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Oxfordshire Archaeological Society Report for the Year 1890. The Descent of the Manors of Pirton and Haseley. Report for the Year 1891. Report for the Year 1892. Notices, Manorial and Ecclesiastical, of the Parish of Checkenden. Additional Notices of Checkenden Rectory. Transactions and Papers of the Oxfordshire Archaeological Society. No. XXX. An Inventory of the Church Plate in the Deanery of Woodstock, with Historical and Descriptive Notices. Historical Notices of Caversham. Reports for the Y

Rev. M. T. Pearman; Rev. Edward Marshall; Henry Dryden; the Hon. Bryan J. Stapleton; et al. · 1891 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

Banbury; London, John Potts; Mitchell and Hughes; William Potts, 1891-1898. Leather. A half calf bound collection of reports from the Oxfordshire Archaeological Society between 1891 and 1898, offering a comprehensive view of the Society's activities. In a half calf bindin...

The Tricolor on the Atlas

Francis Pulszky · 1854 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, T. Nelson and Sons, 1854. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this history of the French invasion of Algeria, translated and compiled from various sources, most notably the descriptions of Dr Moritz Wagner. A fascinating and descriptive account of the French inv...

Mass Killing and Genocide in Croatia 1991/92: A Book of Evidence (Based Upon the Evidence of the Division of Information, the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Croatia)

Various · 1992 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

Zagreb, Hrvatska Sveučilišna Naklada, 1992. First edition. Hardback. A first edition, historical account of the genocide in Croatia during 1991/92. The first edition. In the publisher's original hardback binding. Issue one of the 'Croatia in the War' series....

A Historical Account of the Ashmolean Natural History Society of Oxfordshire 1880-1905

Frank Arthur Bellamy · 1908 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Oxford, J. Vincent, 1908. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of the history of the Ashmolean Natural History Society. A Historical Account of the Ashmolean Natural History Society of Oxfordshire 1880-1905 is by Frank Arthur Bellamy who was a British Astronomer. ...

A History of the County of Oxford

Various · 2004 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)

Woodbridge, Boydell & Brewer, 2004-19. Cloth. A beautiful set of five volumes on the history of Oxfordshire, modern impressions of the 'Victoria County History' series. The 'Victoria History of the Counties of England' is an English history project beginnin...

A History of the County of Oxford Vol. XII

Alan Crossley [ed.] · 1990 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

Oxford , Oxford University Press, 1990. First edition. Cloth. First edition of this volume from the Victoria County History series concerning the city of Oxford. The first edition of this work. Volume XII of eighteen of the incomplete history of Oxfordshire in the 'Victor...

Reliquiae Hearnianae: The Remains of Thomas Hearne, M.A. , of Edmund Hall. Being Extracts from His Ms. Diaries, Collected with a Few Notes.

Philip Bliss (ed.) · 1869 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, John Russell Smith , 1869. Cloth. The complete three volume set of these interesting extracts from the diaries of Thomas Hearne. The enlarged second edition. Bound in full cloth with title plates to the spines. With bookbinders label for, 'W. Bone & Son' to t...

Henry Herbert Wills Physics Laboratory

Anonymous · 1927 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

Bristol, University of Bristol, 1927 . First edition. Paperback. The University of Bristol's very scarce publication celebrating the formal opening of the Henry Herbert Wills Physics Laboratory on October 21st, 1927. Illustrated with seven tipped in photographic plates, a...

A Complete Treatise of Land Surveying, by the Chain, Cross, and Offset Staffs Only

William Davis · 1798 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€407.60 | $449.26 | ¥71,750)

London, Faulder; Elmsley; Egerton's MIlitary Library; et al, 1798. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce treatise on land surveying by William Davis, complete with folding plates. The very scarce first edition of this work.ESTC citation number T11423...

Tapestry Weaving in England from the Earliest Times to the End of the Xviiith Century

W. G. Thomson · 1620 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, B. T. Batsford, c1914. Cloth. A lovely copy of this work on English tapestry weaving, with 60 plates and illustrations. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Frontispiece depicts the tapestry of Vulcan and Venus from the Victoria and Albert Museum, made betwe...

