of the Family of Master, of East Langdon and Yotes in Kent, New Hall and Croston in Lancashire, and Barrow Green in Surrey
Some Notices of the Family of Master, of East Langdon and Yotes in Kent, New Hall and Croston in Lancashire, and Barrow Green in Surrey
Rev. George Streynsham Master · 1874 · Rooke Books
£275.00 (€329.68 | $363.37 | ¥58,033)
London, For Private Circulation only by Mitchell and Hughes, 1874 . First edition. Leather. A very scarce signed presentation copy of this limited edition privately published genealogical study, with a signed letter from the author to Lord Hawkesbury. A signed presentation cop...
The Court and Reign of Francis the First, King of France
The Court and Reign of Francis the First, King of France
Miss Pardoe [Julia Pardoe] · 1849 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)
London, Richard Bentley, 1849. Cloth. The first edition of this two volume history on the life and reign of Francis I of France, with illustrations. Complete in two volumes. First edition. Volume one is illustrated with a frontispiece and five plates. Volume two is illustrated...
The History of Maidstone
The History of Maidstone
J. M. Russell · 1881 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)
Maidstone, William S. Vivish, 1881. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this work on the history of Maidstone, the largest town in Kent county, illustrated throughout. First edition, in the publisher's original cloth binding. Illustrated with twenty engraved plates...
History of Spanish Literature
History of Spanish Literature
George Ticknor · 1855 · Rooke Books
£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)
London, John Murray, 1855. Leather. A smartly bound new edition of this three volume work on the history of Spanish literature from American Hispanist George Ticknor. Complete in three volumes. New edition. A historical commentary on the evolution of Spanish literature and its...
Voyage of the "Parma": The Great Grain Race of 1932
Voyage of the "Parma": The Great Grain Race of 1932
A. J. Villiers · 1933 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)
London, Geoffrey Bles, 1933. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated history of the ship the Parma and its place in The Great Grain Race of 1932. With the original dust wrapper. First edition. With the vanishingly scarce original price-clipped dust wrap...
The Pastoral Letters of the Incomparable Jurieu
The Pastoral Letters of the Incomparable Jurieu
Pierre Jurieu · 1689 · Rooke Books
£995.00 (€1,192.84 | $1,314.75 | ¥209,974)
London, T. Fabian , 1689 . First edition. Leather. The exceptionally scarce first English translated edition of Pierre Jurieu's work advocating for Protestants in France who were caught under "Babylonish tyranny", as they were forced to convert to Catholicism. The first E...
Advice from Farmer Trueman to His Daughter Mary
Advice from Farmer Trueman to His Daughter Mary
Jonas Hanway · 1796 · Rooke Books
£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)
Not Stated, Not Stated, 1796 . Leather. An early edition of Jonas Hanway's educational work intended to dissuade young people from the temptations of vice that await them in the city. An early edition. First published in 1789. Bound in half calf with marbled paper-covered...
History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain
History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain
William H. Prescott · 1855 · Rooke Books
£170.00 (€203.80 | $224.63 | ¥35,875)
London, Richard Bentley, 1855. Leather. An early set of this comprehensive work regarding the Reign of Philip the Second, presented in handsome full calf. A later impression, published the same year as the first, but without the folding facsimile plate and with alternative pag...
Roaming Through the West Indies
Roaming Through the West Indies
Harry A. Franck · 1921 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)
London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1921. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Harry A. Franck"s illustrated 1921 travelogue through the West Indies, capturing early 20th-century life across Cuba, Haiti, and Jamaica. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. This vo...
Miniatures: Illuminations of Nisami&Apos;S "Hamsah
Miniatures: Illuminations of Nisami&Apos;S "Hamsah
E. Yu. Yusupov [Editor]; Fazila Suleimanova [Preface] · 1985 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)
Tashkent, Fan" Publishers of the Uzbeck, 1985. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition, reproducing centuries of manuscript art inspired by Nizami Ganjavi"s "Hamsah", the great Persian literary classic. In the publisher's original green cloth binding with gilt.Th...
British Fresh-Water Fishes
British Fresh-Water Fishes
Rev. W. Houghton · 1895 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)
Hull and York, A. Brown & Sons, 1895 . Cloth. Attractively illustrated throughout with twenty-four plates of views, this is a wonderful study of the fresh water fish of the British Isles. The single volume second edition of this work, first published in two volumes in 1879.Ill...
Half Hours of English History from the Roman Period to the Death of Elizabeth
Half Hours of English History from the Roman Period to the Death of Elizabeth
Charles Knight [editor] · 1869 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)
London, Frederick Warne and Co. 1869. Leather. A smartly bound copy of Charles Knight's work offering a history of England as a collection of digestible thirty minute reads. As the title suggests, each article in this volume is designed to be read in half an hour. Arrange...
The Lives of the Chief Justices of England from the Norman Conquest Till the Death of Lord Tenterden
The Lives of the Chief Justices of England from the Norman Conquest Till the Death of Lord Tenterden
John Lord Campbell · 1874 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)
London, John Murray, 1874. Leather. Two smartly bound third edition volumes of Campbell's biographical study of the Chief justices of England, being volumes I and IV. Volume one and four of four only. Third edition. A collection of biographical studies of Chief Justice of...
Letters from Mrs. Delany (Widow of Dr Patrick Delany,) to Mrs. Frances Hamilton
Letters from Mrs. Delany (Widow of Dr Patrick Delany,) to Mrs. Frances Hamilton
Mrs. Delany [Mary Delany] · 1820 · Rooke Books
£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)
London, Longman, Hurst, Orme, and Brown, 1820 . Leather. A handsomely bound second edition of the letters of Mrs Mary Delany, an English artist, letter-writer, and bluestocking, known for her botanic drawing, needlework and lively correspondence. The second edition of this wor...
Indie in Woord En Beeld: Pictorial Netherlands East-Indies
Indie in Woord En Beeld: Pictorial Netherlands East-Indies
L F Van Gent; W A Penard; Dr D Rinkes · 1924 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)
Weltevreden, Topografische Inrichting, 1924. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of this illustrated record of the Dutch East Indies, written in both Dutch and English. The first edition.Illustrated with monochrome vignettes. Written in both Dutch and English in parall...
Theophili Boneti Medicine Doctoris Sepulchretum Sive Anatomia Practica Ex Cadaveribus Morbo Denatis Proponens Histories Et Obervationes Omnium Humani Corporis Affectuum. . Et Al.
Theophili Boneti Medicine Doctoris Sepulchretum Sive Anatomia Practica Ex Cadaveribus Morbo Denatis Proponens Histories Et Obervationes Omnium Humani Corporis Affectuum. . Et Al.
Theophile Bonet · 1700 · Rooke Books
£600.00 (€719.30 | $792.82 | ¥126,618)
Lugduni [Lugdunum], Cramer & Perachon, 1700. Leather. The third volume of the very scarce second edition of Theophile Bonet's important and influential medical study on pathological anatomy, providing thousands of autopsies, written in the original Latin and bound in re-b...