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Zeno Bianu; Monique Jeudy-Ballini et al. · 2006 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

Paris, Musee de Quai Branly, 2006. First edition. Hardback. A look into the history of European views on Africa, America and Oceania. With examples of work held at the Musee de Quai Branly-Jacques Chirac, a French museum featuring the indigenous art and cultures of Africa, Asi...

The Book of Italy

Raffaello Piccoli · 1912 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

New York, Frederick A. Stokes Company, c1916. First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first U.S. edition of this First World War compilation of Italian and British artists, writers and musicians in support of the war effort. Very scarce first U.S. edition. In the publisher'...

A Short History of the Saracens

Ameer Ali Syed [Syed Ameer Ali] · 1899 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London; New York, Macmillan and Co. Limited; The Macmillan Company, 1899. Cloth. A copy of the scarce first edition of this cultural and religious history, illustrated throughout, with folding plates. A copy of the scarce first edition. Illustrated throughout, featuring a mono...

Cape of Good Hope: Caffre War and Death of Hintza. Copies or Extracts of Any Despatches Which Have Been Received from, or Addressed to, the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, Relative to the Late Caffre War, and to the Death of Hintza: - Also, Copies of the Instructions Given to the Lieutenant-Governor of the Frontier Districts.

G. Grey [ed.]; Mr Burton · 1836 · Rooke Books

£4,950.00 (€5,933.36 | $6,539.64 | ¥1,044,296)

London, Colonial Department, Downing Street, 1836. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce dossier of communications about the Caffre War and death of Xhosa King Hintza, published for members of the House of Commons. A very scarce and important government publication documenting t...

Chambers&Apos;S Miscellany of Instructive & Entertaining Tracts

William Chambers · 1869 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

London, W. and R. Chambers, 1869-1872. Leather. A complete set of twenty volumes bound into ten of this delightful collection of miscellaneous works, with in text illustrations throughout. A complete set of twenty volumes bound into ten. The new and revised edition. In half re...

The Commissioned Sea Officers of the Royal Navy 1660-1815

Various; David Syrett [ed]; R. L. DiNardo [ed] · 1994 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Aldershot, Scolar Press for the Navy Records Society, 1994. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition catalogue of Royal Navy officers, in original binding. A smart and comprehensive first edition catalogue of Royal Navy officers. Bound in publisher's original blue...

The Four Minsters Round the Wrekin: Buildwas, Haughmond, Lilleshull and Wenlock, with Ground Plans

Mackenzie E.C. Walcott · 1877 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

Shrewsbury, Adnitt & Naunton, 1877. First edition. Leather. The first edition of a charming study into the four monastic sites surrounding Wrekin in Shropshire, with beautiful photographs and illustrations. The first edition of The Four Minsters Round the Wrekin: Buildwas, Hau...

From Log Cabin to White House: Life of James A. Garfield

W.M. Thayer · 1904 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Ward. Lock & Co. 1904. Cloth. An illustrated narrative biography of the rags to riches American president, a charming edition within Thayer's educative series. From Log-Bain to White House: Life of James A. Garfield, Boyhood, Youth, Manhoos and Assassination, a bi...

War and Labour

Michael Anitchkow · 1900 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, Archibald Constable, 1900. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of a passionate treatise on ending war, signed and possibly owned by influential founder of the Labour party Keir Hardie. The first edition of War and Labour by Michael Anitchkow, signed by founder of t...

The Bible Student in the British Museum

Rev. J. G. Kitchin · 1893 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London; Paris; Melbourne, Cassell and Company Limited, 1893 . Hardback. A very scarce reference guide to the British Museum from a Christian perspective. Very scarce. Early edition.   In the publisher's original paper-backed boards.   Sixteen pages of publisher's a...

