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The Company of Cutlers in Hallamshire in the County of York
L. du Garde Peach · 1960 · Rooke Books
£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)
Sheffield, Pawson & Brailsford, 1960. Leather. An interesting history of The Company of Cutlers in Hallamshire, a trade guild for cutlery-makers and other metalworkers, complete with a scarce dust wrapper. Comprising a historical summary, description of the Cutlers' Hall ...
Memorabilia Cantabrigiae or, an Account of the Different Colleges in Cambridge; Biographical Sketches of the Founders and Eminent Men; with Many Original Anecdotes; Views of the Colleges, and Portraits of the Founders
Joseph Wilson · 1803 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)
London, Printed for Edward Harding; Scott; Highley; and Deighton, 1803. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of this early nineteenth century account on the history of the various colleges in Cambridge by Joseph Wilson. The first edition of this fascinating work, being a...
Cobbett&Apos;S Legacy to Parsons; or, Have the Clergy of the Established Church an Equitable Right to the Tithes, or to Any Thing Called Church Property, Greater Than the Dissenters Have to the Same? and Ought There, or Ought There Not, to Be a Separation of the Church from the State?
William Cobbett · 1835 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)
London, Not Stated, 1835. Leather. A lovely modern leather-bound second edition of Cobbett's important pamphlet discussing the Established Church. This work consists of six letters, addressed to the Church Parsons, questioning different ideologies.William Cobbett (1763-18...
Iron Road: The Railway in Scotland
P. J. G. Ransom · 2007 · Rooke Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)
London, Birlinn, 2007. First edition. Cloth. A lovely copy of the history of the railway in Scotland, illustrated throughout. The first edition. The first edition of this volume. A lovely, bright copy of this volume detailing the history of railway in Scotland, beginning in th...
Les Prophetes de la Renaissance
Edouard Schure · 1920 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)
Paris, Perrin et Cie, 1920. First edition. Cloth. A first edition educational volume looking into the prophets of the Renaissance period, an original French work by Edouard Schure. In the original French.The first edition of this work.A unique study of the so-called 'prop...
Problems Omnibus
Hubert Phillips · 1960 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)
London, Arco Publications , 1960-1962. First edition. Cloth. An excellent set in two volumes of Hubert Phillips' Problem Omnibus, the first editions comprising word puzzles, inference, and mathematical problems. The first edition of these two volumes, published in 1960 an...
La Vieille Garde Imperiale
0 · Rooke Books
£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)
Tours, Maison Alfred Mame et Fils, c1900. Leather. A colourfully illustrated history of Napoleon's Old Imperial Guard, and interesting look at the Napoleonic Wars. In the original French.A military history of France, looking at the Imperial Guard that was under the direct...
The Cinema in Education Being the Report of the Psychological Investigation Conducted by Special Subcommittees Appointed by the Cinema Commission of Enquiry Established by the National Council of Public Morals
James Marchant · 1925 · Rooke Books
£160.00 (€191.79 | $211.38 | ¥33,755)
London, George Allen and Unwin, 1925. First edition. Cloth. A superb first edition copy of this uncommon title of this study on the psychology of cinema in education, in the extremely scarce dustwrapper. The first edition of this work, an uncommon title.An interesting study ed...
The Prisoner of Ham
Frederic T Briffault · 1846 · Rooke Books
£625.00 (€749.16 | $825.71 | ¥131,856)
London, T C Newby, 1846. First edition. Cloth. A scarce, first edition of this work detailing Napoleon III's attempt to seize power in 1840, and his subsequent capture and imprisonment in the fortress of Ham. A presentation copy with inscription to the recto of front past...
The Plans of War the General Staff and British Military Strategy C 1900-1916
John Gooch · 1974 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)
London, Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1974. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition copy of this comprehensive study on General Staff and the evolution of military strategy prior to the First World War. The first edition of this work. A comprehensive and thorough study co...
Army Records Society
Various · 1985 · Rooke Books
£260.00 (€311.65 | $343.50 | ¥54,852)
London, The Bodley Head, Sutton Publishing, The History Press, Boydell Press, 1985-2021. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition eighteen volume set comprising records of the army throughout the years. First editions stated, comprising eighteen volumes with narratives...
