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Antiente Epitaphes (from A.D. 1250 to A.D. 1800), Collected & Sett Forth in Chronological Order

Thomas F. Ravenshaw · 1878 · Rooke Books

£62.00 (€74.32 | $81.91 | ¥13,079)

London, Joseph Masters & Co. 1878. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of this collection of ancient epitaphs collected by Thomas F. Ravenshaw. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding. A collection of ancient epitaphs collecte...

Letters of Philip Dormer Earl of Chesterfield to His Godson

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

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)

Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1890 . First edition. Hardback. A smart limited edition of Lord Chesterfield's letters to his godson, offering insight to eighteenth century society and politics. The first edition thus, the first edition to be edited the Earl of Carnarvon, with a...

English Caricature and Satire on Napoleon I

John Ashton · 1884 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

London , Chatto & Winduss, 1884. First edition. Cloth. A two volume set of caricatures and satire of Napoleon I by John Ashton. Complete in two volumes. First edition copies. John Ashton wrote and illustrated these volumes on English caricature and satire on Napoleon I. Napo...

The Oldest English Texts

Henry Sweet · 1966 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

London, The Early English Text Society; Oxford University Press, 1966. Cloth. A fascinating work by philologist Henry Sweet exploring early English texts. Published for the Early English Text Society.A reprint of this work first published in 1885.Henry Sweet's comprehensi...

Histoire de la Revolution Franãƒâ§Aise, Depuis 1789 Jusqu&Apos;En 1814

Francois Mignet; Emile de Bonnechose · 1839 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

Brussels, N.-J. Gregoir, V. Wouters et Cie, 1839. Leather. An early edition of Francois Mignet's detailed history of the French Revolution, in the original French. Complete as two volumes bound in one.In the original French.The extensive and detailed history of the French...

Sveriges Jordbruk Vid 1900 Talets Borjan Statistiskt Kartverk

Wilhelm Flach; H. Juhlin Dannfelt; Gustav Sundbarg · 1909 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

Gothenburg, Wald. Zachrissons Boktryckeri Aktiebolag, 1909. Cloth. An extensive study on the history of Swedish agriculture, particularly focusing on the beginning of the twentieth century, colourfully illustrated throughout. In the original Swedish.An impressive volume studyi...

The Saga of King Olaf Tryggwason, Who Reigned over Norway A.D. 995 to A.D. 1000

J. Sephton [Translator] · 1985 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.34 | ¥28,479)

London, David Nutt, 1985. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon English translation of the sagas of the tenth century king Olaf Tryggvason. A first edition of this English translation of the sagas of Óláfr Tryggvason, a 10th-century Norwegian king. In this uncommon volume, J. St...

The Loves and Marriages of Some Eminent Persons

T. F. Thistleton-Dyer · 1890 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, Ward and Downey, 1890. First edition. Cloth. Thomas Firminger Thiselton-Dyer discusses the love lives well-known writers, philosophers, and political figures in this scarce work. A first edition copy of Thomas Firminger Thiselton-Dyer's volumes interesting work on...

Sketches and Studies: Descriptive and Historical

Richard John King · 1874 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)

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

The Correspondence of Sir Thomas Hamner, Bart. With a Memoir of His Life. To Which Are Added, Other Relicks of a Gentleman&Apos;S Family

Sir Thomas Hamner; Sir Henry Bunbury [ed.] · 1838 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)

London, Edward Moxon, 1838. Cloth. A very scarce collection of the correspondence Sir Thomas Hanmer, 4th Baronet, with a memoir of his life. A very scarce work, rebound in a cloth binding. Ink inscriptions to pages 448 and 509. Illustrated with a folding plate depicting the pe...

The White King; or, Charles the First, and the Men and Women, Life and Manners, Literature and Art of England in the First Half of the 17th Century

W. H. Davenport Adams · 1889 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, George Redway, 1889. First edition. Cloth. A scarce two-volume set of W. H. Davenport Adams' biography of King Charles I, popularly known as the White King, The first edition of this scarce two-volume work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with picto...

