Storia

A Preservative Against All Publications Dispersed by Modern Socinians in Which the Impiety and Absurdity of Their Principles Are Clearly Shewn

A Clergyman [William Jones] · 1799 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, Printed for F. and C. Rivington, 1799. Disbound. Clergyman William Jones outlines his disapproval of Socinianism in this scarce pamphlet, the fifth edition. The fifth edition of this work, originally published in 1774 by clergyman William Jones, disapproving of Socinia...

Somerset Parish Registers: Marriages

W.P.W. Phillimore et. al. · 1898 · Rooke Books

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

London, Phillimore & Co. 1898-1905. Cloth. A limited edition set of these marriage registers from various parishes Somerset through the years 1559 to 1812, signed by the editor to each volume. A very smart, uniformly bound set of Somerset parish registers of marriages from 155...

Die Polarlander

Dr Ludwig Mecking · 1925 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

Leipzig , Bibliographisches Institut , 1925. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this German volume exploring polar regions, with some lovely plates and maps. The first edition of this work, compiled by Ludwig Mecking. In the original German. A charming regional study o...

Pen and Pencil Sketches of Shipping and Craft All Round the World

R. T. Pritchett · 1899 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Edward Arnold, 1899. First edition. Vellum. A delightful collection of sketches by R. T. Pritchett relating to ships around the world. Detailing all manner of beautiful boats, including the 'Britannia', 'Sunbeam' and 'Victoria and Albert',...

The History of the Society of Merchant Venturers of the City of Bristol

John Latimer · 1903 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

Bristol, J. W. Arrowsmith, 1903. Leather. A smart and insightful history of the Society of Merchant Venturers, a Bristol-based charity. With a letter tipped-in by the author. Formed in the thirteenth century, the Society of Merchant Venturers is a charity based in Bristol. Alt...

Bristol Worthies and Notable Residents in the District

A.B. Freeman · 1909 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

Bristol, Burleigh Ltd. 1909. Cloth. A very scarce, illustrated biographical work on notable residents of Bristol throughout British history. The second series of this work. Written by A.B. Freeman. The second series. A work on historical and notable figures of Bristol, inclu...

The Guide to Israel

Zev Vilnay · 1964 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.73 | $77.96 | ¥12,451)

Jerusalem, Sivan Press Ltd. 1964. Paperback. A smart seventh edition of this excellent guide to Israel by Zev Vilnay, inscribed to popular American author Paul Gallico. Written by Israeli geographer and author Zev Vilnay, a pioneer in touring and hiking around Israel. He first...

An American Dilemma: The Negro Problem and Modern Democracy

Gunnar Myrdal; Richard Sterner; Arnold Rose · 1944 · Rooke Books

£280.00 (€335.67 | $369.98 | ¥59,088)

New York, Harper & Brothers, 1944. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this important work in the history of race relations in America. The scarce first edition of Swedish economist Gunnar Myrdal's 1944 study of race relations in America. This work was the r...

Collection Rãƒâ©Alitãƒâ©S: Les Merveilles Du Monde

Various Contributors · 1957 · Rooke Books

£34.00 (€40.76 | $44.93 | ¥7,175)

Not Stated , Librairie Hachette , 1957. Cloth. An extensive volume celebrating all the world's wonders, from Hachette's series 'Collection Réalites.' An extensive volume exploring the wonders of the world, the first edition in Hachette's series '...

People of Eight Seasons

Ernst Manker · 1963 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

Gothenburg , Tre Tryckare , 1963. First edition. Cloth. An extremely charming and extensive illustrated volume accounting of the way of life of nomadic mountain Lapps in central Swedish Lapland. An extensive account of the history of Lapps and the ancient way of living in noma...

Mercurius Rusticus or the Countries Complaint of the Barbarous out-Rages Committed by the Sectaries of This Late Flourishing Kingdom

Bruno Ryves · 1646 · Rooke Books

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

Oxford, Anon, 1646. First edition. Leather. A scarce first edition of Bruno Ryves' newsbook. An important contemporary source from a Royalist perspective. Internally, a bright copy of this work.Printed without an author attribution, although this work is known to have bee...

An Illustrated Catalogue of the Loan Collection of Plate Exhibited in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge May 1895

J. E Foster; T. D. Atkinson · 1896 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

Cambridge, Deighton Bell & Co and Macmillan & Bowes, 1896. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce special limited edition of this catalogue of works church plate exhibited in 1895. The very scarce special limited edition of this work, number II of 42 copies printed on Japanese pa...

East Coast Oil Town Before 1700

Duncan Fraser · 1974 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

Montrose, Standard Press, 1974 . First edition. Cloth. A first edition history of a small Scottish coastal town, signed by the author and illustrated with photographs throughout. The first edition, first impression of this work, in the publisher's original price unclipped...

The Winston Churchill Memorial Statue Appeal

The Winston Churchill Statue Committee · 1973 · Rooke Books

£3,250.00 (€3,896.21 | $4,294.42 | ¥685,846)

London, The Winston Churchill Statue Committee , 1973. First edition. Cloth. An extremely scarce and bright, remarkable large paper manuscript containing the list of sponsors and subscribers for the appeal of Winston Churchill Memorial Statue in 1970, inscribed in ink by Mr W....

The Private Life of Lewis XV in Which Are Contained the Principal Events, Remarkable Occurrences, and Anecdotes of His Reign

Mouffle D'Angerville; J.O. Justamond (trans.) · 1781 · Rooke Books

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

London, Charles Dilly, 1781. First edition. Leather. A smart, first edition set of this work on the life of King Louis XV of France, written by Mouffle D'Angerville and translated by J.O. Justamond. Complete in four volumes, written by Barthélemy François Joseph Mouffle...

The Ironside Diaries 1937-1940

Edmund Ironside · 1962 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, Constable, 1962. First edition. Leather. A nicely leather bound first edition copy of the diaries of Edmund Ironside, dating from 1937 to 1940, an interesting look at the start of the war from a military perspective. The first edition of this work.In a signed binding b...

Journal of the East India Association

Various · 1896 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Asiatic Quarterly Review Office, 1896. Paperback. A very scarce journal of the East India Association, a selection of six insightful essays pertaining to India. A very scarce pamphlet of the 'Journal of the East India Association', this being Volume XXVIII ne...

Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research Vol. XXXV-XXXVI No. 141-148

T. H. McGuffie [ed.] · 1957 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, The Society for Army Historical Research , 1957-1958. First edition. Paperback. The scarce complete run of volumes XXXV and XXXVI of the Society for Army Historical Research's peer reviewed quarterly journal, richly illustrated and in the original publisher's...

Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character

E. B. Ramsay · 0 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London, Gall and Inglis, c1890. Cloth. An intriguing and extremely popular published collection of observations and anecdotes on the Scottish national character. The twenty sixth edition of this incredibly popular work from Edward Bannerman Ramsay, usually referred to as Dean ...

Genom Bibelns Lander

Axel Mellander · 1902 · Rooke Books

£46.00 (€55.15 | $60.78 | ¥9,707)

Chicago , Sv. Ev. Missions Forbundets Forlag, 1902. Cloth. A German account of Palestine and its surroundings, richly illustrated and in a decorative binding. Describing travels around Palestine, the Holy Land, Egypt and the Middle East; the title translates to 'Through t...