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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...

Introduction to the Survey of English Place-Names and the Chief Elemts Used in English Place-Names

Allen Mawer and F. M. Stenton · 1924 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London , The Cambridge University Press, 1924-1925. Cloth. A two volume set of publications from English Place-Name Society. Volume I part I and II. The English Place-Name society was founded in 1923 to carry out a survey of English Place Names. It has now published more than ...

The Army List April 1863

The War Office · 1863 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.56 | $50.21 | ¥8,019)

London , Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1863. Paperback. The 1863 edition of the Army List issued by the War Office. Comprising lists of the Officers of the Army, the Royal Marines, the Militia, Yeomanry and Volunteers. In original paper wraps. Externally, rubbed with b...

From Hausaland to Egypt, Through the Sudan

H. Karl W. Kumm · 1910 · Rooke Books

£228.00 (€273.33 | $301.27 | ¥48,115)

London , Constable and Co, 1910. First edition. Cloth. A first edition and presentation copy of Kumm's account of his African travels. Featuring numerous illustrations - some coloured - including a portrait frontispiece. With an embossed stamp to the titlepage reading &ap...

The Cretan Runner His Story of the German Occupation

George Psychoundakis · 1955 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.79 | $237.85 | ¥37,985)

London , John Murray, 1955. Cloth. A first edition of this historical work by George Psychoundakis. With photographs. Translation and Introduction by Patrick Leigh Fermor. Annotated by the translator and Xan Fielding. In a green cloth binding with gilt lettering to the spine a...

The German Spy in America the Secret Plotting of German Spies in the United States and the Inside Story of the Sinking of the Lusitania

John Price Jones · 1917 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London , Hutchinson and Co. 1917. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this account of the events leading up to the sinking of the ocean liner RMS Lusitania, with particular reference to the part played by German spies. WIth ink stamp to title page, bearing the words, &apo...

The History of the Life of Thomas Ellwood or an Account of His Birth, Education, Etc. , with Divers Observations on His Life and Manners When a Youth; and How He Came to Be Convinced of the Truth; with His Many Sufferings and Services and for the Same; Also Several Other Remarkable Passages and Occurrences Written by His Own Hand.

C. G. Crump (Ed) · 1900 · Rooke Books

£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)

London, Methuen and Co. 1900. Cloth. A biography on The History of the Life of Thomas Ellwood edited by C. G. Crump. Uncommon. Thomas Ellwood (1639 – 1 March 1714) was an English religious writer. He is remembered for his relationship with poet John Milton, and some of his wr...

The Log of the Caroline: Notes and Documents

Richard Cleveland, E · 1938 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

None, Pacific Northwest Quarterly, 1938. Cloth. A scarce book detailing the voyage of Captain Richard Cleveland from Canton to NW America. Scarce. The article is taken from the Pacific Northwest Quarterly, a peer-reviewed academic journal of history. Richard Jeffry Cleveland, ...

On Peak, Pyramid and Prairie Travel Scenes and Stories in Europe, Africa and America

Fred A. Rees · 0 · Rooke Books

£100.00 (€119.88 | $132.14 | ¥21,103)

London, Arthur H. Stockwell, c1916. Cloth. A book on Travel Scenes and Stories in Europe, Africa and America by Fred A. Rees. With portrait frontispiece and seven pages of illustrations. There is an author's facsimile signature to the frontispiece. An interesting travel w...

Belden the White Chief or Twelve Years Among the Wild Indians of the Plains from the Diaries and Manuscripts of George P Belden

George P Belden and James S Brisbin (Editor) · 1870 · Rooke Books

£300.00 (€359.65 | $396.41 | ¥63,309)

Cincinnati and New York, C F Vent, 1870. Cloth. An interesting study on the Native Americans of the plains. Written from George P Belden's manuscripts and diaries as he lived with the 'Plains Indians&apos. This work discusses the culture, experiences, conduct, hierar...

The Poll for the Election of a Representative in Parliament for the University of Cambridge

Henry Gunning · 1829 · Rooke Books

£99.99 (€119.87 | $132.12 | ¥21,101)

Cambridge , J. J. Deighton, 1829. Cloth. A documentation of a poll set in the University of Cambridge on 16th - 18th June 1829, to elect representation within parliament. Candidates for the election were William Cavendish and George Bankes. Recorded by Henry Gunning, senior Es...

The Pilgrim Fathers

W.H. Bartlett · 1853 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London , Arthur Hall, Virtue annd Co, 1853 . Cloth. A history of American pilgrims by W.H. Bartlett. Dealing with the founders of New England under the reign of James I, the work contains twenty-eight engravings on steel, and thirty-two woodcuts, including plates. In decorativ...

Lord Strafford: A Lecture

Rev. Arthur Cazenove · 1860 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London , David Batten, 1860. Cloth. A scarce lecture on Lord Strafford given by Arthur Cazenove of Exeter College, Oxford Very scarce, originally printed by request. Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford was an English statesman and a major figure in the period leading up to...

St. Peter&Apos;S College Register Radley 1847-1923

Anonymous · 1923 · Rooke Books

£24.99 (€29.96 | $33.02 | ¥5,274)

Oxford , Radleian Society, 1923. Cloth. A fourth edition copy of the St. Peter's College of Radley Register, spanning the dates 1848-1923. Includes a frontispiece, fold-out map of the College grounds and several more plates within. In an armorial cloth binding. Externally...

Memorial of the Royal Progress in Scotland

Sir Thomas Dick Lauder · 1843 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.80 | $224.63 | ¥35,875)

Edinburgh, London and Dublin, Adam and Charles Black John W Parker and J Cumming, 1843. Cloth. A fascinating illustrated work on the royal progress in Scotland. Illustrated throughout, with a frontispiece and thirteen plates. Loosely inserted are three beautiful plates, two ha...

Down the Road

C.T.S. Birch Reynardson · 1875 · Rooke Books

£230.00 (€275.73 | $303.91 | ¥48,537)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co, 1875. Cloth. A handsome copy of Charles Thomas Samuel Birch-Reynardson's 'Down The Road', in very attractive decorative binding. With the full title 'Down The Road' or 'Reminiscences of a Gentleman Coachman', ...

The Basutos the Mountaineers and Their Country

Sir Godfrey Lagden · 1909 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London, Hutchinson & Co, 1909. Cloth. This is a scarce two volume set of this work on South African people of the Bantu Stock, formally ruled by the English. Complete in two volumes with 70 illustrations and 9 maps . 'Being a narrative of events relating to the tribe from...

New York State Museum 54th Annual Report 56th Annual Report

1902 · Rooke Books

£155.99 (€187.01 | $206.12 | ¥32,919)

Albany , University of the State of New York, 1902 - 1904. Cloth. These volumes contain a collection of articles, and reports from the State Geologist, Paleontologist and Botanist for their respective years. The articles are on a range of subjects pertaining to New York includ...

Martin&Apos;S World Fair Album Atlas and Family Souvenir Chicago

[J F Martin] · 1893 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

Illionois, [C Ropp and Sons], c1892. Cloth. An illustrated guide of the World's Fair, Chicago, 1893. This work focuses on Chicago and many other locations of the World's Fair. The World's fair is a large international exhibition designed to showcase the achievem...

State Papers Relating to the Defeat of the Spanish Armada

John Knox Laughton · 1895 · Rooke Books

£68.00 (€81.52 | $89.85 | ¥14,350)

London, The Navy Records Society, 1895. Cloth. The collected contemporary English state documents pertaining to the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588, compiled for the Naval Records Society, and in their original cloth binding. This remarkable collection includes everything...