Storia moderna

The Principles of Physiological and Physical Science; Comprehending the Ends for Which Animated Being Were Created; and an Examination of the Unnatural and Artificial Systems of Philosophy Which Now Prevail

Richard Saumarez · 1812 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.36 | $726.75 | ¥116,066)

London, Printed by R. Edwards for T. Egerton, 1812. First edition. Cloth. A presentation copy of this very scarce volume on physiology and physical science from Richard Saumarez. Author's presentation copy of the first edition. Inscribed "From the Author" to the title pag...

Chapters on the Common Things of the Sea-Coast

Anne Pratt · 1856 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1856. Cloth. An uncommon 1856 copy of Anne Pratt's richly illustrated title. An uncommon 1856 copy of this work, originally published by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge in 1853.Bound in embossed red cloth bo...

Pearl

Anonymous [ed. by E.V. Gordon] · 1958 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1958. Cloth. An retelling of the anonymously written elegy 'The Pearl', a classic within British medieval literature. Contains notes and analysis by E.V. Gordon. The whimsical and anonymously written medieval poem The Pearl, accompanied with ...

The History of the Welch Regiment

1932 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

Cardiff, Western Mail and Echo Limited, 1932. Cloth. A comprehensive and richly illustrated history of the Welch Regiment, tracing its service from the seventeenth century through the Great War, complete with folding maps, plates, and photographs. In the publisher's origi...

Almanach Imperial, Pour L&Apos;Annee M. Dccc. X, Presente a S.M. L&Apos;Empereur Et Roi

Testu · 1810 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.36 | $726.75 | ¥116,066)

Paris, Chez Testu et Cie, 1810 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of the 1810 edition of the French Emperor's imperial almanac, handsomely bound in full calf and offering enormous insight into early 19th century France. The 1810 first edition of this French alman...

An Argument for the Royal Supremacy

Sanderson Robins · 1851 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, William Pickering, 1851. First edition. Leather. A scarce first edition offering a rigorous theological and historical defense of the English monarch"s authority over the Church. Bound in a half calf binding with cloth boards.First edition.A very scarce copy of this wo...

Folk-Lore Old Customs and Tales of My Neighbours

Fletcher Moss · 1898 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.84 | $178.38 | ¥28,489)

The Old Parsonage, Didsbury; Spread Eagle Hotel, Hanging Ditch, Manchester, Fletcher Moss, 1898. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon, signed first edition, dedicated to the folklore of the author's native Manchester area. An uncommon, signed, first edition, bound in smart r...

The Annals of the Yeomanry Cavalry of Wiltshire Vol II Being a Complete History of the Prince of Wales&Apos; Own Royal Regiment from 1893 to 1908

Henry Graham · 1908 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Devizes, Geo. Simpson, "Gazette" Printing Works, 1908. Cloth. A very pleasing first edition of the second volume of this history of the Yeomanry Cavalry of Wiltshire from 1893 to 1908. First edition. Volume II of II only. Illustrated with a frontispiece, three plates, and thre...

Memoirs of the Life of the Late John Mytton, Esq.

Nimrod [Charles James Apperley] · 1837 · Rooke Books

£850.00 (€1,019.01 | $1,123.16 | ¥179,375)

London, Rudolph Ackermann, 1837 . Cloth. A wonderful example of the desired second edition Nimrod's biography of British rake, John 'Mad Jack' Mytton, in the publisher's cloth and housed in a Hyman Zucker morocco slip case. The preferred second edition of t...

The Newgate Calendar; Comprising Interesting Memoirs of the Most Notorious Characters Who Have Been Convicted of Outrages on the Laws of England Since the Commencement of the Eighteenth Century; with Occasional Anecdotes and Observations, Speeches, Confessions, and Last Exclamations of Sufferers

Andrew Knapp; William Baldwin · 1824 · Rooke Books

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

London, J. Robins and Co. 1824-1828. Leather. A complete four-volume edition of this popular criminal story collection, uniformly bound in signed half calf by Morrell. A new edition, complete in four volumes. Uniformly bound in signed half calf by Morrell, with marbled paper ...

