Storia moderna

Cheshire V.C.

Russell Braddon · 1954 · Rooke Books

£22.99 (€27.56 | $30.37 | ¥4,850)

London, Evans Brothers Limited, 1954. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this story of Group-Captain Leonard Cheshire. By the author of 'The Naked Island&apos. "Russell Braddon takes the Cheshire story from its earliest days up to the present time, with a wealth of ...

The Rise of the Dutch Republic a History

John Lothrop Motley · 1899 · Rooke Books

£49.99 (€59.92 | $66.04 | ¥10,546)

London, George Routledge and Sons, 1899. Leather. J. L. Motley's popular history of the Netherlands, first published in 1856. With a frontispiece. A new edition, complete in one volume. In a calf binding. Externally, sound, though with some rubbing. Internally, firmly bou...

Great Events from Little Causes

Adrien Richer · 1767 · Rooke Books

£239.99 (€287.67 | $317.06 | ¥50,630)

London, F Newbury, 1767. Leather. A scarce copy of the English translation of Great Events from Little Causes. Bound in roan leather with gilt bands. Scarce. Adrienne Rich (1720-1798) was a French historian and biographer. Bound in roan leather with gilt bands. There is some w...

Country Life in the Seventeenth Century Being a Note Upon Lord Macaulay&Apos;S Caricature of the Country Squires of Charles the Second&Apos;S Reign. Reprinted from the Introduction to a Volume of Old Family Letters.

Sir George Sitwell · 1901 · Rooke Books

£270.00 (€323.64 | $356.71 | ¥56,962)

Scarborough, The Author, 1901. First edition. Leather. A very scarce edition of Sir George Sitwell's Country Life in the Seventeenth Century with black and white illustrations throughout. Printed in 1901 by Sitwell at his private Scarborough press, this copy is signed by ...

The Story of the Last Days of Jerusalem. From Josephus

the Rev. A.J. Church · 1908 · Rooke Books

£215.00 (€257.71 | $284.05 | ¥45,358)

London, Seely and Co. Limited, 1908. Leather. A decoratively bound scarce edition of this history of Jerusalem. Focussing on the fall of the city in the first Jewish-Roman war from the era of Josephus, the book contains eight colour plates and the embossed seal of Bristol Gram...

Heroes of Modern Days

Mrs. Herbert Percival · 0 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, Wells Gardner, Darton & Co. c1903. Leather. A series of profiles of "Heroes of Modern Days" by Mrs. Herbert Percival, having first appeared in the pages of Friendly Work. Subjects include Frederick III, German Emperor, the publisher Daniel Macmillan, and the Rev. Edwar...

Detailed List of the Old Parochial Registers of Scotland. (23 & 24 Vict. C. 85, Sets. 6 and 7; and 17 & 18 Vict. C. 80, Sect. 20)

Unknown · 1872 · Rooke Books

£215.00 (€257.71 | $284.05 | ¥45,358)

Edinburgh, Murray and Gibb, 1872. Leather. A handsomely rebound copy of 'Detailed List of the Old Parochial Registers Of Scotland' Very scarce. With pages of remarks relative to blanks, defects, condition of registers &c. to accompany each list of entries. The term P...

Nineteenth Century Personal and Business Expenditure Ledger.

Anonymous · 1900 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Unknown, C1892-1900. Leather. A very scarce personal and business expenditure ledger, estimated to be dated from the years 1892-1900. Although anonymous, this is particularly notable as a document of London businesses in the late Nineteenth Century, many of which have ...

A New History of Great Britain; from the Invasion of Julius Ceaser to the Present Time

John Adams · 1812 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, C. Law, 1812. Leather. A pocket sized book on the History of Great Britain, by the Rev. John Adams. The Fourth Edition Lacking two of the six plates called for. 'Exhibiting to the minds of youth a variety of instructive and pleasing information, adapted to the cap...

An Inquiry Historical and Critical Into the Evidene Against Mary Queen of Scots and an Examination of the Histories of Dr Robertson and Mr Hume with Respect to That Evidence

William Tytler · 1772 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

Edinburgh, W Drummond Sold by Him and Other Booksellers in that City, 1772. Leather. An historical and critical work regarding Mary Queen of Scots, by William Tytler This work is famously known as being against the view of William Robertson. It analyses Robertson's histor...