Buckinghamshire Leaders Social and Political.

C. A. Manning Press · 1905 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.87 | $145.35 | ¥23,213)

London, Gaskill, Jones & Co. 1905. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce work on the social and political leaders of Buckinghamshire, with 49 plates. In a half calf binding. Gilt edges. Bookplate to the front paste down. 49 plates. Collated complete. A first edition of this biog...

Sharpe&Apos;S Trafalgar, Richard Sharpe and the Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805.

Bernard Cornwell · 2000 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, HarperCollins, 2000. First edition. Cloth. A handsome, first edition copy of this popular novel in the 'Richard Sharpe' series. The first edition, first impression with full number line. In the publisher's cloth binding with the original unclipped dust w...

A History of the Manor of Bensington (Benson, Oxon), a Manor of Ancient Demesne

Rev. M. T. Pearman · 1896 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.43 | ¥10,129)

London, Elliot Stock, 1896. First edition. Cloth. An interesting history of the Anglo-Saxon manor of Bensington, in what is now the village of Benson, Oxfordshire. The first edition. In two-tone cloth binding with gilt lettering. A comprehensive history of the ancient manor of...

Dreamland in History the Story of the Norman Dukes

H. D. M. Spence · 1891 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, Wm. Isbister Limited, 1891. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition of the Dean of Gloucester's history of the Norman dukes, with illustrations by the renowned artist Herbert Railton. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with ornate gilt decoration...

History of the King&Apos;S Own Yorkshire Light Infantry from 1755 to 1914

Col. H. C. Wylly · 1926 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, Percy Lund, Humphries & Co. 1926. First edition. Vellum. Volume I & II of Colonel Wylly's history of the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry from 1755 to 1914, with lovely folding maps and plates. Bound in paper vellum with the gilt crest of the King's O...

Textiles in Indian Ocean Societies

Ruth Barnes (Ed.); David Parkin Ed.) · 2005 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London; New York , RoutledgeCurzon, 2005. First edition. Hardback. A collection of essays regarding the trade of textiles in Indian Ocean societies. A scarce first edition. In the publisher's original hardcover binding. With monochrome photographs and illustrations throug...

History of the (12th Eastern) Division in the Great War, 1914-1918

Major-General Sir Arthur B. Scott [Ed.]; P. Middleton Brumwell [Compiled] · 1923 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Nisbet & Co, 1923. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this detailed account of the 12th (Eastern) Division's service during the First World War. Illustrated with numerous maps. A bright copy of the first edition of this study of the history of the formatio...

Some Account of the Monuments in Hackney Church.

Richard Simpson · 1881 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.87 | $151.96 | ¥24,268)

Guildford, Billing and Sons, 1881. First edition. Leather. A very scarce first edition of Simpson's account of the monuments in Hackney Church, in a half calf binding. A first edition of Simpson's account of the monuments of the Anglican parish church of St John-at-H...

The Memoirs of Baron Thiãƒâ©Bault (Late Lieutenant-General in the French Army)

Baron Thiébault; Arthur John Butler (ed.) · 1896 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.87 | $145.35 | ¥23,213)

London, Smith, Elder & Co. 1896. Cloth. The complete two volume set of Baron Thiébault's memoir, translated by Arthur John Butler. The first translated edition. In full cloth binding with gilt detail to the spine. There is a fold out map of Paris in volume one and an eng...

The Days of Battle; or, Quatre Bras and Waterloo

Charlotte Anne Eaton · 1853 · Rooke Books

£325.00 (€389.62 | $429.44 | ¥68,585)

London, Henry G. Bohn , 1853. Leather. A fascinating account of the Battle of Waterloo, written from the personal experience of an English woman in Belgium. A new edition. In half leather binding. The personal account the of English travel writer, Charlotte Anne Eaton's, ...