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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...

Illustrated Guide to German Decorations and Insignias

A. Gobl · 0 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

London, Andrew Publishing Co. c1978. Paperback. A very scarce series of illustrations showcasing the uniform decorations and insignias of the German Army. A very scarce illustrated guide. In the publisher's original stapled card covers.Comprising an index and twelve full...

Armorial Families: A Directory of Gentlemen of Coat-Armour, Showing Which Arms in Use at the Moment Are Borne by Legal Authority

Arthur Charles Fox-Davies · 1902 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

Edinburgh , T. C. & E. C. Jack, 1902. Cloth. A pleasing copy of this extensive and authoritative directory of post-Victorian heraldry in Britain, richly illustrated throughout with coats of arms. The fourth edition. Expertly rebound in full cloth, with a gilt-stamped spine la...

Edwardian England 1901-1914

Simon Nowell-Smith [ed.] · 1964 · Rooke Books

£33.00 (€39.56 | $43.60 | ¥6,962)

London , Oxford University Press , 1964. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition of this insight to life in England during the Edwardian period, with illustrations. The first edition of this work. With the publisher's original clipped dust wrapper.This work offe...

Eothen

Alexander William Kinglake · 0 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

London, T. Nelson and Sons, c1909. Leather. A smartly bound copy of this very popular work of Eastern travel from writer Alexander William Kinglake. With a frontispiece. A very popular work of Eastern travel in which the author describes a journey he made ten years earlier in ...

Regeneration

Pat Barker · 1991 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.34 | ¥28,479)

London, Viking, 1991. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition, first impression, of Pat Barker's historical anti-war novel Regeneration. First edition, first impression. The first of the Regeneration Trilogy of historical and anti-war novels. Inspired by her grandfath...

Instructions in Brigade Drill for the Practice of Regiments and Depots of Infantry

1852 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, W. Clowes and Sons, 1852. Cloth. A very scarce work detailing the brigade drills used by infantry, complete with eight plates. The second edition of this very scarce work.A useful reference work, detailing the drills used in the regiments and depots of the infantry, wi...

Die Grossen Dynastien Europas

Various; Joel Schmidt [ed.] · 1969 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)

Lausanne, Editions Rencontre , 1969. Hardback. An attractive complete set of histories on prominent European dynasties, from the Tudors, the Capetian dynasty and many others. The German editions of these works, translated from the French. Complete in fifteen volumes. Uniform...

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Docteur Goldsmith [Oliver Goldsmith]; V. D. Musset-Pathay [Trans.] · 1812 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

Paris, Hyacinthe Langlois, 1812 . Leather. The second French translated edition of Oliver Goldsmith's History of Greece, complete with the folding map. The second edition. Bound in half calf with marbled paper-covered boards. Scarce work in this translation. A French tra...

Essays on Physiognomy

John Caspar Lavater; Johann Kaspar Lavater; Thomas Holcroft · 1879 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

London, William Tegg and Co, 1879. Cloth. An English translation of the important essays on physiognomy by Johann Kaspar Lavater, illustrated throughout. A collection of the essays of Johann Kaspar Lavater on physiognomy, writings which helped to popularise the science.Illustr...

The Lowland Scots Regiments

Sir Herbert Maxwell; Various · 1918 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

Glasgow, James Maclehose and Sons, 1918. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated history of the regiments of the Scottish Lowlands, complete with colour plates. The first edition.A history of the regiments of the Scottish Lowlands. Illustrated with a tippe...

The Dress of the First Regiment of Life Guards in Three Centuries

U. H. R. Broughton · 1925 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.52 | $462.37 | ¥73,835)

London, Halton & Truscott Smith LTD, 1925. Leather. A colourfully illustrated limited edition study on the history of the dress of the First Regiment of the Life Guards. A limited edition work, number forty-three of three hundred numbered copies of this work by Urban Huttlesto...

The Face As Indicative of Character

Alfred T. Story · 0 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.05 | ¥10,548)

London, L. N. Fowler & Co, c1890. Cloth. A very scarce treatise on physiognomy and phrenology by Alfred Thomas Story, with illustrated figures throughout. A very scarce work.A treatise of physiognomy and phrenology by Alfred Thomas Story. With in-text illustrations throughout...

Eton College Chronicle, 1888-1891

Eton College · 1888 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.05 | ¥50,630)

London, Robert Ingalton, 1888-1891. First edition. Leather. A scarce four year run of the Eton College Chronicle, in half morocco bindings. A four year run of the schoolboy periodical, with consecutive issues from No. 461, Friday, January 27th, 1888 to No. 570, Monday, Novembe...

History & Campaigns of the Rifle Brigade

Colonel Willoughby Verner · 1912 · Rooke Books

£440.00 (€527.40 | $581.27 | ¥92,821)

London, John Bale, Sons & Danielson, 1912-1919 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Colonel Willoughby Verner's two volume illustrated history of the Rifle Brigade. The first edition of this work, with volume I dated 1912, and volume II dated 1919.The work of Colo...

Miscellanea Graphica: Representations of Ancient, Medieval and Renaissance Remains in the Possession of Lord Londesborough

Frederick W. Fairholt; Thomas Wright [intro.] · 1857 · Rooke Books

£475.00 (€569.35 | $627.50 | ¥100,205)

London, Chapman and Hall, 1857 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of this beautifully illustrated study of ancient, medieval and renaissance artefacts and decorative items, illustrated with chromolithographic plates. The first edition of this work.These artefacts are ...

Selected Essays on Books and Printing

A. F. Johnson; Percy H. Muir [ed.] · 1970 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

Amsterdam , Van Gendt and Co, 1970. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition copy of this essay collection on the history of printing and typography, from expert in the field, Alfred F. Johnson. The first edition. In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper (u...