The Mint a Day-Book of the R.A. F. Depot between August and December 1922 with Later Notes by 352087 a/C Ross
T. E. Lawrence · 1955 · Rooke Books
£210.00 (€251.72 | $277.44 | ¥44,303)
London, Jonathan Cape, 1955. First edition. Cloth. The first edition in original dustwrapper of T. E. Lawrence's memoirs of his time as an enlisted man in the Royal Air Force. First trade edition.In 1924, Lawrence enlisted in the British Royal Air Force. This volume compr...
Pagan and Christian Rome
Rodolfo Lanciani · 1892 · Rooke Books
£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)
London, Macmillan and Company, 1892. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this intriguing work on the rise of Christianity within Rome, illustrated throughout. The first edition of this work.Lanciani's look into the history of Rome during the rise of Christianity wi...
An Account of a Copper Table
Philip Carteret Webb · 1760 · Rooke Books
£440.00 (€527.41 | $581.30 | ¥92,826)
London, Anon, 1760. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce, first edition of this historical and paleographic study regarding a copper table discovered in Heraclea, Magna Graecia. This work refers to a tablet discovered in 1732 near Heraclea in the bay of Tarentum in Magna Gr...
France Son Histoire
George Montorgueil · 1901 · Rooke Books
£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)
Paris, Boivin et Cie, 1901. Cloth. A French work on the history of France, written for children, illustrated beautifully and lavishly throughout in colour In the original French.Illustrated with forty-seven pages of full paged coloured illustrations, and nine pages with in-tex...
The Chronicles and Memorials of Great Britain and Ireland During the Middle Ages
Various · 1859 · Rooke Books
£975.00 (€1,168.69 | $1,288.11 | ¥205,695)
London, Longman & Co, 1859-79. Leather. A collection of sixteen volumes of the influential and monumental 'Rolls Series', detailing the Medieval history of Britain. Sixteen volumes of the 'Rolls Series', the major collection of British and Irish historical ...
Some Thoughts Upon a Bill for General Naturalization: Addressed to Those of All Denominations Who Act Upon Whig-Principles.
1751 · Rooke Books
£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)
London, M. Cooper, 1751. First edition. Disbound. An incredibly scarce first edition of this pamphlet discussing the abandoned 1751 bill of general naturalization. The first edition of this work. An incredibly scarce work. Collated, complete. ESTC citation number T66805. An in...
Formula Reformationis Per Caesaream Maiestatem Statibus Ecclesiasticis in Comitiis Augustanis Ad Deliberandum Proposita, & Ab Eisdem, Ut Pact Publicae Consulerent, & Per Eam Ecclesiarum, Ac Cleri Sui Utilitati Commodius Prouiderent, Probata & Recepta
Charles V · 1548 · Rooke Books
£1,400.00 (€1,678.12 | $1,849.60 | ¥295,357)
Moguntiae, Iuo Schoeffer, 1548. Disbound. A vanishingly scarce sixteenth century pamphlet discussing the Reformation in Europe and the creation of the new Church, written by Charles V the Holy Roman Emperor. A vanishingly scarce work. Not seen at auction since 1993. Collated, ...
The Declaration of the Estates of the Kingdom of Scotland, Containing the Claim of Right, and the Offer of the Crown to Their Majesties King William and Queen Mary. Together with the Grievances Represented by the Estates, and Their Majesties Oath at Their Acceptance of the Crown
1689 · Rooke Books
£1,500.00 (€1,797.99 | $1,981.71 | ¥316,453)
Edinburgh, Not Stated, 1689. Leather. A very scarce work discussing the 11th April in the 1689 Convention of Estates, determining the settlement of the Scottish throne. A very scarce work. Collated, complete. ESTC citation number R232191. However this ESTC listing states the d...
The Lawes and Statutes of Geneva, As Well Concerning Ecclesiasticall Discipline, As CIVILL Government, with Certaine Proclamations Duely Executed, Whereby Gods Religion Is Most Purely Maintained, and Their Common-Wealth Quietly Governed
1643 · Rooke Books
£2,900.00 (€3,476.11 | $3,831.31 | ¥611,810)
London, Thomas Fawcet, 1643. Leather. A very scarce seventeenth century work on the law in Geneva, smartly rebound. A very scarce work. ESTC citation number R14357. Glosses to some pages are a little closely cropped. Signatures run as A-F4. Collated, complete. Translated faith...