The Naval War of 1812 or the History of the United States Navy During the Last War with Great Britain

Theodore Roosevelt · 1883 · Rooke Books

£1,950.00 (€2,337.38 | $2,576.22 | ¥411,389)

New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1883. Cloth. An early (third) edition of Roosevelt's illustrated reflection on the American naval victories. A copy of the third edition of this thoughtful work, first published earlier the same year.  Very scarce in all editions.  In...

A Large Collection of Ancient Jewish and Heathen Testimonies to the Truth of the Christian Religion, with Notes and Observations.

Nathaniel Lardner · 1766 · Rooke Books

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

London, J. Buckland and T. Longman, 1766. First edition. Leather. A scarce first edition of this collection of Judaic accounts, with lengthy notations. Volumes II and III of four, only. Published from 1764 to 1767 by J. Buckland and T. Longman.  ESTC T130345.  Bound in full,...

Female Biography: Or, Memoirs of Illustrious and Celebrated Women, of All Ages and Countries. Alphabetically Arranged.

Mary Hays · 1807 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

Philadelphia, Birch and Small, 1807. Leather. The scarce, first US edition of Mary Hay's wonderful biography of eminent women, both historical and contemporary. The first US edition of this work, first published in the UK in 1803 by Richard Phillips.  Three volumes, boun...

Shrewsbury and District Trades&Apos; Directory: Accompanied with a Gazetteer of England

Anonymous [Town and County Directories] · 1903 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

Edinburgh, Town and County Directories Limited, 1903-1904. Cloth. A vanishingly scarce trade directory for Shrewsbury and Shropshire, including the comprehensive English Gazetteer of place names to the rear. The vanishingly scarce Shrewsbury and District Trades' Directory...

The Old Testament in Art from the Creation of the World to the Death of Moses.

Rev. Canon J. Dobell; Rev. R. C. Gillie; Rev. R. J. Campbell; Dr. Hans W. Singer; Léonce Bénédite; W. Shaw Sparrow [ed.] · 1905 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, [1905]. First edition. Leather. A first edition of this collection of theological artwork, uniquely bound in a beautiful hand embroidered, linen wrap. A first edition of this lovely work.  Bound in a full calf, prize binding for The King's S...

The Cambrian Quarterly Magazine and Celtic Repertory

Various [ed. by Rice Pryce Buckley Williames] · 1829 · Rooke Books

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

London, H. Hughes, 1829-1833. First edition. Leather. The first edition of the complete five volume series on Welsh and Celtic history, rebound in half calf with marble boards. The Cambrian Quarterly Magazine and Celtic Repertory, the complete five volume series encouraging th...

A History of the Protestant "Reformation" in England and Ireland

William Cobbett · 1824 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, Charles Clement, 1824 . First edition. Leather. The first collected edition of William Cobbett's historical account of the Protestant reformation, told through a series of letters, and bound in full calf. The first edition in book form of this work. A collection o...

Camel Brands Used in Kordofan

H. A. MacMichael · 1913 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.75 | $244.41 | ¥39,029)

Cambridge, Cambridge at the University Press, 1913. First edition. Paperback. A scarce, illustrated first edition title reflecting on the culture and patterns of camel branding in Kordofan. A scarce, insightful first edition, with only one record on jisc. Featuring seventeen p...

The Life of Lloyd, First Lord Kenyon

George T. Kenyon · 1873 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Longmans, Green and Co. 1873. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of a biography on the judicial statesman during George III's reign, written by his great-grandson. The first edition of The Life of Lloyd, First Lord Kenyon, a scarce biography on the Lor...

The Highways and Byeways of Old Norwich: A Descriptive Ramble Through Conisford, the New Burgh, Westwick, Northwic & Tokethorpe, Wymer & the Liberty of the Prior, & Down the Wensum.

Mark Knights · 1887 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

Norwich, Jarrold and Sons, 1887. Leather. A limited edition of a charming illustrated history for those wishing to ramble around Norfolk, in demy quarto, bound in half calf. The charming limited edition of The Highways and Byeways of Old Norwich: A Descriptive Ramble Through C...