Storia moderna

In the Name of the Bodleian and Other Essays

Augustine Birrell · 1905 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Elliot Stock, 1905. First edition. Cloth. An intriguing collection of essays on the Bodleian Library, its founder Sir Thomas Bodley, and other important figures. The first edition.In the publisher's original cloth binding. With a page of publisher's advertise...

At Aboukir and Acre: A Story of Napoleon&Apos;S Invasion of Egypt

G. A. Henty · 1899 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

London, Blackie & Son Limited, 1899. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated historical account of Napoleon's invasion of Egypt from English war correspondent George Alfred Henty. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, seven plates, and three plans. Coll...

Vie Privee Du Marechal de Richelieu

[Louis-Francois Faur] · 1791 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)

Paris, Buisson, 1791. First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this semi-fictionalised biography on Cardinal Richelieu, an intriguing work in the original French. The first edition.In the original French.Complete in three volumes.A semi-fictionalised biography on the lif...

Note of an English Republican on the Muscovite Crusade

Algernon Charles Swinburne · 1876 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1876. First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this political essay by Algernon Charles Swinburne, in which he attacks the politics of Thomas Carlyle. The first edition of this lesser known work by poet Algernon Charles Swinburne, an essay in whi...

Initiation, Human and Solar

Alice A. Bailey · 1933 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

London, John M. Watkins, 1933 . Cloth. An exceptionally bright edition of Alice Ann Bailey's guide to initiation within Theosophy. First published in 1922, this is an early 1930s UK edition of Alice Bailey's first work.Alice Ann Bailey was a Theosophist and a writer ...

The Western Front: Then and Now

1938 · Rooke Books

£34.00 (€40.75 | $44.92 | ¥7,173)

London, George Newnes, Limited, 1938. First edition. Cloth. A smart copy of this vastly illustrated account of the Western Front as it was during the First World War and as it is now. First edition. Illustrated throughout. The war-time photographs were supplied by the Imperial...

Punch

Various · 1894 · Rooke Books

£12,500.00 (€14,983.23 | $16,514.25 | ¥2,637,112)

London, Punch Office, 1894-1914. Leather. A brilliant continuous run of 'Punch', from the magazine's first issue, up to the end of the 1914, a fantastic run of this satirical and illustrated magazine. An impressive continuous run of 'Punch', from Volum...

Dictionaire Historique Et Critique. Tome II: D-L; Tome III: M-S

Mr. Pierre Bayle · 1720 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

Rotterdam, Michel Bohm, 1720 . Leather. Volumes II and III of the third edition of this important and extensive French dictionary, in smart full calf bindings. In the original French.Two volumes only of the four volume third edition of this work. Present here is volume II, con...

Council of State Debates: Volume III, Nos 14-42. With Three Index Volumes.

Council of State · 1922 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

Delhi, Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1922-1923 . First edition. Leather. An impressive volume including twenty-eight numbers of the 'Council of State Debates' discussing the governance of India in 1922 and 1923. The various sessions of the 'Council ...

Bonnie Prince Charlie: A Life

Peter Pininski · 2010 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

Gloucestershire, Amberley, 2010. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this biography of Bonnie Prince Charlie, Prince Charles Edward Stuart, with illustrations. Signed and inscribed by the author. First edition. Signed and inscribed by the author to the title page, r...

The Queen&Apos;S Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Lieutenant-Colonel H. D. Chaplin · 1964 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

Maidstone, The Regimental Museum Committee , 1964 . First edition. Cloth. An uncommon first edition of H. D. Chaplin's study of the Queen's own Royal West Kent regiment, in the original dust wrapper. First edition, in the publisher's original cloth, with the ori...

The Invergordon Mutiny

Alan Ereira · 1981 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Routledge & Kegan Paul , 1981 . First edition. Cloth. A fine, first edition of this narrative history of the Invergordon mutiny of 1931, inscribed by the author, Alan Ereira. First edition, in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original, unclipped du...

Romae Antiquae Notitia: Or, the Antiquities of Rome

Basil Kennett · 1724 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)

Dublin, A. Rhames for J. Hyde and E. Dobson, 1724 . Leather. The seventh edition of Church of England cleric Basil Kennett's richly illustrated historical study of Ancient Rome. The seventh edition of this work, first published in 1696.A study of Roman history which inclu...

In Bolshevik Siberia

Malcolm Burr · 1931 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)

London, H. F. & G. Witherby , 1931. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this uncommon travel work detailing the author's time across the harsh landscape of Siberia. The first edition of the work. Uncommon.With ten monochrome photographs over five plates and a sketc...

Upper Teviotdale and the Scotts of Buccleuch: A Local and Family History

J. Rutherford Oliver · 1887 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

[Hawick], [W. & J. Kennedy], 1887 . First edition. Unbound. An unbound pre-publication example of Oliver J. Rutherford's work of Scottish local history and genealogy. A pre-publication copy of the first edition of this work, unbound and consisting of folded gatherings loo...

The New Forest: Its History and Its Scenery

John R. Wise · 1863 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

London, Smith, Elder, & Co. 1863. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated history of the New Forest, England, written by John Richard de Capel Wise. First edition. Illustrated with sixty-three images and two maps, one of which is folding. Collated compl...

Wellington: Being an Account of the Life & Achievement of Arthur Wellesley

Richard Aldington · 1946 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, William Heinemann, 1946. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this biography of Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, written by Richard Aldington. First edition. Illustrated with frontispiece, sixteen plates, and nine maps. Collated complete. The life of Fie...

Surrey

A. R. Hope Moncrieff · 1912 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, A. & C. Black, 1912. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated work on Surrey, written by A. R. Hope Moncrieff, with colour illustrations by Sutton Palmer. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Third edition. First published in 1906. Written by the Scottish ...

A Letter Book Selected with an Introduction on the History and Art of Letter-Writing

George Saintsbury · 1922 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

London, G. Bell and Sons, Ltd. 1922. Leather. A book on letters and the art of letter writing by George Saintsbury in a excellent crushed half morocco binding. The fifth impression published in November of 1922. First published in February 1922.Bound in half crushed morocco wi...

Works Relating to Freemasonry Preserved in the Reference Department of the Wigan Free Public Library

Henry Tennyson Folkard · 1882 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)

Wigan , Privately Printed By Bro Richard Platt, 1882. Paperback. A very scarce work on Freemasonry in Wigan. Very scarce. In the original publisher's wraps. This short book covers Freemasonry in Wigan and the works relating to it. It gives a list of suggested related read...