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Thomas Thompson · 1811 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)

London, Great Britain Record Commission, 1811. First edition. Leather. Two volumes of this very scarce work on the public archives of Scotland, dating from the early nineteenth century. First Edition. Volume I features a facsimilie of the records. Two volumes from a three volu...

Bibliotheque Des Memoires

Monsieur de Barriere · 1846 · Rooke Books

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

Paris, Librairie de Firmin Didot Freres, 1846-1849. Leather. A set of French memoirs of numerous important and influential people, compiled and edited by Jean-Francois de Barriere. Including Memoires de Mme. de Staal Delaunay, de M. le Marquis d'Argenson et de Madame Mere...

Markham&Apos;S Maister-Peece Containing All Knowledge Belonging to the Smith, Farrier, or Horse-Leech, Touching the Curing of All Diseases in Horses

Gervase Markham · 1651 · Rooke Books

£2,100.00 (€2,517.55 | $2,774.86 | ¥443,162)

London, William Wilson, 1651. Leather. A very scarce seventeenth-century copy of this work on equestrian care from Gervase Markham. Illustrated with two full-page illustrations, decorative head-and-tail pieces, and two marginal diagrams. Seventh edition, according to Copac. Un...

The Middle Parts of Fortune; Somme and Ancre 1916

Frederic Manning · 1929 · Rooke Books

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

London, The Piazza Press, 1929. Cloth. The limited first edition of Frederic Manning's powerful novel, set in the trenches during the First World War. The novel was written in response to the sudden demand in the late 1920s for literary material dealing with the war. Wher...

Nobiliare Des Pay-Bas Et Du Comte de Bourgogne in Two Volumes

Jean Charles Joseph de Vegiano · 1760 · Rooke Books

£1,090.00 (€1,306.73 | $1,440.28 | ¥230,022)

Louvain, Jean Jacobs, 1760. Leather. A scarce set of Nobiliare des Pay-Bas et du comte de Bourgogne. Complete in two volumes. In French. The set consists of lists of titles of nobility, chivalry and other marks of honour, granted by the sovereign of the Netherlands, from the y...

Illustrations of the Scenery of Killarney and the Surrounding Country

Isaac Weld · 1807 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.66 | $383.19 | ¥61,199)

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees & Orme, 1807 . First edition. Hardback. Beautifully illustrated throughout with engraved plates by the author, this is the first edition of Isaac Weld's striking celebrating of the scenery of Killarney. The first edition of this work from Angl...

Of Education. Especially of Young Gentlemen.

Obadiah Walker · 1677 · Rooke Books

£795.00 (€953.07 | $1,050.48 | ¥167,768)

Oxon. At the Theatre, 1677 . First edition. Leather. Signed by the author, this is an early edition of Obadiah Walker's guide to the education of young men, and ensuring their moral, religious and intellectual development. Flat signed by the author to the title page, this...

Divi Britannici: Being a Remark Upon the Lives of All the Kings of This Isle

Sir Winston Churchill · 1675 · Rooke Books

£480.00 (€575.44 | $634.25 | ¥101,294)

London, Tho. Roycroft, 1675 . First edition. Leather. An attractively bound example of the illustrated first edition of Sir Winston Churchill's highly detailed account of the monarchs of England to 1660, discussing their genealogical lines. The first edition of this work....

The Roman History, from the Building of Rome to the Ruin of the Commonwealth

Nathaniel Hooke · 1738 · Rooke Books

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

London, Printed for G. Hawkins, W. Strahan, J. and F. Rivington et. al. 1738-1771. First edition. Leather. The scarce complete first edition of Nathaniel Hooke's comprehensive 'Roman History', with engraved folding maps. First edition. Complete in four volumes.U...

The History of Esarhaddon (Son of Sennarcherib) King of Assyria, B.C. , 681-688

Ernest A. Budge · 1880 · Rooke Books

£995.00 (€1,192.84 | $1,314.75 | ¥209,974)

London, Trubner & Co. 1880. First edition. Cloth. A first edition scholarly reconstruction of the reign of Esarhaddon, drawing on Assyrian inscriptions, authored by one of the pioneers of British Assyriology. In the publisher's original cloth binding. First edition of E ...

