Storia moderna

The Morning Herald

1814 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Not Stated, 1814-21. Unbound. Two issues of the very scarce broadsheet 'The Morning Herald', one of the issues largely covering the death of Caroline of Brunswick. Two very scarce issues of 'The Morning Herald', for Monday 31st October 1814, and Tue...

Two Addresses Delivered at the Dedication of a New Transmitter of Radio Free Europe Beamed to Hungary

Frederic R. Dolbeare; Gyula Dessewffy · 1951 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Stamford, The Overbrook Press, 1951. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A very scarce program and record of the two addresses spoken at the ceremony inaugurating the new service of Radio Free Europe for Hungary. First edition. Limited to three hundred copies. A program and reco...

Froissart in Britain

Henry Newbolt; Jean Froissart · 1900 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, James Nisbet & Co Limited, 1900. First edition. Leather. The first edition of Henry Newbolt's illustrated work on 'Froissart's Chronicles', detailing the hundred year war, in a half calf prize binding. The first edition. Illustrated with a monochro...

When London Burned: A Story of Restoration Times and the Great Fire

G. A. Henty · 0 · Rooke Books

£37.00 (€44.35 | $48.88 | ¥7,806)

London, Blackie and Son Limited , c1920. Cloth. A pleasing copy of this gripping historical adventure novel set during the Great Fire of London, by prolific author G. A. Henty. A later impression of this work.In the publisher's original blue decorated cloth. This histori...

The Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay

George Otto Trevelyan · 1876 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.31 | ¥58,016)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co , 1876. First edition. Leather. An attractive first edition set containing the biography of Lord Macaulay and his correspondence, in pleasing full tree calf binding. The first edition. Complete in two volumes. In the full tree calf binding with...

Egyptian Mummies, Egyptian Medicine, & Tutankhamun&Apos;S Egypt

Barbara Adams; Carole Reeves; Frances Welsh · 1988 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

Bucks, Shire Publications, 1988-1993. Paperback. Three smart volumes of historical and archaeological commentary on ancient Egypt, with illustrations. Three volumes. Illustrated throughout. This set contains: Egyptian Mummies, 1988. Second edition. A concise history of the dev...

Egypt & Mesopotamia and Greece & Rome

R. J. Unstead · 1977 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1977. First edition. Hardback. Two smart first edition volumes of these illustrated historical and archeological commentaries on ancient lands. Two volumes. First thus. Very scarce works. Illustrated throughout with many colour figures. Written ...

The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison

Joseph Addison; Thomas Tickell [ed.] · 1805 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)

London, Vernor and Hood; John Walked; Cuthell and Martin; et al, 1805 . Leather. The first five volumes only of this six volume illustrated edition of the collected works of Joseph Addison, comprising of his best known literary works. Presents I-V only of a six volume edition ...

A History of Egyptian Archaeology

F. Gladstone Bratton · 1967 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Robert Hale, 1967. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of F. Gladstone Bratton's illustrated work on the history of ancient Egyptian archaeology, in the original dust wrapper. The first edition. Illustrated with forty monochrome photographs, monochrome vignet...

Pharaohs and Mortals

Torgny Save-Soderbergh · 1963 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)

London, Robert Hale Limited, 1963. First edition. Cloth. The very smart first UK edition of this vivid portrait of ancient Egypt, covering a rich variety of subjects and illustrated throughout. The first UK edition, translated from the Swedish by Richard E. Oldenburg. In the ...

Le Temple de Dandara

Francois Daumas · 1970 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Paris, Le Caire, 1970. Paperback. A smart work on the temple complex of Dendera, with numerous photographic illustrations. In the original French. French. Issues by the Ministry of Culture. With fifty-six plates containing numerous photographic images of the complex. Collated ...

Chartered Surveyors, the Growth of a Profession

F. M. L. Thompson · 1968 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

London, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1968. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this detailed history on the profession of chartered surveyors, a Zaehnsdorf bound copy illustrated with colour plates. The first edition, first impression.Smartly bound by Zaehnsdorf.Illustrate...

The Art of Heraldry; Explaining the Origin and Use of Arms and Armorial Bearings

Anonymous · 1834 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

London, Harding and King, 1834 . Cloth. A lovely example of this very scarce study of the origins, significance, and application of heraldic symbols. A very scarce work.With a small number of vignette woodcuts illustrating the symbols described.This volume discusses how herald...

Histoire Et Memoires (Histories and Memories)

Le General Comte de Segur (Philippe Paul) · 1873 · Rooke Books

£795.00 (€952.93 | $1,050.31 | ¥167,720)

Paris , Librairie de Firmin Didot Freres, 1873. First edition. Leather. The complete first edition set of this posthumous historical work by Philippe Paul, comte de Segur, smartly bound in half calf. The first edition of this set of historical works from French general and his...

Works of William H. Prescott: History of the Conquest of Mexico. With a Preliminary View of the Ancient Mexican Civilization, and the Life of Conqueror, Hernando Cortes; History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain; History of the Reign of Charles the Fifth; History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic; History of the Conquest of Peru; with a Preliminary View of the Civilization of the Incas and Biographical and Critical Miscellanies

William H. Prescott · 1878 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.20 | $786.08 | ¥125,527)

London, George Routledge and Sons , 1878-1881. Leather. A complete set of new editions of the works from one of the most eminent historians of 19th century America, William H. Prescott. A wonderful set of works from reputable American historian William H. Prescott. Complete in...

A History of England, Period I: Medieval Monarchy from the Departure of the Romans to King Richard III, 449-1485

J. Franck Bright · 1880 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.13 | ¥61,181)

London, Rivingtons, 1880. Leather. Period I of Bright's history of England, written for his students; handsomely bound by Morrell, this set is from the library of William Foyle, co-founder of Foyles bookshop. The third edition of this two volume set containing Period I, i...

Leaves from the Diary of Henry Greville

Henry Greville; Viscountess Enfield · 1883 · Rooke Books

£640.00 (€767.14 | $845.53 | ¥135,020)

London, Smith, Elder and Co, 1883-1884. First edition. Leather. An extra illustrated first edition of the diaries of Henry Greville, with a signed letter from editor Viscountess Enfield, Greville's niece. The scarce first editions of both the first and second series of th...

Chequers: The Prime Minister&Apos;S Country House and Its History

Norma Major · 1996 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London , Harper Collins , 1996. Cloth. A signed copy of this profusely illustrated exploration of the Chequers Estate in excellent condition. An excellent early copy of this historical work.Signed by the author to the title page. In the publisher's original unclipped dus...

Prince Charles Edward

Andrew Lang · 1900 · Rooke Books

£380.00 (€455.49 | $502.03 | ¥80,168)

London, Goupil & Co; Manzi, Joyant & Co, 1900 . First edition. Leather. A beautifully bound, full morocco, limited edition biography of Prince Charles Edward, illustrated throughout. Number 701 of 1,500 copies of this limited edition work produced.Illustrated with a hand-colou...

Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Ceramics: Catalogue of English Porcelain Earthenware Enamels and Glass Collected by Charles Schreiber Esq. M.P. And the Lady Charlotte Elizabeth Schreiber and Presented to the Museum in 1884 Volume I - Porcelain Volume II - Earthenware

Bernard Rackham · 1928 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Under the Authority of the Board of Education, 1928-1930. Cloth. Two volumes of this impressive catalogue describing the extensive collection of porcelain and earthenware previously belonging to Charles Schreiber. Two volumes from the Catalogue of the Schreiber collect...