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Through the Dark Continent

Henry M. Stanley · 1899 · Rooke Books

£245.00 (€293.67 | $323.66 | ¥51,684)

London, George Newnes, 1899 . Leather. Henry Morton Stanley's thrilling account of his expedition through Africa between 1874 and 1877, richly illustrated throughout, complete with two volumes bound in one. Henry Morton Stanley's account of his expedition through Afr...

Contraception (Birth Control): Its Theory, History and Practice

Marie Carmichael Stopes · 1927 · Rooke Books

£158.00 (€189.39 | $208.73 | ¥33,331)

London, John Bale, Sons & Danielson, 1927 . Cloth. An excellent copy of the "new and enlarged" second edition of Marie Stope"s enormously influential guide to the use of contraception, illustrated with plates. First published in 1923, this is the enlarged second edition, with ...

All in It: "K (1)" Carries on

Ian Hay [John Hay Beith] · 1917 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

Boston and New York, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1917. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Ian Kay's sequel to his successful work 'The First Hundred Thousand', proving an account of the Battle of Somme. The first edition. The author's presentation co...

History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella, the Catholic

William H. Prescott · 1838 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.69 | $297.24 | ¥47,465)

Boston, Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1838. Cloth. The third edition of this historical work on the Catholic Monarchs and the Castilian monarchy, the complete three volume set. The third edition.Illustrated with monochrome steel engraved frontispieces, and one table plate...

The British Post Office from Its Beginnings to the End of 1925

C. F. Dendy Marshall · 1926 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

London, Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford , 1926. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon history of the British Post Office by C. F. Dendy Marshall, illustrated with plates. First edition. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with an embossed gilt decoration to ...

Peter Simple

Captain Frederick Marryat; Michael Sadleir · 1929 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.29 | ¥17,931)

London, Constable and Co Ltd , 1929. Cloth. The complete two-volume limited edition of Captain Frederick Marryat's Napoleonic war novel, with illustrations. A limited edition of 750 unnumbered copies. Complete in two volumes. Uniformly bound in the publisher's blind...

Memories of the Old College of Glasgow: Some Chapters in the History of the University

David Murray · 1927 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

Glasgow , Jackson, Wylie and Co , 1927. First edition. Cloth. The uncommon first edition of this wonderfully illustrated history of the University of Glasgow. The first edition of this work. In the publisher's original cloth binding. A fascinating history of the Univers...

Pictures of English History. From the Earliest Times to the Present Period.

1868 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.05 | ¥10,548)

London, George Routledge & Sons , 1868. Cloth. An uncommon educational history of England for children, strikingly examples through bright chromolithograph plates. An uncommon work.A comprehensive history of England for children, tracing the history of the country from the tim...

The Tablet of Memory, Shewing Every Memorable Event in History

[Philip Luckombe] · 1783 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, G. Robinson, 1783. Leather. A pocket-sized reference work, detailing memorable historical events from across the centuries. The fifth edition.'The Tablet of Memory' is a useful reference guide to historical events. It includes accidents, incidents, remarkable...

Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland

The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland · 1914 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.05 | ¥50,630)

Edinburgh , Neill and Company Ltd, 1914-34. Cloth. An extensive collection of volumes detailing the proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, providing fascinating information on the history of Scotland, and heavily illustrated throughout. The first editions. In ...

Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland Volumes 100-144

Various · 1969 · Rooke Books

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

Edinburgh, National Museum of Antiquaries of Scotland, 1969-2014. First edition. Cloth. A smart collection of forty-nine first edition volumes of the proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. Forty-nine volumes. First edition. A collection of the records of procee...

A Collection of Volumes from the History of the Second World War Series

T. K. Derry; Major L. F. Ellis; Basil Collier · 1952 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.49 | $495.40 | ¥79,109)

London, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1952-1957. First edition. Cloth. Three smart first edition volumes from the History of the Second World War series from Her Majesty's Stationery Office. Three volumes. History of the Second World War. First edition. This set c...

New and Correct Tables of Interest

John Bettesworth · 1778 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)

London, Alex Hogg, 1778. First edition. Cloth. A scarce mathematical volume presenting various interest rates through accessible tables, the first edition of this work by John Bettesworth. The first edition of this scarce work.Illustrated with a frontispiece, depicting the Ban...

Jonas Paxton&Apos;S Labour Time Book

Mr. Jonas Paxton · 1879 · Rooke Books

£280.00 (€335.62 | $369.90 | ¥59,068)

Not Stated, Not Stated, 1879-1880 . First edition. Hardback. The employee and labour log-book of Victorian era auctioneer and land agent Joseph Paxton, covering the years 1879 and 1880. The fascinating handwritten time book of Joseph Paxton, an auctioneer and land agent who is...

Archaeologia Scotica; or, Transactions of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland

Society of Antiquaries of Scotland · 1792 · Rooke Books

£1,700.00 (€2,037.69 | $2,245.80 | ¥358,627)

Edinburgh, Printed for the Society, 1792-1890 . First edition. Leather. A scarce complete first edition set of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland's 'Archaeologia Scotica', illustrated throughout and in signed calf bindings from Andrew Grieve. The scarce comp...

Napoleon a Sainte-Helene 1815-1821

Frederic Masson · 1912 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

Paris , Librairie Paul Ollendorff, 1912. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this French history of Napoleon's exile on St Helena. The first edition. Bound in half crushed morocco, with marbled boards. A fascinating account of Napoleon's last years spent d...

The Patriot&Apos;S Progress

Henry Williamson · 1930 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

London, Geoffrey Bles, 1930. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of Henry Williamson's illustrated account of an ordinary soldier's experiences of the First World War, in the original dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression.In the original unclipped dust ...

Recollections of Edward Bury

Priscilla Susan Bury · 1860 · Rooke Books

£1,295.00 (€1,552.24 | $1,710.77 | ¥273,189)

Windermere, John Garnett, 1860. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this touching memoir on the life of locomotive manufacturer Edward Bury, a very scarce work written by his widow. The first edition of this very scarce work.Original wraps are bound in.Illustrated with ...

The Silver Crescent

Somerset de Chair · 1943 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.75 | $244.40 | ¥39,027)

London, The Golden Cockerel Press, 1943 . First edition. Cloth. Somerset de Chair's limited edition account of his experiences in World War Two, in a quarter morocco binding by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. A limited edition work, limited to five hundred copies, of which this is...

Baddeley Brothers

Baddeley Brothers · 1946 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, Baddeley Brothers Limited, c1950. Paperback. A vanishingly scarce, limited edition catalogue from the historic printers of luxury stationary, 'Baddeley Brothers', offering a glimpse into their history and examples of their products and processes. A limited ed...