Storia

North Italian Folk

Alice Comyns Carr · 1878 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Chatto and Windus, 1878. Cloth. A signed edition of this delightful travel work regarding Italy by Alice Comyns Carr, illustrated by Randolph Caldecott. This work is split into two halves, the first covering the Italian Riviera, and the second covering the Apennines.Al...

Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom

George Edward Cokayne · 1887 · Rooke Books

£3,400.00 (€4,076.03 | $4,492.63 | ¥717,500)

London, George Bell & Sons, 1887-98. First edition. Leather. A beautifully bound first edition set of this important authorativie reference work on the peerage of Britain, by George Edward Cokayne. The first edition of this work.Complete in eight volumes.In a fine half morocco...

Memoirs of Maximilian de Bethune, Duke of Sully, Prime Minister to Henry the Great. Containing the History of the Life and Reign of That Monarch, and His Own Administration Under Him. Translated from the French, to Which Is Added, the Tryal of Ravaillac for the Murder of Henry the Great.

Pierre Mathurin de l'Écluse des Loges · 1778 · Rooke Books

£1,800.00 (€2,157.90 | $2,378.45 | ¥379,853)

London, Printed for J. Rivington and Sons; J. Dodsley, S. Crowder, G. Robinson; et al. 1778. Leather. The fifth edition of this fascinating collection of Maximilien de Bethune's memoirs. Complete in six volumes. The fifth edition complete in six volumes containing the Eng...

Jildirim" Deutsche Streiter Auf Heiligem Boden Nach Eigenen Lagebuchaufzeichnungen Und Unter Benutzung Amtlicher Quellen Des Reichsarchivs

Dr Steuber [ed.] · 1925 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

Berlin, Gerhard Stalling, 1925. Hardback. The narrative of a battle fought by the German fighters on the Holy Land, from their diary entries and based on official sources of the Reich's archives. An excellent example of the second edition. The second German edition, seldo...

Defence of the Realm Act in Ireland

Anonymous · 1915 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.81 | $218.02 | ¥34,820)

Dublin, Committee of Public Safety, 1915. Brochure/Pamphlet. A nice copy of this very scarce pamphlet, questioning the use of DORA in Ireland during the First World War. Very scarce work.A pamphlet looking into the Defence of the Realm Act (DORA) that was put in place during W...

The Downfall of Parliamentarianism a Retrospect for the Accounting Day

William O'Brien · 1918 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

Dublin and London, Maunsel & Company Limited, 1918. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A very scarce first edition pamphlet by William O'Brien, written at a critical time in Irish history. The very scarce first edition of this work.An interesting pamphlet on the downfall o...

London: Its Celebrated Characters and Remarkable Places

J. Heneage Jesse · 1871 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Richard Bentley, 1871. Cloth. A fascinating three volume collection regarding London's history and people, bound in the publisher's original cloth. This work merges Heneage Jesse's works 'Literary and Historical Memorials of London' and 'L...

Lords, Lieutenants, and High Sheriffs of Oxfordshire

John Marriott Davenport · 1868 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

Oxford, At the Clarendon Press , 1868. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this charming works comprising lists of lord, lieutenants, and high sheriffs of Oxfordshire by John Davenport. The author's presentation copy with two signed letters tipped in. The fi...

The Corridors of Time

Harold Peake, Herbert John Fleure · 1929 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

Oxford , Oxford at the clarendon Press, 1929-1933. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of these three volumes in 'The Corridors of Time' series by Harold Peake and Herbert Fleure, exploring the history of civilisation. The first edition of this fascinating set of...

Banbury Chap Books and Nursery Toy Books Literature

Various · 1890 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Arthur reader, 1890. Cloth. An illustrated limited edition work looking at the popular chapbooks of the Victorian era, illustrated with the original woodcuts throughout. A limited edition work, limited to five-hundred small paper copies, and fifty large paper copies. T...

A Brief Account of the Earthquake the Solemn Event Which Occurred Near Axmouth Devonshire on the 25th December 1839

Anon · 1840 · Rooke Books

£4,900.00 (€5,874.28 | $6,474.67 | ¥1,034,045)

London, James Nisbett and Co, 1840. First edition. Paperback. An extremely scarce account of the great landslip of Christmas Day 1839 on the East Devon coastline which created what is now known as 'the undercliff&apos. An extremely scarce work, with no other copy seen in ...

Tale of the Disorder in Hãƒâ-ã‚âGen

Anonymous; William R. Wilson [ed.] · 1971 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

Tokyo, Sophia University , 1971. First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of this major Japanese military chronicle, an important piece of heroic literature in Japanese tradition. The first UK edition, translated and edited with annotations and an essay by William R. Wilson....

Froissart in Britain

Henry Newbolt · 1902 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, James Nisbet & Co. 1902. Fine Binding. A prize binding detailing the history of the Hundred Years' War in Britain, written by Henry Newbolt. Froissart's Chronicles tells the history of the Hundred Years' War in prosaic form, and was written in the fourte...

Forty Thousand Against the Arctic

H. P. Smolka · 1938 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, Hutchinson & Co. 1938. Cloth. A compelling insight into Arctic life, illustrated and complete with a very scarce dust wrapper. Penned by H. P. Smolka (1912-1980), a journalist and Soviet agent. This work details his experiences with the Russian Arctic.With fifty-three ...

The Story of Seventy Momentous Years: The Life and Times of King George V

Harold Wheeler · 1936 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Odhams Press, 1936. First edition. Cloth. A superior first edition copy of this fascinating illustrated biography of King George V, a tribute in occasion of his death in 1936. The first edition of this work, in the uncommon and unclipped dustwrapper. Comprising the bi...

La Catiniere

Georges Montorgueil; [Octave Lebesgue] · 1898 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.83 | $191.60 | ¥30,599)

Paris, Boivin et Cie, 1898. Hardback. A colourfully illustrated history of the cantiniere during the Napoleonic Wars, illustrated by Job. In the original French.A history of the cantiniere during the Napoleonic Wars, looking at the roles played by women in the military during ...

The Wild Flowers of Repton

William Wyatt; C. G. Thornton · 1866 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, Bemrose and Sons, 1866. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce study of the flora of Repton, illustrated with a folding map. The very scarce first edition of this work.A study of the natural wild flora of Repton, a village in South Derbyshire, on t...

Storia D&Apos;Italia

Carlo Bertelli, Giulio Bollati · 1979 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

Torino, Giulio Einaudi, 1979. First edition. Cloth. A fantastic reprint of the first edition copy of these illustrated volumes portraying the history of Italy from 1845 to 1945. A reprint of the first edition of this work. TwoA fascinating two volumes on the history of Italy f...

A History of British Publishing

John Feather · 1988 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, Croom Helm, 1988. First edition. Cloth. A fine first edition of this detailed history of publishing in Britain, an immensely interesting study of this subject. The first edition of this work.In the original unclipped dustwrapper.A comprehensive history of the publishin...

Circumpolar Arctic Flora

Nicholas Polunin · 1959 · Rooke Books

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

Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1959. Cloth. A scarce and excellently preserved volume on the flora of the polar regions, in a dust wrapper. Written by Nicholas Polunin (1909-1997),an English botanist. This work took near twenty years of preparation, and is the first modern Flora to ...