Storia moderna

Dress and Insignia Worn at His Majesty&Apos;S Court

Herbert A. P. Trendell [ed.] · 1921 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.81 | $211.42 | ¥33,765)

London, Harrison & Sons, 1921 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this study of the court dress of King George V, illustrated throughout in colour. The scarce first edition of this work, examining the court dress of King George V.Illustrated with a colour front...

Memoirs of Guy Joli, Private Secretary to Cardinal de Retz; Claude Joli, Canon of Notre-Dame, and the Dutchess de Nemours

Guy Joli; Edward Taylor · 1777 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)

Dublin, W. Watson; W. Whitestone; et al, 1777. Leather. A very scarce Dublin edition of this autobiography of French magistrate Guy Joli. A scarce Dublin edition.Complete in two volumes.The memoirs of Guy Joli, also spelt as Joly.Joli was a French magistrate of the seventeenth...

The Analogy of Physical Sciences Indicated

George Field · 1819 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, [The Pamphleteer], 1819 . First edition. Unbound. The scarce first edition of chemist George Field's discussion of the similarities between the different branches of physical sciences. A scarce first edition.George Field explores how different branches of science ...

The Yellow Claw and the Si-Fan Mysteries

Sax Rohmer · 1934 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)

London, Methuen & Co Ltd, 1934-5. Cloth. Two of Sax Rohmer's crime novels with one featuring his infamous supervillain 'Fu Manchu', in the original colourful 1930s dust wrappers. The eighteenth edition to 'The Yellow Claw', and the fourteenth edition t...

The Mask of Fu Manchu and the Daughter of Fu Manchu

Sax Rohmer · 1931 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

New York, Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc, 1931-2. First edition. Cloth. The first US editions of these two novels from Sax Rohmer, featuring his iconic supervillain Fu Manchu. The first American editions. A two volume set. By Sax Rohmer, the pen-name of Arthur Henry Ward, w...

Memories de M de **** Pour Servir a L&Apos;Histoire Des Nãƒâ©Gociations Depuis le Traitãƒâ© de Riswick Jusqu&Apos;a la Paix D&Apos;Utretch

[Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Marquis de Torcy] · 1756 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

Haye, Not Stated, 1756. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this insightful study of the treatises signed to end the Nine Years' War. The first edition.In the original French.Volume I only of a total of III.A French treatise on the 1697 Peace of Ryswick, a series...

The Kirk in Scotland

John Buchan; George Adam Smith · 1930 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1930. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated history of the Church of Scotland, by John Buchan and George Adam Smith. The first edition.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.A study on the Kirk of Scotland by John Buchan and Ge...

Melbourne&Apos;S Yesterday: A Photographic Record 1851-1901

Don Bennetts · 1976 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Souvenir Press, 1976. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this collection of photographic records of the history of Melbourne, Australia, signed in presentation to Carmen Callil. First edition. Signed and inscribed by the author to the half title in pr...

Eugenics and Education Reprinted from the "Eugenics Review" July, 1912

John Russell; Mrs. MacCoy Irwin · 1912 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, Eugenics Education Society, c1912. Paperback. A very scarce copy of this pamphlet reprinted from the Eugenics Review of July 1912. Very scarce work. Two short essays reprinted rom the July 1912 issue of The Eugenics Review, a periodical acting as they official organ fo...

A History of the Island of St. Helena, from the Discovery by the Portuguese to the Year 1806

T. H. Brooke · 1808 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)

London, Black, Parry, Kingsbury, 1808. First edition. Hardback. A smart first edition of this detailed history of the island of St. Helena, from British historian T. H. Brooke. First edition. With a frontispiece. A detailed history of Saint Helena, a volcanic and tropical isla...

Bradshaw&Apos;S Railway Almanack, Directory, Shareholders&Apos; Guide and Manual for 1848

Bradshaw's Railway Publications · 1848 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.36 | $726.75 | ¥116,066)

London; Manchester, W. J. Adams; Bradshaw and Blacklock, 1848 . Cloth. An attractive example of this very scarce 1848 almanack and guide to the railways of Great Britain, intended to be of use to railway shareholders. The 1848 volume of this vanishingly scarce almanack, which ...

Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El-Medinah and Meccah: Vol. I. - El-Misr

Richard F. Burton · 1855 · Rooke Books

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

London, Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1855 . First edition. Cloth. A first edition of the first volume from Richard Burton's groundbreaking travel work presenting his remarkable journey through Meccah and El-Medinah in the nineteenth century. The first edition. Boun...

The Real Malay. Pen Pictures.

Sir Frank Athelstane Swettenham · 1900 · Rooke Books

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

London, John Lane The Bodley Head, 1900 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce account of "the real Malay", provided by Sir Frank Athelstane Swettenham, the first Resident-general of the Federated Malay States. First edition. Very scarce work. Bound in t...

Bourne&Apos;S Great Western Railway

John C. Bourne · 1970 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.84 | $178.38 | ¥28,489)

Newton Abbott, David & Charles Reprints, 1970. First edition. Cloth. A beautifully reproduced facsimile of John C. Bourne"s 1846 chronicle of the Great Western Railway, accompanied by numerous illustrations by John Cooke Bourne. In the publisher's original cloth binding.A...

Oriental Series: Japan and China Its History Arts and Literature Volume VIII

Captain F. Brinkley · 1902 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

Boston; Tokyo, J. B. Millet Company, 1902 . Cloth. A very scarce, limited library edition, of volume eight in this series on Japan's history and literature, with this volume being devoted to ceramics, richly illustrated throughout with tissue-guarded photogravure plates a...

The Nightside of Japan

T. Fujimoto · 1926 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, T. Werner Laurie, Ltd. 1926 . Cloth. A scarce, second impression of this atmospheric and evocative travelogue of Japan at night, written in the second-person by Japanese author TaizÃÂ- Fujimoto, with forty illustrations in colour and tone. In the publisher's ...

The Life of Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Common-Wealth

Isaac Kimber · 1725 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)

London, J. Brotherton and T. Cox, 1725 . Leather. The second edition of dissenting writer and biographer Isaac Kimber's sympathetic biography of Oliver Cromwell. A very scarce work. The second edition of Isaac Kimber's scarce and anonymously authored biography of Oli...

A Short Critical Review of the Political Life of Oliver Cromwell

John Banks · 1742 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London, J. Osborn and C. Davis and J. Hodges, 1742 . Cloth. The second edition of John Banks's scarce critical study of the life of Oliver Cromwell, in which he presents the remarkable figure as overly ambitious and concerned with personal power. The second edition of thi...

A History of the Castles, Mansions, and Manors of Western Sussex

Dudley George Cary Elwes · 1876 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)

London, Longmans & Co, 1876. First edition. Leather. The first edition of Dudley George Cary Elwes' extensive illustrated history of Western Sussex, bound in quarter morocco. The first edition.Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece, folding tables, and forty-four illu...

The Nine Ages of Justerini&Apos;S: A Celebration of 250 Years

Susan Keevil [ed.] · 1998 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, Justerini and Brooks Limited , 1998. First edition. Cloth. A fine anniversary volume for fine wine and spirits merchant, Justerini and Brooks, complete with the original slipcase. First edition. With the original slipcase. Lacking the rear pocket catalogue. A bright ...