Storia moderna

A Family and a Village

Ralph Whitlock · 1969 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London , John Baker, 1969. First edition. Cloth. A first, signed edition of a Family and a Village by Ralph Whitlock. A first edition copy. Signed by the author to the title page.This volume is a local, family history of the Whitlock family. Ralph Whitlock is well-known for h...

Borough of Tiverton Victory Pageant

Mayor of Tiverton · 1919 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Tiverton, Borough of Tiverton, 1919. First edition. Cloth. A scarce pamphlet containing details for the Victory Pageant of 1919 in Tiverton. A scarce pamphlet for the Borough of Tiverton Victory Pageant 1919 written by the Mayor of Tiverton.The pamphlet advertises four hundred...

Long Walk to Freedom

Nelson Mandela · 1994 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

South Africa, Macdonald Purnell, 1994 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Nelson Mandela's ground breaking autobiography in the original dust wrapper. First edition of Long Walk to Freedom, the autobiography of Nelson Mandela. In the original publisher's cl...

1955 the Mint: A Day-Book of the R.A. F. Depot between August and December 1922

352087 A/C Ross, a.k.a. T. E. Lawrence · 1955 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1955. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of T. E. Lawrence's insightful memoirs of his time as an enlisted man in the Royal Air Force. First edition. When, in 1922, T. E. Lawrence enlisted in the ranks of the R.A.F. under the name of John H...

Gods Terrible Voice in the City

Thomas Vincent · 1668 · Rooke Books

£1,400.00 (€1,678.37 | $1,849.91 | ¥295,441)

London, George Calvert, 1668 . Leather. The sixth edition of Thomas Vincent's very scarce sermon preached after the Great Plague, in which he describes the plague as a manifestation of God's wrath. The sixth edition of this work, very scarce in all editions. Publishe...

The History of Bristol, CIVIL and Ecclesiastical; Including Biographical Notices of Eminent and Distinguished Natives

John Corry; Reverend John Evans · 1816 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

Bristol, W. Sheppard, 1816. First edition. Leather. A complete two volume set of this exploration of the civil and ecclesiastical history of Bristol. Two volumes. First edition. Illustrated throughout with twelve engraved plates; three to volume I, and nine to volume II. Colla...

Winston Churchill&Apos;S Toy Shop

R. Stuart Macrae · 1971 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

Kineton, The Roundwood Press, 1971 . Cloth. An illustrated reprint copy of Winston Churchill's Toyshop. A reprint copy, published in the same year as the first edition. This volume is the inside story of one of the most famous 'back rooms' of World War Two and ...

The British Century; the Annals of London

John Richardson; Brian Moynahan · 1997 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

New York; London, Random House; Cassell & Co. 1997-2000. First edition. Cloth. Two large paper modern pictorial histories of Britain, the first editions. Two first editions, first impressions. Large paper copies.'The British Century', a photographic history of one hu...

Mirror for the Burgesses and Commonalty of the City of Bristol, in Which Is Exhibited to Their View, a Part of the Great and Many Interesting Benefactions & Endowments, of Which the City Hath to Boast, and for Which the Corporation Are Responsible, As the Stewards and Trustee Thereof

John Cranidge · 1818 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

Bristol, Printed by [Jonathan Baller & Co.], [1818]. First edition. Leather. Very scarce first edition of John Cranidge's work concerned with the history of Bristol Dated via Jisc. A scarce copy in commerce. First and only edition. No half title as called for. Inscribed ...

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...