Storia moderna

Bye-Laws of the Lodge of Harmony No. 309. Fareham. Constituted April 8th 1796 Bye-Laws of the Lodge of Harmony No. 309. Fareham. Constituted April 8th 1796 Bye-Laws of the Lodge of Harmony No. 309. Fareham. Constituted April 8th 1796 Bye-Laws of the Lodge of Harmony No. 387, of Ancient, Free, and Accepted Masons, Constituted by Charter, Granted by the Grand Lodge of England Bye-Laws of the Lodge of Harmony No. 387, Meeting at the Roebuck Tavern, Gosport, Under the Authority of the United Grand L

Various · 1840 · Rooke Books

£245.00 (€293.71 | $323.73 | ¥51,702)

Portsea; Fareham; Gosport, Brothers Hammond; Brother H. Gilbert; J. Hammond, 1840-88. Leather. A selection of five very scarce pamphlets on the bye-laws of Freemason Lodges No. 309 and No. 387. Very scarce pamphlets. A collection of five pamphlets, each discussing the bye-laws...

A Sermon Preached Before the Lodge of Harmony of Free and Accepted Masons, No. 575, at Gosport Chapel, on the Anniversary of St. John the Evangelist, 1814, at the Consecration of the Saif Lodge

Reverend Brother Parker · 1815 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.80 | $224.63 | ¥35,875)

London, W. Lewis, 1815. Cloth. A very scarce sermon that was preached in front of freemasons on John the Evangelist's feast day. A very scarce work, with only one on Jisc, held at the University of Oxford Libraries. A transcript of a sermon given at the Gosport Chapel. Th...

Repertoire General Des Causes Celebres Anciennes Et Modernes, Redige Par Une Societe D&Apos;Hommes de Lettres

B. Saint-Edme; [Edme-Theodore Bourg] · 1834 · Rooke Books

£795.00 (€953.07 | $1,050.48 | ¥167,768)

Paris, Louis Rosier, 1834-5. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this extensive French work discussing the causes celebres throughout history in France, written by the man of letters Edme-Theodore Bourg. In the original French. The first edition of this work. In thirt...

Les Origines de la Renaissance En Italie

Emile Gebhart · 1879 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

Paris, Librairie Hachette et Cie, 1879. Leather. The first edition of this French work discussing the Italian Renaissance, an important era in history, written by Emile Gebhart. The first edition of this work. In the original French. This work is an enticing examination of the...

Operation Mercury

Tony Simpson · 1981 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London; Sydney; Auckland; Toronto, Hodder and Stoughton, 1981. First edition. Paperback. An uncorrected proof copy of Tony Simpson's study of the the Battle of Crete. This very scarce uncorrected proof of Tony Simpson's 'Operation Mercury' chronicles the Ba...

History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Defeat of the Spanish Armada

James Anthony Froude · 1900 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€899.12 | $991.02 | ¥158,272)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co, 1900. Leather. A popular edition of James Anthony Froude's detailed history of England from around the years 1530 to 1588, looking in detail at the reigns of Henry VIII and Elizabeth I. A popular edition of this work. Complete in twelve vo...

Zurich Bilder Aus Funf Zahrhunderten

F. O. Pestalozzi · 1925 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

Zurich, Buchdrukerei Berichthaus, 1925. Leather. A beautiful volume of illustrations chronicling Zurich from 1450 to 1850. This beautifully bound volume presents a collection of pictures, in both colour and monochrome, that chronicle the history of Zurich from 1450 to 1850, ta...

An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth and Nations. With a Life of the Author. Also, a View of the Doctrine of Smith Compared with That of the French Economists; with a Method of Facilitating the Study of His Works; from the French of M. Garnier.

Adam Smith · 1806 · Rooke Books

£2,500.00 (€2,997.08 | $3,303.40 | ¥527,574)

Edinburgh, William Creech, 1806. Leather. A smartly rebound three volume set of Adam Smith's influential and popular work on economics, 'The Wealth of Nations', a work which went on to shape economics theory. Rebound in a smart quarter crushed morocco binding wi...

Ruins Their Preservation and Display

M. W. Thompson · 1981 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, British Museum Publications Limited, 1981. Cloth. An interesting and detailed guide to the preservation and display of historical ruins. Great Britain boasts a wide and varied miscellany of historic ruins, and this work from M.W. Thompson offers readers an insight into...

