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An Authentic History of the Coronation of His Majesty, King George the Fourth
Robert Huish · 1821 · Rooke Books
£595.00 (€713.31 | $786.21 | ¥125,563)
London, J. Robins and Co, 1821 . First edition. Leather. A wonderful example of the very scarce first edition of Robert Huish's detailed account of the coronation of King George IV, in a handsome half calf signed binding, illustrated throughout. A very scarce first editio...
A Dictionary English, German and French
Mr. Christian Ludwig · 1736 · Rooke Books
£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)
Leipzig and Francfurt, George Saalbach, 1736 . Vellum. The scarce second edition of Christian Ludwig's dictionary of modern European languages, in a full vellum binding. In English, French, and German.The 'Second edition carefully revised, corrected, and considerably...
The British Almanac of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge
1851 · Rooke Books
£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)
London, Charles Knight, 1851-65. Cloth. Three very scarce years of the British Almanac, a comprehensive calendar of each year. Three volumes of 'The British Almanac', each bound with their companion volume, complete as six volumes bound in three.Issued by the Society...
Shakespeare Verses Shallow
J. Leslie Hotson · 1931 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)
London, The Nonesuch Press, 1931. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of a fascinating exploration into the influences behind the themes and characters in Shakespeare's plays by scholar Leslie Hotson. This volume is a first edition. Bound in the publisher's origina...
At War with the Smugglers
Rear-Admiral D. Arnold-Forster · 1936 · Rooke Books
£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)
London, Ward, Lock and Co. Limited, 1936. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated historical study of naval and maritime issues involving smugglers. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and eight images across seven plates. Collated complete. ...
British Government in India: The Story of the Viceroys and Government Houses
The Marquis Curzon of Kedleston · 1925 · Rooke Books
£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)
London, Cassell and Company, Ltd, 1925. First edition. Cloth. A richly illustrated, first edition of this informative study of the British government in India, compiled by the Viceroy and Governor General of India, Marquis Curzon of Kedleston. The first edition, first impressi...
The Lindfield Reporter, or Philanthropic Magazine. For the Years 1837, and 1838 & 1841, and 1842.
William Allen · 1838 · Rooke Books
£750.00 (€899.12 | $991.02 | ¥158,272)
Lindfield , W. Eade , 1838-42. First edition. Leather. An extremely scarce pair of works filled with issues of The Lindfield Reporter, an 18th-century anti slavery philanthropic magazine compiled by prominent English Quaker William Allen. Bound in half calf with marbled paper-...
A History of Our Own Times, from the Accession of Queen Victoria to the General Election of 1880
Justin McCarthy · 1880 · Rooke Books
£149.00 (€178.63 | $196.88 | ¥31,443)
London, Chatto & Windus, 1880 . Leather. A complete four volume edition of Justin McCarthy's history of Victorian England, uniformly bound in half calf. Complete in four volumes.An early edition of this work, which was first published between 1879 and 1880.A historical ac...
A Concise History of the Moors in Spain
Thomas Bourke · 1811 · Rooke Books
£595.00 (€713.31 | $786.21 | ¥125,563)
London, F. C. and J. Rivington, 1811 . First edition. Leather. The scarce first edition of Thomas Bourke's fascinating narrative of the rise and fall of Moorish civilisation in the Iberian Peninsula, from the early 8th century to the fall of Granada in 1492. A scarce firs...
The History of Spain and Portugal, from B.C. 1000 to A.D. 1814
M. M. Busk [ed.]; Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge · 1833 · Rooke Books
£115.00 (€137.87 | $151.96 | ¥24,268)
London, Baldwin and Craddock, 1833 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Mary Margaret Busk's impressively detailed chronological history of Spain and Portugal. The first edition of this impressive history of Spain and Portugal. Printed in two columns, and with ten...
A Narrative of the Campaign of the British Army in Spain
James Moore · 1809 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)
London, J. Johnson, 1809 . Leather. The third edition of this military memoir, concerning Moore's Campaign in Spain during the Peninsular War, illustrated with two folding maps. The third edition of this work, published in the same year as the first edition.Illustrated wi...
Russia, the Balkans and the Dardanelles
Granville Fortescue · 1915 · Rooke Books
£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)
London, Andrew Melrose Ltd, [1915]. First edition. Cloth. The first edition Granville Fortescue's very scarce work written during WWII, providing a sketch of the military and political landscape of the Balkans. The first edition.Illustrated with thirty-two monochrome plat...
A History Military and Municipal of the Town (Otherwise Called the City) of Marlborough and More Generally the Entire Hundred of Selkley
James Waylen · 1854 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)
London, John Russell Smith, 1854. Cloth. A comprehensive history of the market town of Marlborough. A detailed and comprehensive history of Marlborough, is a market town and civil parish in the English county of Wiltshire. With reference to the Hundred of Selkley, an ancient a...
The Form and Order of the Service That Is to Be Performed and the Ceremonies That Are to Be Observed in the Coronation of Their Majesties King George VI & Queen Elizabeth in the Abbey Church of St. Peter
Anonymous · 1937 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)
London, Cambridge University Press, 1937 . Cloth. An excellent example of this liturgical work outlining the religious and ceremonial proceedings of the Coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. This volume presents the detailed ...
Memorials of the Cathedral and Priory of Christ in Canterbury
C. Eveleigh Woodruff; William Danks · 1912 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)
London, Chapman and Hall Ltd , 1912. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this beautifully illustrated history of Canterbury Cathedral. First edition. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with illustrative gilt stamp to the front board. Lavishly illustra...
East Christian Art: A Survey of the Monuments
O. M. Dalton · 1925 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)
Oxford , Clarendon Press, 1925. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of this illustrated survey of early East Christian art. The scarce first edition of this work. In the publisher's original cloth binding.With a coloured frontispiece and sixty-nine monochrome pl...
Westminster Abbey: Its Memories and Its Message
Mary Sturgeon · 1921 · Rooke Books
£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.43 | ¥10,129)
London, George G. Harrap and Co. Ltd , 1921. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this illustrated history of Westminster Abbey. First edition. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding.Illustrated with an etched frontispiece and fifteen tipped-in plates by Lou...
Huts in Hell
Daniel A. Poling · 1919 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)
Boston, Christian Endeavor World, 1919. Cloth. A very smart third impression of this illustrated record of Poling's observations in France during the First World War. Third impression. Illustrated with a frontispiece and seven plates. Collated complete. A record of the au...
Bristol and Its Famous Associations
Stanley Hutton · 1907 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)
Bristol, J. W. Arrowsmith Ltd, 1907. First edition. Leather. A leatherbound first edition of this illustrated study of the city of Bristol and its famous associations. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and fifty-seven illustrations across fifty-three plates. Colla...
Winkle&Apos;S Architectural and Picturesque Illustrations of the Cathedral Churches of England and Wales
Benjamin Winkles · 1851 · Rooke Books
£148.00 (€177.43 | $195.56 | ¥31,232)
London, David Bogue, 1851. Cloth. A rebacked collection of three volumes on the cathedral churches of England and Wales, illustrated throughout . Complete in three volumes. New edition. Volume one is illustrated with a frontispiece and sixty plates. Volume two is illustrated w...