Storia moderna

The History of Charles XII King of Sweden

Voltaire · 1735 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.31 | ¥58,016)

London, C Davis, 1735. Leather. The sixth edition of Voltaire's historical novel regarding Charles XII of Sweden. Illustrated, with a frontispiece of King Charles XII, and a folding map of Europe. Written by Voltaire, otherwise known as Francois-Marie Arouet. With the boo...

The Sheffield Assay Office, with a Few Notes on the Silver Trade of the Town

Arnold T. Watson · 1890 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Sheffield, Leader and Sons, 1890. Cloth. A very scarce volume, ideal for those with an interest in the industry and trade of the city of Sheffield. A paper read before the Sheffield Literary and Philosophical Society, October 1st, 1889. Written by Arnold T. Watson the presiden...

The History of the Dress of the Royal Regiment of Artillery, 1625-1897.

Captain R. J. MacDonald · 1899 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Henry Sotheran & Co. 1899. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated work of military history, compiled and illustrated by Captain R. J. MacDonald Strictly limited to a printing of 1500 copies, with this particular volume appers to be one of the 300 volumes published for genera...

The Life of Gordon Major-General, Turkish Field Marshal, Grand Cordon Medjidieh and Pasha, Chinese Titu, Yellow Jacket Order

Demetrius C Boulger · 0 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, T Fisher Unwin, c1896. Leather. A biography on Charles George Gordon, also known as Chinese Gordon, Gordon Pasha and Gordon of Khartoum. The fourth edition. Illustrated, with a portrait frontispiece of Gordon and two further plates. Collated, complete. This biography i...

History of Rome

Thomas Arnold · 1857 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)

London, T Fellowes et al, 1857. Leather. Two volumes of this historical work by Thomas Arnold, the head master of Rugby School. Comprising of volumes II and III only. Volume II covers the Gaulish invasion to the end of the first Punic War. Volume III is from the end of the fir...

The World in Colour: Spain and Portugal, South and Central Africa, North Africa

Dore Ogrizer [ed.] · 1953 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, 1953-1955. Cloth. Three volumes of the profusely illustrated 'The World in Colour' series, providing historical, cultural and topographical accounts of locations in Africa, Spain, and Portugal. A three volume set.  The first e...

Foreigners; Muddling Through; How to Be Famous

Theodora Benson; Betty Askwith · 1935 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, Victor Gollancz, 1935-1937 . First edition. Cloth. Humorously illustrated throughout by Nicolas Bentley, present here are first editions of three entertaining works of satire by Betty Askwith and Theodora Benson. The first edition, first impression of three works of hu...

Le Proces Des Fleurs Du Mal

Charles Baudelaire; Ernest Pinard; Gaston Lebre [Ed.] · 1885 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

Paris, A. Chevalier-Marescq, 1885 . Cloth. The first collected publication of the surviving courtroom documents from Baudelaire's notorious 1857 Fleurs du Mal trial, extracted from volume III of Gaston Lebre's 1885 "Revue des grands proces contemporains." Rebound in ...

(1941) British Birds on Lake, River and Stream; (1943) Fishes of Britain&Apos;S Rivers and Lakes; (1943) the Poet&Apos;S Corner; (1944) English Ballet; (1944) Children As Artists; (1945) the Leaves of Southwell; (1945) the Bayeux Tapestry; (1945) Poisonous Fungi; (1946) Flowers of Marsh and Stream; (1947) Russian Icons; (1947) English Book Illustration: 1800-1900; (1947) a Selection of Engravings on Wood by Thomas Bewick; (1948) British Military Uniforms; (1948) Woodcuts of Albrecht Durer; (1948

Phyllis Barclay-Smith; J. R. Norman; Sir Max Beerbohm; Janet Leeper; R. R. Tomlinson; Nikolaus Pevsner; Eric Maclagan; John Ramsbottom; Iolo A. Williams; David Talbot Rice; Philip James; John Rayner; James Laver; T. D. Barlow; C. H. Gibbs-Smith · 1941 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)

London and New York, Penguin Books Limited, 1941-1957. Hardback. An attractive and highly illustrated collection of King Penguin Books, sixteen of which are first editions and five of which retain their original dust wrappers. A delightful collection of twenty-one "King Pengui...

