Storia moderna

Thinking Black: 22 Years without a Break in the Long Grass of Central Africa

D. Crawford · 1914 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, Morgan and Scott Ld. 1914 . Cloth. The second edition of this insightful documentation of Dan Crawford's twenty-two years spent as a missionary worker in Africa, accompanied by illustrations throughout. The second edition, third impression. First published in 1912...

The British Colonies

Robert Montgomery Martin · 0 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, The London Printing and Publishing Company, Limited, c1853-55. Cloth. Robert Montgomery Martin's impressive and extensive history of the British Empire, this set including divisions VI and IX. Two divisions of Robert Montgomery Martin's impressive 'The B...

Dissertations by the Celebrated Abbots de Vertot and Anselm

Rene-Aubert Vertot; Antoine Anselme; M. Paschoud · 1726 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.79 | $237.85 | ¥37,985)

London, F. Clay, 1726. Leather. A very scarce volume of three insightful essays by the Abbes Vertot and Anselme. A very scarce work.A volume of three essays written by Rene-Aubert Vertot and Antoine Anselme, translated into English.The three essays are titled: 'An Enquiry...

Landmarks in English Industrial History

George Townsend Warner · 1904 · Rooke Books

£36.00 (€43.16 | $47.57 | ¥7,597)

London, Blackie and Son Limited, 1904. Cloth. A very smart copy of this exploration into England's industrial history, from clergyman and schoolmaster, George Townsend Warner. The fourth edition of this work. In the publisher's original cloth binding. This history ...

Pages from the Goncourt Journal

Robert Baldick [ed.] · 1962 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.56 | $50.21 | ¥8,019)

London, Oxford University Press, 1962. Cloth. A bright copy of this historical work, containing extracts from the Goncourt brothers' journal, forming a fascinating look at the Parisian art scene. The first edition thus containing these pages from the Goncourt Journal. In...

The Complete Grazier; or, Farmer and Cattle-Dealer&Apos;S Assistant.

A Lincolnshire Grazier" [Thomas Hartwell Horne] · 1807 · Rooke Books

£285.00 (€341.67 | $376.59 | ¥60,143)

London, B. Crosby and Co. 1807 . Cloth. A profusely illustrated companion to farming and cattle-dealing, a scarce work written by Thomas Hartwell Horne. The second edition, revised, corrected, enlarged and greatly improved. Bound in full cloth, with the endpapers renewed and o...

Folk of the Furrow

Christopher Holdenby · 1913 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Smith, Elder and Co, 1913. First edition. Cloth. A scarce copy of this caring portrait of agricultural life, which aimed to bring attention to the families and countrymen often misunderstood. The first edition of this scarce work. In the original cloth binding. &apos...

Longleat

Charles Lines; Patrick J. Feeney · 1973 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Wiltshire; England; Lemington Spa, Warwickshire , Longleat House; Photo Precision Ltd; English Counties Periodicals Limited; Sotheby Parke Bernet and Co, c1960-87. First edition. Magazine. A lovely collection of bright magazines containing the history, antiquities and delights...

The Dark Ages; a Series of Essays, Intended to Illustrate with State of Religion and Literature in the Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, and Twelfth Centuries.

Rev. S. R. Maitland · 1844 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, J. G. F. & J. Rivington, 1844. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of historical essays on the Dark Ages from English historian Samuel Roffey Maitland. First thus. Originally printed in The British Magazine with corrections and some additions...

The Diary of a Country Parson & Rides Around Britain

James Woodforde; John Byng · 1992 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, The Folio Society, 1992-1996. Cloth. Two very smart works on life and travel in Britain from the Folio Society, with illustrations throughout. Two volumes. This set includes: The Diary of a Country Parson, 1992. With many illustrations throughout. The diary of James Wo...

The Hero of the Humber; or, the History of John Ellerthorpe

Rev. Henry Woodcock · 1868 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Elliot Stock, 1868. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this account of the life of John Ellerthorpe, a British ferryman and foreman of the Humber Dock Gates. First edition. Very scarce. With a portrait frontispiece. The life of John Ellerthorpe, an En...

Maidstone and Kentish Gazette

1839 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Maidstone, Richard James Cutbush, 1839-41. Unbound. Two very scarce broadsides, fascinating insight into life in Kent and Maidstone during the Victorian era. Two issues of the very scarce broadsheet 'Maidstone and Kentish Gazette&apos.Including the numbers 2,126, for Tues...

Five Biggles Adventure Novels

Captain W. E. Johns · 1942 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)

London, Geoffrey Cumberlege Oxford University Press, 1942-47. Cloth. Five exciting adventure novels from Captain W. E. John's 'Biggles' series, Illustrated and in their original dust wrappers. The fourth impression to "Biggles in the South Seas", Third impressio...

The Carnegie Works at Pittsburgh

Theodore Dreiser · 1927 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)

New York, Privately Printed, 1927. First edition. Cloth. A smart limited edition copy of this essay on the Carnegie Works at Pittsburgh from American journalist Theodore Dreiser. First edition. Limited to one hundred and fifty copies. With decorations. A detailed essay, full o...

The Carnegie Works at Pittsburgh

Theodore Dreiser · 1927 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.81 | $211.42 | ¥33,765)

New York, Privately Printed, 1927. First edition. Cloth. A smart limited edition copy of this essay on the Carnegie Works at Pittsburgh from American journalist Theodore Dreiser. First edition. Limited to one hundred and fifty copies. With decorations. A detailed essay, full o...

The Carnegie Works at Pittsburgh

Theodore Dreiser · 1927 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

New York, Privately Printed, 1927. First edition. Cloth. A smart limited edition copy of this essay on the Carnegie Works at Pittsburgh from American journalist Theodore Dreiser. First edition. Limited to one hundred and fifty copies. With decorations. A detailed essay, full o...

The Toilers of the Field

Richard Jefferies · 1892 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.87 | $151.96 | ¥24,268)

London, Longmans, Green and Co, 1892 . First edition. Cloth. A smart copy of this essay collection by English nature writer Richard Jefferies. The first edition of this work. Frontispiece of a photograph taken by J. Owen, of the Margaret Thomas's bust of Richard Jefferie...

A Dictionary of Egyptian Civilization

Georges Posener · 1962 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Methuen and Co Ltd , 1962. First edition. Cloth. A delightful copy of this prolific Egyptian history in the form of a dictionary, with an array of colour illustrations throughout. The first English edition of this work.With the publisher's original unclipped dust ...

Extracts on Prose and Verse from an Old English Medical Manuscript, Preserved in the Royal Library at Stockholm

George Stephens; Sir Henry Ellis · 1844 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.85 | $171.78 | ¥27,434)

Not Stated, Not Stated, 1844. Cloth. A smartly bound copy of this collection of extracts from a Old English medical manuscript, with a facsimile image of the manuscript. Scarce work. With a facsimile image of the original manuscript. A collection of extracts, written in prose ...

Thoughts and Adventures

Winston S. Churchill · 1934 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Thornton Butterworth, Ltd. 1934. Cloth. Winston Churchill's engaging autobiographical work on his early political career. Churchill's collection of engaging autobiographical essays that cover his early political career.The book was published in November 1932,...