Storia moderna

Iron and Steel Manufacture: A Series of Papers on the Manufacture and Properties of Iron and Steel; with Reports on Iron and Steel in the Paris Exhibition of 1867; Reviews of the State and Progress of the Manufacture During the Years 1867 & 1868; and Descriptions of Many of the Principal Iron and Steel Works in Great Britain and on the Continent.

Ferdinand Kohn · 1869 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

London, William Mackenzie, 1869. Cloth. A smart copy of this vastly illustrated work on the iron and steel manufacturing in Great Britain and Europe in the mid-nineteenth century. Illustrated with a frontispiece, sixty-three plates, and many in-text figures. Collated complete....

Fairleigh Hall: A Tale of Oxfordshire During the Great Rebellion

Rev. A. D. Crake · 1902 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

Oxford, A. r. Mowbray & Co , 1902. Cloth. A very smart new edition of the tale of the Battle of Chalgrove Field during the First English Civil War. with illustrations. A new edition of this uncommon work. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Illustrated with a fro...

Man, Culture, and Animals: The Role of Animals in Human Ecological Adjustments. Based on a Symposium Presented at the Denver Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science 30 December 1961

Various; Anthony Leeds; Andrew P. Vayda [ed.] · 1970 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Washington, D.C. American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1970. Cloth. An uncommon work discussing the historical relationships between animals and man, based on a symposium and developed from the editors' earlier work on the subject. The third printing of thi...

Warning to the World: Joanna Southcott&Apos;S Prophecies

Joanna Southcott · 1804 · Rooke Books

£294.00 (€352.41 | $388.42 | ¥62,025)

London, S. Rousseau, 1804 . Unbound. A very scarce work of prophecies about the apocalypse by notorious self-proclaimed prophetess Joanna Southcott. A very scarce work from Joanna Southcott, a self-described prophetess from Devon.Southcott announced herself as a 'Woman of...

Green Knight Red Mourning

Richard E. Ogden · 1980 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

New York, Manor Books Inc. 1980. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce first edition of this searing Vietnam War autobiography from Richard E. Ogden. First edition. Very scarce. An autobiographical account of one man's experiences during the Vietnam War, exploring the t...

A Vision of India & the Tale of the Great Mutiny

Sidney Low; W. H. Fitchett · 1911 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Smith, Elder, & Co. 1911-1913. Cloth. Two smart copies of these scarce historical works on India, each with a frontispiece. Two volumes. Scarce. This set includes: A Vision of India, 1911. Fourth impression. With a frontispiece and a map of the tour of H.R.H. the Princ...

Astrology of the Ancient Egyptians

Karma · 1924 · Rooke Books

£650.00 (€779.13 | $858.74 | ¥137,130)

London, Philip Allan & Co. 1924 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce, first edition of this historical study of the astrological beliefs of the ancient Egyptians. First edition. Bound in the publisher's original cloth. This scarce work provides a comprehensive insight in...

A New Method of Studying History, Geography, and Chronology. With a Catalogue of the Chief Historians of All Nations, the Best Edition on Their Works, and Characters of Them.

Richard Rawlinson; M. Languet Du Fresnoy; Count Scipio Maffei · 1730 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Cha. Davis, 1730. Leather. Volume two of Richard Rawlinson's very scarce work on methods for studying history, geography and chronology, translated from the original French by M. Languet Du Fresnoy. An early edition. Translated from the original French with a vari...

The Patriot&Apos;S Progress: Being the Vicissitudes of Pte. John Bullock

Henry Williamson · 1930 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

London, Geoffrey Bles, 1930. First edition. Cloth. A smart second impression of this illustrated war novel based on true events, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. First edition, second impression. Published the same month and year as the first impression. Illustrated t...

Introductory Studies in Theosophy

Adelaide Gardner · 1948 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

London, The Theosophical Publishing House, 1948 . First edition. Paperback. The uncommon first edition of this introduction to the tenets of Theosophy, by writer and lecturer Adelaide Gardner. The uncommon first edition of this introduction to Theosophy by an important member ...

The Spider&Apos;S Web

Theodore H. Savory · 1952 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd, 1952. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this study on spiders by Theodore H Savory, with colour illustrations. The first edition. Part of the 'Wayside and Woodland Series&apos.Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece, monochr...

The Coldstream Guards

G. Davies; Lieutenant-Colonel Sir John Ross-of-Bladensburg; · 1924 · Rooke Books

£280.00 (€335.62 | $369.92 | ¥59,071)

Oxford, Oxford at the Clarendon Press; Oxford University Press, 1924-1929. First edition. Cloth. Five smart first edition volumes on the Coldstream Guards, the oldest continuously serving regular regiment in the British Army. Five volumes of a six volume set. Lacking The Colds...

Histoire de L&Apos;ãƒâ‰Cole Spãƒâ©Ciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr

Un Ancien Saint-Cyrien · 1893 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

Paris, Librairie Ch. Delagrave, 1893 . Leather. An extremely scarce, second edition of this interesting work on Saint-Cyr French military academy, written by a previous officer of the school. Second edition. First published in 1886. Bound in a smart quarter calf with marbled b...

The After-War Settlement & Employment of Ex-Service Men in the Overseas Dominions

Sir Rider Haggard [H. Rider Haggard] · 1916 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, The Royal Colonial Institute, 1916 . First edition. Hardback. The first edition of this uncommon report from adventure novelist H. Rider Haggard, concerning the 'After-War Settlement & Employment of Ex-Service Men in the Overseas Dominions&apos. The uncommon first...

A History of the Royal Foundation of Christ&Apos;S Hospital

Rev. William Trollope · 1834 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

London, William Pickering, 1834 . First edition. Leather. An attractively bound first edition of William Trollope's historical study, illustrated throughout. A beautifully bound first edition.Illustrated with a frontispiece and eight plates. Collated, lacking one plate, w...

Vanished Towers and Chimes of Flanders

George Wharton Edwards · 1916 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

Philadelphia, Penn Publishing Company, 1916. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this beautiful collection of images commemorating the lost Flemish architecture of the First World War. First edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, pictorial title page,...

History of the Second World War

Major-General S. Woodburn Kirby; Major L. F. Ellis; Michael Howard · 1957 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.13 | ¥61,181)

London, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1957-1970. First edition. Cloth. A smart four volume set of this historical study on the Second World War, with the original dust wrappers. Four volumes from the History of the Second World War series. First edition. This set inclu...

History of the United Netherlands; the Rise of the Dutch Republic; the Life and Death of John of Barneveld

John Lothrop Motley · 1867 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.34 | $653.96 | ¥104,430)

London, John Murray, 1867-1874 . First edition. Leather. A trio of these historical sets by John Lothrop Motley, each complete in itself, uniformly bound in half calf. A collection of historical works by John Lothrop Motley, each uniformly bound in half morocco with marbled bo...

A Census of British Newspapers and Periodicals 1620-1800

R. S. Crane; F. B. Kaye · 1966 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Holland Press, 1966 . Cloth. A very smart reprint of this census of British newspapers and periodicals from 1620 to 1800, compiled by Crane and Kaye. In the publisher's original cloth binding with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. Reprint. First edition publis...

Fors Clavigera Letters to the Workmen and Labourers of Great Britain

John Ruskin · 1871 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

Kent , George Allen , 1871-1874. Cloth. A collection of letters written by John Ruskin aimed at the working class. Four volumes only.First series without indices. Fors Clavigera is a series of letters written by John Ruskin aimed at the working class. It deals with understand...