Storia moderna

Berkhamsted School from 1842: A Summary of Progress

A. L. W. · 1842 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, Clunbury Press [printer], c1966. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce illustrated work on the history of Berkhamsted School in London. The first edition. In the publisher's original paper covers. Illustrated with monochrome vignettes and a fold out map of the...

The Egyptian Museum, Cairo: A Brief Description of the Principal Monuments

Antiquities Department [Arab Republic of Egypt] · 1976 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

Cairo , Al-Shaab Printing House , 1976. Paperback. An uncommon guide to the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, with images of the archaeological items throughout. The revised, enlarged edition of this work. A fascinating guide to the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, including advice for orde...

Ye Parish of Camerwell, a Brief Account of the Parish of Camberwell, Its History and Antiquities

William Harnett Blanch · 1875 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, E. W. Allen, 1875. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this profusely illustrated history of Camberwell, including its families and antiquities. First edition.In the original decorative cloth binding, with gilt.This comprehensive work details the history and ant...

Ramesses II: A Chronological Structure for His Reign

John D. Schmidt · 1973 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

Baltimore and London, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1973. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this historical work on Ramesses II. First edition. The chronology of the reign of Ramesses II, commonly known as Ramesses the Great, an Egyptian pharaoh. He was the...

Early Sea-Presses

Howard M. Chapin · 1925 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

New York, Press of Ars Typographica , 1925 . First edition. Paperback. A very scarce study surrounding the earliest printing presses used at sea, written by Howard M. Chapin. The first edition. Bound in the publisher's original paper wraps. Very scarce. This fascinating h...

A Desperate Voyage

E. F. Knight [Edward Frederick Knight] · 1898 · Rooke Books

£155.00 (€185.82 | $204.81 | ¥32,710)

London, John Milne, 1898. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this thrilling maritime adventure; now a very scarce work by Edward Frederick Knight. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the gilt emblem of the publisher Jo...

The History and Antiquities of Lambeth

John Tanswell · 1858 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London, Frederick Pickton, 1858. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of Tanswell's history of the London borough of Lambeth; illustrated throughout. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding. Ink inscription to the front free end pape...

Orpheus: Histoire Generale Des Religions

Salomon Reinach · 1909 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.84 | $178.38 | ¥28,489)

Paris, Alcide Picard, 1909. Leather. A smart fifth edition of this exploration of the history of religion, in the original French. French. Fifth edition. With the vanishingly scarce original unclipped dust wrapper. With a frontispiece. A general sketch of the history and origi...

A Collection of Fold-out Illustrations of German Engineering

1910 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

Not Stated, Not Stated, c1910 . Cloth. A collection of seven intricately illustrated fold-outs of different mechanisms, each accompanied by a description, in German. A collection of seven works, each containing a fold-out illustration of a different mechanism, with a descripti...

The Beauties of Sincerity, or, a Selection of Passages, Prompted by Heart-Felt Love, Indited by Sincere Affection, and Delivered from the Pulpit

Various · 1818 · Rooke Books

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

London, Wetton and Jarvis; T. Boys, 1818. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce work published to commiserate the death of Princess Charlotte of Wales, the first edition of this touching volume of sermons. The first edition of this very scarce work.Collated, bound without th...

The Historian&Apos;S History of the World Vol X

Various; Henry Smith Williams [ed.] · 1907 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London , The Times , 1907. Vellum. A comprehensive volume from Henry Smith William's collaborative world history series, bound in full vellum. In full vellum binding with gilt detailing. This volume from 'The Historians' History of the World' (published in...

Memoirs of John Abernethy, with a View of His Lectures, His Writings, and Character; with Additional Extracts from Original Documents, Now First Published

George Macilwain · 1856 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Hatchard and Co , 1856. Cloth. A carefully compiled book of memoirs relating to the popular English surgeon, John Abernethy, a reputable contributor to the field of digestion. Third edition. In the publisher's original cloth binding. With an illustrated frontisp...

Early London, Prehistoric, Roman, Saxon and Norman

Sir Walter Besant · 1908 · Rooke Books

£47.00 (€56.35 | $62.10 | ¥9,918)

London, A. & C. Black, 1908. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Walter Besant's uncommon illustrated work on the history of London. The first edition. Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece, monochrome vignettes and seven monochrome plates. Collate complete.Â...

France

Lady Morgan · 1818 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.87 | $145.35 | ¥23,213)

London, Henry Colburn, 1818. Leather. The third edition of this popular survey of French society and politics under the Bourbon Restoration, uniformly bound in full tree calf. The third edition of this detailed study of the state of France under the Bourbon Restoration. Comple...

Camillus

Georges Dumezil; Udo Strutynski [ed.]; Annette Aronowicz; Josette Bryson [translated] · 1980 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

Berkeley , University of California Press, 1980. Cloth. A fascinating translated work containing Georges Dumezil's theory of the mythological origins of the character Camillus. The first English translated edition of this selection from Georges Dumezil's Mythe et epo...

Together Against Hitler & Tomorrow: A Plan for the British Future

D. N. Pritt; A. K. Chesterton · 1965 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London; Croydon, The National Committee, People's Convention; Candour Publishing Company, c1941-1965. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. Two smart, very scarce pamphlets on British politics. Two volumes. First thus. Very scarce. This set includes: Together Against Hitler, ...

The Red Knight: A Tale of the Days of King Edward III

G. I. Whitham · 1911 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Blackie & Son Limited, 1911. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this illustrated historical fiction from British author G. I. Whitham. First edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and four black-and-white plates. Collated complete. A charming fictional s...

Albert Einstein: A Biographical Portrait

Anton Reiser [Rudolf Kayser] · 1931 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

London, Thornton Butterworth Limited , 1931. First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of Anton Reiser's biography on the celebrated theoretical physicist, Albert Einstein, with a foreword by the incredible scientist himself. The very scarce first UK edition. First publi...

Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review

Lord Macaulay [Thomas Babington Macaulay] · 1860 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1860. Cloth. A two volume collection of historical essays by the noted Lord Macaulay. A later edition. First published in the 'Edinburgh Review' and then as 'critical and historical essays' in 1843.Two volume co...

France in the Middle Ages 987-1460: From Hugh Capet to Joan of Arc

Georges Duby; Juliet Vale [translator] · 1992 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

Oxford, Blackwell, 1992. Cloth. A smart later edition of this translated work on France in the Middle Ages from French historian Georges Duby. First English translation published 1991, second impression 1992. With ten maps and six genealogical tables. Collated complete. A deta...