Storia moderna

The History of Africa

Jane Marcet · 1830 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)

London , Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1830. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of this account of the history, georgraphy and customs of Africa by Jane Marcet. Featuring several engraved plates - including a frontispiece - and several woodcuts. The third volume...

A Pictorial History of World War I a Pictorial History of World War II 2 Volumes

G D Sheffield; Charles Messenger · 1988 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)

London, Bison Books, 1988. Cloth. A two volume set of work offering a pictorial history of both the First and Second World War, both held in the original dustwrappers. Two volumes of The Pictorial History of World War I and II. Messenger and Sheffield are both war historians a...

A Summary View of Heraldry in Reference to the Usages of Chivalry and the General Economy of the Feudal System with an Appendix Respecting Such Distinctions of Rank As Have Place in the British Constitution

Thomas Brydson · 1795 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)

London, Nicol, Egerton, Edwards, Faulder, 1795. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of this heraldic work written by Thomas Brydson. The first edition. With writings on chivalry, tournaments, crusades, political departments of heraldry as well as distinctions in rank an...

History of England

George Macaulay Trevelyan · 1929 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Longmans, Green and Co. 1929. Cloth. A lovely example of George Macaulay Trevelyan's 'History of England', featuring several folding maps. Seventh impression. A comprehensive work spanning from pre-Roman Britain to the death of Queen Victoria. Illustrate...

The Kremlin Nerve-Centre of Russian History

Victor Alexandrov; Roy Monkcom · 1963 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.26 | $726.63 | ¥116,033)

London, George Allen & Unwin, 1963. Leather. The first English translation edition of this Political Historical text. Illustrated, with fourteen plates including photographs of the Romanovs and a map of the Kremlin. The Kremlin is a fortified complex in the heart of Moscow. Co...

The Merry Past

Ralph Nevill · 1909 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Duckworth, 1909. First edition. Leather. A first edition of this early 20th century work of reminiscence from the prolific author Ralph Nevill, attractively bound in half morocco. Nevill takes the reader through select remembrances of a past England, full of fox huntin...

Histoire Des Revolutions Arrivees Dans le Gouvernement de la Republique Romaine

Abbe de Vertot · 1834 · Rooke Books

£24.99 (€29.95 | $33.02 | ¥5,272)

Paris, Firmin Didot Freres , 1834. Leather. A detailed political history of the Roman Republic. Stereotype edition, written in French. Volumes one and two bound into one. Being the first two volumes of the original four Rebound in a green calf binding, with gilt detailing. Ext...

Handbuch Der Neuesten Erdbeschreibung

G Bruckner · 1837 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

Amsterdam, Hidburghausen, 1837. Leather. A scarce book of geography in German. A scarce book of geography in German. Bound without the steel-engraved maps, apparently issued seperately. With illustrations in the text. Karl Georg Bchner was a German dramatist and writer of poet...

Directoire Consulat Et Empire

Paul Lacroix · 1884 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.59 | ¥35,865)

Paris, Firmin-Didot, 1884. Leather. A handsome copy documenting the history of France between 1795-1815. With ten chromolithographs and 410 illustrations. Covering the period of ascendancy for Napoleon Bonaparte, Lacroix examines all parts of French society. Seen as the fourt...

Oratio Gedeon Loudoni Caes. Avg. Supremo Belliduci Quum Albam Graecam Ottomanis Eriperet

Joannes Baptista Antonius · 1789 · Rooke Books

£270.00 (€323.64 | $356.71 | ¥56,962)

Budae, Typsi Catharinae Landerer Vidvae, 1789. Hardback. A latin historical work on 'The Supreme Belliduci&apos. A latin historical work on 'The Supreme Belliduci&apos. This work is an address to the Ottoman Greeks. In the original Latin. A scarce work, with only one...

Histoire de la Revolution Francaise, Depuis 1789 Jusuqu&Apos;En 1814

M. Mignet · 1880 · Rooke Books

£24.00 (€28.77 | $31.71 | ¥5,063)

Paris, Didier et Cie, 1880. Leather. A scarce copy of the History of the French Revolution from 1789 until 1814 by M. Mignet. A scarce copy of the History of the French Revolution from 1789 until 1814 by M. Mignet. Member of L'Academie Francaise, Secretaire Perpetuel de L...

Memoires Pour Servir a L&Apos;Histoire D&Apos;Anne D&Apos;Autriche Epouse de Louis XIII Roi de France

Madame de Motteville · 1782 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

Maestricht , Jean-Edme Dufour et Phil. Roux, 1782. Leather. A scarce collection of the memoirs of Francois Bertaut de Motteville, which is in effect a history of Anne of Austria In French. Françoise Bertaut de Motteville (c. 1621 – 1689), French memoir writer, was the daught...

Histoire de Dix Ans 1830-1840

M Louis Blanc · 1846 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

Paris, Gnerre, 1846. Leather. A five volume set of this historical work. The fifth edition. Complete in five volumes. With 25 full page plates including five frontispieces. Louis Blanc was a French politician and historian. A socialist who favoured reform, he called for the cr...

Dictionaire Universal D&Apos;Histoire Et de Gographie

M. N. Bouillet · 1884 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

Paris, Librairie Hachette et Cie, 1884. Cloth. A popular dictionary of History and Geography, in French by the renowned Bouillet. An association copy with Sir Robert Lindsays armorial nameplate and Elizabeth Sherman Cameron's signature. Written by Marie-Nicolas Bouillet, ...

De la Prostitution Dans la Ville D&Apos;Alger Depuis la Conquete

Edouard A. Duchesne · 1853 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

Paris, Baillière, Garnier Frères, 1853. Leather. An interesting copy of Edouard Duchesne's account of prostitution in French-occupied Algiers. A fascinating insight into attitudes towards gender, race and sex in colonial territories and a widely referenced text in many ...

Monarchs of Merrie England

Roland Carse · 0 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

Leeds and London, Alf Cooke, c1910. Paperback. A Heath Robinson illustrated complete four volume set of these historical poetry works by Roland Carse. The complete four volume set.In the original paper wrap bindings.Humourous rhymes of historical times.Including:Vol I: William...

General View of the Agriculture and Mineralogy, Present State and Circumstances of the County Wicklow

Robert Fraser · 1801 · Rooke Books

£380.00 (€455.49 | $502.03 | ¥80,168)

Dublin, Graisberry & Campbell, 1801 . First edition. Leather. Illustrated with a folding hand coloured map, this is the scarce first edition of Robert Fraser's survey of the Irish county of Wicklow in the late 18th century. The scarce first edition of this work, 150 copie...

The Navy List, Corrected to the 20th March, 1840 & 20th March, 1843

Admiralty · 1840 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, John Murray, 1840-1843. First edition. Cloth. Two very scarce monthly issues of The Navy List, a comprehensive naval directory listing officers, ships, ports and stations. Two very scarce issues of The Navy List.Includes lists corrected to the 20th March, 1840 and corr...

Memoirs of the Reign of King George III

Horace Walpole [ed. by Denis Le Marchant] · 1845 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Richard Bentley, 1845. Cloth. The posthumously published memoirs of King George III's early reign from the original manuscripts, written by the youngest son of Robert Walpole, Britain's first Prime Minister. Memoirs of the Reign of King George III, first publ...

A Brief History of Dairy Education at Home and Abroad, from 1832-1892

Alexander Holmes · 1892 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

Middlesbrough , Jordison & Co. Ld. 1892. First edition. Cloth. A vanishingly scarce copy of the first edition of this history of dairying with a contemporary signed letter from Alexander Holmes. In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding with pictorial paper boards...