Storia moderna

Haydn&Apos;S Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information Relating to All Ages and Nations, Containing a History of the World

Benjamin Vincent · 1891 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.87 | $151.96 | ¥24,268)

New York, Harper & Brothers, 1891. Leather. The 18th edition of Hadyn's dictionary of dates, revised and enlarged for American readers, rebound in a handsome leather binding. The eighteenth edition of this work, revised and enlarged for American readers, rebound in a half...

Paris and Its Story

T. Okey · 1904 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, J. M. Dent & Co. 1904. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this lavishly illustrated history of Paris by Thomas Okey, in a decorative cloth binding. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with pictorial gilt to the fron...

Ars Quatuor Coronatorum Being the Transactions of the Lodge Quatuor Coronati, No. 2076, London

G. W. Speth [editor] · 1963 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.68 | $363.37 | ¥58,033)

Margate, Keble's Gazette Office , 1963. Cloth. A smart copy of this facsimile edition of Volume I of the transactions of Quatuor Coronati Lodge, a Masonic lodge in London. Scarce work. Facsimile edition. Originally published 1888. Volume one only. Illustrated with a front...

Social Life in Britain from the Conquest to the Reformation

G. G. Coulton · 1919 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1919 . First edition. Cloth. An early edition of Coulton's study of social life in Britain, inscribed by the author. Early edition of the work, in the publisher's original blue cloth binding. First published in 1918. Author&apos...

The Tenures of Kent

Charles I. Elton · 1867 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, James Parker and Co. 1867 . First edition. Cloth. An uncommon, first edition of Charles Elton's study of the tenures of Kent. First edition, in the publisher's original red cloth binding. Written by English politician and antiquary, Charles Isaac Elton, who w...

The Rise of the Dutch Republic: A History

John Lothrop Motley · 1874 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, George Routledge and Sons, 1874. Leather. Motley's famous historical work on the rise of the Dutch Republic, in a lovely Bickers binding; complete in one volume. A new edition of this work in a full calf binding with gilt detailing to the spine and marbled end pap...

Early Reminiscences of Danegate and Its Surroundings

Helen Rust · 0 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

Not Stated, Printed for Private Circulation, c1880 . Cloth. A charming and very scarce privately published volume about a woman's reminiscences about her childhood in the Rotherfield parish of East Sussex. The work of Helen Rust, with small head and tail pieces illustrate...

The Great Mirror of Folly Finance, Culture, and the Crash of 1720

William N. Goetzmann [ed]; Catherine Labio [ed]; K. Geert Rouwenhorst [ed]; Tomothy G. Young [ed]; Robert J. Shiller · 2013 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)

New Haven , Yale University Press , 2013. First edition. Cloth. A lovely copy of the first edition of this work on the crash of 1720 with a foreword by American economist Robert J. Shiller, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, second printing. Illustrate...

Gold: Or, Legal Regulations for the Standard of Gold and Silver Wares in Different Countries of the World. Translated and Abridged from "Die Gesetzliche Regelung Des Feingehaltes Vob Gold-Und Silber-Waaren, Von Arthur Von Studitz".

Mrs Brewer; Edwin W. Streeter · 1877 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1877. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first English edition of this work on gold and silver standards in different countries, by Mrs Brewer and translated from the original by Arthur Von Studnitz. The scarce first English edition. Translated from the ...

Aunt Charlotte&Apos;S Stories of English, German, and French History for the Little Ones

Charlotte M. Yonge · 1876 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Marcus Ward & Co. 1876-1884. Cloth. A smart collection of illustrated stories from English, German, and French history for children, from English novelist, Charlotte Mary Yonge. Three volumes. Written by Charlotte Mary Yonge, an English novelist who wrote in the servic...

Introductory Lectures on Modern History, Delivered in Lent Term, Mdcccxlii with the Inaugural Lecture Delivered in December, Mdcccli

Thomas Arnold · 1849 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, B. Fellowes, 1849. Leather. A smartly bound fourth edition of this collection of lectures on modern history from English educator, Thomas Arnold. Fourth edition. A collection of lectures, written almost exactly as they were delivered, on modern history. Each lecture ex...

The Natural History of Man

James Cowles Prichard; Edwin Norris · 1855 · Rooke Books

£525.00 (€629.39 | $693.71 | ¥110,791)

London, H. Bailliere, 1855. Cloth. The fourth and best edition of this important and extensive history of mankind, vividly illustrated in colour throughout. The fourth edition, much edited and enlarged.Volume I illustrated with a hand-coloured frontispiece, eleven hand-coloure...

Choix de Mosaiques Romaines D&Apos;Algerie

Charles Albert Joly · 1915 · Rooke Books

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

Paris, Ernest Leroux, 1915 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce collection of ten colour plates depicting the impressive Roman mosaics of Algieria. In the original French.Illustrated with ten colour plates, reproduced by Charles Albert Joly. Collated, complete.A beautiful wor...

Medieval Lincoln

J. W. F. Hill · 1948 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

Cambridge , Cambridge University Press, 1948 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this work on the medieval city of Lincoln by J. W. F. Hill, illustrated throughout and in the original publisher's cloth. The first edition.In the original publisher's cloth.Ill...

Hutchinson&Apos;S Story of the British Nation a Connected, Pictorial & Authoritative History of the British Peoples from the Earliest Times to the Present Day

Walter Hutchinson [ed] · 1922 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London , Hutchinson & Co , [1922-24]. First edition. Cloth. The complete four volume, first edition set of Hutchinson's illustrated work on the history of Britain, bound in moire cloth. Four volumes. Complete in four. The first edition.Bound in full moire cloth. Illustra...

Batsford&Apos;S Victorian and Edwardian Old Photograph Series

John Betjeman; James S. Gray; Martyn Goff; Dorothy McCulla etc · 1969 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.47 | $594.61 | ¥94,963)

London, B. T. Batsford Ltd, 1969-76. First edition. Cloth. A collection of first edition works featuring Edwardian and Victorian photographs from locations across Britain, in their original dust wrappers. The first edition to all. In the publisher's original cloths with ...

Estimate of the Scottish Nobility During the Minority of James the Sixth

Rev. Charles Rogers · 1873 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London , Grampian Club , 1873. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this historical work on Scottish nobility by Rev Charles Rogers, in the original gilt cloth. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth with a gilt crest to the front. This work was writ...

Reminiscence of the Pen&Apos; Folk Paisley Weavers of Other Days

David Gilmour · 1879 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

Edinburgh , Alex Gardner , 1879. Cloth. A scarce second edition of this work on the history of the Paisley weavers. The second edition. Very scarce. The history of the Paisley weavers and their name as 'The Pen' Folk&apos. This work was written by David Gilmour to ra...

The History of England from the Accession of James the Second

Thomas Babington Macaulay · 1849 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

Leipzig, Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1849-1855. Leather. The first Tauchnitz copyright edition of Macaulay's famous work The History of England, in eight volumes bound in four. The first Tauchnitz copyright edition of this eight-volume work in a half calf binding. Eight volumes b...

The Excursion of a Village Curate; or, the Fruits and Gleanings of a Months Ramble in Quest of Health

[George Henry Taylor] · 1827 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)

London, Lupton Relfe, 1827 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this charming topographical work by George Henry Taylor, detailing an excursion in quest of health. The very scarce first edition of this work. Very scarce in all editions.A charming travel work ...