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Farthest North": Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship Fram 1893-96 and of a Fifteen Months&Apos; Sleigh Journey by Dr. Nansen and Lieut. Johansen with an Appendix by Otto Sverdrup Captain of the Fram

Fridtjof Nansen · 1898 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)

London, George Newnes, 1898. Cloth. Fridtjof Nansen's illustrated account of his expedition to the North Pole, in the stunning sought after second edition decorative binding. The second UK edition, being the first edition in this decorative binding. In the second edition...

Essays on Cathedrals

Various; J. S. Howson [ed.] · 1872 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, John Murray, 1872. Cloth. An uncommon first edition of this essay collection on cathedrals, edited by British divine and school master John Howson. The first edition of this work.  Scarce to find in the publisher's original cloth. With a twenty-four page catalog...

Old Falmouth: The Story of the Town from the Killigrews to the Earliest Part of the 19th Century

Susan E. Gay · 1903 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Headley Brothers, 1903. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this illustrated history of Falmouth, Cornwall. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and thirty-four images across thirty-one plates. Collated complete. A detailed history of Falmouth, a town, c...

The Eton School Lists from 1791 to 1850 (Every Third Year After 1793)

H. E. C. Stapylton · 1863 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, E. P. Williams, 1863 . First edition. Leather. The scarce first edition of this register of the boys who attended Eton College between 1791 and 1850. A scarce first edition, from H.E.C. Stapylton, who is best known for this work.The lists, which appear every third year...

The Plundered Forests

John Blower · 2007 · Rooke Books

£69.00 (€82.72 | $91.17 | ¥14,561)

Kinloss, Moray, Librario , 2007. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce signed copy of this compelling account of the author's mission to save endangered forests across South-East Asia. Signed by the author to the half title. First edition, first impression. A very sca...

Secret Court Memoirs

0 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)

London, The Grolier Society, c1900. Cloth. A smart collection of seven volumes from the edition de luxe of this set of memoirs written from various European courts through the past few hundred years. Seven volumes of a twenty volume set. Being volumes seven, eight, eleven, twe...

The Passing of the Manchus

Percy Horace Kent · 1912 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

London, Edward Arnold, 1912 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of Percy Horace Braund Kent's illustrated account of the decline and fall of the Qing Dynasty. A scarce first edition.Illustrated with a frontispiece, nineteen plates, and three maps, one of whic...

Korean Base Gazette: The Coronation of H.M. Queen Elizabeth II

Korean Base Gazette · 1953 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

Korea, Korean Base Gazette; R. A. E. C. Section at H. Q. Britcom, 1953. First edition. Paperback. A special coronation issue of the 'Korean Base Gazette', celebrating the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II and providing interesting historical insight into the lives of ...

Music Catalogue 103: Opera 1751-1800

Various · 1971 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

Kent, Richard Macnutt Ltd. 1971. First edition. Cloth. A smartly bound first edition of this very scarce issue of Richard Macnutt's Music Catalogue. First edition. From Music Catalogue, issue number 103. Very scarce work. Illustrated throughout. The first of three catalog...

Flugblatt-Propaganda IM 2. Weltkrieg Europa (Band 1 & Band 4)

Klaus Kirchner · 1974 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Erlangen , Verlag fur zeitgeschichtliche Dokumente und Curiosa, 1974-1978 . First edition. Cloth. A fascinating set of two volumes showcasing a variety of WWII propaganda leaflets. Offering volumes 1 and 4 from this extensive bibliographic series on WWII propaganda leaflets. ...

Histoire de la Conquete de L&Apos;Angleterre Par Les Normans

Augustin Thierry · 1883 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.80 | $224.63 | ¥35,875)

Paris, Librairie de Firmin-Didot et Cie. 1883. Leather. A smart four volume set of this history of the Norman conquest of England from French historian Augustin Thierry, in the original French. French. Complete in four volumes. Later edition. A history of the conquest of Engla...

Round About Calcutta

R. J. Minney · 1922 · Rooke Books

£850.00 (€1,019.01 | $1,123.16 | ¥179,375)

London, Humphrey Milford Oxford University Press, 1922 . First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition of this charming book providing a glimpse of life in Calcutta, written by Calcutta-born author R. J. Minney, with an additional letter from the author loosely inserted. First...

A Personal Narrative of the Outbreak and Massacre at Cawnpore During the Sepoy Revolt of 1857

J. W. Shepherd · 1886 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

Lucknow, Methodist Publishing House, 1886. Cloth. A very scarce first-hand account of the 1857 Siege of Cawnpore, an illustrated volume. A very scarce work.A vivid first hand account of the 1857 Indian Rebellion, in particular of the Siege of Cawnpore. The author, J. W. Shephe...

Scotland and Scotsmen in the Eighteenth Century

John Ramsay; Alexander Allardyce [ed.] · 1888 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.36 | $726.75 | ¥116,066)

Edinburgh , William Blackwood and Sons , 1888. First edition. Cloth. A scarce complete first edition of this Scottish history, compiled from the manuscripts of John Ramsay of Ochtertyre. The first edition. Scarce to find complete in two volumes. Uniformly bound in the publish...

Russia: From the Varangians to the Bolsheviks

Raymond Beazley; Nevill Forbes; G. A. Birkett · 1918 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

Oxford , Clarendon Press, 1918. First edition. Cloth. A rare copy with dust wrapper of this Russian history. The first edition. With the publisher's very scarce unclipped dust wrapper.This uncommon history of Russia spans from as early as 852 with the traditional beginni...

The Universal English Short-Hand; or, the Way of Writing English, in the Most Easy, Concise, Regular, and Beautiful Manner, Applicable to Any Other Language, But Particularly Adjusted to Our Own.

John Byrom · 1767 · Rooke Books

£1,750.00 (€2,097.96 | $2,312.38 | ¥369,302)

Manchester , Joseph Harrop, 1767 . First edition. Leather. A beautifully bound, first and only edition of this fascinating guide to universal English shorthand, written by the man who invented the system, John Byrom. The first and only edition. Bound in a decorative full calf....

Fanny Goes to War

Pat Beauchamp [Pat Weddell] · 1919 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, John Murray, 1919. First edition. Cloth. A scarce to see first edition of this autobiographical work about the author's time in the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry. The vanishingly scarce first edition, later published in 1940 by George Routledge and Sons Ltd under the...

The Bank of England from Within 1694-1900

W. Marston Acres · 1931 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London, Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1931. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition set of Wilfred Marston Acres' illustrated work on the history of the Bank of England. The first edition, first impression. A two volume, complete set. Illustrated with m...

Rhodesiana (Publication No. 19) & Heritage of Zimbabwe (Publication No. 10)

Various · 1968 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

Salisbury; Harare, The Rhodesiana Society; The History Society of Zimbabwe , 1968-1991. Paperback. Two very scarce journals published for the Rhodesian and Heritage of Zimbabwe Societies. First edition. Both very scarce issues. In the publisher's pictorial wraps. Sign...

Essai Sur L&Apos;Enseignement Philosophique Du Magnetisme

Le Baron Du Potet de Sennevoy [Jules Denis] · 1845 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)

Paris, A. René et Cie, 1845. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of Jules Denis' essay on the philosophical teaching of magnetism, in the original French. A very scarce work. The first edition of this very scarce work in a half cloth binding with marbled boards. P...