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Residential Lighting

Myrtle Fahsbender · 1947 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

New York, D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc. 1947. Cloth. The first edition of an educational textbook on lighting in our homes, written by an expert who would later become the first female director of the Illuminating Engineering Society. The first edition of Residential Lighting,...

A Narrative of Voyages and Commercial Enterprises

Richard J. Cleveland · 1842 · Rooke Books

£995.00 (€1,192.67 | $1,314.53 | ¥209,914)

London, Edward Moxon, 1842. First edition. Leather. The scarce first edition of this merchant adventurer's account of the West Coast and the Native Indians. An incredibly scarce example of this Americana title.Bound in half calf and marbled boards, with gilt lettering to ...

The Navy List (January, 1862)

[Admiralty-Office] · 1862 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

[London], [John Murray], 1862. First edition. Leather. The very scarce January 1862 issue of The Navy List, a comprehensive directory of officers and ships of the Royal Navy. January 1862 of The Navy List.Very scarce. Handsomely bound in later half crushed morocco, with marble...

Usines Metalluriques de Literie L&V Rachline Catalogue No. 15

1938 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

Saint-Denis, L. & V. Rachline, 1938 . Paperback. A very scarce French catalogue of a twentieth century metallurgy bedding factory and their products. The July 1938 Catalogue No.15 for Establishments L.&V. Rachline. A very scarce work.In the original blue paper wraps.With secti...

The Letters of Queen Victoria; a Selection from Her Majesty&Apos;S Correspondence between the Years 1837 and 1861

Queen Victoria; Arthur Christopher Benson [ed.]; Viscount Esher [ed.] · 1908 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.83 | $171.75 | ¥27,426)

London, John Murray, 1908 . Cloth. A fascinating collection of Queen Victoria's correspondence in three volumes, with several monochrome plate illustrations. This smart three volume set in the publisher's original, blind stamped, full cloth binding. Bound by F. Grune...

Considã©Rations Sur Les Causes de la Grandeur Des Romains Et de Leur Dã©Cadence

Charles de Secondat, baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu · 1769 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.85 | $151.93 | ¥24,261)

Paris, Aux dépens de la Compagnie, 1769 . Leather. Full-calf original French edition of Montesquieu's significant glimpse into the rise and fall of the Roman empire. Bound in brown full calf.In the original French. Title can be translated to Considerations on the Causes o...

Lord Roberts: A Life for Boys

Violet Brooke-Hunt · 1901 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, James Nisbet & Co. Limited, 1901. First edition. Leather. First-edition prize binding of this detailled biography on the famous Field Marshal Frederick Sleigh Roberts. First edition.In full-calf prize binding with marbled endpapers. Bound by Dickers & Son, Leicester wi...

Bibliotheca Staffordiensis; or, a Bibliographical Account of Books and Other Printed Matter

Rupert Simms · 1894 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

Lichfield, Printed for the Compiler by A. C. Lomax, 1894. First edition. Cloth. A limited edition record of the literature produced in the county of Staffordshire, extensive compiled by disabled writer Rupert Simms. A smart title, in original binding, printed for subscribers o...

A History of British Fossil Mammals, and Birds

Richard Owen · 1846 · Rooke Books

£296.00 (€354.80 | $391.06 | ¥62,447)

London, John Van Voorst, 1846 . First edition. Cloth. A very good copy of the first edition of this interesting archeological study, illustrated with one hundred and twenty-seven woodcut illustrations The first edition in the publisher's original cloth.With one hundred an...

The Book of Family Crests

John Peter Elven · 1838 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)

London, Henry Washbourne, 1838. Cloth. A scarce and revised edition of two small volumes that detail thousands of families, with their mottos and coats of arms included. A scarce and revised edition of The Book of Family Crests; Comprising Nearly Every Family Bearing, Properly...

A History of the Town and Parish of Nantwich

James Hall · 1883 · Rooke Books

£265.00 (€317.64 | $350.10 | ¥55,907)

Nantwich, Cheshire, James Hall, 1883. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of a definitive history of the Cheshire market town, including its role within the English Civil War and its Norman beginnings. The first edition of A History of the Town and Parish of Nantwich, or W...

Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent

A. Huntbach · 1910 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Stafford, J & C. Mort Limited, 1910. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce local history of a key district during the Industrial Revolution and one of the six towns that made Stoke-on-Trent written immediately prior to its birth as a city. The presentation copy of Hanley, Stoke-...

History of Australia from 1787 to 1882

James Allen · 1882 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

Melbourne, Mason, Firth & M'cutcheon, 1882 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition copy of this succinct account of Australian history. A very scarce first edition.In the original cloth binding.A work by James Allen on the History of Australia during the late ...

Within the Rim and Other Essays

Henry James · 1918 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

London, W. Collins Sons & Co, 1918 . First edition. Cloth. An attractive example of the first edition of this collection of essays, published late in the career of the celebrated novelist Henry James, and concerning the First World War. The first edition of this work. Edel & L...

Shropshire Word-Book: A Glossary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Etc. , Used in the County

Georgina F. Jackson · 1983 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Shrewsbury, John Thornhill, 1983 . Cloth. A very smart second edition of this glossary of Shropshire dialect by English writer and schoolteacher, Georgina Frederica Jackson. The second edition of the work, first published in 1879.In publisher's original red cloth binding....

Croydon and the Great War the Official History of the Way Work of the Borough and Its Citizens from 1914 to 1919

Ald. H. Keatley Moore [ed.]; W.C. Berwick Sayers [Assist.] · 1920 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

Croydon, Central Public Library , 1920 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce illustrated first edition of this historical account of the war work in Croydon during World War One. The scarce first edition of the work.In publishers original decorative red cloth binding. Illustrated...

The Surgical Anatomy of the Arteries of the Human Body

Robert Harrison · 1824 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

Dublin, Hodges and M'Arthur, 1824 . First edition. Leather. The very scarce first edition of the first volume of surgeon Robert Harrison's fascinating educational guide to the dissection of arteries. The vanishingly scarce first edition of this work. Volume I only of...

Plan de la Ville de Bordeaux Reduit Sur le Grand Plan Leve Par Messieurs Pierrugues Et D. Bero

None · 1823 · Rooke Books

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

Paris, Not Stated, 1823. Cloth. An incredibly scarce 1823 map of Bordeaux, drawn by Pierrugues and D. Bero, and in original blue slipcase. A folding map of Bordeaux, published in 1823.In the original blue paper slipcase, which is in lovely condition.Folding map backed with lin...

Guide to Old Paris and the Bastille

1893 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. Ltd. 1893 . Paperback. A heavily illustrated guide to old Paris and its medieval fortress known as The Bastille, in the publisher's original paper wraps. In the publisher's original paper wraps.This publication was part of the Earl&a...

The House of Warne: One Hundred Years of Publishing

Arthur King; A. F. Stuart · 1965 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Frederick Warne and Co. 1965. First edition. Cloth. A charming illustrated first edition history of Frederick Warne & Co. charting a hundred years of publishing from Beatrix Potter to the Observer"s Books, illustrated with colour plates. In the publisher's origina...