Storia moderna

Westminster Abbey

Mrs. A. Murray Smith · 1904 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1904. First edition. Cloth. A scarce limited edition copy of this ode to Westminster, colour illustrated, and signed by the publisher. A copy of the scarce De Lu limited edition. Signed by the publisher to the edition page. One of 250 De Luxe co...

The London Year: A Book of Many Moods

H. V. Morton · 1926 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Methuen & Co. 1926. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of a travel guide touring the reader through a year in London, including visits to the Chelsea Flower Show and a Christmas market at Covent Garden. The first edition of The London Year: A Book of Many Moods, w...

Eugene de Beauharnais

Violette M. Montagu · 1913 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

London, John Long, Limited, 1913. First edition. Cloth. A smart copy of this uncommon first edition biography, illustrated throughout. A smart and uncommon first edition biography by biographer Violette M. Montagu. A detailed and illustrated account tracing the life of French ...

The Petition of the Governors and Trustees of the Free Grammar School of King Edward VI at Shrewsbury

Various [J.R. Kenyon, W.F.F. Boughey] · 1872 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

Shrewsbury, Witherby and Co. c1872. Cloth. A vanishingly scarce petition against the Public Schools Act with past decrees adjoined from Shrewsbury Grammar School, the education site of Charles Darwin. The Petition of the Governors and Trustees of the Free Grammar School of Kin...

Canada in Flanders

Major Charles G.D. Roberts [pref. Lord Beaverbrook] · 1918 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1918. First edition. Cloth. The third volume of a very scarce record of the Canadian Expeditionary Force on the Western Front, including their struggles at Regina Trench. The very scarce third volume of Canada in Flanders, The Official Story of th...

The Post Office Directory of Northamptonshire

[ed. by E.R. Kelly] · 1877 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Kelly and Co. 1877. Cloth. A very scarce and iconic Kelly's post office directory separately bound for Northamptonshire, including local advertisements to the rear. The Post Office Directory of Northamptonshire, a separately bound work from the fifth edition of Th...

Ludwig the Second, King of Bavaria

Clara Tschudi [trans. by Ethel Harriet Hearn] · 1908 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, Swan Sonnenschein & Co. 1908. First edition. Cloth. A scarce translated biography on the extravagant Bavarian king, famous for a turbulent reign yet a devoted patron of the arts. The first English translated edition of Ludwig the Second, a historical biography on the e...

Autobiography of Thomas Platter

Thomas Platter [trans. by Mrs. Finn] · 1847 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, B. Wertheim, 1847. Cloth. The second edition of a scarce translation of the Swiss intellectual's autobiography, an intriguing account of an scholar in the turbulent sixteenth century. The second edition of the autobiography of Swiss humanist, teacher and printmake...

Shropshire. The Unsold Portions of the High Ercall Estate, About 976 Acres. To Be Offered for Sale by Auction at the Wrekin Hall, Wellington, on Thursday, July 2nd, 1931, at 4 P.M.

1931 · Rooke Books

£390.00 (€467.54 | $515.33 | ¥82,302)

Coventry , Messrs. Band, Hatton & Co. Solicitors; Messrs Winterton & Sons; Messrs Frank Matthews & Co. 1931. Cloth. An exceptionally scarce catalogue for the sale of the High Ercall Estate. A fascinating and incredibly unique record of Shropshire history, here in the form of a...

The Pageant of the Forth

Stewart Dick · 1910 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, T. N. Foulis, 1910. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of a charming history of the Scottish bay The Firth of the Forth, including tales of romance and mythology. The first edtion of The Pageant of the Forth: The History and Romances of Its Shores, written by Brit...

The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte: Emperor of the French. With a Preliminary View of the French Revolution

Sir Walter Scott · 1827 · Rooke Books

£245.00 (€293.71 | $323.73 | ¥51,702)

London, Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, & Green, 1827. First edition. Leather. The first edition of Walter Scott's celebrated history on the iconic French general, complete in nine volumes. The first edition of The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte: Emperor of the French. With A Pr...

A Unique Collection of Twentieth-Century Periodical Articles on Art, Furniture and Design from Country Life and the Illustrated London News.

