Storia moderna

Roman History Prints & a Description of a Set of Prints of Roman History

Mrs. Trimmer [Sarah Trimmer] · 1817 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1817 . Leather. A very scarce educational work comprised of a set of prints of Roman history alongside a set of "easy lessons", written by eighteenth-century educational reformer, Sarah Trimmer. Very scarce work. Complete in two volumes. Boun...

The Great War: I Was There, 1914-1918

Sir John Hammerton [Ed.] · 1938 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, The Amalgamated Press, 1938. Leather. Three bound volumes of a fascinating periodical edited by Sir John Hammerton, printing first hand accounts of British soldier's experiences in the First World War. Published in fifty-one issues, and commonly found in either in...

A New Roman History, from the Foundation of Rome to the End of the Common-Wealth

Richard Johnson · 1784 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

London, E. Newbery, 1784 . Hardback. An early edition of Richard Johnson's very scarce history of Rome, 'designed for the use of young ladies and gentlemen', and illustrated throughout. An early edition of this work which was first published in 1770, this work i...

Criminal Trials in Scotland, from A.D. M. CCCC. LXXXVIII to A.D. M. Dc. XXIV, Embracing the Entire Reigns of James IV. And V. , Mary Queen of Scots, and James VI

Robert Pitcairn · 1833 · Rooke Books

£1,275.00 (€1,528.51 | $1,684.74 | ¥269,063)

Edinburgh, William Tait; Longman, Rees, Orme et al, 1833 . First edition. Leather. The scarce first edition of this impressive compilation of early criminal cases seen in the Scottish courts from the late medieval period to the early modern era. A scarce first edition.Complete...

The Irish Roadside Camera (an Illustrated History of Motoring in Ireland): The Pioneering Years - 1896-1906; the Years of Growth - 1907-1918

Bob Montgomery · 1997 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

Dublin; Tankardstown, Marino; Dreoilin , 1997-2002. First edition. Cloth. Two volumes of this excellent photographic history of Ireland's automobiles. The first edition, first impressions of these works. Volume One and Two from 'The Irish Roadside Camera: An Illustr...

Egypt Exploration Fund Graeco-Roman Branch: The Great Oxyrhynchus Papyri Part IV

Bernard P. Grenfell; Arthur S. Hunt · 1904 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.80 | $224.63 | ¥35,875)

London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner and Co. 1904. First edition. Hardback. A very scarce first edition of Part IV from this discussion of the Oxyrhynchus Papryi, discovered by Grenfell and Hunt. First edition. Part IV of this series analysing the Oxyrhynchus Papryi, a group o...

Egypt After the War. Being a Tour of Inspection Including Experiences Among the Natives, with Descriptions of the Homes and Habits.

Villiers Stuart · 1883 · Rooke Books

£265.00 (€317.69 | $350.16 | ¥55,923)

London, John Murray, 1883 . First edition. Cloth. A scarce work presenting a "tour of inspection" undertaken of Egypt in 1883, following the Anglo-Egyptian War of 1882, profusely illustrated throughout. First edition. Bound in the publisher's maroon cloth. Scarce work.Il...

The Chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet

Enguerrand de Monstrelet; Thomas Johnes [trans.] · 1809 · Rooke Books

£475.00 (€569.45 | $627.65 | ¥100,239)

Hafod, Hafod Press, by James Henderson, 1809. First edition. Leather. The complete first edition of Thomas Johnes translation of Enguerrand de Monstrelet's important account of fourteenth century European history. The first edition, complete in five volumes.The first edit...

German, French, Middle English, and Nordic Language Studies

Fitz Burg; Dr Sigmund Feist; Dr Eduard Schwan; et al. · 1884 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.78 | $244.45 | ¥39,040)

Munster; Berlin, Weidmannsche Buchhandlung; Fues's Verlag; Verlag Von Heinrich Schoningh et al. 1884-8. First edition. Leather. A collection of language studies covering topics such as Nordic runic inscriptions, and German and French grammar, bound together in one volume ...

