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India: Art and Culture 1300-1900

Stuart Cary Welch · 1988 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art; Mapin Publishing Pvt. Ltd. 1988. Cloth. An informative and vibrantly illustrated work on the art and culture of India, written by Stuart Cary Welch. The third printing, originally published in 1985 under the same publisher. Beautifully il...

The Soul of Central Africa: A General Account of the Mackie Ethnological Expedition

Rev. John Roscoe · 1922 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)

London, Cassell & Company, Limited, 1922. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated account of the Mackie Ethnological Expedition in Central Africa. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, fifty-five plates, and a folding map to the rear. Collated...

Dr. Goldsmith&Apos;S History of Rome, Abridged for the Use of Schools

Edward Coxe · 0 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Derby, Henry Mozley, c1830. Leather. A scarce edition of this comprehensive history of Rome for the use of schools and students. Scarce edition. With a folding map frontispiece. Collated complete. A comprehensive history of Rome, divided into sections with numerous examining q...

Asiatic Mythology: A Detailed Description and Explanation of the Mythologies of All the Great Nations of Asia

J. Hackin et al · 1963 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

London, George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1963. Cloth. A smart later edition of this illustrated historical study into the mythologies of Asian nations, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. First published in 1932, now reissued in 1963. Illustrated with a monochromatic frontisp...

Old Quebec: The Fortress of New France

Gilbert Parker; Claude G. Bryan · 1903 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

New York, The Macmillan Company , 1903 . Cloth. The second impression of this highly illustrated study surrounding the history of Old Quebec, written by Gilbert Parker and Claude G. Bryan. The second impression. Published one month after the first edition. Bound in the publish...

Dresses and Decorations of the Middle Ages

Henry Shaw · 1858 · Rooke Books

£365.00 (€437.50 | $482.19 | ¥76,999)

London, Henry G. Bohn, 1858 . Leather. A complete, two-volume set of this illustrated study of fashion and decorations from the Middle Ages, written by Henry Shaw. Bound in rebacked quarter morocco with paper-covered boards. Complete in two volumes. Compiled by British busines...

Farther North Than Nansen Being the Voyage of the Polar Star

Duke of Abruzzi · 1901 · Rooke Books

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

London, Howard Wilford Bell, 1901. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce travel work following Prince Luigi Amedeo's exploration of the North Pole. The first edition of this scarce work.Illustrated with a frontispiece, one folding plate, and two plates.Co...

On the Proposed Freemasons&Apos; Memorial to the Late W.G. M. His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, Addressed to the Worshipful Brother the President of the Board of General Purposes

Philo-Latt · 1843 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

Leicester Square [Printed], Moyes and Barclay [Printed], 1843. Brochure/Pamphlet. A very scarce proposal regarding the memorial of the memorial for the deceased Duke of Sussex in relation to the freemasonry. A very scarce proposal in the form of a pamphlet that is addressed to...

Narrative of the Crucifixion of Matthew Lovat Executed by His Own Hands, at Venice in the Month of July, 1805

Cesar Ruggieri · 1806 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.79 | ¥37,972)

Venice, Unknown, 1806. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A very scarce copy of the first translated edition of Ruggieri's narrative of the attempted self-crucifixion of Matthew Lovat. Very scarce. First English translation. From the original narration of Cesar Ruggieri, P...

Oliver Cromwell and the Protectorate

Daniel Wilson · 1849 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London, Thomas Nelson, 1849. Cloth. A smart copy of this historical study on Oliver Cromwell and the establishment of The Protectorate. Illustrated with a frontispiece, vignette title, and four plates. Collated complete. A detailed historical study following the life of Oliver...

A Darkening Green: Notes from the Silent Generation

Peter S. Prescott · 1974 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

New York, Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, Inc. 1974 . First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this book about the end of childhood, from American author Peter S. Prescott. Signed and inscribed by the author. First edition. Signed to the front endpaper with the inscription: ...

The British Tocsin; or, Proofs of National Ruin

1795 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.98 | ¥34,808)

London, Daniel Isaac Eaton, 1795. Disbound. A very scarce pamphlet attacking the government and monarchy of England at the end of the eighteenth century, the anonymous author believing the country was on the verge of ruin. The third edition of this very scarce work.A pamphlet ...

Confessions of an Incurable Collector

Desmond Coke · 1928 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.52 | $462.37 | ¥73,835)

London, Chapman and Hall, 1928 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Desmond Coke's illustrated account of a life spent collecting. Illustrated throughout, and with a significant number of additional images tipped in by a prior owner. The first edition of this work...

The Manuscripts of Henry Savile of Banke

Andrew G. Watson · 1969 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

London, The Bibliographical Society, 1969 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Andrew G. Watson's analysis of the manuscript collection of Henry Savile of Banke, in the scarce original glassine. The first edition of this work.Illustrated with three plates, and two...

The Birds of Somersetshire

Cecil Smith · 1869 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

London, John Van Voorst , 1869. First edition. Cloth. A first edition ornithological work into the birds of Somerset. The first edition of this work.Contemporary ink inscription dated 1870 to the front endpaper. In the publisher's original cloth binding.A comprehensive s...

Excavations at Ur: Abstract of a Lecture by Mr. C. Leonard Woolley Delivered 15th May, 1928

C. Leonard Woolley · 1928 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

London , Cambridge University Press , 1928. Paperback. An intriguing abstract of a lecture by archaeologist Charles Leonard Woolley on one of his excavations at Ur. Reprinted from the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society.In the publisher's wraps.An abstract of a lecture b...

Gombo Zhebes: Little Dictionary of Creole Proverbs, Selected from Six Creole Dialects

Lafcadio Hearn · 1885 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.27 | ¥52,739)

New York, Will H. Colman, 1885 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Lafcadio Hearn's guide to Creole dialect, idioms and proverbs, published early in his career, and prior to his ventures in Japan. The first edition of this work, only the second work Hearn publish...

The Chindit War: The Campaign in Burma, 1944

Shelford Bidwell · 1979 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.19 | ¥36,917)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1979. First edition. Leather. A finely bound first edition of this illustrated account of the Chindit War, bound by Maltbys of Oxford. First edition. Illustrated with sixteen plates and many in-text figures. Collated complete. A detailed commentar...

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...