Storia moderna

The History of the English Turf

Theodore Andrea Cook · 1901 · Rooke Books

£390.00 (€467.54 | $515.33 | ¥82,302)

London , H. Virtue and Company, 1901. First edition. Cloth. A fascinating six book history of English Turf and horses. This is a six book set of The History of The English Turf by Theodore Andrea Cook. The six books are organised in three volumes with two divisions per volume....

True Stories from Ancient History; Chronologically Arranged, from the Creation of the World to the Death of Charlemagne

1850 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London, Grant and Griffith , 1850. Cloth. Tenth edition of this history retold for children by Agnes Strickland. Tenth edition of this work. Published anonymously. English historical writer and poet writes a volume of ancient history for children, from the creation of the worl...

Aurora&Apos;S Glade

Christopher Sansom · 1968 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

Somerset, Castle Cary Press, 1968. First edition. Cloth. Bright first edition of this charming study in the behaviour of Romanticism by Christopher Sansom. The first edition of this work. A story of La Belle Epoque in England, Sicily, and France, study of Romanticism. By Chris...

Historiae Scoticae Nomenclatura Latino-Vernacula

Christophorus Irvinus [Christopher Irvine] · 1682 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.56 | $495.51 | ¥79,136)

Edinbruchii [Edinburgh], Gideonis Shaw, 1682 . First edition. Leather. The scarce first edition of Scottish physician, surgeon and antiquarian Christopher Irvine's account of the Latin names used in Scottish history. In the original Latin and English.The scarce first edi...

The History of the Four Last Years of the Queen

Jonathan Swift · 1758 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.31 | $786.21 | ¥125,563)

London, A. Millar, 1758. First edition. Leather. The first edition, second issue of Jonathan Swift's posthumously published - and controversial - history of the final years of the reign of Queen Anne. With leaves Z3 and 2A3 correctly signed, identifying this as the first ...

The Face of London the Record of a Century&Apos;S Changes and Development

Harold P. Clunn · 1933 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London , Simpkin Marshall, 1933. Cloth. A fascinating edition of The Face of London, richly illustrated throughout. This is a fourth edition copy of The Face of London The Record of A Century's Changes and Development, published in November 1933. The volume attempts to pr...

History of Brighton and Its Environs

R. Sickelmore · 1827 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

Brighton , C. and R. Sickelmore , 1827 . Leather. A smart, illustrated copy of The History of Brighton and its Environs. This is a smart, fifth edition of the History of Brighton and its Environs, from the earliest period to the present time written by R. Sickelmore. This edit...

Note of an English Republican on the Muscovite Crusade

Algernon Charles Swinburne · 1876 · Rooke Books

£87.00 (€104.30 | $114.96 | ¥18,360)

London , Chatto & Winduss, 1876 . First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A well presented pamphlet written by a poet, writer and critic on the war between Russia and Turkey. This is a very smart pamphlet detailing Algernon Charles Swinburne's opinions as an English Republican ...

Michaelhouse, Notes on the History of Michaelhouse Published on the 600th Anniversary of the Foundation of the Society by Hervey de Stanton

Alfred Edward Stamp · 1924 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

Cambridge, Privately Printed, 1924 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this charming guide to the founding of Cambridge University's second oldest college. The first edition of this privately printed study of the history of Michaelhouse College, Cambridge. The co...

Anecdotes Arabes Et Musulmanes, Depuis L&Apos;an de J.C. 614, Epoque de L&Apos;Etablissement Du Mahometisme En Arabie, Par le Faux Prophete Mahomet

1772 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

Paris, Vincent, 1772. First edition. Leather. An uncommon first edition French history of Islam, a unique history spanning from 614 to 1538. The first edition of this work.In the original French.An uncommon work.An interesting history of the Islamic state up until the dissolut...

Nineteenth Century British Glass

Hugh Wakefield · 1961 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, Faber & Faber, 1961. First edition. Cloth. A near fine copy of this illustrated work on the history of British nineteenth-century glass and glass-making, enclosed in the original dust wrapper. A fascinating work on nineteenth-century British glass and glass-making, inc...

Windsor: The Castle of Our Kings and Some Notes Concerning Eton College

Arthur Goddard · 1911 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Jarrold & Sons , [1911]. First edition. Cloth. Smart first trade edition of this scarce work concerning Windsor Castle and Eton College, embellished with some striking plates. First trade edition of this work. A charming volume exploring the origins and history of Wind...

Marshal Marmont&Apos;S Memoirs, Extract from the Edinburgh Review, or Critical Journal Volume CVI

1857 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London and Edinburgh, Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts; Adam and Charles Black, 1857. Leather. A fine copy of this literature review extracted from The Edinburgh Review Volume CVI, critiquing 'Memoires du Duc de Raguse' (1857). A handsomely rebound copy of ...

Napoleon from the Tuileries to St. Helena; Personal Recollections of the Emperor&Apos;S Second Mameluke and Valet

Louis Etienne St. Denis; Frank Hunter Potter [trans.] · 1922 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

New York, Harper & Brothers Publishers , 1922. First edition. Cloth. A scarce copy of this first English edition of Louis Etienne Saint Denis' memoirs of Napoleon. The first edition of this work, translated from the original French by Frank Hunter Potter. A scarce copy. W...

The Last Boer War

H. Rider Haggard · 1899 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.81 | $211.42 | ¥33,765)

London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, & Co LTD, 1899. First edition. Cloth. A first edition historical work which endeavors to give a concise description of the First Boer War of 1880-1881, written by H. Rider Haggard. First Edition, first printing.In the publisher's origi...

Deeds That Won the Empire

W.H. Fitchett · 1903 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, Smith, Elder, & Co. 1903. Cloth. Fitchett's thrilling historical study of the major battles fought by the British Empire, replete with illustrated plates. A comprehensive and fascinating work on the historic battles fought by the British Empire. Including Waterloo...

The Return of Louis XVIII

Gilbert Stenger; Mrs. Rodolph Stawell (Trans) · 1909 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, William Heinemann, 1909. First edition. Cloth. A nicely illustrated work containing a historical overview of the Bourbons and their return to France, with illustrated plates throughout text. Scarce First Edition. Illustrations include a frontispiece and eleven illustr...

Napoleon at Home the Daily Life of the Emperor at the Tuileries

Frederic Masson; James E. Matthew · 1894 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.81 | $211.42 | ¥33,765)

London; Philadelphia, H. Grevel and Co.; J. B. Lippincott Company, 1894. First edition. Cloth. The first English edition of Frederic Masson's look into the personal life of Napoleon Bonaparte at home, complete with illustrations throughout. The first edition of this work ...

Memoirs of Marshal Bugeaud from His Private Correspondence and Original Documents, 1784-1849

Count H. d'Ideville; Charlotte M. Yonge · 1884 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, Hurst and Blackett, 1884. First edition. Cloth. The first English edition of these intriguing memoirs of Thomas Bugeaud, a Marshal of France and prominent figure during the Napoleonic Wars. The first edition of this work in English.Complete in two volumes.The exciting ...

The Private Life of Napoleon

Arthur Levy; Stephen Louis Simeon · 1894 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.85 | $171.78 | ¥27,434)

London, Richard Bentley and Son, 1894. Cloth. A nice set of this personal biography on the life of Napoleon, this being the second edition of the English translation by Arthur Levy. The second edition of this uncommon work, published in the same year as the first edition.Compl...