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Inside Story

Chapman Pincher · 1978 · Rooke Books

£19.99 (€23.96 | $26.41 | ¥4,218)

London, Sidgwick and Jackson, 1978. First edition. Cloth. A copy of 'Inside Story; A Documentary of the Pursuit of Power' by Chapman Pincher. The first edition of this work Harry Chapman Pincher (born 29 March 1914) is an Indian-born British journalist, historian, an...

Anecdotes from History

Grant Uden · 1968 · Rooke Books

£28.00 (€33.57 | $37.00 | ¥5,909)

London, Basil Blackwell, 1968. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of Grant Uden's 'Anecdotes from History&apos. With close to 1000 epigrams and episodes from throughout world history, Uden aimed that this publication be a teaching aid to students of history...

An Introductory History of England Volume IV, the Great European War

C R L Fletcher · 1909 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.85 | $171.78 | ¥27,434)

London, John Murray, 1909. Leather. A history of England, illustrated with fold-out maps and plates. First edition. A presentation copy from Rossall School, awarded in 1910 to J. G. Barr. With a presentation label to front pastedown and the school motto to boards. The fourth a...

The Archaeological Review. In Two Volumes

George Laurence Gomme · 1888 · Rooke Books

£34.99 (€41.95 | $46.23 | ¥7,384)

London, David Nutt, 1888-1889. Leather. Volumes I and III of the Archaeological Review, dating from the 1880s. Two volumes from a four volume set. Volume I: March - August 1888; volume III: March - July 1889. Volume I features a fold-out map. With indexes to the rears. In half...

The Mint

T E Lawrence · 1965 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1965. Leather. A smart, limited edition copy of this memoir from T. E. Lawrence, set during his time in the RAF. The book is notable, despite flaws noted by critics, for its sharp observation, for the insight it gives into Lawrence himself, and for the c...

History of the Reign of Charles the Fifth with an Account of the Emperor&Apos;S Life After His Abdication

William Robertson; William H Prescott · 1857 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London, George Routledge and Co, 1857. Leather. A bright one volume edition of Charles the Fifth by William Robertson. Bound in half leather and marbled paper-covered boards, with gilt lettering. In one volume, complete. With Geo. Robertson's bookbinder's ink stamp o...

The Rise of the Dutch Republic a History

John Lothrop Motley · 1904 · Rooke Books

£49.99 (€59.93 | $66.05 | ¥10,549)

London, George Routledge and Sons, 1904. Leather. John Lothrop Motley's popular historical work. Full calf leather prize binding with gilt tooling to spine. Illustrated with an engraved portrait frontispiece of the author and black and white plates. John Lothrop Motley (A...

The Forty-Third Report of the Department of Science and Art of the Committee of Council on Education

Various · 1896 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.56 | $50.21 | ¥8,019)

London, Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1896. Leather. A copy of the forty-third report of the Department Of Science and Art, in a handsome binding. A fascinating record, this works gives an overview of the performance of schools across the country in the late nineteenth-century. Inclu...

An Accurate Tho&Apos; Compendious History of the Antient Parliaments of France

Henri de Boulainvilliers · 1754 · Rooke Books

£325.00 (€389.62 | $429.44 | ¥68,585)

London, J Brindley, 1754-56. Leather. A two volume set of this work by Henri Boulainvilliers. Translated from the original French. With a folding map frontispiece to volume I. Henri de Boulainvilliers was a French nobleman, writer and historian. He is remembered as a historian...

Belgium the Glorious Her Country and Her People

Walter Hutchinson (Editor) · 0 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Hutchinson and Co. c1915. Leather. Two volumes of this compelling guide to Belgium, its history and its people. Illustrated throughout both volumes with numerous colour plates and maps. Written by numerous people such as Demetrius Charles Boulger, Clive Holland, Cyril ...

The Progress of Nations or the Principles of National Development in Their Relation to Statesmanship

Anonymous [Stanley, Earl of Derby] · 1861 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts, 1861. First edition. Leather. An attractively bound copy of this interesting work of analytical history, by the Earl of Derby First Edition. Published anonymously, the work was written by Stanley, Earl of Derby. The then Earl of Der...

