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W. Holman Bentley the Life and Labours of a Congo Pioneer

H. M. Bentley · 1907 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)

London, The Religious Tract Society, 1907. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition regarding the life of W. Holman Bentley, written by his widow, and with her inscription to the front free endpaper. The first edition of the work. Scarce.Inscribed by the author to the fron...

A Compendious View of the Most Recent and Interesting Travels in Different Parts of the World Europe and Asia

Anon. · 1831 · Rooke Books

£118.00 (€141.44 | $155.89 | ¥24,893)

London, William Darton and Son, 1831. Cloth. The scarce Europe and Asia volume from Darton's Juvenile Cyclopaedia series. Volume two of Darton's Juvenile Cyclopaedia series. Complete in one volume.Scarce.With a frontispiece and extra engraved title page. Collated com...

Peking

Juliet Bredon · 1931 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.79 | ¥37,972)

Shanghai, Kelly and Walsh Limited, 1931. Cloth. The third enlarged and revised edition of this comprehensive travel work, with folding maps and plans. The third edition, revised and enlarged. First published in 1919.Rebound in quarter cloth with marbled boards. Endpapers renew...

Silver Jubilee 1935: Copy of Illuminated Address Presented to H.M. The King by the County Council Association

County Council Association · 1935 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, County Council Association, 1935. Cloth. An exceptionally scarce facsimile featuring five fold-out plates of the illuminated address presented by the County Council Association to King George V on his Silver Jubilee. In the publisher's original red cloth binding.Â...

Some Notices of the Family of Master, of East Langdon and Yotes in Kent, New Hall and Croston in Lancashire, and Barrow Green in Surrey

Rev. George Streynsham Master · 1874 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.29 | ¥58,013)

London, For Private Circulation only by Mitchell and Hughes, 1874 . First edition. Leather. A very scarce signed presentation copy of this limited edition privately published genealogical study, with a signed letter from the author to Lord Hawkesbury. A signed presentation cop...

The Court and Reign of Francis the First, King of France

Miss Pardoe [Julia Pardoe] · 1849 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, Richard Bentley, 1849. Cloth. The first edition of this two volume history on the life and reign of Francis I of France, with illustrations. Complete in two volumes. First edition. Volume one is illustrated with a frontispiece and five plates. Volume two is illustrated...

The History of Maidstone

J. M. Russell · 1881 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

Maidstone, William S. Vivish, 1881. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this work on the history of Maidstone, the largest town in Kent county, illustrated throughout. First edition, in the publisher's original cloth binding. Illustrated with twenty engraved plates...

History of Spanish Literature

George Ticknor · 1855 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.05 | ¥50,630)

London, John Murray, 1855. Leather. A smartly bound new edition of this three volume work on the history of Spanish literature from American Hispanist George Ticknor. Complete in three volumes. New edition. A historical commentary on the evolution of Spanish literature and its...

Voyage of the "Parma": The Great Grain Race of 1932

A. J. Villiers · 1933 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)

London, Geoffrey Bles, 1933. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated history of the ship the Parma and its place in The Great Grain Race of 1932. With the original dust wrapper. First edition. With the vanishingly scarce original price-clipped dust wrap...

The Pastoral Letters of the Incomparable Jurieu

Pierre Jurieu · 1689 · Rooke Books

£995.00 (€1,192.65 | $1,314.46 | ¥209,902)

London, T. Fabian , 1689 . First edition. Leather. The exceptionally scarce first English translated edition of Pierre Jurieu's work advocating for Protestants in France who were caught under "Babylonish tyranny", as they were forced to convert to Catholicism. The first E...

Advice from Farmer Trueman to His Daughter Mary

Jonas Hanway · 1796 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.19 | ¥36,917)

Not Stated, Not Stated, 1796 . Leather. An early edition of Jonas Hanway's educational work intended to dissuade young people from the temptations of vice that await them in the city. An early edition. First published in 1789. Bound in half calf with marbled paper-covered...

History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain

William H. Prescott · 1855 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.58 | ¥35,863)

London, Richard Bentley, 1855. Leather. An early set of this comprehensive work regarding the Reign of Philip the Second, presented in handsome full calf. A later impression, published the same year as the first, but without the folding facsimile plate and with alternative pag...

Roaming Through the West Indies

Harry A. Franck · 1921 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1921. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Harry A. Franck"s illustrated 1921 travelogue through the West Indies, capturing early 20th-century life across Cuba, Haiti, and Jamaica. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. This vo...

Miniatures: Illuminations of Nisami&Apos;S "Hamsah

E. Yu. Yusupov [Editor]; Fazila Suleimanova [Preface] · 1985 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

Tashkent, Fan" Publishers of the Uzbeck, 1985. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition, reproducing centuries of manuscript art inspired by Nizami Ganjavi"s "Hamsah", the great Persian literary classic. In the publisher's original green cloth binding with gilt.Th...

British Fresh-Water Fishes

Rev. W. Houghton · 1895 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

Hull and York, A. Brown & Sons, 1895 . Cloth. Attractively illustrated throughout with twenty-four plates of views, this is a wonderful study of the fresh water fish of the British Isles. The single volume second edition of this work, first published in two volumes in 1879.Ill...

Lillibullero or the Golden Road

E. A. T. Dutton [Eric Aldhelm Torlogh Dutton] · 1944 · Rooke Books

£640.00 (€767.13 | $845.48 | ¥135,012)

Zanzibar, Printed Privately, [1944]. First edition. Cloth. A rare to see privately printed limited edition of the first edition of Dutton's account of the Northern Frontier of Kenya. A rarely seen limited edition of the first edition, being number 10 out of 100 copies, pr...

A Trip to Barbary by a Roundabout Route

George Augustus Sala · 1866 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.27 | ¥52,739)

London, Tinsley Brothers , 1866. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this travelogue, detailing George Augustus Sala's trip to Algiers in the train of Napoleon III. A scarce first edition of this work. In the original cloth binding.This travelogue details a...

The Land of the Nile Springs: Being Chiefly an Account of How We Fought Kabarega

Colonel Sir Henry Colvile · 1895 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, Edward Arnold , 1895. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this vivid account of the Unyoro Expedition in Uganda, commanded by Henry Colvile. First edition. In the original cloth binding, with gilt illustration to the front board.Illustrated from sketches by the...

Half Hours of English History from the Roman Period to the Death of Elizabeth

Charles Knight [editor] · 1869 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

London, Frederick Warne and Co. 1869. Leather. A smartly bound copy of Charles Knight's work offering a history of England as a collection of digestible thirty minute reads. As the title suggests, each article in this volume is designed to be read in half an hour. Arrange...

The Lives of the Chief Justices of England from the Norman Conquest Till the Death of Lord Tenterden

John Lord Campbell · 1874 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, John Murray, 1874. Leather. Two smartly bound third edition volumes of Campbell's biographical study of the Chief justices of England, being volumes I and IV. Volume one and four of four only. Third edition. A collection of biographical studies of Chief Justice of...