A New Universal and Impartial History of England

George Frederick Raymond · 1790 · Rooke Books

£425.00 (€509.50 | $561.58 | ¥89,688)

London, J Cooke, c1790. First edition. Leather. A profusely illustrated look at the history of England, told chronologically through the reigns of each monarch and leader. The first and only edition of this work. Undated, dated using ESTC records. ESTC reference No T135893. Il...

Chronological Tables of Europe from the Nativity

Colonel Parsons · 1740 · Rooke Books

£475.00 (€569.45 | $627.65 | ¥100,239)

London, B and B Barker, 1740. Leather. A very scarce pocket sized reference work, providing useful historical information regarding the Popes, Emperors and Monarchs from the Nativity to the year 1726. In a beautiful paneled calf binding. With the bookplate of one James Allgood...

Historiae Britannicae Saxonicae Anglo-Danicae Scriptores XV

Thomas Gale · 1691 · Rooke Books

£775.00 (€929.10 | $1,024.06 | ¥163,548)

Oxford, E Theatro Shledoniano, 1691. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this volume of Thomas Gale's famed historical work regarding England. Containing monastic chronicles and early annals. In a contemporary half calf binding. With the bookplate of the Earl of ...

The West Riding Territorials in the Great War

Laurie Magnus · 1920 · Rooke Books

£96.00 (€115.09 | $126.85 | ¥20,259)

London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner and Co. 1920. Cloth. A history of West Riding's Territorials during the first world war. With a foreword by Field-Marshal Earl Haig, this comprehensive and illustrated work explores the history and battles of the territorial armies of W...

A Discourse for Taking Off the Tests and Penal Laws About Religion

1687 · Rooke Books

£400.00 (€479.53 | $528.54 | ¥84,412)

London, Randal Taylor, 1687. First edition. Disbound. A very sarce first edition of a pamphlet written against the penal laws and test acts that were in place in England, persecuting those who did not belong to the Church of England. A very scarce work. The first edition of th...

Eyphka Eyphka [Eureka Eureka] the Virtuous Woman Found Her Loss Bewailed and Character Exemplified

Mary Rich; Anthony Walker · 1678 · Rooke Books

£2,250.00 (€2,697.37 | $2,973.06 | ¥474,817)

London, Nathanael Ranew, 1678. First edition. Leather. Here appears the first printings of The Countess of Warwick, Mary Rich's writings. These were previously unpublished and are here in the form of a very scarce dedicatory sermon, written in honour of March Rich. The ve...

Sussex Archaeological Collections

Various · 1848 · Rooke Books

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

London, The Sussex Archaeological Society; John Russell Smith, 1848-1892. First edition. Leather. Thirty nine handsome volumes from the Sussex Archaeological Society's monumental annual 'Collections'; rebound in a lovely half mottled cloth binding with attractiv...

The Yorkshire Archaeological Society. Founded 1863. Incorporated 1893. Record Series. Vol. XL. For the Year 1908. Paver&Apos;S Marriage Licences.

John Wm. Clay (Ed) · 1909 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

[Yorkshire], Printed for the Society, 1909. Cloth. A scarce work of references printed for The Yorkshire Archaeological Society, in which John William Clay lays out the marriage licences for the year 1908. Scarce. In the publisher's original decorative cloth binding, with...

The Walthamstow Armorial

George Edward Roebuck · 1932 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

Walthamstow, Walthamstow Antiquarian Society Office, 1932. Paperback. A very scarce work of heraldry A very scarce work published by the Walthamstow Antiquarian Society. This work gives an overview of the heraldry families of Walthamstow, with in-text black and white illustrat...

English County Histories a Guide

C. R. J. Currie (Ed); C. P. Lewis (Ed) · 1994 · Rooke Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,276)

Gloucestershire , Alan Sutton , 1994. Cloth. An excellent copy of this work of English history edited by C. R. J. Currie and C. P. Lewis. As stated in the blurb this works is 'a much-needed historiographical study of county history in England&apos. Not only a fascinating ...

A Complete History of England with the Lives of All the Kings and Queens Thereof from the Earliest Account of Time to the Death of His Late Majesty King William III

John Hughes (Ed); White Kennet (Ed). · 1706 · Rooke Books

£1,200.00 (€1,438.60 | $1,585.63 | ¥253,235)

London, Brab, Aylmer et al, 1706. First edition. Leather. An early, illustrated look at the history of England through the reigns of its monarchs. Collaboratively written by many noted names of the period includingJohn Milton, Samuel Daniell and Sir John Hayward. The first edi...