Storia moderna

Taken in;" Being, a Sketch of New Zealand Life

Hopeful" [Miss Campbell] · 1887 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, W. H. Allen & Co. 1887 . First edition. Cloth. A scarce, first edition of this fascinating and unusual account of a woman's trip to New Zealand in the late nineteenth century, in which she criticises New Zealand life and the propaganda encouraging Europeans to emi...

My Oxford; Oxford

Ann Thwaite; J. I, M. Stewart; Martin Amis; Nina Bawden; John Betjeman et al. · 1952 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Robson Books; Oxford University Press, 1952-1977 . First edition. Cloth. Two fascinating first edition works detailing life in Oxford and at Oxford University in the twentieth century. The first of these two volumes in Number I, Volume XII of the periodical 'Oxfor...

A New and Complete System of Practical Husbandry: Vol. I

John Mills · 1762 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, R. Baldwin, W. Johnston, S. Crowder, T. Longman, J. Coote, J. Hinxman, W. Nicoll, and S. Davis. 1762 . First edition. Leather. The first volume of John Mill's informative guide to husbandry and the improvement of one's estate, the first edition, illustrated w...

Deutschlands Armee in Feldgrauer Kriegs-Und Friedens-Uniform

Julius Ottomar Hermann Freiherr von der Osten-Sacken · 1916 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.50 | $495.43 | ¥79,113)

Berlin, P. M. Weber, 1916. Cloth. A scarce German study on the feldgrau military uniforms introduced in 1915, complete with colour plates. A scarce work.In the original German.Complete as three booklets in one cloth folder.Illustrated with thirty-three colour plates. Collated,...

Biblioteca de Autores Espanoles: Fray Jeronimo de Mendieta, Historia Eclesiastica Indiana

Jerónimo de Mendieta; Francisco de Solano y Perez-Lila [intro.] · 1973 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

Madrid, Ediciones Atlas, 1973. Leather. A two-volume facsimile of Jerónimo de Mendieta's 'Historia Eclesiastica Indiana' in the original Spanish, with a detailed introduction, from a series on Spanish authors. A two-volume set in the publisher's original q...

The Bridge at Andau

James A. Michener · 1957 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, Secker & Warburg, 1957 . Cloth. A smart example of the first UK edition of James Michener's detailed contemporary account of the Hungarian Revolution. The first UK edition, first impression.In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.American author Ja...

Final Report No. 46, Item No. 22: Feldmuhle Papier Und Zellstoff Werke A.G. : Reisholz Works

Allan C. Hill; W. Boyd Campbell · 1945 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, British Intelligence Objectives Sub-Committee, 1945. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A report on the Reisholz branch of Feldmühle paper and pulp works, by the British Intelligence Objectives Sub-Committee. A scarce work in the publisher's original paper wraps. ...

Recherches Sur Les Monuments Qu&Apos;on Peut Attribuer Aux Six Premiãƒâ¨Res Dynasties de Manãƒâ©Thon

M. le Vicomte Emmanuel de Rougé · 1866 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

Paris, Imprimerie Imperiale, 1866. First edition. Leather. A very scarce copy of Emmanuel de Rougé's research into monuments attributed to the first six dynasties of Manetho's 'Aegyptiaca&apos. A very scarce work in a half morocco binding with marbled boards an...

Yuchikusaizo-Kogyokufu: The Early Chinese Jades in the Collection of the Late Riichi Uyeno

Dr. Kosaku Hamada · 1926 · Rooke Books

£1,400.00 (€1,678.12 | $1,849.60 | ¥295,357)

Kyoto, BunseidoÃÂOe‚ , 1926 . First edition. Cloth. The vanishingly scarce first edition of Dr. Hamada's very important and highly collectible work on early Chinese jade. Richly illustrated, and complete in two volumes. With the contents and list of plates in English,...

Flint Chips: A Guide to Pre-Historic Archaeology

Edward T. Stevens · 1870 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

London, Bell and Daldy, 1870. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this illustrated guide to pre-historic archaeology from English curator Edward T. Stevens. First edition. Very scarce. With a frontispiece and numerous in-text images. A detailed and comprehensi...

Bath Under Two Aspects

1886 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

Bath , The Herald Office , 1886. Brochure/Pamphlet. A very scarce pamphlet discussing the degeneration and regeneration of Bath's architecture, reprinted from the 'Bath Herald&apos. A very scarce pamphlet. Reprinted from the Bath Herald of the same year. In the publ...

Retrospect Reminiscences and Impressions of a Hunter-Naturalist in Three Continents 1851-1928

Abel Chapman · 1928 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Gurney and Jackson, 1928. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated account of the life and work of naturalist Abel Chapman. The first edition of this work.A lovely volume of reminiscences of hunter-naturalist Abel Chapman, who is remembered for havin...

The Army List for October 1842 by Authority

The War Office · 1842 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, The War Office, 1842. Paperback. A smart copy of the annual British Army List for the year 1842, as of October that year. The official annual British Army List for October 1942. An annual printing from the War Office containing lists of all members of the British Army ...

Album of Photographic Images of Drawings

Anonymous · 1816 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

None, None, c1870 . Leather. A smart album featuring eleven photographs of sketches of British towns, and one photograph of Belfast. An attractive cloth binding, with 'Photographic Album' in gilt to the front board.Present in this work are: a photograph of an 1816 sk...

Domesday Studies: Papers Read at the Novocentenary Conference of the Royal Historical Society

J. C. Holt [editor] · 1987 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

Suffolk, The Boydell Press, 1987. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated papers on the study of the Domesday Book, from the Royal Historical Society. First edition. Illustrated with eight plates of images and sixteen maps. Collated complete. A collecti...

Within the Rim and Other Essays

Henry James · 1918 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

London, W. Collins Sons & Co, 1918 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this collection of essays, published late in the career of the celebrated novelist Henry James, and concerning the First World War. The first edition of this work.A collection of five essays from J...

William S. Churchill with Companion Volumes.

Martin Gilbert; Rudolph S. Churchill · 1966 · Rooke Books

£895.00 (€1,072.80 | $1,182.42 | ¥188,817)

London, William Heinemann, 1966-1982. First edition. Cloth. A first edition set comprising of the first four volumes of the official biography on Winston Churchill, with ten volumes of the companion volumes, with a signed set of letters by the author Martin Gilbert. All first ...

The Borough of Bury St Edmunds: A Study in the Government and Development of a Monastic Town

M. D. Lobel [Mary Doreen Lobel] · 1935 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1935. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce historical work by Mary Doreen Lobel, on the town of Bury St Edmunds. The first edition. Illustrated with two folding maps to the rear. Collated, complete. A very scarce historical wor...

The Shadow of Vesuvius: Pompeii Ad 79

Raleigh Trevelyan · 1976 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, The Folio Society, 1976. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first illustrated edition of this study on the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in Pompeii AD 79 from the Folio Society. First edition. Illustrated with ninety-four images, many of which are in colour. A detailed an...

Basel: Denkschrift Zur Erinnerung an Die Vor 2000 Jahren Erfolgte Grundung Der Colonia Raurica

1957 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Basel, Urs Graf-Verlag, 1957. First edition. Cloth. A smart copy of this memorial work on the foundation of Colonia Raurica, near Basel, Switzerland. In the original German. German. First edition. Illustrated with forty-seven tipped in colour plates and numerous photographs an...