Storia

The ã‚âoeconomy of the Fleete: Or an Aapologeticall Answeare of Alexander Harris (Late Warden There) Unto XIX Articles Sett Forth Against Him by the Prisoners

Augustus Jessopp · 1879 · Rooke Books

£39.99 (€47.94 | $52.84 | ¥8,439)

London, Printed for the Camden Society, 1879. Cloth. The ÂÂOeconomy of the Fleete: Or an Aapologeticall Answeare of Alexander Harris (Late Warden there) unto XIX Articles Sett Forth Against him by the Prisoners. Edited, from the original Ms. in the possession of His Grace the...

Description of the Banquet Given in Honour of Sir Robert Peel

Anonymous · 1837 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)

Glasgow, John Smith and Son , 1837. Cloth. A very scarce account of the banquet in honour of Sir Robert Peel's election as Lord Rector of the University of Glasgow. Detailing the proceedings at the election and inauguration; the addresses of various public bodies; and rep...

Pitt and Napoleon Essays and Letters

J Holland Rose · 1912 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, G Bell and Sons, 1912. Cloth. An interesting work on William Pitt and Napoleon, handsomely bound in the publisher's original cloth binding. The essays to the first section of this work trace the career and characters of both men. The second part is a collection of...

Trails of the Hunted

James L. Clark · 1929 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, Chatto and Windus, 1929. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of Clark's study of African, Asian and North American animals, illustrated with photographic plates. First Edition. Featuring a photographic frontispiece. 'With forty-seven plates&apos. James L. C...

Fasti Etonenses a Biographical History of Eton Selected from the Lives of Celebrated Etonians

Arthur Christopher Benson · 1899 · Rooke Books

£39.99 (€47.94 | $52.84 | ¥8,439)

Eton , R. Ingalton Drake, 1899. Cloth. A history of Eton College, told through the lives of some of its famous students. Illustrated throughout with numerous plates, some of which are coloured. Including chapters on De Quincey, Charles Simeon, Tennyson and many others. In a cl...

Rural Sanitation in the Tropics

Malcolm Watson · 1915 · Rooke Books

£32.00 (€38.36 | $42.28 | ¥6,753)

London, John Murray, 1915. Cloth. A fascinating volume on the Sanitary Organisation in Panama. This work is an informative investigation into the controls put in place in order to maintain the health of the large work force in Panama, India and Hong Kong. With 40 plates throug...

Mexico Its Progress and Commercial Opportunities

E. J. Howell · 1892 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

London, W. B. Whittingham and Co, Ltd, 1892. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this scarce book: 'Mexico; its Progress and Commercial Opportunities', by E. J. Howell, which has been signed by the author. Inscribed by the author to the title page with a note to...

La Religion Romaine D&Apos;Auguste Aux Antonins

Gaston Boissier · 1874 · Rooke Books

£79.99 (€95.89 | $105.70 | ¥16,880)

Paris, Librairie Hachette, 1874. First edition. Leather. Gaston Bossier's work on the religion of Ancient Rome. First edition. In French. Marie-Louis-Antoine-Gaston Boissier (15 August 1823 – 1908) was a French classical scholar, and secretary of the Académie francaise....

Livre D&Apos;or de la Mission Du Lessouto - Soixante-Quinze Ans de L&Apos;Histoire D&Apos;Une Tribu Sud-Africaine 1833-1908

M. A. Boegner · 1912 · Rooke Books

£156.00 (€187.02 | $206.13 | ¥32,921)

Paris , Maison des Missions Evangeliques, 1912. Leather. A French work chronicling the history of the tribes of Basutoland, now Lesotho, from a missionary viewpoint With a Preface by M. A. Boegner. With numerous in-text photograph illustrations, with a fold-out map to the rear...

Oeuvres Completes de M.T. Ciceron

Cicero; Jos. Vict. Le Clerc [ed.] · 1827 · Rooke Books

£995.00 (€1,192.84 | $1,314.75 | ¥209,974)

Paris, Werdet et Lequien Fils, 1827. Leather. A scarce thirty-five volume set of Cicero's complete works, written in French and in attractive half-calf bindings. A towering figure of Roman philosophy, Cicero was a notable polymath, finding his profession in philosophy, po...

