Storia moderna

The Tyke

1932 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

Leeds, Leeds University Union, 1932-33. First edition. Paperback. Two issues of the University of Leeds' very scarce rag magazine, a comical publication by the students of the University. Two issues of University of Leeds' rag magazine, 'The Tyke', for the ...

The Early Churches of Great Britain Prior to the Coming of Augustine

J. Hunt Cooke · 1897 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Alexander and Shepheard, 1897. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce historical study of Christian faith before the arrival of Augustine, one of the most important Church Fathers of the Latin Church. The first edition of this very scarce work in the publisher's orig...

Extracts from a Diary Kept by the Late John Benwell, of Sidcot

John Benwell · 1825 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Bristol, Printed for the Editor, 1825 . First edition. Hardback. The first edition of the scarce diary of John Benwell, who lived in Sidcot in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century. The first edition of this scarce work.A personal diary published after the author&ap...

Letters Written by the Late Right Honourable Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, to His Son Philip Stanhope, Late Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Desden Together with Several Other Pieces on Various Subjects

Philip Dormer Stanhope · 1774 · Rooke Books

£625.00 (€749.27 | $825.85 | ¥131,893)

London, J. Dodsley, 1774. Leather. A complete four volume set of the third edition of this collection of letters written by the Earl of Chesterfield. Complete in four volumes. Third edition. Each volume contains a portrait frontispiece. A collection of letters written by Briti...

The Life of William Ewart Gladstone

John Morley · 1905 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.56 | $50.21 | ¥8,019)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1905-1906. Leather. A new edition of this notable documentation of the life of the famous British statesman, whose career lasted for over sixty years. This new edition of the work has a half calf leather binding with a marbled fore edge. This...

The Conscript: A Tale of the French War of 1813

Emile Erckmann; Alexandre Chatrian · 1870 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Smith, Elder & Co, 1870. Cloth. An illustrated translation of Erckmann-Chatrian's tale of the French war of 1813. This work is presented in publisher's original decorative binding. The first edition of this translation was in 1865.The Conscript was written jo...

Chateau de Montaigne Postcard Booklet

None · 1949 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

Bordeaux, BLOC Freres Editeurs, c1910. Paperback. A scarce postcard booklet from the Chateau de Montaigne, in the original French language. French language. Scarce booklet. A collection of twenty-four individual postcards with tissue guards. A souvenir from the Chateau de Mont...

History of the Great Western Railway: Volume I, Part II and Volume II

E. T. MacDermot · 1927 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, Great Western Railway Company, 1927-1931. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the second and third volume of MacDermot's History of the Great Western Railway. The first edition of the second and third volume of this work in the publisher's original clo...

Historical Sketches of Charles the First, Cromwell, Charles the Second, and the Principal Personages of That Period; Including the King&Apos;S Trial and Execution: To Which Is Annexed an Account of the Sums Exacted by the Commonwealth from the Royalists, and the Names of All Those Who Compounded for Their Estates; with Other Scarce Documents.

W D Fellowes · 1828 · Rooke Books

£280.00 (€335.67 | $369.98 | ¥59,088)

London, Printed for John Murray, 1828. First edition. Leather. The uncommon first edition of W D Fellowes's large historical sketch of the life and times of Charles I, Cromwell, and Charles II. The first edition of this work. An uncommon copy. Printed on large paper. A hi...

The Ancient World: A Beginning

T. R. Glover · 1935 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Cambridge, Cambridge at the University Press, 1935. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this detailed work on ancient history, illustrated throughout. With original price-clipped dust wrapper. First edition. Includes scarce original price clipped dust wrapper. Illus...

Memoirs of Bartholomew Fair

Henry Morley · 1859 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Chapman and Hall, 1859 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of Henry Morley's illustrated study of the Bartholomew Fair. The first edition of this work, illustrated throughout with facsimile drawings, engraved on wood, by the brothers Dalziel.A history of t...

Cornelii Taciti Vita Agricolae

Cornelii Taciti; Henry Furneaux · 1898 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

Oxford, At the Clarendon Press , 1898 . First edition. Cloth. A smart edition of Agricola by Tacitus, with a colour map. A first of this edition of Cornelii Taciti's Agricolae, with an introduction and notes by Henry Furneaux. In the original Latin with extensive notes i...

Old Country Life

S. Baring Gould · 1890 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London , Methuen & Co , 1890. Leather. A leather bound copy of this work on country life, with illustrations. A second edition copy. An interesting volume on countryside life, with details on country houses, gardens, hunting, roads, family portraits and the country town. Ill...

The Defence of the Realme 1596

Sir Henry Knyvett; Chris Hughes [Intro.] · 1906 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1906. Paperback. An uncommon reprint of Henry Knyvett's sixteenth century treatise on how to defend Britain. An uncommon reprint of The Defence of the Realme by sixteenth century MP Henry Knyvett. First edition thus. Knyvett's treatise outlin...

The Early Homes of Prince Albert

Alfred Rimmer · 1883 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.87 | $145.35 | ¥23,213)

Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1883 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Alfred Rimmer's work on the early homes of Prince Albert during his childhood, illustrated throughout. The first edition of this work, an exploration of the many homes whic...

Le Douloureux Calvaire D&Apos;Alphonse Daudet (Auto-Observation D&Apos;Un Tabetique de Qualite)

Docteur Mary Trivas · 1932 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

Paris, Les Editions Vega, 1932 . First edition. Leather. The very scarce first edition of Dr. Mary Trivas's study of the illnesses suffered by Alphonse Daudet as a result of his syphilis. In the original French. The first edition of this very scarce work about the incurab...

A Carranca Da Paz

Agostinho de Campos · 1925 · Rooke Books

£58.00 (€69.53 | $76.64 | ¥12,240)

Paris, Livrarias Aillaud & Bertrand, 1925 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of the very scarce fifth volume of Agostinho de Campos's six volume study of the Great War. In the original Portuguese. With the publisher's original wraps bound in. The fifth volum...

Histoire de Charles-Edouard, Dernier Prince de la Maison de Stuart

Amedee Pichot · 1833 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

Paris, Charles Gosselin, 1833 . Leather. A two volume biography of the life of 'Bonnie Prince Charlie', Prince Charles Edward Stuart. In the original French.The work of French novelist, historian and translator Amedee Pichot.Prince Charles was he second Jacobite pret...

Codice Per la Marina Mercantile Del Regno D&Apos;Italia

Regno d'Italia · 1865 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Torino, Stamperia Reale, 1865 . Hardback. A smart copy of the 1865 merchant shipping code for the Kingdom of Italy. In the original Italian.The merchant shipping code was issued, along with other codes, in what has been called the 'Risorgimento Legal Italian', which ...

Histoire de L&Apos;Empereru Napoleon 1st

Amedee Gabourd · 1870 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

Paris, Alfred Mame et Fils, 1870 . Leather. A later, illustrated edition of this history of Napoleon by Amedee Gabourd. A tenth edition copy. In the original French. A French history of Napoleon I who was a French military commander and political leader. He rose to prominenc...