Storia moderna

Lives of Remarkable Youth

Anonymous · 1831 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1831 . Leather. The scarce second edition of this brief history of the lives of remarkable youth in half morocco binding. Second edition of Lives of Remarkable Youth in half straight grain morocco binding and marbled boards. Illustrat...

Introductory Lectures on Modern History Delivered in Lent Term, Mdcccxlii with the Inaugural Lecture Delivered in December, Mdcccxli

Thomas Arnold · 1874 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1874. Leather. A gorgeous early edition of Thomas Arnold's lectures on modern history in full diced calf binding signed J. O. Wilbee. Sixth edition of English educator and historian Thomas Arnold's eight introductory lectures on moder...

A Thin Ghost and Others

Montague Rhodes James · 1925 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

London, Edward Arnold, 1925. Cloth. An early edition of the third popular short story collection by M. R. James, a brilliant collection of ghosts stories. The fourth impression.A brilliant collection of horror short stories by the renowned author Montague Rhodes James.'A ...

The Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys

Samuel Pepys; Richard Lord BrayBrooke [ed.] · 1914 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, George Allen & Company , 1914. Cloth. An uncommon edition of the important diary of Samuel Pepys complete in four volumes. Uncommon edition in four volumes of the famed diary of Samuel Pepys which he kept from 1659 to 1669.They are recognised to this day as an importan...

The Art of Illuminating As Practised in Europe from the Earliest Times

W. R. Tymms; M. D. Wyatt · 1860 · Rooke Books

£235.00 (€281.68 | $310.47 | ¥49,578)

London, Day and Son, Limited , 1860. Leather. A beautifully illustrated guide to illuminated manuscripts and the process of creation. An early edition. Dated from the British Library. In full crushed morocco binding with gilt detail by Baker & Son. Illustrated by Borders Initi...

The Royal Kalendar: Or, Complete and Annual Register for England, Scotland, Ireland, and America. For the Year 1799

Anonymous · 1799 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, J. Debrett, 1799. Leather. The very scarce 1799 edition of this popular work of British history and genealogy, providing the annual register for England, Scotland, Ireland and America. The very scarce final eighteenth century edition of this work.'The Royal Kalend...

Secret Societies Yesterday and Today

Arkon Daraul · 1966 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London , Frederick Muller, 1966. Cloth. A gripping insight into secret societies across the world, with illustrations. This fascinating volume details the causes of the rise and fall of secret confederacies, and the signs, passwords and secret writings used by such organisatio...

The Romance of Old Belgium: From Caesar to Kaiser

Elizabeth W Champney; Frere Champney · 1915 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1915. First edition. Cloth. A bright copy of this work dedicated to Belgium legends by Elizabeth W. Champney and Frere Champney, the first edition. The first edition of this work. Semi-historical work on Belgium, dedicated to its many legend...

Gemeinfassliche Heilkunde FuãoeâˆR Schiffsoffiziere Nebst Einer Anleitung Zum Gebrauche Der Schiffsapotheken

Heinrich Rohlfs · 1873 · Rooke Books

£88.00 (€105.48 | $116.26 | ¥18,565)

Halle, Hermann Gesenius, 1873 . Cloth. The scarce third edition of this medical advisory book from mid nineteenth century Germany. Third edition of Gemeinfassliche Heilkunde fuÃOeˆr Schiffsoffiziere nebst einer Anleitung zum Gebrauche der Schiffsapotheken by Heinrich Rohlfs.Â...

Where Lion Reign, an Account of Lion Hunting & Exploration in S.W. Abyssinia

Arnold Hodson · 1929 · Rooke Books

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

London, Skeffington & Son, Ltd. 1929 . First edition. Leather. The scarce first edition of this exploration and hunting book in Abyssinia in the early twentieth century. First edition of Where Lion Reign, An Account of Lion Hunting & Exploration in S.W. Abyssinia by Arnold Hod...

The Great Belzoni

Stanley Mayes · 1959 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)

London , Putnam, 1959. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of this biography of the archaeological work of Giovanni Belzoni, with illustrations. A first edition copy of this work. Giovanni Battista Belzoni was a prolific Italian explorer and pioneer archaeologist ...

Medical Portrait Gallery. Biographical Memoirs of the Most Celebrated Physicians Surgeons, Etc. Etc. Who Have Contributed to the Advancement of Medical Science

Thomas Joseph Pettigrew · 1838 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, Fisher, Son & Co, 1838. First edition. Leather. Illustrated with thirty-six plates of portraits, this is an excellent copy of the first two volumes of Pettigrew's biographical memoirs of those individuals who have contributed to the advancement of medical science....

The Irish Witch

Dennis Wheatley · 1973 · Rooke Books

£215.00 (€257.71 | $284.05 | ¥45,358)

London, Hutchinson, 1973 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the first edition, first impression of Dennis Wheatley's occult novel of Satanic worship. Signed by Wheatley to the title page, with the inscription 'For Michael Weeks, with all kind thoug...

The French Noblesse of the XVII Century

Marquise de Crequy; Mrs. Colquhoun Grant [translator] · 1904 · Rooke Books

£39.00 (€46.75 | $51.52 | ¥8,228)

London , John Murray , 1904. Cloth. An attractive English translation of the memoirs of Marquise de Crequy. An English translated edition of this volume, translated from the French memoirs of Marquise de Crequy by Mrs. Colquhoun Grant. This volume is full of quaint stories and...

Romance of the Bourbon Chateaux

Elizabeth W. Champney · 1903 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

New York and London, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1903. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing first edition copy of this charming book exploring the French Bourbon Chateaux, with illustrations. A first edition copy. Romance of the Bourbon Chateaux (1903) explores Versailles as the par...

The History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V

William Robertson · 1809 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)

London, Cadell and Davies, 1809 . Leather. The complete four volume eleventh edition of Scottish historian William Robertson's study of the reign of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece to the start of each volume.A detailed biographical...

Spy in the U.S.

Pawel Monat; John Dille · 1964 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Frederick Muller Limited, 1964 . First edition. Cloth. The uncommon first edition of this gripping account of Monat's time as a communist spy in the U.S. First edition of Spy in the U. S. by Pawel Monat with John Dille in the original publisher's cloth bindin...

The Fifty Years&Apos; Struggle of the Covenanters, 1638-88

James Dodds · 1860 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

Edinburgh, Thomas Constable by Edmonston and Douglas, 1860. First edition. Leather. The very scarce first edition of James Dodds's history of the seventeenth century Scottish religious and political movement of 'The Covenanters&apos. Detailing the history of the grou...

Prehistoric Remains of Caithness

Samuel Laing; Thomas H. Huxley · 1866 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London and Edinburgh, Williams and Norgate, 1866 . Cloth. An uncommon edition of this ancient historical and archaeological study into Caithness in northern Scotland. Early edition of Prehistoric Remains of Caithness by Samuel Laing in the original publisher's cloth bindi...

Journal de Sainte-Helene 1815-1818

General Baron Gourgaud · 1947 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

Paris, Flammarion, 1947. Paperback. Gaspard Gourgaud's private journals written whilst accompanying Napoleon in exile on Saint Helena, a vivid descripition of life on the island. Complete in two volumes, a new edition, sixieme mille.In the original French.The Saint Helena...