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The Oxford History of England

Various · 1987 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

Oxford , At the Clarendon Press, 1987-92. Cloth. Oxford : At the Clarendon Press, 1987-92. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed. xx, 824; xvi, 541; xiv, 829; xxii, 699; xviii, 681pp. None . Five bright volumes in the 'Oxford History of England' series. Five of sixteen v...

Westbury: A Social History 1850-1939

Margery Maclaren · 1984 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Not Stated , Not Stated , 1984. First edition. Paperback. Very scarce manuscript in typewriting of this social history of Westbury by Margery MacLaren. Very scarce social history of Westbury by Margery Maclaren, large paper copy printed in manuscript typewriting, with illustra...

Notable English Trials

E. R. Watson; D. N. Mackay; H. L. Adam; G. H. Knott · 1911 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

Edinburgh, William Hodge & Company, 1911-13. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of four popular volumes from the series 'Notable English Trials', discussing the trials of Lord Lovat, William Palmer, Dr. Lamson, and Eugene Aram. Complete with illustrations. The f...

Historical Notices of the Parishes of Swyncombe and Ewelme

The Hon. and Rev. Henry Alfred Napier · 1858 · Rooke Books

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

Oxford, Printed for the Author, 1858. Cloth. A scarce historical work on the parishes of Sywncombe and Ewelme in Oxfordshire, illustrated throughout with numerous plates and diagrams. A fascinating historical and topographical work on Swyncombe and Ewelme, both located in Oxfo...

The History and Antiquities of Kiddington

Rev. Thomas Warton · 1815 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, J. Nichols and Son, etc. 1815. Leather. A fascinating and comprehensive illustrated work on the history and antiquity of Kiddington, written by Reverend Thomas Warton. A fascinating work on the history and antiquity of Kiddington, written by antiquarian and reverend Th...

Living Speech in Central and South Africa: An Essay Introductory to the Bantu Family of Languages

A. C. Madan · 1911 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)

Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1911. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of British linguist A. C. Madan's comprehensive introductory account of the Bantu family of languages. The scarce first edition of Arthur Cornwallis Madan's 1911 introduction to African Bantu fami...

Loss of the American Brig Commerce, Wrecked on the Western Coast of Africa, in the Month of August, 1815. With an Account of Tombuctoo, and of the Hitherto Undiscovered Great City of Wassanah.

James Riley · 1817 · Rooke Books

£475.00 (€569.45 | $627.65 | ¥100,239)

London, John Murray, 1817. First edition. Leather. The first UK edition of Captain James Riley's shocking account of the wrecking of his ship and subsequent enslavement of him and his crew by marauding Sahrawi natives. The uncommon first UK edition of American merchant sh...

Les Chevaliers de Malte Et la Marine de Philippe II

Jurien de la Graviere · 1887 · Rooke Books

£420.00 (€503.51 | $554.97 | ¥88,632)

Paris, E. Plon, 1887. First edition. Paperback. Two scarce and comprehensive volumes on the Knights of Malta, in the original French and with folding maps. A scarce two volume set of The Knights of Malta of the navy of Philippe II. Written by the Vice-Admiral Jurien de la Grav...

The Merry Monarch; or, England Under Charles II

W. H. Davenport Adams · 1885 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.68 | $363.37 | ¥58,033)

London, Remington & Co, 1885. First edition. Leather. The first edition of W. H. Davenport Adams' two volume study of English artistic society during the reign of King Charles II. The scarce complete first edition of journalist and historian William Henry Davenport Adams&...

Haydn&Apos;S Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information Relating to All Ages and Nations.

Benjamin Vincent; Haydn · 1878 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, E. Moxon, Son & Co. 1878. Leather. The scarce sixteenth edition of this popular historical dictionary. The sixteenth edition of Haydn's Dictionary of Dates by Benjamin Vincent. Originally written by Joseph Timothy Haydn, a dictionary compiler, most known for the ...

