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Chants de la Grande Guerre Poemes

Ferdinand Delsol · 1925 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

Paris, Pierre Boussuet, [c.1925] Undated. Paperback. An exceptionally scarce presentation copy of this already very scarce title, in charmingly illustrated coloured covers. An incredibly scarce presentation copy of an already very scarce title. Bound in charmingly illustrated,...

Ballads of Battle

Lance-Corporal Joseph Lee · 1916 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.84 | $178.38 | ¥28,489)

London, John Murray, 1916. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition presentation copy of this book of wartime poetry, illustrated from the battlefield by the author. A very scarce signed first edition copy of this volume.Bound in original half red cloth and grey picto...

Pro Patria

Pittendrigh Macgillivray · 1915 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

Edinburgh, Andrew Elliot, 1915. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce example of this limited edition work, inscribed by the author, signed twice, with additional poem and photograph. A very scarce Andrew Elliot printing of this already uncommon limited edition book of poetry.A ...

A Photograph Album of Late 19th Century Paris

Anonymous · 1800 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

Paris, F. Helaine, c1890 . Cloth. A fantastic collection of twenty-four photographic images of late 19th century Paris and its monuments and boulevards, offering a wonderful insight into the city at the close of the century. A beautiful and very scarce late 19th century photog...

Les Centennales Parisiennes 1800-1900

Charles Simond · 1903 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

Paris, Plon-Nourrit and Co. 1903. Cloth. A charming book commemorating Paris during a century of great historical and cultural change, with over four hundred illustrations. Les Centennales Parisiennes, a charming book commemorating Paris in the nineteenth century, compiled and...

3vol Works on Westminster Abbey

Mrs A. Murray Smith (E.T. Bradley); Lawrence E. Tanner; · 1906 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London , Smith, Elder & Co.; Cassel and Company, Limited.; Raphael Tuck & Sons, Ltd. 1906-1932. Cloth. A comprehensive and highly illustrated three volume set of works on Westminster Abbey. A lovely three volume set of works on Westminster Abbey, an Anglican church in the City...

The Farrier&Apos;S Dispensatory

William Gibson · 1725 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

London, J. Osborn and T. Longmans, 1725 . Leather. An attractive example of the second edition of William Gibson's guide to veterinary care for horses. A scarce work in all editions. The second edition of this work, which is scarce in all editions.William Gibson offers a ...

Observations Introductory to an Historical Essay Upon the Knighthood of the Bath

John Anstis · 1725 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, James Woodman; J. Roberts, 1725 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of John Anstis's important work, which helped establish the British order of chivalry 'The Most Honourable Order of the Bath&apos. The first edition of this work.In this work, Anstis ...

Curious Survivals Habits and Customs of the Past That Still Live in the Present

Dr. George C. Williamson · 1923 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1923. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition copy of Williamson's 1923 reflection on the societal ripples of England's ancient traditions into his present. A first edition copy, bound in original green pictorial boards.In lovely...

The People&Apos;S History of Great Britain, from the Earliest Times to the Close of the 19th Century

Anonymous · 1895 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.56 | $495.51 | ¥79,136)

Liverpool, The Liverpool Courier and the Evening Express, 1895 . First edition. Paperback. The vanishingly scare first edition, in the original parts, of this impressively illustrated and detailed history of Great Britain, published in Liverpool at the close of the 19th centur...

In Darkest Africa or, the Quest Rescue and Retreat of Emin Governor of Equatoria

Henry M. Stanley · 1890 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.31 | $786.21 | ¥125,563)

London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, 1890. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing first edition of Henry M. Stanley's illustrated account of his successful, but damning Emin Pasha Relief Expedition. The first edition. Complete in two volumes. In the publisher&ap...

Vies Des Grands Capitaines Du Moyen-ãƒâ¢Ge: Louis II de Clermont Et Jean le Meingre de Boucicaut.

Alexandre Mazas · 1845 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

Paris, Jacques Lecoffre et Cie, Libraires, 1845. Leather. The third edition and first volume of Alexandre Mazas"s Vies des Grands Capitaines du Moyen Âge, offering a richly detailed account of the lives of Louis II de Clermont and Jean Le Meingre de Boucicaut. Bound in a gree...

The Gregynog Press a Paper Read to the Double Crown Club on 7 April 1954

Thomas Jones · 1954 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London , Geoffrey Cumberlege, Oxford University Press, 1954. First edition. Cloth. A limited edition copy of a paper on the Gregynog Press, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. A limited edition copy, with only 750 having been printed.In publisher's original blue cloth...

Histoire de France

M.E. Jauffret · 1839 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.66 | $383.19 | ¥61,199)

Paris, Chamerot, 1839-1842. Leather. A scarce and engaging popular history of France, with volumes 1-4 covering their formative years in the Ancient and Medieval periods. Decorative leather covered boards. The scarce first edition of Histoire de France by French historian Euge...

The Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Chronicle and the Royal Green Jackets Chronicle

Various · 1958 · Rooke Books

£950.00 (€1,138.89 | $1,255.29 | ¥200,478)

Hampshire, Sydney Lee Ltd; Culverlands Press Ltd. 1958-2007. Cloth. A large set of forty-eight volumes of chronicles from the British Army's infantry regiments. Forty-eight volumes. With illustrations, photographs, and tables to each volume. A collection of the annual reg...

The History of the 5th (Royal Irish) Regiment of Dragoons from 1689 to 1799; Afterwards the 5th Royal Irish Lancers from 1858 to 1921.

Colonel J.R. Harvey; Lieut.-Colonel H.A. Cape · 1923 · Rooke Books

£895.00 (€1,072.95 | $1,182.62 | ¥188,871)

Aldershot , Gale & Polden, Ltd. 1923. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition privately printed regimental history of the 5th Royal Irish Dragoons and later Lancers, richly illustrated with plates and fold-out maps, tracing the regiment"s distinguished service. Rebound in...

A Short History of French Literature (from the Earliest Texts to the Close of the Nineteenth Century)

George Saintsbury · 1901 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Oxford, The Clarendon Press, 1901. Leather. A handsomely bound sixth edition of George Saintsbury"s authoritative survey of French literature from the Middle Ages to the nineteenth century. Handsomely bound in a full calf prize binding by Relfe Brothers, Limited, London. Sixt...

Robertson Street Congregational Church, Hastings. Jubilee Year, 1906.

Charles New · 1906 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

Hastings, Brooker; Brown & Woodley, 1906 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the scarce first edition of this celebration of the golden jubilee of the Robertson Street Congregational Church in Hastings. The scarce first edition of this work.Initialled by the ...

Tokyo Vignettes

Zoe Kincaid · 1933 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)

Tokyo , The Sanseido Co. Ltd , 1933. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon volume of Tokyo reminiscences and observations, written by journalist and critic Zoe Kincaid and illustrated throughout. First edition. An uncommon volume. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth ...

Cathedral Cities of England

George Gilbert · 1905 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, William Heinemann, 1905. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce detailed account of the cathedral cities of England, with 60 colourful illustrated plates throughout. The first edition of the work.In publisher's original beige cloth. Includes gilt t...