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Indie in Woord En Beeld: Pictorial Netherlands East-Indies

L F Van Gent; W A Penard; Dr D Rinkes · 1924 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

Weltevreden, Topografische Inrichting, 1924. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of this illustrated record of the Dutch East Indies, written in both Dutch and English. The first edition.Illustrated with monochrome vignettes. Written in both Dutch and English in parall...

Theophili Boneti Medicine Doctoris Sepulchretum Sive Anatomia Practica Ex Cadaveribus Morbo Denatis Proponens Histories Et Obervationes Omnium Humani Corporis Affectuum. . Et Al.

Theophile Bonet · 1700 · Rooke Books

£600.00 (€719.18 | $792.64 | ¥126,574)

Lugduni [Lugdunum], Cramer & Perachon, 1700. Leather. The third volume of the very scarce second edition of Theophile Bonet's important and influential medical study on pathological anatomy, providing thousands of autopsies, written in the original Latin and bound in re-b...

A New and Compleat History and Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster, the Borough of Southwark, and Parts Adjacent: From the Earliest Accounts, to the Beginning of the Year 1770

Henry Chamberlain · 1769 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.27 | ¥52,739)

London, J. Cooke, [1769]. Leather. A detailed and richly illustrated history and survey of London, edited by Henry Chamberlain, and bound in full calf. The revised, corrected and improved edition by Henry Chamberlain. Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece, with sixty-two...

Westminster Abbey

Dean Eric Abbott; John Betjeman; Kenneth Clark et. al. · 1972 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

Radnor , The Annenberg School Press; Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1972. First edition. Cloth. A bright first edition of this substantial survey of the Westminster Abbey, offering essays from John Betjeman, John Pope-Hennessy and others. First edition.With the original unclipped du...

Resume of the Work of the First County Council of Salop

1892 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

Shrewsbury, W. B. Walker, 1892. Cloth. A very scarce record of the acts and work of the first county council of Salop, or Shropshire. Very scarce work. A record of the work undertaken by the first county council of Salop, an old name for Shropshire and the official name for th...

Southwark Cathedral: The History and Antiquities of the Cathedral Church of St. Saviour

Canon Thompson · 1906 · Rooke Books

£39.00 (€46.75 | $51.52 | ¥8,227)

London, Ash & Co. Ltd. 1906. Cloth. A scarce second edition presentation copy of this detailed history of the Southwark cathedral from Canon Thompson. Second edition, enlarged and revised with a new appendix. Inscribed by the author to the front free endpaper in presentation t...

Nature Rambles in London

Kate M. Hall; Beatrice Harraden · 1908 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1908. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated collection of guides to finding nature in the city of London from Kate M. Hall. First edition. Uncommon work. Illustrated with ninety-four images including a frontispiece, forty...

Swept Channels; Western Mediterranean, 1942-1945

Taffrail [H. Taprell Dorling] · 1935 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.52 | $462.37 | ¥73,835)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1935-1947 . First edition. Cloth. First editions of two informative works of naval history from Taffrail, with his account of the WWI minesweepers inscribed to his secretary, who typed out the work herself. The first editions, first impressions of...

London City: Its History-Streets-Traffic-Buildings-People

W. J. Loftie · 1891 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

London, The Leadenhall Press, 1891. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this large illustrated volume concerning the origins and growth of London. The first edition of this work. In the original cloth binding. This Victorian history of London explores the city&apo...

The Governor&Apos;S Guide to Windsor Castle

The Marquis of Lorne · 1895 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

London, Cassell and Company, Limited , 1895. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of this illustrated guide to Windsor Castle by its former Governor, Marquis of Lorne, John Campbell. The very scarce first edition of this work.In the original cloth-backed wraps. With sixty-two...

A History of London

W. J. Loftie · 1884 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, Edward Stanford, 1884. Cloth. A scarce copy of the supplement to the first edition of Loftie's A History of London, with folding maps. The supplement to the first edition. Scarce work. Illustrated with four folding plates to the rear with colour highlights. Collat...

Death over Haggerston: An Account of Adventures That Befell Some East Londoners between the Summers of 1940 and 1941

H. A. Wilson · 1941 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, A. R. Mowbray & Co. Limited, 1941. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce first edition of this illustrated collection of stories written during the height of the Blitz. First edition. Very scarce work. Illustrated throughout. Written during the height of the Blitz, t...

The Bank of England 1891-1944

R. S. Sayers [Richard Sidney Sayers] · 1976 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.78 | $211.37 | ¥33,753)

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1976. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition set of this comprehensive work on the history of the Bank of England by Richard Sidney Sayers, being volumes one and two only. Two volumes of a three volume set, lacking the appendixes. Fi...

The City of London School

A. E. Douglas-Smith · 1937 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

Oxford, Basil Blackwell, 1937. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated history of the City of London School, complete with the scarce original unclipped dust jacket. In the publisher's original dark cloth binding.Complete with the very scarce original ...

The Stock Exchange Memorial of Those Who Fell in the Great War, MCMXIV-MCMXIX

Various · 1920 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Philip Lee Warner; The Medici Society, Limited, 1920. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition memorial volume, featuring 120 photographic portraits with biographical tributes to London Stock Exchange members lost in the First World War. In the publisher's orig...

Autograph Book from the Metropolitan Water Board

Metropolitan Water Board · 1946 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

London, None, 1946. Paperback. A delightful volume presented to a departing employee of the Metropolitan Water Board in 1946, filled with the signatures of fellow employees. With 'Autographs' blind stamped to the centre of the front board, the first page of this work...

The Municipal Parks, Gardens, and Open Spaces of London: Their History and Associations

Lieut.-Col. J. J. Sexby · 1898 · Rooke Books

£43.00 (€51.54 | $56.81 | ¥9,071)

London, Elliot Stock , 1898. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this charming illustrated history of London"s parks and gardens from leading Chief Officer for Parks, J. J. Sexby. First edition. In the original cloth binding. With a frontispiece and numerous full-page a...

Ludgate Hill: Past and Present. A Narrative Concerning the People, Places, Legends, and Changes of the Great London Highway

W. P. Treloar · 1892 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)

London, Hazell, Watson, and Viney, Ld , 1892. Cloth. A signed second edition copy of this fascinating history of Ludgate Hill, by Sir William Purdie Treloar. Signed "from the Author" to the title page. The second edition of this work. In the original cloth binding.Illustrate...

Cassell&Apos;S Illustrated History of England

0 · Rooke Books

£74.00 (€88.70 | $97.76 | ¥15,611)

London, Cassell and Company, Limited , c1870. Cloth. The first two volumes of this copiously illustrated history of England, from the earliest period to the death of Queen Elizabeth. Comprising the first two volumes of the new and revised edition of Cassell's Illustrated ...

Islington Industrial Exhibition: List of Exhibitors

1923 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

Islington, Not Stated, 1923. Cloth. A very scarce copy of this list of the exhibitors for the Islington Industrial Exhibition of 1923. Very scarce work. With the original paper wraps bound in. Illustrated throughout. A catalogue for the Islington Industrial Exhibition of 1923,...