Storia moderna

Memoirer Af Sir Hudson Lowe, Angaende Napoleons Fangenskap Pa St Helena

Sir Hudson Lowe · 1831 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Orebro, Tryckt hos N.M. Lindh, 1831. First edition. Hardback. A smart copy of the scarce first Swedish edition of Sir Hudson Lowe's account of his time as Napoleon's jailer on St. Helena. The scarce first Swedish language translation of the memoirs of Sir Hudson Lowe...

Napoleon at St. Helena, 1815-1821

Frederic Masson; Louis B. Frewer [trans.] · 1949 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

Oxford, Pen-in-Hand, 1949. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this detailed and illustrated historical account of the final years of Napoleon Bonaparte's life, between 1815 and 1821. The first edition, first impression of Louis B. Frewer's translation of Fred...

The Makers of Venice Doges, Conquerors, Painters and Men of Letters

Mrs Oliphant · 1905 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London , Macmillan and Co. 1905. Leather. A lovely leather bound and fascinating history of Venice, with illustrations throughout. The Makers of Venice Doges, Conquerors, Painters and Men of Letters explores the significant characters and families that formed Venice, including...

History of Newcastle and Gateshead

Richard Welford · 1884 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London , Walter Scott, 1884-1885. First edition. Cloth. Two smart volumes that detail the local history of Newcastle and Gateshead from the 14th to the 16th Century. Two first editions volumes of the History of Newcastle and Gateshead, complete in three volumes. Volumes one an...

An Anthology, Letters by May Chesshire to Llewelyn Powys

Miss May Chesshire; Diana Harding [ed.] · 1937 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)

Horsham, Sussex, Stuart Guthrie, 1937. First edition. Cloth. The uncommon first limited edition of this anthology of letters from May Chesshire to Llewelyn Powys. First limited edition of An Anthology, Extracts from Letters written by May Chesshire a West Country Poet to Llewe...

The Truth Respecting the Revolution Which Broke out in Paris, in the Month of July, 1830; Its Causes and Its Consequences

1831 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, M. Alexandre , 1831. First edition. Disbound. A very scarce pamphlet translated from the French, concerning the 1830 Revolution in Paris. The first edition of this work. A very scarce pamphlet containing a discussion concerning the Revolution of 1830 in Paris, also kno...

The Dreadnought, Submarines, Torpedo Boat Destroyers, Etc.

1906 · Rooke Books

£1,750.00 (€2,097.65 | $2,311.99 | ¥369,196)

Not Stated, Not Stated, c1906. Fine Binding. A handsomely bound and very scarce commemorative work on the Dreadnought, British submarines, and torpedo destroyers, with numerous colourful tipped-in plates. A beautifully bound early twentieth-century commemorative work on Britis...

The Chronological Historian

W. Toone · 1828 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1828. Leather. A fascinating historical and referential work about the ecclesiastical, naval, civil, and military history in Great Britain, complete in two volumes. A comprehensive, early nineteenth century referential work about ...

Time Table of Modern History A.D. 400-1870

M. Morison · 1908 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Archibald Constable and Company, Ltd. 1908 . Cloth. The scarce second edition of Morison's brief time table of modern history. Second edition of Time Table of Modern History A.D. 400-1870 by M. Morris. Brief history of a vast time period organised by place in ta...

The History of England from the Accession of James the Second

Thomas Babington Macaulay · 1854 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.31 | ¥58,016)

London , Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans , 1854-1861. Cloth. A smart complete five volume set of Macaulay's renowned history of England. A complete five volume set of Macaulay's esteemed History of England. Tenth Edition.Thomas Babington Macaulay was a British hi...

Batsfords&Apos; British Cities

Bryan Little; John Rogers; R. L. P. Jowitt; M. Jowitt; Tudor Edwards; William Townsend · 1950 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London , B. T. Batsford, 1950-1952. First edition. Cloth. Seven, first edition illustrated volumes from Batsfords' British Cities Series. Seven first edition volumes from the Batsfords' British Cities series. Canterbury, written by William Townsend was first publish...

The Mediterranean Fleet: Greece to Tripoli the Admiralty Account of Naval Operations April 1941 to January 1943

The Ministry of Information for the Admiralty · 1944 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, His Majesty's Stationery Office , 1944. First edition. Magazine. Account of British naval operations in the Mediterranean during the Second World War. Looking into the British naval operations in the Mediterranean from Greece to Tripoli from 1941 to 1943, the firs...

View of the State of Europe During the Middle Ages

Henry Hallam · 1856 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

London, John Murray , 1856. Leather. One of Henry Hallam's major works, exploring the history of Europe in the Middle Ages, complete with three volumes in uniform leather bindings. Study of the Middle Ages in Europe by Henry Hallam, the eleventh edition complete in three ...

Rabbits for Profit and Rabbits for Powder

R. J. Lloyd Price · 1888 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

London, Horace Cox, 1888 . Cloth. A very scarce second edition of this work on the various uses of rabbits. Second edition, in cloth binding. Very scarce edition with illustrations.This book summarises the various uses for farming rabbits. Contents include dangers attendant on...

Life in Scotland a Hundred Years Ago As Reflected in the Old Statistical Account of Scotland : 1791-1799

James Murray · 1907 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Paisley , Alexander Gardner , 1907. Cloth. Scarce early edition of this early history of Scotland by James Murray, a bright copy. Second edition, second impression of this work. An early history of Scotland by James Murray, from the 1791-9 old statistical account of every Scot...

Further Letters of Queen Victoria

Mrs. J. Pudney; Lord Sudley [ed.]; Hector Boiltho [ed.] · 1938 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Thornton Butterworth , 1938. First edition. Cloth. Scarce first edition of this book of Queen Victoria's correspondence from 1841 to 1889. First edition of this work, a scarce copy. A new series of Queen Victoria's correspondence from 1841 to 1889, following ...

La Colonna Del Grande Esercito D&Apos;Austerlitz

F.C. Marmocchi [trans.] · 1840 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

Firenze, Batelli and Compagni, 1840. Leather. An uncommon Italian translation of this artistic work on the Column of the Grand Army of Austerlitz, illustrated throughout. A artistic history of the Column of the Grand Army of Austerlitz, which now sits in the Place Vendome in P...

The Campaign in the Crimea: An Historical Sketch

George Brackenbury · 1855 · Rooke Books

£925.00 (€1,108.76 | $1,222.05 | ¥195,146)

London, Paul and Dominic Colnagh, 1855. First edition. Leather. The first and second series of Brackenbury and Simpson's detailed study of the Crimean war, in a smart half morocco binding and illustrated throughout with tinted lithograph plates. The scarce complete first ...

The Boyhood of a Great King, 1841-1858

A. M. Broadley · 1906 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, Harper and Brothers, 1906. First edition. Cloth. The Limited Edition of the first edition of A. M Broadley's biography of his childhood nemesis, Edward VII. Illustrated with eight photogravures, and numerous further plates. The first edition of this Limited Editio...

Ex Oriente Salus: A Centenary History of Eastbourne College

V.M. Allom · 1967 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

Sussex, Eastbourne College, [1967]. First edition. Cloth. A lovely copy of the uncommon first edition of this history of Eastbourne College, the college association copy signed by the author. The only edition of this work, dated from same copies on Copac, first edition. An unc...