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Readings for the Young from the Works of Sir Walter Scott

Sir Walter Scott · 1851 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

Edinburgh, Adam and Charles Black, 1851. Cloth. A smart copy of this illustrated collection of writings by Sir Walter Scott, for the consideration of young people. Illustrated with a frontispiece and twelve plates. A collection of writings from Sir Walter Scott, a Scottish poe...

The Pastime of People, or, the Chronicles of Divers Realms; and Most Especially of the Realm of England

John Rastell; Thomas Frognall Dibdin [ed.] · 1811 · Rooke Books

£525.00 (€629.29 | $693.56 | ¥110,752)

London, F. C. and J. Rivington; T. Payne; Wilkie and Robinson; et al, 1811. Leather. A very smart facsimile of this sixteenth century chronicle of English history, by John Rastell. Complete with eighteen charming woodcuts. A faithful facsimile of a work which was originally pu...

The Vanishing Fleets

Roy Norton · 1908 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)

New York , D. Appleton and Company , 1908. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce work depicting the author's thoughts and warnings on the state of United States' navy defences pre-World War I. A first edition of this very scarce work.Illustrated with monochrome frontis...

A Collection of Extracts Handwritten between July 1937 and April 1940

1940 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.78 | $211.37 | ¥33,753)

None, None, 1940 . First edition. Leather. A remarkable collection of handwritten notes surrounding various topics, bound in quarter morocco. Bound in quarter morocco with marbled boards.A collection of extracts and notes from various works, handwritten, between July 1937 and ...

The Annual Register, or a View of the History, Politics, and Literature

Edmund Burke [Ed.] · 1772 · Rooke Books

£795.00 (€952.92 | $1,050.24 | ¥167,711)

London, J. Dodsley , 1772-1780. Leather. A collection of seven volumes of the Annual Register documenting the history, politics and literature from 1767 to 1774. Bound in full calf. Comprised of seven volumes of The Annual Register, the long-standing reference work which was ...

Merchant Adventurers 1914-1918

F. A. Hook · 1920 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, A. & C. Black, 1920 . First edition. Cloth. An uncommon, first edition of this work exploring the input of merchant adventurers during the First World War, by F. A. Hook. First edition. Uncommon work.Bound in the publisher's original blue cloth. This informative w...

The History of the Duke of Cornwall&Apos;S Light Infantry 1914-1919

Everard Wyrall · 1932 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)

London, Methuen & Co. LTD, 1932 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this historical work on the Duke of Cornwall's light infantry between 1914 and 1919, with illustrations and folding maps. First edition. Bound in the publisher's original cloth. Lacking the ...

Loyalties Mesopotamia 1914-1917

Arnold T. Wilson · 1930 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

Oxford; London, Oxford University Press Humphrey Milfrod, 1930. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Arnold Wilson's insightful first-hand account of action in Mesopotamia during the First World War. The first edition of this work.Arnold Wilson's account of his...

Arabian Society at the Time of Muhammad. Parts I and II.

Pringle Kennedy · 1926 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.79 | ¥37,972)

Calcutta and Simla, Thacker, Spink & Co, 1926 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of Pringle Kennedy's history of Arabian society. The very scarce first edition of British author and barrister Pringle Kennedy's discussion of Arabia in the days of Mu...

The Arabs in Tripoli

Alan Ostler · 1912 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, John Murray, 1912 . First edition. Cloth. A publisher's presentation copy of the uncommon first edition of Alan Ostler's account of the Arab camps at the beginning of the Tripoli campaign. The uncommon first edition of this work.With the blind stamp 'wit...

Letters Written by the Late Right Honourable Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield

Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield; Mrs. Eugenia Stanhope · 1803 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)

London, J. Nichols and Son, 1803 . Leather. The twelfth edition of the letters between an eighteenth century Earl and his illegitimate son, providing fascinating insight into the personal lives of the British aristocracy at the time, and their social attitudes. The complete fo...

River Gardens; Being an Account of the Best Methods of Cultivating Fresh-Water Plants in Aquaria, in Such a Manner As to Afford Suitable Abodes to Ornamental Fish, and Many Interesting Kinds of Aquatic Animals.

H. Noel Humphreys · 1857 · Rooke Books

£345.00 (€413.53 | $455.77 | ¥72,780)

London, Sampson Low, Son, & Co. 1857. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce work on river gardens by H. Noel Humphreys, with beautiful colour plates. The first edition of this scarce work. In the publisher's original gilt cloth, re-backed. Illustrated w...

The China Clippers

Basil Lubbock · 1914 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

Glasgow, James Brown & Son, 1914. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated historical work on shipping. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, twenty-one images across sixteen plates, and ten plans. Collated complete. A detailed historical comme...

Here Are the Beatles & Love Me Do: The Beatles&Apos; Progress

Charles Hamblett; Michael Braun · 1964 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

London, Four Square Books; Penguin, 1964. First edition. Paperback. Two smart first edition volumes of these illustrated works on influential rock band, The Beatles. Two volumes. First edition. This set includes: Here Are The Beatles, 1964. A detailed history of English rock b...

Our Own Country: Descriptive, Historical, Pictorial.

1879 · Rooke Books

£490.00 (€587.33 | $647.32 | ¥103,369)

London, Cassell & Company, Limited, 1879-1883 . First edition. Leather. A complete set of this illustrated historical study on different areas of Great Britain, published by Cassell & Company. Uniformly bound in half calf with cloth boards. Complete in six volumes. Dated using...

The Antient Chronicles of Sir John Froissart

Sir John Froissart; John Bourchier · 1814 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.19 | $786.03 | ¥125,519)

London, J. Davis, 1814-16. Leather. John Bourchier's translation of Froissart's brilliant history of the first part of the Hundred Years War. Complete in four volumes.'Chronicles of England' are a collection of stories about the Hundred Years' War, sta...

An Abridgement of Dr. Goldsmith&Apos;S History of England

Oliver Goldsmith · 1823 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, T. and J. Allman; A. B. Dulau and Co et al, 1823 . Leather. An early nineteenth century 'stereotyped' abridgement of Oliver Goldsmith's 'History of England&apos. Illustrated with a frontispiece.Goldsmith's history was first published in four vo...

The Illustrated London News Volume 220- the Royal Tour of Australia New Zealand, Kenya and Ceylon. Volume 162 - Wedding Number. Volume 187- Royal Naval & Military Review Number.

Various · 1923 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

London, The Illustrated London News, 1923-52. Paperback. Three volumes of 'The Illustrated London News', including a special wedding number, with important historical information about the events during the years 1923, 1935 and 1952, and illustrations and photographs...

Hindustani Grammar for Lower and Higher Standards with Three Appendices on Military Subjects for Colloquial Examinations

Munshi Kashi Nath · 1918 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

Amballa [Ambala], S. M. Yaseen , 1918. Cloth. An informative, very scarce study of Hindustani gramma for examinations, written by Munshi Kashi Nath. The third edition. Very scarce. In the publisher's original quarter cloth with paper to the boards. This language study ...

Biographical Memoirs and Reminiscences

Sir John Kotze · 1934 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

Cape Town, Maskew Miller, Limited, [1934]. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of Sir John Kotze's important historical autobiography, with detailed photographic illustrations. A first edition copy, volume one, of this important historical biography by Sir John Kotze. V...