Beautes de L&Apos;Histoire D&Apos;Italie

Giraud · 1820 · Rooke Books

£320.00 (€383.63 | $422.84 | ¥67,529)

Paris, Libraire D'Education D'Alexis Eymery, 1820. Leather. A history of Italy with many beautiful engravings. A history of Italy with many beautiful engravings. Complete in two volumes. In French. Deuxieme edition. This interesting work charts the history of Italy f...

Napoleon: Sa Vie, Son Oeuvre, Son Temps

G. Lacour-Gayet · 1921 · Rooke Books

£200.00 (€239.77 | $264.27 | ¥42,206)

Paris, Hachette, 1921. Leather. A French history of the life, time, and works of Napoleon. A French history of the life, time, and works of Napoleon. Illustrated throughout with twenty-four coloured plates tipped onto cartridge paper (collated, complete), and numerous other il...

Bibliographie Des Chansonniers Francais

Gaston Raynaud · 1884 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

Paris, F. Vieweg, 1884. Leather. A scarce set of books listing all French Chansonniers through the thirteenth to fourteenth centuries. A very scarce work.In the original French.Complete in two volumes.A 'Chansonnier' is a collection of chansons, or polyphonic and mon...

Histoire de Donjon Et Du Chateau de Vincennes, Depuis Leur Origine Jusqu&Apos;a la Chute de Napoleon Buonaparte

Pierre-Jean-Baptiste Nougaret · 1814 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

Paris, Chez Brunot Labbe, Lerouge, 1814. Leather. A three volume set of this work by Pierre-Jean-Baptiste Nougaret. A three volume set of this work by Pierre-Jean-Baptiste Nougaret. The second edition. Complete in three volumes with a frontispiece to each volume. With the book...

Eskimoleben

Fridtjof Nansen · 1903 · Rooke Books

£74.99 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,825)

Leipzig und Berlin, Georg Heinrich Meyer, 1903. Paperback. A book on the life of Eskimos by Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen. In German Blackletter script. With decorative head and tail pieces and a number of in-text illustrations. In original pictorial paper wraps. External...

Origines de L&Apos;Allemagne L&Apos;Empire Germanique

Jules Zeller · 1872 · Rooke Books

£71.99 (€86.30 | $95.12 | ¥15,192)

Paris, Didier , 1872. Leather. This is the first volume of Zeller's history of Germany and goes up to the Carolingian period. In the original French. An interesting history of Germany. Written by Jules Sylvian Zeller. Zeller became professor of History at the Facult de Le...

Histoire Du Peuple Francais

Edmond Pognon; Georges Duveau · 1962 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

Paris, National Libraire de France, 1962. Hardback. A nicely bound two volume set looking at the history of France. Two handsome volumes from the History of French People series. Volume 2 by Edmund Pognon, explores history from 1380-1715, from the French heroine Joan of Arc to...

La Rue Saint-Honore, Des Origines a la Revolution

Robert Henard · 1908 · Rooke Books

£74.99 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,825)

Paris, Emile Paul, 1908. Leather. An illustrated history of the origins of the French Revolution in the Rue Saint-Honore. A fascinating historical account of the origins of the French Revolution in relation to la Rue Saint-Honore in Paris, in a fine decorative binding. Featuri...

Historia General de Espana in Two Volumes

Father Juan de Mariana · 1780 · Rooke Books

£1,580.00 (€1,894.16 | $2,087.75 | ¥333,427)

Madrid, Andres Ramirez, 1780. Leather. The 1780 edition of this famous history of Spain in a rather attractive blindstamped binding and in near fine condition. Direct from the library at Newton Hall, the 18th century country house and estate, seat of the Widdrington family in ...

Report on the Explosion Which Occurred at the Whitfield Colliery on the 7th February 1881

Her Majesty's Stationery Office · 1881 · Rooke Books

£79.00 (€94.71 | $104.39 | ¥16,671)

London, Printed by George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode; H.M.S.O. 1881. Paperback. A rare copy of this report on the 1881 Whitfield Colliery Explosion, including minutes of evidence pertaining to the causes and deaths. Very scarce copy of this report presented to both H...