Regency Furniture 1795-1820

M. Jourdain · 1934 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Country Life Ltd, 1934 . First edition. Cloth. An abundantly illustrated first edition copy of this work regarding Regency style furniture. The first edition of the work.In publisher's original grey cloth binding. A charming work concerning the various pieces of ...

The Navy List

Admiralty-Office · 1821 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€407.60 | $449.26 | ¥71,750)

London, John Murray, 1821-1827 . First edition. Leather. A substantial set of British naval history, offering monthly issues of the Navy List spanning 1821-27 and bound across three volumes. Three volumes, with three monthly issues of the 'Navy List' bound together i...

Memoirs of a Captivity Among the Indians of North America, from Childhood to the Age of Nineteen; with Anecdotes Descriptive of Their Manners and Customs.

John D. Hunter · 1824 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1824. Leather. The third edition of John D. Hunter"s autobiographical captivity narrative, offering a vivid early nineteenth-century perspective on Native American life west of the Mississippi. Bound in a contemporary half ...

The Ruins or, a Survey of the Revolutions of Empires. To Which Is Added, the Law of Nature.

M. Volney · 1791 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

London, Farrah , c1880. Cloth. A later English edition of Volney"s landmark meditation on the rise and fall of civilisations, including The Law of Nature, illustrated with two fold-out plates and a frontispiece. In the publisher"s original green cloth.Illustrated with two fold...

Scotland&Apos;S Story; a Child&Apos;S History of Scotland

H. E. Marshall [Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall] · 1906 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, T.C. & E.C. Jack, 1906 . Leather. A scarce copy of this historical account of Scotland for children, illustrated in colour, bound in full morocco. A scarce work.Bound in a lovely full green morocco binding.A work by Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall, a Scottish writer, part...

The War in the Crimea

Edward Hamley · 1892 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, Seeley and Co. Limited, 1892 . Leather. A very scarce illustrated historical account of the Crimean war, in a full calf prize binding. The very scarce fifth edition of the work. In full brown calf binding, with a marbled fore edge and endpapers. A prize binding, for ...

De la Prostitution Dans la Ville de Paris; Expose Des Causes Les Plus Frequentes de la Propagation de la Maladie Venerienne

A. J. B. Parent-Duchatelet · 1836 · Rooke Books

£475.00 (€569.45 | $627.65 | ¥100,239)

Bruxelles, Etablissement Encyclographique, 1836-1837 . First edition. Leather. The first volume of Parent-Duchatelet's study of prostitution in 1830s Paris, bound with a very scarce first edition study on the spread of venereal diseases in Belgium. Two works, both in the ...

Illustrated Catalogue of the Heraldic Exhibition Burlington House 1894

None Stated · 1896 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, Printed for the Committee by Charles Whittingham and Co. 1896. Leather. A limited edition catalogue illustrating the heraldic antiquities at an 1894 exhibition at Burlington House. With colour plates. One of 250 copies printed. In the original quarter morocco binding,...

The Shipwreck; or the Adventures, Love, and Constancy, of Paul and Virginia

Bernardin de St Pierre; C. F. Barrett [trans.] · 1800 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

Lodnon, S. Fisher, 1800. Leather. A translated work, rebound in quarter red morocco. An incredibly scarce translated title.Paul and Virginia, as it appears in this title, is a translation from the French 'Paul et Virginie', by  Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierr...

The Happy Family; or Scenes of American Life

William S. Cardell · 1823 · Rooke Books

£2,900.00 (€3,476.61 | $3,831.95 | ¥611,986)

Philadelphia, Thomas T, Ash, 1823. Hardback. The very scarce first edition of American writer William Samuel Cardell's fictional account of a family of pioneers settling in Ohio, aimed at 'well instructed children of seven years old and upwards&apos. The vanishingly ...