Storia moderna

Old English Barometers

G. H. Bell and E. F. Bell · 1952 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)

Winchester, Warren & Son Ltd. 1952. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this history of barometers with the original dust wrapper. The first edition. In a blue cloth binding with the original dust wrapper. With a frontispiece and 39 monochrome plates. Collated complete. A...

The Toilers of the Field

Richard Jefferies · 1892 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,810)

London, Longmans, Green and Co, 1892 . First edition. Vellum. A very smart copy of this scarce, limited edition essay collection by John Richard Jefferies. Number 7 of 105 Limited Edition large paper copies printed of this first edition, illustrated, with a portrait frontispie...

All Our Yesterdays

H. M. Tomlinson · 1930 · Rooke Books

£79.00 (€94.69 | $104.37 | ¥16,667)

London , William Heinemann Ltd. 1930. Cloth. A limited edition, signed copy of this anti-war novel by H. M. Tomlinson. A limited edition, being number 458 of 1025 copies printed for sale. In the publisher's original cloth binding. With a portrait frontispiece from a drawi...

A Short History of the English People

John Richard Green · 1895 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London , Macmillan and Co. 1895. Leather. A beautiful, leather bound copy of John Richard Green's history of the English people, with multiple fold out maps. A new edition. In a full calf prize binding by Relfe Brothers, with a bookplate presented to one 'J. R. Herri...

Historical Record of the Fifty-Second Regiment (Oxfordshire Light Infantry) from the Year 1755 to the Year 1858

W. S. Moorsom · 1860 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)

London, Richard Bentley, 1860 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Captain Moorsom's detailed account of the history of the 52nd (Oxfordshire) Regiment of Foot. Illustrated throughout. The first edition of Captain William Scarth Moorsom's historical account o...

Norfolk Broads and Rivers or the Water-Ways, Lagoons and Decoys of East Anglia

G. Christopher Davies · 1884 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

Edinburgh , William Blackwood and Sons, 1884. Cloth. A charming new edition on the rivers and waterways of the Norfolk Broads, with illustrations throughout. A charming new edition with illustrations of Norfolk Broads and Rivers or The Water-Ways, Lagoons and Decoys of East An...

Histoire Des Chevaliers de Rhodes Depuis la Creation de L&Apos;Ordre a Jerusalem Jusqu&Apos;a Sa Capitulation a Rhodes

Eugene Flandin · 1867 · Rooke Books

£149.00 (€178.60 | $196.85 | ¥31,434)

Tours, Alfred Mame et Fils, 1867. Leather. The second edition of this French illustrated work by Eugene Flandin in which he discusses the Hospitaller Rhodes. In the original French.The second edition.Illustrated with a frontispiece, two plates, and in-text illustrations.An int...

Onslaught by Air

Air Ministry · 1941 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London , [His Majesty's Stationary Office], 1941. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A scarce first edition copy of Onslaught by Air that details the Royal Air Force's aircrafts and offensives during the first few years of the Second World War, with photographs throug...

Men-at-War Series

Martin Windrow [editor] · 1981 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London , Osprey Military , 1981-1992. Magazine. Six fascinating volumes from the Osprey Military Men at Arms Series focusing on the Napoleonic Wars, with colour illustrations, diagrams and maps. Six books from the Osprey Military Men-At-Arms series which is an unrivalled serie...

The Island Race

Winston Chuchill · 1964 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London , Cassell, 1964. Cloth. A very smart copy of The Island Race, an abridgment on Churchill's four volume history of Britain and its former colonies, with illustrations throughout. The Island Race is an abridgement by Timothy Baker of the four volumes of A History of ...

The Cabinet Cyclopedia the History of Maritime and Inland Discovery

Rev. Dionysius Lardner · 1830 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London , Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1830-1831. First edition. Cloth. Three volumes from The Cabinet Cyclopedia series on The History of Maritime and Inland Discovery. Three volumes from the The Cabinet Cyclopedia on the The History of Maritime and Inland Discovery ...

The Great World War: A History

Various Contributor; Frank A. Mumby (ed) · 1915 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.20 | $786.08 | ¥125,527)

London , Gresham Publishing Company , 1915-1920. First edition. Leather. A comprehensive, complete nine volume set on the history of The Great World War with illustrations, maps and folding plates. A complete nine volume set of The Great World War: A History edited by Frank A....

The Soldiers of London

Major R. Money Barnes · 1963 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.83 | $171.75 | ¥27,426)

London, Seeley Service & Co. Ltd. 1963. First edition. Leather. A lovely leather bound first edition of a historical military study in London. First edition uncommon leather bound copy of The Soldiers of London by Major R. Money Barnes. Major Robert Money Barnes was a Second ...

A Staff Officer&Apos;S Scrap-Book During the Russo-Japanese War

Sir Ian Hamilton · 1906 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London , Edward Arnold, 1906. Cloth. A smart copy of the first volume detailing Ian Hamilton's experiences during the Russo-Japanese War, with illustrations and folding maps throughout. A Fourth Impression of the first volume. A smart volume of A Staff Officer's Scr...

The Highways and Its Vehicles

Hilaire Belloc · 1926 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, The Studio Limited, 1926. First edition. Cloth. 888th copy of the first limited edition of Belloc's historical study of transport. The first limited edition illustrated copy of Hilaire Belloc's The Highway and its Vehicles. This is copy 888 out of the 1250 pr...

Caii Plinii Caecilii Secundi Epistolarum Libros Decem, Cum Notes Selectics

Pliny the Younger; Plinii; Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus · 1734 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.31 | ¥58,016)

Amsterdam, Janssonio-Waesbergios, 1734. Leather. A Latin collection of the immensely historically important letters of Pliny the Elder, illustrated with a portrait frontispiece of Pliny. In Latin.Illustrated with a frontispiece.Numbers 703 and 704 and 807 and 808 repeated in p...

English Seamen in the Sixteenth Century

James Anthony Froude · 1907 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, Longmans, Green and Co. 1907. Leather. A handsomely bound new impression of this important work on English seamen, by noted author James Anthony Froude. A new impression. With the bookplate of British military office, Harold A. Wernher, to the front pastedown. Contempo...

Shakespeare and the Earl of Southampton

G.P.V. Akrigg · 1968 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1968. First edition. Cloth. A near fine, first edition copy of this historical study of the relationship between Tudor playwright William Shakespeare and his patron, the Earl of Southampton. A compelling historical study of the relationship between not...

Ian Hamilton&Apos;S March

Winston Spencer Churchill · 1900 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

London , Longmans, Green and Co. 1900. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of Winston Churchill's account of his experiences during the Second Boer War. A first edition, first impression copy of Ian Hamilton's March, written by Winston Churchill, which was Win...

The Unknown War the Eastern Front 1914-1917

The Rt. Hon. Winston S. Churchill · 1941 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.31 | ¥58,016)

London , Macmillan and Co. 1941. Cloth. A smart copy of the final volume in Churchill's The World Crisis Series. This is a smart copy of the sixth volume in Churchill's World Crisis Series, Churchill's account of the Frist World War published between 1923-1931. ...