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Old London

Walter L. McNay · 1909 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,016)

London, Alexander Moring: The De La More Press, 1909. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this series of reproductions of engravings of Old London, from Walter L. McNay. First edition. A collection of fifty reproductions of old engravings illustrative of the London of o...

Memorials of St. James&Apos;S Place

Edgar Sheppard · 1894 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1894. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of Edgar Sheppard's fascinating historical account of St James's Palace, illustrated throughout . Complete in two volumes. First edition. Volume one is illustrated with a frontisp...

Gran Teatro la Fenice

Giandomenico Romanelli · 1999 · Rooke Books

£37.00 (€44.35 | $48.88 | ¥7,805)

Koln, Everygreen, 1999. First edition. Hardback. A very smart first English language translated edition of this history of the Teatro La Fenice opera house in Venice. First English language edition, translated from the Italian. Illustrated with three hundred and thirty photogr...

Experiments and Observations Concerning Agriculture and the Weather

Mr. Marshall [William Marshall] · 1779 · Rooke Books

£575.00 (€689.22 | $759.61 | ¥121,300)

London, J. Dodsley , 1779 . First edition. Leather. The very scarce first edition of William Marshall's detailed study of the relationship between farming and weather, bound in a lovely full polished calf. The first edition. Bound in an elegant full polished calf. Illustr...

Myths and Legends of Japan

F. Hadland Davis · 1917 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.82 | ¥83,328)

London, George G. Harrap & Company , 1917 . Cloth. A beautifully illustrated collection of Japanese legends compiled by F. Hadland Davis, bound in the publisher's decorative cloth. The third edition. First published in 1912. Bound in the publisher's original decorati...

The History of the Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators, 1929-1964

David B. Brown · 1967 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.34 | ¥28,479)

London, Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators, 1967 . First edition. Leather. A signed first edition of this history of two aviation guilds. A presentation copy specially bound for the Lord Mayor of London. The first edition of this work, flat signed by author to the title pa...

The Langham Hotel Guide to London

The Langham Hotel Management · 1912 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

London, The Langham Hotel Company, 1912 . Hardback. The scarce 1912-1913 guide for guests produced by London's Langham Hotel, offering a wealth of advice for visitors to the capital. Scarce in all editions, this is the 1912-1913 twenty-sixth edition.Illustrated with a fro...

The History of England, the English in Ireland, and Short Studies on Great Subjects

James Anthony Froude · 1870 · Rooke Books

£2,500.00 (€2,996.60 | $3,302.65 | ¥527,392)

London, Longmans, Green and Others , [1870]-1883. Leather. A beautifully bound collection of works by James Anthony Froude, including his extensive history of England, bound in a uniform half calf signed binding by Mudie. A beautifully bound set of works from James Anthony Fro...

Language Hunting in the Karakoram

E. O. Lorimer · 1939 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

London, George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1939. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon first edition of this illustrated account of the author's time spent crossing the Karakoram mountain range in Asia in search of different languages. First edition. Uncommon work. Illustrated with a ...

Fur and Feather or Fur, Feather and Fin Series

Alfred E. T. Watson [editor] · 1894 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.39 | $594.48 | ¥94,931)

London, Longmans, Green & Co. 1894-1913. Cloth. A collection of eleven volumes of the Fur and Feather or the Fur, Feather and Fin series, edited by British journalist Alfred Edward Thomas Watson. Eleven volumes of a twelve volume set. A series written to present monographs, as...

Navy (Health). Statistical Report on the Health of the Navy

Algernon Egerton; C. Inigo Thomas; O. Murray et al. · 1869 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.11 | ¥61,177)

London, HMSO, 1869-1915 . First edition. Paperback. Six fascinating and very scarce volumes of Royal Navy medical reports and statistical health data, offering insight into the health of the navy between 1869 and 1915. Six very scarce 19th and 20th century reports of the healt...

The Battle of France

Andre Maurois; F. R. Ludman · 1940 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, John Lane: The Bodley Head, 1940. First edition. Cloth. A compelling firsthand account of France's swift fall in 1940, illustrated with monochrome plates by Edward Ardizzone. In the publisher's original red cloth binding. Complete with the publisher's o...

Other Days Other Ways: Silhouettes of the Past in French Canada

Georges Bouchard; Alan Hunt Holley [Translation] · 1928 · Rooke Books

£39.00 (€46.75 | $51.52 | ¥8,227)

Montreal; New York, Louis Carrier & Co, 1928. First edition. Cloth. A first English edition of Georges Bouchard"s vivid sketches of rural French-Canadian life, illustrated with woodcuts by renowned artist Edwin Holgate. In the publisher's original cloth binding.This volum...

Military Antiquities Respecting a History of the English Army

Francis Grose · 1801 · Rooke Books

£650.00 (€779.12 | $858.69 | ¥137,122)

London, T. Egerton, 1801 . Leather. Impressively illustrated throughout with a wealth of engraved plates, this is the two volume second edition of Francis Grose's study of British Military history, in handsome calf bindings. The second edition, 'with material additio...

Tropical Africa

Henry Drummond · 1888 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1888. Cloth. Henry Drummond's exhaustive guide to 'Tropical Africa', illustrated with colour folding maps. The tenth thousand of this work. The tenth thousand of Scottish evangelist and biologist Henry Drummond's guide to the A...

Tales of Irish Life and Character

Mrs. S. C. Hall [Anna Maria Hall] · 1909 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

Edinburgh & London, T. N. Foulis, 1909. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this illustrated collection of Irish tales, with reproductions of the paintings of Erskine Nicol. First edition. Illustrated with sixteen tipped-in colour plates. Collated complete. A charmin...

The Illustrated London News Volume 27 & 44

Various; Herbert Ingram [Ed.]; William Charles Ingram [Ed.] · 1855 · Rooke Books

£280.00 (€335.62 | $369.90 | ¥59,068)

London, William Little; George C. Leighton , 1855-1864 . First edition. Cloth. A pair of uniformly bound copies of The Illustrated London News, Volume 27 and 44, richly illustrated throughout with engravings and full page illustrations. Uniformly bound in half cloth with paper...

The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte

William Hazlitt · 1852 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.82 | ¥83,328)

London, Office of the Illustrated London Library, 1852. Leather. A handsomely bound second edition of William Hazlitt"s impassioned Life of Napoleon Buonaparte, in two volumes. In a handsome full red calf binding with gilt detailing. William Hazlitt"s The Life of Napoleon Buo...

The Invasion of the Crimea; Its Origin, and an Account of Its Progress Down to the Death of Lord Raglan

Alexander William Kinglake · 1863 · Rooke Books

£2,400.00 (€2,876.74 | $3,170.55 | ¥506,296)

Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1863-87. First edition. Leather. A beautifully bound first edition set of Alexander William Kinglake's magnum opus, studying the history and causes of the Crimean War. A rare to see full first edition set of this renowned ...

Sarum Close: A History of the Life and Education of the Cathedral Choristers for 700 Years

Dora H. Robertson · 1938 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)

London, Jonathan Cape , 1938. First edition. Cloth. A signed copy of this excellent history concerning the Choristers School in Salisbury Cathedral Close. Signed inscription by the author to the half title. First edition. In the original cloth binding. Illustrated with a fr...