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Of English Literature in the Reign of Victoria
Henry Morley · 1881 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)
London , Tauchnitz , 1881 . Cloth. A fascinating profile of English Literature in the reign of Queen Victoria, The Tauchnitz Collection Volume 2000. This profile of English literature during the reign of Queen Victoria was written by Henry Moorley who was an English academic.Â...
A History of the County of Stafford: Volume XVII; a History of the County of Stafford: Volume VII: Leek and the Moorlands
M. W. Greenslade [editor] · 1976 · Rooke Books
£160.00 (€191.81 | $211.42 | ¥33,765)
Oxford, Oxford University Press , 1976-1996 . Cloth. A smart set of two volumes of The Victoria History of the County of Stafford complete with illustrations, maps and plans throughout. The Victoria County History is one of the world's longest-running research projects fo...
Glimpses of Our Ancestors in Sussex; and Gleanings in East and West Sussex
Charles Fleet · 1883 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)
Lewes, Farncombe & Co, 1883. Cloth. A second volume edition of an interesting local history of Sussex, written by Charles Fleet. This is the second volume of Glimpses of Our Ancestors in Sussex; and Gleanings in East and West Sussex written by Charles Fleet and is dedicated to...
The History of the Castle, Town, and Port of Dover
Rev. S. P. H. Statham · 1899 · Rooke Books
£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)
London , Longmans, Green and Co. 1899. First edition. Cloth. An interesting history of port, castle and town Dover with illustrations and plans throughout. This is a first edition copy of The History of the Castle, Town, and Port of Dover, written to redress the inadequacies o...
The Land of the Dons
Leonard Williams · 1902 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)
London , Cassell and Company, 1902. First edition. Cloth. A first edition illustrated copy of Leonard Williams' account of Spain's traditions, people and culture. This is an illustrated first edition copy of Leonard William's account of Spain. The work considers...
The Charters and Other Documents Relating to the King&Apos;S Town and Parish of Maidstone, in the County of Kent
William Roberts James · 1825 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)
London , Joseph Butterworth, 1825. First edition. Leather. A well presented and intriguing first edition collection of the charters and documents relating to Maidstone in Kent, commented and annotated by William Roberts James. An intriguing local history of Maidstone, Kent, sh...
Sussex Record Society Vol XLVIII: The Town Book of Lewes 1543-1701
L. F. Salzman [ed.] · 1542 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)
Lewes, The Society, c1946 . Leather. A well presented scarce volume of The Town Book of Lewes 1542-1701, The Sussex Records Society's forty-eighth volume. This is volume 48 of the Sussex Record Society's printed works and considers the town of Lewes between the years...
The Free Schools of Worcestershire and Their Fulfilment
George Griffith · 1852 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)
London, Charles Gilpin, 1852. First edition. Cloth. Scarce first edition of this history of free schools in Worcestershire by George Griffith. The first edition of this work, a scarce copy. A history of the endowed schools of the county of Worcestershire by George Griffith, wi...
Steps to Water: The Ancient Stepwells of India
Morna Livingston · 2002 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)
New York, Princeton Architectural Press , 2002. First edition. Cloth. A beautiful large paper volume illustrating the sacred ancient stepwells of India by photographer Morna Livingston. The first edition, first impression. The first edition, first impression of this work. A be...
The Military Novels of Charles Lever
Charles Lever · 1892 · Rooke Books
£245.00 (€293.71 | $323.73 | ¥51,702)
London, George Routledge and Sons, Limited, 1892. Leather. A limited edition collection of the military novels of Charles Lever, all illustrated by the noted artist Phiz, otherwise known as Hablot Knight Browne, bound in a half-calf binding. Limited Edition, 'Edition De L...
Uniforms of the Unites States Army
Henry Loomis Nelson · 1959 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)
New York, Thomas Yoseloff , 1959. Cloth. A large paper copy with some lovely coloured plates illustrating the US Army uniforms, first trade edition thus, enlarged. First trade edition with 'New Matter', first thus, published together with a limited edition of sixty c...
Sheffield and Rotherham "Up-to-Date": A Fin-de-Siecle Review, Including Descriptive Sketches of the Chief Industries and Representative Houses in Each Branch of Commercial Enterprise
1897 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)
London, Robinson, Son & Co, 1897 . Cloth. A very scarce and richly illustrated work exploring manufacturing and industry in Sheffield and Rotherham at the close of the nineteenth century. A very scarce illustrated study of the industrial towns of Sheffield and Rotherham at the...
Manual de Fortificacion de Campaãâ±a
Henri Alexis Brialmont; Emilio Bonelli Hernando (Trans) · 1881 · Rooke Books
£165.00 (€197.81 | $218.02 | ¥34,820)
Madrid, Alvarez Hermanos, 1881. Leather. An important work on military work on military fortifications, written by architect Henri Alexis Brialmont and translated into Spanish by Hernando, illustrated with several folding plates. Very scarce 1881 Spanish translation. Illustra...
A Short History of Our Own Times
Justin McCarthy · 1898 · Rooke Books
£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)
London, Chatto & Windus, 1898. Fine Binding. A handsomely bound copy of this brief history of Great Britain from the accession of Queen Victoria until the general election of 1880. A brief history of the island of Great Britain, from the accession of Queen Victoria in 1837 unt...
Correspondence of Lieut. -General the Hon. Sir George Cathcart Relative to His Military Operations in Kaffraria, Until the Termination of the Kafir War, and to His Measures for the Future Maintenance of Peace on That Frontier, and the Protection and Welfare of the People of South Africa
Sir George Cathcart · 1857 · Rooke Books
£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)
London, John Murray, 1857. First edition. Leather. The first impression of the correspondence of Sir George Cathcart relative to his military operations, in a lovely full calf binding. A lovely copy of the first edition correspondence of Major-General George Cathcart, relative...
Official Medals and Ribbons of the British Army from 1800 to 1901
Arthur Wellesley-Bikker · 1902 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)
Not Stated, None, 1902. First edition. Leather. An illustrated scrapbook containing forty-eight examples of the medals and ribbons issued by the British Army over the course of the nineteenth century. A charming 1902 scrapbook depicting the medals and ribbons awarded by the Br...
An Ice-Cream War
William Boyd · 1982 · Rooke Books
£64.00 (€76.73 | $84.57 | ¥13,506)
London, Hamish Hamilton, 1982. First edition. Cloth. The first edition copy of Boyd's 'darkly comic' wartime novel, which takes place during the East African Campaign of WWI, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. First Edition. In the original unclipped dust ...
Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry
William Carleton · 1836 · Rooke Books
£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)
London, Baldwin and Cradock , 1836. Leather. A five volume collection of sketches of Irish rural life by William Carleton, the fourth edition in uniform bindings signed Sotheran. A series of sketches on the stereotypical nineteenth century Irishman, both humorous and melanchol...
Recollections of the Peninsula
Joseph Moyle Sherer · 1824 · Rooke Books
£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)
London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, and Green, 1824. Leather. A handsomely bound, second edition copy of this memoir of the Peninsula War, written by Lieut.-Col. Joseph Moyle-Sherer. A fascinating and detailed memoir of the Peninsula War, fought from 1807 to 1814 in...
Notes on the Battle of Jena
An Officer of the R. Staff Corps · 1827 · Rooke Books
£450.00 (€539.47 | $594.61 | ¥94,963)
London, T. Egerton, 1827. First edition. Leather. A very scarce leather bound copy which relates the events of the Battle of Jena, published anonymously by an officer of the Royal Artillery, with three folding maps. First Edition, very scarce. Bound in half-morocco on marbled...