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The Statistical Account of Scotland. Drawn Up from the Communications of the Ministers of the Different Parishes

Sir John Sinclair · 1791 · Rooke Books

£2,500.00 (€2,997.08 | $3,303.40 | ¥527,574)

Edinburgh, William Creech, 1791-1799. First edition. Leather. A complete set of Sir John Sinclair's statistical account of Scotland from the late eighteenth century, with folding plates, tables and maps. The first edition of this work.Bound in a uniform tree calf. Comple...

The Merciful Judgments of High-Church Triumphant on Offending Clergymen and Others in the Reign of Charles I

[Matthew Tindal] · 1710 · Rooke Books

£149.00 (€178.63 | $196.88 | ¥31,443)

London, Ben. Bragg, 1710. First edition. Disbound. Matthew Tindal's interesting essay on the dissenters during the reign of Charles I, the first edition of this very scarce pamphlet. The first edition of this very scarce work.An interesting religious pamphlet on the clerg...

Tobacco: Its History and Associations

F. W. Fairholt · 1876 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, Chatto and Windus, 1876. Leather. A Bayntun bound illustrated guide to the history and manufacture of tobacco, by Frederick William Fairholt. Bound by Bayntun.Frederick William Fairholt's guide to the history of tobacco, to it's production, and usage.Fairholt...

Sketches and Studies: Descriptive and Historical

Richard John King · 1874 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, John Murray, 1874. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this collection of essays written by Richard John King, originally published in various magazines. The first edition, in book form, of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding. Previous ow...

Modes & Manners of the Nineteenth Century, As Represented in the Pictures and Engravings of the Time

Dr. Oskar Fischel; Max von Boehn; Grace Thompson · 1927 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.47 | $594.61 | ¥94,963)

London, J. M. Dent & Sons, 1927 . Leather. The enlarged second edition of this beautifully illustrated study of nineteenth century dress, in a sumptuous Sangorski binding. First published in English in 1909, this is the revised and enlarged second edition.Volume I with forty, ...

Mediaeval Military Architecture

George T. Clarke · 1884 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.42 | $654.07 | ¥104,460)

London, Wyman & Sons, 1884 . First edition. Leather. The two volume first edition of George T. Clarke's guide to mediaeval military architecture, in half calf signed bindings by Morrell. The two volume first edition of this work.A beautifully illustrated insight into the ...

The Grenadier Guards in the War of 1939-1945

Captain Nigel Nicolson; Patrick Forbes · 1949 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.84 | $178.38 | ¥28,489)

Aldershot, Gale & Polden, 1949. First edition. Cloth. A smart two volume set of the first edition of this military history from the Second World War. Complete in two volumes. First edition. Volume one is illustrated with a colour frontispiece, nineteen images across eleven pla...

On the Track of the Mail-Coach: Being a Volume of Reminiscences Personal and Otherwise

F. E. Baines · 1895 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, Richard Bentley and Son, 1895. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this charming collection of reminiscences from coach journeys on the mail-coach. First edition. With a frontispiece. A charming collection of reminiscences from the author's own adventur...

A History of Italian Painting

J. A. Crowe; G. B. Cavalcaselle · 1864 · Rooke Books

£1,200.00 (€1,438.60 | $1,585.63 | ¥253,235)

London, John Murray, 1864-1885 . First edition. Leather. A wonderfully illustrated collection of works surrounding the history of Italian art and artists, written by Crowe and Cavalcaselle. Bound by Hatchards in a half crushed morocco with cloth to the boards.A collection of t...

The Harem

N. M. Penzer · 1936 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, George G. Harrap, 1936 . First edition. Cloth. The author's presentation copy of this intriguing historical study of the 'Harem' of Constantinople, based on the author's time spent visiting the grand and mysterious palace. Bound in the publisher&apo...

Lights & Shades of Hill Life in the Afghan and Hindu Highlands of the Punjab

F. St. J. Gore · 1895 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, John Murray, 1895. First edition. Cloth. Frederick St. John Gore's interesting study of India, an illustrated first edition. The first edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, two folding maps, seventy-one plates, and in-text illustrations.Collated, complete.A f...

A Cyclopaedia of Costume or Dictionary of Dress

James Robinson Planche · 1876 · Rooke Books

£850.00 (€1,019.01 | $1,123.16 | ¥179,375)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1876-1879 . First edition. Leather. A sumptuously bound first edition of James Robinson Planche's vibrantly illustrated study of historical dress, in signed bindings by Bayntun. The first edition of this work, complete in two volumes.Examining in ...

The Garrick Club Notices of One Hundred and Thirty-Five of Its Former Members

The Rev. R. H. Barham · 1896 · Rooke Books

£149.00 (€178.63 | $196.88 | ¥31,443)

Not Stated , Printed Privately , 1896. First edition. Cloth. A limited edition printed reproduction of a manuscript listing the former members of one of the oldest members' clubs in the world, The Garrick Club. A smart copy of this list of former members of The Garrick Cl...

Bristol and America: A Record of the First Settlers in the Colonies of North America, 1654-1685

N. Dermott Harding [preface]; Wm. Dodgson Bowman [intro.]; R. Hargreaves-Mawdsley [transcriptions] · 1929 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, R. Sydney Glover, 1929. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of this scarce historical study of the first settlers in North America between 1654 and 1685, with the separate index loosely inserted. The first edition of this scarce work in the publisher'...

Letters of Philip Dormer Fourth Earl of Chesterfield to His Godson and Successor

Philip Dormer; Earl of Carnarvon [ed.] · 1890 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1890. First edition. Vellum. A limited edition copy of Lord Chesterfield's letters of guidance to his godson and successor on navigating social codes of the 18th century. The first edition to be edited by the Earl of Carnarvon, with a memoir of Ph...

Kitchener&Apos;S Mob: The Adventures of an American in the British Army

James Normal Hall · 1916 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Constable & Co. Limited, 1916. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this uncommon autobiographical work depicting an American's time within a British battalion in World War I. The first edition of this work.With a portrait frontispiece of the author. In the...

A History of English and Irish Glass

W. A. Thorpe · 1929 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)

London, The Medici Society, Ltd. 1929. First edition. Cloth. Two smart limited edition copies of this illustrated history of English and Irish glass, with the vanishingly scarce original dust wrappers. Complete in two volumes. First edition. Limited to five hundred copies of w...

The Romance of Exploration and Emergency First-Aid from Stanley to Byrd

Various · 1934 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

New York City, Burroughs, Wellcome & Co, 1934. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this interesting work on the first-aid and medical equipment of exploration expeditions in history. The first edition of this work.In the original glassine wrap.An interesting work examin...

India&Apos;S Forests

Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India · 1957 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.75 | $58.14 | ¥9,285)

Delhi, The Publications Division, 1957. Paperback. A very scarce report looking into India's forests in the mid-twentieth century, published by the Government of India. A very scarce work in the publisher's original pictorial paper wraps. A 1957 report on the role, d...

The End of Iraq: How American Incompetence Created a War without End

Peter W. Galbraith · 2006 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

New York, Simon & Schuster , 2006. First edition. Cloth. An inscribed first edition, first impression of Galbraith's work on the Iraq War, in the original dust wrapper, with a letter from the author. The first edition, first printing with a complete numberline. The autho...