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Bishop Burnet&Apos;S History of the Reformation of the Church of England

Gilbert Burnet · 1820 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, Richard Priestley , 1820. Leather. Three calf-bound volumes from this scarce new edition of Gilbert Burnet's 'History of the Reformation of the Church of England&apos. New edition. Comprising Volume I (Part I and Part II) and Volume III (Part II) across three...

Northern Lights: The Official Account of the British Arctic Air Route Expedition 1930-1931

F. Spencer Chapman · 1932 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1932. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this illustrated record of the British Arctic Air Route Expedition of 1930 to 1931. First edition. Illustrated with sixty-four plates and four folding maps. Collated complete. A detailed commentary, being ...

A Collection of Works on the Life, Times, and Contemporaries of Samuel Johnson and James Boswell

Various · 1952 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.47 | $594.61 | ¥94,963)

London; New York, William Heinemann; Chatto and Windus; White Lion Publishers; Macmillan & Co.; McGraw-Hill Book Company; Hodder & Stoughton; Weid, 1952-2015. First edition. Cloth. London; New York: William Heinemann; Chatto and Windus; White Lion Publishers; Macmillan & Co.; ...

A History of Ireland. From the Earliest Period, to the Present Time.

William Crawford · 1783 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€899.12 | $991.02 | ¥158,272)

Strabane, John Bellew, 1783 . First edition. Leather. The vanishingly scarce two volume first edition of William Crawford's detailed history of Ireland, arranged in a series of letters addressed to the author's friend, William Hamilton. A very scarce first edition, c...

Travels of a Naturalist in Japan and Manchuria

Arthur Adams · 1870 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, Hurst and Blackett, 1870. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of naval surgeon and naturalist Arthur Adams's account of his mid 19th century travels in Japan and Manchuria, offering insight into regions then little-known to Western readers. A scarce first edit...

Memorials of Temple Bar with Some Account of Fleet Street, and the Parishes of St. Dunstan and St. Bride

T. C. Noble · 1869 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.79 | $237.85 | ¥37,985)

London, Diprose and Bateman , 1869. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this history of Temple Bar and Fleet Street, with a bound-in errata handwritten and signed by the author. First edition. With a handwritten errata bound-in to the preface, signed by the author. Thi...

The History of Barn Elms and the Kit-Cat Club Now the Ranelagh Club

C. J. Barrett · 1889 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, Ranelagh Club , 1889. Vellum. A very scarce copy of this fascinating history of the Kit-Cat Club at Barn Elms. The second edition of this very scarce work. In the original full paper vellum binding. This history, written by C. J. Barrett, discusses the origins, membe...

One Hundred Years of Architecture 1851-1951

Royal Institute of British Architects · 1951 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

London, Royal Institute of British Architects, 1951. First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this very scarce work on the history of British architecture, previously owned by Ambrose Heal, the chairman of the 'Heal's' furniture company, with a letter from...

The Guildhall Miscellany: Issued by the Authority of the Library Committee of the Corporation of London

Various · 1955 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, The Library Committee of the Corporation of London , 1955-1968. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce selection of issues from 'The Guildhall Miscellany', a historical periodical from The Library Committee of the Corporation of London. A pleasing set compri...

The Story of the London Parks

Jacob Larwood · 1876 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Chatto and Windus , 1876. Cloth. A charming history of parks in London, complete with four colour plates from George Cruikshank. An illustrated Undated, dated from copies institutionally. With a coloured frontispiece and three further coloured plates, all the work of e...

The Review and Abstract of the County Reports to the Board of Agriculture

William Marshall · 1818 · Rooke Books

£895.00 (€1,072.95 | $1,182.62 | ¥188,871)

York, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1818. Leather. The rare to see complete five volume first collected edition of William Marshall's reviews of the 'Board of Agriculture's' reports, smartly bound in a modern crushed morocco binding. The first coll...

The Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine

Various · 1854 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.42 | $654.07 | ¥104,460)

Devizes , Henry Bell, 1854-1876 . First edition. Leather. Twelve volumes from the Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine, richly illustrated with folding plates, maps and vignettes throughout. Scarce to see in a run. Twelve volumes from The Wiltshire Archaeologi...

A Scrapbook of Newspaper Cuttings from John Farr&Apos;S Tenure As the Sheriff of Nottingham

1922 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

None, None, 1922-3 . Cloth. A fascinating and unique handmade scrapbook of newspaper cuttings surrounding John Farr's tenure as the Sheriff of Nottingham, from 1922-3, including a Royal visit from the Prince of Wales in August 1923. Bound in green cloth with "Newspaper Cu...

The Registers of Headon, Co. Notts. 1566-1812

Various; Edith Hobday [Transcription] · 1902 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, Parish Register Society, 1902. First edition. Cloth. An exceptionally scarce, privately printed transcription of Headon parish registers (1566–1812), preserving baptisms, marriages, burials, banns, and local parish life in detail, with a signed binding. In the origina...

Men of Nottingham and Nottinghamshire: Being Biographical Notices of Five Hundred Men and Women Who Were Born, or Worked, or Abode, or Died in the County or City of Nottingham, and Who, in Some Way, Were Distinguished for Usefulness to Others.

Robert Mellors · 1924 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

Nottingham, J. & H. Bell, 1924-1925. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce, first edition of this comprehensive biographical dictionary of 500 notable Nottinghamshire figures, including medical, civic, and scientific leaders, with supplement. In the publisher's original gre...

History of the Conquest of Mexico, and Peru

William H. Prescott · 1864 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.81 | $211.42 | ¥33,765)

Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott & Co, 1864-5. Leather. Two complete sets of historical works by William Prescott, on the conquests of Mexico and Peru, in uniform full calf bindings. A five volume set, featuring the complete three volume set of 'History of the Conquest of M...

Cambridge Described and Illustrated: Being a Short History of the Town and University

Thomas Dinham Atkinson · 1897 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.87 | $151.96 | ¥24,268)

London, Macmillan and Company, Limited , 1897. First edition. Cloth. A first edition history of the town and university of Cambridge, complete with engraved plates. The first edition of this work.In the original cloth binding. Illustrated with a frontispiece, two folding maps...

Naval Biography; or, the History and Lives of Distinguished Characters in the British Navy

[Edward Harding] · 1805 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, John Scott, 1805. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this very scarce study of the eminent figures of the Royal Navy throughout history, complete with portrait plates. The first edition.A very scarce work.Complete in two volumes.An educational work on the his...

The History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V

William Robertson · 1806 · Rooke Books

£590.00 (€707.31 | $779.60 | ¥124,507)

London, Cadell and Davies; T. Payner; Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe; et al, 1806. Leather. William Robertson's insightful and fascinating biography on the life and reign of the Emperor Charles V. Complete in four volumes.A detailed biography and history on the life and reign o...

Her Majesty&Apos;S Navy

Charles Rathbone Low · 1890 · Rooke Books

£1,175.00 (€1,408.63 | $1,552.60 | ¥247,960)

London, J. S. Virtue & Co. Limited, 1890 . First edition. Leather. A handsomely bound three volume first edition of Charles Rathbone Low's brilliant history of the Royal Navy, complete with striking chromolithographs. The first edition.Complete in three volumes, uniformly...