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Record of the Great Floods in Bath

Bath Herald · 1894 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Bath, William Lewis and Son, The Bath Herald Office, 1894. Brochure/Pamphlet. A scarce pamphlet, reproduced from the Bath Herald, containing a detailed account of the Great Flood of Bath in 1894. The twenty-eighth thousand of this scarce work in the publisher's original p...

The History of Cottingham

Rev. Charles Overton · 1861 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

Hull, J. W. Leng, 1861. First edition. Paperback. A first edition copy of this very scarce history of Cottingham, near Hull, by Charles Overton. The first edition of this very scarce work in the publisher's original paper wraps. Lacking the rear of the wrap. Previous owne...

The Bath Stage: A History of Dramatic Representations in Bath

Belville S. Penley · 1892 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, William Lewis & Son, 1892 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this informative guide to the history of Bath and the stage, from the time of Shakespeare onwards. The first edition.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and with further illustrations throughout.The au...

Origins, Orient and Oriana

Charles F. Morris · 1980 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Brighton, Teredo Books Ltd, 1980. First edition. Cloth. This first edition, first impression of an abundantly illustrated examination of the history and design faults of two important liners, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of the ...

History of the Royal Mineral Water Hospital Bath

Randle Wilbraham Falconer; Anthony Beaufort Brabazon · 1888 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.34 | ¥28,479)

Bath , Royal Mineral Water Hospital, 1888. Cloth. A scarce historical account of the Royal Mineral Water Hospital situated in Bath, Somerset. The third issue. In the publisher's original cloth binding. With a monochrome frontispiece illustration. A fascinating series o...

The Beauties of History; or, Pictures of Virtue and Vice: Drawn from Examples of Men Eminent for Their Virtues, or Infamous for Their Vices Selected for the Instruction and Entertainment of Youth

William Dodd · 1810 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London , Vernor, Hood and Sharpe et al , 1810. Leather. A smartly bound copy of these classical historical accounts, categorised into specific themes and lessons. The sixth edition, enlarged and with the addition of an article on the subject of Pride. Rebacked with the origin...

A History of the English-Speaking Peoples: Volume IV - the Great Democracies

Winston Churchill · 1958 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

London, Cassell and Company, Ltd, 1958 . Cloth. The fourth volume from Winston Churchill's 'A History of the English-Speaking Peoples', a fine copy, housed in a quarter morocco slip case. The first edition. Bound in the publisher's original cloth, with a su...

The Complete Works of William Hickling Prescott

William Hickling Prescott; John Foster Kirk · 1896 · Rooke Books

£1,500.00 (€1,797.96 | $1,981.59 | ¥316,435)

London, George Routledge and Sons, [1896]. Leather. A beautiful and exceptionally bright leather set of these collected major works of William Hickling Prescott. Complete in twelve volumes. A set of the major works of William H. Prescott, including his most important historie...

A View of Universal History, Literature, and the Several Schools of Painting

Major James Bell · 1842 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

London, T. C. Hansard; Robert Baldwin, 1842. Leather. An impressive and unique reference work, presenting world history through a series of coloured tables. An impressive reference work, presenting detailed information on universal history, literature,and different schools of ...

Q. Curtii Rufi Historiarum Libri

Quintus Curtius Rufus · 1656 · Rooke Books

£230.00 (€275.69 | $303.84 | ¥48,520)

Batavorum, Elzeviriana, 1656. Leather. Quintus Curtius Rufus' brilliant biography on Alexander the Great, illustrated. Illustrated with an engraved title, one folding map, one portrait, and one engraving. In the original Latin.Quintus Curtius Rufus' biography on the...

Home Words for Heart and Hearth, 1887; Newent Parish Magazine

Rev. Charles Bullock · 1887 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.19 | ¥36,917)

London, Home Words" Publishing Office, 1887. Cloth. A beautiful copy of the 1887 Home Words, interspersed with the Newent Parish Magazine for 1887. A 1887 edition of this work in a decorative cloth binding, with gilt detailing to the front board and spine. Previous owner'...

The Diary of Ellen James of Sydenham

Ellen James · 1864 · Rooke Books

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

Sydenham, None, 1864 . Leather. The fascinating handwritten diary of one Ellen James, offering details into her voyage from London to India in the 1860s. A fascinating, handwritten volume.The front free endpaper identified this as being the diary of 'Ellen James, High Syd...

Pickle the Spy; the Companions of Pickle

Andrew Lang · 1897 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co, 1897-1898 . First edition. Cloth. Two works of historical, biographical fiction from Andrew Lang. Following the life of Jacobite soldier and spy Alastair Ruadh MacDonnell. Two works from Andrew Lang, the Scottish writer, poet, and collector of ...

Lord Randolph Churchill

Winston Spencer Churchill · 1906 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.49 | $495.40 | ¥79,109)

London, Macmillan and Co Limited, 1906. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Winston Churchill's two volume biography on his father, Randolph Churchill. The first edition. Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece and nine monochrome plates. Collated, complete. A ...

Sammelband of Scarce Pamphlets on Glasgow and Its Parks, Museums and Exhibitions

John Garrick; Sir Philip Cunliffe Owen; Jas Paton; et al. · 1882 · Rooke Books

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

Glasgow, Robert Anderson; et al. 1882-8. First edition. Leather. A sammelband of vanishingly scarce pamphlets on Glasgow, featuring catalogues of art exhibitions, reports on museums, folding maps and more, all bound together in half straight grain morocco. The first edition to...

Scottish Exhibition of Natural History, Art and Industry: Palace of History Catalogue of Exhibits

1911 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.71 | ¥62,232)

Glasgow , Dalross Limited , 1911. Cloth. A smart presentation copy of this extensive catalogue for the 1911 Scottish Exhibition of Natural History, Art and Industry. A presentation copy of this work. First trade edition published as two volumes. A scarce work. In the publish...

The Royal Family in Wartime

Lord Southwood · 1945 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Odhams Press Limited , 1945. First edition. Cloth. An illustrated story of the activities of the Royal Family during World War II. The first edition, first impression of this work. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.An illustrated record of the ...

The Diary of Samuel Pepys Volumes II-VIII

Samuel Pepys; Henry B. Wheatley [ed.] · 1893 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

London, George Bell and Sons , 1893-1897. Cloth. Seven smart volumes containing Samuel Pepys' historically significant diary, edited with additions and illustrations. An attractively bound copy of this work, containing the historically significant diaries of Samuel Pepys....

Illustrated English Social History

G. M. Trevelyan · 1957 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

London, Readers Union: Longmans, Green and Co. 1957-1958. Cloth. Four smart volumes of this illustrated social history of England from British historian George Macaulay Trevelyan, with the original glassine wraps. Complete in four volumes. With the original glassine wraps. A d...

Feet of Fines for Essex Volume V and VI

Marc Fitch; Frederick Emmison [editors] · 1991 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

Oxford, Leopard's Head Press, 1991-1993. First edition. Cloth. Two smart volumes of records of the Feet of Fines for Essex, edited by Marc Fitch and Frederick George Emmison. Two volumes of a six volume set. Volumes V and VI only. First edition. Scarce works. Records of t...