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Verona and Other Lectures
John Ruskin · 1894 · Rooke Books
£122.00 (€146.26 | $161.21 | ¥25,746)
London, George Allen, 1894. First edition. Cloth. A wonderful limited large-paper edition of this essay collection by John Ruskin, with numerous illustrations throughout by Ruskin himself. The Large Paper Edition, published simultaneously with the first trade edition. Limited ...
Sketches of East Lothian
D. Croal, [rev.by W.A. Baird] · 1904 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)
Haddington, 'The Courier Office', 1904. Cloth. The fourth and revised edition of a scarce collection of local tales regarding the historic Scottish county of East Lothian. The fourth and revised edition of the scarce Sketches of East Lothian, a collection of stories ...
Disenchantment
C. E. Montague · 1922 · Rooke Books
£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)
New York , Brentano's , 1922. First edition. Cloth. A signed first US edition of C. E. Montague's pivotal articles about the First World War. Author's presentation copy, with a signed inscription to the half title.First US edition.In the original quarter cloth b...
The Revolutions of Portugal
Abbot De Vertot [Rene-Aubert Vertot] · 1724 · Rooke Books
£220.00 (€263.74 | $290.70 | ¥46,427)
London, W. Taylor, 1724. Leather. An early English translation of Rene-Aubert Vertot's history of Portugal's revolutions, in full panelled calf. A contemporary English translation of Revolutions de Portugal. "Done into English from the last French edition". In conte...
Despatch from His Majesty"S Agent and Consul-General at Cairo
Sir William Garstin · 1904 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)
London, Printed for His MajestyÂs Stationery Office, by Harrison and Sons, 1904 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of this detailed official British survey of the Upper Nile, with extensive hydrological data and irrigation planning, illustrated with plates and foldin...
The Mediterranean: Seaports and Sea Routes Including Madeira, the Canary Islands, the Coast of Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia Handbook for Travellers
Karl Baedker · 1911 · Rooke Books
£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)
Leipzig, Karl Baedeker, 1911. First edition. Cloth. A first English edition of this Baedeker handbook to the Mediterranean, illustrated throughout with folding plans and maps. The first English edition, originally published in Germany in 1909.In the publisher's original r...
The Natural History of Selborne and Observations on Nature
Gilbert White · 1904 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)
Toronto , Musson Book Co. Ltd, 1904. Cloth. A pleasing two-volume set of White's illustrated Natural History of Selborne and Observations on Nature with black and white photographic illustrations by Clifton Johnson throughout. In the publisher's original cloth. Compl...
Le SysteãâoeãâMe Palatial En Orient, En GreãâoeãâCe Et aãâoeãâ Rome: Actes Du Colloque de Strasbourg, 19-22 Juin, 1985
Various [ed. by Ãdmond Levy] · 1987 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)
Strasbourg, Brill, 1987. Paperback. A comprehensive volume on palaces across the Ancient world from the Strasbourg Colloquium from the University of Science and Humanities, including Babylonian and Roman. Le SysteÃÂOeÃÂme Palatial en Orient, En GreÃÂOeÃÂce et aÃÂOeÃÂ ...
Abridgement of the Annals of Glasgow Comprising an Account of the Public Buildings, Charities and the Rise and Progress of the City
James Cleland · 1817 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)
Glasgow, E. Khull & Co. 1817. Leather. A pleasing early abridged edition of James Cleland's thorough historical record for the city of Glasgow, rebound in full calf. The abridged, second edition of the Annals of Glasgow, first published in two volumes in 1816 by the Glasg...
The Rise of the Dutch Republic: A History
John Lothrop Motley · 1862 · Rooke Books
£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)
London, Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, 1862. Leather. Handsome full-calf complete set of Motley's first influential history of the Netherlands. Complete in three volumes.Handsomely bound in full brown calf with marbled endpapers.Written by important American diplomat Jo...
