Storia moderna

William Wilberforce the Life of the Great Anti-Slave Trade Campaigner

William Hague · 2007 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, HarperPress, 2007 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first impression of this biography of the slave trade abolitionist William Wilberforce with a signed letter from the author. First edition, first impression of William Wilberforce The Life of the Great Anti-S...

Winchester College: An Essay in Description and Appreciation

Christopher Hawkes · 1933 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, Country Life Limited, 1933. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated edition of this essay on Winchester College. Illustrated with frontispiece and seventy-nine plates of photographs specially taken for this work. Collated complete. Winchester College was founded by William of...

The Oldest Ally: Britain and the Portuguese Connection 1936-1941

Glyn Stone · 1994 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

Suffolk, The Royal Historical Society, 1994. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this scarce historical work by Glyn Stone. First edition. Scarce work. A historical study of Anglo-Portuguese relations with specific reference to the origins of non-intervention in Spain, th...

The Life of Nelson

Robert Southey · 1849 · Rooke Books

£46.00 (€55.15 | $60.78 | ¥9,707)

London, Printed for the Late John Murray and William Tegg and Co. 1849. Leather. The tenth edition of Robert Southey's celebrated biography of Horatio Lord Nelson. This biography of Horatio Lord Nelson by Robert Southey has rarely been out of print since its first publica...

Die Olympischen Spiele 1952 Oslo Und Helsinki

Deutsche Olympische Gesellschaft · 1952 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

Frankfurt/Main, Olympischer Sport-Verlag , 1952 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this official German overview of the Olympic games in Helsinki and Oslo with many illustrations. First edition of Die Olympischen Spiele 1952 Oslo und Helsinki in the original publishe...

Beeton&Apos;S Tales of Chivalry, School Stories, Mechanics at Home, and Exploits of the Army and Navy

Samuel Orchart Beeton · 0 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, Ward, Lock, and Tyler, c1880 . Cloth. A scarce early edition of this collection of short stories from fiction and history for boys. Early edition of Beeton's Tales of Chivalry, School Stories, Mechanics at Home, and Exploits of the Army and Navy. A collection of ...

Oliver Cromwell

Samuel Rawson Gardiner · 1899 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.68 | $363.37 | ¥58,033)

London, Goupil & Co. 1899. First edition. Cloth. A smart limited edition of this biographical work on Oliver Cromwell, complete with illustrations. First edition. Limited to 1,447 copies of which this is number 1,380. Illustrated with colour frontispiece, thirty-one plates and...

Ghosts of Empire: Britain&Apos;S Legacies in the Modern World

Kwasi Kwarteng · 2011 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, Bloomsbury, 2011. First edition. Cloth. Kwasi Kwarteng considers the reverberations of the British Empire in this first edition. A fine copy A fine copy of Kwasi Kwarteng's monograph on the British Empire, found in the original unclipped dust wrapper. With chapter...

Miscellaneous Pamphlets and Booklets Relative to the Crown

Various · 1901 · Rooke Books

£440.00 (€527.49 | $581.40 | ¥92,853)

London, Oxford University Press; Ministry of Information; et al. 1901-57. First edition. Paperback. A striking collection including programs, prayers, and political pamphlets concerned with the Crown, some scarce booklets. Each a scarce copy rarely seen on the market. Comprisi...

Letters and More Letters of Edward Fitzgerald

Edward Fitzgerald; William Aldis Wright · 1902 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1902-1910. Cloth. A lovely set of this collection of letters of the nineteenth century British poet. Letters of Edward Fitzgerald in two volumes and and More Letters of Edward Fitzgerald. With prefaces by William Aldis Wright. A lovely set ...

Essays in Jewish History

Lucien Wolf · 1934 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Gower Street, The Jewish Historical Society of England, 1934. First edition. Cloth. Lucien Wolf's collection of essays exploring Jewish history, a bright first edition. The first edition of this work. With a memoir of Lucien Wolf and bibliography, edited by Cecil Roth.]Co...

Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, and of the Museum of Economic Geology in London

Chief Commissioner of Her Majesty's Woods, Works, and Land Revenues · 1846 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1846-1848. Cloth. A nice copy of the geological survey of Great Britain, with folding maps and colour plates Three volumes of the Geological Survey of Great Britain published between 1846 and 1848. With nine folding plates to the re...

Memoirs of the Life of Lord Lovat; a Candid and Impartial Account of the Behaviour of Simon Lord Lovat

Anonymous · 1746 · Rooke Books

£470.00 (€563.45 | $621.04 | ¥99,184)

London, M. Cooper; J. Newbery, 1746-1747 . Leather. Two scarce mid eighteenth century accounts of the life of Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat, bound together. The first work present here is the very scarce 1746 'Memoirs of the Life of Lord Lovat', with half title and e...

The History of the War with Russia: Giving Full Details of the Operations of the Allied Armies

Henry Tyrrell · 1855 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London , The London Printing and Publishing Company, 1855-1858. First edition. Leather. A complete three volume set of The History of the War with Russia, illustrated throughout. A complete three volume set, across two books, with the second and third volumes in one book. The...

The Speeches of John Wilkes, One of the Knights of the Shire for the County of Middlesex, in the Parliament Appointed to Meet at Westminster the 29th Day of November 1774, to the Prorogation the 6th Day of June 1777

John Wilkes · 1777 · Rooke Books

£650.00 (€779.24 | $858.88 | ¥137,169)

London, Not Stated, 1777. First edition. Leather. A very scarce first edition of John Wilkes's speeches during a Parliamentary meeting at Westminster 1777. First edition of this work. Two volumes in one; a third volume was published the year following. ESTCT 28234. ESTC n...

A History of the Foot Guards to 1856

Major H. L. Aubrey-Fletcher · 1927 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Constable and Company Ltd. 1927 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this military history of the Foot Guards illustrated with many maps including colour folding maps. First edition of A History of the Foot Guards to 1856 by Major H. L. Aubrey-Fletcher in the o...

The Book of the Household; or Family Dictionary

0 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

London & New York, The London Printing and Publishing Company, Limited. c1870 . Leather. An early edition of this extensive dictionary to running a household from the Victorian era with illustrations. Early edition of The Book of the Household; or Family Dictionary of Everythi...

The Annals of the Parish of Swainswick

R. E. M. Peach · 1890 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)

London , Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington , 1890. First edition. Leather. A limited edition, signed copy of this wonderful local history of Swainswick, with folding plates. Only one hundred and fifty copies of this edition were printed of which fifty have been number a...

Chapters in the Early History of the Church of Wells A.D. 1136-1333

Rev. C. M. Church · 1894 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

London , Elliot Stock, 1894. First edition. Cloth. A limited edition copy of this fascinating local history of the Church of Wells, with illustrations. A first limited edition of this work with only five hundred copies printed. Chapters In the Early History of the Church of W...

Cavalry in the Waterloo Campaign

General Sir Evelyn Wood · 1895 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Sampson Low, Marston and Company, 1895. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this study on the cavalry and their formations during the Waterloo campaign, with illustrations. First edition. Illustrated with frontispiece, 4 fold-out plates, 2 plates, and 15 in-text i...