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The Memoirs of the Gemini Generals, Personal Anecdotes, Sporting Adventures, and Sketches of Distinguished Officers

Major-General Osborn Wilkinson; Major-General Johnson Wilkinson · 1896 · Rooke Books

£68.00 (€81.51 | $89.84 | ¥14,346)

London, A. D. Innes and Co. 1896. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of the combined military memoirs of Major Generals, Osborn and Johnson Wilkinson. The first edition. In the publisher's original full cloth binding with gilt lettering. The memoirs of Major-Gener...

The Parish Registers of Upton Snodsbury in the County of Worcester,1577-1837. Arranged Alphabetically.

E. H. Sargeant · 1950 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

Worcestershire, Worcestershire Archaeological Society, 1950. First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of this Limited Edition account of the Parish register of the Worcestershire village of Upton Snodsbury between 1577 and 1837. Compiles by E. H. Sargeant, this is n...

Nineteenth Century Stow

W. Bartlett · 1911 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)

Stow, Clift and Ryland , 1911. First edition. Cloth. A small history of Stow-on-the-Wold during the Nineteenth Century, written by a town local. The first edition. Rebound in full cloth with the original design to the front board. With a frontispiece, four full pages of photog...

El Globo. Costumbres, Usos Y Trajes de Todas Las Naciones. America.

Anonymous · 1848 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)

Barcelona, Luis Tasso, 1848. First edition. Cloth. A wonderful mid eighteenth century Spanish language study of the native dress of the Americas, illustrated throughout with vibrant hand coloured plates. In the original Spanish.The first edition of this beautifully illustrated...

Goodbye Soldier, War Biography Vol 6

Spike Milligan · 1986 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Michael Joseph, 1986 . First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this autobiography by Spike Milligan in the original publisher's dust wrapper with illustrations. First edition of Goodbye Soldier, War Biography Vol 6 by Spike Milligan in the original publish...

The Army at War

Eric Linklater · 1941 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London , His Majesty's Stationary Office, 1941-1942. First edition. Paperback. Six fascinating volumes that were issued by The War Office during the Second World War detailing various campaigns, battles and divisions. Six volumes from The Army at War series issued for The...

Life and Work of the People of England a Pictorial Record from Contemporary Sources the Eleventh to Thirteenth Centuries

Dorothy Hartley; Margaret M. Elliot · 1931 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London , B. T. Batsford, 1931. Unbound. A scarce copy of the first volume in The People's Life and Work series, depicting social life in the eleventh to thirteenth centuries. A copy of the first volume in The People's Life and Work Series, being A Pictorial Record fr...

Ancient Stone Crosses of England

Alfred Rimmer · 1875 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Virtue and Co. 1875 . First edition. Leather. The first edition scarce leather bound copy of Alfred Rimmer's historical study of stone crosses with illustrations. First edition in full leather binding of Alfred Rimmer's study of English Ancient stone crosses,...

The Log of the Wookey Exploration Expedition

Graham Balcombe; Jack Sheppard; H. E. Balch · 1935 · Rooke Books

£1,200.00 (€1,438.39 | $1,585.37 | ¥253,163)

Not Stated, Privately Printed, 1935. Cloth. A very scarce fascinating log of the 1935 Sheppard and Balcombe cave dive of Wookey Hole, an important expedition, this being a limited edition illustrated account of the exploration. Very scarce, limited to an unknown number, this c...

Un&Apos; Elezione Di Membri Del Parlamento in Inghilterra

Giuseppe Pecchio · 1826 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Lugano, Dai Tipi Vanelli e Comp, 1826. Leather. An interesting Italian account of the Nottingham election of 1826. An Italian Account of the Nottingham Election of 1826 by Giuseppe Pecchio in Italian. Giuseppe Pecchio was an Italian politician and historian. This is an ex-libr...

The Ingoldsby Legends of Mirth and Marvels

Thomas Ingoldsby [Richard Harris Barham] · 1936 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1936. Hardback. A beautiful Zaehnsdorf morocco bound edition of the famous Ingoldsby Legends. A popular collection of myths, legends, ghost stories, and poetry by English clergyman Richard Harris Barham, published under pen-pane Thomas Ingoldsby of Ta...

