Storia moderna

Epochs and Episodes of History

1882 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Ward, Lock & Co. 1882. Cloth. A late-19th century volume on interesting episodes and notable events in world history. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Binder's label of W. Greening to the rear paste down.An illustrated collection of accoun...

Introductio Ad Sapientiam: Or, the Art of Right Thinking

Thomas Fuller · 1731 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, W. Innys, 1731 . First edition. Leather. The scarce first edition of the first part only of Thomas Fuller's guide to 'The Art of Right Thinking&apos. The first part only of a two part work by Thomas Fuller. The scarce first edition of this work.ESTC T138941A...

A Guide to the Giants Causeway and the North-East Coast of the County of Antrim

Rev G. N. Wright · 1823 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.56 | $495.51 | ¥79,136)

London , Baldwin, Cradock and Joy , 1823. First edition. Leather. A very scarce charming pocket guide to the Giants Causeway. First edition.Very scarce. A charming pocket guide to Ireland. Missing the half title. This pocket guide gives an outline of places to visit in Irela...

Handbook of Birmingham Issued by the Local Committee of the British Association September 1886

1886 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

Birmingham , Hall and England , 1886. First edition. Hardback. A very scarce copy of the Birmingham handbook issued by the Local Committee of the British Association. The first edition. Very scarce. Including a complete map and map pocket. This handbook was issued by the Local...

Cleveland, Ancient and Modern Volume II Parts 15, 16, 17, and 18

Rev. J. C. Atkinson · 0 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Simpkin, Marshall, and Co. c1874. Brochure/Pamphlet. Three scarce individual parts of the second volume from Atkinson's History of Cleveland, Ancient and Modern. Four volumes. Parts 15, 16,17, and 18 of volume II only. Scarce in this form. Written by John Christop...

Russia 1904-1924: The Revolutionary Years a History in Documentary Photographs

Eric Baschet · 1989 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

Schweiz, Swan Productions, 1989. First edition. Hardback. A very smart first edition of this history of the Russian revolutionary years in photographs. First edition. Illustrated with over two hundred black-and-white photographs. A collection of striking photographs capturing ...

Bibliotheca Gloucestrensis: A Collection of Scarce and Curious Tracts Relating to the County and City of Gloucester

John Washbourn · 1823 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

Gloucester, Washbourn and Son, 1823-1825. First edition. Hardback. A collection of scarce documents relating to the city of Gloucester, dating from the civil war. First edition, in the publisher's original paper covered boards. Complete in three volumes. Compiled by John ...

Memories of Fourscore Years Less Two, 1851-1929

Abel Chapman; George Bolam · 1830 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Gurney and Jackson, 1830 . First edition. Cloth. A bright example of the first edition of naturalist Abel Chapman's charmingly illustrated and posthumously published biography. The first edition of this work, illustrated with a photogravure frontispiece and with t...

The Law at Randado

Elmore Leonard · 1957 · Rooke Books

£675.00 (€809.21 | $891.92 | ¥142,445)

London, Robert Hale, 1957 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first UK edition of Elmore Leonard's second western novel, about escalating tensions between a naïve sheriff and a wealthy cattle baron. The very scarce first UK edition, first impression.First published i...

Pictures of English Life

J. G. Watts · 1865 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, Sampson, Low, Son & Marston, 1865 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this beautifully illustrated and scarce depiction of mid nineteenth century English life. The first edition of this scarce work.Illustrated with ten plates, each retaining the original title...

Camp-Fires on Desert and Lava

William T. Hornaday · 1908 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

New York , Charles Scribner's Sons, 1908 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated work documenting the authors' expedition to the Pinacate region. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth. Illustrated with a full colour frontis...

The Life and Letters of Sir John Everett Millais

John Guille Millais · 1899 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)

London , Methuen and Co , 1899. First edition. Leather. A biography of the life and works of Sir John Everett Millais written by his son. The first edition. Handsomely bound in a half morocco binding. Written by John Guille Millais who was a British artist, naturalist, gardene...

The Story of Jenny Driver: A Memoir of a Famous Female Criminal

Stanbury Thompson · 1940 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, Arthur H. Stockwell, Ltd. 1940. Hardback. A scarce work on the life of pickpocket Jenny Driver, written by Stanbury Thompson, with the author's inscription to the front endpaper. Author's presentation to the front endpaper, dated 1958. The life of Mary Young,...

Sea-Side Walks of a Naturalist with His Children

Rev. W. Houghton · 1889 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

London, Groombridge and Sons, 1889. Cloth. A smart new edition of this collection of commentaries from sea-side walks, with colour illustrations. New edition. Illustrated with colour frontispiece and five plates, with many in-text images. Collated complete. A collection of com...

Imperial China: Photographs 1850-1912

Clark Worswick; Jonathan Spence; Harrison Salisbury · 1979 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, Scolar Press, 1979. First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of this collection of photographs from imperial China, with a foreword by Harrison Salisbury. The uncommon UK first edition. First published in the US by Pennwick Publishing in 1978. In the publisher'...

L&Apos;Inquiete Paternite

Jean Schlumberger · 1911 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

Paris, Marcel Riviere, 1911. Vellum. Number sixteen of a limited print run of thiry copies. The fourth edition. Handsomely bound in a quarter vellum binding. Including the original publisher's wraps with the original backstrip tipped into the rear of the work. This copy i...

Eccentric Travellers

John Keay · 1982 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, John Murray; British Broadcasting Corporation, 1982 . First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of John Keay's biographical study of the lives of prominent explorers, with a loosely inserted letter discussing the publishing rights of his work. The first edition...

What Are You Going to Do About It? the Case for Constructive Peace.

Aldous Huxley · 1936 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London , Chatto And Windus , 1936. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A pamphlet of pacifist thought by Aldous Huxley. The first edition. A pacifist pamphlet written in 1936 by Aldous Huxley. This pamphlet explores pacifism in relation to constructive peace. Within this pamphle...

Buffalo Bill&Apos;S Wild West and Congress of Rough Riders of the World

1894 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.31 | $786.21 | ¥125,563)

New York, Fless & Ridge Printing Co, 1894. Paperback. An interesting and scarce piece of Victorian Americana, a programme for Buffalo Bill's 1894 show in New York. A scarce programme for Buffalo Bill's 1894 show run at Ambrose Park, South Brooklyn, New York.Illustra...

Augustus

John Buchan · 1937 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1937. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this biography of the former Roman emperor Augustus by the Scottish historian John Buchan. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding. Illustrated with a portra...