Storia moderna

La Vie de Mon Pãƒâ¨Re

Restif de la Bretonne; Henri D'Almeras · 1910 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Paris, Louis Michaud , 1910 . Paperback. An illustrated edition of Restif de La Bretonne"s La vie de mon père, offering an annotated glimpse into 18th-century French life and morality. In the publisher's original pictorial paper wraps.This copy is undated. Dated here u...

The Wonderful Week

C. S. Forester · 1927 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

London, John Lane The Bodley Head, 1927 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this early novel from author C. S. Forester, an entertaining mystery that differs in tone and subject from his later and better-known works. The first edition, first impression.A thrilling mys...

Annals of the Peninsular Campaigns

Thomas Hamilton; Frederick Hardman · 1849 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1849. Cloth. A smart new edition of this study of the Peninsular War, and the individual campaigns of different nations. New edition, revised and augmented. A detailed record of the events of the Peninsular War, fought in the Iberian Peninsu...

The Winchester Psalter

Francis Wormald · 1973 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Harvey Miller; Medcalf Ltd. 1973 . First edition. Cloth. A very smart, first edition thus, of this authoritative study by Francis Wormald presents the Winchester Psalter, one of 12th-century England"s most important illuminated manuscripts, richly illustrated with colo...

2vols White Wines and Cognac; Natrual Red Wines

H. Warner Allen · 1951 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Constable, 1951-1952 . First edition. Cloth. A scarce two volume set of first editions by Britain's most prolific wine journalist, offering a rich, anecdotal exploration of wines and cognac. In the publisher's original blue cloth binding.Both volumes are firs...

The World of Wine

David McCormack; Seymour Britchky · 1986 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

Toronto, Discovery Books, 1986. First edition. Cloth. A smart scarce first edition of this volume, detailing the world of wine, accompanied by rich colour illustrations and maps throughout. In the publisher's original brown cloth binding. With the publisher's origina...

Athenian Letters: Or, the Epistolary Correspondence of an Agent of the King of Persia, Residing at Athens During the Peloponnesian War

1800 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

Basil and Strasburgh, James Decker and F. G. Levrault, 1800. Cloth. A smartly bound complete three volume set of this new edition of this epistolary work written during the Peloponnesian War. Complete in three volumes. New edition. A collaboratively produced work of Ancient Gr...

Verkehrstechnik

Otto Schmidt [editor]; O. Willenberg; E Giese; G. Stommenger · 1941 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

Berlin, Deutscher Verlag, 1941 . First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition issue of Verkehrstechnik, a rare window into wartime transportation engineering and innovation in Germany. This copy is a first edition. In the publisher's original brown cloth binding.Illustrat...

Literary and Historical Memorials of London, and London and Its Celebrities

J. Heneage Jessee · 1847 · Rooke Books

£995.00 (€1,192.67 | $1,314.53 | ¥209,914)

London, Richard Bentley, 1847-50. First edition. Leather. The first edition of the first and second series of J. Heneage Jess's historical study of London, relating to its literary and historical memorials and noted figures, bound in full calf. A very rare to see heavily ...

The Illustrated London News Vol XXXIV January to June 1859

Herbert Ingram [ed.]; Various · 1859 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)

London, George C. Leighton, 1859 . First edition. Leather. Volume XXXIV of the important weekly news magazine 'The Illustrated London News', with illustrated articles throughout. Volume XXXIV of this work, being the January to June 1859 issues of this periodical, whi...

A History of the Borough and Town of Calne and Some Account of the Villages, Etc. , in Its Vicinity

A. E. W. Marsh · 1904 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.72 | $77.95 | ¥12,447)

Calne , Robert S. Heath, 1904. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon first edition of this charming illustrated history of Calne. The uncommon first edition of this work. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Illustrated with a frontispiece and thirty-six plates, two o...

Observations on Popular Antiquities: Chiefly Illustrating the Origin of Our Vulgar Customs, Ceremonies, and Superstitions.

John Brand; Henry Ellis · 1813 · Rooke Books

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

London, F. C. and J. Rivington; et al. 1813. Leather. Henry Ellis' enlarged edition of John Brand's noted historical work, a brilliant study of old English customs, holidays, and ceremonies, in a lovely half calf binding. The revised edition, being the first extended...

A Calendar of Court Minutes of the East India Company 1674-1676

Ethel Bruce Sainsbury · 1935 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1935. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce calendar of records from the East India Company, providing historical insight into the proceedings of the company from 1674-76. The first edition.The records were first calendared up to 1634 W. Noel Sainsbury, ...

A Complete History of England

Tobias Smollett · 1758 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)

London, James Rivington and James Fletcher; R. Baldwin, 1758-60. Leather. An illustrated early mixed edition set of the historical magnum opus of Tobias Smollett. In eight volumes of eleven, lacking Volumes I, II, and VII.A mixed set of the second and third edition of this imp...

The Life of the Bee

Maurice Maeterlinck; Alfred Sutro [trans.] · 1912 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.59 | ¥35,865)

London, George Allen, 1912 . Leather. The second impression of this illustrated edition of Maeterlinck's study of the bee, beautifully illustrated with colour plates by Detmold. First published in 1901, this work was re-set with Detmold's illustrations in 1911. This ...

The Life of Samuel Johnson

James Boswell; Roger Ingpen [Ed.] · 1907 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.31 | ¥58,016)

London, Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, 1907 . Leather. A smartly bound, complete pair of Boswell's landmark biography of Samuel Johnson, with this edition containing notes by Roger Ingpen and richly illustrated throughout. Bound in half calf with cloth boards. Complete in two v...

Les Massacres de Septembre

G. Lenotre [Louis Leon Théodore Gosselin] · 1907 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

Paris , Librairie Academique Perrin et Cie, 1907. Hardback. A handsome copy of this history of the French Revolution September Massacres by Louis Leon Theodore Gosselin. Eleventh edition. Bound in contemporary marbled boards, with leather spine title label. With the original ...

Man Makes His World

Patrick Lynch · 1959 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Edward Arnold Ltd , 1959. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce children's history of mankind's greatest inventions, discoveries and achievements. The first edition of this very scarce work. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. This is t...

A Dissertation Upon English Typographical Founders and Founderies

Edward Rowe Mores; John Nichols; D. B. Updike [ed.] · 1924 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.83 | $171.75 | ¥27,426)

New York, The Grolier Club , 1924. Cloth. A pleasing limited edition of Edward Rowe Mores' important records on the history of English type-founding. One of an edition of two hundred and fifty copies.In the publisher's original decorative cloth binding. This edition...

Station Amusements in New Zealand

Lady Barker [Mary Anne Barker] · 1873 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

London, William Hunt and Company , 1873 . First edition. Leather. A finely bound, first edition of this entertaining account of life on a sheep station in New Zealand, written by Lady Barker, an English woman who lived there with her husband in the mid nineteenth century. Firs...