Storia

The Tragic Era the Revolution After Lincoln

Claude G. Bowers · 1929 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

Massachussets, The Literary Guild of America, 1929. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this Reconstruction era history of America, a singular work by Claude Bowers. Presented from the film editor to Hettie Gray Baker to the author Paul Gallico. The first edition of thi...

A Handbook for Travellers in Japan

Basil Hall Chamberlain; W. B. Mason · 1894 · Rooke Books

£490.00 (€587.43 | $647.47 | ¥103,404)

London, John Murray, 1894. Cloth. A bright, early edition of Basil Hall Chamberlain's popular Japanese travel guide. The 'Handbook for Travellers in Japan' was first issued in 1891 and ran through several editions in quick succession. Chamberlain was a professor...

The Fall of Torngak or the Moravian Mission on the Coast of Labrador

J W Davey · 1905 · Rooke Books

£695.00 (€833.19 | $918.35 | ¥146,666)

London, S W Partridge & Co. 1905. First edition. Cloth. J W Davey shares a depiction of what was considered the dominion of the evil spirit of Torngak, the first edition of this very scarce volume. The first edition of this work, only published in 1905. A very scarce volume. O...

Jours de Cirque

2002 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)

Monaco, Grimaldi Forum , 2002. First edition. Cloth. A beautifully and brightly illustrated celebration of the circus, signed by Prince Rainier of Monaco. A delightful first edition publication of the history of the circus, colourfully illustrated throughout with depictions of...

The Speakers of the House of Commons from the Earliest Times to the Present Day with a Topographical Description of Westminster at Various Epochs & a Brief Record of the Principal Constitutional Changes During Seven Centuries

Arthur Irwin Dasent · 1911 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, John Lane the Bodley Head, 1911. Cloth. An informative guide documenting the history of the speakers of the House of Commons, with illustrations of portraits throughout. The Speakers of the House of Commons from the Earliest Times to the Present Day' looks through...

Science and Government

C. P. Snow · 1961 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, Oxford University Press, 1961 . First edition. Cloth. A fascinating first edition political essay by English novelist C. P. Snow, presented in an unclipped dust wrapper. This essay examines the differences between governments and scientists when it comes to having soci...

History of British Aviation 1908-1914

R. Dallas Brett · 1935 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.43 | ¥10,129)

London, Aviation Book Club, 1935. Cloth. A two volume study of British aviation before the First World War, illustrated with a number of photographic and illustrated plates. A two volume work providing a comprehensive study of British aviation between 1908 and 1914, giving &ap...

The Pedigree of the English People

Thomas Nicholas · 1878 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London, C. Kegan Paul and Co, 1878. Cloth. Thomas Nicholas' history of the English people, an immense study into the country, illustrated with a colour map. An extensive history of the pedigree of the English people, a fascinating historical and scientific work on the nat...

The Capel Letters: Being the Correspondence of Lady Caroline Capel and Her Daughters with the Dowager Countess of Uxbridge from Brussels and Switzerland,1814 - 1817

The Marquess of Anglesey [ed.] · 1955 · Rooke Books

£245.00 (€293.71 | $323.73 | ¥51,702)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1955. First edition. Leather. A first edition collection of correspondences between the English nobility, from 1814-1817. Illustrated, and with a folding genealogical table. The first edition of this work, in a signed binding from Sangorski and Sutcliffe...

From Sea to Sky 1910-1945

Arthur Longmore · 1946 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.79 | $237.85 | ¥37,985)

London, Geoffrey Bles, 1946. First edition. Leather. A Sangorski & Sutcliffe bound copy of the first edition of Arthur Longmore's memoir of his time spent working in the Royal Navy. The first edition of this work.In a Sangorski and Sutcliffe binding.The memoir of Arthur L...

