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The Pocket Parkman. France and England in North America. Part Third: La Salle and the Discovery of the Great West. Part Seventh: Montcalm and Wolfe, Volume I & II

Francis Parkman · 1898 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1898-1921. Leather. Three volumes from Francis Parkman's seven-part history 'France and England in North America', uniformly bound in full morocco. Two parts, in three volumes, of an eight part set, in full morocco bindings. To...

The Ravenous Hyenas and the Wounded Sun: Myth and Ritual in Ancient India

Stephanie W. Jamison · 1991 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Ithaca and London, Cornell University Press, 1991. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this insightful study into myth and ritual in Ancient India. First edition. A detailed and comprehensive study into ancient myths and rituals from India with a wealth of mate...

El Toreo: Gran Diccionario Tauromaquico

J. Sanchez de Neira · 1879 · Rooke Books

£285.00 (€341.67 | $376.59 | ¥60,143)

Madrid, Imprenta Y Libreria de Miguel Guijarro, 1879. Cloth. A smart complete two volume set of this dictionary of bullfighting terms, in the original Spanish. Spanish. Complete in two volumes. Volume one is illustrated with twenty-five portrait plates. Volume two is illustrat...

Ancient and Modern

[John Francis Erskine Goodeve] · 1875 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

Not stated, Printed For Private Circulation, 1875. First edition. Cloth. A scarce and interesting genealogical account of the Earldom of Mar. The first edition. A scarce work, printed for private circulation. With a folding plate to the rear, depicting the author's fami...

Albert Einstein: A Biographical Portrait

Anton Reiser [Rudolf Kayser]; Albert Einstein · 1931 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.80 | $224.63 | ¥35,875)

London, Thornton Butterworth Limited , 1931. First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition, later state binding of Anton Reiser's biography on the celebrated theoretical physicist, Albert Einstein, with a foreword by the incredible scientist himself. The very scarce first UK...

Here to Stay

John Hersey · 1963 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1963. First edition. Cloth. A superior first edition copy of this collection of moving essays by John Hersey, signed by the author. The first U. S. edition, first printing.Singed by the author to the recto of the front endpaper, 'For Fred and Ma...

The Real Abyssinia

C. F. Rey [Charles Ferdinand Rey] · 1935 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Seeley, Service & Co. Ltd. 1935. Cloth. An exploration of Abyssinia, drawn from the author's experiences of his travels there, from the library of Thomas Pitt Cholmondeley Tapper. The third edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding.Illust...

How It Must Work: In an Address to the Freeholders and Electors of the United Empire

Henry Francis Roper-Curzon, 14th Baron Teynham · 1832 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)

London, James Ridgway, 1832 . Unbound. A signed copy of the second edition of Henry Francis Roper-Curzon, 14th Baron Teynham's appeal for various reforms. A scarce work, inscribed by the author to the head of the title page with 'with the author's best complimen...

Welensky&Apos;S 4000 Days: The Life and Death of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland

Sir Roy Welensky · 1964 · Rooke Books

£168.00 (€201.40 | $221.99 | ¥35,453)

London, Collins, 1964. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this illustrated autobiography by Sir Roy Welensky, bound in a Maltbys crushed half morocco with cloth to the boards. The first edition, first impression. Bound in a crushed half morocco with cloth to the boa...

The Polish Way a Thousand-Year History of the Poles and Their Culture

Adam Zamoyski · 1987 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.81 | $211.42 | ¥33,765)

London, John Murray, 1987. First edition. Leather. The first edition of Dam Zamoyski's history of Poland, bound in a modern Maltbys crushed half morocco binding. The first edition, first impression. Bound in a modern crushed half morocco by Maltbys with their signature t...

The Greville Memoirs

Charles C. F. Greville; Henry Reeve · 1874 · Rooke Books

£1,600.00 (€1,918.13 | $2,114.18 | ¥337,647)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co, 1874-1887. First edition. Leather. A Hatchards bound first edition of Greville's monumental series of journals, an in-depth study of the reigns of three monarchs. A complete first edition set.Present here are: volumes I, II, and III publis...

Cromwell: An Historical Novel

[Henry William Herbert] · 1838 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Harper & Brothers, 1838 . First edition. Cloth. A scarce copy of Henry William Herbert's historical novel surrounding Oliver Cromwell, complete in two volumes. The first edition.Uniformly bound in the publisher's original cloth. Complete in two volumes. Writt...

The Vainglorious War 1854-56

A. J. Barker · 1970 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1970. First edition. Leather. A lovely copy of this historical study of the Crimean War, rebound by Maltby's in a handsome half calf binding. The first edition of this work rebound in a half calf binding, with the binder's stamp of Ma...

Outlines of Historic Ornament

Gilbert R. Redgrave [ed.] · 1884 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Chapman and Hall, 1884 . First edition. Leather. The very scarce first UK edition of this charmingly illustrated study of historical ornaments. The very scarce first UK edition of this work, translated from the original German of an unnamed earlier volume by Gilbert Ri...

In Sail and Steam: Behind the Scenes of the Merchant Service 1902-1927

Capt. Victor Leslie Making · 1937 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd. 1937 . First edition. Cloth. A scarce, first edition of this work presenting Captain Victor Leslie Making's time working and living at sea between 1902 to 1927. First edition of the work. Bound in the publisher's original cloth. Writte...

The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia and the Sword Hunters of the Hamran Arabs

Sir Samuel W. Baker · 1872 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1872. Cloth. A new edition of this detailed work on the Nile and its tributaries, with a folding map. New edition. Illustrated with a map frontispiece, one folding map, and twenty-four plates. Collated complete. A detailed and comprehensive w...

Travels of Anacharsis the Younger in Greece, During the Middle of the Fourth Century Before the Christian Aera.

Abbe Barthelemy · 1816 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.85 | $171.78 | ¥27,434)

London, W. Green, 1816-1817 . Leather. The first four volumes only of the seven volume seventh edition of this work. With all four volumes bound in one. The first four volumes only of the seven volume seventh edition of this work. An additional atlas volume was also published ...

A Short Sketch of the History of Protestant Nonconformity, and of the Society Assembling in Hanover-Square, Newcastle

William Turner · 1811 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

Newcastle, S. Hodgson, 1811. First edition. Leather. A very scarce study on Protestant Nonconformists of Manchester by minister William Turner. The first edition of this very scarce work.An interesting study on the Protestant Nonconformists of Newcastle, written by one of the ...

Turbans and Tails; or, Sketches in the Unromantic East

Alfred J. Bamford · 1888 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1888. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce travelogue exploring India and China by Alfred J. Bamford. The first edition of this scarce work.Alfred J. Bamford's travel work exploring India and China, an i...

A New History of the City of Edinburgh from the Earliest Periods to the Present Time. With a Description of All the Principal Public Buildings; Embellished with Elegant Engravings.

Anonymous · 1800 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

Edinburgh , T. Brown, 1800. Hardback. The fourth edition of this very scarce illustrated historical work on Edinburgh, in the original publisher's boards. The fourth edition, with corrections and additions. Very scarce. Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece, a foldi...