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A Short History of the English People
John Richard Green; Mrs. J.R. Green and Miss Kate Norgate [ed.] · 1892 · Rooke Books
£550.00 (€659.36 | $726.75 | ¥116,066)
London, Macmillan and Co, 1892-1894 . Leather. A fine Bayntun half morocco illustrated edition of J. R. Green's extensive and thorough history of the English people, beautifully illustrated in colour throughout. In Bayntun half morocco bindings, complete in four volumes.&...
London Past and Present
Henry B. Wheatley · 1891 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)
London, John Murray, 1891 . First edition. Leather. The complete three volume first edition of Henry B. Wheatley's detailed and informative study of the history of London over the centuries. The first edition, complete in three volumes.Considered a topographical and histo...
The Royal Kalendar; or Complete and Correct Annual Register for England, Scotland, Ireland, and America for the Year 1792
Anonymous · 1792 · Rooke Books
£1,200.00 (€1,438.60 | $1,585.63 | ¥253,235)
London, J. Debrett; S. Crowder et al, 1792 . Leather. An attractively bound example of the scarce 1792 edition of this popular work of British history and genealogy, providing the annual register for England, Scotland, Ireland and the Colonies. The scarce 1792 edition of this ...
The Laws of Honour: Or, a Compendious Account of the Ancient Derivation of All Titles, Dignities, Offices, &C.
Anonymous · 1714 · Rooke Books
£550.00 (€659.36 | $726.75 | ¥116,066)
London, R. Gosling, 1714 . First edition. Leather. Handsomely bound and with engraved plates, this is the scarce first edition of this enormously informative guide to noble ranks and titles in the early 18th century. The scarce first edition of this work.A detailed and informa...
Gimlet Comes Home; Gimlet Mops Up; Gimlet Goes Again; Gimlet Lends a Hand; Gimlet Bores in; Gimlet Off the Map
Captain W. E. Johns · 1946 · Rooke Books
£235.00 (€281.73 | $310.52 | ¥49,592)
Leicester , The Brockhampton Press Ltd; University of London Press , 1946-1951. First edition. Cloth. A bright collection of largely first impression novels from Captain W. E. Johns' 'Gimlet' series, with the original dust wrappers. All first editions, first imp...
The Great War 1914-1919 the Book of Remembrance of the 5th Battalion (Prince Albert&Apos;S) Somerset Light Infantry
None Stated; Major E. S. Goodland; Captain H. L. Milsom; Major C. H. Goodland; Captain T. M. Pulman; Captain Sir J. S. P. Mellor; Captain A. H. Armstrong, Captain W. E. Hunt; Lieut. J. Bell · 1930 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)
Chiswick, Privately Printed at the Chiswick Press, 1930. First edition. Cloth. A scarce presentation copy, of an already limited edition print run - featuring an inscription by F. D. Urnwick Bound in its original green cloth.One of a limited edition run - this being one of onl...
The Universities of Europe in the Middle Ages Volume II Italy - Spain - France - Germany - Scotland Etc. The Universities of Europe in the Middle Ages Volume III English Universities - Student Life
Hastings Rashdall; F. M. Powicke [ed.]; A. B. Emden [ed.] · 1942 · Rooke Books
£38.00 (€45.56 | $50.21 | ¥8,019)
Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1942. Cloth. An uncommon set of Volume II and Volume III of a three volume 1942 publication, in lovely condition. The latter two volumes of a three volume publication, in lovely condition.Originally published in 1895, this edition was posthumou...
Regimental Records of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers: Volume II, 1816 - July 1914
A.D.L. Caey and Stouppe McCance · 1923 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)
London, Foster Groom and Co. 1923. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the second volume of Cary and McCance's detailed history of the Royal Welch Fusiliers during the height of the British Empire. The first edition of the second volume of A.D.L. Cary and Stouppe M...
James I of Scotland: The Kingis Quair
James I of Scotland [int., notes and gloss. by John Norton-Smith] · 1971 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)
Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1971. Cloth. A scarce book on the fascinating and mysterious The Kingis Quair, attributed to James I of Scotland. Analysis, introduction and notes by scholar John-Norton Smith. A scarce book on the intriguing medieval poem The Kingis Quair, attributed ...
Extracta E Variis Cronicis Scocie, from the Ancient Manuscript in the Advocates Library at Edinburgh Now First Printed
W. B. D. D. Turnball [Preface]; Various · 1842 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)
Edinburgh, The Abbotsford Club, 1842. Cloth. A scarce first printed edition of a medieval Scottish chronicle, issued by the Abbotsford Club and preserving vital Latin accounts of Scotland"s early history. In the publisher's original green cloth binding. This is the first ...
