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The Right Hon. Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield, K.G. , and His Times
Alexander Charles Ewald · 1882 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)
London, William Mackenzie, 1882. Cloth. A four volume set exploring the life of former Prime Minister and influential Conservative politician, Benjamin Disraeli, illustrated throughout. Four volumes, lacking volume three. This work is complete in two volumes, but typically bou...
The Roquefort Adventure
Henri Pourrat; Mary Mian [Translator] · 1955 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)
Roquefort , Societe Anonyme des Caves, 1955 . First edition. Paperback. A smart limited edition, L"Aventure de Roquefort is Henri Pourrat"s celebration of the "king of cheeses", complete with striking colour plates. In the publisher's original paper vellum wraps, with fly...
The Whispering Land; Catch Me a Colobus; My Family and Other Animals
Gerald Durrell · 1961 · Rooke Books
£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)
London, Rupert Hart-Davis; Collins; Heinemann/Octopus , 1961-1981 . First edition. Cloth. A pleasing trio of works by British naturalist Gerald Durrell, including his popular autobiography 'My Family and Other Animals&apos. Comprising the first editions of 'The Whisp...
Four Non-Fiction Works by John Buchan
John Buchan · 1928 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)
London, Thomas Nelson and Sons LTD; Hodder and Stoughton LTD; Peter Davies, 1928-37. First edition. Cloth. A smart set of four first edition historical works by John Buchan, illustrated, including with a folding map. A set of four non-fiction works by John Buchan.This set pres...
The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Grecians, and Macedonians
M. Rollin [Charles Rollin] · 1826 · Rooke Books
£995.00 (€1,192.67 | $1,314.53 | ¥209,914)
London, Baynes and Son, 1826. Leather. A smartly bound sixteenth edition of Charles Rollin's noted historical study of the ancient world, bound in full calf. The sixteenth edition, revised and corrected and illustrated with nineteen new plates. A eight volume complete se...
Forty Years in a Moorland Parish: Reminiscences and Researches in Danby in Cleveland
Rev. J. C. Atkinson · 1891 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)
London, Macmillan and Co. 1891. Cloth. A special illustrated edition of this semi-autobiographical history of Danby, North Yorkshire. An illustrated edition, being the first with special full-page plates. In the original cloth binding. Collated, complete with illustrations a...
The Salisbury Guide; or, an Account, Historical and Descriptive, of the Objects of Interest in Salisbury and Its Neighbourhood
J. B. · 1848 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)
Salisbury, W. B. Brodie and Co. 1848. Cloth. A very scarce historical guide to Salisbury, with engraved plates. First edition. A very scarce volume. Rebacked with the original cloth laid down.Illustrated with a frontispiece, three plates and numerous vignettes. Collated, comp...
Russia
D. Mackenzie Wallace · 1877 · Rooke Books
£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)
London, Cassell Petter & Galpin, 1877. Cloth. The fifth edition of Donald Mackenzie Wallace's historical study of Russia, bound in the publisher's original decorative cloth. Complete in two volumes. Fifth edition. Each volume is illustrated with a colour folding map ...
Elements of Logick; or a Summary of the General Principles and Different Modes of Reasoning
Levi Hedge · 1831 · Rooke Books
£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)
Boston, Hilliard, Gray, Little, and Wilkins, 1831. First edition. Leather. Levi Hedge's treatise on the philosophy of logic, bound in full calf. The stereotype edition. Bound in full contemporary calf. A treatise on the philosophy of logic from a professor in the field,...
Japan
David Murray · 1906 · Rooke Books
£149.00 (€178.60 | $196.85 | ¥31,434)
London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1906. Leather. A prize-bound copy of this historical account of Japan"s geography, people, and culture. Sixth edition. In full calf prize binding, with gilt dentelles. With the prize bookplate of Gillingham Grammer School to the front free endpaper.Th...
Life of Admiral Viscount Exmouth
Edward Osler · 1835 · Rooke Books
£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)
London, Smith, Elder & Co, 1835 . First edition. Leather. The illustrated first edition of this biography of the Royal Navy officer Admiral Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth. A first edition.This work is a biography of Edward Pellew, the first Viscount Exmouth. Pellew was a ...
A View of England Towards the Close of the Eighteenth Century
Fred. Aug. Wendeborn · 1791 · Rooke Books
£550.00 (€659.26 | $726.63 | ¥116,033)
London, G. G. J. and J. Robinson, 1791. First edition. Leather. The complete and very scarce two volume first edition of Wendeborn's English language translation of his discussion of England in the last decades of the 18th century. The very scarce first English language e...
A Letter to Sir William Garrow, His Majesty"S Attorneyãâ¢ãâãâGeneral, on His Proposed Bill for Regulating the Practice of Surgery Throughout the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
James Hamilton · 1818 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)
London, [The Pamphleteer], 1818 . Unbound. The very scarce second edition of James Hamilton's argument against Sir William Garrow's proposed bill to standardize surgical practices throughout the UK. The second edition of this very scarce work.First published the year...
Ask the Fellows Who Cut the Hay
George Ewart Evans · 2010 · Rooke Books
£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.13 | ¥61,181)
Suffolk, Full Circle Editions, 2010. First edition. Hardback. A very smart first illustrated edition of this important work on folklore from Welsh writer George Ewart Evans, signed by the author and illustrator. Originally published in 1956, this is the first edition with wate...
Le Livre En Italie: A Travers Les Siecles
Leo S. Olschki · 1914 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)
Florence, Imprimerie Juntine, 1914. Cloth. A smartly bound copy of this history of the book in Italy from the fifteenth to the nineteenth century, in the original Italian. Italian. With a colour frontispiece and eighty-six plates, two of which are in colour. Collated complete....
Witch Hill; Cowards: The True Story of the Men Who Refused to Fight
Marcus Sedgwick · 2001 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)
London, Orion ChildrenÂs Books; Hodder ChildrenÂs Books, 2001-2003. First edition. Paperback. Signed by the author, this two-volume set includes first editions, a haunting young adult novel with author illustrations, and a compelling nonfiction account of WWI conscientious o...
The Records of Woolwich District
W. T. Vincent · 1890 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)
Woolwich, J. P. Jackson; J. S. Vincent, [1890]. First edition. Leather. A historical account of Woolwich, being a collection of historical records collected and presented by William Thomas Vincent, bound in half calf. The first combined edition. Also published as a series of s...
Napoleon&Apos;S Invasion of Russia
Hereford B. George · 1899 · Rooke Books
£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)
London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1899. First edition. Cloth. A scarce history of Napoleon's invasion of Russia, complete with folding maps. First edition of this scarce work. In the publisher's original red cloth. Illustrated with a coloured map frontispiece and four furth...
The Social History of the People of the Southern Counties of England in Past Centuries; Illustrated in Regard to Their Habits, Municipal Bye-Laws, CIVIL Progress, Etc.
George Roberts · 1856 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)
London, Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts , 1856. First edition. Cloth. A fascinating social history of south England told through various archival records. First edition. In a full cloth library rebinding, with gilt text to the spine. This history of south England ...
William Shakespeare: A Documentary Life
S. Schoenbaum · 1975 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)
Oxford, The Clarendon Press, 1975. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Schoenbaum's definitive, document-based portrait of Shakespeare"s life, illustrated throughout with folding plates The first edition of this work.An in-depth chronological documentary presentati...