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The History of Signboards, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day

Jacob Larwood; John Camden Hotten · 1866 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, John Camden Hotten, 1866. Cloth. A third edition of this illustrated history of signboards from Jacob Larwood and John Camden Hotten. Third edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and one hundred illustrations across nineteen plates. Collated complete. Explorin...

King Albert&Apos;S Book: A Tribute to the Belgian King and People from Representative Men and Women Throughout the World

1914 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

London, The Daily Telegraph, 1914. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this illustrated wartime tribute from King Albert, the Belgian King. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, sixteen colour tipped in plates, one colour plate, and eight black-and-white plates....

An Account of the Mineral Waters of Spa: Commonly Called the German Spaw: Being a Collection of Observations from the Most Eminent Authors Who Have Wrote on That Subject.

Henry Eyre; Various · 1733 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

Unknown; [London], Unknown; [J. Roberts], c1979. Cloth. A very scarce facsimile of this handbook, shedding light on the medical theories and zeitgeist driving Europe's fascination with spas in the 18th century. Rebound in an imitation morocco cloth binding.This copy inclu...

The Great War

Winston S. Churchill · 1933 · Rooke Books

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

London, George Newnes Limited , 1933-1934. Leather. The complete set of Winston Churchill's compelling history of World War I, finely bound here in the publisher's deluxe half morocco. A complete three-volume set of Churchill's illustrated study of World War I, ...

La Bovrgogne (Hosanna to the Wines of Burgundy)

Georges Rozet · 1934 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

Paris , Maurice Ponsot, c1945. Brochure/Pamphlet. A very rare pamphlet offering a compelling review of Burgundy wines, written by French journalist Georges Rozet. A vanishingly scarce pamphlet. Georges Rozet, a French journalist and author of works on local histories and wine...

The American Church and the African Slave Trade. Mr. Jay&Apos;S Speech

John Jay · 1860 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.39 | $594.48 | ¥94,931)

New York, Roe Lockwood & Sons, 1860. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce abolitionist pamphlet by lawyer John Jay. The first edition of this very scarce work.A speech given by John Jay to the New York Diocesan Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Chur...

An Authentic History of the Coronation of His Majesty, King George the Fourth

Robert Huish · 1821 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.19 | $786.03 | ¥125,519)

London, J. Robins and Co, 1821 . First edition. Leather. A wonderful example of the very scarce first edition of Robert Huish's detailed account of the coronation of King George IV, in a handsome half calf signed binding, illustrated throughout. A very scarce first editio...

A Dictionary English, German and French

Mr. Christian Ludwig · 1736 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.82 | ¥83,328)

Leipzig and Francfurt, George Saalbach, 1736 . Vellum. The scarce second edition of Christian Ludwig's dictionary of modern European languages, in a full vellum binding. In English, French, and German.The 'Second edition carefully revised, corrected, and considerably...

The British Almanac of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge

1851 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)

London, Charles Knight, 1851-65. Cloth. Three very scarce years of the British Almanac, a comprehensive calendar of each year. Three volumes of 'The British Almanac', each bound with their companion volume, complete as six volumes bound in three.Issued by the Society...

Shakespeare Verses Shallow

J. Leslie Hotson · 1931 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

London, The Nonesuch Press, 1931. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of a fascinating exploration into the influences behind the themes and characters in Shakespeare's plays by scholar Leslie Hotson. This volume is a first edition. Bound in the publisher's origina...

At War with the Smugglers

Rear-Admiral D. Arnold-Forster · 1936 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.29 | ¥17,931)

London, Ward, Lock and Co. Limited, 1936. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated historical study of naval and maritime issues involving smugglers. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and eight images across seven plates. Collated complete. ...

British Government in India: The Story of the Viceroys and Government Houses

The Marquis Curzon of Kedleston · 1925 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)

London, Cassell and Company, Ltd, 1925. First edition. Cloth. A richly illustrated, first edition of this informative study of the British government in India, compiled by the Viceroy and Governor General of India, Marquis Curzon of Kedleston. The first edition, first impressi...

The Lindfield Reporter, or Philanthropic Magazine. For the Years 1837, and 1838 & 1841, and 1842.

William Allen · 1838 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€898.98 | $990.80 | ¥158,218)

Lindfield , W. Eade , 1838-42. First edition. Leather. An extremely scarce pair of works filled with issues of The Lindfield Reporter, an 18th-century anti slavery philanthropic magazine compiled by prominent English Quaker William Allen. Bound in half calf with marbled paper-...

A History of Our Own Times, from the Accession of Queen Victoria to the General Election of 1880

Justin McCarthy · 1880 · Rooke Books

£149.00 (€178.60 | $196.84 | ¥31,433)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1880 . Leather. A complete four volume edition of Justin McCarthy's history of Victorian England, uniformly bound in half calf. Complete in four volumes.An early edition of this work, which was first published between 1879 and 1880.A historical ac...

A Concise History of the Moors in Spain

Thomas Bourke · 1811 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.19 | $786.03 | ¥125,519)

London, F. C. and J. Rivington, 1811 . First edition. Leather. The scarce first edition of Thomas Bourke's fascinating narrative of the rise and fall of Moorish civilisation in the Iberian Peninsula, from the early 8th century to the fall of Granada in 1492. A scarce firs...

The History of Spain and Portugal, from B.C. 1000 to A.D. 1814

M. M. Busk [ed.]; Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge · 1833 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.84 | $151.92 | ¥24,260)

London, Baldwin and Craddock, 1833 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Mary Margaret Busk's impressively detailed chronological history of Spain and Portugal. The first edition of this impressive history of Spain and Portugal. Printed in two columns, and with ten...

A Narrative of the Campaign of the British Army in Spain

James Moore · 1809 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)

London, J. Johnson, 1809 . Leather. The third edition of this military memoir, concerning Moore's Campaign in Spain during the Peninsular War, illustrated with two folding maps. The third edition of this work, published in the same year as the first edition.Illustrated wi...

Russia, the Balkans and the Dardanelles

Granville Fortescue · 1915 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.29 | ¥17,931)

London, Andrew Melrose Ltd, [1915]. First edition. Cloth. The first edition Granville Fortescue's very scarce work written during WWII, providing a sketch of the military and political landscape of the Balkans. The first edition.Illustrated with thirty-two monochrome plat...

A History Military and Municipal of the Town (Otherwise Called the City) of Marlborough and More Generally the Entire Hundred of Selkley

James Waylen · 1854 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, John Russell Smith, 1854. Cloth. A comprehensive history of the market town of Marlborough. A detailed and comprehensive history of Marlborough, is a market town and civil parish in the English county of Wiltshire. With reference to the Hundred of Selkley, an ancient a...

The Travels of Richard and John Lander Into the Interior of Africa

Robert Huish · 1836 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.58 | ¥35,863)

London, John Saunders, 1836. First edition. Leather. The first edition of Robert Huish's illustrated travel work on the Lander Brothers, following their important exploration of Africa. The first edition.Collated, illustrated with a frontispiece, engraved title, and seven...