Storia moderna

A Survey of London, Contayning the Originall, Antiquity, Increase, Moderne Estate, and Description of That Citie, Written in the Year 1598

John Stow; Henry Morley [ed.] · 1890 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, George Routledge and Sons, 1890 . Cloth. A smart copy of John Stow's survey of London under Elizabeth, written in the year 1598 and published here for the first time since. Bound in the publisher's original cloth. First thus, being the first time this work wa...

Windsor Castle: An Historical Romance

William Harrison Ainsworth · 1853 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, George Routledge and Sons, Limited, 1853 . Cloth. An illustrated edition of this historical novel surrounding Anne Boleyn at Windsor Castle, written by W. Harrison Ainsworth. Bound in the publisher's original red cloth. Dated using Jisc, from copies of the work he...

Hastings of Bygone Days and the Present

Henry Cousins · 1911 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

Hastings , F. J. Parsons Ltd , 1911. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated historical work on Hastings by Henry Cousins. The first edition. With a monochrome frontispiece, monochrome illustrations and a folding map. Collated complete. In the publisher&a...

Prerequisites of the October Revolution in Siberia Written in Cyrillic

USSR Academy of Sciences; Dulov [ed]; F. A. Kudryavtsev [ed] · 1964 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

Novosibirsk , Siberian Branch of the USSR Academy of Sciences, 1964. Cloth. A very scarce work on the October Revolution, written in Cyrillic. In the publisher's original cloth. Written in Russian Cyrillic. This work provides a historical account of the October Revoluti...

The Mint: A Day-Book of the R.A. F. Depot between August and December 1922

T. E. Lawrence · 1955 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1955. First edition. Cloth. The first trade edition of the memoirs of T. E. Lawrence, presenting his time in the Royal Air Force in the 1920s. First trade edition of the work, published the same year as a limited edition of two-thousand copies.Bound in t...

The Mint: A Day-Book of the R.A. F. Depot between August and December 1922

T. E. Lawrence · 1955 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.81 | $218.02 | ¥34,820)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1955 . First edition. Cloth. The first trade edition of the memoirs of T. E. Lawrence, documenting his time in the Royal Air Force. First trade edition of the work, published the same year as a limited edition of two-thousand copies.Bound in the publishe...

Back to the Congo

Lieve Joris; Stacey Knecht [trans.] · 1992 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.83 | $191.60 | ¥30,599)

London, Macmillan, 1992 . First edition. Cloth. An excellent first UK edition of Lieve Joris' personal account relating to the former Belgian Congo, signed by the author. Bound in the publisher's original cloth, with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. First UK edi...

The Life of Nelson: The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain

Captain A. T. Mahan · 1897 · Rooke Books

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

London, Sampson Low, Marston & Company, Limited, 1897 . First edition. Leather. A first edition complete set of Captain Mahan's important work on the sea power of Great Britain during the time of Lord Nelson. First edition, bound in half morocco with marbled boards. Compl...

A New Map of Northumberland, Divided Into Wards; Exhibiting the Whole of the Turnpike and Cross Roads, the Course of the Rivers, Market and Borough Towns, Parishes, Hamlets, Parks, &C.

John Cary · 1824 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.83 | $191.60 | ¥30,599)

London, G. and J. Cary, 1824 . First edition. Paperback. A very scarce, bright copy of Cary's new map of Northumberland, encased in a slip case. The map is bright, with colour ink, measuring at 23.5" by 14.5". Encased in a slip case. Comprised of a map of Northumberland ...

The Armies of Asia and Europe: Embracing Official Reports on the Armies of Japan, China, India, Persia, Italy, Russia, Austria, Germany, France, and England

Emory Upton · 1878 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

New York, D. Appleton and Company , 1878. Cloth. A detailed commentary on various armies across Asia and Europe from United States Army general, Emory Upton. Printing office copy. A detailed study on the armies of Japan, China, India, Persia, Italy, Russia, Austria, Germany, F...

An Historical and Scientific Description of the Mode of Supplying London with Water

William Matthews · 1841 · Rooke Books

£285.00 (€341.67 | $376.59 | ¥60,143)

London, John Weale, 1841 . Cloth. A vanishingly scarce copy of this account of how London was supplied with water in the past, by William Matthews. Second edition. Originally published in 1835 under the title 'An historical and descriptive account of the water works of Lo...

Rambles in the Pyrenees and the Adjacent Districts, Gascony, Pays de Foix & Roussillon

F. Hamilton Jackson · 1912 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London, John Murray, 1912 . First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition work examining the Pyrenees and surrounding regions, illustrated throughout by the author himself. The first edition of this work.Frederick Hamilton Jackson describes the Pyrenees, which separates the Ibe...

The Calls of Norfolk and Suffolk

Charles S. Romanes · 1920 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.73 | $77.96 | ¥12,451)

Edinburgh, T. and A. Constable Ltd. 1920 . First edition. Cloth. A signed, limited edition copy of Charles Romanes genealogical study of the Call family. First edition, in the publisher's original red cloth binding. A Limited Edition of only three hundred copies, of which...

The Services of the Royal Regiment of Artillery in the Peninsular War

Major John H. Leslie · 1908 · Rooke Books

£58.00 (€69.53 | $76.64 | ¥12,240)

London; Woolwich, Hugh Rees; The Royal Artillery Institution Printing House, 1908-1912 . First edition. Paperback. A complete set of first editions presenting the services of the Royal Regiment of artillery during the Peninsular War, First edition, in the publisher's orig...

Shakespeare and His Birthplace: Containing a Biography of the Poet, and a Guide to Stratford-Upon-Avon and Its Vicinity

1859 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.84 | $178.38 | ¥28,489)

London , T. Nelson and Sons, 1859. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce Nelson's tourist guide to Shakespeare and his birthplace. The first edition. In the original publisher's binding. Very scarce. The first edition of this travel handbook for Stratford-Upon-Avon pub...

The Parish Register of Wimbledon, Co. Surrey.

None stated · 1924 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.56 | $50.21 | ¥8,019)

London, Mitchell Hughes & Clarke , 1924. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this register of Wimbledon and Surrey from the sixteenth to nineteenth century in the original cloth. The first edition. This work provides a reference for people who were baptised, married or...

Historia Universal for Cesar Cantu Volumes 1-4 and 6-10

Cesar Cantu; D. Nemesio Fernandez Cuestra · 1880 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

Madrid, Gaspar Editores , 1880-89. Leather. Eight volumes of illustrated historical works by Cesar Cantu and continued by D. Nemesio Fernandez Cuestra, translated from the original Italian to Spanish and bound in quarter calf. Eight volumes. Complete in ten. Bound in half cal...

The Spanish Story of the Armada and Other Essays

James Anthony Froude · 1892 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1892. Leather. A smart copy of this collection of historical essays from English historian, James Anthony Froude. A collection of six historical essays, with titles including: The Spanish Story of the Armada, Antonio Perez: An Unsolved Historic...

Twentieth of July

Hans Hellmut Kirst; John Maxwell Brownjohn · 1966 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Collins, 1966. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first English translation of this historical work on a failed assassination attempt of Hitler, signed by the author with an inscription in German. First U.K. edition. Signed and inscribed by the author to the front endp...

Adversus Paganos Historiarum Libri Septem

Orosius · 1738 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)

Leiden, Gerardum Potuliet, 1738. Leather. A Latin translation of the important history of mankind by Orosius, an incredibly important history. In Latin.'Adversus Paganos Historiarum Libri Septem' is the only history book written by Roman priest Orosius.This important...