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Handbook of the Southern Nigeria Survey

F G Guggisberg · 1911 · Rooke Books

£1,200.00 (€1,438.60 | $1,585.63 | ¥253,235)

London, W & A K Johnston , 1911. Cloth. A scarce first edition of this topographical study of southern Nigeria, by the Colonial director of the survey, Gordon Guggisberg. Large folding map loosely inserted to the rear. This work was produced for the guidance of Guggisberg&apo...

Such Is the Antarctic

Lars Christensen; E M G Jayne · 1935 · Rooke Books

£985.00 (€1,180.85 | $1,301.54 | ¥207,864)

London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1935. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition, first impression of Lars Christensen's memoir of a trip to the Antarctic in 1930-1934. Complete with price-clipped dustwrapper.Collated, complete with a frontispiece and forty-four plates...

A Byron Library a Catalogue of Printed Books, Manuscripts and Autograph Letters

George Gordon Noel · 1928 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London, Private Circulation, 1928. Cloth. A limited edition unique bibliography on the literary works of Lord Byron, illustrated with many plates. A limited edition work, limited to two-hundred copies, printed for private circulation.An extensive catalogue, noting the works wr...

The Wisdom of Andrew Boorde

Andew Boorde; H Edmund Poole · 1936 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, Edgar Backus, 1936. First edition. Paperback. A very smart, beautifully produced abridgement of Andrew Boorde's 'The Dyetary of Health&apos. Providing a fantastic insight into the organisation of a Tudor household. The first edition of this abridgement. Illu...

La Vie Nomade Et Les Routes D&Apos;Angleterre Au Xive Siecle

J. J. Jusserand · 1884 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

Paris, Hachette et Cie, 1884. Leather. A fascinating French history study on the English life in the Middle Ages. A fascinating copy of 'La Vie Nomade et les Routes D'Angleterre au XIVe Siecle&apos. Written as part of the 'Les Anglais au Moyen Age&apos.Written b...

A History of the English-Speaking Peoples

Winston Churchill · 1956 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Cassell and Company LTD, 1956. First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first impression, of the second volume in Winston Churchill's impressive history of England. The first edition, first impression, of this work.In the original price-clipped dustwrapper.Volume ...

Memoire Aux Chambres a L&Apos;Occasion Des Evenemens de Lyon

Theodore Benazet · 1831 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Paris, Levavasseur Libraire, 1831. First edition. Disbound. A scarce political pamphlet regarding the Canut Revolts in Lyon during the 1830s . The first, and only edition of this pamphlet.In the original French. Written by Theodore Benazet, a French politician from Paris. He ...

Liberte de la Presse Proces de M Bertin Aine

Francois-Rene de Chateaubriand · 1829 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

Morinval, Pihan-Delaforest, 1829. First edition. Disbound. An important excerpt from Francois-Rene de Chateaubriand's periodical 'Liberte de la Presse&apos. This excerpt regards the trial of M Bertin Aine. Disbound. In French. This excerpt is the proceedings of the...

Catalogue of the Fossil Bryozoa in the Department of Geology British Museum

J W Gregory · 1899 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.83 | $191.60 | ¥30,599)

London, Longmans and Co, 1899. First edition. Cloth. A complete first edition set of this uncommon work regarding the Fossil Bryozoa in the British Museum. Bookplate to the front pastedown of all volumes 'Presented by the Trustees of The British Museum' and to the re...

The Works of William Robertson

William Robertson · 1809 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)

London, T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1809-12. Leather. A complete collection of the history works of William Robertson, illustrated throughout with folding maps. Complete in twelve volumes.A collection of the detailed history works by William Robertson.Containing;'The History...

Althorp Memoirs, or Biographical Notices of Lady Denham, the Countess of Shrewsbury, the Countess of Falmouth, Mrs. Jenys, the Duchess of Tyrconnel, and Lucy Walter, Six Ladies Whose Portraits Are to Be Found in the Picture Gallery of His Excellency Earl Spencer

G. Steinman Steinman · 1869 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

Not Stated, Private Circulation, 1869. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon first edition of this interesting short biographical work on six women connected to Althorp. The first edition of this work.An uncommon work.Printed for private circulation.A collection of six short biogr...

First Report from Select Committee on Metropolis Improvement; with the Minutes of Evidence

Anonymous · 1840 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€899.12 | $991.02 | ¥158,272)

London, Not Stated, 1840. First edition. Leather. A very scarce work, detailing a meeting between the committee responsible for the development of London in the nineteenth century, illustrated with eight folding hand-coloured plates. A very scarce work.Illustrated with eight h...

