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The British Academy Presidential Address, 13 July, 1932

Right Hon. H. A. L. Fisher · 1932 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Humphrey Milford, 1932. First edition. Paperback. The very scarce Presidential Address for the British Academy by H. A. L. Fisher, who was president from 1928 to 1932. The first edition of this very scarce work in the publisher's original paper wraps. The British ...

Rider&Apos;S British Merlin: For the Year of Our Lord God 1795. Being the Third After Bissextile, or Leap Year.

Cardanus Rider [Richard Saunders] · 1795 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, The Company of Stationers, 1795. Disbound. A Rider's British Merlin for the year 1795, disbound but in smart condition. A very scarce 1795 almanac, disbound but intact. Stamp to the title page. Rider's British Merlin was one of the earliest and most popular a...

Dictionnaire Des Operas

Felix Clement; Pierre Larousse · 1897 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)

Paris, Larousse, 1897 . Leather. A lovely copy of Felix Clement and Pierre Larousse's dictionary of French operas and comic operas. In the original French.This work provides an index of nearly six thousand operas, with information on their plot, significant actors, and th...

Histoire Des Revolutions Arrivees Dans le Gouvernement de la Republique Romaine

Rene Auber de Vertot · 1796 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.71 | ¥62,232)

Paris, Chez Ant Aug Renouard, 1796. Cloth. A history of the revolutions of the Roman Republic by Rene-Aubert de Vertot, in four volumes. Complete in four volumes. With half titles. In the original French. Originally published in 1719. A history of revolutions during the Roman...

Histoire Des Girondins

A. De Lamartine · 1858 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.82 | ¥83,328)

Paris, Furne, 1858. Leather. A detailed history of the Girondins complete in four volumes, in the French language. French language. Four volumes. A detailed history of the Girondins, a political group at the time of the French Revolution who were active in the Legislative Asse...

La Vie D&Apos;Oliver Cromwel

Gregorio Leti · 1703 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.69 | $297.24 | ¥47,465)

Amsterdam, Henri Schelte, 1703. Leather. A biographical sketch of the life of Oliver Cromwell, by Gregorio Leti, in the original French language. French language. Two volumes. Scarce work. Illustrated with five plates to volume one and nine plates to volume two. Collated compl...

Robespierre Et Les Femmes

Hector Fleischmann · 1909 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Paris, Albin Michel, 1909. Leather. An illustrated study of Robespierre and the women in his life, in the original French language. French language. Illustrated with sixteen plates and many in-text illustrations, portraits, autographs, and caricatures. Collated complete. A det...

Lettres Choisies de Voltaire

Louis Moland · 1872 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.29 | ¥17,931)

Paris, Garnier Freres, 1872. Leather. A collection of letters of Voltaire, with details on the persons of note at the time, in the original French language. French language. Illustrated with frontispiece and eleven plates. Collated complete. A collection of letters from Voltai...

Sequel of a Pamphlet Intitled Observations on the Writings of the Craftsman

John Hervey · 1730 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

London, J. Roberts, 1730. Paperback. A scarce additional volume following the pamphlet from Baron John Hervey on the writings in the Craftsman newspaper. Scarce work. A sequel to a previous pamphlet. A pamphlet critiquing the writings of William Pultney and Henry St, John, Vis...

Vox Stellarum, or a Loyal Almanack for the Year of Human Redemption 1814, Being the Second After Bissextile or Leap-Year and the 54th Reign of His Present Majesty

Francis Moore · 1814 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Company of Stationers, 1814. Paperback. A scarce edition of Moore's almanac for the year 1814. Scarce work. A detailed almanac for the year of 1814, with tables of significant or remarkable dates, coins and their weights, eclipses of the sun and moon, a list of En...

The Land: A Plea

John Galsworthy · 1918 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

London, George Allen, 1918. First edition. Paperback. In this first edition, James Galsworthy argues in favour of reorganising the way Britain uses its Land. A first edition of John Galsworthy's essay on Britain's use of its land. John Galsworthy was an English novel...

Man Heaven Earth

Henri Tracol · 1980 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)

Not Stated, Pembridge Design Studios, 1980 . First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this very scarce esoteric work by Henri Tracol, regarding the role of man, heaven and earth, and how they are represented in various scriptures. Tracol was a pupil of mystic, philosophe...

Remarks Upon a Late Pamphlet Intitul&Apos;D the to Great Questions Considered: What the French King Will Do with Respect to the Spanish Monarchy. What Measures the English Ought to Take

William Black · 1700 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.05 | ¥50,630)

London, Not stated , 1700 . First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. An uncommon pamphlet exploring interesting questions of European history and politics in 1700. An extremely scarce essay responding to writer Daniel Defoe's political pamphlet concerning the events leading up ...

Pennsylvania: A Lesson in Empire Building

Howard Hodgkin · 1901 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Not Stated , Not Stated , 1901. Paperback. Very scarce pamphlet concerned with the idea of war from a Quaker perspective, abridged from an article by Howard Hodgkin. Very scarce pamphlet concerned with concepts of war and discussing the idea of the building of an empire throug...

Masonic Year Book for the Province of Middlesex 1970/1971

A. J. Roberts [editor] · 1971 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Ipswich, Smith Suitall Ltd. 1971. Leather. A scarce Masonic year book for the county of Middlesex in the year 1971. Scarce work. Masonic year book for the year 1971 issued under the authority of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Antient Free and Accepted Masons of Middlesex. With ...

The Pythouse Papers: Correspondence Concerning the CIVIL War, the Popish Plot, and a Contested Election in 1680

V. F. Benett-Stanford; William Ansell Day · 1879 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

London, Bickers & Son , 1879. Leather. A detailed collection of correspondence concerning the English Civil War, the Popish Plot, and a contested election in 1680. A detailed collection of letters and correspondence with reference to the English Civil War, the Popish Plot, and...

An Abridgment of the History of England from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Death of George II

Dr Goldsmith · 1774 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, B. Law, 1774. Leather. A scarce work on the history of England from Dr Oliver Goldsmith. Scarce work. Illustrated with frontispiece and three plates. Collated complete. A history of England from the invasion of Julius Caesar, through the Saxons, and the reigns of each ...

Dr Goldsmith&Apos;S Roman History Abridged by Himself for the Use of Schools

Dr Goldsmith · 1793 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

London, Leigh and Sotheby, 1793. Leather. A scarce new edition of Oliver Goldsmith's study of Roman history, intended for the use of schools. Scarce edition. New edition. Illustrated with frontispiece and three plates. Collated complete. An account of the history of the R...

Le Mois de Mai a Londres Et L&Apos;Exposition de 1851

Jules Janin · 1851 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.19 | ¥36,917)

London, J. Mitchell, 1851. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this scarce volume in which Jules Janin describes The Great Exhibition of 1851 in French. A first edition of this scarce volume on the Great Exhibition of 1851 by Jules Janin. Published in French. The internat...

Calendar of Treasury Papers 1702-1707; Calendar of Treasury Papers 1708-1714

Joseph Redington · 1874 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.32 | ¥23,205)

London, Longman & Co; Trübner and Co. 1874-1879. First edition. Cloth. Two scarce volumes of Treasury Papers documenting the reign of Queen Anne in the eighteenth century. Two volumes containing a calendar of treasury papers extending from the accession of Queen Anne in March...