Storia moderna

Antiente Epitaphes (from A.D. 1250 to A.D. 1800) Collected and Set Forth in Chronological Order

Thomas F. Ravenshaw · 1878 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.72 | $77.95 | ¥12,447)

London, Joseph Masters & Co. 1878. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this collection of ancient epitaphs comllected by Thomas F. Ravenshaw. A collection of ancient epitaphs collected and set forth in chronological order by Thomas F. Ravenshaw, spanning from A...

Historic Pictures

A Baillie Cochrane · 1865 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

London, Hurst and Blackett , 1865. First edition. Fine Binding. A handsomely bound two volume set of 'Historic Pictures', a work on Spanish history by A. Baillie Cochrane. A prize copy given by the University of Cambridge Local Examinations. A handsomely bound two vo...

The Rhine and Its Picturesque Scenery: Rotterdam to Mayence and the Upper Rhine: The Scenery of Its Banks and the Manners of Its People

Henry Mayhew · 1856 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

London, David Bogue; George, Routledge and Co. 1856-1858. First edition. Cloth. Henry Mayhew explores the Rhine and its beauty in this charming and scarce collection of two volumes illustrated by Birket Forster. The first edition of both volumes. The first edition of this char...

An Earnest Dissuasive from Intemperance in Meats and Drinks

Edmund Gibson · 1798 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, F. and C. RIvington, 1798. Disbound. A sixteenth edition of this scarce piece of persuasive writing, written to guide people away from the temptations of liquor. Written by Edmund Gibson (1669-1748), a British divine and antiquary who served as Bishop of Lincoln and Bi...

Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain Engraved from Authentic Pictures in the Galleries of the Nobility and the Public Collections of the Country. With Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Their Lives and Actions

Edmund Lodge · 1823 · Rooke Books

£725.00 (€869.03 | $957.83 | ¥152,952)

London, Printed for Harding, Mavor, Lepard, 1823-1835. Cloth. A complete set in twelve volumes of Edmund Lodge's collection of portraits of eminent people in British History. A lovely set complete in twelve volumes of Edmund Lodge's elaborate collection of eminent pe...

The Early History of the North Riding

William Edwards · 1924 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, A. Brown and Sons, Limited, 1924. Cloth. A wonderfully illustrated history of the North Riding, a subdivision of Yorkshire. A rich exploration into the history of the North Riding of Yorkshire.Written by William Edwards, Headmaster of the Middlesbrough High School.Illu...

Six Mois a Londres

[Auguste Jean B Defauconpret] · 1817 · Rooke Books

£79.00 (€94.69 | $104.37 | ¥16,667)

Paris, Alex Eymery, 1817. Hardback. An exploration of the city of London in French, in a leather modern binding. This work follows the author's six months spent in London, England in 1816.Written by Auguste Jean-Baptiste Defauconpret (17667-1843), a French translator and ...

Illuminated Presentation Book Presented to the Reverend Benjamin Gibbons by the Parishioners of Lower Milton (Stourport)

The Parishioners · 1894 · Rooke Books

£2,850.00 (€3,416.18 | $3,765.25 | ¥601,262)

Lower Milton, N/A, 1894. First edition. Fine Binding. A beautiful, unique, work on the parish of Lower Mitton in Stourport. A presentation book created by the parishioners of the area and gifted to their Reverend Benjamin Gibbons. With the bookplate of Reverend Benjamin Gibbon...

The Dance an Historical Survey of Dancing in Europe

Cecil J. Sharp; A. P. Oppe · 1924 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, Halton and Truscott Smith, 1924. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this fascinating history of dance in Europe, thoroughly illustrated throughout with coloured plates and various illustrations in text throughout. The first edition of this work.A fascinating hi...

The Cruise of the Breadwinner

H. E. Bates · 1946 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)

London, Michael Joseph, 1946. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition copy of this war oriented novella by H. E. Bates. The first edition of this astounding novella by H. E. Bates, a tale of the sea dealing with the impact of war's heroics and the futility of war...