The Connoisseur: An Illustrated Magazine for Collectors

Nancy Bell; Robert Manuel; Edward F. Strange; A. J. Rusconi et al · 1901 · Rooke Books

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

London, Otto Limited, 1901-1905. First edition. Leather. Handsomely bound in quarter morocco, present here are the first twelve volumes of the profusely illustrated twentieth century antiquarian magazine 'The Connoisseur', with tipped in and folding plates. A handsom...

Mrs. Fitzherbert and George IV

W.H. Wilkins [William Henry Wilkins] · 1905 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Longmans, Green and Co. 1905. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of a complete two volume biography on the scandalous love affair between George IV and Maria Fitzherbert, the first with access to the Fitzherbert papers. The first edition of Mrs. Fitzherbert and Ge...

The Giant Cities of Bashan; and Syria&Apos;S Holy Places

J. L. Porter [Josiah Leslie Porter] · 1867 · Rooke Books

£235.00 (€281.68 | $310.47 | ¥49,578)

London, T. Nelson and Sons, 1867. Cloth. An early edition of an insightful travelogue on the historic Middle Eastern region, with beautifully engraved plates showing different ruins. An early edition of The Giant Cities of Bashan; and Syria's Holy Places, a travelogue on ...

Don&Apos;T Give Up the Ship" a Catalogue of the Eugene H. Pool Collection of Captain James Lawrence

Eugene H. Pool; Captain James Lawrence · 1942 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.85 | $151.93 | ¥24,261)

Salem, Peabody Museum, 1942. First edition. Cloth. A first and limited edition of this very scarce illustrated collection catalogue; one of only 500 published. A very scarce first collection catalogue, with only one record on Jisc. Featuring nine monochrome plates throughout. ...

The Chronicles ofã‚â Fernãƒâ£O Lopes and Gomes Eannes de Zurara

Edgar Prestage, [Fernão Lopes, Gomes Eannes de Zurara] · 1928 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

Watford, Unknown, 1928. First edition. Cloth. The first limited edition of a study into the two most famed state chroniclers of the Age of Discovery for the Kingdom of Portugal, among the first of their peers. The first and limited edition of The Chronicles of Fernão Lopes an...

The Byways of Montgomeryshire

John Bancroft Willans · 1905 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. 1905. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of a very scarce exploration of the scenic county in the heart of Wales, written and signed by a national historian and philanthropist. The very scarce first edition of The Byways of Montgo...

Back to Montparnasse

Sisley Huddleston · 1931 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London; Bombay; Sydney, George G. Harrap & Company Ltd. 1931. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated look at the contemporary Paris social scene. A first edition, bound in the original smart navy cloth. With illustrated endpapers. Published as a sequel...

2 Vols Tabakat-I-Nasiri: A General History of the Muhammadan Dynasties of Asia, Including Hindustan Minhaj-Ud-Din Abu-"Umar-I-"Usman

Major H. G. Raverty [Trans.] · 1881 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

London, Gilbert & Rivington, 1881 . Hardback. A complete two-volume first English edition of Raverty"s translation of Tabakat-i-Nasiri, a foundational Persian chronicle of medieval Islamic and Indo-Persian dynastic history. In the publisher's original paper covered boards...

Sailing Directions from Point Lynas to Liverpool, with Charts, Coast-Views, River-Sections, Tidal Courses and Tide Gauge Table, for Navigating the Dee and Mersey, Including the Latest Alterations.

Commander H. M. Denham · 1840 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

Liverpool, H.M. Denham, by J. & J. Mawdsley, 1840 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of Denham"s Admiralty-sanctioned Liverpool sailing guide, with twenty-four folding plates and the separately paginated Port Fleetwood directions, smartly rebound. Rebound in a later h...

Wilding&Apos;S Directory of Shrewsbury and Surrounding Districts, 1896-1899

Anonymous [Longworth Wilding] · 1896 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

Shrewsbury, Longworth Wilding, 1896-1899. Cloth. Two very scarce editions of directories of Shrewsbury by local printer and bookseller Longworth Wilding, including details of local batallions. The very scarce 1896 and 1899 editions of Wilding's Directory of Shrewsbury, Br...

History of the Conquest of Mexico; History of the Conquest of Peru

William H. Prescott · 1855 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.13 | ¥61,181)

London, Richard Bentley, 1855-1857. Leather. Two prolific histories on the Spanish conquests of Mexico and Peru, recounting the exploits of the conquistadores against the mighty pre-Columbian civilizations. The seventh edition of The History of the Conquest of Mexico in three ...