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Domesday Book: A Survey of the Counties of England

John Morris [editor] · 1975 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

Chichester, Phillimore, 1975-1984. First edition. Cloth. A smart collection of ten volumes from the Domesday Book series. Nine volumes bound in ten of a thirty-five volume set bound in forty. First edition. A series of volumes of the Domesday Book, a manuscript record of the G...

Oeuvres Choisies de Jean Calvin

Jean Calvin [John Calvin] · 1909 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

Geneve, A. Jullien, 1909 . Cloth. A very scarce French language edition of the works of French theologian John Calvin, the founder of the Christian theology of Calvinism. In the original French.A very scarce work, produced by the Compagnie des Pasteurs de Genève.Illustrated w...

Curiosities of Literature

I. D'Israeli · 1879 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, George Routledge and Sons , 1879. Cloth. A compilation of engaging insights and anecdotes related to the literary world, from British writer and scholar Isaac D'Israeli. A new edition of this work, presented in one volume. First published in five volumes in 1791-1...

The History of Scotland from Agricola&Apos;S Invasion to the Extinction of the Last Jacobite Insurrection

John Hill Burton · 1745 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.39 | $594.48 | ¥94,931)

Edinburgh & London, William Blackwood and Sons, c1897. Cloth. A smart new edition of this detailed historical study of Scotland from Scottish historian John Hill Burton. Complete in nine volumes, with the index volume. New edition. A detailed and comprehensive historical study...

The Letters of Queen Victoria, a Selection from Her Majesty&Apos;S Correspondence between the Years 1837 and 1861

Queen Victoria et al. ; Arthur Christopher Benson, Viscount Esher [editors] · 1908 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)

London, John Murray, 1908. Cloth. This illuminating selection of Queen Victoria's correspondence in three volumes with several monochrome plate illustrations, full bound in blind stamped red cloth. This smart three volume set in the publisher's original, blind stampe...

A General Introduction to Domesday Book

Henry Ellis · 1971 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, Frederick Miller Ltd, 1971. Cloth. A two volume facsimile of Henry Ellis' introduction to the Domesday Book, in their original dust wrappers. A facsimile edition. First published in 1833. With a facsimile of the original title pages. A complete two volume set. ...

The Correspondence of Bishop Secker; Woodstock Chamberlains&Apos; Accounts 1609-50

A. P. Jenkins [ed.]; M. Maslen [ed.] · 1991 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

Stroud , Alan Sutton Publishing; The Oxfordshire Record Society , 1991-1993. First edition. Paperback. A bright pair of scarce volumes from the Oxfordshire Record Society, containing two unique accounts of the county's history. Two first editions, both being scarce volume...

Liber Albus (the Chronicles and Memorials of Great Britain and Ireland During the Middle Ages)

Henry Thomas Riley [ed.] · 1859 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

London, Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts , 1859. Cloth. An attractively bound copy of the 'Liber Albus', containing an extensive record of medieval London history. Volume one out of this three-volume work. The first edition thus of this compilation. From...

Sir George Mackenzie, King&Apos;S Advocate, of Rosehaugh: His Life and Times, 1636(?)-1691

Andrew Lang · 1909 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.72 | $77.94 | ¥12,446)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1909. First edition. Cloth. Andrew Lang's biography of "Bluidy Mackenzie", the Scottish lawyer, Lord Advocate, essayist and legal writer. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding. Illustrated with four ...

Original Letters Relative to the English Reformation, Written During the Reigns of King Henry VIII, King Edward VI, and Queen Mary, Chiefly from the Archives of Zurich

Rev. Hastings Robinson · 1846 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1846-1847. First edition. Cloth. A two-part collection of letters from the fascinating English Reformation, rebound into one volume by Maltby. Two volumes in one, rebound in a cloth binding in Oxford, 8th May 1964, by Maltby, with the bin...

A Short Inquiry Into the Profitable Nature of Our Investments

Robert Lucas Nash · 1880 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.98 | ¥34,808)

London, Effingham Wilson , 1880 . First edition. Cloth. The vanishingly scarce first edition of R. L. Nash's guide to public securities and investments, partially compiled from his articles in The Economist. The first edition of this very scarce work.By Robert Lucas Nash,...

The Monumental Brasses of Gloucestershire; the Minor Pleasures of Cotswold; Cotswold Churches; the Diary of a Cotswold Parson; Stow on the Wold: A History of a Cotswold Town

Cecil T. Davis; Edith Brill; Peter Turner; David Verey; Reverend F. E. Witts; Joan Johnson · 1969 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

Bath , Kingsmead Reprints , 1969-1980. First edition. Cloth. A very pleasing selection of volumes that explore the fascinating histories of the Cotswolds. A bright collection of five works, each exploring various areas of the Cotswolds' history, including its architecture...

The Rainbow Bridge

Reginald Farrer · 1922 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

London, Edward Arnold and Co, 1922. Cloth. An early edition of this posthumous travelogue from Reginald Farrer, with illustrations. The second impression.In the publisher's original blue cloth binding. Illustrated with a frontispiece, fifteen plates and a folding map to ...

Right Off the Map, a Novel

C. E. Montague · 1927 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Chatto and Windus, 1927. First edition. Cloth. A special limited edition of Charles Edward Montague's anti-war novel, signed by the author. No. 259 of 260 copies of the special edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding. Signed by the auth...

Annals of Banks for Savings

Sir Francis Burdett · 1818 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.33 | $653.93 | ¥104,424)

London, Luke Hansard & Sons for J. M. Richardson, and I. & A. Arch et al, 1818 . First edition. Paperback. The vanishingly scarce first edition of Sir Francis Burdett's discussion of the rise, progress and importance of savings banks. The first edition of this very scarce...

The Letter Killeth

Betty Rosenberg · 1982 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

Los Angeles , Kenneth Karmiole, Bookseller, 1982. First edition. Cloth. One of the author's copies of this limited edition work, comprising three bibliographical essays of "bookish mysteries". One of the author's copies of this limited edition, being signed and unnum...

A Scottish Naturalist: The Sketches and Notes of Charles St. John 1809-1856

Charles St. John · 1982 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Andre Deutsch, 1982. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated collection of the notes of Scottish naturalist Charles St. John. First edition. Illustrated throughout. A detailed collection of the notes and sketches of Charles St. John, a naturalis...

A History of the Earth and Animated Nature

Oliver Goldsmith · 1824 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.11 | ¥61,177)

London, William Charlton Wright, 1824. Leather. A three volume edition of Goldsmith's study of the animal kingdom, with numerous engraved illustrations. The three volume illustrated 1824 edition of Anglo-Irish novelist, playwright and poet Oliver Goldsmith's work of ...

The Story of Siena and San Gimignano; the Story of Avignon

Edmund G. Gardner; Thomas Okey · 1905 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.05 | ¥10,548)

London, J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. 1905-1911. First edition. Cloth. Two illustrated volumes from the 'Medieval Towns' series, with detailed folding maps. Two volumes uniformly bound in the publisher's original cloth binding. Bookplate to the front free end paper of ...

Letters and More Letters of Edward Fitzgerald

Edward Fitzgerald; William Aldis Wright [preface] · 1894 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1894-1901. First edition. Cloth. A uniformly bound three-volume set of the letters of Edward Fitzgerald, best known for his translation of 'The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam&apos. A three-volume set in the publisher's original cloth bindings; all...