Dagligt LIV I Norden I Det 16th Aarhundrede

Troels Lund · 1903 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.52 | $462.37 | ¥73,835)

Kobenhavn , F. Hegel & Son, 1903-1904. Leather. Fourteen volumes across seven of this rich history of the Nordics in the sixteenth century. With fourteen across seven volumes, complete.Public Edition copies. In the original Danish. These volumes offer an extensive history of...

Aberrations of Sexual Life After the Psychopatia Sexualis

R V Kraft-Ebing; Alexander Hartwich · 1959 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

London, Staples Press, 1959. Cloth. A bright new edition of this study on sexual psychology by Rv Kraft-Ebing and Alexander Hartwich. First published in Great Britain in 1951. A medico-legal study for doctors and lawyers , being the 'Psychopathia Sexualis' of Dr Rv K...

Bibliotheca Casinensis Seu Codicum Manuscriptorum Qui in Tabulario Casiensi Asservantur Series Per Paginas Singillatim Enucleata Notis, Characterum Speciminibus Ad Unguem Exemplatis Aucta Cura Et Studio Monachorum Ordinis S. Benedicti

1873 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.39 | $594.48 | ¥94,931)

Not Stated, Casiensi, 1873-5. Vellum. A vanishingly scarce study on the important library at Monte Cassino, a renowned producer of illuminated manuscripts. Complete in two volumes.In Latin.A vanishingly scarce work.Originally published in five parts, here bound in two half vel...

A Collection of Scarce Essays on Roman History

Adolf Weichert; E. Ritterling; Ernst Fabricus; et al. · 1882 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.58 | ¥35,863)

Trier; Heidelburg; Leipzig; et al. Jacob Lintz; Westdeutsche Zeitschrift; Scott, Foresman and Company; et al. 1882-1906. Cloth. A collection of essays in German, English and French, concerning Roman history, most of which are now scarce or very scarce. A sammelband in the orig...

Folkenes Historie: Fremstillet Af Nordiske Historikere

Johan Ottosen [ed.]; Niels Moller [ed.] · 1904 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.80 | $191.55 | ¥30,589)

Kobenhavn [Copenhagen], Gyldendalske Boghandel Nordisk Forlag, 1904-1911 . Leather. Four volumes of this very scarce Danish language examination of European history, covering subjects including the Roman Empire, Enlightenment, and Middle Ages. In the original Danish.Four volum...

Geschichte Der Deutschen Reformation

Dr. Friedrich von Bezold · 1890 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

Berlin, G. Grote'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1890 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of this richly illustrated German language study of the German Reformation, in a lovely half morocco binding. In the original German, printed in blackletter.The first edition of th...

Lettres de Madame de Sevigne a Sa Fille Et a Ses Amis

Madame de Sevigne [Marie de Rabutin-Chantal]; A. Grouvelle [ed.] · 1820 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.69 | $297.24 | ¥47,465)

Paris, L. Tenre, 1820 . Leather. A delightful twelve volume set of the letters of the seventeenth century literary figure Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, Madame de Sevigne. In the original French.A twelve volume set of the letters of Madame de Sevigne, a French aristocrat whose prol...

Histoire Des Regnes de Philippe III, Dit le Hardi; Et de Philippe IV

M. Le Comte de Segur [Louis Philippe] · 1824 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

Paris, Alexis Eymery, 1824 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of Louis Philippe, comte de Ségur's account of the reigns of Philippe III and IV, part of a larger work by the author. In the original French.The first edition of this work, a single volume from the a...

Un Peuple Ressuscite

Fernand-Laurent · 1943 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,016)

New York , Brentano's, 1943 . First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A first edition of Un Peuple Ressuscite by Fernand Laurent. A first edition in the original French. Un Peuple Ressuscite is a personal narrative of World War Two from a French perspective written by Fernand-...