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Memoirs of the Count de Gramont: Containing the Amorous History of the English Court Under the Reign of Charles II

Count Anthony Hamilton; Henry Vizetelly (ed.) · 1889 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

London, Vizetelly and Co, 1889. Hardback. The complete memoirs of the Count Gramont, comprising entertaining and vivid accounts of the licentious court of Charles II. A very smart set containing the memoirs of French nobleman, Philibert de Gramont. Complete in two volumes. In...

Garibaldi and the Thousand: May 1860 & New Paths of Helicon

George M. Trevelyan; Sir Henry Newbolt · 1936 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.72 | $77.94 | ¥12,446)

London, Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1936-1938. Cloth. Two smart volumes from British writers and historians George Macaulay Trevelyan and Sir Henry John Newbolt. Two volumes. Library edition. This set includes: Garibaldi and the Thousand: May 1860, 1936. Illustrated with six maps to...

Envy" "Hatred" "Malice": An Indictment of the Ministry of Pensions at the Bar of Public Opinion

A. L. Artus · 1951 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Folkestone, A. L. Artus, 1951. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A very scarce pamphlet condemning the dishonesty of the Ministry of Pensions towards First World War veterans. A very scarce pamphlet in the original paper wraps. Loosely inserted is a typewritten note, giving an...

Lawrence of Arabia Memorial

Allenby, F. M.; Herbert Baker; Winston Churchill; Lionel Curtis; Augustus John; G. Bernard Shaw; Evelyn Wrench · 1935 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

Not Stated, Privately printed, 1935. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A pamphlet proposing plans for a memorial to T. E. Lawrence in St. Paul's Cathedral, and for Clouds Hill to be given to the National Trust. The first edition of this work. A single sheet of paper, fold...

Thebes of the Pharaohs and Isfahan: Pearl of Persia

Charles F. Nims; Wilfrid Blunt · 1965 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.29 | ¥17,931)

London, Elek Books, 1965-1966. First edition. Cloth. A richly illustrated pair of works, one exploring the monuments of Thebes and the other discussing the splendid architecture of Isfahan. Two first edition works covering the breathtaking monuments and architecture of major h...

A Community of Workmen at Thebes in the Ramesside Period

Jaroslav Cerny · 1973 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

Cairo , Institut Francais D'Archeologie Orientale du Caire, 1973. First edition. Paperback. A scarce copy of this unique language-based research into the lives of a working community in Thebes during the Ramesside period of Egypt. The first edition of this scarce work, pu...

Tropical Africa

Henry Drummond · 1908 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1908. Leather. A very smart copy of Henry Drummond's geographical and cultural guide to Africa, with folding maps, bound in full signed morocco by Relfe Brothers. A new edition of this work. In full signed morocco binding by Relfe Brothers, ...

The Lion of the North: A Tale of the Times of Gustavus Adolphus and the Wars of Religion

G. A. Henty · 0 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

London, Blackie and Son, c1890. Cloth. A beautifully bound historical novel for young readers, following King of Sweden Gustavus Adolphus during the Thirty Years' War. A fascinating historical novel for young readers that follows Gustavus Adolphus' reign and victorie...

The Rape of Tutankhamun

John Romer; Elizabeth Romer · 1993 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Michael O'Mara Books Limited, 1993. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this brightly illustrated work on the discovery and exploitation of the tomb of Tutankhamun. First edition. Illustrated with twenty-four colour plates and many in-text figures. Coll...

Knights in Armour

Edward S. Woods; Sir William Robertson · 1924 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.34 | ¥28,479)

London, Robert Scott, 1924 . Leather. A scarce work by Edward Woods, intended to prepare soldiers for battle, signed by Sir William Robertson, an esteemed Field Marshal who wrote the introduction to the work. The fifth impression. First published in 1916. Bound by Riviere in q...

Literary Relics: Containing Original Letters from King Charles II, King James II, the Queen of Bohemia, Swift, Berkeley, Addison, Steele, Congreve, the Duke of Ormond, and Bishop Rundle

George-Monck Berkeley · 1789 · Rooke Books

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

London, C. Elliot; T. Kay; C. Elliot, 1789. First edition. Leather. A very scarce volume of biographical pieces and edited correspondence by eminent historical figures, the first edition of this work by George Monck Berkeley. The first edition of this very scarce work.The &apo...

The Chelsea Historical Pageant, 1908: Book of Words

G. A. Lee [ed.]; R. Blunt [ed.]; J. H. Quinn [ed.] · 1908 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)

Chelsea, Printed for the Pageant Committee, 1908 . First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this vanishingly scarce accompaniment to the 1908 Chelsea Historical Pageant. The very scarce first edition of this work.Illustrated with a frontispiece and twenty-four plates, tw...

Nubian Rescue

Rex Keating · 1975 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Robert Hale and Company , 1975. First edition. Cloth. A bright copy of this historical work analysing the spectacular Nubian excavations between 1960-1969. The first edition.In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. This work explores the incredible fin...

Aspects of Antiquity: Discoveries and Controversies

M. I. Finley · 1968 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.29 | ¥17,931)

London , Chatto and Windus Ltd, 1968. Cloth. A bright copy of this modern discussion to historical questions, with topics such as the validity of the Trojan War and slavery within Graeco-Roman society. A later edition of this work. In the publisher's unclipped dust wrapp...

History of Greece from the Earliest Times to Its Final Subjection to Rome

1829 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, Baldwin and Cradock, 1829. Cloth. A detailed history of Greece from the earliest times. A detailed and comprehensive history of Greece. With chapters from the Trojan War, through the Persian Conquest, the establishment of Athens, the Peloponnesian War, the Battle of Ma...

His Majesties Propriety, and Dominion on the British Seas Asserted

[Robert Clavell] · 1665 · Rooke Books

£380.00 (€455.48 | $502.00 | ¥80,164)

London, T. Mabb for Andrew Kembe, 1665. First edition. Leather. A vanishingly scarce work about Anglo-Dutch relations, the first edition of this fascinating treatise, with a portrait frontispiece of Charles II. The first edition of this very scarce work.Illustrated with a port...

Pictures of the Past, for Little People

Uncle Harry · 1887 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

London, Sunday School Union, 1887. First edition. Hardback. A very scarce work publisher to commemorate Victoria's Golden Jubilee, the first edition. The first edition of this very scarce work.A charming children's history work, including brief tales of the life of Q...

The Honour of Lennox

James MacFarlane · 1933 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)

London, Jarrolds Publishers, 1933. First edition. Cloth. A historical novel by historian and author James MacFarlane, with stories about the Lennox line and the lives of James the First-Fourth. The first edition. A vanishingly scarce work. In the publisher's original il...

English Social History: A Survey of Six Centuries Chaucer to Queen Victoria

G. M. Trevelyan · 1945 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.84 | $151.92 | ¥24,260)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1945. Leather. The third impression of this illustrated social history of England by G.M. Trevelyan, handsomely bound in half calf by Morrell. Third impression. With mapped endpapers and eleven plans or maps in-text. A fascinating work of the s...

The Elizabethan House and Garden

Kathy Still · 1987 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

Not stated, Penguin Books, 1987. First edition. Paperback. A delightful easy-to-make cardboard model of a manor house, with a pull-out pamphlet describing the running of an Elizabethan household. First edition. A wonderfully illustrated book that contains all the pieces to ma...