Six Works from H. Rider Haggard
H. Ridger Haggard · 1890 · Rooke Books
£285.00 (€341.67 | $376.59 | ¥60,143)
London, Longmans, Green and Co; John Murray, 1890-1918 . First edition. Cloth. A wonderful collection of late 19th and early 20th century works from H. Rider Haggard, the novelist known for his thrilling tales set in exotic locations. An impressive collections of six works fro...
The Works of the Pious and Profoundly-Learned Joseph Mede
Joseph Mede · 1664 · Rooke Books
£650.00 (€779.24 | $858.88 | ¥137,169)
London, James Flesher, for Richard Royston, 1664. Leather. The very scarce influential and popular theological works of Joseph Mede bound in two volumes, with all five books present here. First published in 1648, these works are very scarce in all editions, and are here '...
Walks Through London, Including Westminster and the Borough of Southwark, with the Surrounding Suburbs; Describing Every Thing Worthy of Observation in the Public Buildings, Places of Entertainment, Exhibitions, Commercial and Literary Institutions, &C. Down to the Present Period: Forming a Complete Guide to the British Metropolis
David Hughson · 1817 · Rooke Books
£110.00 (€131.87 | $145.35 | ¥23,213)
London, Sherwood, Neely, and Jones , 1817. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon copy of this richly illustrated historical walking tour through London. First edition of this work, complete in one volume. Also published in two volumes in the same year. Uncommon. In full pebbled ...
A Chronicle of England B.C. 55 - A.D. 1485
James E. Doyle · 1864 · Rooke Books
£375.00 (€449.56 | $495.51 | ¥79,136)
London, Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green, 1864. First edition. Leather. A beautiful 1864 first edition of this title, illustrated in full colour, and bound in morocco leather. A handsome first edition, bound in full morocco leather. Covered in striking tooled gilt det...
The Eastern Wonderland: Pictures of Japanese Life
D.C. Angus · 1889 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)
London, Cassell and Company, Limited, c.1889. Cloth. A fascinating narrative teaching children about Japanese life and culture, looking at periods both before and after the Meiji Restoration. The second edition of D.C. Angus's The Eastern Wonderland, published by Cassell ...
A View of the Reign of James II from His Accession, to the Enterprise of the Prince of Orange
Right Hon Sir James Mackintosh · 1835 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)
London, Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, 1835. Disbound. A scarce stand-alone edition of Sir James Mackintosh"s History of the Revolution in England in 1688, richly detailed on the reign of James II and the Glorious Revolution. Bound in the publisher's orig...
The Japanese Nation in Evolution: Steps in the Progress of a Great People
William Elliot Griffis · 1907 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)
London, George G. Harrap & Company, 1907. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated study by William Elliot Griffis, tracing Japan"s rapid transformation from feudal isolation to modern world power. In the publisher's original red cloth binding. Fir...
The Great CIVIL War of the Times of Charles I. And Cromwell.
Richard Cattermole · 1852 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)
London, Henry G. Bohn, 1852. Cloth. A richly illustrated copy of Richard and George Cattermole"s The Great Civil War, a detailed historical narrative with vivid battle scenes between the Cavaliers and Roundheads In a full red textured cloth binding with blind stamping and gilt...
Talk About Byzantium
Anthony Powell · 2006 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)
Charingworth, Evergreen Press, 2006. Paperback. A limited edition printing of this letter sent from Anthony Powell regarding a BBC production of 'A Dance to the Music of Time&apos. Limited edition of 200 copies, of which this is number 46. Hand-set and printed by John Gri...
Colomba and Carmen by Prosper Mãâ©Rimãâ©E Renãâ©E Mauperin by Jules and Edmond de Goncourt Mauprat by George Sand la Chartreuse de Parme by Stendhalãâ the Two Young Brides by Honorãâ© de Balzac the Romance of a Poor Young Man by Octave Feuillet Pierre and Jean by Guy de Maupassant the Nabob by Alphonse Daudet
Edmund Gosse [ed.]; Honoré de Balzac; Stendhal; Jules and Edmond de Goncourt et. al. · 1902 · Rooke Books
£160.00 (€191.81 | $211.42 | ¥33,765)
London, William Heinemann, 1902 . Cloth. A set of uniformly bound illustrated French romance novels, in blue cloth with decorative gilt designs, translated from the original French with twenty-six coloured plates and monochrome frontispieces of each author. A set of uniformly ...