Storia

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...

Excerpta Historica, or, Illustrations of English History

Samuel Bentley · 1831 · Rooke Books

£950.00 (€1,138.89 | $1,255.29 | ¥200,478)

London, Samuel Bentley, 1831 . First edition. Leather. A very scarce presentation copy of the first edition of this comprehensive study of English history, bound in full morocco. First edition, bound in a smart, full morocco with gilt detailing.Extremely scarce. Written and pu...

On the Shores of the Infinite

Mrs. G. Stuart · 1931 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)

London; Norwich, Simpkin Marshall LTD; Jarrold & Sons, 1931. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition spiritual novel following a spirit as they adventure through different realms, signed by the author to the title page. The first edition of this scarce work.Signed by...

Instructions in Military Equitation, and in the Elements of Field Movements of Cavalry

1819 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, William Clowes, 1819. First edition. Hardback. A scarce instructional work on the training and care of horses in the military, the first edition of this interesting work. The first edition of this scarce work.Illustrated with twenty plates.Two pages of publisher's...

A Taste of South-Easter: Memories of Unusual Cape Town Characters, Queer Shops and Shows, Old Bars, Hotels and Cafes and the Panorama of the Streets

Lawrence G. Green · 1971 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

Folkestone, Bailey Bros. & Swinfen, 1971. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this illustrated collection of character sketches and tales from South African journalist, Lawrence George Green. First edition. Illustrated with six plates. Collated complete. A coll...

The Land of the Midnight Sun: Summer and Winter Journeys Through Sweden, Norway, Lapland, and Northern Finland with Descriptions of the Inner Life of the People, Their Manners and Customs, the Primitive Antiquities, Etc.

Paul B. Du Chaillu · 1899 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, George Newnes, Limited, 1899. Cloth. A smart new edition of this exciting work of travel writing from Paul Du Chaillu. New edition. Illustrated throughout with a folding map, one folding plate, and over two hundred and fifty in-text illustrations, some of which are ful...

Eothen: Or, Traces of Travel Brought Home from the East

A. W. Kinglake; S. L. Bensusan · 1913 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, Sampson Low, Marston & Co. LTD. 1913. Cloth. Frank Brangwyn's colourfully illustrated edition of the Asian travels of Kinglake, a smart copy of this work. The standard edition, published concurrently with a limited edition of one hundred copies.Illustrated with tw...

Green Hills of Africa

Ernest Hemingway · 1936 · Rooke Books

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

London, Jonathan Cape, 1936. First edition. Cloth. The scarce to see first British impression of Ernest Hemingway's account of his month long safari trip in 1933. The first British edition, first impression. This British edition is scarcer than the U.S. edition, which was...

View of the State of Europe During the Middle Ages

Henry Hallam · 1872 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, John Murray, 1872. Leather. A smart complete set of the new edition of this history of Europe during the Middle Ages. Complete in three volumes. A historical study of the state of Europe during the Middle Ages, with chapters on the invasion of Naples by Charles VIII, t...

Les Guides Nagel: Iran

1966 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

Geneve, Paris, Munich, Les Editions Nagel, 1966. Cloth. A smart and scarce copy of this guide to travelling Iran, with maps and illustrations. In the original French. French. Scarce work. Illustrated with three colour folding maps and twenty-five black-and-white plans. Collate...

Miniature Portraits; or, Brief Biography: Displaying a Choice Selection of Eminent British Characters

William Hill · 1815 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, J. Booth, 1815 . First edition. Hardback. The vanishingly scarce first edition of this collection of biographies of 'eminent British characters', intended for young readers. The first edition of this very scarce work by William Hill.Alphabetically arranged, t...

A Year Amongst the Persians

Edward G. Browne · 1893 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.66 | $383.19 | ¥61,199)

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1893 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of Edward G. Browne's detailed account of his time in Persia in the 1880s. The scarce first edition of this work by British Iranologist Edward Granville Browne.Illustrated with a colour ...

A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents

James D. Richardson [editor] · 1913 · Rooke Books

£425.00 (€509.50 | $561.58 | ¥89,688)

New York, Bureau of National Literature, 1913. Leather. A complete set of this illustrated historical work on the Presidents of the United States of America. Complete in eleven volumes. An important collection of messages, letters, and papers of the Presidents of the United St...

Nunhead Cemetery and the Battle of Waterloo

Jeffrey M. Hart · 2018 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Friends of Nunhead Cemetery , 2018 . First edition. Paperback. A very scarce historical work documenting the Waterloo campaign veterans who are buried at All Saints Cemetery in Nunhead. First edition, in the publisher's original paperback binding, with pictorial d...

Down Dublin Streets 1916

Eamonn Mac Thomais · 1965 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Dublin, Irish Book Bureau , 1965 . First edition. Paperback. A very scarce first edition of this work commemorating the Golden Jubilee of the 1916 Easter Week Rising. First edition, in the publisher's original paperback binding. This fascinating work presents the Easter R...

In the Clink: The Story of England&Apos;S Oldest Prison

E. J. Burford · 1977 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, New English Library, 1977. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon first edition of E. J. Burford's fascinating historical study of the oldest "clink" in England. First edition, in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original, unclipped dust wrapper.Th...

Breaking the Record & the Romance of the South Pole

M. Douglas; G. Barnett Smith · 1898 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)

London, Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1898-1900 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce pair of first editions documenting dangerous and thrilling Arctic and Antarctic expeditions, accompanied by illustrations. First editions, in the publisher's original pictorial binding. Compri...

Souvenirs Sur Les Croix de Bois

Roland Dorgeles · 1929 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Paris, A La Cite Des Livres, 1929. First edition. Leather. A smartly bound copy of this important work on World War I, from French novelist Roland Dorgeles. In the original French. French language. First edition. Copy number 355 of 1000. A moving study on life during the First...

A Complete Memoir of Richard Haines (1633-1685), a Forgotten Scottish Worthy

Charles Reginald Haines · 1899 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Harrison and Sons, 1899 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of Charles Reginald Haines's memoir of his ancestor, 'forgotten Sussex worthy' Richard Haines. The scarce first edition of this work.Illustrated with a frontispiece and fourteen pla...

The Great Within

Maurice Collis · 1941 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Faber and Faber Limited, 1941. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this episodic sketch of Chinese dynastic history, with the original price-clipped dust wrapper. First edition. Illustrated with sixteen plates and three maps, one of which is folding. Collate...