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Unemployed Struggles 1919-1936 My Life and Struggles Amongst the Unemployed.
Wal Hannington · 1936 · Rooke Books
£59.00 (€70.73 | $77.96 | ¥12,451)
London , Lawrence and Wishart, 1936. First edition. Paperback. A first edition of this monograph comprising of a historical account of social conflict in the UK from 1919 to 1936, with a frontispiece and 11 double sided plates. The first edition of the work.In publisher's...
The Jewel House an Account of the Many Romances Connected with the Royal Regalia Together with Sir Gilbert Talbot&Apos;S Account of Colonel Blood&Apos;S Plot Here Reproduced for the First Time
Major-General Sir George Younghusband · 1921 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)
London , Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1921. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this captivating exploration of the storied treasures that adorn the British monarchy, in the scarce original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition of the work.In publisher's original b...
Londres Hampton Court Et Windsor
Joseph Aynard · 1912 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)
Paris, Librairie Renouard, 1912. First edition. Cloth. An abundantly illustrated first edition of this account of London's art and architecture, with over 164 illustrations. The first edition of the work.In publisher's original decorative grey cloth binding.Part of t...
The Medallic History of England to the Revolution
John Pinkerton · 1790 · Rooke Books
£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)
London, For Edwards and Sons, 1790 . First edition. Leather. The uncommon first edition of John Pinkerton's impressive - and illustrated - history of numismatics in England. An uncommon first edition.Illustrated with forty engraved plates. Collated, complete.According to ...
The Crustacea of Devon and Cornwall
Canon A. M. Norman; Thomas Scott · 1906 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)
London, William Wesley And Son, 1906. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy, in original binding, featuring 24 monochrome plates. A 1906 first edition copy, in original green cloth, with gilt lettering to spine.Written by Thomas Scott, and Alfred Merle Norman - a cl...
Kearsley&Apos;S Complete Peerage, of England, Scotland Ireland
Catharine Kearsley; George Kearsley · 1804 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)
London, C & G Kearsley, 1804 . Leather. Handsomely bound in contemporary tree calf, this is the second volume of the 1804 edition of Kearsley's detailed account of titled aristocracy in England, Scotland and Ireland. First published in 1790, this is an 1804 edition of Cat...
Arts and Crafts of Old Japan
Stewart Dick · 1904 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)
Edinburgh; London, T. N. Foulis, 1904. First edition. Hardback. An uncommon limited first edition of this 1904 title, signed by the published, and bound in paper vellum. An uncommon first edition copy of this 1904 work.Bound in paper vellum, and decorated with an elegant gilt ...
1925 History of the Manchester Regiment (Late the 63rd and 96th Foot) Vol. II 1883-1922
Colonel H. C. Wylly · 1925 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)
London, Forster Groom & Co. LTD. 1925. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition, with colour and monochrome plates, in its original binding. A smart first edition, bound in its original green cloth.A comprehensive history from the Colonel and, later, military historian, H. ...
The Peterborough Chronicle 1070-1154ãâ by Cecily Clark, First Edition, 1958. ãâ Old English Grammarãâ by Alistair Campbell, 1962 Reprint. ãâ a Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionaryãâ by J.R. Clark Hall, Reprint of the Fourth Edition, 1962. Anglo-Norman Literature and Its Background by M. Dominica Legge, First Edition, 1963.
Cecily Clark; Alistair Campbell; J. R. Clark Hall; M. Dominica Legge · 1958 · Rooke Books
£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)
London, Oxford University Press; Clarendon Press; Cambridge University Press, 1958-1963. Cloth. A collection of interesting works on Old English, in the publishers' original cloth bindings with the original dust wrappers. A set of interesting works on Old English, from An...
A History of the Royal Regiment of Wales (24th-41st Foot), 1689-1989
J. M. Brereton; HRH. The Prince of Wales [Foreword] · 1989 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)
Cardiff, The Royal Regiment of Wales, 1989. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this history of the Royal Regiment of Wales, richly illustrated and complete in the original dust wrapper, charting three centuries of distinguished service from the Zulu War to the Cold War. ...
The History of the Cheshire Regiment in the Great War
Arthur Crookenden · 0 · Rooke Books
£59.00 (€70.73 | $77.96 | ¥12,451)
Chester, W.H. Evans, Sons & Co. Ltd. c1935. Cloth. A fascinating recount of the 22nd Cheshire regiment, with a frontispiece, 33 plates and 10 folding maps. In full navy cloth. With a frontispiece of King Gorge V, 33 photographic plates with two of those folding, 10 folding ma...
Natural History
J G Wood · 1853 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)
London, George Routledge and Sons, Limited, c1900. Cloth. A lovely, and very scarce example of 20th Century cover to this title, designed by artist Jessie M. King. Bound in its original blue cloth.One of many natural history titles by the prolific Rev. J. G. Wood, originally p...
British Wildflowers in Their Natural Haunts
A.R. Horwood [Arthur Reginald Horwood] · 1919 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)
London, The Gresham Publishing Company, 1919. First edition. Cloth. The complete set of A.R. Horwood's detailed study on wild flowers and plants across the British Isles, with accompanying illustrations by J.N. Fitch. The first edition of Arthur Reginald Horwood's Br...
Nelson Wellington
John Knox Laughton; George Hooper · 1909 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)
London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1909. Leather. Two influential biographies of Nelson and Wellington, handsomely bound together in full calf. Two volumes bound in one. In a full calf prize binding for Christ's Hospital with armorial crest to front board and bookplate t...
The Commodore
Patrick O'Brian · 1994 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)
London , Harper Collins, 1994. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this action packed historical naval novel from the Aubrey/Maturin series, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of the work. In publisher's original blue cloth ...
The Croydon Co. Partner
W. Henry Topley [ed.]; Frank F. Woods [ed.] · 1913 · Rooke Books
£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)
Croydon, Co-Partnership Committee of the Croydon Gas Company , 1913-1922. First edition. Cloth. A vanishingly scarce collection of issues from the 'Croydon Co-Partner', a magazine published by its committee for the Croydon Gas Company. All first editions except for J...
2 Vols History of the Norfolk Regiment 1685-1918
F. Lorriane Petre · 1920 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)
Norwich , Jarrolds & Sons, Limited, 1920. First edition. Cloth. A first edition, two-volume history of the Norfolk Regiment by noted military historian F. Loraine Petre, richly illustrated with maps and plates. In the publisher's original red cloth binding.First edition.C...
From Red Sea to Blue Nile
Rosita Forbes · 1925 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)
London, Cassell and Company, 1925 . First edition. Cloth. A bright example of the uncommon first edition of Rosita Forbes's illustrated account of her journey across Ethiopia in the early 20th century. An uncommon first edition.Illustrated with a frontispiece, a folding m...
On the Abbot of Waltham&Apos;S House, in the Parish of Saint Mary-at-Hall, London.
G. R. Corner [George Richard Corner] · 1856 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)
London, J. B. Nichols & Sons, 1856. First edition. Leather. The first edition in book form of this very scarce article from George Richard Corner on the Abbot of Waltham's House, bound in half calf, and signed by the author to the title page. The first edition in book for...
Geisha Girl
Aisaburo Akiyama · 1937 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)
Yokohama , Yoshikawa Book Store , 1937. Cloth. An informative volume on the history and occupation of geishas, with colour plates. Third edition. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with coloured illustrated tipped-in to the front board. With the fly leaf from the...