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The Library of Historic Characters and Famous Events of All Nations and All Ages

A. R. Spofford; et al. · 1895 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)

London, William Finley & Co, 1895-1900. Leather. A scarce complete limited edition set of this illustrated series on important historical characters and events, bound in half morocco. The limited edition "Imperial Edition", being number 344 out of one thousand copies. A twelv...

University of Oxford College Histories: Brasenose College

John Buchan · 1898 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, F. E. Robinson, 1898. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of John Buchan's scarce historical account of 'Brasenose College', where the renowned author studied. The first edition, first impression of this scarce work, with the six page catalogue to th...

Whittier As a Politician

John Greenleaf Whittier; Samuel T. Pickard · 1900 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

Boston, Charles E. Goodspeed, 1900. Leather. A very scarce limited edition compiling the letters of John Greenleaf Whittier, written to his fellow abolitionist Elizur Wright. A very scarce limited edition, limited to only one hundred and fifty copies, of which this is numbered...

1946: The Making of the Modern World

Victor Sebestyen · 2014 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Macmillan, 2014. First edition. Cloth. A signed first impression of this remarkable post-WWII history, from the library of publisher and founder of Virago Press, Carmen Callil. Signed dedication from the author to the title page. The first edition, first impression. ...

General Regulations and Orders for the Army. Adjutant Generals Office, Horse-Guards. 12th August 1811.

Adjutant Generals Office · 1811 · Rooke Books

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

London, W. Clowes, 1811. First edition. Leather. A smartly bound first edition of this very scarce British army regulation handbook published during the Napoleonic wars, providing fascinating insight into army operations during this historic period, bound in crushed quarter mo...

Three Practical Treatises on the Duties of the Army During Attacks and Sieges by J. Jebb

J. Jebb [Joshua Jebb] · 1848 · Rooke Books

£325.00 (€389.62 | $429.44 | ¥68,585)

London, W. Clowes and Sons, 1848. First edition. Hardback. Three very scarce military works by a notable British Officer of the Royal Engineers, detailing the duties of the British army during attacks and sieges, bound together with all the original maps and plates. The third ...

Merchants and Merchandise in Seventeenth-Century Bristol

Patrick McGrath [editor] · 1955 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

Bristol, Bristol Record Society, 1955. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this scarce historical study into merchants of Bristol in the seventeenth century. Bristol Record Society's Publications Vol. XIX. First edition. Scarce work. A detailed study of the mer...

Things Chinese or Notes Connected with China

J. Dyer Ball · 1904 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, John Murray, 1904. Cloth. The fourth edition of this study of China from Hong Kong scholar and author James Dyer Ball. Fourth edition, revised and enlarged. Based on the author's own experiences living in China for almost forty years, this work explores almost eve...

General Craufurd and His Light Division

Alexander H. Craufurd · 1891 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London, Griffith Farran Okeden & Welsh, 1891. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this military biography of one of Wellington's most celebrated lieutenants and his division. First edition. With a portrait frontispiece and seven pages of facsimile letters to th...

Clausewitz: La Campagne de 1814

Carl von Clausewitz; G. Duval de Fraville [Translator] · 1972 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

Paris, Champs Libre, 1972 . Cloth. A smart, scarce edition of this strategic dissection of Napoleon"s 1814 downfall by Carl Philipp Gottlieb von Clausewitz, Prussian general and military theorist. Smartly rebound in blue cloth.Carl von Clausewitz's "La Campagne de 1814" d...

20 Vols a Collection of First Editions by John Masters

John Masters · 1951 · Rooke Books

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

London, Michael Joseph, 1951-1983. First edition. Cloth. An impressive set of twenty novels by John Masters; all first editions in the original dust wrappers. The first edition, first impressions of these twenty works in the publisher's original cloth bindings, with the o...

Things Japanese: Being Notes on Various Subjects Connected with Japan for the Use of Travellers and Others

Basil Hall Chamberlain · 1902 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, John Murray, 1902 . Cloth. A fascinating, comprehensive encyclopedia covering topics from the abacus to zoology in Japan, by prominent British academic and Japanologist, Basil Hall Chamberlain. In the publisher's original cloth binding.This volume is the fourth ed...

Wellington: The Bidassoa and Nivelle

Major-General F. C. Beatson · 1931 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, Edward Arnold & Co. 1931. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated study of the Duke of Wellington and the Battles of Bidassoa and Nivelle. First edition. Very scarce edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and nine images across seven plates, w...

Ismalia: A Narrative for the Expedition to Central Africa for the Suppression of the Slave Trade Organized by Ismail, Khedive of Egypt

Sir Samuel W. Baker · 1886 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1886. Leather. A smartly bound copy of this account of English explorer Sir Samuel White Baker's expedition to Central Africa, with maps and illustrations. Illustrated with a frontispiece, a folding map, and forty-five plates. Collated c...

A Comprehensive History of Norwich

A. D. Bayne · 1869 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Jarrold & Sons, Limited, 1869. Cloth. A smart first edition of this detailed and comprehensive history of Norwich from A. D. Bayne. First edition. With numerous in-text images. A historical account of the rich and varied history of Norwich, including its civil, politic...

An Historical and Critical Account of the Life of Oliver Cromwell

William Harris · 1762 · Rooke Books

£285.00 (€341.67 | $376.59 | ¥60,143)

London, A. Millar, 1762. First edition. Leather. The first edition of William Harris' nonconformist biography on Oliver Cromwell. The first edition.A scare work.A significant biography on Oliver Cromwell, the infamous statesman who was the leading advocate for the executi...

The Coat of Arms

J. P. Brooke-Little · 1950 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, The Heraldry Society, c1955. Cloth. A smartly bound collection of nine issues of this quarterly heraldry magazine issued by The Heraldry Society of London. Nine issues bound into one volume. Illustrated throughout. The Coat of Arms is a non-profit academic journal whic...

If the Invader Comes, and, Beating the Invader

Winston Churchill · 1940 · Rooke Books

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

London, Ministry of Information; War Office; Ministry of Home Security, 1940-41. First edition. Loose Pages, Articles. Two first edition leaflets distributed across the country during the Second World War, encouraging messages from the Prime Minister Churchill to his public. T...

The Rise of the Dutch Republic: A History

John Lothrop Motley · 1896 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, George Bell and Sons , 1896. Leather. A complete leather-bound new edition of this history of the Dutch Republic by John Lothrop Motley. A new edition, published for Bohn's Standard Library. Complete in three volumes. Uniformly bound in half tan calf, with marble...

Every Mother&Apos;S Book

1949 · Rooke Books

£34.00 (€40.76 | $44.93 | ¥7,175)

Sussex, Alfred Fennings, 1949. Brochure/Pamphlet. A very smart copy of this illustrated guide for mothers from Alfred Fennings chemist. Scarce work. With illustrations throughout. A charming pamphlet from the chemist Alfred Fennings, who established Fennings Pharmaceuticals in...