Storia moderna

A Collection of Papers of Phrenology

Various · 1850 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)

Various, Various, 1850-1978. Paperback. An interesting set of six papers on phrenology, dating from over a century, all very scarce. A selection of six very scarce papers on phrenology. Phrenology is a pseudoscience, involving the measurement of bumps on the skull to predict m...

The Works of Dr John Doran

Dr John Doran · 1854 · Rooke Books

£2,500.00 (€2,996.65 | $3,302.85 | ¥527,422)

London, Richard Bentley; Hurst and Blackett; John C. Nimmo; Chatto and Windus , 1854-1888. Leather. An impressive set of works from prolific English editor and miscellaneous writer, John Doran, comprising multiple first and second editions. An attractive set of twenty-five vol...

A Brief History of Wood-Engraving from Its Invention

Joseph Cundall · 1895 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

London, Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd, 1895. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated survey of the history of wood-engraving. First edition. Illustrated throughout. In eighteen illustrated chapters, Cundall relates a history of wood-engraving from its ...

The History of Adcote School

Rachel Lowe · 1987 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

England , Adcote Old Girls' Association, 1987. First edition. Paperback. A vanishingly scarce history of Adcote School, an independent and boarding school for girls located in Little Ness, replete with illustrations. The first edition of this vanishingly scarce work. In t...

Some War Impressions

Jeffery Farnol · 1918 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

London, Sampson Low, Marston and Co. Ltd, 1918. First edition. Cloth. A scarce work comprising the author's meetings, memoirs and general feelings of the Great War. The first edition of this scarce work. Undated, dated from a copy held at the British Library.British write...

Chronological Tablets: Exhibiting Every Remarkable Occurrence from the Creation of the World; with Characteristic Traits of Each Event. Chiefly Abridged from the French of the Abbot Lenglet Du Fresnoy. Arranged Alphabetically, and Augmented from Authentic Sources to the Present Time; Particularly As Regards British History.

Abbott Lenglet Du Fresnoy · 1801 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

London, Vernor & Hood &c. 1801. Leather. A very scarce history of the world from Creation to the early nineteenth century. Very scarce. Lacking the frontispiece. A detailed collection of chronological notices from history, beginning with the creation of the world and making re...

Two Addresses Delivered at the Dedication of a New Transmitter of Radio Free Europe Beamed to Hungary

Frederic R. Dolbeare; Gyula Dessewffy · 1951 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

Stamford, The Overbrook Press, 1951. Brochure/Pamphlet. A very scarce program and record of the two addresses spoken at the ceremony inaugurating the new service of Radio Free Europe for Hungary. First edition. Limited to three hundred copies. A program and record of the addre...

The Carnegie Works at Pittsburgh

Theodore Dreiser · 1927 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

New York, Privately Printed, 1927. First edition. Cloth. A smart limited edition copy of this essay on the Carnegie Works at Pittsburgh from American journalist Theodore Dreiser. First edition. Limited to one hundred and fifty copies. With decorations. A detailed essay, full o...

The Warrior Pharaohs

Leonard Cottrell · 1968 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Evans Brothers Limited, 1968. Cloth. A pleasing copy of this uncommon work containing stories of some of the greatest Warrior Pharaohs. The first edition of this work. In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. British author and journalist Leonard Cottre...

Signs & Wonders Upon Pharaoh: A History of American Egyptology

John A. Wilson · 1964 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

Chicago, The University of Chicago Press, 1964. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated history of Egyptology in America. First edition. Illustrated with thirty-two plates. Collated complete. A detailed history of America's fascination with Ancient...

The Commentaries of Caesar, Translated Into English; to Which Is Prefixed a Discourse Concerning the Roman Art of War & the History of the Conspiracy of Catiline, and the Jugurthine War

William Duncan; C. Crispus Sallustius; William Rose [translator] · 1836 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Jones and Co. 1836. Cloth. A new edition of these two important historical volumes bound into one. Two volumes bound into one. New edition. With a portrait frontispiece to each volume. This volume includes: The Commentaries of Caesar, Translated into English; to which ...

A Collection of Articles from &Apos;the Aeroplane&Apos; and &Apos;Flight&Apos; Magazine

C. G. Grey [Ed]; et al. · 1936 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, The Aeroplane; Flight, 1936-40. Cloth. A collection of informative and heavily illustrated articles from 'The Aeroplane' and 'Flight' aviation magazines. The 1938, 1937, 1939 and 1940 issues of 'The Aeroplane' and the 1936, 1937 and 1938 i...

A Portrait of Lord Nelson

Oliver Warner · 1959 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, The Reprint Society , 1959. Hardback. A new edition of this inspiring historical work focusing on the life and naval accomplishments of Lord Nelson. A new edition published the year after the first. In the publisher's original quarter paper vellum binding. Sketche...

Punjab Village Surveys and Economic Survey

Faiz Ilahi; R.K. Seth; Abdur Rahim Khan; Anchal Dass; Bhai Mul · 1933 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

Punjab, The Board of Economic Enquiry, 1933-1940 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce selection of five volumes of Punjab Village Surveys from the Board of Economic Enquiry, Punjab, presenting detailed data on villages in the region. Five very scarce 'Punjab Village Surv...

Text Books of Ornamental Design: Nature in Ornament

Lewis F. Day · 1898 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, B. T. Batsford, 1898 . Leather. A handsomely bound example of Lewis F. Day's work dedicated to ornamental designs in nature, with charming illustrations. The third edition, fifth thousand of this work, which was first published in 1892.Lewis F. Day was an importan...

The Earls of Kildare and Their Ancestors: From 1057 to 1773

The Marquis of Kildare · 1862 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)

Dublin, Hodges, Smith & Co , 1862. Cloth. A smart presentation copy of this impressive historical dive into the earls of Kildare, with two folding genealogical charts. A scarce presentation copy of this edition.With a blind stamp bearing "Presented by the Publishers" to the fr...

Cacus and Marsyas in Etrusco-Roman Legend

Jocelyn Penny Small · 1982 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

Princeton, Princeton University Press, 1982. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this interesting work, examining representations of the mythological figures Cacus and Marsyas in classical art. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth bindin...

English Wayfaring Life in the Middle Ages (Xivth Century)

J. J. Jusserand; Lucy Toulmin Smith (trans.) · 1891 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1891. Cloth. A very smart copy of this illustrated work on the ordinary traveller during the Middle Ages, translated from the French. The eighth edition of this work, in the publisher's original cloth binding.Undated, dated from a copy held at the...

Egypt of the Pharaohs: An Introduction

Sir Alan Gardiner · 1961 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

Oxford, Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1961. Cloth. A smart corrected edition of this illustrated introduction to the Egypt of the Pharaohs, with the original price-clipped dust wrapper. First published 1961, corrected edition issued later that same year. Illustrated with a fr...

City Directory and Diary 1946

City Press · 1945 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, City Press, 1945. Cloth. A rare 1946 directory for the city of London, providing a glimpse into city life post World War Two through numerous advertisements and diary entrees. A city directory for the year 1946. Illustrated throughout with monochrome advertisements. Di...