Storia

Oriental Series

Alexander Hosie; R. Talbot Kelly; J. D. Rees; F. B. Bradley-Birt · 1910 · Rooke Books

£795.00 (€953.07 | $1,050.48 | ¥167,768)

Boston; Tokyo, J. B. Millet and Company, 1910. Leather. A set of four volumes exploring Asia, a vivid travel work with illustrations to each volume, a scarce limited 'Occidental Edition&apos. Four volumes of a total of twenty-four from the 'Oriental Series', thi...

Knole and the Sackvilles

Vita Sackville-West · 1949 · Rooke Books

£1,275.00 (€1,528.51 | $1,684.74 | ¥269,063)

London, Lindsay Drummond, 1949 . Cloth. A signed presentation copy of Vita Sackville-West's ode to her ancestral home Knole House, in Kent. Inscribed by Sackville-West herself to the front free endpaper, with 'for Galby, with love from the author, Christmas 1954.The ...

Memoirs of Gonzalo Fernandez de Cordova

Don Manuel Jose Quintana; Joseph Russell · 1851 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

London, Edward Churton, 1851. First edition. Leather. A very scarce biography on the Great Captain Gonzalo Fernandez de Cordoba, the first edition in English. The first edition in English of this very scarce work, translated into English by John Russell.Originally written in S...

A Historical Account of His Majesty&Apos;S Visit to Scotland

Robert Mudie · 1822 · Rooke Books

£299.00 (€358.45 | $395.09 | ¥63,098)

Edinburgh, Oliver & Boyd, 1822 . First edition. Leather. An attractively bound, very scarce first edition of this contemporary account of George IV's visit to Scotland. The very scarce first edition of this work, without edition remarks to the title page. Four editions we...

A Sketch of the Modern and Ancient Geography, for the Use of Schools.

Samuel Butler · 1814 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London , Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1814. Leather. A detailed account of world geography from ancient to modern. Third edition. This geographical work tells the story of the world from ancient to modern. Its aim is to understand how the world was formed and the way ...

The Dickens Country

Frederick G. Kitton · 1905 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1905. First edition. Cloth. A comprehensive documentation of the array of abodes of Charles Dickens, alongside fifty illustrations. In the original publisher's green cloth binding, with a gilt motif to the front board. A first edition of th...

Sheffield a Handbook Prepared for the Festival of Britain

None · 1951 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

Sheffield, Civil Information Services , c.1951. First edition. Paperback. A short guidebook to Sheffield during the Festival of Britain. First edition. Very scare. A guidebook to Sheffield with a plan of the city centre and a colour map of the wider area. This guidebook celebr...

The Parish Church of Sr. Lawrence Ludlow

George Wooley · 1893 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

Ludlow, George Wooley , 1893. Cloth. This book gives a comprehensive account of the history of the restoration of this church in Ludlow. The first edition. This work gives a comprehensive account of the restoration of this parish church in Ludlow. It includes 10 plates showing...

Bristol and Its Famous Associations

Stanley Hutton · 1907 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Bristol, J. W. Arrowsmith, 1907. Leather. An illustrated guide to the history of Bristol from its maritime associations to its philanthropic and social life. Fist edition.Stanley Hutton explores the history of Bristol and its place within Britain. It begins with Bristol's...

1826 an Attempt at a Glossary of Some Words Used in Cheshire

Roger Wilbraham · 1826 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London , T. Rodd, 1826. Hardback. A very scarce glossary for words used in the Cheshire dialect. The second edition. Very scarce. Wilbraham explores and compiles a glossary of Chester terms used during the early 19th century. Detailed descriptions are given for what the term i...

Goodbye Mickey Mouse

Len Deighton · 1982 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Hutchinson & Co. Ltd, 1982. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this work of wartime fiction by Len Deighton. A first edition of the work. In the publisher's original cloth and original unclipped dust wrapper. This historical novel is written by British autho...

Carnival

1929 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.79 | $237.85 | ¥37,985)

Birmingham, Guild of Undergraduates of Birmingham University, 1929-47. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce set of seven issues of the rag of the University of Birmingham, a nice set of the issues in their original wraps. A very scarce to see set of seven issues of the Univ...

A Hundred Years Hence: The Expectations of an Optimist

T. Baron Russell · 1905 · Rooke Books

£575.00 (€689.33 | $759.78 | ¥121,342)

London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1905 . First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A signed first edition of this vanishingly scarce work in which the author makes predictions about society one hundred years in the future. The first edition of this very scarce work. A US edition, also very sca...

Awakenings

Oliver Sacks · 1973 · Rooke Books

£265.00 (€317.69 | $350.16 | ¥55,923)

London, Duckworth, 1973 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Oliver Sacks's Hawthornden Prize winning account of his treatment of the survivors of the sleeping-sickness epidemic of 1918. The first edition, first impression of this work, in the publisher's ori...

Bibliotheca Americana: Histoire, Geographie, Voyages, Archeologie, Et Linguistique

Charles Leclerc · 1878 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

Paris, Maisonneuve et Cie. 1878. Leather. A detailed commentary on the two Americas and the Philippine Islands, in the French language. French language. A comprehensive guide to the history, geography, archaeology, and languages of North and South America and the Philippines. ...

Wealth and Power in Tudor England

S. T. Bindoff; E. W. Ives; R. J Knecht; J. J. Scarisbrick et al. · 1978 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, The Athlone Press, 1978. First edition. Cloth. A collection of essays relating to Bindoff's study of wealth and power in Tudor England. A collection of essays presented to Stanley Thomas Bindoff, in original publisher's binding and original dustwrapper. First...

The Early History of the Guild of Merchant Taylors of the Fraternity of St. John the Baptist

Charles M. Clode · 1888 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.73 | $77.96 | ¥12,451)

London, Harrison and Sons, 1888. Leather. A complete two volume set of this early history of the London Guild of Merchant Taylors. Two volumes. Volume one contains one folding table, volume two contains one plate and two folding plates. Collated complete. A detailed history of...

Istoria D&Apos;Italia

Francesco Guicciardini · 1803 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)

Milano, Societa Tipografica de' Classici Italiani, 1803. Leather. The magnum opus of Francesco Guicciardini, exploring the political history of Italy from 1490 to 1534 Complete as ten volumes bound in five.In the original Italian.The important history of Italy by Francesc...

Riot and Revolution in Singapore and Malaya 1945-1963

Richard Clutterbuck · 1973 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Faber and Faber Limited, 1973. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon first edition political study on the riots in Singapore and Malaya after the Second World War. The first edition of this uncommon work.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.An interesting study on the st...

Gallus or Roman Scenes of the Time of Augustus

W. A. Becker, Frederick Metcalfe [translator] · 1895 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London , Longmans, Green and Co. 1895 . Cloth. An interesting insight into the Roman times of Augustus, translated from the original German. A second edition of the English translation, translated from the original German of W. A. Becker by Frederick Metcalfe. The original Ge...