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King Henry Beaclerc and Reading Abbey ; the Trail by Combat of Henry Du Essex and Robert de Montfort at Reading Abbey
Jamieson B. Hurry · 1917 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)
London , Elliot Stock , 1917-1919. First edition. Cloth. Two very scarce works on the history of Reading Abbey. The first edition. Very scarce. King Henry Beaclerc and Reading Abbey tell the story of Reading and the history of its royal founder. King Henry Beaclerc founded Re...
The History of England, in Easy Verse: From the Invasion of Julius Caesar, to the Beginning of the Year 1806
W. R. Johnson · 1806 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)
London, Tabart & Co. 1806. Leather. A scarce copy of this history of England in verse, from the invasion of Caesar to the year 1806. Scarce work. Illustrated with a folding map frontispiece. Written in verse to encourage young persons to commit the details to memory, this hist...
The Ecritoire and Its Historical Pictures: Presented by the Ladies and Other Inhabitants of Bath to Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales, May 25th, 1870
Jerom Murch [ed.] · 1870 · Rooke Books
£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)
Bath, William Lewis, 1870 . First edition. Cloth. Sir Jerom Murch's very scarce work detailing the ecritoire given by the Ladies of Bath to the Princess of Wales on the occasion of her wedding. A vanishingly scarce work, recorded as held by only the Amsterdam's Rijks...
Britain: It&Apos;S Earliest History and Connection with Other Nations
[Francis Sewell Cole] · 1851 · Rooke Books
£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)
London, Jas. Bain; Henry Lamb, 1851. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this very scarce history of Britain by Francis Sewell Cole. The first edition. Very scarce. In the publisher's original blind stamped cloth. Inscribed by the author with initials to th...
Choix de Chroniques Et Memoires Sur L&Apos;Histoire de France
J. A. C. Buchon · 1886 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)
Paris, Librairie ch. Delagrave, 1886. Cloth. A smart and scarce copy of this collection of historical chronicles and memoirs of France, in the original French language. French language. Scarce work. A collection of chronicles and memoirs on the history of France, with chapters...
The Trail That Is Always New
Willoughby P. Lowe · 1932 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)
London, Gurney and Jackson, 1932. Cloth. A smart copy of this illustrated collection of accounts from the travels of Willoughby P. Lowe, a naturalist collector for the British Museum. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece, twenty-one plates, and fifteen in-text images. Coll...
The Love of Wild Life
Mary Maughan · 1977 · Rooke Books
£585.00 (€701.32 | $773.00 | ¥123,452)
None, None, 1977-79. Leather. A very unique hand-produced journal, recounting ornithological and zoological tours undertaken by a Mary Maughan, compiled with original photographs and drawings. A beautiful and unique hand-produced ornithological and zoological journal. With on...
Histoire de Charles V
R. Delachenal · 1909 · Rooke Books
£37.00 (€44.36 | $48.89 | ¥7,808)
Paris, Libraire Alphonse Picard and Filis, 1909. Leather. Volume one and two of a five volume history of Charles V. The first edition. Only volume one and two of a five volume set. Handsomely bound in a green morocco binding. A detailed history of Charles V king of France from...
The Modern Athens: A Dissection and Demonstration of Men and Things in the Scotch Capital
Robert Mudie · 1825 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)
London, Knight and Lacey, 1825 . Leather. The second edition of Scottish newspaper editor and author Robert Mudie's account of life in early nineteenth century Edinburgh. The scarce second edition of this work, which was first published the year prior.During his employmen...
Catalogue of Plate Belonging to the Duke of Portland, K.G. , G.C. V.O. At Welbeck Abbey
E. Alfred Jones · 1935 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)
London , The Saint Catherine Press , 1935. First edition. Cloth. This book focuses on important historic plates made in both English and Dutch silver which belonged to the Duke of Portland. The First edition. This copy is a limited edition, it is No. 191 of 200 copies printed....
Cowdray: The History of a Great English House
Mrs. Charles Roundell [Julia Anne Elizabeth Roundell] · 1884 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)
London, Bickers & Son, 1884. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this history of Cowdray House, which was one of England's great Tudor houses. The first edition of this scarce work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with a gilt crest to the front bo...
The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Grecians and Macedonians
Charles Rollin · 1827 · Rooke Books
£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)
London, G. Cowie and Co. 1827. Leather. A uniformly bound set of Charles Rollin's famous Ancient History, translated from the French; complete in three volumes. A new edition of this set in half calf bindings, in three volumes. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece of ...
Carnival
1932 · Rooke Books
£149.00 (€178.63 | $196.88 | ¥31,443)
Birmingham, Guild of Undergraduates of Birmingham University, 1932-37. First edition. Paperback. The comical rag of the University of Birmingham, a scarce to see set of three issues all dating from the 1930s. A very scarce to see set of three issues of the University of Birmin...
Les Grecs Au Moyen Age Etude Historique
D. Bikelas; Emile Legrand [translator] · 1878 · Rooke Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)
Paris, Maisonneuve et Cie. 1878. Cloth. A scarce edition of this history of the Greeks in the Middle Ages, translated to French. French language. Scarce work. A detailed history of the Greeks during the Middle Ages, with details of the crusades, religious questions, commerce, ...
Life on a Mediaeval Barony: A Picture of a Typical Feudal Community in the Thirteenth Century
William Stearns Davis · 1923 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)
New York, Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1923. First edition. Cloth. An illustrated First Edition detailing the traditions and practices of Barons in Medieval times. This work is a first edition, in original publisher's cloth binding. This work by William Stearns Davis dep...
Pologne 1919-1939 Vie ãâConomique
Ãditions de la Baconnière · 1946 · Rooke Books
£37.00 (€44.36 | $48.89 | ¥7,808)
Neuchatel, Ãditions de la Baconnière , 1946. First edition. Paperback. This First Edition in French depicts the economy in Poland between the years 1919 and 1939. This work is in original publisher's binding. A First Edition. This is the second volume in a three volume ...
The Reliquary and Illustrated Archaeologist: A Quarterly Journal and Review; New Series, Vol. III, VI, XIV
Various; J. Romilly Allen [ed.]; Rev. J. Charles Cox [ed.] · 1897 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)
London, Bemrose and Sons, 1897-1908. First edition. Cloth. Three volumes of this Victorian quarterly journal concerning fascinating archaeological discoveries and old cultural traditions. Three volumes in the publisher's original cloth bindings. Volume III contains eight ...
Pinnock&Apos;S Improved Edition of Dr. Goldsmith&Apos;S History of Greece, Abridged for the Use of Schools
Pinnock; Goldsmith; W. C. Taylor [ed.] · 1832 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)
London, Whittaker, Treacher & Co, 1832 . Leather. A smart copy of this abridged history of Greece, produced for the education of early nineteenth century school children. The tenth edition of this work, edited for a younger audience by W.C. Taylor, and with a short dictionary ...
The Life of John Mytton
Nimrod [Charles James Apperley] · 1870 · Rooke Books
£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)
London, George Routledge and Sons, 1870 . Leather. The fifth edition of Nimrod's biography of British eccentric and rake, John 'Mad Jack' Mytton, illustrated with hand coloured plates. The fifth edition of this work, but with the engraved title page reading &apo...
The Norsemen
Count Eric Oxenstierna; Catherine Hutter [ed.] · 1966 · Rooke Books
£43.00 (€51.55 | $56.82 | ¥9,074)
London, Studio Vista, 1966. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon first edition copy of this illustrated history of Vikings, from the perspective of the Scandinavian world. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped d...