The Poems of William Dunbar

William Dunbar; John Small [ed]; AE. J. G. Mackay [ed] · 1883 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)

Edinburgh, William Blackwood and Sons, 1883. Leather. Three volumes of poetry from the fifteenth and sixteenth century Scottish court poet, William Dunbar, bound in half morocco. The 'Scottish Text Society' edition, printed for the society by Blackwood. Bound in hal...

Historisch Kritisches: Lehrgebaude Der Hebraischen Sprache (Vol 1); Syntax Der Hebrãƒâ¤Ischen Sprache (Vols 2. 1 and 2. 2)

Dr. Friedrich Eduard Konig · 1881 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

Leipzig , J. C. Hinrich'sche Buchhandlung , 1881-1897. First edition. Leather. A scarcely complete set offering a critical doctrine of the Hebrew language. The first edition of this critical doctrine of the Hebrew language. Complete in three volumes. In the original Germ...

Recherches Philosophiques Sur Les Egyptiens Et Les Chinois

[Cornelius de Pauw] · 1774 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

Londres; Geneve, Thomas Johnson; Franc. Grasset; Samuel Cailler, 1774. Cloth. An early and corrected edition of Cornelius de Paw's work refuting the theories of Joseph de Guignes. Complete in two volumes.In the original French.An interesting study on the historical relati...

Die Assyrische Keilschrift

Wilhelm Dorow · 1820 · Rooke Books

£875.00 (€1,048.98 | $1,156.19 | ¥184,651)

Wiesbaden, Ludwig Schellenberg, 1820. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce monograph on Assyrian cuneiform, the first edition of this work in the original German, by Wilhelm Dorow. The first edition of this very scarce work.In the original German.Illustrated with a folding ...

A Collection from the Early English Text Society

Various; Fredrick J. Furnivall; Rev Walter W. Skeat et al [ed.] · 1865 · Rooke Books

£440.00 (€527.49 | $581.40 | ¥92,853)

London , N. Trubner and Co. 1865-1893. Cloth. A terrific collection of uniformly bound early English texts, published for the Early English Text Society. An impressive collection of twenty-two volumes from the Early English Text Society, a society founded in 1864 dedicated to ...

The Oxford History of England

Various; George Clark [ed.] · 1961 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)

Oxford , Oxford University Press, 1961-1965. Cloth. A pleasing set of twelve volumes from this book series on the history of the United Kingdom. Containing twelve of fifteen volumes from the publisher's 'Oxford History of England' series. Lacking volumes IV, VI...

Literary and Historical Memorials of London & London and Its Celebrities

J. Heneage Jesse · 1847 · Rooke Books

£995.00 (€1,192.84 | $1,314.75 | ¥209,974)

London, Richard Bentley, 1847-50 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of J. Heneage Jesse's study of London, relating to its literary and historical memorials and its celebrity. The first edition. Comprised of two sets, each complete in two volumes. Uniformly bound...

A Catalogue of the Egyptian Antiquities in the Possession of F.G. Hilton Price

1897 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€899.12 | $991.02 | ¥158,272)

London, Bernard Quaritch, 1897. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this illustrated catalogue of the Egyptian antiquities held by English antiquarian F. G. Hilton Price. First edition. Very scarce. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and seven plates. Coll...

Lives of Simon Lord Lovat and Duncan Forbes of Culloden

John Hill Burton · 1847 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, Chapman & Hall, 1847. First edition. Leather. A smart first edition of this pair of biographies from Scottish historian John Hill Burton. First edition. A detailed and comprehensive pair of biographical sketches of Lovat and Forbes, with detailed commentary on their hi...

History of the County of Kent

Alfred John Dunkin · 1854 · Rooke Books

£220.00 (€263.74 | $290.70 | ¥46,427)

London, John Russell Smith, 1854 . First edition. Leather. A very scarce, first edition of Alfred John Dunkin's history of Deptford in Kent, illustrated with plates, some of which are folding. The first edition. Bound in full crushed morocco with cloth boards. Very scarce...

A Chronicle of England: B.C. 55-A.D. 1485

James E. Doyle · 1864 · Rooke Books

£390.00 (€467.54 | $515.33 | ¥82,302)

London, Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, and Green, 1864. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this strikingly illustrated history of England by artist and antiquary, James E. Doyle. The first edition. In the publisher's elaborately decorated cloth binding. A compr...