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The Grounds for the Serious Charges Brought by Italy Against Abyssinia
The Grounds for the Serious Charges Brought by Italy Against Abyssinia
Legionarius · 1935 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)
Rome , Ardita , c1935. First edition. Paperback. A scarce pamphlet justifying Italy's charges brought against Abyssinia during the Abyssinian crisis, a lovely copy. An interesting historical pamphlet published by 'Ardita' publishers as noted on Jisc, a scarce fi...
Abyssinia, Italy and the League of Nations: A Guide to the Italo-Abyssinian Dispute and an Outline of Its Possible Settlement
Abyssinia, Italy and the League of Nations: A Guide to the Italo-Abyssinian Dispute and an Outline of Its Possible Settlement
1936 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)
London, British-Italian Bulletin, 1936. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce illustrated pamphlet delineating the Italo-Abyssinian dispute and the involvement of the League of Nations. An interesting historical pamphlet published by the British-Italian Bulletin, a very scar...
A Candid Investigation of the Present Prevailing Topic
A Candid Investigation of the Present Prevailing Topic
[George Rous] · 1784 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)
London, Not Stated, 1784. Disbound. A very scarce first edition copy of this pamphlet regarding the proposed bill to regulate the East India Company. The author is not stated to this work, but has been attributed to George Rous. Rous was a lawyer and politician who became Coun...
Edward Wortley Montagu, 1713-1776 : The Man in the Iron Wig
Edward Wortley Montagu, 1713-1776 : The Man in the Iron Wig
Jonathan Curling · 1954 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)
London, Andrew Melrose, 1954. First edition. Cloth. An exciting first edition biographical study of this scholar, traveller, MP and gambler. The first edition of this biographical study, in the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper. With a number of illustrate...
The History of the Christmas Card
The History of the Christmas Card
George Buday · 1964 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)
London, Spring Books, 1964 . Cloth. A delightful history of the origins and production of the Christmas card. Illustrated throughout, and with colour plates. The work of Hungarian born British author and printmaker and author George Buday, a fellow of the Society of Wood Engra...
History of the Reign of Philip II and Charles V
History of the Reign of Philip II and Charles V
William H. Prescott · 1855 · Rooke Books
£245.00 (€293.71 | $323.73 | ¥51,702)
London, Richard Bentley; Routledge, 1855-1859 . First edition. Cloth. A collection of informative biographies and histories of the reigns of these two important Spanish kings. The history of Philip II, as well as an additional account of Charles V's life post-abdication, ...
A Vindication of the Sacramental Test
A Vindication of the Sacramental Test
1789 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)
London, Not Stated, 1789. Disbound. A very scarce pamphlet on the subject of the Test Acts, most particularly that of 1673, a heated subject in the Roman Catholic religion. A very scarce pamphlet.ESTC citation number T64822.'A Vindication of the Sacramental Test' is ...
A History of the Earth and Animated Nature
A History of the Earth and Animated Nature
Oliver Goldsmith · 1824 · Rooke Books
£325.00 (€389.62 | $429.44 | ¥68,585)
London, William Charlton Wright, 1824. Cloth. A very scarce three volume edition of Goldsmith's study of the animal kingdom, with numerous engraved illustrations. The very scarce three volume illustrated 1824 edition of Anglo-Irish novelist, playwright and poet Oliver Gol...
The Communion Plate of the Churches in the City of London; of the Parish Churches in the County of London; of the Parish Churches in the County of Middlesex; of the Parish Churches in the County of Essex
The Communion Plate of the Churches in the City of London; of the Parish Churches in the County of London; of the Parish Churches in the County of Middlesex; of the Parish Churches in the County of Essex
Edwin Freshfield · 1894 · Rooke Books
£280.00 (€335.67 | $369.98 | ¥59,088)
London, Rixon and Arnold, 1894-9. First edition. Cloth. Four presentation copies, signed by the author, of these illustrated works exploring the communion plate of London, Middlesex, and Essex. A collection of four volumes documenting the communion plate in the churches of Lon...
Old Oxford Plate
Old Oxford Plate
Harold Charles Moffatt · 1906 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)
London, Archibald Constable & Co. 1906. First edition. Cloth. An extensive volume describing some old Oxford plates and their owners, the uncommon first edition. A history told through this collection of old Oxford plates by Harold Charles Moffatt. In 1895, a loan collection o...
Memorandum of Provisions in Acts of Parliament Relating to Other Companies and Bodies Inserted for the Protection of or Which May Affect the Interests of the Great Western Railway Company
Memorandum of Provisions in Acts of Parliament Relating to Other Companies and Bodies Inserted for the Protection of or Which May Affect the Interests of the Great Western Railway Company
L. B. Page; H. F. A. Hoskins · 1915 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)
Not Stated, Not Stated, 1915. Cloth. A scarce account of the parliamentary acts relating to the Great Western Railway. Detailing various acts of Parliament relevant to the Great Western Railway Company, which was famed as the 'Holiday Line', taking Londoners to the S...