Lacon or Many Things in Few Words Addressed to Those Who Think.

Reverend C C Colton · 1823 · Rooke Books

£49.99 (€59.92 | $66.04 | ¥10,546)

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1823. Leather. A popular collection of observations and comments on society and life by the Reverend C. C. Colton. Sixteenth edition. Reverend Colton was a Fellow of King's College, Cambridge, and author of Hypocrisy: A Satir...

A Short History of Our Own Times from the Accession of Queen Victoria to the General Election of 1880

Justin McCarthy · 1897 · Rooke Books

£88.00 (€105.48 | $116.26 | ¥18,565)

London, Chatto and Windus, 1897. Leather. A smart copy of this Justin McCarthy history of the British Empire. New edition. In a half-calf binding. Externally, smart, with just some rubbing to the extremities. Fading to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and ...

Letters on English History for the Use of Schools

J Bigland · 1817 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1817. First edition. Leather. A first edition of this work on history. John Bigland was an English schoolmaster and later an historian who produced works for the use of schools. In a full calf binding. Externally, rubbed with bump...

Lives and Times of the Early Valois Queens Jeanne de Bourgogne, Blanch de Navarre, Jeanne D&Apos;Auvergne Et de Boulogne

Catherine Bearne · 1899 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.83 | $171.75 | ¥27,426)

London, T Fisher Unwin, 1899. First edition. Leather. A history of the Lives and Times of the Early Valois Queens illustrated by Edwards H. Bearne from ancient drawings, prints, etc. A history of three Queens who were powerful and influential, taking part in the most important...

Parliament in Elizabethan England: John Hooker&Apos;S Order and Usage

Vernon F. Snow · 1977 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

London, Yale University Press, 1977. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this historical and critical work by Vernon F. Snow. The work centres on the English historian and civic adminstrator, John Hooker (c1527-1601), and his influential treatise on parliamentary procedur...

Charles I and Oliver Cromwell in Two Volumes.

Sir John Skelton and Samuel Rawson Gardiner · 1898 · Rooke Books

£390.00 (€467.48 | $515.24 | ¥82,278)

Edinburgh, Goupil and Co. 1898-1899. Cloth. An uncommon two volume set of books on Charles I and Oliver Cromwell. Commanding conflicting forces during the English Civil War, Charles' belief in the Divine Right Of Kings as well his marriage to a Roman Catholic was at odds ...

In the Name of the Bodleian and Other Essays

Augustine Birrell · 1905 · Rooke Books

£34.99 (€41.94 | $46.23 | ¥7,382)

London , Elliot Stock, 1905. Cloth. A collection of essays on Victorian and Georgian art and society from Augustine Birrell. Augustine Birrell (19 January 1850 – 20 November 1933) was an English politician, barrister, academic and author. Including titles such as Bookworms, C...

Abbotsford

W. S. Crockett · 1905 · Rooke Books

£89.99 (€107.87 | $118.89 | ¥18,985)

London , Adam and Charles Black, 1905. Cloth. A first edition of this history of Abbotsford, the one time residence of the historical novelist and poet, Walter Scott. With twenty full-page illustrations in colour by William Smith. From the Preface: "That Abbotsford merits a vo...

Poverty and Opportunity: 100 Years of the Birmingham Settlement

Jon Glasby · 1999 · Rooke Books

£69.99 (€83.89 | $92.47 | ¥14,766)

Studley , Brewin Books, 1999. First edition. Cloth. A fascinating history of the Birmingham Settlement, a charity set up in 1899 to help people living in deprivation. First edition. With many interesting monochrome photographs illustrating the work of the charity over the year...

The Miscellany of the Spalding Club

John Stuart · 1842 · Rooke Books

£34.99 (€41.94 | $46.23 | ¥7,382)

Abderdeen, The Spalding Club, 1842. Cloth. An anthology of the scholarly editions of texts and archaeological studies relevant to the history of Aberdeenshire and its region, which were published on behalf of The Spalding Club. The original club was founded by Joseph Robertson...