A Collection of the Works of Thomas Carlyle

Thomas Carlyle · 0 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

London, Chapman & Hall, c1880. Cloth. A collection of five volumes from Scottish essayist and historian Thomas Carlyle. Five volumes. Written by Thomas Carlyle, a Scottish essayist, historian and philosopher known as the "sage of Chelsea". He occupied a central position in Vic...

The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard

Anatole France; Lafcadio Hearn (Trans.) · 1931 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd. 1931. Cloth. The first UK illustrated edition, with original unclipped fine dust wrapper and slipcase and twelve full page monochrome illustrations by Zhenya Gay.  First UK illustrated edition in the publisher's original gilt-decora...

The Young Man&Apos;S Companion: Or, Arthimetick Made Easy.

W. Mather [William Mather] · 1750 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€407.60 | $449.26 | ¥71,750)

London, R. Ware; T. Longman; W. Johnston , 1750 . Leather. A smartly bound, mid-eighteenth century edition of William Mather's 'Young Man's Companion', providing direction to young men in society of the time. The eighteenth edition. Bound in full calf, with...

An Account of the Parish of Fairford in the County of Gloucester

[Ralph Bigland] · 1791 · Rooke Books

£285.00 (€341.67 | $376.59 | ¥60,143)

London, John Nichols for Richard Bigland , 1791. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this very scarce historical account of Fairford in Gloucester, written by Ralph Bigland, bound in half calf and adorned with engravings. The first edition, being the issue without the...

Archaic England: An Essay in Deciphering Prehistory from Megalithic Monuments, Earthworks, Customs, Coins, Place-Names, and Faerie Superstitions

Harold Bayley · 1919 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)

London, Chapman & Hall Ltd, 1919. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition copy of Harold Bayley's scarce illustrated historical work on the prehistoric era, studying megalithic monuments, mythology and archaeology. The first edition. A scarce work. Illustrated ...

Visitation of England and Wales

Joseph Jackson Howard; Frederick Arthur Crisp · 1895 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

Not Stated, Privately Printed, 1895-1902. Vellum. The third, fourth, and tenth volumes of this monumental heraldic study from Howard and Crisp, signed limited edition copies. The first editions of three volumes from this impressive thirty-five volume limited edition work, publ...

The History of the Melanesian Mission

E. S. Armstrong · 1900 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London, Isbister and Company Limited, 1900. Cloth. The first edition of this informative work regarding the Melansian Mission, which sought to evangelise the islands of the south western Pacific Ocean. The first edition of the work. With a frontispiece, seven further plates an...

The Coronation Stone and England&Apos;S Interest in It

G. Albert Rogers; Rev G. A. Rogers [Introduction] · 1881 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.84 | $178.38 | ¥28,489)

London, James Nisbet & Co. 1881. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition volume on the Coronation Stone"s legends, history, and symbolism, by Mrs. G. Albert Rogers. In the publisher's original red cloth binding. This volume is a first edition. Illustrated with...

St. Botolph Aldgate: The Story of a City Parish

A. G. B. Atkinson · 1898 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Grant Richards, 1898. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this historical commentary on St. Botolph Aldgate parish church, from A. G. B. Atkinson. First edition. The history of a city parish, being St Botolph Aldgate, a Church of England parish church in the...

Nine Signed Novels by Taffrail

Taffrail [H. Taprell Dorling] · 1933 · Rooke Books

£1,495.00 (€1,792.25 | $1,975.44 | ¥315,489)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1933-1939. First edition. Cloth. Signed association copies of the first editions of nine thrilling novels from Taffrail, each inscribed to the author's secretary, Mrs. Mitchell, who typed up the author's handwritten manuscripts and offer...