Storia moderna

Quatre Bras, Ligny and Waterloo: A Narrative of the Campaign in Belgium, 1815

Dorsey Gardner · 1882 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.85 | $151.93 | ¥24,261)

London, Kegan Paul, Trench, & Co, 1882 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first UK edition of this factual account of Napoleon's time in Belgium in June of 1815, during the Waterloo Campaign. The scarce first UK edition of American historian Gardner Dorsey's late nin...

Napoleon, Lover and Husband

Frederick Masson; J. M. Howell [trans.] · 1894 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

New York, The Merriam Company , 1894 . First edition. Cloth. J. M. Howell's illustrated first English language translation of French historian Frederic Masson's study of Napoleon's role as a husband and lover. The first edition thus of this biographical study of...

The Hundred Days. 1815.

George R. Russell · 1815 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

Not Stated, Not Stated, c1849. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition account of a young boy's time in Paris during the final days of Napoleon's rule. The very scarce first edition of George Robert Russell's account of his time in Paris as a schoolboy...

Land Battles, from Hastings to Inkerman

L. Valentine · 1869 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London and New York, Frederick Warne and Co. c1888. Cloth. A scarce illustrated children's history of some of the most thrilling and important land battles engaged in by the British army. A scarce illustrated children's study of some of history's most exciting l...

Life of Thomas Graham, Lord Lynedoch

Alexander Marin Delavoye · 1880 · Rooke Books

£440.00 (€527.41 | $581.30 | ¥92,826)

London, Richardson, Marchant Singer & Co, 1880 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of this biographical account of the life of celebrated politician and army officer Thomas Graham, Lord Lynedoch. The first edition of this very scarce biographical study of Tho...

The Downfall of Napoleon, from Sir Walter Scott&Apos;S Life of Napoleon Buonaparte

Sir Walter Scott · 1827 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Blackie & Son, Limited, c1900. Cloth. Extracts from Sir Walter Scott's 'Life of Napoleon', focusing upon the 'Hundred Days' in which the leader made his final struggle for power, with an illustrated frontispiece. Part of 'Blackie's Li...

Marie Louise and the Invasion of 1814

Imbert de Saint-Amand · 1891 · Rooke Books

£425.00 (€509.43 | $561.48 | ¥89,662)

London, Hutchinson & Co. [1891]. First edition. Cloth. A bright copy of this very scarce volume concerning Marie Louise and the invasion of France in 1814. Imbert de Saint-Amand was a French diplomat and historian, prolific author of publications on the women of the court of L...

The Last Actor-Managers

Hesketh Pearson · 1950 · Rooke Books

£33.00 (€39.56 | $43.60 | ¥6,962)

London, Methuen & Co. 1950. First edition. Cloth. A biographical study of ten actor-managers to close a great theatrical epoch, the first edition in its price-clipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of this work by Hesketh Pearson. A series of ten biographica...

The Story of English Literature

Anna Buckland · 1905 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, Cassell and Company , 1905. Leather. A lovely copy of this history of English literature by Anna Buckland, a new impression in a charming full calf school prize binding. A new impression of Anna Buckland's work on the history of English literature, from Keltic lit...

The Cambrian Popular Antiquities; or, an Account of Some Traditions, Customs, and Superstitions of Wales: With Observations As to Their Origin, &C. &C.

Peter Roberts · 1815 · Rooke Books

£380.00 (€455.49 | $502.03 | ¥80,168)

London, E. Williams, 1815 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of this curious collection of Welsh folk tales and ancient traditions, illustrated with bright hand coloured plates. The first edition of this beautifully illustrated collection of Welsh folk tales, traditio...

Abstract of the Answers and Returns Made Pursuant to an Act, Passed in the Eleventh Year of the Reign of His Majesty King George IV, Intituled, &Apos;an Act for Taking an Account of the Population of Great Britain, and of the Increase or Diminution Thereof&Apos;

1833 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, The House of Commons, 1833. Cloth. An uncommon copy of this extensive volume of answers and returns regarding George IV's population act. Volume II only out of a total of three volumes.An uncommon work.This second volume focuses only on the enumeration abstract. ...

Ten Fac-Simile Reproductions Relating to Old Boston and Neighborhood; New England; Various Subjects

Samuel Abbott Green · 1901 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

Boston, Privately Printed, 1901-3. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon collection of this limited edition set proposing a bibliographical and historical study of American states and various subjects through facsimile reproductions of documents and others, by Samuel Abbott Green....

The Works of John Burroughs

John Burroughs · 1889 · Rooke Books

£490.00 (€587.34 | $647.36 | ¥103,375)

Boston and New York, Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1889-1891. Leather. A very scarce eight volume collection of the writings of this American naturalist and conservationist, in smart half calf bindings. A very scarce set of the writings of John Burroughs, an American naturali...

Etude Sur Les Colonies Marchandes Meridionales (Portugais. Espagnols. Italiens) a Anvers de 1488 a 1567

J. A. Goris · 1925 · Rooke Books

£325.00 (€389.56 | $429.37 | ¥68,565)

Louvain, Librairie Universitaire, 1925. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition copy of the fascinating dissertation of Jan Albert Goris, better known as Marnix Gijsen, complete with folding plates. The very scarce first edition of this work.In the original French.Or...

Francia En Las Islas Malvinas

Rafael H. Saiegh · 2005 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

Buenos Aires, Emece Editores, 2005. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition Spanish work on the French occupation and possession of the Falkland Islands, complete with colourful illustrations throughout. The first edition of this work.In the original unclipped dust wrappe...

Glubb&Apos;S Legion

Godfrey Lias · 1956 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Evans Brothers Limited , 1956. First edition. Cloth. A bright first impression of this historical account of John Bagot Glubb's Transjordan's Arab Legion, complete with its dust wrapper, price-clipped. A full account of the Arab Legion, known as Glubb's ...

Paris Qui Chante No. 31-60

Various · 1903 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

Paris , Unknown, 1903-4. First edition. Leather. Twenty-nine issues of this illustrated French weekly magazine of the arts, from August 1903 to March 1904, bound in one volume. The continuous issues from March 1903 to March 1904 (Nos. 31-60) of Paris qui Chante, an illustrated...

St Helena, 1502-1938

Philip Gosse; Trevor Hearl [Intro.] · 1990 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.74 | $58.13 | ¥9,283)

Oswestry, Anthony Nelson, 1990. Cloth. A fine copy of this detailed study of four centuries of the history of England's second oldest colony and significant location in the history of the Atlantic Slave Trade. A history of Britain's most remote - and second oldest - ...

The Great War

Winston Churchill · 1933 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, George Newnes, 1933-1934. Cloth. The first two volumes of Winston Churchill's impressive history of the First World War, writing during the inter-war era, and illustrated throughout. The first two volumes of Winston Churchill's illustrated three volume study ...

Regicide. Are Refugees Our Enemies. Is Napoleon Our Ally.

Anti-Conspirator · 1858 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, J. Allen, 1858. First edition. Disbound. A very scarce anonymous pamphlet discussing international affairs and the relations between England, refugees, and Napoleon. An interesting and short pamphlet defending the role of England as the 'City of Refuge' and d...