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The Last Fight of the Revenge
Sir Walter Raleigh; Henry Newbolt · 1908 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)
London, Gibbings & Company, Limited, 1908. Cloth. A smart copy of this illustrated history following the last battle of the English race-built galleon Revenge. Illustrated with a title vignette, six colour plates, a facsimile of the original title page, and numerous in-text im...
The Great Enterprise: The History of the Spanish Armada
Stephen Usherwood [editor] · 1978 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)
London, The Folio Society, 1978. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated history of the Spanish Armada, with the original glassine wrap. First edition. With the vanishingly scarce original glassine wrapper. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and thi...
Letters of Edward John Trelawny
Edward John Trelawny; H. Buxton Forman [ed.] · 1910 · Rooke Books
£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)
London, Henry Frowde , 1910. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this series of letters written by biographer Edward John Trelawny, best known for his friendship with Romantic poet Percy Shelley. The first edition. In the publisher's original blue cloth binding.Wi...
James I. And VI.
T. F. Henderson · 1904 · Rooke Books
£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)
London, Goupil & Co. 1904 . First edition. Hardback. A richly illustrated biographical work on James I and VI, compiled by Scottish historian, Thomas Finlayson Henderson. Limited edition, with two-hundred copies printed on Japanese paper.Bound in the publisher's original ...
Notice Sur L&Apos;Ancienne Statue ãâQuestre Ouvrage de Daniello Ricciarelli & de Biard le Fils ãâLevãâ©E ãâ Louis XIII En 1639 Au Milieu de la Place Royale ãâ Paris Et Dãâ©Truite En Aoãâ»T 1792.
M. Anatole de Montaiglon · 1851 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)
Paris , J. B. Dumoulin , 1851 . First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. An exceptionally scarce pamphlet surrounding a grand statue of Louis XIII on horseback, erected in Paris in 1639, and subsequently destroyed in 1792. The first edition. Bound neatly in plain card, with 'St...
Family Quartette
Cosmo W. H. Rawlins · 1962 · Rooke Books
£44.00 (€52.74 | $58.13 | ¥9,283)
Somerset , Privately Printed , 1962. First edition. Cloth. A privately printed account of four families, represented by the author's four grandparents. The first edition of this uncommon work. With the original unclipped dust wrapper. A charming 'quartette' of...
American Encroachments on British Rights; or, Observations on the Importance of the British North American Colonies
Nathaniel Atcheson · 1808 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)
London, The Pamphleteer, 1808 [1815]. Disbound. Two scarce pamphlets, disbound but complete, about naval relations between Britain and the North American Colonies. Two scarce articles from The Pamphleteer, disbound, but complete. First part dated 1808, London. 'NO.XI. Pam...
The Times
Thomas Barnes [ed.]; John Thadeus Delane [ed.] · 1813 · Rooke Books
£285.00 (€341.62 | $376.52 | ¥60,126)
London, Times Newspaper, 1813-1872 . Unbound. Fourteen very scarce issues of 'The Times' newspaper, with issues here dating from between 1813 and 1872. Containing issues of the daily broadsheet from No. 8,840, Saturday February 20th 1813, to No. 27,437 Wednesday Sept...
From Carolingian to Gothic: Four Centuries of Medieval Manuscripts from an English Private Collection
2005 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)
London , Bernard Quaritch Limited, 2005. Paperback. A very scarce Bernard Quaritch catalogue detailing a series of medieval manuscripts from private collections, in superb condition. The first edition of this very scarce work.In the publisher's original dust wrapper.This ...
La Guerre Fatale: France-Angleterre
Capitaine Danrit · 1901 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)
Paris , Ernest Flammarion , 1901-2. First edition. Cloth. The first two volumes of Capitaine Danrit's heroic war novel surrounding a swift invasion and conquest of England by France, with the original wraps bound in. The first edition. Bound in full cloth with the origina...
The Cruise of the &Apos;Alerte&Apos;: The Narrative of a Search for Treasure on the Desert Island of Trinidad
E. F. Knigh · 1890 · Rooke Books
£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)
London, Longmans, Green, and Co, 1890 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the very scarce first edition of Edward Frederick Knight's account of his voyage to Trinidade. The scarce first edition of this work, signed to the recto of the frontispiece '...
Aspects of Egypt: Some Travels in the United Arab Republic
Ethel Mannin · 1964 · Rooke Books
£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)
London, Hutchinson and Co , 1964. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing copy of Ethel Mannin's first-hand accounts of modern Egypt, with photographs throughout. The first edition. In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. A personal book containing a blend of ...
Scrapbook of Newspaper Clippings About Kaiser Wilhelm II and World War One
Various · 1895 · Rooke Books
£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)
Various, Various, 1895-1925. Hardback. A unique scrapbook, containing clippings relating to the life and reign of Wilhelm II, a fascinating insight into international politics before, during, and after the First World War. A unique and very scarce scrapbook, containing a wealt...
A Book of Earnest Lives
W. H. Davenport Adams · 1889 · Rooke Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)
London, Swan Sonnenschein & Co. 1889. Cloth. W. H. Davenport Adams' collection of biographies of inspiring people, including William Wilberforce, Lady Mary Montagu and John Howard. The third edition of this uncommon work in the publisher's original cloth binding, wit...
The Compleat Naturalist: A Life of Linnaeus
Wilfrid Blunt · 1971 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)
London, Collins, 1971. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this beautifully illustrated biography of Carl Linnaeus, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author to the title page, dated 1973. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, reverse of the fronti...
A Century of Excavation in the Land of the Pharaohs
James Baikie · 1927 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)
London, The Religious Tract Society , 1927. Cloth. A bright copy of this historical account dedicated to the pioneering archaeologists of Ancient Egypt. In the original cloth binding. Undated, dated from a copy held at the British Library.An insightful study of the major wond...
The Concept of Mental Maturity
T. H. Pear · 1944 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)
Manchester, The Manchester University Press, 1944 . Paperback. British psychologist Tom Hatherley Pear's vanishingly scarce essay on the mental maturity of youth, from the library of science-fiction author Brian Aldiss. A vanishingly scarce work, reprinted from the '...
Survey of India: General Reports from 1916 to 1922
Colonel Sir S. G. Burrard; Colonel C. H. D. Ryder · 1902 · Rooke Books
£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)
Calcutta, At The Photo-Litho Office, 1902-22 . First edition. Cloth. An exceptionally scarce collection of Surveys of India from the early twentieth century, profusely illustrated with folding maps. Very scarce work. Bound in the publisher's original quarter cloth with p...
A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland with Descriptive and Historical Letterpress
The Rev. F. O. Morris [ed.] · 1880 · Rooke Books
£750.00 (€898.99 | $990.85 | ¥158,227)
London, William Mackenzie , 1880. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated series describing the history and design features of the county seats, adorned with colour plates to each volume. A wonderfully illustrated series exploring the county seats of noblemen and gentlemen of Great B...
Kong Georg I Prins Af Danmark
Walter Christmas · 1913 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)
Copenhagen, Nordisk Forlag, 1913. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this scarce memorial to King George I, Prince of Denmark, in the original Danish. Danish. First edition. Scarce work. Illustrated with four colour plates and many in-text and full-page black-and-white i...