The Life and Adventures of Mr Bampfylde-Moore Carew

Bampfylde Moore Carew; Robert Goadby · 1782 · Rooke Books

£280.00 (€335.62 | $369.92 | ¥59,071)

London, A. Millar, E. Dilly, J. Hodges, and J. & R. Tonson, 1782 . Leather. A smart early edition of the memoirs of 'King of the Beggars', Bampfylde Moore Carew, illustrated with an engraved frontispiece. A late eighteenth century edition of the memoirs of English ro...

Court and Society from Elizabeth to Anne

The Duke of Manchester · 1864 · Rooke Books

£249.00 (€298.47 | $328.96 | ¥52,531)

London, Hurst and Blackett , 1864. First edition. Leather. Study and analysis of society, culture, and family life in the courts of eighteenth and nineteenth century, first edition complete in two volumes. The first edition of this work. Concerning court and society from Eliza...

Bishop Burnet&Apos;S History of His Own Time from the Restoration of K. Charles II to the Conclusion of the Treaty of Peace at Utrecht, in the Reign of Queen Anne to Which Is Prefixed, a Summary Recapitulation of Affairs in the Church and State, from King James I to the Restoration in the Year 1660 Together with the Author&Apos;S Life, and Some Explanatory Notes by the Editor, His Son, Late One of the Judges of His Majesty&Apos;S Court of Common Pleas. The Whole Revised and Corrected by Him

Gilbert Burnet · 1766 · Rooke Books

£600.00 (€719.20 | $792.68 | ¥126,581)

London, Printed for T. Davies , 1766 . Leather. The third edition of Bishop Burnet's history complete in four volumes, re-backed in lovely uniform full calf bindings. The third edition of this work. Complete in four volumes with half titles. Smartly re-backed in uniform f...

County Genealogies, Pedigrees of the Families in the County of Hants

William Berry · 1833 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

London, Sherwood, Gilbert and Piper, 1833. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this exhaustive nineteenth century heraldic work tracing the genealogy of Hertfordshire's families from the 1530s to the 1830s. The first edition of William Berry's extensive and im...

Dover Charters and Other Documents in the Possession of the Corporation of Dover

RE. S. P. H. Statham [translated] · 1902 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London , J.M. Dent & Company, 1902. First edition. Cloth. A handsome and extensive first edition collection of charters and documents from the Corporation of Dover between the years 1227 and 1569. This is a handsome collection of charters and documents from the possession of t...

Les Chapelles de L&Apos;ã‰Cole Militaire

Robert Laulan; G. F. · 1934 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Paris, Societe de L'Histoire de Paris, 1934. First edition. Paperback. An informative French pamphlet on the history of the Ecole militaire, which houses various military training facilities, by Robert Laulan, with an additional English translation of extracts from the pa...

The Government&Apos;S Evacuation Scheme

1939 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

not stated , not stated , 1939. Brochure/Pamphlet. An original fascinating, scarce pamphlet from 1939 that outlines the government's evacuation scheme for the people of London. A scarce and interesting original pamphlet from 1939 detailing the Government's evacuation...

Lettre de Monsieur, Et de M. Le Comte D&Apos;Artois, Au Roi Leur Frere, Avec la Declaration Signã©E a Pilnitz le 27 Aoust 1791, Par L&Apos;Empereur Et le Roi de Prusse. Lettre Au Roi Par M. Le Prince de Condã©, M. Le Duc de Bourbon, M. Le Duc D&Apos;Enghien.

Charles X; Louis XVIII · 1791 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

Koblenz, Chez Brille, 1791 . Unbound. A contemporary printing of an important 1791 letter sent by the future Charles X and Louis XVIII, advising their bother, King Louis XVI, on the course of the Revolution. In the original French. An important document marking a turning point...

Illustrations, Historical and Critical, of the Life of Lorenzo de&Apos; Medici, Called the Magnificent

William Roscoe · 1822 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

London, T. Cadell, 1822. Cloth. An illustrated biography on the life and work of Lorenzo de' Medici, one of the most important figures of the Italian Renaissance. Illustrated throughout. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece, one folding plate, and two further plates. ...