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Kalendar of the War

Various; M. Sturge Gretton [ed.] · 1916 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Nisbet and Co. Ltd , 1916. Paperback. An informing calendar published in the midst of the Great War, offering key events and accompanying poems over 117 weeks. Very scarce. The second impression (December 1916). First was November 1916.A very scarce copy of this "Kalen...

Cassell&Apos;S Cyclopaedia of Mechanics Volumes I-VI

Paul N. Hasluck (ed.) · 1908 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London; Paris; New York; Melbourne, Cassell and Company, Limited, [c.1908] Undated. Dated from a c. Cloth. London; Paris; New York; Melbourne: Cassell and Company, Limited, [c.1908] Undated. Dated from a copy held by the University of Reading Library. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. ...

High Altars: The Battle-Fields of France and Flanders As I Saw Them

John Oxenham [William Arthur Dunkerley] · 1918 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, Methuen & Co. 1918 . First edition. Paperback. A signed first edition in the original unclipped dust wrapper, Oxenham"s eyewitness reflections on the Western Front, an inscribed presentation copy. In the publisher's original paper wraps.First edition, printed in M...

Croydon: Pre-Historic & Roman

J. Corbet Anderson · 1874 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

Not Stated, Privately Printed, 1874 . First edition. Cloth. A first edition illustrated copy of this historical account of London's large town, Croydon. The first edition of the work.In publisher's original brown cloth binding.Illustrated with 8 plates, and in text i...

Y Gwron Dienw

Emrys James · 1922 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

Camarthen, Camarthen Journal, 1922. Paperback. A very scarce signed collection of war poetry, written by Welsh poet Emrys James, more commonly known as Dewi Emrys. The signed Y Gwron Dienw (The Unnamed Hero), a Welsh collection of war poetry written by Welsh poet Emrys James, ...

7vols Lives of Eminent and Illustrious Englishmen, from Alfred the Great to the Latest Times, on an Original Plan

George Godfrey Cunningham [ed.] · 1837 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

Glasgow, A. Fullarton & Co. 1837 . Cloth. A seven-volume set of Cunningham"s illustrated Lives of Eminent and Illustrious Englishmen, with engraved portraits and extensive biographies of major figures across English history. In the publisher's original cloth bindings.A ne...

Hyde Park: Its History and Romance

Mrs. Alec Tweedie · 1908 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London , Eveleigh Nash , 1908 . First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition of this historical account of Hyde Park, with a frontispiece and 29 plates and maps. The first edition of the work.In publisher's original decorative red cloth binding.With a frontispiece and 29 ...

Paris Under the Commune: Or, the Seventy-Three Days of the Second Siege

John Leighton · 1871 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, Bradbury, Evans & Co. 1871. First edition. Cloth. A scarce, richly illustrated contemporary account of the Paris Commune, documenting the seventy-three days of the Second Siege with eyewitness sketches and portraits from original photographs. In the publisher's or...

Shakespeare&Apos;S Europe: Unpublished Chapters of Fynes Moryson&Apos;S Itinerary Being a Survey of the Condition of Europe at the End of the 16th Century

Charles Hughes · 1903 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.72 | $77.95 | ¥12,447)

London, Sherratt & Hughes , 1903. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of this scholarly survey of Fynes Moryson"s unpublished writings on late sixteenth-century Europe, edited and introduced by Charles Hughes. In the publisher's original quarter paper vellum with p...

The Great Plague in London in 1665

Walter George Bell · 1924 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London , John Lane at the Bodley Head, 1924. Cloth. A first edition of this historical study into the plague of London in 1665, with folding plates. The first edition of the work.In publisher's original brown cloth binding.With a frontispiece, 5 folding plates, 17 full pa...

The Family Arsenalã‚â (1976) First Edition Picture Palace (1978) First Edition the Mosquito Coast (1981) First Edition Doctor Slaughter (1984) First Edition Chicago Loop (1990) First Edition

Paul Theroux · 1976 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.79 | $211.38 | ¥33,755)

London, Hamish Hamilton , 1976-1990. First edition. Cloth. A fine set of five first edition Paul Theroux novels in the original cloth with the original bright, unclipped dust wrappers. A set of five first edition Paul Theroux novels in the publisher"s original cloth with the o...

A Book of London English 1384-1425

Various [eds. by R.W. Chambers and Marjorie Daunt] · 1967 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1967. Cloth. An intriguing collection of documents and writings from Medieval Londoners, edited by literary scholars Marjorie Daunt and R.W. Chambers. A Book of London English 1384-1425, edited by literary scholars Marjorie Daunt and R.W. Chambers, a f...

Regimental History the Roya; Hampshire Regiment Volume Three 1918-1954

David Scott Daniell · 1955 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.72 | $77.95 | ¥12,447)

Aldershot, Gale & Polden Limited, 1955. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this historical account of the British military, with a frontispiece, 3 plates and an abundance of maps, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition of the work.In publisher&ap...

Ghenko: The Mongol Invasion of Japan

Nakaba Yamada · 1916 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, Smith, Elder, & Co. 1916. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first UK edition of this important history of the Mongol invasion of Japan, with plates and maps. First UK edition. Very scarce work. Illustrated with a frontispiece, fifteen plates, and five maps, three of ...

Seven Pillars of Wisdom

T. E. Lawrence · 1935 · Rooke Books

£490.00 (€587.34 | $647.36 | ¥103,375)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1935 . First edition. Cloth. A wonderful example of the first trade edition of T. E. Lawrence's account of his experiences during the First World War, illustrated throughout, and in the original dust wrapper. The first trade edition, first impressio...

A Collection of Works on Westminster Abbey

Francis Bond J. T. Micklethwaite W. J. Loftie et. al. · 1882 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

London, Chatto and Windus; Seeley and Co.; Smith, Elder and Co. et. al. 1882-1937. Cloth. A terrific selection of works on the Westminster Abbey, including architectural and historical surveys from J. T. Micklethwaite, Arthur Penrhyn Stanley and others. This set offers ten vol...

London Directory of 1677: The Oldest Printed List of the Merchants and Bankers of London

1878 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.74 | $58.13 | ¥9,283)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1878. Cloth. A smart copy of this reproduction of the rare original directory of London for the year 1677. A historical reproduction of a rare original document listing the merchants and bankers of London from the year 1677. Presented here to provide i...

The Streets of London: Anecdotes of Their More Celebrated Residents

John Thomas Smith; Charles Mackay [editor] · 1861 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Richard Bentley, 1861. Cloth. A scarce new edition of this fascinating history of London and its celebrated residents from English antiquarian John Thomas Smith. New edition. Scarce work. A historical compilation of stories and anecdotes of notable figures who lived on...

Georgian Furniture: Victoria & Albert Museum

Ralph Edwards [introduction] · 1947 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

London, Victoria & Albert Museum; The Ministry of Education, 1947 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this catalogue of Georgian furniture held at the Victoria and Albert Museum, with a letter from the author to Ambrose Heal, the chairman of the 'Heal's&apos...

The Annals of Hampstead

Thomas J. Barratt · 1972 · Rooke Books

£138.00 (€165.41 | $182.32 | ¥29,114)

London, Lionel Leventhal Limited , 1972. Cloth. An excellent limited edition set providing the history, literary associations and topography of Hampstead. One of the 350 standard limited edition copies (out of 500 total). Complete in three volumes. In the original cloth bindi...