Storia moderna

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 ...

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...