Storia moderna

Cleopatra&Apos;S Needeles

Aubrey Noakes · 1962 · Rooke Books

£37.00 (€44.35 | $48.88 | ¥7,806)

London, H. F. & G. Witherby ltd , 1962. First edition. Cloth. An intriguing historical account of Cleopatra's Needles, which were re-erected in London and New York in the late 19th century. The first edition. In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.This bo...

Le Temple D&Apos;Hatshepsout a Deir El Bahari

Marcelle Werbrouck · 1949 · Rooke Books

£82.00 (€98.29 | $108.33 | ¥17,299)

Brussels , Fondation Egyptologique Reine Elisabeth , 1949. First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this French historical work from the first woman Belgian Egyptologist, Marcelle Werbrouck, illustrated with forty-eight plates. The first edition. In the publisher's ...

Pensees de Blaise Pascal Precedees D&Apos;Une Notice Sur Sa Vie Pur Madame Perier, Sa Soeur

1844 · Rooke Books

£47.00 (€56.34 | $62.09 | ¥9,916)

Paris , Didier, Libraire-Editeur, 1844. Cloth. A French philosophical work from child prodigy and mathematician, Blaise Pascal, in the smart gilt-decorated cloth binding. A French collection of fragments written by the 17th-century philosopher and mathematician Blaise Pascal. ...

Selected Designs of Marble Memorials

0 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

Not Stated, A. O &. S. c1850 . Cloth. An unusual catalogue featuring one-hundred-and-sixty-nine marble headstone designs from the nineteenth century Very scarce work. Bound in full green cloth. An interesting catalogue presenting selected designs of marble memorials, comprised...

Forty-Ninth Excavation Memoir: The Fortress of Buhen, the Archaeological Report

W. B. Emery; H. S. Smith; A. Millard · 1979 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

London, Egypt Exploration Society , 1979. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this uncommon comprehensive large paper report on the excavation of the fortress of Buhen, in the original dust wrapper. The first edition. Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece, monochro...

The New Naturalist: A Journal of British Natural History Issues No. 1-4

Various; James Fisher [ed.] · 1948 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Collins , 1948. First edition. Cloth. A lavishly illustrated book containing the first four issues from this short-lived New Naturalist Journal. First edition. The New Naturalist was a journal intended to bridge the divide between scientists and field naturalists. This...

The Spirit of Ancient Egypt

W. A. Ward · 1965 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

Beirut, Khayats, 1965. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated historical work on Ancient Egypt from American Egyptologist William Ayres Ward. First edition. Illustrated with a tipped-in frontispiece and twenty plates. Collated complete. A comprehensive...

Physical Expression: Its Mode and Principles

Francis Warner · 1885 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Kegan Paul, Trench and Co , 1885. Cloth. A smart second edition of this thought-provoking exploration into physical expression, with illustrations throughout. The second edition of this work.Volume II from 'The International Scientific Series&apos.In the publisher...

Correspondance de M. De Remusat

Paul de Remusat · 1883 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

Paris , Calmann-Levy, 1883-1884. Leather. A half calf bound French three-volume set of the correspondence of notable politician, Charles de Remusat, published by his son, Paul de Remusat. Three volumes containing the correspondence of Charles de Remusat, a French politician an...

From Printing Office to the Court of St. James: The Boyhood and Manhood of Benjamin Franklin

W. M. Thayer · 1890 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1890 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of William M. Thayer's charming biography of US founding father, Benjamin Franklin. The scarce first edition of this work.Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece and three plates. Collate...

A History of the County of Somerset Volume IV

C. R. Elrington; R. W. Dunning [ed.] · 1978 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

Oxford , Oxford University Press for The Institute of Historical Research , 1978. Cloth. A very smart volume covering the history of Somerset from the popular Victoria County History project. The first edition of Volume IV from The Victoria History of the County of Somerset. I...

The History of England from the Accession of James the Second to the Death of William the Third

Lord Macaulay [Thomas Babington Macaulay] · 1905 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1905. Leather. The fine paper edition of Lord Macaulay's history of England, complete in five uniformly bound volumes. The complete five-volume set of the fine paper edition in a quarter calf binding with cloth boards. Top edge gilt. Alongside Mac...

Celtic Religion in Roman Britain

Graham Webster · 1987 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

Totowa, New Jersey, Barnes & Noble Books , 1987. First edition. Cloth. An informative and important study of the adjustments of Celtic religion under Roman rule, from one of the pre-eminent figures of Roman-British archaeology, Graham Webster. The first US edition. In the publ...

Adam & Charles Black, 1807-1957: Some Chapters in the History of a Publishing House

Adam and Charles Black · 1957 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Adam & Charles Black, 1957. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this history of the publishing house Adam & Charles Black, from the library of W. A. Foyle at Beeleigh Abbey. The first edition, first impression of this work in the publisher's original cloth ...

Beyond the Dark Hills

Jesse Stuart · 1938 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

New York, E. P. Dutton, 1938 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the first edition of Jesse Stuart's autobiographical account of his early life in Appalachia. The first edition, first printing of this work.Signed by the author with an inscription to the ...

King&Apos;S Favourites

Francis Bickley · 1910 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1910. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of this illustrated collection of writings on important figures in the lives of British kings. First edition. Scarce work. Illustrated with a frontispiece and eleven plates. Collated complete. A coll...

Chambers&Apos;S Miscellany of Useful and Entertaining Tracts

William Chambers; Robert Chambers · 1874 · Rooke Books

£67.00 (€80.31 | $88.52 | ¥14,135)

London, William and Robert Chambers, c1845-1874. Leather. Four volumes of Chambers's Miscellany of Useful and Entertaining Tracts bound in two volumes. Four volumes bound in two. Volumes I, II, IX, and X only. Illustrated throughout. A collection of short entertaining and...

Real Origin of Government

John Whitaker · 1795 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, John Stockdale, 1795. First edition. Disbound. The first edition of this very scarce pamphlet denouncing the results of the French Revolution, by John Whitaker. The first edition of this very scarce work.An interesting political pamphlet by John Whitaker, expanded from...

Schlachten Des Weltkrieges

Various · 1928 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

Oldenburg, Gerhard Stalling, 1928. Cloth. Two insightful German military volumes exploring the First World War, both volumes illustrated, including with folding maps. In the original German.Two insightful and detailed military works discussing World War One. These two volumes ...

A Chronicle of England B.C. 55 - A.D. 1485

James E. Doyle · 1864 · Rooke Books

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

London, Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts & Green, 1864. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this beautifully illustrated history of England. First edition. Illustrated with eighty-one colour illustrations throughout the text. Collated complete. Written initially as ...