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Sea Warfare

Rudyard Kipling · 1916 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1916. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this collection of newspaper articles on sea warfare by the celebrated Rudyard Kipling. The first edition.  In the publisher's original cloth. Lacking scarce dust wrapper.This work feature...

Supplement No. 8 - 1979 & 1980 to Pacific Islands Pilot Vol. II & Vol. III

1969 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Not Stated, The Hydrographer of The Navy, 1969. Brochure/Pamphlet. Two ninth edition works to supplement studies on the hydrography of the Pacific Islands. Two volumes. Ninth edition. Supplement No. 8. Volume II is illustrated with four full-page images and two folding charts....

Spectacle de la Nature: Or Nature Display&Apos;D. Being Discourses on Such Particulars of Natural History, As Were Throught Most Proper to Excite the Curiosity, and Form the Minds of Youth.

Mr Humphreys · 1744 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, R. Francklin, 1744. Leather. The sixth edition of this work on natural history, translated from the original French by Mr Humphreys and bound in full calf with copper plates. The sixth edition, corrected. Bound in full calf. Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece a...

The Esoteric Philosophy of Love and Marriage

Dion Fortune [Violet Mary Firth] · 1957 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

London, The Aquarian Press, 1957 . Cloth. The fourth edition of Dion Fortune's scarce guide to esoteric teachings regarding sex, in the very scarce original dust wrapper. The fourth edition of this scarce work, which was first published in 1924.In the very scarce original...

The Colonial Clippers

Basil Lubbock · 1921 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

Glasgow, James Brown & Son, 1921. Cloth. A smart second edition of this illustrated historical work on shipping. Second edition, printed the same year as the first. Illustrated with a frontispiece and fifty-seven plates, some of which are in colour, and four plans. Collated co...

The Last Boer War

H. Rider Haggard · 1899 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co LTD, 1899. First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this insightful history of the First Boer War, a first hand account by H. Rider Haggard. The first edition of this work.In a custom chemise, in a fine condition. A comprehensive ...

India: Its Administration & Progress

Sir John Strachey · 1903 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1903. Cloth. A smart third edition of this detailed historical work on the administration of India. Third edition, revised and enlarged. With a folding map frontispiece. A detailed historical study on the administration of India as part of th...

The Lonsdale Magazine, or Kendal Repository, for the Year 1822

J. Briggs [ed.] · 1822 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

Kirby Lonsdale, J. Briggs; A. Foster, 1822 . First edition. Leather. The scarce third volume of early nineteenth century periodical 'The Lonsdale Magazine', illustrated with engraved plates. Volume III only of a periodical that only ever reached three volumes, and wa...

The Wars of the &Apos;Nineties: A History of the Warfare of the Last Ten Years of the Nineteenth Century

A. Hilliard Atteridge · 1899 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Cassell & Company, Limited, 1899. Leather. A detailed historical study on the wars and conflicts of the late nineteenth century, with illustrations throughout. Illustrated with a frontispiece and over five hundred images including original sketch-maps and plans. A deta...

With Kitchener to Khartum

G. W. Steevens · 1898 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1898 . Cloth. A detailed account of the campaign in Sudan, known as the Madhist Revolt, or the Second Anglo-Sudan War of 1896-9, illustrated with folding maps. Fifth edition. Bound in the publisher's original pictorial cloth. Written by...

What I Said About the Press

Randolph S. Churchill · 1957 · Rooke Books

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

London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1957 . Hardback. An amazing assocaition signed presentation copy with a signed letter from W. Somerset Maugham regarding the resulting court case. An amazing association copy of this work from journalist, writer and politician Randolph Churchil...

Warriors of Britain

Walter Richards · 1908 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, Hutchinson & Co. [1908]. Leather. A historical account of the warriors of Britain by Walter Richards, bound in full calf. Reprint. First published in 1894.Bound in full calf by Bicker's & Son with their stamped signature to the front blank. Illustrated with a mono...

My Life and Balloon Experiences with a Supplementary Chapter on Military Ballooning

Henry Coxwell · 1887 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.31 | ¥58,016)

London, W. H. Allen and Co. 1887. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of this autobiographical account of ballooning and military ballooning from Henry Tracey Coxwell. First edition. Scarce work. With a portrait frontispiece. The life and experiences of Henry Tracey C...

A History of Gravesend and Its Surroundings

Alex J. Philip · 1954 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Wraysbury, Published by the author at Laird's Rest, 1954 . Cloth. A very smart, illustrated work on the local history of Gravesend, written by local expert Alex J. Philip. First edition, in the publisher's original green cloth binding. Dated using Jisc, from copies h...

Passage to America

Terry Coleman · 1972 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Hutchinson of London, 1972 . First edition. Cloth. A fascinating look at the millions of people who left the UK to travel to America in the nineteenth century, inscribed by the author. First edition, in the publisher's original bright cloth binding, with the origi...

King&Apos;S Cutters and Smugglers 1700-1855

E. Keble Chatterton · 1912 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)

London, George Allen & Company, Ltd, 1912. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of this history of smuggling between 1700 and 1855, with illustrations throughout. First edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, seven black-and-white plates, and many in-text ...

The Expansion of England Two Courses of Lectures

Sir J. R. Seeley · 1914 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1914. Leather. A smart Bickers bound edition of these two important lectures on the British Empire and its expansion in the Victorian era. Bound by Bickers for Lancing College.Two lectures of John Robert Seeley discussing the growth of the Br...

The History of the Carriage

Laszlo Tarr; Elisabeth Hoch [Trans.] · 1969 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Vision Press Limited, 1969 . First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this illustrated work on the history of the carriage, by Laszlo Tarr. First edition, in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original, unclipped dust wrapper.This work explores the d...

A Vindication of K. Charles the Martyr, Reason and Judgement, a Letter out of Suffolk

Thomas Wagstaffe; [Robert Sanderson] · 1663 · Rooke Books

£1,275.00 (€1,528.29 | $1,684.45 | ¥268,985)

London, R. Wilkin; [J. W. for Will. Thorne], 1663-1711. Leather. Three very scarce early works bound in one volume, discussing King Charles I, Bishop Robert Sanderson, and Archbishop Sancroft. Three very scarce seventeenth and early eighteenth century works bound in one.This v...

History of the St. George&Apos;S Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of England No. 140

Geo. Benj. Fluke · 1936 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Blackheath Press, 1936. Cloth. A very scarce copy of this history of the St. George's chapter of the Royal Arch Masons of England. Very scarce. Illustrated with a frontispiece and twelve plates. A history of the St. George's Chapter of the Royal Arch Masons o...