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Loyalties Mesopotamia 1914-1917 a Personal and Historical Record and Mesopotamia 1917-1920 a Clash of Loyalties a Personal and Historical Record
Lt. Col. Sir Arnold T. Wilson · 1930 · Rooke Books
£650.00 (€779.12 | $858.74 | ¥137,087)
Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1930-1931. First edition. Cloth. A scarce, two-volume signed set of Sir Arnold T. Wilson's military memoires from his time serving in Mesopotamia. A scarce, two-volume signed first edition of Sir Arnold Talbot Wilson's account of Brit...
Her Privates We
Private 19022 [Frederic Manning] · 1930 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)
London, Peter Davies, 1930 . Cloth. Fascinating early edition of the highly regarded First World War story from Australian author and poet Frederic Manning. Early edition, reprinted in the same month as the first edition.In publisher's original cloth binding.Fictional acc...
Fairs, Past and Present a Chapter in the History of Commerce
Cornelius Walford · 1883 · Rooke Books
£49.99 (€59.92 | $66.04 | ¥10,543)
London, Elliot Stock, 1883. Leather. A comprehensive history of British fairs. Cornelius Walford (18271885), was an English writer on insurance. In a cloth binding. Exernally, smart, though with some rubbing. Internally, firmly bound. Front hinge slightly strained. Pages are ...
T. LIVII Patavini Historiarum Libri, Qui Supersunt Omnes Et Deperditorum Fragmenta. Ex Recensione Arn. Drakenborchii Ad Codicum Bambergensis Et Vindobonensis Fidum Passim Reficta a Ioanne Theophilo Kreyssig.
Various · 1840 · Rooke Books
£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.08 | ¥50,617)
Oxonii, Impensis D. A. Talboys, 1840-1841. Leather. A complete four volume set of the histories of Titus Livius of Patavinus, reviewed and rewritten, in the original Latin. Latin. Complete in four volumes. The histories of Titus Livius, known in English as Livy, a Roman histor...
Sloop of War; Command a King&Apos;S Ship; in Gallant Company; the Inshore Squadron
Anthony Kent [Douglas Reeman] · 1972 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)
London, Hutchinson & Co. Ltd, 1972-78. First edition. Cloth. Four first edition copies of Anthony Kent's exciting maritime novels, each with their original dust wrapper. The first editions. Each volume is bound in the original cloth, with the publisher's unclipped du...
Europe and the French Imperium 1799-814
Geoffrey Bruun · 1938 · Rooke Books
£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,799)
New York, Harper & Brothers , 1938. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition of this historical study of the French Imperium by Geoffrey Bruun, in the original and rare dust wrapper. Geoffrey Bruun's study of the FRench revolution, analysing a European political syste...
Combined Operations 1940 - 1942
1943 · Rooke Books
£37.00 (€44.35 | $48.88 | ¥7,803)
London, His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1943. First edition. Paperback. A lovely first edition of this study into the combined operations of Britain during World War Two, in particular between the years 1940 and 1942. The first edition of this work.An interesting study i...
Histoire Generale de Dauphine
Nicolas Chorier · 1661 · Rooke Books
£1,400.00 (€1,678.10 | $1,849.60 | ¥295,264)
Grenoble, Philippes Charvys, 1661. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this monumental history of Dauphine, the first of it's kind, here in the original French. The first edition of this work.In one volume, a second volume being published later in 1672.In the ori...
Le Roi Chez la Reine, Ou Histoire SecreãoeâTe Du Mariage de Louis XIII Et D&Apos;Anne D&Apos;Autriche, D&Apos;ApreãoeâS le Journal de la Santeãoeâ Du Roi, Les deãoeâPeãoeâChes Du Nonce Et Autres PieãoeâCes D&Apos;EãoeâTat.
Armand Baschet · 1864 · Rooke Books
£26.00 (€31.16 | $34.35 | ¥5,483)
Paris, A Aubry , 1864. Leather. A history of Louis XII, and his scret marriage to Anne of Austria, written in French. 'Le Roi chez la Reine, ou Histoire secreÃOeÂte du mariage de Louis XIII et d'Anne d'Autriche' by Armand Baschet is a fancintaing insight i...