English Guilds the Original Ordinances of More Than One Hundred Early English Gilds; Together with Ye Olde Usages of the Cite of Wynchestre; the Ordinances of Worcester; the Office of the Mayor of Bristol; and the Costomary of the Manor of Tettenhall-Regis from Original Mss. Of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries

Toulmin Smith; Introduction by Lucy Toulmin Smith · 1870 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Printed for the Early English Text Society, 1870. Leather. A history of early English guilds, societies and unions. With a prelimary essay in five parts by Lujo Brentano. Lucy Toulmin Smith (1838–1911) was an Anglo-American antiquarian and librarian, known for her fir...

Letters on the Study and Use of History

Henry St John · 1752 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)

Dublin, John Smith, 1752. Leather. A collection of letters by Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke. Complete in two volumes, bound as one. Undated, dated using Copac. A scarce Dublin imprint published the same time as the London imprint. First edition of this work. These le...

Papers and Correspondence in Regard to the Rights of Augustus of Este

Sir Augustus D'Este · 1841 · Rooke Books

£129.99 (€155.84 | $171.76 | ¥27,432)

London, William Davy, 1841. Leather. A later collection of letters and documents compiled by Sir Augustus D'Este as evidence towards his claim for legitimate birth right. In a good calf binding. Sir Augustus Frederick D'Este KCB KCH (1794–1848) was the son of Prince...

Charterhouse Past and Present - a Brief History of the Hospital Founded in Charterhouse by Thomas Sutton and More Particularly of the School Belonging Thereto

William Haig Brown · 1879 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.84 | $178.38 | ¥28,489)

London, H Stedman, 1879. First edition. Leather. A very good first edition of Brown's Charterhouse Past and Present. Charterhouse, originally The Hospital of King James and Thomas Sutton in Charterhouse, or more simply House, is an English collegiate independent boarding ...

Teutonic Antiquities; or, Historical and Geographical Sketches of Roman and Barbarian History

C. Chatfield · 1828 · Rooke Books

£400.00 (€479.53 | $528.54 | ¥84,412)

London, Hurst, Chance & Co. 1828. Cloth. A very scarce copy of this historical work by C. Chatfield. Containing a fascinating explanation of the origin and progress of the following nations: Goths, Visigoths, Ostrogoths, Vandals, Lombards, Thuringians, Burgundians, Bavarians, ...

The History of the Times the Thomson Years 1966 - 1981

John Grigg · 1993 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London , Times Books, 1993. Cloth. A single volume fromt he History of the Times. Illustrated with numerous full page photographic plates Volume VI of original VI, although volume itself is complete covering The Thomson Years between 1966-1981. Signed and inscribed by the auth...

Old Quebec the Fortress of New France

Gilbert Parker and Claude Bryan · 1903 · Rooke Books

£29.99 (€35.95 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London , The Macmillan Company, 1903. Cloth. A history of Old Quebec The Fortress of New France by Gilbert Parker and Claude Bryan with numerous black and white illustrations throughout including a two-page map. With note and prelude to front and appendices and index to rear. ...

The London County Council Bomb Damage Maps 1939-1945

London Topographical Society [edited by Ann Saunders] · 2005 · Rooke Books

£950.00 (€1,138.89 | $1,255.29 | ¥200,478)

London , London Topographical Society, 2005. Cloth. A scarce volume of printed maps, showing the bomb damage of the Second World War in London. With 147 colour maps. Includes an introduction by Robin Woolven. Robin Woolven joined the airforce at the age of seventeen, taking on...

Cattle Chosen the Story of the First Group Settlement in Western Australia

E O G Shann · 1926 · Rooke Books

£220.00 (€263.74 | $290.70 | ¥46,427)

London, Oxford University Press, 1926. First edition. Cloth. A fascinating historical work regarding the settlement of south-western Australia. The first edition, scarce with original dustwrapper. An exceptional copy. Illustrated, with a portrait frontispiece of John Garrett B...