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British Antiquities Revived or a Friendly Contest Touching the Soveraignty of the Three Princes of Wales

Robert Vaughan · 1834 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)

Bala , R. Saunderson, 1834. Cloth. A well preserved 19th century reproduction of the 17th century work concerning the controversy of the primogeniture of the sons of Roderic The Great, directly from the Regency library of cambrophile Elizabeth Greenly. This edition includes a ...

Celebration of Her Majesty&Apos;S Jubilee.

[Harrison & Sons] · 1887 · Rooke Books

£100.00 (€119.88 | $132.14 | ¥21,103)

London , [Harrison & Sons], 1887. Cloth. A scarce remarkable account of Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee. A wealth of detail about events, state, public and family with illustrations showing Westminster Abbey ground plan and seating charts. Lists of all attendees and the Q...

Petticoat Pilgrims on Trek

Mrs Fred Maturin [Sylvia Maturin] · 1909 · Rooke Books

£47.99 (€57.53 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

London , George Bell and Sons, 1909. Cloth. The diary of Sylvia Maturin, documenting her travels through South Africa. With a striking frontispiece of the author. A scarce colonial edition "issued for circulation in India and the Colonies only". In a full cloth binding. Extern...

Essays on His Own Times: Forming a Series of the Friend. Volume I and II

Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1850 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.87 | $145.35 | ¥23,213)

London , William Pickering, 1850. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon first edition set of essays by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, comprising of two out of the three available volumes. Edited by his daughter Sara, Coleridge aproaches a great deal of subjects in his essays, ranging fr...

A Guide to Matrimonial Happiness

A Lady of Distinction · 1821 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.79 | $237.85 | ¥37,985)

London, Henry Colburn and Co, 1821. Cloth. A new edition of this series of letters intended as a guide to marriage. Attributed to Eugenia Stanhope, wife of Philip Stanhope who was responsible for publishing her husbands letters between him and his father, Philip Stanhope, 4th ...

The Monarchy of the Middle Classes. France, Social, Literary, Political

Henry Lytton Bulwer · 1836 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.83 | $191.60 | ¥30,599)

London , Richard Bentley, 1836. Cloth. A two volume set of this work by Henry Lytton Bulwer. With one folding table. Henry Lytton Bulwer was a British liberal politician, diplomat and writer who wrote broadly on history, topography and society. In cloth bindings with paper cov...

London Rebuilt 1897-1927

Harold Clunn · 1927 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.87 | $145.35 | ¥23,213)

London , John Murray, 1927. First edition. Cloth. An interesting volume that charts the history of London from 1897-1927. First Edition. It includes sections on some notable buildings and streets such as Adelaide House, Aldwych and Oxford Street. With 75 photographic plates. I...

The Call of the Dark Continent

F D Walker · 1912 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London , Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society, 1912. Cloth. A handsome second edition of F D Walker's The Call of the Dark Continent. With 24 plates. F D Walker describes his journey to Africa on a missionary progress. In a cloth binding. Externally, smart with light bum...

A History of Advertising

Henry Sampson · 1875 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London , Chatto and Windus, 1875. Cloth. A fascinating volume on the history of publishing from the times of the Ancient Romans through to the 20th century. Includes chapters on the development of advertising and newspapers. It is the first volume on the history of advertising...

The Cartoon History of Britain

Michael Wynn Jones · 1971 · Rooke Books

£29.99 (€35.95 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Tom Stacey, 1971. First edition. Cloth. The history of Britain, as told through cartoons and caricatures of the time First edition. Michael Wynn-Jones (born 1941 is a Welsh-born writer, editor and publisher. Illustrated with reproductions from Bunbury, Tenniel, Dyson a...

Fridtiof Nansen 1861-1893

W C Brogger and Nordahl Rolfsen · 1896 · Rooke Books

£39.00 (€46.75 | $51.53 | ¥8,230)

London , Longmans, Green and Co. 1896. Cloth. An illustrated biography of the Norwegian explorer Fridtiof Nansen. Covering Nansen's early life and two major expeditions crossing Greenland and in search of the North Pole. Translated by William Archer. WIth original publish...