Battles of the Peninsular War

Sir William Napier · 0 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

London, Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton, c1913. Cloth. A detailed history of the Peninsular War by Sir William Napier, containing numerous illustrations throughout. A compelling narrative of the history of the Peninsular War by Sir William Napier, British soldier and military...

Historical Memoirs of My Own Time

Sir N. William Wraxall · 1815 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1815. Leather. The second edition of the historical memoirs of Nathaniel William Wraxall, an important resource on European courts of the eighteenth century. The second edition.Complete in two volumes.The historical memoirs of Nathaniel William...

History, Gazetteer, and Directory of the County of Kent

Samuel Bagshaw · 1847 · Rooke Books

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

Sheffield, Printed for the Author, 1847. Leather. A comprehensive 19th century directory and history of the county of Kent, bound in quarter calf and complete with the scarce folding map. A fascinating and comprehensive nineteenth-century guide to the history of the county of ...

Bayonets to Lhasa

Peter Fleming · 1961 · Rooke Books

£245.00 (€293.71 | $323.73 | ¥51,702)

London , Rupert Hart-Davis, 1961. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of Bayonets to Lhasa, with illustrations and maps. This is a smart first edition copy of Bayonets to Lhasa, the first full account of the British Invasion of Tibet in 1904. Peter Fleming was a ...

The Sherwood Foresters: Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

H. C. Wylly (Ed) · 1928 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Not Stated, 1928. First edition. Cloth. The 1928 'Regimental Annual' of this historical work on the Sherwood Foresters infantry regiment, edited by Colonel H. C. Wylly and illustrated with numerous plates throughout the text. First Ed, '1928 Regimental A...

Historic Hastings

J. Manwaring Baines · 1963 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

Hastings, F. J. Parsons , 1963. Cloth. A charming history of Hastings, focusing on the people and their lives within the historic town. This charming book is concerned with the people of Hastings, how they lived, their problems, triumphs and disasters.This is the second editio...

An Account of the Grand Court of Shepway, Holden on the Bredenstone Hill, at Dover, for the Installation of the Right Honourable Henry John Temple, Viscount Palmerston, As Constable of H.M. Castle of Dover, and Warden and Keeper of H.M. Cinque Ports, Etc. August 28, 1861

Edward Knocker · 1862 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.79 | $237.85 | ¥37,985)

London, John Russell Smith , 1862. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this account of the Grand Court of Shepway by Edward Knocker. The Lord Warden and Admiral of the Cinque Ports and Constable of Dover Castle was once one of the most powerful officials in the Kingdom....

The French Prisoner

Louis Garneray, Lawrence Wood · 1957 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London , The Merlin Press , 1957. Leather. A beautifully presented, illustrated and translated copy of Louis Garneray's account of his time as a French prisoner of war during the Napoleonic Wars. A beautifully presented, illustrated and translated copy, from the original ...

The Life of a Showman; and the Managerial Struggles of David Prince Miller: With Anecdotes and Letters of Some of the Most Celebrated Modern Actors and Actresses. The Art of Fortune Telling. An Expose of the Practices of Begging Imposters, Mountebanks, Jugglers, and Various Deceivers of the Public; Together with the Secrets of Conjuring, and an Explanation of the Most Celebrated and Striking Tricks of Wizards and Conjurors

David Prince Miller · 1866 · Rooke Books

£2,400.00 (€2,877.20 | $3,171.27 | ¥506,471)

London, Thomas Hailes Lacy, 1866. Paperback. A very scarce autobiography by the entertainer and showman David Prince Miller, an interesting work on the life of a theatre manager in Victorian Britain. The second edition of this vanishingly scarce work.Only seen once at auction ...

Our Conservative and Unionist Statesmen

1896 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Newman, Graham & Co. c1896. Cloth. A collection of photobooks containing 19th century British conservative and unionist statesmen, replete with oversized carbon photographic plates. A collection of beautifully illustrated photobooks of conservative and unionist British...