Various · 1927 · Rooke Books

£345.00 (€413.60 | $455.87 | ¥72,805)

London, Country Life Ltd; The Illustrated London News and Sketch Limited, c1910-30. Leather. A wonderful, utterly unique collection of early twentieth-century periodical articles on art, furniture and design, uniformly bound. Five volumes of articles sourced from Country Life ...

A Directory of Shropshire, and the Whole of North and South Wales: To Which Is Added, a Directory of Liverpool, and Various Towns Upon the Environs of That Great Port, in Cheshire and Lancashire

Isaac Slater · 1844 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.31 | $786.21 | ¥125,563)

Manchester, I. Slater, 1844. Cloth. A vanishingly scarce directory relating to Shropshire, Lancashire, Wales, and bankers in England, an intriguing source with folding maps. The vanishingly scarce Directory of Shropshire, and the Whole of North and South Wales: to which is add...

Memoirs of Celebrated Female Characters, Who Have Distinguished Themselves by Their Talents and Virtues in Every Age and Nation; Containing the Most Extensive Collection of Illustrious Examples of Feminine Excellence Ever Published; in Which the Virtuous and the Vicious Are Painted in Their True Colours.

[Mary] Pilkington · 1804 · Rooke Books

£995.00 (€1,192.84 | $1,314.75 | ¥209,974)

London, Albion Press, 1804. First edition. Leather. A pleasing copy of this wonderfully scarce, nineteenth-century biography of celebrated women; illustrated with twelve engraved portraits. A wonderful first edition copy of this scarce work by Mary Pilkington. Bound in contemp...

The Siege of Carlaverock with the Arms of the Earls, Barons, and Knights, Who Were Present on the Occasion; with a Translation, a History of the Castle, and Memoirs of the Personages Commemorated by the Poet

Nicholas Harris Nicolas · 1828 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

London, J. B. Nichols and Son, 1828. First edition. Leather. The first edition of Nicolas"s heraldic study of the "Siege of Caerlaverock," an enduring source for medieval heraldry and chivalric history. In a contemporary half morocco binding with marbled paper boards.  First ...

The Welsh Border: Its Churches, Castles and Dyke; in Praise of North Wales; the Romance of Wales

M.A. Hoyer, M.L. Heppel; Arthur Granville Bradley · 1911 · Rooke Books

£79.00 (€94.71 | $104.39 | ¥16,671)

London, David Nutt; Methuen and Co. 1911-1929. Cloth. Three first editions on Wales and its history, delving into its scenic beauty, with numerous illustrations. Three first editions of illustrated volumes on Wales, two of which are written by British historian Arthur Granvill...

Journals of the House of Lords, Beginning Anno Vicesimo-Primo Caroli Regis, 1645. Vol. VIII

House of Lords · 1771 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London, House of Lords, [1771]. First edition. Leather. A scarce folio printing of the House of Lords proceedings for 1646, preserving a detailed parliamentary record from the height of the English Civil War. In a contemporary half calf binding with marbled paper boards.  Fir...

Collection de Douze Vues de Waterloo

Anonymous · 1850 · Rooke Books

£490.00 (€587.43 | $647.47 | ¥103,404)

Bruxelles, Chez Gerard, c1850 . Paperback. A collection of twelve detailed lithograph views of mid-nineteenth century Waterloo, including depictions of monuments erected following the Battle of Waterloo. In both French and English. Collated, illustrated with twelve lithographs...

Near East Far East

Cecil Beaton · 1943 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)

London, B. T. Batsford Ltd, 1943-45. First edition. Cloth. Two pleasing first editions of Cecil Beaton's autobiographical account of his travels around India and China, with original photographs by the author. Two first edition photo books by British photographer, Cecil B...

Laboratory Manual for Automotive Electricity, Especially Designed to Accompany the Text "Automotive Construction and Operation" by Wight and Smith

W.M. R. Varner, Fred C. Smith · 1926 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

New York, John Wiley & Sons, 1926. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of a laboratory manual delving into fundamental principles for understanding automotive electricity and engineering, aimed for both public school and trade school students. The scarce first editi...