Old and Happy

W. Pett Ridge · 1930 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London , Blades, East and Blades, 1930. Cloth. A very scarce limited edition presentation copy signed by the author being number 148 of 500 with a list of subscribers to rear. An account by William Pett Ridge of his visit to the Almshouses in Wood Green along with a short stor...

The Priest and the Huguenot; or Persecution in the Age of Louis XV

L. Bungener · 1854 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.83 | $191.60 | ¥30,599)

Boston, Guild and Lincoln, 1854. First edition. Cloth. A history of the principal religious aspects of France from the age of Louis XV. Written in three parts A Sermon at Court, A Sermon in the City and A Sermon in the Desert. First American edition. In two volumes complete. L...

Thinking Black 22 Years without a Break in the Long Grass of Central Africa

D. Crawford · 1914 · Rooke Books

£29.99 (€35.95 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London , Morgan and Scott Ltd. 1914. Cloth. A copy of Thinking Black by D. Crawford. Second Edition (24th Thousand). With numerous illustrations. D. Crawford was a missionary who spent 22 years in Africa spreading the Gospel. This work covers his experiences during that time. ...

Early Charters of the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, London Camden Third Series Volume LVIII

The Royal Historical Society by Marion Gibbs · 1939 · Rooke Books

£16.99 (€20.37 | $22.45 | ¥3,585)

London , Offices of the Royal Historical Society, 1939. Cloth. Early Charters of the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, London from Camden Third Series Volume LVIII. Edited for the Royal Historical Society by Marion Gibbs. St Paul's Cathedral, London, is a Church of England ca...

A Journal of the Swedish Embassy in the Years 1653 and 1654

Bulstrode Whitelocke and Charles Morton; Edited by Henry Reeve · 1855 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.87 | $151.96 | ¥24,268)

London , Longmans, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1855. Cloth. An account of the activities within the Swedish Embassy in 1653 and 1654. A new edition, edited by Henry Reeve. First published from the original manuscript by Dr. Charles Morton. Sir Bulstrode Whitelocke (6 August 160...

The Main Stream of European History

Rev. Frederick Harrison · 1915 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London , Blackie and Son Limited, 1915. Cloth. A useful book on European History from the Overthrow of the Roman Empire to the Modern Alliances and the Great War. Binding design by Talwin Morris By Rev. Frederick Harrison, Senior History Master, Rutherford College, Newcastle. ...

Journals of the Military Expedition of Major General John Sullivan Against the Six Nations of Indians in 1778 with Records of Centennial Celebrations

Frederick Cook · 1887 · Rooke Books

£300.00 (€359.65 | $396.41 | ¥63,309)

New York, Knapp Peck and Thomson Printers, Auburn. 1887. First edition. Cloth. The journals of the 1779 Sullivan-Clinton Expedition. This military expedition was a campaign during the American Revolutionary War against Loyalists and the four Amerindian nations of Iroquois whic...

London Tradesmen

Anthony Trollope; foreword by Michael Sadleir · 1927 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.83 | $191.60 | ¥30,599)

London , Elkin Mathews and Marrot Ltd. 1927. Cloth. A limited numbered edition of only 530 copies printed of which only 500 were for sale, nos. 326 to 500 in the United States of America. This is number 487. First edition thus. A collection of eleven sketches by Trollope which...

Cromwelliana; a Chronological Detail of Events in Which Oliver Cromwell Was Engaged; from the Year 1642 to His Death 1658

James Caulfield · 1810 · Rooke Books

£590.00 (€707.31 | $779.60 | ¥124,507)

Westminster , Machell Stace, 1810. Cloth. A limited edition collection of primary sources on Oliver Cromwell during the civil war period. The work draws together contemporary documents, including newspaper articles and other ephemera, which shed a light on Cromwell, his charac...