Storia moderna

Fifty Years Ago

Sir Walter Besant · 1888 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1888. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this historical study of Britain in 1837 by the novelist and historian Sir Walter Besant. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, a title page vignette, forty-seven plates and numerous in-text...

The Voyage of the Challenger

Herbert Swire; Major Roger Swire; G. Herbert Fowler · 1938 · Rooke Books

£680.00 (€815.09 | $898.38 | ¥143,459)

London, The Golden Cockerel Press, 1938. Cloth. A limited edition of Herbert Swire's insightful first hand account of the Challenger expedition, colourfully illustrated by the author. A limited edition of three hundred copies by the Golden Cockerel Press, this copy is num...

Bookplates: Being a Lecture Delivered to the Print Collectors&Apos; Club on Wednesday November 18th, 1925

J. F. Badeley · 1927 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Print Collectors' Club, 1927. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of J. F. Badeley's limited edition lecture on the history of bookplates, illustrated throughout and with three original plates. No. 132 of 500 copies.'Being a Lecture Delivered to the ...

Lawrence of Arabia Memorial

Various · 1935 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Not Stated, Not Stated, 1935 . First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A fine example of this pamphlet discussing plans for the memorial bust of T. E. Lawrence, which was unveiled at St. Paul's Cathedral the following year. The first edition of this work. A single sheet of pape...

Hamlet&Apos;S Divinity and Other Essays

Christopher Devlin; C. V. Wedgwood · 1963 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1963. First edition. Hardback. A lovely first edition copy of this scarce collection of essays on religious and historical themes by Christopher Devlin, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. A first edition of this scarce work in the publisher&apos...

A Service of Celebration and Thanksgiving in Honour of the 100th Birthday of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother

None stated · 2000 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, Barnard & Westwood Ltd, 2000. First edition. Paperback. A vanishingly scarce order of service for the exclusive 100th birthday celebration of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, held at St Paul's Cathedral. The sole edition. In the original publisher's paper c...

Tales About Travellers: Their Perils, Adventures, and Discoveries

Thomas Bingley · 1840 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Charles Tilt, 1840. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition volume of stories about great adventurers by Thomas Bingley, complete with plates. The first edition of this scarce work, the red cloth variant. 'Tales About Travellers' offers exciting tales of...

The Naval Annual; Brassey&Apos;S Naval Annual; Brassey&Apos;S Naval and Shipping Annual

Viscount Hythe [ed.]; John Leyland [ed.] · 1914 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

London, Williams Clowes and Sons, 1914-1948. First edition. Cloth. Eight scarce volumes of the informative periodical The Naval Annual, started by Thomas Brassey. Eight scarce volumes uniformly bound in the publisher's original blind-stamped cloth binding. Previous owner&...

Cycling Road Book Compiled for the Use of Cyclists and Pedestrians

Charles Spencer · 1897 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Cycling" Offices, 1897 . Cloth. A smart example of Charles Spencer's very scarce guide to cycling on the roads of Great Britain, 'compiled for the use of cyclists and pedestrians&apos. A very scarce revised edition of the author's vanishingly scarce 1884...

Memoir of Sir James David Marwick

John Gray McKendrick [John Gray M'Kendrick] · 1909 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

Glasgow, James Maclehose and Sons, 1909 . First edition. Cloth. A signed copy of the vanishingly scarce memoirs of James David Marwick, who served as Town Clerk of Glasgow for thirty-one years, during which time the entire city was transformed. The very scarce first edition.In...

The British Cyclopaedia of Arts and Sciences, Literature, History, Geography, Law and Politics, Natural History and Biography

Charles Frederick Partington · 1835 · Rooke Books

£950.00 (€1,138.73 | $1,255.08 | ¥200,421)

London, Orr and Smith , 1835-1838. First edition. Leather. The scarce complete ten volume first edition of Charles Frederick Partington's richly illustrated encyclopaedia of natural history, the arts, biography and geography. The first edition, complete in ten volumes. Th...

London Gunmakers: Historical Data on the London Gun Trade in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

Nigel Brown · 1998 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.59 | ¥35,865)

London, Christie, Manson and Woods Ltd, 1998. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this intriguing history of London gunmakers. The first edition, first impression of this work. Signed by the author to the half title. With the publisher's original unclipped dus...

The Honourable Artillery Company 1537-1926

G. Goold Walter; Earl of Denbigh and Desmond · 1926 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, John Lane at The Bodley Head, 1926. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this illustrated history of the Honourable Artillery Company of the British Army. First edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, three colour plates, forty black-and-white plates, and ...

The Romance of Canada

Herbert Strang [ed.] · 1910 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, Henry Frowde & Hodder & Stoughton, 1910 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of this charmingly illustrated children's history of Canada, retaining parts of the vanishingly scarce dust wrapper. The very scarce first edition of this work.With the r...

Napoleon

John Lord · 1906 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Arthur L. Humphreys , 1906. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing first edition of this scarce debate concerning Napoleon's morality and services to France. First edition. In the publisher's original gilt-decorated cloth binding. This volume contains a brief, but ...

B.I. Centenary 1856-1956

George Blake · 1956 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

London, Collins, 1956. First edition. Cloth. London: Collins, 1956. First edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good Indeed. 8.5" by 6.5". Multiple plate photographs, including of ships such as Cape of Good Hope (1856-1859), and portraits of Sir William Mackinnon, Chairman 1856-93 and Sir...

Loving

Henry Green · 0 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

London, The Hogarth Press, Henry Green. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this novel by Henry Green following the happenings of an Irish country house during the Second World War. The scarce first edition, first impression. In the publisher's original clot...

The Works of John Lothrop Motley

John Lothrop Motley · 1903 · Rooke Books

£1,495.00 (€1,791.99 | $1,975.10 | ¥315,399)

London, John Murray, 1903-1904 . Leather. A beautiful nine volume Zaehnsdorf bound set of the historical works of American author and diplomat John Lothrop Motley. Complete in nine half calf volumes, in signed bindings by Zaehnsdorf for A. C. M. Cluro & Ce.An uncommon set.The ...

Farm and Cottage Inventories of Mid-Essex 1635-1749

Francis W. Steer [ed] · 1950 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Essex, The Essex County Council, 1950. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this interesting account of seventeenth and eighteenth century furniture and belongings in Essex. The first edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, monochrome vignettes, two folding plat...

Materials for the History of Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury

James Craigie Robertson [ed] · 1875 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

London, Longmans & Co, 1875-1885. First edition. Cloth. A seven volume set of historical works on the medieval Archbishop Thomas Becket, collected from old manuscripts. The first edition.A complete seven volume set. Part of the 'Rerum Britannicarum Medii Aevi Scriptores, ...