Storia moderna

A Record of the Expeditions Against the North-West Frontier Tribes Since the Annexation of the Punjab

Lieutenant-Colonel W.H. Paget; Lieutenant A.H. Mason · 1884 · Rooke Books

£5,900.00 (€7,072.08 | $7,794.72 | ¥1,244,717)

London, Whiting & Co, 1884. Cloth. A very scarce contemporary account of frontier skirmishes and expeditions taking place in British-ruled India following the annexation of the Punjab. Initially published a decade prior in Calcutta, this edition has been expanded up to the yea...

The Register of Richard Fox with a Life of Richard Fox

Edmund Chisholm Baten · 1889 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

Not Stated, Privately Printed, 1889 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this two volume study of Richard Fox limited to one hundred copies. The first edition of this work on the Register and Life of Richard Fox, in the original publisher's cloth bindings....

Tweedales & Smalley (1920), Limited. Constructeurs de Machines Pour la Prãƒâ©Paration, la Filature Et la Retorderie Du Coton, Etc.

Tweedales & Smalley, Limited · 1928 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

Rochdale, E. Wrigley & Sons, 1928. Cloth. A catalogue of machinery for preparing, spinning and doubling cotton by Tweedales & Smalley Ltd. written in French. An illustrated catalogue in the publisher's original cloth binding. A catalogue of the machinery created by Tweeda...

The Lambeth and Southwark Volunteers

J. M. A. Tamplin · 1965 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London , Trustees of the Regimental Historical Fund, 1965 . First edition. Cloth. A limited edition copy of The Lambeth and Southwark Volunteers, with plates. A limited edition copy. Limited to six hundred copies, with this copy being number 569.The Lambeth and Southwark Volun...

The Autobiography of a Stage-Coachman

Thomas Cross · 1861 · Rooke Books

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

London, Hurst and Blackett, 1861. First edition. Cloth. A complete three volume set of this memoir on the era of the horse drawn coach. Three volumes. First edition. Each volume is illustrated with a frontispiece. Collated complete. An interesting autobiography on the era of t...

The Life of Takla Haymanot the Miracles of Takla Haymanot the Book of the Riches of Kings

E. A. Wallis Budge · 1906 · Rooke Books

£6,500.00 (€7,791.28 | $8,587.41 | ¥1,371,298)

London, Privately Printed for Lady Meux; W. Griggs, 1906. Cloth. A very scarce beautiful facsimile of Ethiopian manuscripts regarding the life and miracles of Tekle Haymanot, a striking work published for Lady Meux, complete with colourful plates. A very scarce work.Complete i...

Journal of Occurrences in the Athabasca Department by George Simpson, 1820 and 1821 and Report

E. E. Rich [ed] · 1938 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

Toronto, The Champlain Society , 1938. First edition. Cloth. A limited edition copy of this interesting volume on Canadian history, with four folding maps. Limited to five hundred and fifty copies. The Champlain Society seeks to advance knowledge of Canadian history through t...

The Rebel Being a Memoir of Anthony, Fourth Earl of Cherwell

Henry Brereton Marriot Watson · 1900 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, William Heinemann, 1900 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this memoir of Anthony, Fourth Earl of Cherwell in the original binding. First edition of The Rebel Being a Memoir of Anthony, Fourth Earl of Cherwell in the original publisher's cloth bin...

The Annotator

Alan Keen; Roger Lubbock · 1954 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Putnam, 1954. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this fascinating work concerning Halle's Chronicle and the early life of William Shakespeare, with folding genealogy tables. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, ...

Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England

John Lord Campbell · 1856 · Rooke Books

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

London, John Murray, 1856-1868. Leather. The fourth edition of this extensive history of Lord Chancellors in full leather bindings. Lives of The Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England From the Earliest Times till the Reign of King George IV.By John Lord Camp...

An Introductory History of England

Charles Robert Leslie Fletcher · 1909 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, John Murray, 1909-1910 . Cloth. The first, third, and fourth volumes of Fletcher's history of England with maps and folding maps. Three volumes from An Introductory History of England by Charles Robert Leslie Fletcher in the original publisher's cloth binding...

The History of Lewis the Eleventh. With the Most Memorable Accidents Which Happened in Europe During the Two and Twenty Yeares of His Raigne

Pierre Mathieu; Edward Grimeston · 1614 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€898.99 | $990.85 | ¥158,227)

London, George Eld, 1614. First edition. Leather. The scarce first English edition of Pierre Matthieu's life and history of King Louis XI of France, a detailed biography translated into English by Edward Grimeston. The scarce first edition of this work in English.ESTC cit...

A History of Mobberley Village

Members of the Women's Institute · 1952 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Altringham, John Sherratt & Son, 1952. First edition. Cloth. A first edition illustrated copy of this history of the village of Mobberley. A first edition copy of A History of Mobberley Village by members of the women's institute. Mobberley is a village in Cheshire, Engl...

Charles I

Sir John Skelton · 1898 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, Paris and Edinburgh, Goupil & Co. 1898 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this beautifully illustrated biography of Charles I in the original cloth. First edition of Charles I by Sir John Skelton in the original publisher's cloth binding. A lovely and d...

Wellington & Waterloo

Major Arthur Griffiths · 1898 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, George Newnes, Limited, 1898. First edition. Cloth. An illustrated first edition of this book of military history on Wellington and the Battle of Waterloo. First edition. Illustrated throughout with frontispiece, and many black and white images both full-page and in-te...

The Arraignment, Tryal, and Condemnation of Peter Cooke, Gent. For High-Treason

1696 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

London, Benjamin Cooke, 1696 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce account of the trial and sentencing of Peter Cook, an English merchant accused and convicted of treason in 1696. Peter Cooke was an English merchant accused of involvement in a plot to o...

The Army Regulator: Or, the Military Adventures of Mr. John Railton

John Railton · 1738 · Rooke Books

£445.00 (€533.40 | $587.91 | ¥93,881)

London, W. Warner, 1738 . Leather. A very scarce early issue of John Railton's account of malpractice and fraud within the British military. Published in the same year as the first edition, which appeared under the slightly different title 'The Army's Regulator,...

Holland

Beatrix Jungman · 1904 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,207)

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1904 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this lovely travel guide and study of Holland with many colour illustrations. First edition of Holland in the original publisher's pictorial cloth binding with gilt.With text by Beatrix Jung...

Said Bin Sultan (1791-1856) Ruler of Oman and Zanzibar His Place in the History of Arabia and East Africa

Rudolph Said-Ruete · 1929 · Rooke Books

£7,400.00 (€8,870.07 | $9,776.43 | ¥1,561,170)

London, Alexander-Ouseley, Limited, 1929. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce fascinating biography on the influential Said Bin Sultan, an illustrated work written by his grandson, Rudolph Said Ruete. The first edition of this scarce work.An important biogra...

Gaudi 1852-1926 Antonio Gaudi I Cornet - a Life Devoted to Architecture

Rainer Zerbst · 1985 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

Koln, Taschen, 1985 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this beautiful and densely illustrated study of the life and work of Gaudi. First edition of Gaudi 1852-1926 Antonio Gaudi i Cornet - A Life Devoted to Architecture by Rainer Zerbst in the original publisher&apos...