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M. de Lamartine [Alphonse de Lamartine] · 1848 · Rooke Books

£69.00 (€82.71 | $91.16 | ¥14,557)

Paris, Michel Lévy Frères,, 1848. First edition. Leather. A smartly bound, first edition of this political memoir by Alphonse de Lamartine, recalling the events of the February revolution and the critical early months of the Second Republic. Smartly bound in half calf binding ...

Around the World: Sketches of Travel Through Many Lands and over Many Seas

E. D. G Prime · 1872 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.83 | $171.75 | ¥27,426)

New York, Harper & Brothers, 1872 . First edition. Cloth. A scarce, first edition of this extensive, illustrated travel guide from the nineteenth century, by American journalist, writer, and travel writer, E. D. G. Prime. In the publisher's original blue cloth binding.Thi...

History of the Expedition to Russia, Undertaken by the Emperor Napoleon in the Year 1812

General Count Philip de Segur · 1900 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

New York, A. L. Fowle, 1900. Cloth. A very scarce A. L. Fowle edition of this two-volume account of Napoleon's invasion of Russia, by Count Philip de Segur. A very scarce A. L. Fowle edition of this significant account of Napoleon's invasion. Complete in two volumes....

On the Road with Wellington: The Diary of a War Commissary in the Peninsular Campaigns

August Ludolf Friedrich Schaumann; Anthony M. Ludovici · 1924 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.85 | $151.93 | ¥24,261)

London, William Heinemann, 1924. Cloth. The first edition of this translated series of fascinating accounts, detailing a war commissary's services in the Peninsular campaign, with colour plates. First edition. Illustrated with a tipped in colour frontispiece and nineteen ...

The Battle of Wavre and Grouchy&Apos;S Retreat: A Study of an Obscure Part of the Waterloo Campaign

W. Hyde Kelly · 1905 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, John Murray, 1905. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated history of the Battle of Wavre, from historian W. Hyde Kelly. First edition. Illustrated with three folding maps. Collated complete. A detailed history of the Battle of Wavre, the final ...

Sketches of German Life and Scenes from the War of Liberation in Germany

Varnhagen Von Ense; Alexander Duff Gordon [Translator, Compiler] · 1847 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, John Murray, 1847 . First edition. Cloth. A scarce first UK edition of this collection of memoirs by Karl August Varnhagen von Ense, offering a vivid first-hand account of German society during the tumultuous period of the Napoleonic Wars. Rebound in blue cloth binding...

A Collection of Studies on French Wine Houses

Various · 1975 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London; Geneva, Times Books; Minerva; Mitchell Beazley; Dorling Kindersley; Gilbert & Gaillard, 1975-1994. First edition. Cloth. A collection of six smart volumes on the different wine regions of France, with illustrations throughout. Six volumes. Illustrated throughout. A col...

What About Wine?

Andre L. Simon · 1953 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Newman Neame, 1953 . First edition. Cloth. A charming guide to wine appreciation and oenology, with woodcut illustrations throughout. In the publisher's original cloth binding. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. This volume is a first editi...

Histoire de la Suisse Depuis L&Apos;Origine Jusqu&Apos;a Nos Jours

M. De Marles · 1854 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)

Tours, A. Mame Et Cie, 1854. Hardback. A beautifully bound third edition of Marles' history of Switzerland, in a striking ornamental cartonnage binding. The third edition.In the original decorative cartonnage binding, with gilt details and a colour plate to the front boar...

The History of the Parish of Grittleton in the County of Wilts

Rev. J. E. Jackson; John Britton · 1843 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Wiltshire Topographical Society , 1843. First edition. Leather. A charming history of the parish of Grittleton, published by the Wiltshire Topographical Society. First edition. A compelling history of the small parish of Grittleton, Wiltshire, published by the Wiltshir...

A Collection of Studies on British Manufacturers by George Dodd

George Dodd · 1844 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)

London, Charles Knight & Co. 1844-1851. Cloth. Two volumes containing the complete six parts of George Dodd's study of British manufacturing from the mid-nineteenth century. Complete in six parts, bound in two volumes. Illustrated throughout. Written by George Dodd, an En...

A History of the English-Speaking Peoples

Sir Winston S. Churchill · 1958 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Cassell & Company, Limited, 1958-1968. Cloth. A complete four volume set of this history from British statesman and former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Winston S. Churchill. Complete in four volumes. Mixed editions with volume I being the second impression of ...

A History of Modern Europe

Charles Alan Fyffe · 1891 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.31 | ¥58,016)

London, Cassell & Company, 1891-1892 . Leather. A charmingly illustrated and fascinating account of the history of the European continent from between 1792 and 1878. Complete in three volumes.English historian and journalist Charles Alan Fyffe's illustrated study of the h...

Sixty Years a Queen: The Story of Her Majesty&Apos;S Reign

Sir Herbert Maxwell · 1897 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1897. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this illustrated history of the reign of Queen Victoria, from Scottish essayist Sir Herbert Maxwell. First edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and title page, with numerous in-text images. ...

The Registers of the Parish Church of Bolton

Archibald Sparke · 1913 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

Bolton, Tillotson and Son Ltd. 1913. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this register of the parish church of Bolton from 1573 to 1660. First edition. Very scarce work. A detailed record of the registers of baptisms, weddings, and burials at the parish church...

Romeyn de Hooghe to the Burgermasters of Haarlem

Romeyn de Hooghe · 1971 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.31 | ¥58,016)

Massachusetts , Gehenna Press, 1971. Hardback. A very scarce limited edition reproduction of a seventeenth century letter by Romeyn de Hooghe, signed by the artist Leonard Baskin. A very scarce limited edition of one hundred copies, of which this is numbered forty-four.Signed ...

London Fabric

James Pope-Hennessy · 1941 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1941 . Cloth. The charmingly illustrated second edition of James Pope-Hennessy's portrait of London on the brink of World War II. The revised second edition.In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper designed by Eric Ra...

The Times, and the Times Supplement January 1st-March 31st

The Times · 1851 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

London, The Times , 1851 . Leather. Three months of the popular British magazine 'The Times', all bound together, providing a fascinating historical account of Britain in the mid nineteenth century. The original issues of 'The Times' magazine and the supple...

Liber Valorum Et Decimarum; Being an Account of the Valuations and Yearly Tenths of All Such Ecclesiastical Benefices in England and Wales, As Now Stand Chargeable with the Payment of First-Fruits and Tenths

John Ecton · 1728 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, R. Gosling, 1728. Cloth. The third edition of John Ecton's important compilation of the financial states of churches in England and Wales. The third edition. First published in 1711. An important religious compilation on the valuations and tithes of the churches o...

History of Rome

Thomas Arnold · 1845 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, B. Fellowes; F. and J. Rivington; E. Hodgson; &c. 1845. Cloth. A mixed edition set of this insightful history of Rome from English historian Thomas Arnold. Complete in three volumes. Volume one is the fourth edition, volume two is the third edition, and volume three is...