Storia moderna

Bayard (1495 - 1524)

Edouard Hardy de Perini · 1887 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

Paris, Libraire Militaire de L. Baudoin et Cie, 1887. Cloth. A very scarce French biographical study on the important military leader Pierre Terrail, popularly known as Chevalier de Bayard. The second edition of this very scarce work.Original wraps bound in. In the original F...

Reims: La Ville Des Sacres

I. Taylor [Baron Isidore Taylor] · 1860 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

Paris, A. F. Lemaitre, 1860. First edition. Leather. A very scarce first edition copy of this history of Reims, best known for its Cathedral of Notre Dame, written in the original French. The very scarce first edition of this work in a quarter morocco binding, with gilt detail...

Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England) an Inventory of Historical Monuments in London

None Stated · 1924 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)

London , His Majesty's Stationary Office, 1924-1930. First edition. Cloth. This 5 volumes set celebrates London's historical monuments, it includes illustrations, folding plates and maps. First edition. This 5 volume set is a comprehensive inventory of historical mon...

The Paston Letters A.D. 1422-1509

Various; James Gairdner · 1904 · Rooke Books

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

London; Exeter, Chatto & Windus; James G. Commin, 1904. Leather. A finely bound edition of the important 'Paston Letters', comprising of over one-thousand letters of one family dating from 1422 to 1509. Complete in six volumes.In an armorial binding with a coat of ar...

The History of Devonshire

Reverend Richard Polwhele · 1793 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)

Exeter, Cadell, Johnson, and Dilly; Cadell, Dilly, and Murray; Messrs. Cadell and Davies, 1793-1806. First edition. Leather. A scarce first edition copy of this topographical study of Devonshire in three volumes, bound in one volume. The first edition of this scarce work rebou...

Savage Civilisation

Tom Harrisson · 1937 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1937. First edition. Cloth. A first edition, first impression of this work combining history, ethnography and travel account, set in Vanuatu, by the polymath Tom Harrisson. The first edition, first impression of this work in the publisher's or...

The Post Office Annual Directory for 1828-29; Edinburgh, Leith, and Newhaven

The Post Office · 1828 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)

Edinburgh, Ballantyne & Co, 1828 . Cloth. The very scarce twenty-third annual publication of this impressively detailed directory of Edinburgh, Leith, and Newhaven. Providing information for the years 1828 and 1829, this work contains an alphabetical list of nobility, gentry a...

The Great Roll of the Pipe for the First Year of the Reign of King Richard the First, A.D. 1189-1190

Joseph Hunter [ed] · 1844 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, George E. Eyre and Andrew Spottiswoode, 1844. Cloth. COMPLETE In Latin with title page in English.In the original publisher's moire cloth. Scarce. Reproduced from the original rolls under the care of Joseph Hunter. This work provides a financial history of the f...

Fables de la Fontaine

Jean de La Fontaine; M. Felix Lemaistre [ed.] · 1885 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

Paris, Garnier Freres, Libraires, 1885. Leather. An illustrated edition of Jean de La Fontaine's famous collection of fables adapted for French verse. Illustrated leather bound edition of Jean La Fontaine's collection of fables.Edited by M. Felix Lemaistre.This copy ...

History of the Siege of Chester During the CIVIL Wars in the Time of King Charles I

John Broster · 1970 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

Chester , Broster and Son , c1800. Cloth. A very scarce work on Chester during the Civil War. A little tired but so very rare. Last seen at auction in 1970. It details the local history of Cheshire during the civil war of 1642-1651. The siege of Chester occurred over a 16 mont...

Hyde Park from Domesday-Book to Date

John Ashton · 1896 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, Downey & Co. 1896. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this history of Hyde Park from the Domesday Book, with many illustrations. First edition. Illustrated with frontispiece and twenty plates. Collated complete. The history of Hyde Park from the Middle English ...

Hampton Court

William Holden Hutton · 1897 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, John C. Nimmo, 1897. First edition. Cloth. A well illustrated first edition of this work on Hampton Court. In the original publisher's blue cloth binding, with gilt emblems to the front board depicting Wolsey's Coat of Arms. This historical work was written b...

A Guide to Kenilworth Castle, Containing a Brief Account of Its Ancient History, with a Particular Description of the Present State of Its Ruins

1830 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

Coventry, H. Merridew, 1830. Paperback. A new edition of this very scarce guide to Kenilworth Castle, with descriptions of its ruins, priory and church. A new edition of this very scarce work in the publisher's original card wraps. Ink inscription to the verso of the fron...

A Brief Description of the Collegiate Church and Choir, of St. Mary, in the Borough of Warwick; with a Concise Account of the Antiquities and Curiosities of the Same; and of the Chapel, Thereto Adjoining

1820 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

Warwick, Heathcote and Foden, 1820. Hardback. A smartly rebound copy of this scarce work on St. Mary's Church in Warwick, and its adjoining chapel. A scarce work rebound in boards, with a title label to the front board, and renewed end papers. A description of the Collegi...

The Story of Peterloo, Written for the Centenary, August 16, 1919

F. A. Bruton · 1919 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

Manchester, Manchester University Press, 1919. Paperback. A very scarce historical study of the Peterloo Massacre, written for the centenary of the event in 1919. A very scarce work in the publisher's original paper wraps. Loosely inserted to the front of the volume is an...

Blackheath: The Story of the Royal Hundred, Part One: Blackheath and Greenwich

Gerard L. Baker; J. E. G. de Montmorency · 1925 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

Blackheath Village, The Morden Society, 1925. First edition. Paperback. A first edition, first impression of this uncommon work concerning Blackheath and the Royal Hundred, with the original glassine wrapper. The first edition, first impression of this work in the publisher&ap...

Puck&Apos;S Girdle or Gleanings from the Postal and Telegraph World.

Edited by C. Armstrong · 1888 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Wyman and Sons, 1888. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce copy of this informative work edited by C. Armstrong. First edition of this work. Very scarce. In the original publisher's paper wrap. Includes illustrated headpieces, illuminated letters and vignette i...

The Second Empire

Philip Guedalla · 1922 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Constable and Company Ltd. 1922. Cloth. A detailed history of the French Revolution and the reign of Napoleon Bonaparte. A historical exploration of the reign of Napoleon Bonaparte. With an illustrated frontispiece. With commentary on the political ideology of the Hous...

Neolithic Man in North-East Surrey

Walter Johnson; William Wright; B. C. Polkinghorne · 1903 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.43 | ¥10,129)

London, Elliot Stock, 1903. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated history of North-East Surrey. First edition. Illustrated with frontispiece, thirty-one in-text images, a map, and a folding map. Collated complete. A detailed history of man in North-Ea...

London and the Outbreak of the Puritan Revolution: City Government and National Politics 1625-1643

Valerie Pearl · 1961 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1961. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this historical study on London at the start of the Puritan Revolution, from Pearl. First edition. A historical study on the outbreak of the English Civil War and its effect on the city of Lo...