Storia moderna

Conflict; Angora to Afghanistan

Rosita Forbes · 1931 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, Cassell & Company, Limited, 1931 . First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this illustrated work by English travel writer and explorer Rosita Forbes. The first edition of the work. In full blue cloth binding.Illustrated with a frontispiece and 48 half tone plate...

Cosmorama: The Manners, Customs, and Costumes, of All Nations of the World, Described

John Aspin [Jehoshaphat Aspin] · 1848 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Grant and Griffith, [1848]. Cloth. A very scarce copy of this illustrated commentary of cultural connections by Jehoshaphat Aspin. A very scarce work.In full red cloth, rebound, with the original spine laid down.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and 23 plates. Collated,...

Flores Historiarum Per Matthaeum Westmonasteriensem Collecti, Praecipue de Rebus Britannicis Ab Exordio Mundi Usque Ad Annum Domini MCCCVII Et Chronicon Ex Chronicis, Ab Initio Mundi Usque Ad Annum Domini MCXVIII, Deductum: Auctore Florentino Wigorniensi Monacho. Cui Accessit Continvatio Usque Ad Annum Christi MCXL I. Per Quendam Eiusdem Coenobii Eruditum

[Matthew Paris] · 1601 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.42 | $654.07 | ¥104,460)

Francofurti, Typis Wechelianis apud Claudium, 1601. Vellum. A vellum-bound early 17th-century printing of Matthew Paris' important historical chronicle, 'Flores Historiarum', in the original Latin. A reprint of the second edition (1570, London) of Matthew Paris&...

Edible and Poisonous Mushrooms

M.C. Cooke [Mordecai Cubitt Cooke] · 1894 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.47 | $594.61 | ¥94,963)

London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1894. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of an intriguing and enjoyable record of different types of mushrooms and whether they are edible or poisonous, including preparation tips, by eminent mycologist Mordecai Cubitt Co...

1877 East Cheshire: Past and Present; or a History of the Hundred of Macclesfield, in the County Palatine of Chester

J.P. Earwaker · 1877 · Rooke Books

£269.00 (€322.49 | $355.45 | ¥56,767)

London, Printed For The Author, 1877. First edition. Cloth. The two volume first edition of J. P. Earwaker's impressively detailed and richly illustrated study of the history of Cheshire. The first edition of this work, complete in two volumes.English antiquary John Parso...

Letters Relating to the Love Episode of William Pitt

William Pitt; Lord Rosebery [intro.]; Sir Walter Farquhar · 1900 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

Not Stated, Printed for Private Circulation, 1900 . First edition. Cloth. An exceptional example of the scarce first edition of the letters written by William Pitt to his intended, Eleanor Eden. With an account of Pitt's health from his physician. The scarce first edition...

Historical Account of Charter-House

Robert Smythe · 1808 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Printed for the editor, by C. Spilsbury, 1808 . First edition. Cloth. Illustrated with engraved plates, this is the first edition of Robert Smythe's history of Charterhouse school, the important public school that he attended himself. The first edition of this wor...

Parables of Our Lord

[Henry Noel Humphreys (illumination)] · 1847 · Rooke Books

£975.00 (€1,168.86 | $1,288.33 | ¥205,754)

London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1847. First edition. Hardback. Strikingly bound in decorative metal boards, this is the richly decorated first edition of this illuminated Anglican work, with chromolithographic leaves. An uncommon first edition, in handsome, in a h...

Along the Years Poems 1911-1937

Joseph Leftwich [Joseph Lefkowitz] · 1937 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Robert Anscome & Company, Ltd. 1937. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon, limited edition presentation copy of poetry by British poet and translator Joseph Leftwich. An uncommon volume of poetry by British literary critic, writer, and translator of Yiddish literature, Jo...

From the Twilight the Giant&Apos;S Plaything and Other Poems (Translated and Original)

William Blathwayt · 1919 · Rooke Books

£235.00 (€281.73 | $310.52 | ¥49,592)

Bath, Printed for the Author by William Lewis & Son, Ltd.; Printed for the Author by The Wessex Associated News, Ltd. 1919-1920. First edition. Paperback. An incredibly scarce set of poetic works, privately printed locally in Bath, including a letter from the author to the own...

English Decorative Plasterwork of the Renaissance

M. Jourdain · 1926 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, B.T. Batsford Ltd, [1926]. First edition. Cloth. An abundantly illustrated first edition of this work on Renaissance plasterwork by eighteenth-century scholar Margaret Jourdain. The first edition of the work.In publisher's original decorative blue cloth binding. I...

Examples of Ornamental Metal Work

Henry Shaw · 1836 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Wm Pickering , 1836 . First edition. Leather. An abundantly illustrated scarce first edition this nineteenth century volume on metal work comprising of 50 plates, with 2 being hand coloured. The scarce first edition of the work.In quarter green morocco with red paper b...

An Abridgment of Bishop Burnet&Apos;S History of His Own Times

Gilbert Burnet; Mr. Thomas Stackhouse · 1724 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)

London, J. Smith, 1724 . First edition. Hardback. A handsomely bound example of the first abridged edition of Gilbert Burnet's impressive 'History of His Own Time', condensed into a single volume by Thomas Stackhouse. The first edition of English theologian and ...

Hanley and the House of Lechmere

1883 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, Pickering and Co. 1883. First edition. Leather. A presentation copy of this fascinating look into the lineage and legacy of the Lechmere family and their ancestral home, Hanley Castle. The author's presentation copy, inscribed to the front free endpaper to a Lechm...

Le Cantique de la Patrie

Adrienne Blanc-Peridier · 1918 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.84 | $178.38 | ¥28,489)

Paris, Libraire Plon, 1918. Paperback. An incredibly scarce presentation copy of French wartime verse, illustrated by Jean Magrou. An incredibly scarce presentation copy of wartime poetry published under the pseudonym Adrienne Blanc-Peridier (actually Adrienne Hyacinthe Marie ...

Herbe Bluten, Kriegserlebtes

Bruno Kisch · 1916 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

Prag-Smichow, Koppe-Bellmann, 1916. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce copy of war poetry, signed and inscribed by Jewish author, later renowned medical doctor Bruno Kisch. A very scarce first edition copy of this work, in original grey paper binding, with original title ...

Paris As It Is an Illustrated Souvenir of the French Metropolis

None Stated · 1892 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

New York; Chicago; Washington; London, Brentano's, 1892. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon first edition of this work, richly illustrated with both sketches and contemporary photographs. An uncommon first edition copy of this 1892 work, in original half cloth binding.Feat...

London Cameos

A. H. Blake · 1930 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, Herbert Jenkins Ltd, 1930 . First edition. Cloth. A fascinating first printing of this photographic journey through the city of London. The first edition.A beautiful description of London before the Second World War. Containing information and illustrations of the Old ...

Histoire Des Cafes de Paris

Francois Fosca · 1934 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.43 | ¥10,129)

Paris, Firmin-Didot et Cie, 1934 . First edition. Paperback. An illustrated first edition of this work on the history of cafes in Paris by Francois Fosca. The first edition in the publisher's original paper wraps.In French, written by French artist and writer, Francois Fo...

Poems

Iolo Aneruin Williams · 1915 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Methuen, 1915. Hardback. The signed collection of war poems by Iolo Aneurin Williams, father of composer Edward Williams. Signed letters included. The signed collection of war poetry by British writer Iolo Aneurin Williams. Published by Methuen and Co. in 1915, while W...