Storia moderna

A Contribution to the Flora of Derbyshire

William Hunt Painter · 1889 · Rooke Books

£89.00 (€106.70 | $117.60 | ¥18,782)

London, George Bell & Sons, 1889. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of William Hunt Painter's important reference work on the natural flora of Derbyshire, illustrated with a colour folding map. The first edition of this work.A concise and important work looking to t...

The Vertebrate Fauna of North Wales

H. E. Forrest · 1907 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, Witherby & Co, 1907. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this beautifully illustrated study of the common vertebrate fauna native to North Wales, illustrated with a folding map. The first edition of this work.An exploration of the vertebrate fauna commonly found...

The World of Anecdote: An Accumulation of Facts, Incidents, and Illustrations, Historical and Biographical, from Books and Times Recent and Remote

Edwin Paxton Hood · 1870 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1870. Leather. A leather bound collection of anecdotes from across the globe written by non-conformist, Edwin Paxton Hood. This work details all manner of events, characters, occurrences and customs from across the world.Written by Edwin Paxton Ho...

Fact and Fiction, Past and Present

Ben Charles Jones · 1884 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Messrs. Williams & Norgate, 1884 . Cloth. A lovely copy of this theist and historic work exploring religion and ancient Egypt. Comprises three works by Ben. Charles Jones bound as one: 'Allegories, Discourses, Dissertations, Disquisitions, Episodes, Legends, Parab...

The Trial, by Impeachment, of Henry Lord Viscount Melville, for High Crimes and Misdemeanors, Before the House of Peers, in Westminster Hall, between the 29th of April and the 17th of May, 1806

1806 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.66 | $383.19 | ¥61,199)

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1806. First edition. Leather. A diced calf bound first edition of this detailed account of the 1806 trial of impeachment against Henry Dundas, Lord Melville. Illustrated with a frontispiece. The first edition of this work.An account of t...

Fire over London 1940-41

1941 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London & Melbourne, THe London County Council; Hutchinson & Co. 1941. Brochure/Pamphlet. A riveting and richly illustrated pamphlet detailing the operations of London's fire service during the depths of the Second World War. A fascinating account leading the reader throug...

The Lives of the Chief Justices of England

John Lord Campbell · 1849 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.80 | $224.63 | ¥35,875)

London, John Murray, 1849. Cloth. John Lord Campbell's collection of concise biographies on the Chief Justices of British history, a fascinating work of biography. Complete in two volumes.This work is completely devoted to the biographies of the Chief Justices of England,...

Battle Tactics of the Western Front the British Army&Apos;S Art of Attack, 1916-18

Paddy Griffith · 1994 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

New Haven, Yale University Press, 1994. Cloth. An excellent volume on the British army's battle tactics, illustrated. A very interesting, illustrated volume on the British Army's battle tactics of the Western front during the First World War. By Paddy Griffith, Briti...

Wrecks in Tasmanian Waters

Harry O'May · 1797 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

Tasmania, L. G. Shea, Government Printer, c1955. Cloth. A thorough account detailing shipwrecks sunk around Tasmania between 1797 and 1950. This work details all known wrecks in the waters surrounding Tasmania between the years 1797 and 1950; wrecks are listed by date.Harry O&...

A History of British Carpets

C. E. C. Tattersall, Stanley Reed · 1966 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

Leigh-On-Sea, F. Lewis , 1966. Cloth. A revised, enlarged edition of this charming volume detailing the British history of carpets, thoroughly illustrated. An interesting volume on the British history of carpets from the early seventeenth to the twentieth century, originally p...

The British Overseas Exploits of a Nation of Shopkeepers

Charles E. Carrington · 1950 · Rooke Books

£86.00 (€103.10 | $113.64 | ¥18,149)

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press , 1950. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this volume comprising the history of British settlement abroad, illustrated throughout. The first edition of this narrative on British settlement abroad throughout history. An analysis of...

La Comune E la Guerra Del 1870-71

Georges Bourgin, Max Terrier, Cesare Giardini · 1956 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

Milan, Arnoldo Mondadori, 1956. First edition. Hardback. The first Italian edition of this fascinating narrative of the history of the Paris Commune and the Franco-Prussian War 1870-71, thoroughly explained and illustrated. The first Italian edition of this book comprising the...

The Petition of the Gentlemen and Students of the Universitie of Cambridge... Upon the Arrival of That Newes to Them of the Bishops Late Imprisonment

Anon · 1642 · Rooke Books

£1,500.00 (€1,798.25 | $1,982.04 | ¥316,544)

London, John Greensmith, 1642. Cloth. A very scarce anti-episcopacy satire in England printed at the start of the Civil War. A scarce satire on the concept of petitions regarding the 'newes to them of the Bishops late imprisonment&apos. ESTC reference no: R5951.With cont...

The Night-Mare

C.S. Forester · 1954 · Rooke Books

£69.00 (€82.72 | $91.17 | ¥14,561)

London, Michael Joseph, 1954. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of C. S. Forester's novel about the end of Nazi Germany, in the original unclipped dustwrapper. The first edition of The Nightmare by C.S. Forester, English novelist particuarly known for his naval wr...

The War in Africa (1914-1917) and in the Far East (1914)

H. C. O'Neill · 1919 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€407.60 | $449.26 | ¥71,750)

1919, Longmans, Green and Co. 1919. Hardback. A thorough and scarce military account, featuring seven campaign maps. A rare survival of a fragile book. This is an account of the First World War as it occurred in Africa and the Far East. Includes accounts of the campaign in To...

In the Steps of John Bunyan

Vera Brittain · 1950 · Rooke Books

£220.00 (€263.74 | $290.70 | ¥46,427)

London, Rich and Crown, 1950. Cloth. A signed, first edition of this critical and historical guide to seventeenth century England. An important study on Bunyan. Signed by the author, Vera Brittain.  Vera Brittain was an English Voluntary Aid Detachment nurse, writer and femin...

View of the State of Europe

Henry Hallam · 1870 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, A Murray and Son, 1870. Fine Binding. A finely bound one volume edition of Henry Hallam's noted historical tome on Europe during the Middle Ages. This is a 'revised and collected' one volume edition. Henry Hallam was a noted English historian. This was ...

Nine Letters to Theodore Watts-Dunton from J. Mcneill Whistler

James Abbott McNeill Whistler · 1922 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

Chelsea, Private Distribution , 1922. Paperback. A limited edition for private circulation of this collection of nine letters by James Abbott McNeill Whistler, penned to his friend Theodore Watts-Dunton. A limited edition work, limited to fifty copies, of which this copy is un...

The World Crisis

Winston Churchill · 1923 · Rooke Books

£1,100.00 (€1,318.72 | $1,453.50 | ¥232,133)

London, Thornton Butterworth, 1923-1931. First edition. Cloth. An early edition set of Winston Churchill's noted account of the First World War. Comprising volumes I-V of this important work. Lacking the final volume, which was not published until 1931. Prior owner'...

A History of the English-Speaking Peoples

Winston Churchill · 1976 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)

London, Cassell and Company LTD, 1976. Cloth. An association copy of the first volume in Winston Churchill's history of Britain, from the library of his cousin John Spencer-Churchill. From the library of John Spencer-Churchill, the 11th Duke of Marlborough, with his signa...