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Facts and Illustrations Relative to the Military Preparations Carried on in France

Sir Francis d'Ivernois · 1804 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.80 | $224.63 | ¥35,875)

London, J. Hatchard, 1804. Cloth. A very scarce historical work First English Edition, very scarce.In a modern cloth binding, with a leather label on spine displaying the title in gilt. This is a historical work which gives the readers 'facts and illustrations' that...

The Wife of the First Consul

Imbert de Saint-Amand · 1892 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

London, Hutchinson and Co. 1892. Cloth. A third UK edition of this study of the wife of the first consul. Imbert de Saint-Amand was a French diplomat and historian, prolific author of publications on the women of the court of Louis XIV, Louis XV, as well as Marie-Antoinette, M...

Precis of Great Campaigns 1796-1815

J. H. Anderson · 1907 · Rooke Books

£47.00 (€56.35 | $62.10 | ¥9,918)

London, Hugh Rees Ltd, 1907. First edition. Cloth. A wonderfully illustrated history of the Napoleonic military campaigns from 1796 to 1815, with colour folding maps and other folding plates. First and only edition. Illustrations include twelve colour plates, eight folding ma...

Voyage East: A Cargo Ship in the 1960s

Richard Woodman · 1988 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

London, John Murray , 1988. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first impression of Richard Woodman's account of life aboard a typical cargo liner, signed by the author. Richard Woodman draws on his own experiences of service in cargo liners to share the typical life aboard a ...

Europe and England 1715-1815

Victor Cohen · 1931 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, Thomas Nelson and Sons, LTD. 1931. First edition. Cloth. A colourfully illustrated book from 'The Parallel Histories Series', with history of Europe and England from 1715 to 1815, and a range of illustrated plates. First Edition, very scarce. Book IIIB in &a...

Pauline Favourite Sister of Napoleon

W. N. C. Carlton · 1931 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Thornton Butterworth, Limited, 1931. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this touching biography on the life of Napoleon's sister Pauline Bonaparte. The first edition of this work.An insightful biography on Pauline Bonaparte, an imperial French princess and...

Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, with a Preliminary View of the French Revolution

Sir Walter Scott · 1871 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

Edinburgh, Adam and Charles Black, 1871. Cloth. A smart copy of this extensive illustrated biography of notorious French leader, Napoleon Bonaparte, written by Sir Walter Scott. A fascinating and very detailed biography of eighteenth and nineteenth century notorious French mil...

Marie Louise, the Island of Elba, and the Hundred Days

Imbert de Saint-Amand; Elizabeth Gilbert Martin [trans.] · 1892 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.84 | $178.38 | ¥28,489)

London, Hutchinson & Co. 1892. Cloth. An English language translation of Arthur-Leon Imbert de Saint-Amand's study of Napoleon's second wife during the final year of his rule. Translated from the original French by Elizabeth Gilbert Martin, this is French historian a...

Death in the Forest

Jeremy Potter · 1977 · Rooke Books

£88.00 (€105.50 | $116.28 | ¥18,571)

London, Constable and Company, 1977. First edition. Cloth. A historical crime novel, set in England following the years of the Norman conquests, presented in the original unclipped dust wrapper. First Edition.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.'Death in the Forest&apo...

Citizeness Bonaparte

Imbert de Saint-Amand; Thomas Sergant Perry [trans.] · 1891 · Rooke Books

£34.00 (€40.76 | $44.93 | ¥7,175)

London, Hutchinson & Co, 1891 . Cloth. An English language translation of Arthur-Leon Imbert de Saint-Amand's biographical study of the Empress Josephine Bonaparte. Translated from the original French by Thomas Sergeant Perry, this is French historian and diplomat Arthur-...

Geology of the Antarctic Peninsula

G. E. Grikurov · 1978 · Rooke Books

£34.00 (€40.76 | $44.93 | ¥7,175)

Washington D.C. Office of Polar Programs, 1978. Cloth. A very scarce work on the geology of the Antarctic, an interesting work originally written in Russian by G. E. Grikurov. A very scarce work, originally published in Russian as 'Geologiya Antarkticheskoho Poluostrova&a...

Curiosities of Literature

I. D'Israeli · 1867 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

London, G. Routledge and Sons, 1867. Hardback. I. D'Israeli's collection of miscellaneous curiosities concerning the history of literature, in a charming full calf binding. Isaac D'Israeli's collection of miscellaneous facts concerning the history of litera...

Testimony of Light

Helen Greaves · 1970 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Great Britain, The World Fellowship Press Ltd. 1970. Cloth. A remarkable autobiographical work describing the author's telepathic encounter's with her deceased friend. Exploring the telepathic relationship between the living and the dead, in this case, the author and...

Footprints of the Creator, of the Asterolepis of Stromness

Hugh Miller · 1870 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)

Edinburgh, William P. Nimmo, 1870. Cloth. A lovely later impression of Hugh Miller's exploration into geology and its relationship to the Bible, bound in decorative cloth. Written by Hugh Miller, a prominent Scottish geologist.This work first appeared in 1850, with this b...

Anti-Commando

Victor Sampson; Ian Hamilton · 1931 · Rooke Books

£89.00 (€106.70 | $117.60 | ¥18,782)

London, Faber & Faber, 1931 . First edition. Cloth. An illustrated first edition study of the Second Boer War, featuring a number of contemporary photographs and folding plates and maps. The first edition of Ian Hamilton and Victor Sampson's study of the Boer War, reflect...

New- Englands Memoriall

Nathaniel Morton · 1903 · Rooke Books

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

Boston, The Club of Odd Volumes, 1903. Cloth. A marvellous limited edition facsimile of Nathaniel Morton's historical writings on the Plymouth Colony. A limited edition, this being No. 128.The 'New England's Memorial' was the first comprehensive history of ...

In African Forest and Jungle

Paul Du Chaillu · 1903 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)

London, John Murray , 1903. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this travelogue by Paul du Chaillu, exploring the African forests and jungles. A scarce first UK edition of this travel work by Paul Du Chaillu, preceded by a rarer undated first US edition. Telling ...

Winston S. Churchill

Randolph S. Churchill; Martin Gilbert · 1966 · Rooke Books

£625.00 (€749.27 | $825.85 | ¥131,893)

London, Heinemann, 1966-1976 . First edition. Cloth. A collection of five illuminating first editions of this celebrated biography of Sir Winston Churchill, accompanied by seven companion volumes. The first five volumes of the official biography of Winston Churchill, each in t...

Transport Pioneers of the Twentieth Century

Sir Peter Allen; Graham Robson · 1981 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Cambridge, Patrick Stephens, 1981. Cloth. An excellent limited edition collection of interviews with pioneers of transport, presented in a slipcase and lavishly illustrated throughout. Containing interviews with Thomas Sopwith, Robert E. Dicker, C. Hamilton Ellis, Leo Villa, S...

Exploration Du Parc National de la Garamba

Jacques Verschuren · 1957 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

Bruxelles, M. Hayes, 1957. First edition. Paperback. The very scarce signed first edition of this French biologist's scientific study of the bats of the Congo's Garamba National Park. In the original French.The very scarce first edition of the biologist and ornitholo...