Le Vite Di Dante, Petrarca E Boccaccio: Scritte Fino Al Secolo Decimosesto

Angelo Solerti · 1904 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

Milan, Not Stated , [1904]. Leather. An original Italian edition of Angelo Solerti's biographies of Petrarca and Boccaccio, from 'Le Vite' in a uniform, attractive binding. Two of three volumes to form the collection of 'Le Vite' by Angelo Solerti, the...

L Annaei Flori Epitome Rerum Romanarum

L Annaei Flori; Florus · 1692 · Rooke Books

£325.00 (€389.62 | $429.44 | ¥68,585)

Amsterdam, Henricum Wetstenium, 1692. Leather. An uncommon, illustrated edition of this historical work attributed to the Roman cognomen, Florus. From the library of the Crum Ewings and the Hamiltons of Lowood house. 25 pages of engravings and one folding plate.  Other copie...

Quintus Curtius Rufus de Rebus Gestis Alexandrim Macedonum Regis

Quinus Curtius Rufus · 1687 · Rooke Books

£415.00 (€497.52 | $548.36 | ¥87,577)

Amsterdam, Henricum Wetstenium, 1687. Leather. A scarce imprint of Quintus Curtius Rufus' only surviving work, his history of Alexander the Great. In the original Latin.From the library of the Crum Ewings and the Hamiltons of Lowood house.Illustrated, with four plates and...

Three Bembridge Fables and Thy Youth and Cause

John Howard Whitehouse · 1933 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London; Cambridge, George Allen & Unwin; The Yellowsands Press, 1933-1934. First edition. Cloth. Two scarce works from MP and founder of Bembridge School, John Howard Whitehouse. Two scarce works, both in their first editions, from social reformist and Liberal MP J. Howard Whi...

Recollections of the Table-Talk of Samuel Rogers

Rec. Alexander Dyce · 1887 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.47 | $594.61 | ¥94,963)

New Southgate, H. A. Rogers, 1887. Leather. A limited edition, one of only eight copies printed on handmade paper. A lovely assortment of the recollections of Samuel Rogers.Rogers (1763-1855) was a Romantic contemporary of the likes of Byron, Wordsworth and Coleridge, enjoying...

Cathedrals

Anonymous · 1924 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, The Great Western Railway, [1924]. First edition. Cloth. A richly illustrated first impression of this volume detailing the architectural features and history of British cathedrals. The first impression of this charming volume illustrating the architectural features an...

Observations on the Different Species of Asiatic Elephants

John Corse · 1799 · Rooke Books

£2,500.00 (€2,997.08 | $3,303.40 | ¥527,574)

[London?], From the Philosophical Transactions, 1799. First edition. Paperback. A signed, presentation copy of this very scarce study on Asiatic elephants. The first and only edition of this work. In contemporary paper wraps. A scarce work, regarded to be one of the most detai...

Napoleon, la Republique, le Consulat, L&Apos;Empire, Sainte-Helene

1895 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.85 | $171.78 | ¥27,434)

Paris, Hachette et Cie, 1895. Cloth. A French illustrative work on the rise and fall of Napoleon Bonaparte, a lavishly illustrated work. In the original French.An illustrated study of the reign of Napoleon Bonaparte, with full-paged and smaller illustrations to each page, show...

De Coniuratione Catilinae

Sallust · 1556 · Rooke Books

£675.00 (€809.21 | $891.92 | ¥142,445)

[Lyon], [John and Francis Frelon], 1556. Leather. A sixteenth century edition of Sallust's popular historical account of the second Catilinarian conspiracy. A Latin edition of 'The Conspiracy of Catiline', a history chronicling the attempts to overthrow the gove...

From North Pole to Equator Studies of Wild Life and Scenes in Many Lands

Alfred Admund Brehm; J Arthur Thomson; Margaret R Thomson · 1896 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.68 | $363.37 | ¥58,033)

London, Blackie and Son, 1896. First edition. Cloth. A superior copy of the first English translation of zoologist Alfred Edmund Brehm's account of his travels. The first English translation, by Margaret R Thomson and edited by J Arthur Thomson.Illustrated throughout, wit...