Scottish Parochial Registers Memoranda of the State of the Parochial Registers of Scotland Whereby Is Clearly Shown the Imperative Neccesity for a National System of Regular Registration
William Turnball · 1849 · Rooke Books
£99.99 (€119.85 | $132.10 | ¥21,088)
London , Thomas George Stevenson, 1849. First edition. Cloth. A detailed reference work containing a catalogue of existing parochial registers and a list of Scottish parishes. First edition. Includes details of the state of the parochial records provided by the Minister of eac...
Eikon Basilike. The Pourtraiture of His Sacred Majesty King Charles I
John Gauden · 1727 · Rooke Books
£325.00 (€389.56 | $429.37 | ¥68,543)
London, D. Browne; J. Walthoe et al, 1727 . Cloth. An early 18th century edition of this landmark royalist classic, portraying Charles I as a pious martyr-king of England. Illustrated with an engraved folding frontispiece.First printed in 1649, 'Eikon Basilike' appea...
Wall Games Last Man to Die
Michael Dobbs · 1990 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)
London, Collins; HarperCollins Publishers, 1990-1991. First edition. Cloth. A two volume set of riveting first edition titles, signed to the title page, and in excellent condition. A two volume collection of titles by politician and author Michael Dobbs - writer of the widely ...
The Common Objects of the Country; British Butterflies; the Common Objects of the Sea Shore; British Ferns and Their Allies
Rev. J. G. Wood; Thomas Moore; W. S. Coleman · 1862 · Rooke Books
£260.00 (€311.65 | $343.50 | ¥54,835)
London, George Routledge and Sons, 1862-1867. Leather. Four mid-nineteenth century works of British natural history bound together in a single volume, vibrantly illustrated throughout with colour plates. The first of the four volumes present here is the 1866 'New Edition&...
La Roue Des Fortunes Royales Ou la Gloire D&Apos;Artus
Albert Pauphilet · 1925 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)
Paris, L'Edition d'Art, 1925. Leather. A smartly bound seventh edition of this collection of medieval stories relating to King Arthur, in the original French. French. Seventh edition. A collection of important historical tales relating to King Arthur, exploring the m...
The Sutherland Evictions of 1814 Former and Recent Statements Respecting Them Examined
Thomas Sellar · 1883 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)
London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1883. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this scarce exploration of the Sutherland evictions of 1814, with a folding map. First edition. Scarce work. Illustrated with a folding colour map frontispiece. Collated complete. A historic ...
La Grande Guerre Relation de L&Apos;Etat-Major Russe & de la Conduite de la Guerre
Commandant Edouard Chapouilly [translator]; Marechal F. Foch · 1926 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)
Paris , Charles-Lavauzelle & Cie.; Berger-Levrault, 1926-1927. Leather. Two smartly bound volumes on the history of the Great War, in the original French language. French. Two volumes. Scarce works. This set includes: La Grande Guerre Relation de l'Etate-Major Russe: Conc...
The West End of Yesterday & Today
E Beresford Chancellor · 1926 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)
London, The Architectural Press, 1926. First edition. Cloth. An informative first edition depicting a history of London's West End. A first edition of the work, in the original publisher's cloth binding. Edwin Beresford Chancellor was an English author, known for his...
The Life of Baron Frederic Trenck
Friedrich von der Trenck; Thomas Holcroft [trans.] · 1788 · Rooke Books
£950.00 (€1,138.71 | $1,255.09 | ¥200,358)
London, G.G. and J. Robinson, 1788-1793 . First edition. Leather. The very scarce four volume first English language translation of the autobiography of Prussian officer Baron Friedrich von der Trenck. With all four volumes of the very scarce first edition present, including t...
The Life of Mrs. Godolphin
John Evelyn; Samuel Lord Bishop of Oxford · 1848 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)
London, John W Parker and Son , 1848 . Cloth. An early edition of John Evelyn's memoir of the British coutier Margaret Godolphin. Third edition of The Life of Mrs. Godolphin by John Evelyn in the original cloth binding. A scarce edition of this work published by John W P...
A Short History of the English People
John Richard Green · 1898 · Rooke Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)
London, Macmillan and Co. 1898. Leather. Green's influential history of the English people, in a handsome full calf prize binding, with colour maps. In a full calf prize binding, with the gilt crest of Sydenham High School to the front board, signed by Bickers & Son to th...