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Modern Maladies and Present State of Medicine

David Uwins · 1818 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, [The Pamphleteer], 1818. First edition. Unbound. The very scarce first edition of physician and medical writer David Uwins's discussion of the state of medicine in early 19th century England. A very scarce first edition.The publication of Dr. David Uwins's le...

The King&Apos;S Grace 1910-1935

John Buchan · 1935 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1935 . First edition. Cloth. An exceptionally bright example of John Buchan's impressively illustrated biographical account of 25 years of Britain under the reign of King George V. The first edition of this work, a large paper edition.Illustrat...

Hoffmanns Schriftatlas: Ausgewahlte Alphabete Und Anwendungen Aus Vergangenheit Und Gegenwart

Julius Hoffmann; Alfred Finsterer [editor] · 1952 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

Stuttgart, Verlag Julius Hoffmann , 1952. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this historical study of fonts and writing styles, in the original German. Main body of text is in German, with English and French translations. First edition. Scarce work. Illustrated wit...

The History of Charles the Twelfth, King of Sweden; and Peter the Great, Emperor of Russia

Voltaire; Tobias Smollett [translator] · 1817 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, Walker and Edwards, 1817. Leather. A smartly bound copy of these histories from French Enlightenment writer Voltaire, translated by Tobias Smollett. With a frontispiece and engraved title page. Detailed historical studies into the lives of Charles XII, King of Sweden f...

The Security of English-Mens Lives, or the Trust, Power, and Duty of the Grand Jurys of England.

[John Somers] · 1682 · Rooke Books

£1,400.00 (€1,678.37 | $1,849.91 | ¥295,441)

London, Benj. Alsop, 1682. Leather. The second edition, being a very scarce early edition, of John Somer's important work defending the authority and role of juries. An influential and historic work written as a response to public outrage at the legal system, bound in ful...

The Leisure Hour: A Family Journal of Instruction and Recreation

1865 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, Not Stated [Religious Tract Society], 1865-1867. Leather. Two large illustrated volumes containing the 1865 and 1867 issues of British periodical 'The Leisure Hour&apos. Comprising the complete issues for 1865 and 1867 of 'The Leisure Hour', a popular Vi...

Life of Oliver Cromwell

M. Francois Guizot · 1868 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.87 | $151.96 | ¥24,268)

London, Richard Bentley, 1868 . Leather. A charmingly illustrated and handsomely bound example of François Guizot's informative biography of Oliver Cromwell. A 'new edition' of François Guizot's biography of Oliver Cromwell.A detailed biography of Oliver ...

Story of the Peninsular War

General Charles William Vane · 1848 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

New York, Harper & Brothers, 1848. First edition. Cloth. A scarce revised edition of this authoritative account of the Peninsular War, one of the major conflicts of the Napoleonic era, by a distinguished British cavalry officer and diplomat. In the publisher's original re...

The Parian Chronicle, or the Chronicle of the Arundelian Marbles; with a Dissertation Concerning Its Authenticity

Joseph Robertson · 1788 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.84 | $178.38 | ¥28,489)

London, J. Walter, 1788 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of Joseph Robertson's translation and analysis of an ancient Greek inscription dating from around 264–263 BCE. A very scarce first edition.Joseph Robertson translates the inscription, which is ...

The Story of the British People in Pictures

Harley Verneau Usill · 0 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London, Odhams Press Limited, c1937 . Leather. A richly illustrated history of the British people, told through numerous black and white facsimile photographs and portraits. Rebound in green quarter morocco binding with brown cloth boards. Dated using Jisc using copies held at...

A Collection of Works on English Taverns and Inns

Various · 1921 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, Chatto and Windus; Collins; Odhams Press et al, 1921-1955. First edition. Cloth. An impressive selection of historical and autobiographical works centring around English taverns and inns. Comprising a mixture of majority first editions as well as the second edition of ...

Plans Referred to in the Report of the Commissioners Appointed to Inquire Into the Application of Iron Railway Structures

1849 · Rooke Books

£1,850.00 (€2,217.84 | $2,444.52 | ¥390,405)

London, William Clowes, 1849 . First edition. Cloth. A vanishingly scarce collection of plans referred to in the report of the commissioners, appointed to inquire into the application of iron to the railway, complete with 78 plans, most of which are folding. First edition. Ver...

The Border Antiquities of England and Scotland; Comprising Specimens of Architecture and Sculpture and Other Vestiges of Former Ages, Accompanied by Descriptions. Together with Illustrations of Remarkable Incidents in Border History and Tradition, and Original Poetry.

Sir Walter Scott · 1814 · Rooke Books

£425.00 (€509.50 | $561.58 | ¥89,688)

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1814. First edition. Leather. The large paper first edition of Walter Scott's immense topographical study into the antiquities and history along the border of England and Scotland. Complete in two volumes. First edition. Scot...

Letters Written by the Late Right Honourable Lady Luxborough, to William Shenstone

Henrietta Knight, Lady Luxborough · 1775 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, J. Dodsley, 1775 . First edition. Leather. The uncommon first edition of these posthumously published private correspondences from Henrietta Knight, Lady Luxborough to her personal friend, William Shenstone. A collection of letters from Henrietta Knight, Lady Luxboroug...

Every Mother&Apos;S Book

1949 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

Sussex, Alfred Fennings, 1949. Brochure/Pamphlet. A very smart copy of this illustrated guide for mothers from Alfred Fennings chemist. Scarce work. With illustrations throughout. A charming pamphlet from the chemist Alfred Fennings, who established Fennings Pharmaceuticals in...

Early Printed Books

E. Gordon Duff · 1893 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Limited, 1893. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated study on early printing and the earliest printed books from British bibliographer Edward Gordon Duff. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and ten...

Armoured Guardsmen: A War Diary June 1944 - April 1945

Robert Boscawen · 2001 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Yorkshire, Leo Cooper, 2001. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated war diary from British Conservative politician, Robert Thomas Boscawen, signed by the author with a letter. First edition. Signed by the author to the title page. With a handwritten le...

Ordeal by Battle

Frederick Scott Oliver · 1915 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1915. Leather. Frederick Scott Oliver's political essay about the beginning of the First World War, in a handsome half morocco signed binding by Hatchards. The second edition of this work, published in the same year as the first edition.In a half...

Rough Leaves from a Journal Kept in Spain and Portugal, During the Years 1832, 1833 & 1834

Lieut.-Col. Lovell Badcock · 1835 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.68 | $363.37 | ¥58,033)

London, Richard Bentley, 1835 . First edition. Leather. The scarce first edition of Lovell Badcock's account of his time in Portugal and Spain at the beginning of the civil war between Pedro and Miguel, offering a detailed eyewitness account of the siege of Porto. A scarc...

The Right Hon. Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield, K.G. , and His Times

Alexander Charles Ewald · 1883 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, William Mackenzie, 1883. Cloth. A complete set exploring the life of former Prime Minister and influential Conservative politician, Benjamin Disraeli. Complete as two volumes bound in five. An early edition. This biography was first published the year of Disraeli'...