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Two Addresses Delivered at the Dedication of a New Transmitter of Radio Free Europe Beamed to Hungary

Frederic R. Dolbeare; Gyula Dessewffy · 1951 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

Stamford, The Overbrook Press, 1951. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A very scarce program and record of the two addresses spoken at the ceremony inaugurating the new service of Radio Free Europe for Hungary. First edition. Limited to three hundred copies. A program and reco...

Unseen Images: Archive Photographs in the Petrie Museum Volume 1: Gurob, Sedment and Tarkhan

Janet Picton; Ivor Pridden · 2008 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Golden House Publications, 2008. Paperback. A smart copy of the first volume of archival photographs from the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology in London. Volume one only. With a "thank you" notice from the Friends of the Petrie Museum, signed by Janet Picton. Illu...

Queens of the Pharaohs

Leonard Cottrell · 1966 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Evans Brothers Limited, 1966. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this interesting illustrated work on the queens of ancient Egypt by Leonard Cottrell, in the original uncommon dust wrapper. The first edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and forty-se...

Pharaoh&Apos;S Fool

Maurice Willson Disher · 1957 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

Melbourne , Heinemann, 1957. First edition. Cloth. A lovely copy of this work containing the fascinating life of Giovanni Belzoni, a prolific Italian explorer and pioneering Egyptologist. The first edition of this work.With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper....

Egypt of the Pharaohs: An Introduction

Sir Alan Gardiner · 1961 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Oxford, Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1961. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated introduction to the Egypt of the Pharaohs, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, twenty-one plates, seventeen figure...

Les Heures Marseillaises

Horace Bertin · 1878 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)

Marseille, Laveirarie, 1878. First edition. Leather. A finely bound first limited edition of Horace Bertin's charming ode to his hometown, Marseille. A limited edition of four-hundred and fifty-five copies, this being number two-hundred and twelve of two-hundred and twent...

Signs of the Times: Explanations Applicable and Necessary for the Present Time

Emanuel Swedenborg · 1872 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.85 | $171.78 | ¥27,434)

London, Simpkin, Marshall & Co, 1872. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce volume containing extracts of the brilliant philosophical writings of Emanuel Swedenborg. The first edition of this very scarce volume collecting together some of Emanuel Swedenborg's writings. Swe...

Spitfire Parade

W. E. Johns · 1943 · Rooke Books

£385.00 (€461.55 | $508.72 | ¥81,246)

Toronto , Oxford University Press, 1943 . First edition. Cloth. The first Canadian edition of this thrilling adventure by W. E. Johns, with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. The first Canadian edition. First published in the UK in 1941. Scarce to see with the original, unc...

The Darlings of the Nations

Dora N. Kemp · 1905 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, Robert Culley, 1905. First edition. Cloth. A scarce children's history work following a young boy's conversations with the portraits of famous figures. The first edition of this very scarce work.Bound in the publisher's pleasing decorative cloth.A charmi...

Mottos and Their Morals

Sir John Courteous, Knight · 1855 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, Seeley, Jackson, and Halliday, 1855 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this vanishingly scarce mid-nineteenth century work on mottos and morals. A very scarce first edition.Anonymously authored, the preface is signed by the pseudonym 'Sir John Courteous,...

The Sacred Animal Necropolis at North Saqqara

Geoffrey T. Martin · 1981 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Egypt Exploration Society, 1981. First edition. Cloth. A detailed account of the findings from excavations carried out at Saqqara, accompanied by 46 plates of plans and photographs. First edition. With the publisher's original unpriced dust wrapper. A detailed r...

Egypt: The Art of the Pharaohs

Irmgard Woldering · 1963 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Methuen & Co. 1963. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this beautifully illustrated historical work on the art of Ancient Egypt. First edition. From the Art of the World Series. Illustrated with sixty-two tipped-in plates, most of which are in colour, seven...

Semna-Kumma: The Temple of Semna and the Temple of Kumma

Ricardo A. Caminos · 1998 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, Egypt Exploration Society, 1998. First edition. Hardback. An excellent two-volume set containing the epigraphic surveys of the New-Kingdom temples of Semna and Kumma in Lower Nubia. The thirty-seventh memoir from the 'Archaeological Survey of Egypt', edited b...

The Right Hon. Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield, K.G. , and His Times

Alexander Charles Ewald · 1881 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.81 | $211.42 | ¥33,765)

London, William Mackenzie , 1881-1882. First edition. Cloth. An impressive first edition complete set exploring the life of former Prime Minister and influential Conservative politician, Benjamin Disraeli, illustrated with plates to each. The first edition of this bright set o...

Correspondence of Mr. Joseph Jekyll

Joseph Jekyll; Algernon Bourke [ed.] · 1894 · Rooke Books

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

London, John Murray, 1894 . First edition. Leather. An extra-illustrated example of the scarce first edition of the correspondence of Joseph Jekyll. The scarce first edition of this work, in a signed morocco binding by H Wood.Extra-illustrated with thirty-six plates.The corres...

Masterpieces: Catalogue 9

Dr. Jorn Gunther · 2008 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Hamburg , Dr Jorn Gunther, Antiquariat, 2008. First edition. Cloth. A fascinating catalogue dissecting a series of historical manuscripts, published as part of Dr Jorn Gunther's special cloth-bound catalogue series. Catalogue 9 in Dr Jorn Gunther's 'Masterpiece&...

The Pagan Religions of the Ancient British Isles: Their Nature and Legacy

Ronald Hutton · 1991 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.56 | $50.21 | ¥8,019)

London, BCA, 1991. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition copy of this fascinating study of Pagan religions in Ancient Britain, by the notable historian Ronald Hutton. The first edition, first impression of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with t...

Court Beauties of Old Whitehall: Histories of the Restoration

W. R. H. Trowbridge · 1906 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1906. First edition. Cloth. A charming first edition of this work comprising biographies of various important women of the Restoration, illustrated with portraits. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and thirty-one portrait plates. Collated ...

India&Apos;S Paratroopers (a History of the Parachute Regiment of India)

K. C. Praval · 1975 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Leo Cooper, 1975. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this scarce illustrated work on the Parachute Regiment of India, with maps. First edition. Scarce work. Illustrated with fifty-two illustrations and thirty maps, four of which are folded into a pocket at ...

Histoire de France, Our Expose Des Faits Principaix Accomples Dan Cette Contree Depuis L&Apos;Invasion Des Francs Sous Clovis Jusqu&Apos;a L&Apos;Avenement de Louis-Phillippe 1er

Emile de Bonnechose · 1837 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

Paris, Chez Firmin Didot Freres et Cie, 1837. Leather. A detailed history of France from the invasion of the Franks under Clovis to the advent of Louis-Phillippe I, in the original French. French. Complete in two volumes. Scare work. Third edition. A detailed history of France...