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Recollections of the Great Lord Palmerston and Old Times in Devon

John Sharland · 1898 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

Tiverton, Gregory & Son, 1898. Cloth. Recollections of Devon and Lord Palmerston by John Sharland, who was an active and influential public figure in Tiverton. A scarce work in the publisher's original cloth binding. Ink inscription to the front free end paper. Illustrate...

Christina of Sweden

I. A. Taylor · 1909 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, Hutchinson & Co, 1909 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of I. A. Taylor's informative biography of Christina, Queen of Sweden. The scarce first edition of this work.Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece, and sixteen further plates. Collated, comp...

Melbury Abbas a Narrative History of a Dorset Parish

Bob Breach · 1998 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

Dorset, The Melbury Press, 1998. First edition. Paperback. A signed first edition copy of this local history of Melbury Abbas. Signed by the author and the illustrator to the front pastedown. Melbury Abbas is a village and civil parish in North Dorset and this volume forms a ...

Glass-Making in England

Harry J. Powell · 1923 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1923 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated history of glass making in England in the scarce original dust wrapper. First edition of Glass-Making in England by Harry J. Powell in the original publisher's cloth ...

The Monthly Army List

None · 1808 · Rooke Books

£126.00 (€151.05 | $166.49 | ¥26,590)

London, War Office, 1808. Brochure/Pamphlet. A very scarce copy of The Monthly Army List from December, 1808. Scarce work. Dated 1st December, 1808. An official War Office publication, which commenced in 1789 under this title and ceased after May 1940 with no issues published ...

Memoirs, Illustrative of the Life and Writings of John Evelyn, Esq. F.R. S.

John Evelyn; William Bray · 1818 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.31 | $786.21 | ¥125,563)

London, Henry Colburn; John and Arthur Arch, 1818. First edition. Leather. An extra-illustrated first edition copy of the diaries of John Evelyn, a noted run of memoirs recounting an important period in English history. The first edition.Complete in two volumes.Volume I illust...

The Lighter Side of School Life

Ian Hay [John Hay Beith] · 1914 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, T. N. Foulis, 1914. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this amusing work on boarding school life by John Hay Beith, under the penname Ian Hay, in lovely condition. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding. Illustrated wit...

A Biographical History of England

J. Granger · 1799 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, J. Rivington and Sons; Various, 1799 . Leather. The third edition of this eighteenth century of England in full calf bindings. The uncommon third edition of A Biographical History of England by Rev. James Granger in full calf bindings.Three out of the four volume set.Â...

The Auld Neuk House and Its Story, the Birthplace of the Guthries

D. H. Edwards · 1916 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

Brechin, D. H. Edwards, 1916 . First edition. Cloth. The uncommon first edition of this topographical history of the Auld Neuk House in Brechin. First edition of The Auld Neuk House and its Story, The Birthplace of the Guthries in the original publisher's cloth binding. ...

A Brief History of the Times

Roger l'Estrange · 1678 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)

London, Charles Brome; R. Sare, 1678-88. First edition. Leather. The scarce first edition of Roger L'Estrange's interesting history of his own time, an exploration of the Restoration from the point of view of the Charles II defender. The first edition.Complete as thr...

The History of the Ancient Town and Borough of Uxbridge

George Redford, Thomas Hurry Riches · 1818 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

Uxbridge, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1818. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this history of Uxbridge. A first edition copy.The History of The Ancient Town and Borough of Uxbridge contains copies of interesting documents and a particular account of all ...

Modern Birmingham and Its Institutions: A Chronicle of Local Events, from 1841 to 1871

John Alfred Langford · 1873 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

Birmingham, William Downing, [1873-77]. Cloth. A scarce two-volume guide to 19th century life in Birmingham by John Alfred Langford. Dated via Jisc. Complete in two volumes. Chronicling the public events in Birmingham from 1841 to 1871, containing a compilation and records of...

Queen Elizabeth and Her Times, a Series of Original Letters, Selected from the Inedited Private Correspondence of the Lord Treasurer Burghley, the Earl of Leicester, the Secretaries Walsingham and Smith, Sir Christopher Hatton, and Most of the Distinguished Persons of the Period

Thomas Wright [ed.] · 1838 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.83 | $191.60 | ¥30,599)

London, Henry Colburn, 1838. First edition. Leather. The collected correspondence of Queen Elizabeth I complete in two volumes. The first edition of this work. Complete with two volumes bound in one.Biographical sketch of the life and times of Queen Elizabeth I compiled from a...

An Universal Etymological English Dictionary

Nathan Bailey · 1757 · Rooke Books

£1,200.00 (€1,438.60 | $1,585.63 | ¥253,235)

London, Various, 1757 . Leather. An early edition of Bailey's dictionary from the eighteenth century rebound in leather. Early edition of An Universal Etymological English Dictionary by Nathan Bailey rebound in quarter calf with marbled boards. A lovely copy of the most ...

The Soldier&Apos;S Friend

Sarah Robinson; Earl Roberts · 1913 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1913 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this autobiography and memoir of Sarah Robinson with illustrations. First edition of The Soldier's Friend A Pioneer's Record by Sarah Robinson in the original publisher's cloth bin...

German Aircraft of the First World War

Peter Gray; Owen Thetford · 1962 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, Putnam, 1962. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this comprehensive study of German aircraft from World War I, with illustrations throughout. First edition. Illustrated with black and white photographs and diagrams throughout. A study of German aircraft from th...

Statutes of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire 1957 & the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire Service of Dedication in St. Paul&Apos;S Cathedral, Wednesday 22 May 1974 at 11: 30

None · 1957 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, Curwen Press, 1957-1974. Paperback. Two scarce volumes from the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, with ephemera. Two volumes. Scarce publications. Statutes of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire 1957. Includes an initial statute from G. Lloyd-Georg...

The Plantagenet Ancestry

Lt.-Col. W. H. Turton · 1928 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Phillimore & Co. Ltd, 1928. First edition. Leather. A smart first edition of this comprehensive history of the ancestors of Elizabeth (daughter of Edward IV and wife of Henry VII). First edition. A collection of tables showing over 7,000 of the ancestors of Elizabeth o...

Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review

Thomas Babington Macaulay · 1844 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1844. Leather. A complete set of Thomas Babington Macaulay's critical and historical essays. Three volumes. A collection of critical and historical essays, originally published for the Edinburgh Review, some of which include: &...

Adams&Apos;S Chronicle of Bristol

Francis F. Fox [Preface.] · 1910 · Rooke Books

£58.00 (€69.53 | $76.64 | ¥12,240)

Bristol, J. Arrowsmith, 1910. Cloth. This chronicle of Bristol offers insight into the city in the fifteenth century. First published in 1623, Adams's Chronicle of Bristol comprises a list of the city magistrates for each year, and the events that happened under them. A c...