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The Scenery of Greece and Its Islands

William Linton · 1857 · Rooke Books

£695.00 (€833.19 | $918.35 | ¥146,666)

London, Published by the Artist, sold by Longman, 1857 . Cloth. Illustrated with fifty engraved plates from author and landscape artist William Linton, this is a very scarce early edition of this study of the scenery of Greece. An early edition of this very scarce work, which ...

The Heroes, or Greek Fairy Tales

Charles Kingsley · 1924 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Raphael Tuck and Sons, 1924. Cloth. A charmingly illustrated edition of mythological tales from Ancient Greece, including colour plates, written by Victorian novelist and priest Charles Kingsley. A charmingly illustrated edition of The Heroes, or Greek Fairy Tales, a c...

The British Soldier: His Daily Life from Tudor to Modern Times

Colonel H. De Watteville; Field Marshal Sir John Harding · 1954 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd , 1954. First edition. Leather. A pleasing morocco-bound copy of this history on the British soldier, illustrated with a colour frontispiece and plates. First edition. Bound in half morocco, with cloth boards and red morocco spine label.  Illustr...

History of the United Service Club

Major-General Sir Louis C. Jackson · 1937 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, The Committee of the United Service Club , 1937. Leather. An attractive morocco-bound history of the United Service Club, a London gentleman's club. Published by the Club's committee. First edition. Bound in half crushed morocco, with marbled paper covered b...

A Manual of Belgium and the Adjoining Territories

[Anonymous] Naval Staff Intelligence Division · 1918 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Office of the Admiralty and Marine Affairs, 1918. Cloth. A scarce strategic manual of Belgium's geography, originally hidden from the public or press, written during the final year of the First World War. A Manual of Belgium and the Adjoining Territories, a scarce...

Ancient Rome: In the Light of Recent Discoveries

Rodolfo Lanciani · 1889 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, Macmillan and Company, 1889 . Cloth. An extensively illustrated copy of this historical account of Rome and its archaeological discoveries. A later edition, originally published the year prior. In publisher's original decorative red cloth binding.Illustrated with...

The Coming of the Third Reich

Richard J. Evans · 2003 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, Allen Lane, 2003 . First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition copy of this scarce historical account of the rise of Nazi Germany, with illustrations. The first edition.In the publisher's original black cloth binding. In the original price clipped dust wrappe...

Camden Fourth Series Volumes 17, 18, 20, 22, 23, 27

Various · 1976 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, Offices of the Royal Historical Society, 1976-82. Cloth. A delightful six volume set of the 'Camden Fourth Series', in a uniform binding. The Royal Historical Society was founded in 1868. It is the premier society in the United Kingdom which promotes and defe...

Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain. Engraved from Authentic Pictures in the Galleries of the Nobility and the Public Collections of the Country with Biographical and Historic Memoirs of Their Lives and Actions

Edmund Lodge · 1835 · Rooke Books

£870.00 (€1,042.98 | $1,149.58 | ¥183,596)

London, Harding and Lepard, 1835. Leather. A lovely twelve volume set of the 'Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain' by Edmund Lodge, with illustrations and biographical accounts. A collection of portraits, accommpanied by short biographies, of eminent...

A Short History of the English People

J R Green · 1892 · Rooke Books

£400.00 (€479.53 | $528.54 | ¥84,412)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1892-1894. Leather. An attractive set of A Short History of the English People by John Richard Green. Complete in four volumes. Illustrated edition. Edited by Mrs. J. R. Green and Miss Kate Norgate. There are coloured maps to the front of all volumes ...

A Collection of the Works of William H. Prescott in Seven Volumes

William H. Prescott · 1850 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

London, Richard Bentley, 1850-2. Cloth. A seven volume set of some of the collected works of William H. Prescott. In seven volumes. The set consists of: History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella in three volumes, History of the Conquest of Mexico in two volumes and Critic...

The Devonshire Domesday

Dr Ann Williams (Editor in Chief); G H Martin (General Editor) · 1987 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)

London, Alecto Historical Editions, 1987-91. Cloth. A beautiful, limited edition, three volume set of the Domesday Book, held in its original presentation slipcase. Number 360 of 1000 copies of this set. Held together in the original brown slipcase. Comprising of the Domesday ...

American School of Classical Studies

Thomas Seymour & American School of Classical Studies · 1945 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)

New Jersey, A.S.C.S.A, 1945-67. Cloth. A unique collection of the annual reports of the American School of Classical Studies Illustrated with full page photographic plates With a Bulletin of the School of Classical Studies at Athens: The First Twenty Years of Studies at Athens...

Froissart&Apos;S Modern Chronicles; F.C. G. &Apos;S Froissart&Apos;S Modern Chronicles 1902; F.C. G. &Apos;S Froissart&Apos;S Modern Chronicles 1903-6

F. Carruthers Gould · 1902 · Rooke Books

£95.99 (€115.08 | $126.84 | ¥20,257)

London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1902-8. Cloth. Three volumes of the historical works of F. Carruthers Gould, 'Froissart's Modern Chronicles' Three volumes of the works of F. Carruthers Gould. "I have endeavoured in this little book to chronicle the political history of...

Selected Works of William H Prescott

William H Prescott · 1874 · Rooke Books

£400.00 (€479.53 | $528.54 | ¥84,412)

London , George Routledge and Sons, 1874-1878. Leather. A collection of William H Prescott's works. Comprising of some of his best known pieces: Ferdinand and Isabella, Two Volumes, (1878) History of the Conquest of Peru With a Preliminary View of the Civilisation of the ...

The Roll of the Royal College of Physicians of London

William Munk M.D. F.S.A · 1968 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London , The College, 1968. Cloth. A thorough account of the physicians who attended the Royal College dating from 1518 up to 1925. The Royal College of Physicians received the royal charter in 1518 from King Henry VIII, affirmed by Act of Parliament in 1523. It was the first ...

The History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V. With a View of the Progress of Society in Europe from the Subversion of the Roman Empire, to the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century in Four Volumes

William Robertson · 1817 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.85 | $171.78 | ¥27,434)

London , Cadell and Davies, et al, 1817. Leather. An early nineteenth century edition of Robertson's reputation-sealing work. "Its comprehensive overview of European history, its engagement with stadial history, and its analysis of the balance of powerall captured in Robe...

History of Europe from the Commencement of the French Revolution M. Dcc. LXXXIX. To the Restoration of the Bourbons in M. Dccc. XV.

Archibald Alison, F.R.S.E. Advocate · 1847 · Rooke Books

£690.00 (€827.19 | $911.74 | ¥145,610)

Edinburgh and London , William Blackwood and Sons, 1847. Cloth. A comprehensive history of Europe during the turbulent times of the French Revolution, spanning the years 1789 - 1815. With an engraving from a bust of the author with a facsimile of his signature to frontispiece ...

Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review

Lord Macaulay · 1895 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)

London , Longman's, Green, And Co. 1895. Leather. An attractive set of 28 essays over four volumes, including discussion of Milton, Machiavelli, Boswell's Life of Jonson and Horace Walpole. All essays were originally published in the Edinburgh Review. Complete in fou...

Historical Memoirs of My Own Time

Sir N. William Wraxall · 1818 · Rooke Books

£625.00 (€749.27 | $825.85 | ¥131,893)

London , T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1818. Leather. A collection of the historical essays and recollections of Sir N. William Wraxall. With a frontispiece to volume I. Third edition, revised and corrected. Contaning: Part the First: From 1772 to 1780 Part the Second: From January...