Storia moderna

Les Huguenots: Leurs Colonies, Leurs Industries, Leurs Eglises

Samuel Smiles · 1870 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

Paris, Librairie de Joel, 1870. Cloth. A smart copy of this French translation of Smiles' historical study of the Huguenots in England and Ireland. French. A detailed historical study of the settlements, churches, and industries of the Huguenots, a religious group of Fren...

Murray&Apos;S Handbook for Travellers in New Zealand

F. W. Pennefather · 1893 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, John Murray, 1893 . First edition. Cloth. A richly illustrated handbook for visitors of New Zealand, complete with numerous folding maps to accompany a plethora of information on the geography, history and people of the country. First edition. Bound in the publisher&ap...

New Zealand: The Land of Health, Wealth and Prosperity

Captain Ashby · 1889 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, S. Riorden, 1889 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce nineteenth-century work presenting the history and advantages to living in New Zealand, with the intent to encourage more settlers. First edition.Bound in the publisher's pictorial boards. Scarce work.The auth...

Journal of a Ten Months&Apos; Residence in New Zealand

Richard A. Cruise · 1823 · Rooke Books

£575.00 (€689.33 | $759.78 | ¥121,342)

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1823 . First edition. Leather. A leather-bound first edition of this brilliant journal documenting the author's view of  New Zealand, from the perspective of a Richard A. Cruise, the captain of a convict ship headed for Aust...

Station Life in New Zealand

Lady Barker [Mary Anne Barker] · 1870 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1870 . First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of this insightful collection of letters from Mary Anne Barker, detailing her time spent living in New Zealand on a sheep station in the mid nineteenth century. First edition. In the publisher's...

The African Witch

Joyce Cary · 1936 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.87 | $151.96 | ¥24,268)

London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1936. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Joyce Cary"s third novel, set in Nigeria in the interwar period, and in the original dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression.  In the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper...

Boswell: The English Experiment 1785-1789

Irma S. Lustig [ed.]; Frederick A. Pottle [ed.] · 1986 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

New York, McGraw-Hill Book Company , 1986. First edition. Cloth. A fine first printing containing James Boswell's diaries from 1785-1789. The first edition, first printing. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. A selection of entries from Scottish b...

A History of Norfolk (the Victoria History of the Counties of England)

H. Arthur Doubleday; William Page [ed.] · 1901 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

Westminster , Archibald Constable and Company Limited , 1901-1906. First edition. Cloth. A smart copy of this Norfolk Victoria County History, illustrated with plates and folding maps. The first edition. Complete presently in two volumes (one of the dormant counties not curren...

A General History of the Quadrupeds

Thomas Bewick · 1791 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.66 | $383.19 | ¥61,199)

Newcastle Upon Tyne, S. Hodgson, R. Beilby, & T. Bewick, 1791 . Leather. The second edition, noted for being much larger and more illustrated, of Thomas Bewick's celebrated work, 'A History of Quadrupeds&apos. A second, much larger and improved edition, published jus...

Orden, and, Der Bunte Rock

1933 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

Koln; Munchen, Waldorf-Astoria-Zigarettenfabrik; Haus Neuerburg, 1933. Paperback. Two German volumes showcasing the cigarette cards produced by Waldorf-Astoria-Zigarettenfabrik and Haus Neuerburg, two leading German cigarette manufacturers. In the original German.Two volumes s...

James Phillips, Jr.

Walter De Blois Briggs · 1935 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

San Francisco, Privately Published; Walter De Blois Briggs, 1935. Cloth. A limited edition, illustrated biography on the life of a Scottish born distinguished business man, written and privately printed by his grandson Walter De Blois Briggs. A limited edition, being one of on...

Souvenir of Butlin&Apos;S Holiday Camp Skegness

Butlin's · 0 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

None stated, Butlin's, c1950. Paperback. A very scarce souvenir from the Butlin's holiday camp in Skegness, an interesting piece of British history, with photographs and colour plates throughout. A very scarce booklet. Illustrated with monochrome photographs, two co...

Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland

Various · 1880 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€899.12 | $991.02 | ¥158,272)

Edinburgh , Neill and Company , 1880-1914. First edition. Cloth. An impressive collection of proceedings from the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, with illustrations throughout. Comprising thirty-five volumes relevant to the years 1880-1914, or sessions 101-134. In the pub...

The Last Million

Ian Hay [Major General John Hay Beith] · 1918 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1918. First edition. Cloth. The final of three volumes of this good humoured account of army life from British soldier Major General John Hay Beith. First edition. A collection of the author's good-humoured accounts of army life, describing w...

The Four Horsemen Ride

Trooper" [H. L. Hall]; General Sir Hubert Gough · 1935 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Peter Davies, 1935. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon first edition of this illustrated collection of reminiscences from the First World War. First edition. Uncommon work. With the front panel of the original dust wrapper pasted to the front free endpaper. Illustrated ...

John Aubrey&Apos;S Wiltshire

John Aubrey · 1984 · Rooke Books

£34.00 (€40.76 | $44.93 | ¥7,175)

Wiltshire , Punch Bowl Press, 1984. Paperback. A delightful copy of this very scarce limited work, comprising extracts of Wiltshire as described by English antiquary John Aubrey. Number thirty-five out of sixty copies produced by the Punch Bowl Press. A very scarce work.In the...

Louis XV Et Madame de Pompadour

Pierre de Nolhac · 1903 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.56 | $495.51 | ¥79,136)

Paris , Goupil & Cie. 1903 . First edition. Leather. A beautifully illustrated, limited edition of Pierre de Nolhac's biographical study of Louis XV written in the original French, bound by Riviere in half morocco. Limited edition. Number 755 of 800: "Huit Cents Exemplair...

All Our Yesterdays

H. M. Tomlinson · 1930 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1930. First edition. Cloth. A signed, limited edition, first edition, of H. M. Tomlinson's celebrated anti-war novel. No. 577 of 1025 limited edition copies, signed by the author to the limitation page. Illustrated with a portrait frontispi...

Severn Tunnel Railway: From 4 Miles 60 Chains to 7 Miles 50 Chains

Great Western Railway · 0 · Rooke Books

£1,900.00 (€2,277.78 | $2,510.59 | ¥400,956)

London, Not Stated, c1890 . Leather. An annotated and hand coloured lithograph map of the Severn Tunnel Railway, belonging to the office of the Great Western Railway's Chief Engineer's Office. A vanishingly scarce lithograph map of the Severn Tunnel, a tunnel linking...

Navy Directory

Anonymous · 1918 · Rooke Books

£1,500.00 (€1,798.25 | $1,982.04 | ¥316,544)

Washington, Government Printing Office , 1918-1919 . Leather. The February 1918 to April 1919 issues of the very scarce Navy Directory. Fascinating works of American naval history hailing from the Library of Congress. Six very scarce volumes - containing fifteen issues - of th...