Storia moderna

The Builder, an Illustrated Weekly Magazine

H. H. Statham [ed.] · 1887 · Rooke Books

£1,900.00 (€2,277.45 | $2,510.17 | ¥400,841)

London, Office, 1887-1890 . Cloth. An impressive six volume run of the incredibly popular 'Builder' magazine, an illustrated architectural monthly publication exploring all feats of design and architecture. An impressive set of six volumes of the important architectu...

Idle Women

Susan Woolfitt · 1947 · Rooke Books

£69.00 (€82.71 | $91.16 | ¥14,557)

London, Ernest Benn, Limited, 1947. Cloth. A smart first edition of this scarce study of the challenges and dangers inexperienced trainee boatwomen faced during the war effort. First edition. Scarce work. Illustrated with a frontispiece and mapped endpapers. A celebration of t...

The Campaign of 1815 Ligny: Quatre-Bras: Waterloo

William O'Connor Morris · 1900 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, Grant Richards, 1900. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this detailed military history of the efforts undertaken during the Waterloo Campaign. First edition. Illustrated with four maps, three of which are folding. A detailed historical account of The Water...

Histoire de L"Empire de Russie Sous Pierre le Grand; Siecles de Louis XIV Et de Louis XV

Voltaire [Francois-Marie Arouet] · 1815 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.34 | $653.96 | ¥104,430)

Paris, Pierre Didot, 1815 . Leather. Early 19th century editions of two historical works by Voltaire, discussing the Russian Empire, Peter the Great, Louis XIV and Louis XV. In the original French.Two works are present here: 'Histoire de l"Empire de Russie sous Pierre le ...

Die Befreiungskriege 1813-1815: Ein Strategischer Uberblick

V. Caemmerer · 1907 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Berlin, Ernst Seigfried Mittler und Sohn, 1907. Cloth. A smart copy of this detailed history of the Wars of Liberation, in the original German. German. Uncommon work. With a folding map to the rear. Collated complete. A detailed and comprehensive strategic study of the German ...

Drink in 1914-1922: A Lesson in Control

Arthur Shadwell · 1923 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1923. Cloth. A very smart copy of this in-depth analysis of alcohol regulations in Britain and assessing their effectiveness during and after World War I. In the publisher's original red cloth binding.This volume offers an in-depth analysi...

Hastings of Bygone Days and the Present

Henry Cousins · 1911 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

Hastings, F. J. Parsons, Ltd. 1911. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this profusely illustrated historical work on Hastings by Henry Cousins, smartly rebound. Rebound in sage green cloth, with gilt cloth titles to front board and spine, made from the original publish...

Plays of Euripides: Hecuba, Medea, Alcestis, with Short English Notes for the Use of Schools

Various · 1864 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Oxford, John Henry and James Parker, 1864-1865. Leather. A very scarce copy of three of Euripides" most enduring tragedies in one volume: Hecuba, Medea, and Alcestis, in the original Greek with English notes for the use of schools. Bound in half calf binding with marbled paper...

A Narrative of the Political and Military Events of 1815

James M'Queen [James MacQueen] · 1816 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)

Glasgow, Printed for the Author, by E. Khull & Co; John Smith and Son, 1816 . First edition. Leather. Illustrated with two folding maps, this is the scarce first edition of James MacQueen's detailed account of the political developments and military actions of 1815 The ve...

English Merchants&Apos; Marks: A Field Survey of Marks Made by Merchants and Tradesmen in England between 1400 and 1700

F. A. Girling · 1964 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

London, Oxford University Press, 1964. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first trade edition of this survey of English merchants' marks from 1400-1700. The first trade edition. First published as a limited edition in 1962 by Lion and Unicorn Press. With the publisher's...

Wine Into Worlds: A History and Bibliography of Wine Books in the English Language

James M. Gabler; Maynard A. Amerine · 1985 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Baltimore, Bacchus Press Ltd. 1985. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this comprehensive history and bibliography of wine books in the English language. First edition. With a frontispiece. The most complete and comprehensive reference on wine books, containing inf...

The English Abigail

Dorothy Margaret Stuart · 1946 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, Macmillan & Co Ltd, 1946. First edition. Leather. The first edition of Dorothy Margaret Stuart's illustrated historical account of English 'Abigail's', or hand maids, in an excellent crushed half morocco binding. The first edition. Illustrated with...

Home Life on an Ostrich Farm

Annie Martin · 1892 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, George Philp & Son Ltd. 1892. Cloth. A third edition of this illustrated account of the author's own experiences living on an ostrich farm. Third edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and eleven images across seven plates. Collated complete. A personal narrativ...

The Custom of the Room: Early Wine-Books of Christ&Apos;S College, Cambridge

Anthony Bedford Steel · 1951 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

Cambridge, W. Heffer & Sons, 1951. Cloth. A rare insight into collegiate traditions and societal nuances through Christ College's wine ledgers. In the publisher's original burgundy binding. With original clipped dust wrapper.Dated using copies on Jisc.This edition fe...

Champagne Bollinger 150e Anniversaire 1829-1979

1979 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

Ay , Champagne Bollier, 1979. Brochure/Pamphlet. A vanishingly scarce historical pamphlet published for the 150th anniversary of Bollinger Champagne. Vanishingly scarce. In the publisher's white laminated wraps. This pamphlet offers a charming history of Bollinger, a pr...

The Story of Fort St. George

Col. D, M. Reid; H. E. Sir Arthur Hope · 1945 · Rooke Books

£36.00 (€43.15 | $47.56 | ¥7,595)

Madras, Diocesan Press, 1945. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated history of Fort St. George, of Chennai in India. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, two maps, one of which is folding, numerous in-text images, and two folding plates of ...

My Early Life: A Roving Commission; the Boer War: London to Ladysmith Via Pretoria Ian Hamilton&Apos;S March

Winston S. Churchill · 1989 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Leo Cooper, 1989. Cloth. A particularly scarce new edition of these two vivid autobiographies from Winston Churchill. These new editions published by Leo Cooper. In the original unclipped dust wrappers. Offering two of Winston Churchill's popular autobiographica...

Letters of the Late Thomas Rundle to Mrs. Barbara Sandys

Thomas Rundle; Mrs. Barbara Sandys; James Dallaway [intro.] · 1789 · Rooke Books

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

Glocester, R. Raikes for T. Cadell, 1789 . First edition. Cloth. The two volume first edition of the Bishop of Derry's letters to the widow Barbara Sandys. A very scarce work. The vanishingly scarce first edition of this work, complete in two volumes.Edited by the Rev. Pr...

With the Guards We Shall Go: A Guardsman&Apos;S Letters in the Crimea 1854-1855

Mabell, Countess of Airlie · 1933 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1933. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated record of the author's great-uncle, John Jocelyn, 5th Earl of Roden, through the Crimean War. First edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and eighteen black-and-w...

History of the Mutiny at Spithead and the Nore with an Enquiry Into Its Origin and Treatment: And Suggestions for the Prevention of Future Discontent in the Royal Navy

1842 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Thomas Tegg, 1842. Cloth. A smart copy of this fictional account of the mutinies at Spithead and the Nore, from William Johnson Neale. A fictionalised account of two important mutinies for the British Royal Navy. The Spithead and Nore mutinies were major mutinies by sa...