The Childhood of Man
The Childhood of Man
Leo Frobenius; A. H. Keane · 1909 · Rooke Books
£180.00 (€215.79 | $237.85 | ¥37,985)
London, Seeley & Company Limited, 1909. First edition. Cloth. The first English edition of this important history of man and the primitive races, illustrated throughout. The first English edition of this work.An immense account of the history of man, looking into the lives, cu...
A Selection of Books, Manuscripts, Engravings and Autograph Letters Remarkable for Their Interest and Rarity: Being the Five Hundredth Catalogue Issued by Maggs Bros. Booksellers
A Selection of Books, Manuscripts, Engravings and Autograph Letters Remarkable for Their Interest and Rarity: Being the Five Hundredth Catalogue Issued by Maggs Bros. Booksellers
Maggs Bros · 1928 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)
London, Maggs Bros, 1928. First edition. Paperback. A fascinating catalogue of scarce books, engravings and manuscripts, illustrated throughout. The first edition of the five hundredth catalogue of this kind published by Maggs Bros, one of the oldest antiquarian booksellers i...
The Speech of the Right Honourable John, Earl of Clare, Lord High Chancellor of Ireland, in the House of Lords in Ireland, Monday, February 19, 1798, on a Motion Made by the Earl of Moira
The Speech of the Right Honourable John, Earl of Clare, Lord High Chancellor of Ireland, in the House of Lords in Ireland, Monday, February 19, 1798, on a Motion Made by the Earl of Moira
John FitzGibbon · 1798 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)
Dublin, Printed for John Milliken, 1798. First edition. Disbound. A very scarce disbound pamphlet comprising a speech by the Lord of Clare in response to a motion made by the Lord of Moira in the House of Lords in Ireland in 1798. A very scarce pamphlet, rarely found on the ma...
Brackles: Memoirs of a Pioneer of CIVIL Aviation
Brackles: Memoirs of a Pioneer of CIVIL Aviation
Frida H. Brackley · 1952 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)
Chatham, W. & J. Mackay & Co. 1952. First edition. Cloth. A bright first edition of this affectionate biography of pioneer of civil aviation, Herbert George Brackley by his wife Frida. The first edition of this affectionate biography of Herbert G. Brackley, a pioneer of civil ...
Letters of Lady Russell from the Manuscript in the Library at Woburn Abbey
Letters of Lady Russell from the Manuscript in the Library at Woburn Abbey
Lady Rachel Russell · 1801 · Rooke Books
£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)
London, J. Mawman, 1801. Leather. A collection of the correspondences of Lady Rachel Russell, the seventeenth-century noblewoman. In the sixth edition. Containing a frontispiece portrait of Lady Rachel Russell, and a plate of Lord William Russell to the verso of page cxli. Rac...
Lives of Cardinal Alberoni, the Duke of Ripperda, and Marquis of Pombal, Three Distinguished Political Adventures of the Last Century. Exhibiting a View of the Kingdoms of Spain and Portugal During a Considerable Portion of That Period
Lives of Cardinal Alberoni, the Duke of Ripperda, and Marquis of Pombal, Three Distinguished Political Adventures of the Last Century. Exhibiting a View of the Kingdoms of Spain and Portugal During a Considerable Portion of That Period
George Moore · 1814 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)
London, J. Rodwell, 1814. Leather. The second edition of George Moore's immense biographical work on three prominent political adventurers of the eighteenth century. The second edition of this work.George Moore's extensive biographical work on Cardinal Alberoni, the ...
English Saga; the Years of Endurance 1793-1802; Years of Victory 1802-1812; the Age of Elegance 1812-1822; the Turn of the Tide 1939-1943; and Triumph in the West 1943-1946
English Saga; the Years of Endurance 1793-1802; Years of Victory 1802-1812; the Age of Elegance 1812-1822; the Turn of the Tide 1939-1943; and Triumph in the West 1943-1946
Arthur Bryant · 1941 · Rooke Books
£1,295.00 (€1,552.49 | $1,711.16 | ¥273,283)
London, Collins, 1941-59. First edition. Leather. A beautiful collection of six historical works by Arthur Bryant, in a uniform R. W. and R. B. signed binding. All first editions, some later impressions. A collection of six historical works by Arthur Bryant, historian and colu...
A Distant Summer
A Distant Summer
Edith Saunders · 1947 · Rooke Books
£160.00 (€191.81 | $211.42 | ¥33,765)
London, Sampson, Low, Marston & Co, LTD, 1947. Leather. A morocco bound second edition of Edith Saunders' history of Queen Victoria's important state visit to Paris in 1855. The second edition of this work.An account of Queen Victoria's 1855 state visit to Paris...
Field Marshal Lord Ligonier : A Story of the British Army 1702-1770
Field Marshal Lord Ligonier : A Story of the British Army 1702-1770
Rex Whitworth · 1958 · Rooke Books
£170.00 (€203.80 | $224.63 | ¥35,875)
Oxford , At the Clarendon Press , 1958. First edition. Fine Binding. Rex Whitworth explores the career and life of field marshal Lord Ligonier from 1702 until his death in 1770 in this scarce volume. The first edition, in an attractive fine binding. The first edition of this w...