First Lessons in the Maori Language of New Zealand

W. L. Williams · 1882 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

Auckland, Williams and Norgate, 1882. Cloth. A fantastic pocket-sized English guide to the Maori language, with a small vocabulary. Maori is an Eastern Polynesian language spoken by the Maori people, the indigenous people of New Zealand. It was recognised as being an official ...

The Strange Effects of Faith with Remarkable Prophecies [with[ a Continuation of Prophecies by Joanna Southcott

Joanna Southcott · 1816 · Rooke Books

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

London, W Marchant , 1816. Cloth. Two very scarce writings by the self-described religious prophetess from Devon, Joanna Southcott. Southcott claimed to have supernatural gifts and dictated prophecies in rhyme. Very scarce in any edition. Comprising 'The Strange Effects o...

Spain Under Charles the Second; or, Extracts from the Correspondence

Alexander Stanhope · 1840 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

London, John Murray, 1840. First edition. Leather. A presentation copy of these historical letters illuminating the situation in Spain during the reign of Charles II, inscribed by Philip Henry Stanhope to Lady Holland. The first edition of this uncommon work.Editor's pres...

A History of the English-Speaking Peoples

Winston Churchill · 1967 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Cassell and Company LTD, 1967-68. Cloth. A mixed edition set of Winston Churchill's history of England, a fascinating and important work. In three volumes.In the original unclipped dustwrappers.'A History of the English-Speaking Peoples' is Churchill&apo...

The Traditions of Islam an Introduction to the Study of the Hadith Literature

Alfred Guillaume · 1924 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.83 | $171.75 | ¥27,426)

Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1924. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of this insightful and detailed study into the influence of certain Hadith literature on the Islamic religion. The scarce first edition of this work.A fascinating study into Hadith literature and it&ap...

Annales Ecclesiastici Ex XII Tomis Caesaris Baronii S.R. E. Presb. Cardinalis, Bibliothecarii Apostolici in Epitomen Redact Editio Altera, Priori Longe Accuratior Una Cum Vita Eiusdem, Illustrissimi Cardinalis; Ac Noonnullis Posthumis Lucubrationibus, Ad Addales Pertinentibus: Necnon Et Notis Ad Eosdem Annales; Pro Rerum Illustratione Et Criminationum Dilutione: Ac Breui Auctario Ab Eo Tempore Quo Baronius Cessauit

Caesar Baronius · 1623 · Rooke Books

£695.00 (€833.07 | $918.19 | ¥146,623)

Hierati , Moguntia Antonii, 1623. Leather. A scarce second edition of this history of the first twelve centuries of the Christian Church, in the original Latin. The second edition of this work.In the original Latin.Illustrated with a frontispiece and an engraved title page. It...

A Chronicle at Large and Meere History of the Affayres of Englande and Kinges of the Same

Richard Grafton · 1569 · Rooke Books

£4,495.00 (€5,387.97 | $5,938.52 | ¥948,305)

London, Henry Denham, 1569. Leather. A beautiful example of Richard Grafton's early history of England, chronicling the past millennia of the country in exciting detail. The second edition of this work. Volumes I and II bound together in one volumes. Illustrated with an e...

A Comprehensive Scheme for Street Improvements in London

Arthur Cawston · 1893 · Rooke Books

£2,400.00 (€2,876.78 | $3,170.74 | ¥506,325)

London, Edward Standford, 1893. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this intriguing work discussing suggestions for street improvements in London, illustrated throughout with folding maps and folding plates. The first edition of this work.A very scarce work.Fo...

Wild England of Today

C J Cornish · 1895 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

London, Seeley and Co, 1895. First edition. Leather. A finely bound, charmingly illustrated work on England's wildlife, by accomplished naturalist Charles John Cornish. The first edition of this work.In a very smart Bumpus binding, with their binder's stamp to the ve...

Liverpool Town Books Proceedings of Assemblies, Common Councils, Portmoot, Courts, &C. , 1550-1862

J. A. Tremlow · 1918 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

Loverpool, University of Liverpool, 1918. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this extensive history on Liverpool, being the first volume of two by J. A. Twemlow. Illustrated with folding plates. The first edition of this work.Incomplete in one volume, being Volume I of...