Storia

The Lycian Shore

Freya Stark · 1956 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

London, John Murray, 1956. First edition. Cloth. A very smart copy of the first edition of Freya Stark's vivid travelogue on Asia Minor, illustrated with the author's photographs. The first edition, first impression.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.Freya Stark&...

London

Various; Charles Knight [ed.] · 1841 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.98 | ¥34,808)

London, Charles Knight and Co. 1841-1844. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this collection of articles and essays on London life, complete in a six-volume set. The first edition of this work in a half cloth binding with paper boards. All edges gilt. Bookplate of Geor...

The Trail of the Shadow

H. Bedford Jones · 1924 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)

London, Hurst & Blackett, 1924 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of this thrilling crime novel from Henry Bedford-Jones, featuring the recurring character of 'The Shadow&apos. The first edition, first impression of this very scarce work.The work of Can...

A History of Our Own Times: From the Accession of Queen Victoria to the General Election of 1880 & from 1880 to the Diamond Jubilee

Justin McCarthy · 1881 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.52 | $462.37 | ¥73,835)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1881. Leather. A smartly bound set of this history of Britain from the accession of Queen Victoria to the General Election of 1880. Complete in four volumes together with a new edition volume. A detailed history of Britain, from the accession of Queen ...

The Second World War: Closing the Ring

Winston S. Churchill · 1952 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.79 | ¥37,972)

London, Cassell & Co. Ltd. 1952 . First edition. Leather. A well presented copy of the fifth volume of Churchill's important work on the Second World War, bound in leather. First edition, in a smart full calf binding. Written by previous British Prime Minister, Winston S....

A Thin Ghost and Others

Montague Rhodes James · 1919 · Rooke Books

£1,395.00 (€1,672.10 | $1,842.88 | ¥294,285)

London, Edward Arnold, 1919. First edition. Cloth. A sought after first edition copy of this collection of cheerful horror stories by Montague Rhodes James. The scarce to see and sought after first edition, first impression, of this work.Half-title is present.Collated, complet...

A Modern Wayfarer in Persia

Constance M. Alexander · 1931 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.80 | $191.55 | ¥30,589)

London, Arthur H. Stockwell , [1931]. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce work by Constance Alexander on their travels to Persia. First edition. Very scarce. Illustrated with a map of Persia. This work was written by Constance M. Alexander and provides an...

La Revolution Russe

Fernand Grenard · 1933 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Paris , Librairie Armand Colin , 1933. First edition. Leather. The first edition of Fernand Grenard's work on the Russian Revolution, bound in quarter calf. The first edition. Illustrated with two full page maps and a double page map. Collated complete. This work, writt...

Czarism and Revolution

Arsene de Goulevitch; N. J. Couriss [translator] · 1962 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)

California , Omni Publications, 1962. Cloth. A smart scarce copy of this translated edition of Goulevitch's insightful work on Czarism and the Russian Revolution. Scarce work. An insightful work on the Czarism system of government and revolution in Russia, with chapters o...

The American Commonwealth

James Bryce · 1889 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.98 | ¥34,808)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1889. Leather. A smartly bound two volume set of this history of the North American colonies and the United States, with a map. Complete in two volumes. Volume one is illustrated with a folding map. Collated complete. An historical account of...

The British Campaign in France and Flanders: January to July 1918

Arthur Conan Doyle · 1919 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.29 | ¥58,013)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1919 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of the fifth volume of Arthur Conan Doyle's study of the British campaign in France and Flanders during the First World War. The first edition thus of this work, which collects together article...

A Journey in Northern Persia

W. Leonard Flinn · 1910 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.29 | ¥17,931)

Not Stated, Not Stated, 1910 . Leather. W. Leonard Flinn's very scarce discussion of his early twentieth century adventures in Northern Persia, bound in half calf. A very scarce article, initially 'addressed to the Society in the Geographical Hall, on Tuesday, Octobe...

The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia, and the Sword Hunters of the Hamran Arabs

Sir Samuel W. Baker · 1867 · Rooke Books

£380.00 (€455.48 | $502.00 | ¥80,164)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1867. First edition. Cloth. Samuel Baker's exploration of the River Nile, a vivid history and travelogue of his expedition along the river, complete with plates and a folding map. The first edition, with the printing mistake to the illustrations ...

In Lionland: The Story of Livingstone and Stanley

M. Douglas · 1900 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

London, Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1900. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition copy of this volume about missionary work and travel in Africa, written by Mary Douglas. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. This work recoun...

The Cave Dwellers of Southern Tunisia. Recollections of a Sojourn with the Khalifa of Matmata

Daniel Bruun · 1898 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)

London, W. Thacker & Co , 1898. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce autobiographical account of the author's time with the cave dwellers in Tunisia, written by Daniel Bruun and illustrated throughout. The first edition. Scarce. Illustrated with a fron...

The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death

David Livingstone; Horace Waller · 1874 · Rooke Books

£445.00 (€533.40 | $587.87 | ¥93,876)

London, John Murray, 1874. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the collected final journals of David Livingstone, edited by his close friend, complete with plates and folding maps. The first edition.Complete in two volumes.The final journals of noted explorer David Livi...

Haydn&Apos;S Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information Relating to All Ages and Nations, Containing a History of the World

Benjamin Vincent · 1891 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.84 | $151.92 | ¥24,260)

New York, Harper & Brothers, 1891. Leather. The 18th edition of Hadyn's dictionary of dates, revised and enlarged for American readers, rebound in a handsome leather binding. The eighteenth edition of this work, revised and enlarged for American readers, rebound in a half...

Paris and Its Story

T. Okey · 1904 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, J. M. Dent & Co. 1904. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this lavishly illustrated history of Paris by Thomas Okey, in a decorative cloth binding. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with pictorial gilt to the fron...

Ars Quatuor Coronatorum Being the Transactions of the Lodge Quatuor Coronati, No. 2076, London

G. W. Speth [editor] · 1963 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.29 | ¥58,013)

Margate, Keble's Gazette Office , 1963. Cloth. A smart copy of this facsimile edition of Volume I of the transactions of Quatuor Coronati Lodge, a Masonic lodge in London. Scarce work. Facsimile edition. Originally published 1888. Volume one only. Illustrated with a front...

The Junks and Sampans of the Yangtze: A Study in Chinese Nautical Research

G. R. G. Worcester · 1947 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)

Shanghai, The Statistical Department of the Inspectorate General of Customs, 1947. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this detailed illustrated study into Chinese nautical research, volume one only. Volume one only. Introduction; and Craft of the Estuary and Shangh...