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Modern Street Ballads

John Ashton · 1888 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1888. First edition. Cloth. An extensive collection of historical, political, social, and sea street ballads, replete with numerous in-text illustrations. An extensive collection of street ballads from English history, particularly those of social, pol...

Head-Hunters: Black White and Brown

Alfred C. Haddon · 1901 · Rooke Books

£725.00 (€869.15 | $957.99 | ¥152,996)

London, Methuen & Co, 1901. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this study of the Torres Strait islanders, from influential anthropologist Alfred Cort Haddon. The scarce first edition of this unusual work.Illustrated with a frontispiece, numerous vignette illustr...

A Glossary of North Country Words in Use

John Trotter Brockett · 1825 · Rooke Books

£1,250.00 (€1,498.54 | $1,651.70 | ¥263,787)

Newcastle, Hodgson for Chanley, 1825. First edition. Leather. An annotated author's proof copy of John Trotter Brockett's glossary of northern dialect, with a letter from the author tipped in. With a letter from the author to Robert Davidson tipped in following the p...

Cambridge University Library a History the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries

David McKitterick · 1986 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.83 | $191.60 | ¥30,599)

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1986. First edition. Cloth. A very smart volume on the History of Cambridge University Library in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, with illustrations throughout. A smart first edition copy of the second volume of Cambridge Univers...

Russia and the West

Economic League · 1946 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

London , Economic League, 1946. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. An interesting and scarce pamphlet detailing Russia's expansion in Europe in 1946, with a colour folding map. A fascinating pamphlet with a folding map that illustrates a picture of Russia's expansion ...

The Quest for Cathay

Sir Percy Sykes · 1936 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, A. & C. Black Ltd, 1936. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition work discussing Middle Aged European exploration of China, an illustrated work complete with a colour frontispiece and folding maps. The first edition.In the original uncommon price-clipped dust wrap...

Ancient Mysteries Described, Especially the English Miracle Plays

William Hone · 1823 · Rooke Books

£230.00 (€275.73 | $303.91 | ¥48,537)

London, William Hone, 1823 . First edition. Cloth. A very smart copy of the illustrated first edition of William Hone's analysis and reproduction of unpublished medieval miracle plays. The first edition of English writer, satirist and bookseller William Hone's work o...

Batsfords&Apos; City Series Oxford and Cambridge

Christopher Hobhouse; John Steegman · 1945 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London , B. T. Batsford, 1945-1954. Cloth. Two detailing and interesting volumes from Batsford's City series detailing the historic Cambridge and Oxford, with illustrations throughout. Two volumes from the Batsfords' City Series, including Oxford, written by Christop...

Forty Days in the Desert on the Track of the Israelites; or, a Journey from Cairo to Mount Sinai and Petra

W. H. Bartlett · 0 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, George Bell and Sons , c1850. Cloth. A fascinating travelogue of Sinai and Egyptian desert by celebrated British artist William Henry Bartlett, adorned with beautiful engravings. Undated copy, dated from Jisc. An uncommon Bell edition. Containing William Henry Bartlett...

English Surnames. An Essay on Family Nomenclature, Historical, Etymological, and Humorous, with Several Illustrative Appendices.

Mark Antony Lower · 1849 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, John Russell Smith, 1849 . Cloth. An uncommon enlarged third edition of M. A. Lower's study on surnames. Third enlarged edition, in original publisher's binding, of English Surnames, by Mark Antony Lower. Complete in two volumes.In this book, Lower examines ...

Wellington and Waterloo

Major Arthur Griffiths · 1898 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, George Newnes, Limited. 1898. First edition. Cloth. An illustrated first edition of Major Arthur Griffiths' military history book on Wellington and Waterloo First edition illustrated copy with original publisher's binding of Major Arthur Griffiths' Welli...

The Revolt of the Netherlands (1555-1609)

Pieter Geyl · 1958 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, Ernest Benn, 1958. Cloth. Pieter Geyl's second edition study of the Revolt of the Netherlands, complete with unclipped dust wrapper. Second edition of this study of the revolt in the Netherlands from 1555 to 1609 by Dutch historian Pieter Geyl, well known for his ...

The Life and Times of Queen Victoria

Robert Wilson · 1897 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, Cassell and Company, Limited, 1897. Cloth. The subscriber's edition of Robert Wilson's fascinating and in-depth biography on the life and times of Queen Victoria, complete with plates throughout. A subscriber's edition, issued in 1897 at the Diamond Jubi...

Paris After Waterloo: Notes Taken at the Time and Hitherto Unpublished

James Simpson · 1853 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.68 | $363.37 | ¥58,033)

Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons , 1853. First edition. Cloth. First edition of this study of the Battle of Waterloo from Simpson's observations, inscribed with the author's compliments. First edition of this work of military history, sharing James Si...

English Fairy Tales

Joseph Jacobs · 1907 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, David Nutt , 1907. Cloth. Third edition of this collection of English fairy tales by Joseph Jacobs, adorned with illustrations by John D. Batten. A collection of English fairy tales by Joseph Jacobs, illustrative of English folklore with popular tales such as 'Tom...

The Restless Years: Being Some Impressions of the Origin of the Australian

Peter O'Shaughnessy; Graeme Inson; Russel Ward · 1968 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

Milton, Marrickville, South Melbourne , The Jacaranda Press, 1968. First edition. Cloth. A beautiful copy of this illustrated study of early Australia, complete with illustrated slipcase. First edition, first impression of this work. A large paper history of the origins of the...

Fifty Years in Chains; or, the Life of an American Slave

Charles Bell · 1860 · Rooke Books

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

New York, H. Dayton, 1860. Cloth. The very scarce abridged edition of Charles Ball's account of his life under slavery in late eighteenth and early nineteenth century America. A very scarce abridged edition of the first hand account of Charles Ball's experiences as a...

Jerzyk: Diaries, Texts, and Testimonies of the Urman Family

Jerzy Feliks Urman; Sophie Urman; Izydor Urman; Anthony Rudolf (Ed); Antonia Lloyd-Jones (Trans) · 2016 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

Bristol, Shearsman Books, 2016. First edition. Paperback. A collection of diaries and testimonies of the Urman family, who lived in Poland during the events of World War II, signed by the editor to Michael Berkeley, the English compose and House of Lords member. First Edition ...

Note of an English Republican on the Muscovite Crusade

Algernon Charles Swinburne · 1876 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London , Chatto & Winduss, 1876 . First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A smart pamphlet written by a poet, writer and critic on the war between Russia and Turkey. This is a very well presented pamphlet detailing Algernon Charles Swinburne's opinions as an English Republican ...

The Diary of a Norwich Hospital Medical Student 1858-1860

Shephard T. Taylor · 1930 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

Norwich, Jarrold and Sons, 1930. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. Shephard T. Taylor's very scarce medical student journal from 1858 to 1860, a lovely first edition. The first edition, first impression of this work. A very scarce copy, rarely seen on the market.Shephard ...