Storia moderna

Winchester

G. W. Kitchin · 1897 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1897. Leather. Bright copy of this fifth edition study of the historical town of Winchester by G. W. Kitchin. In the 'Historic Towns' series edited by E. A. Freeman and Rev. William Hunt. The fifth edition. Featuring three maps. Smart...

The Cheverels of Cheverel Manor

Lady Newdigate-Newdegate · 1898 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1898. First edition. Cloth. First edition of this personal account of the correspondence between Sir Roger and Lady Newdigate. The first edition of this work. Biographical work illustrative of the life of Sir Roger Newdigate, English politician...

Bantu Prophets in South Africa

Bengt G. M. Sundkler · 1961 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, New York and Toronto, Oxford University Press, 1961 . Cloth. The uncommon second edition of this study of Bantu Prophets with illustrations in the original dust wrapper. Second edition of Bantu Prophets in South Africa by Bengt G. M. Sundkler in the original publisher&...

Reaction to Conquest, Effects of Contact with Europeans on the Pondo of South Africa

Monica Hunter; J. C. Smuts · 1936 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, Oxford University Press, 1936 . First edition. Cloth. The uncommon first edition of this colonial history of South Africa with illustrations. First edition of Reaction to Conquest, Effects of Contact with Europeans on the Pondo of South Africa by Monica Hunter in the o...

1896 a Knight of the White Cross a Tale of the Siege of Rhodes

G. A. Henty · 1896 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Glasgow and Dublin, Blackie & Son, Limited, 1896 . First edition. Cloth. First edition, first impression of this military inspired novel by G. A. Henty with illustrations. 1896 A Knight of the White Cross, A Tale of the Siege of Rhodes by G. A. Henty in the original publisher&...

The Army List

1871 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.80 | $224.63 | ¥35,875)

London, John Murray; War Office, 1871-98. Cloth. A uniformly bound set of three scarce editions of 'The Army List', tracing the British Army across a total of 27 years. Three scarce editions of 'The Army List', this set including the volumes for July 1871, ...

A Narrative of the Peninsular War

Major Leith Hay · 1831 · Rooke Books

£2,400.00 (€2,877.20 | $3,171.27 | ¥506,471)

Edinburgh, Daniel Lizars, 1831. First edition. Leather. The vanishingly scarce first edition of Andrew Leigh Hay's vivid first hand account of the Peninsular War, complete with twenty-two plates. The very scarce first edition, last seen at auction in 1939.Complete in two ...

A Conquest of Tibet

Sven Hedin; Julius Lincoln · 1935 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London , Macmillan and Co. 1935. First edition. Cloth. A smart first English edition of A Conquest of Tibet, with illustrations throughout. A first English translated edition of A Conquest of Tibet by Sven Hedin. Translated into English from the original Swedish. Sven Hedin w...

Ich Dien" the Prince of Wales&Apos;S Volunteers (South Lancashire) 1914-1934

Captain H. Whalley-Kelly · 1935 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

Aldershot, Gale & Polden, 1935. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of a history of the South Lancashire Regiment, with maps and illustrations. A first edition copy of this work. This volume is the story of the South Lancashire Regiment during the First World War...

Deeds That Thrill the Empire

Earl of Derby · 1917 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)

London , The Standard Art Book Co, 1917-1919. First edition. Cloth. A complete five volume set of Deeds That Thrill the Empire, with colour plates. A complete five volume set of Deeds that Thrill the Empire which celebrate and describe many deed of World War One that resulted ...

An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of Oxford

Various · 1939 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)

London , His Majesty's Stationary Office, 1939. First edition. Cloth. A comprehensive volume that expertly records the historical monuments of Oxford, with a large folding map of Oxford and illustrations. This is a first edition copy of this concise historical statement a...

L&Apos;Amant Resuscite de la Mort D&Apos;Amour

Theodise Valentinian Francoys; Margaret Harris; M. A. Screech (ed) · 1971 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.87 | $145.35 | ¥23,213)

Yorkshire, Mouton Publishers, 1971 . Cloth. A facsimile edition of this uncommon issue from the French Renaissance Classics series. First facsimile edition of L'Amant Resuscite de la Mort D'Amour by Theodose Valentinian Francoys in the original publisher's cloth...

Architecture, Nature & Magic

W. R. Lethaby · 1956 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Gerald Duckworth & Co. Ltd, 1956 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first impression of this architectural study of early civilisation in the original dust wrapper with illustrations. First edition, first impression of Architecture, Nature & Magic by W. R. Leth...

The Idea of Ancient Literary Criticism

Yun Lee Too · 1998 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1998 . First edition. Cloth. The uncommon first edition, first impression of this study of the history of literary criticism in Ancient times. First edition, first impression of The Idea of Literary Criticism by Yun Lee Too in the original publisher&ap...

A History of the Parish of Penn in the County of Buckingham by J. Gilbert Jenkins, M.A. With Linocut Illustrations by Elizabeth Tuke Jenkins

J. Gilbert Jenkins · 1935 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, The Saint Catherine Press, 1935. Cloth. Jenkins's illustrated history of Penn, a picturesque village in the beautiful Chiltern Hills, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper...

1978 Wiltshire Village

Heather Tanner · 1978 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London , Robin Garton, 1978. Cloth. A lovely edition of this charming work, Wiltshire Village with illustrations throughout, signed by the publisher. Signed by the publisher, Robin Garton to the half title page, dated 1978. This volume is a story of villages in North West Wil...

The History of the Times

1935 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)

London, The Times, 1935-52. First edition. Cloth. Complete four volumes in five telling of the rich History of 'The Times' newspaper in the scarce dust wrappers. Complete set in four volumes in five containing the whole history of The Times, from its foundation in 1...

The Private Papers of a Bankrupt Bookseller

William Young Darling · 1931 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.83 | $191.60 | ¥30,599)

Edinburgh and London, Oliver and Boyd, 1931 . First edition. Cloth. The uncommon first edition, first impression of William Young Darling's first novel published anonymously. The first edition, first impression of The Private Papers of a Bankrupt Bookseller by William You...

The Book of English Songs

Various · 1851 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

London, Office of the National Illustrated Library, 1851 . First edition. Cloth. A first edition, later printing of this collection of English songs from the mid nineteenth century with illustrations. First edition of The Book of English Songs published by the Office of the Na...

The Pageant of the Lamp

The Edison Swan Electric Company Ltd. · 0 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, The Edison Swan Electric Company Ltd. c1948 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this short history of the electric lamp with colour illustrations. First edition of The Pageant of the Lamp, The Story of the Electric Lamp by The Edison Swan Electric Compa...