Storia moderna

A Critical Examination of Dr. Macculloch&Apos;S Work on the Highlands and Western Isles of Scotland

[James Browne] · 1826 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

Edinburgh, Printed for Daniel Lizars, 1826. Leather. A scarce second edition of James Browne's critical examination of Dr. MacCulloch's work on the Highlands and Western Isles of Scotland. A work attributed to James Browne, a critical examination of the four tomes wr...

Histoire Des Cafes de Paris

Francois Fosca · 1934 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Paris, Firmin-Didot et Cie, 1934. First edition. Cloth. A scarce, first edition of this work on the history of cafes in Paris. In French, written by French artist and writer, Francois Fosca. Containing twelve illustrated plates, collated and complete. Containing eight chapters...

Inside Hbo&Apos;S Game of Thrones; Inside Hbo&Apos;S Game of Thrones II: Seasons 3 & 4

C. A. Taylor; Bryan Cogman · 2012 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Gollancz, 2012-2014. Hardback. Two brightly illustrated companion guides to the hugely successful 'Game of Thrones' series. Two volumes of informative and extensively illustrated companions to the television adaptation of American author George R. R. Martin&a...

Quarrels of Authors; or, Some Memoirs for Our Literary History, Including Specimens of Controversy to the Reign of Elizabeth

Isaac D'Israeli · 1814 · Rooke Books

£280.00 (€335.62 | $369.92 | ¥59,071)

London, John Murray, 1814. First edition. Leather. A smartly bound three volume set of anecdotes, relating authors quarrels throughout history, written by Isaac D'Israeli. Complete in three volumes. This humorous and informative work looks at various author quarrels throu...

La Vie de Londres

Mars · 1849 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Paris, Libraire Plon, c1894. Cloth. A delightfully illustrated account of London life in the nineteenth century, written in French and illustrated by Maurice Bonvoisin. Detailing the bars, exhibitions, boat-houses, clubs and celebrations of London, England.Written and illustra...

The Disastrous Marriage: A Study of George IV and Caroline of Brunswick

Joanna Richardson · 1960 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.83 | $171.75 | ¥27,426)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1960. First edition. Leather. A beautifully bound first edition of this historical account of the marriage of Caroline of Brunswick and King George IV. The first edition, first impression of this work. Rebound in an attractive crushed morocco, the bindin...

The Eighteen-Seventies

Harley Granville-Barker; Various · 1929 · Rooke Books

£34.00 (€40.75 | $44.92 | ¥7,173)

New York, The Macmillan Company, 1929. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of these historical essays on the Victorian era by Fellows of the Royal Society of Literature, in the original scarce dustwrapper. The first edition of this work.In the original scarce price-clipped...

Thirty-Seventh Report of the Department of Science and Art of the Committee of Council on Education

1890 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Printed for Her majesty's Stationary Office by Eyre and Spottiswood , 1890. Leather. A very scarce copy of the thirty-seventh report of the Department of Science and Art. The very scarce annual report of the Department of Science and Art of the committee of counci...

Fair Touraine: Stories and Legends of the Loire

Margaret Aulton · 1925 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, John Lane the Bodley Head , 1925. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this incredibly charming collection of stories and legends from the French valley of Loire. A very charming, large volume by Margaret Aulton, comprising a recounting of sixteen stories and leg...

The Life of Lorenzo de Medici

William Roscoe · 1897 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.26 | $726.63 | ¥116,033)

London, A Strahan, T Cadell and W Davies, 1897. Leather. The third edition of this two volume biography of the famous Lorenzo de' Medici, written by historian William Roscoe. The third edition of this work, published the year after the first and second editions. With an e...

The Early Lives of Dante

Giovanni Boccaccio; Philip H. Wicksteed · 1904 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Alexander Moring Limited the de la More Press, 1904. Hardback. Philip H. Wicksteed's scarce translation of Boccaccio's 'Life of Dante', this volume focusing on the early life of the monumental Italian poet. A scarce translation of Boccaccio's b...

Journal Des Scavans

Various · 1736 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

Amsterdam, Jansons a Waesberge, 1736. Leather. Four issues of the popular French academic journal 'Journal des Scavans', containing a variety of articles on history and literature. In the original French.Four issues of 'Journal des Scavans' bound in one, be...

Letters of Eminent Men, Addressed to Ralph Thoresby

Ralph Thoresby · 1832 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1832. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this selection of letters written by various men to the noted antiquarian Ralph Thoresby. The first edition of this work.Complete in two volumes.A selection of the letters written by ...

Anekdota Heterouriaka, or, the Secret History of the House of Medicis

Antoine Varillas; Ferrand Spence · 1686 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€898.99 | $990.85 | ¥158,227)

London, R. E. for R. Bentley and S. Magnes, 1686. First edition. Leather. The first English edition of Antoine Varillas' anecdotal history of Florence and the Medici's, a fascinating work. The first English edition of this work.ESTC citation number R2059.A fascinatin...

The Life and Death of Pomponius Atticus

Cornelius Nepos · 1677 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.34 | $653.96 | ¥104,430)

London, W. Godbid, 1677. Leather. A scarce English translation of Cornelius Nepos' biography on his contemporary Pomponius Atticus, the affluent Roman figure. A scarce work.ESTC citation number R3408.Final errata leaf and two final addenda leaves are present.A biography o...

The Speech of the Right Honourable John Earl of Clare Lord High Chancellor of Ireland

John FitzGibbon · 1886 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Dublin, The Irish Loyal and Patriotic Union, 1886. Disbound. John FitzGibbon's 1800 speech given at the Irish House of Lords, debating the question of a union with Britain. A reprint of John FitzGibbon's 1800 speech given in the House of Lords of Ireland.The speech e...

The History of the War of 1741

M. de Voltaire · 1756 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.26 | $726.63 | ¥116,033)

Not Stated, Not Stated, 1756. Leather. An early English edition of Voltaire's history of the 1741 war, bound in smart contemporary leather. ESTC Citation No. T137624.Detailing the war of 1741 between the Hats of Sweden and Russia, which resulted in Sweden losing more land...

The History of England

Laurence Echard · 1718 · Rooke Books

£1,600.00 (€1,917.85 | $2,113.82 | ¥337,550)

London, Jacob Tonson, 1718. Leather. A scarce three volume collection of Echard's history of England, bound in contemporary leather. This work spans nearly seventeen centuries, from the Roman occupation until the early eighteenth century.This work was held as a standard r...

Biographical Anecdotes of the Founders of the French Republic, and of Other Eminent Characters Who Have Distinguished Themselves in the Progress of the Revolution

1797 · Rooke Books

£440.00 (€527.41 | $581.30 | ¥92,826)

London, Printed for R. Phillips , 1797-1798. First edition. Leather. The first edition of one of the first biographical works on the French Revolution, complete in two volumes. An excellent set complete in two volumes. The first edition of 1797-98, second state with twelve lin...

The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne

James Edmund Harting · 1875 · Rooke Books

£280.00 (€335.62 | $369.92 | ¥59,071)

London, Bickers and Son, 1875. Fine Binding. An exquisite Bickers and Son bound history of Selbourne, Hampshire, illustrated by Thomas Bewick. First published in 1789, this work has been in print continuously, with some three hundred editions up to 2007. It comprises a mix of ...