The Reichstag Fire Trial: The Second Brown Book of the Hitler Terror
Georgi Dimitrov [Dimitroff]; D. N. Pritt; Lion Feuchtwanger · 1934 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)
London, John Lane The Bodley Head , 1934 . First edition. Cloth. A pleasing copy of the first English edition of this scarce Reichstag Fire Trial historical work by Georgi Dimitrov, illustrated with black and white photographs. The first English edition. A scarce legal and hi...
The Fowler in Ireland: Notes on the Haunts and Habits of Wild Fowl and Sea Fowl
Sir Ralph Payne-Gallwey · 1882 · Rooke Books
£115.00 (€137.87 | $151.96 | ¥24,268)
London, John Van Voorst, 1882. First edition. Cloth. A comprehensive guide into shooting birds across Ireland, including a variety of illustrations and boat designs, written by ballistics expert Ralph Payne-Gallwey. The first edition of The Fowler in Ireland: Notes on the Haun...
Pre-War Diplomacy- Fresh Revelations
E.D. Morel · 1919 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)
London, The Independent Labour Party, [1919]. Paperback. A scarce copy of this pamphlet summarising German documentary evidence presented to the Peace Conference in World War One. A scarce work.A sequel to "Truth and the War".In the publisher's original red paper wraps. ...
1915 the Archaeological Survey of Nubia. Report for 1909-1910
C. M. Firth · 1915 · Rooke Books
£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)
Cairo, Government Press, 1915. First edition. Hardback. An incredibly scarce first edition, reporting archaeological finds in Nubia, 1909-1910, illustrated, with folding plans. An incredibly scarce first edition account of the archaeological achievements across Nubia in the ye...
Siwa: The Oasis of Jupiter Ammon
C. Dalrymple Belgrave [Charles Belgrave] · 1923 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)
London, John Lane The Bodley Head, 1923. First edition. Leather. The first edition of a travel account of the fascinating Oasis of Siwa, including a description of its history, landscape, and local peoples, with colour plates. The first edition of Siwa: The Oasis of Jupiter Am...
A Military Consul in Turkey the Experiences & Impressions of a British Representative in Asia Minor
Captain A. F. Townshend · 1910 · Rooke Books
£550.00 (€659.36 | $726.75 | ¥116,066)
London, Seeley & Co. Limited, 1910. First edition. Cloth. A superb, scarce first edition of Captain Townshend's military account of the British in Turkey, previously owned by physician Dame Louise McIlroy. A first edition of the military memoire and history of Turkey, by ...
Morceaux Choisis de Victor Hugo Poesie
Victor Hugo · 1831 · Rooke Books
£58.00 (€69.53 | $76.64 | ¥12,240)
Paris, Libraire Ch. Delagrave, c1908 (Undated, dated approximat. Leather. Paris: Libraire Ch. Delagrave, c1908 (Undated, dated approximately from a copy held by the University of Bristol Libraries). Leather. Very Good Indeed. 6.5" by 4". None. A handsome, quarter mottled calf ...
Social Caricature in the Eighteenth Century
George Paston [Emily Morse Symonds] · 1905 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)
London, Methuen & Co. 1905. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon first edition of this reflection on 18th Century social commentary through caricature, richly illustrated. An uncommon first edition of this insightful history. This work reflects on the contents and methods of soci...
History of Cartography
Leo Bagrow; R. A. Skelton [ed.] · 1964 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)
Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press, 1964. Cloth. An uncommon and expansive 1964 edition of this well-illustrated history, in original dust wrapper and slipcase, featuring many colour plates. An uncommon 1964 copy of the revised edition, first published in 1963,...
5 Vols Gibbon&Apos;S History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: For the Use of Families and Young Persons, Reprinted from the Original Text, with the Careful Omission of All Passages of an Irreligious or Immoral Tendency
Thomas Bowdler · 1826 · Rooke Books
£695.00 (€833.19 | $918.35 | ¥146,666)
London, Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1826 . Leather. A complete five-volume family edition of Gibbon"s detailed history of the Roman Empire, carefully expurgated for moral and religious propriety, in a handsome full calf Bickers and Son binding. In a handsome full ...