Storia

True Stories from Roman History

Alice Pollard · 1892 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

London, Griffith Farran Browne & Co. Limited, 1892. Leather. A smartly bound copy of this collection of historical stories of Roman times, with illustrations throughout. Dated from the British Library. Illustrated with frontispiece and twenty-five images, many of which are ful...

Caledonia Romana: A Descriptive Account of the Roman Antiquates of Scotland.

Robert Stuart; David Thomson [ed.] · 1852 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.81 | $218.02 | ¥34,820)

Edinburgh , Sutherland and Knox , 1852. Leather. A very scarce edition of this study of Roman Scotland complete with plates and maps. The second edition. Very scarce. Handsomely rebound in a quarter calf binding. The revised second edition of this work by the historian Robert ...

Panorama of the City of Chester Containing Its Curiosities, Antiquities and Ancient and Present State with a Visit to Easton Hall Intended As a Pocket Directory to the Inquisitive Traveller and Curious Tourist

John Trevor · 1843 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

Chester , Edward Parry, 1843. Cloth. A very scarce copy this work exploring the history and hidden treasures of Chester. The second edition. Very scarce. The history of Chester through its curiosities, monuments, and antiquates. This is a guide intended as a pocket directory. ...

Campagne de Monsier le Marechal Duc de Noailles, En Allemagne L&Apos;an M. Dcc. XLIII

1761 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)

Amsterdam, Marc-Michel Rey, 1761. Leather. A very scarce account of the campaign of the Marshal Duke of Noailles in Germany during the year 1743, in the original French language. Complete in two volumes. A detailed historical account of the campaign of Adrien Maurice de Noaill...

The Works of Lord Macaulay

Lord Macaulay · 1898 · Rooke Books

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

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1898. Leather. The complete twelve volume set of works by Lord Macaulay bound in half calf. Twelve volumes. Complete in twelve.  The Albany Edition. Bound in half calf with cloth to the boards. Raised bands and gilt text to the spine. With m...

A Short History of the English People

J. R. Green; Mrs. J. R. Green (ed.); Kate Norgate (ed.) · 1892 · Rooke Books

£345.00 (€413.60 | $455.87 | ¥72,805)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1892. Leather. A smart complete four volume set of this history of the English people, with illustrations throughout. Complete in four volumes. A history of the English people, from the English conquest and the development of kingdoms, throug...

The History and Antiquities of the Parish of Darlington in the Bishoprick

W. Hylton Dyer Longstaffe · 1854 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.87 | $151.96 | ¥24,268)

Darlington, Darlington and Stockton Times, 1854 . First edition. Cloth. A well presented first edition of this work presenting the history of the parish of Darlington, with illustrations. First edition, rebound in a smart cloth binding. Written by English historian W. Hylton D...

The Great North

Felice Bellotti; James Cadell [translator] · 1957 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, Andre Deutsch, 1957. First edition. Cloth. A very smart advanced reading copy of this exciting account of the expeditions of Bellotti, with illustrations. First edition. Advanced reading copy with request for review insert. Illustrated with sixteen plates. Collated com...

Flowers from a Persian Garden, and Other Papers

W. A. Clouston · 1890 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.56 | $495.51 | ¥79,136)

London, David Nutt, 1890. First edition. Leather. A Bayntun-Riviere first edition of William Alexander Clouston's travel work on Iran, a smartly bound copy of this scarce work. The first edition of this scarce work.Bound by Bayntun-Riviere.A charming travel work on Iran, ...

Vies de Haydn, de Mozard Et de Metastase; Storia Della Economia Pubblica in Italia

M. de Stendhal; M. Schlichtegroll; Giuseppe Pecchio · 1829 · Rooke Books

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

Paris; Lugano, Alphonse Levavasseur; Presso G. Ruggia e Comp, 1829-1831. Leather. A vellum-bound work concerning the lives of the important composers Haydn and Mozart, and the librettist Pietro Metastasio, with a history of the economy of Italy. The second edition of this work...

The Birds of Yorkshire

T. H. Nelson · 1907 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)

London, A. Brown and Sons, 1907 . First edition. Leather. The beautifully bound first edition of Thomas Hudson Nelson illustrated study of the native avifauna of Yorkshire. The two volume first edition of this work by British ornithologist Thomas Hudson Nelson.Nelson had an ex...

What Are You Going to Do About It? the Case for Constructive Peace

Aldous Huxley · 1936 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London , Chatto And Windus , 1936. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A pamphlet on pacifism and the case for constructive peace. The first edition. A pacifist pamphlet written in 1936 by Aldous Huxley. This pamphlet explores pacifism in relation to constructive peace. Within t...

The Life and Reign of Edward I

Robert Benton Seeley · 1872 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, Seeley, Jackson, & Halliday, 1872 . First edition. Leather. A smart, leather-bound copy of Robert Benton Seeley's biographical work on Edward I. First edition, rebound in a full calf binding. Written by publisher and author, Robert Benton Seeley. This biographical...

Parish Churches on the Sites of Romano-British Chapels and the Lines of the Roman Survey

Montague Sharpe · 1909 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Brentford, Brentford Printing and Publishing Co. 1909. Brochure/Pamphlet. A short history of parish churches on the sites of Romo-British Chapels, and the lines of the roman Survey with nine maps. First edition. Very scarce. A short introduction to Parish Churches on the sites...

Holland House

Princess Marie Liechtenstein · 1874 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1874. First edition. Cloth. A first edition two-volume set on the history and art collection of Holland House, originally known as Cope Castle. The first edition of this two-volume set in the publisher's original cloth bindings, with gilt detaili...

Katharine, the Virgin Widow & the King&Apos;S Secret Matter

Jean Plaidy [Eleanor Alice Hibbert] · 1961 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.43 | ¥10,129)

London, Robert Hale Limited, 1961-1962. First edition. Cloth. Two first editions of novels from the Tudor Saga by Jean Plaidy, with the original unclipped dust wrappers. Two volumes. First edition. Volumes two and four from the Tudor Saga. Written by Eleanor Alice Hibbert, und...

Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile, in the Years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, and 1773

James Bruce of Kinnaird · 1790 · Rooke Books

£1,800.00 (€2,157.90 | $2,378.45 | ¥379,853)

Edinburgh; London, J. Ruthven; G. G. J. and J. Robinson, 1790. First edition. Leather. The first edition of James Bruce's travelogue recounting his search to the source of the Nile, an illustrated set of five volumes. The first edition.Complete in five volumes.ESTC citati...

The Greville Memoirs: A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV

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

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

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1874-1887. First edition. Leather. The first edition of the complete three volumes, handsomely and uniformly bound in eight volumes, of The Greville Memoirs. The first edition of this three volume work, bound in eight volumes in full calf bindi...

Letters from Head-Quarters; or, the Realities of the War in Crimea

[Somerset Gough-Calthorpe] · 1857 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, John Murray, 1857. Cloth. The second edition of the collected letters written by Somerset Gough-Calthorpe during the Crimean War. The second edition of this uncommon work.A selection of the letters of Somerset Gough-Calthorpe, writing his experiences during the Crimean...

Germany, from the Baltic to the Adriatic; or, Prussia, Austria, and Venetia with Reference to the Late War

Captain Spencer [William Spencer Beaumont] · 1867 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, George Routledge and Sons, 1867. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of William Spencer Beaumont's scarce history of Prussia, Austria, and Venetia, with reference to the Austro-Prussian War. The first edition of this scarce work in the publisher's orig...