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Recherches Philosophiques Sur Les Egyptiens Et Les Chinois

[Cornelius de Pauw] · 1774 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.71 | ¥62,232)

Londres; Geneve, Thomas Johnson; Franc. Grasset; Samuel Cailler, 1774. Cloth. An early and corrected edition of Cornelius de Paw's work refuting the theories of Joseph de Guignes. Complete in two volumes.In the original French.An interesting study on the historical relati...

Die Assyrische Keilschrift

Wilhelm Dorow · 1820 · Rooke Books

£875.00 (€1,048.81 | $1,155.93 | ¥184,587)

Wiesbaden, Ludwig Schellenberg, 1820. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce monograph on Assyrian cuneiform, the first edition of this work in the original German, by Wilhelm Dorow. The first edition of this very scarce work.In the original German.Illustrated with a folding ...

A Collection from the Early English Text Society

Various; Fredrick J. Furnivall; Rev Walter W. Skeat et al [ed.] · 1865 · Rooke Books

£440.00 (€527.40 | $581.27 | ¥92,821)

London , N. Trubner and Co. 1865-1893. Cloth. A terrific collection of uniformly bound early English texts, published for the Early English Text Society. An impressive collection of twenty-two volumes from the Early English Text Society, a society founded in 1864 dedicated to ...

The Oxford History of England

Various; George Clark [ed.] · 1961 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.05 | ¥50,630)

Oxford , Oxford University Press, 1961-1965. Cloth. A pleasing set of twelve volumes from this book series on the history of the United Kingdom. Containing twelve of fifteen volumes from the publisher's 'Oxford History of England' series. Lacking volumes IV, VI...

Literary and Historical Memorials of London & London and Its Celebrities

J. Heneage Jesse · 1847 · Rooke Books

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

London, Richard Bentley, 1847-50 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of J. Heneage Jesse's study of London, relating to its literary and historical memorials and its celebrity. The first edition. Comprised of two sets, each complete in two volumes. Uniformly bound...

A Catalogue of the Egyptian Antiquities in the Possession of F.G. Hilton Price

1897 · Rooke Books

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

London, Bernard Quaritch, 1897. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this illustrated catalogue of the Egyptian antiquities held by English antiquarian F. G. Hilton Price. First edition. Very scarce. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and seven plates. Coll...

Lives of Simon Lord Lovat and Duncan Forbes of Culloden

John Hill Burton · 1847 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

London, Chapman & Hall, 1847. First edition. Leather. A smart first edition of this pair of biographies from Scottish historian John Hill Burton. First edition. A detailed and comprehensive pair of biographical sketches of Lovat and Forbes, with detailed commentary on their hi...

Left Book Club Works on Socialism and Finances During World War Two

John Strachey; The Pied Piper; Maurice Edelman; Hewlett Johnson · 1939 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

London, Gollancz, 1939-41. Cloth. Four volumes of left-wing works from the Left Book Club on the war and Nazi Germany, published during World War Two. The 'Left Book Club Edition' to all. Not published for sale to the public. In the publisher's original cloth.Â...

Fire over London and Bombers over Merseyside

The London County Council; The Rt. Hone. The Earl of Derby; et al. · 1941 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

London; Liverpool, Daily Post and Echo Ltd; Hutchinson & Co Ltd, 1941-3. First edition. Paperback. Two fascinating historical illustrated pamphlets on the Blitz, providing insight into the bombings in London during World War Two. The first edition to both. A two volume set, i...

History of the County of Kent

Alfred John Dunkin · 1854 · Rooke Books

£220.00 (€263.70 | $290.63 | ¥46,411)

London, John Russell Smith, 1854 . First edition. Leather. A very scarce, first edition of Alfred John Dunkin's history of Deptford in Kent, illustrated with plates, some of which are folding. The first edition. Bound in full crushed morocco with cloth boards. Very scarce...

A Chronicle of England: B.C. 55-A.D. 1485

James E. Doyle · 1864 · Rooke Books

£390.00 (€467.47 | $515.21 | ¥82,273)

London, Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, and Green, 1864. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this strikingly illustrated history of England by artist and antiquary, James E. Doyle. The first edition. In the publisher's elaborately decorated cloth binding. A compr...

Salt and Other Condiments.

J. J. Manley · 1884 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, William Clowes & Sons, Limited, 1884. Paperback. This very scarce handbook produced for the 1884 International Health Exhibition examining the history of salt, its production and manufacture in Great Britain. full bound in the original publisher's paper wraps. The...

The Royal Manor of Richmond: With Petersham, Ham and Kew

Mrs Arthur G. Bell · 1907 · Rooke Books

£47.00 (€56.34 | $62.09 | ¥9,915)

London, George Bell and Sons, 1907. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this beautifully illustrated work by Mrs Arthur G. Bell on Richmond Palace, with colour illustrations by her husband. The first edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and nine colour plate...

Assembly Rooms Bath: A Souvenir Booklet to Commemorate the Reopening by Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent October 19th, 1938

1938 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

London and Bath , The Mendip Press Ltd , 1938. First edition. Disbound. A very scarce souvenir booklet for the Bath Assembly Rooms, complete with charming tipped-in plates. The first edition of this very scarce booklet. Disbound. With the original illustrated covers present, ...

The Practical Measurer; or, Tradesman and Wood Merchant&Apos;S Assistant: Containing a Variety of Tables, Showing the Superficial and Solid Content of Round, Square, and Unequal Sided Timber or Stone; Designed for the Use of Artificers, Wrights, Carpenters, Sawyers, Plasterers, Glaziers, Builders, Masons, Bricklayers, Wood Merchants, Painters, Ditchers, Causeway-Layers, Etc.

Alexander Peddie · 1833 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

Glasgow , Blackie and Son, 1833. Leather. An impressive practical measuring guide, intended for tradesmen and wood merchants, from Scottish physician Alexander Peddie. This work of metrology comprises a series of tables, showing the contents of round, square and unequal sided ...

The Three Cs: The City Surveyor of Works, the CIVIC Arms, by a Citizen

1888 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

Bath , Chronicle" Office , 1888. Paperback. A very scarce booklet that lays out the legal rights to the armorial bearings of Bath and their alterations. A vanishingly scarce pamphlet. In the original wraps. Offering an intriguing discussion of the Civic Arms of Bath and the ...

The Illustrated London News & the Field Silver Jubilee

Various · 1977 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.29 | ¥17,931)

London, The Illustrated London News & Sketch; The Harmsworth Press Limited , 1977. Magazine. Two smart Silver Jubilee editions from these popular London publications, with images throughout. Two volumes. A collection of issues marking the celebration of the Silver Jubilee of E...

Pascal Et Son Temps

Fortunat Strowski · 1908 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)

Paris, Librairie Plon, 1908-1910. Leather. A smartly bound three volume set of this history of French mathematician Blaise Pascal, in the original French. French. Complete in three volumes. From the "History of Religious Feeling in France in the Seventeenth Century" series. Vo...

The Story of Bath

Alfred Trice Martin · 1911 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

London, Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd, 1911. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated history of Bath, England. First edition. Very scarce. Illustrated throughout with a frontispiece and numerous in-text and full-page images. A detailed history of the cit...

Leading Events in the History of the Port of Bristol

W. N. Reid; W. E. Hicks · 1877 · Rooke Books

£52.00 (€62.33 | $68.70 | ¥10,970)

Bristol, W. C. Hemmons, 1877. Cloth. A first edition work focusing on the Port of Bristol and its history, an interesting work illustrated with a folding plate. First edition. Illustrated with one folding plate. Collated complete. A collection of articles which had previously ...