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Abel Drake Prince of Wales Theatre Glasgow

W. H. Sleigh · 1875 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Glasgow, Nisbet, 1875 . Paperback. A very scarce theatre programme from 1875 for a performance of Abel Drake. Theatre Programme and advertisement from 1875 for the performance of Abel Drake at the Prince of Wales Theatre, Glasgow. A very scarce publication. Written by the less...

The History of England from Julius Caesar to George the Ivth

M. A. Jones · 1826 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London , G. Virtue , 1826. Leather. A scarce comprehensive illustrated volume of the history of England. The History of England from Julius Caesar to George the IVth, dated 1826 to the engraved title page. This volume extensively explores the history of England with rich illus...

A Survey

Max Beerbohm · 1921 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, William Heinemann, 1921 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this lovely collection of caricatures and satirical cartoons. First edition of A Survey by Max Beerbohm in the original publisher's red cloth binding. A lovely collection of caricatures and satir...

Reminiscences of an Octogenarian of the City of New York (1816 to 1860)

Charles Haynes Haswell · 1890 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

New York, Harper & Brothers Publishers , 1890. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition copy of Charles Haswell's interesting personal recollections of New York during the nineteenth century. The scarce first edition. In the publisher's original cloth binding wit...

Historia Morborum Qui Annis Mdcxcix, Mdcc, Mdcci Mdccii Vratislaviae Grassati Sunt

Albertus Haller [Albrecht von Haller] · 1746 · Rooke Books

£895.00 (€1,072.80 | $1,182.42 | ¥188,817)

Lausanne & Geneva, Sumptibus Marci-Michaelis Bousquet & Sociorum, 1746. First edition. Leather. The first edition thus of this fascinating epidemiological study of Wroclaw between 1699 and 1702. The only edition of this work to feature Haller's forward. In the original La...

The Works of Sir William Stirling-Maxwell

Sir William Stirling-Maxwell · 1891 · Rooke Books

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

London , John C. Nimmo, 1891. Leather. A stunning complete set of the works by Sir William Stirling-Maxwell, with illustrations and bound by Hatchards. A complete six volume set of the The Works of Sir William Stirling-Maxwell series published by John C. Nimmo. In lovely half ...

The War Cabinet Report for the Year 1917 Presented to Parliament by Command of His Majesty

None · 1918 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, His Majesty's Stationary Office, 1918. First edition. Paperback. A detailed and official report of the significant events throughout the year 1917. First edition circulated. Official account of the developments and events which occurred in 1917. An attempt to surv...

The Grand Tour 1592-1796

Roger Hudson (Ed) · 1993 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London , The Franklin Library , 1993. Cloth. A lovely Folio edition of this work that explores the history of the Grand Tour, with colour illustrations. A Folio edition of this work that explores the history of the Grand Tour. The Grand Tour was a culmination of the rich young...

Danevirke Archaeologisk Undersogt Beskrevet Og Tydet

Sophus Muller, Carl Neergaard · 1903 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

Not stated, Not stated, 1903 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of this Danish archaeological study accompanied by monochrome plates and rebound in modern cloth. First edition of Danevirke Archaeologisk Undersogt Beskrevet og Tydet by Sophus Muller and Carl ...

Pannonia and Upper Moesia: A History of the Middle Danube Provinces of the Roman Empire

Andras Mocsy; Sheppard Frere [trans.] · 1974 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London and Boston, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1974 . First edition. Cloth. The first English language translation of Andras Mocsy's survey of the Middle Danube Provinces from Iron Age to the beginning of the Great Migrations. The first edition, in the publisher's origin...

Munchener Archaologische Studien

Adolf Furtwangler · 1909 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

Munchen [Munich], C. H. Beck'sche, Oskar Beck, 1909 . First edition. Hardback. The scarce first edition of this posthumously published account of the works of German archaeologist and museum director Adolf Furtwangler, who died two years prior to the publication of this w...

Royal Wilts

Lieut-Colonel P. W. Pitt · 1946 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London , Burrup, Mathieson & Company, 1946. First edition. Leather. A smart signed first edition copy of Royal Wilts, with maps and illustrations. Signed by the author, dated December 1948. A first edition copy of Royal Wilts, a history of the Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry from the...

Memoirs of the Different Rebellions in Ireland, from the Arrival of the English

Sir Richard Musgrave · 1801 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)

Dublin, By Robert Marchbank, for John Milken and John Stockdale, 1801. First edition. Leather. An excellent copy of the first edition of politician Richard Musgrave's anticatholic account of late eighteenth century Irish history, an influential and controversial work. Ill...

The Soldier&Apos;S Companion, or Martial Recorder, Consisting of Biography, Anecdotes, Poetry, and Miscellaneous Information; Peculiarly Interesting to Those Connected with the Military Profession and Calculated to Convey Instruction and Amusement to Society in General

1824 · Rooke Books

£220.00 (€263.70 | $290.65 | ¥46,413)

London, Edward Cock, 1824. First edition. Leather. Scarce first edition of this work dedicated to the military, presentation copy inscribed by the author to his daughter. Reference work of military interest, the first edition, a scarce volume. Volume I. Containing a series of ...

Grand Hotels Reality & Illusion, an Architectural and Social History

Elaine Denby · 1998 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Reaktion Books, 1998 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this guidebook and architectural history of grand hotels with illustrations in the original dust wrapper. First edition of Grand Hotels Reality & Illusion, An Architectural and Social History by Elaine D...

History of the Internal Affairs of the United Provinces from the Year 1780 to the Commencement of Hostilities in June 1787 History of the Late Revolution in the Dutch Republic

[William Godwin];[George Ellis] · 1787 · Rooke Books

£950.00 (€1,138.73 | $1,255.08 | ¥200,421)

London, G. G. J. and J. Robinson; J. Edwards, 1787-89. Leather. Two vanishingly scarce first edition studies on the Dutch Republic and its upheaval during the eighteenth century. Two volumes in one, both works are vanishingly scarce.The first edition of both works.Two historic...

The Savoy: Nineties Experiment

Stanley Weintraub [ed.] · 1966 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, The Pennsylvania State University Press, 1966. First edition. Cloth. Lovely first edition of this work celebrative of magazine 'The Savoy', complete with dust wrapper. The first edition of this work. Concerning The Savoy, literary and art magazine published i...

Victoria County History

R. B. Pugh [ed.]; et al. · 1967 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)

London, Oxford University Press, 1967-84. First edition. Cloth. Four volumes of the Victoria County History series of the history of Staffordshire. Four of fifteen volumes of the fifteen published so far, the series being still in progress. Volume II, III, XIV, and XX.Edited b...

Four Victorian and Edwardian Valentine&Apos;S Day Cards

None · 1910 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€407.54 | $449.19 | ¥71,729)

New York; Not Stated, Wolf & Co; Not Stated, c1890-1910. Paperback. New York; Not Stated: Wolf & Co; Not Stated, c1890-1910. Paperback. Very Good. 8.5" by 6"; 5.5" by 3.5"; 4" by 3"; 3.5" by 2". Not Stated. A collection of four very charming and unique colourful Valentine&apos...

To Drink or Not to Drink Little Giant $20 Soda Fountain

1902 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

Pittsburg, Grant Mfg. Co., 1902. Paperback. A very scarce American advertising brochure selling a $20 soda fountain, a charming work of the turn of the century. A very scarce brochure advertising the Little Giant $20 Soda Fountain, which was made by the Grant Manufacturing Com...