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A Phonology of the North-Eastern Scotch Dialect Inaugural-Dissertation to Obtain a Doctorate

Heinrich Mutschmann · 1909 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

Bonn, Peter Hanstein, 1909. Hardback. A scarce copy of Heinrich Muntschmann's doctorate dissertation on the phonology of the North-Eastern Scotch dialect, with some sections in the German language. Very scarce work. With some sections of text in the German language. A stu...

A Picture of England: Containing a Description of the Laws, Customs, and Manners of England.

W. De Archenholtz [Johann Wilhelm von Archenholz] · 1797 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.56 | $495.51 | ¥79,136)

London, Printed for the Booksellers, 1797 . Cloth. A very scarce English language translation of Johann Wilhelm von Archenhotlz's account of his travels in eighteenth century England. The first edition of this 'new translation&apos. The work had previously been trans...

An Account of the Behaviour of the Late Earl of Kilmarnock, and His Sentence, and on the Day of His Execution

James Foster · 1746 · Rooke Books

£285.00 (€341.67 | $376.59 | ¥60,143)

London, J. Noon; A. Millar, 1746. First edition. Leather. A very scarce pamphlet by minister James Foster in which he looks at the Earl of Kilmarnock's involvement in the Jacobite Rebellion. The first edition of this very scarce work.ESTC Citation Number T144578, with the...

Joannis Sartori Adagiorum Chiliades Tres

Johannes Sartorius; Cornelis Schrevel · 1670 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

Amstelodami [Amsterdam], Joannem Ravesteinium, 1670 . Vellum. An uncommon seventeenth century collection of aphorisms and proverbs, in a full vellum binding. Aphorisms and phrases in Latin, paraphrased in Greek and Dutch, and with further notes in Latin.An uncommon work compri...

Illustrations of the Life of Martin Luther

Jean-Henri Merle d'Aubigne · 1862 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Day & Son, 1862 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce volume in which scenes from the life of Martin Luther are depicted in lithographs after the paintings of Pierre-Antoine Labouchere. The first edition of this very scarce work.Illustrated with a chromolithographic ti...

Ornithological Dictionary of British Birds

Colonel G. Montagu; James Rennie · 1831 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.87 | $151.96 | ¥24,268)

London, Hurst, Chance, and Co. 1831. Cloth. The second edition of this illustrated ornithological dictionary by Colonel G. Montagu. The second edition with a plan of study and many new articles and original observations by James Rennie. Originally published in 1902 by J. White...

The Stone Crosses of the County of Northampton

Christopher A. Markham · 1901 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London , Simpkin Marshall , 1901. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce book last selling at auction in 2019. This copy is No.5 of the 50 large and small paper copies. This is one of the small paper copies.This book last sold at auction in 2019.This book tells the history of chu...

The Basilica; or, Palatial Hall of Justice and Sacred Temple; Its Nature, Origin, and Purport: And a Description and History of the Basilica and the Basilican Church of Brixworth with Lithographic Illustrations.

C.F Watkins · 1900 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London , Veale Chifferiel and Co, 1900. First edition. Cloth. A very scare book on Basilica and the Basilican Church of Brixworth. Very scarce book on the history of the Basilican church in Brixworth.Written by C. F. Watkins this book covers the early Christian Basilica church...

The Bath Road

Charles G. Harper · 1899 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London , Chapman and Hall, 1899. First edition. Cloth. A book on British travel focusing on the Bath road. The first edition. In the original pictorial publisher's cloth. Written by Charles George Harper an author and illustrator. He is best known for his travel books exp...

A History of Kington; with an Appendix

By a Member of the Mechanics Institute of Kington [Richard Parry] · 1845 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.47 | $594.61 | ¥94,963)

Kington, Charles Humphreys, 1845 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this historical work on Kington, by Richard Parry, a member of The Mechanics Institute. First edition, in the publisher's original cloth binding. Very scarce. Contains the first publis...

The History of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne

Robert Spence Watson · 1897 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, Walter Scott, Limited, 1897 . First edition. Leather. A scarce, first edition of this work presenting the history of the literary and philosophical society of Newcastle, with illustrations. First edition, in a half morocco binding, with cloth boards. Written by Robert ...

The Cambrian Quarterly Magazine and Celtic Repertory

1829 · Rooke Books

£575.00 (€689.33 | $759.78 | ¥121,342)

St. Martin's-le-Grand, H. Hughes, 1829-1833. First edition. Leather. A complete five volume set of the Cambrian Quarterly Magazine and Celtic Repertory. The first edition of this five volume set in half calf bindings. Illustrated with a folding pedigree each to Volume I a...

The Life of Samuel Johnson

James Boswell; J. Wilson Croker [ed.]; John Wright [ed.] · 1859 · Rooke Books

£1,700.00 (€2,038.01 | $2,246.31 | ¥358,750)

London, Henry G. Bohn, 1859 . Leather. A lovely ten volume edition of Boswell's life of Johnson, in half morocco bindings, and illustrated throughout. An attractively bound ten volume edition of this work by James Boswell, featuring additions from J. Wilson Croker and Joh...

The Story of the Domus Dei of Stamford (Hospital of William Browne)

H. P. Wright · 1890 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)

London, Parker & Co, 1890 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce history of the medieval almshouse of Browne's hospital in Stamford, Lincolnshire. The first edition of this very scarce work.Browne's Hospital was founded in 1485 by wealthy wool ...

Dom Boc. A Translation of the Record Called Domesday, So Far As It Relates to the County of York

Rev. William Bawdwen · 1809 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)

Doncaster, W. Sheardown, 1809 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of William Bawdwen's translation of the Domesday Book as it relates to York. The first edition of this work from Church of England clergyman, school teacher and English antiquary William Bawdwen.Thi...

The Birds of Surrey

John A. Bucknill · 1900 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, R. H. Porter, 1900 . First edition. Leather. A lovely copy of the first edition of Sir John Strachey's illustrated ornithological study of the birds of Surrey. The first edition of this work by British lawyer and Judge John Alexander Strachey Bucknill, who served ...

Stories from Indian Wigwams and Northern Camp-Fires

Egerton Ryerson Young · 1897 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, Charles H. Kelly, 1897 . Cloth. The ninth thousand of this illustrated collection of tales about Native American life. The ninth thousand of this work by Methodist missionary, lecturer, and author Egerton Ryerson Young.Illustrated with an illustrated title page and fro...

The Whiteford Papers Being the Correspondence and Other Manuscripts of Colonel Charles Whitefoord and Caleb Whitefoord from 1739 to 1810

W.A.S Hewins · 1898 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

Oxford, Clarendon Press , 1898. First edition. Cloth. A collection of letters and correspondence of Colonel Charles Whitefoord and Caleb Whiteford. The first edition. Very scarce. These letters and correspondence were published after the death of Rev. Caleb Whiefoord, Rector o...

A Brief History of Civilisation

John S. Hoyland · 1925 · Rooke Books

£42.00 (€50.35 | $55.50 | ¥8,863)

London, Oxford University Press, 1925. Leather. An illustrated copy of this work on the beginnings of history and civilisation, bound by Bickers & Son. Illustrated with frontispiece and many in-text images. A comprehensive history of the beginnings of civilisation, with accoun...

Memoranda of Springhead and Its Neighbourhood During the Primeval Period

Alfred John Dunkin · 1848 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

Not Stated, Private Circulation, 1848. Cloth. An illustrated study on the primeval period in Springhead, limited to one hundred copies, with the author's presentation remarks. Limited to one hundred copies printed. Author's presentation copy with an inscription to th...