Anno Regni Georgii III. Regis Magnae Britanniae, Franciae, & Hiberniae, Tricesimo Secundo. At the Parliament Begun and Holden at Westminster, the Twenty-Fifth Day of November Anno Domini 1790, in the Thirty-First Year of the Reign of Our Sovereign Lord George the Third, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &C. And from Thence Continued, by Several Prorogations, to the Thirty-First Day of January 1791; Being the Second Session of the Seventeenth

Anonymous · 1792 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Charles Eyre and Andrew Strahan, 1792. Leather. A nicely rebound early act on the creation and maintaining of a canal in Leigh to join the River Severn. An interesting act from 1792. The act is for making and maintaining a canal from the foot of Coombe Hill in Leigh to...

Fragmenta Regalia Observations on the Late Queene Elizabeth

Sir Robert Naughton · 2002 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.68 | $363.37 | ¥58,033)

London, The Roxburghe Club, 2002. First edition. Cloth. A fine, limited edition copy of Sir Robert Naunton's history of Queen Elizabeth I 'Fragmenta Regalia&apos. One of only 300 copies printed. In the original slipcase, which holds both volumes. The second volume is...

The Duke of Newcastle&Apos;S Letter, by His Majesty&Apos;S Order, to Monsieur Michell, the King of Prussia&Apos;S Secretary of the Embassy, in Answer to the Memorial, and Other Papers, Deliver&Apos;D, by Monsieur Michell, to the Duke of Newcastle, on the 23d of November, and 13th of December Last

Thomas Pelham-Holles · 1753 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Edward Owen, 1753. First edition. Disbound. A scarce first edition of this historical letter written by Thomas Pelham-Holmes the Duke of Newcastle, to Monsieur Michell. The first edition of this work. A scarce work. A letter written by Thomas Pelham-Holmes, the Duke of...

Index to British Military Costume Prints 1500-1914

Army Museums Ogilby Trust · 1972 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, Army Museums Ogilby Trust, 1972. First edition. Cloth. A very smart, first edition copy of this look at British military costumes from the sixteenth to twentieth century. Scarce in such a smart condition. This list was compiled by the Army Museums Ogilby Trust, Northum...

The Genuine Account of the Trial of Eugene Aram, for the Murder of Daniel Clark, Late of Knaresborough, in the County of York. Who Was Convicted at York Assized, August 5, 1759, Before the Honorable William Noel, Esq. , One of His Majesty&Apos;S Justices of the Court of Common Pleas. To Which, After a Brief Narration of the Fact, Is Prefixed, an Account of the Remarkable Discovery of a Human Skeleton at Thistle-Hill: A Detail of All the Judicial Proceedings from the Time of the Bones Being Found

1808 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€407.60 | $449.26 | ¥71,750)

Knaresborough, Hargrove and Sons, 1808. Leather. A pleasing ninth edition of this popular work describing in depth the 1759 trail of Eugene Aram for the murder of Daniel Clark. The ninth edition of this work. A very scarce edition, with none of this ninth edition held institut...

Abrege Chronologique de L&Apos;Histoire de France

Francois Eudes de Mezeray · 1717 · Rooke Books

£2,600.00 (€3,116.96 | $3,435.54 | ¥548,677)

Paris; Amsterdam, Esprit Billiot; David Mortier, 1717-28. Leather. A complete thirteen volume set of Francois Eudes de Mezeray's influential history work on France, illustrated. Complete in thirteen volumes. Volumes I-X were published in 1717. Volumes XI-XIII were publish...

Les Incas Ou la Destruction de L&Apos;Empire Du Perou

Marmontel · 1851 · Rooke Books

£200.00 (€239.77 | $264.27 | ¥42,206)

Tours, Ad Mame et Cie, 1851. Leather. An uncommon edition of this historical novel by Jean-Francois Marmontel. The sixth edition of this work, which was first issued in 1777. Jean-Francois Marmontel was a member of the Encyclopedistes movement. He wrote many articles for the m...

Classical Excursion from Rome to Arpino

Charles Kellsall · 1821 · Rooke Books

£220.00 (€263.74 | $290.70 | ¥46,427)

London, Richard Phillips and Co, 1821. Leather. The second edition of this travel work about an excursion through classical Italy, from Rome to Arpino, illustrated with a folding plate and four plates. The second edition of this work. A scarce work. Illustrated with a folding ...