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Speeches That Changed the World

Simon Sebag Motefiore · 2007 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)

London , Quercus, 2007. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition copy of this collection of momentous speeches. A first edition copy. A collection of over fifty momentous and thought-provoking speeches from a wide range of historical eras and nations. Each speech has a co...

Battery Flashes

Wagger [Cecil William Longley] · 1916 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

London, John Murray, 1916 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this first hand account from the First World War. First edition of Battery Flashes in the original publisher's cloth binding. By Wagger, the pen-name for Cecil William Longley. A scarce work w...

Wellington Role of Honour 1939-1945

George Edinger · 1949 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Newport, R. H Johns Limited, 1949 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this roll of honour from the alumni of Wellington College with illustrations from the library of G. F. H. Berkeley. First edition of Wellington Role of Honour 1939-1945 edited by George Edinger in t...

Sea-Pie

Various · 1919 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)

London, J. J. Keliher & Co. 1919 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of the 1919 issue of the magazine Sea Pie with colour plates. First edition of Sea-Pie for the year 1919.Rebound in cloth, with the original covers bound in to the front and rear. A very sc...

Some of Our Old Pictures

Chris Howell · 1979 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

Bath, Not stated; Printed by Fosseway Press Ltd. 1979 . First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this scarce collection of photography from English history, signed by the author. First edition of Some of Our Old Pictures by Chris Howell in the original publisher's p...

Travels in Upper and Lower Egypt, Undertaken by Order of the Old Government of France

C. S. Sonnini · 1800 · Rooke Books

£485.00 (€581.34 | $640.71 | ¥102,314)

London, J. Debrett, 1800. First edition. Leather. A smart English edition of Sonnini's vividly detailed travel work on his time spent in Egypt, a lovely illustrated edition with a cloth-backed folding map. The first English edition of this work published in one volume. A ...

William Curtis 1746-1799. Fellow of the Linnean Society. Botanist and Entomologist. With Some Notes on His Son-in-Law Samuel Curtis

W. Hugh Curtis · 1941 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

Winchester, Warren and Son, 1941. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this absorbing biography about 18th century botanist, apothecary, and entomologist William Curtis. Found in scarce dust wrapper. Author W. Hugh Curtis draws on the letters of the botanist and apothecary...

Outlines of Universal History: In Three Parts

Henry White · 1854 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

Edinburgh, Oliver & Boyd, 1854. Cloth. A very scarce and comprehensive work, giving an overview of history from ancient times to the 19th century, for the use of schools. In the publisher's original blind-stamped cloth binding. Ink inscription to the title page. Henry Whi...

Observations on Mr Thelwall&Apos;S Letter to the Editor of the Edinburgh Review

Francis Jeffrey · 1804 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)

Edinburgh, D. Willison, 1804. Cloth. A response to John Thelwall's letter to the editor of the Edinburgh Review; a very scarce work. A very scarce work, rebound in a cloth binding with renewed end papers. John Thelwall (1764-1834) was a radical British political activist....

Mr Cobbett&Apos;S Taking Leave of His Countrymen

William Cobbett · 1817 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.05 | ¥50,630)

London, William Jackson, 1817. Cloth. A very scarce and important work written by William Cobbett, before he fled to America in fear of being arrested for sedition. An early edition of this work, rebound in a quarter cloth binding with renewed end papers. William Cobbett (1763...

State Purchase of the Liquor Trade; Handbook to the Drink Problem of to-Day; "the Drink Question": What It Is & How to Solve It

Arthur Sherwell; Joseph Rowntree · 1919 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)

London, George Allen & Unwin; Argus Printing Company; et al. 1919. Cloth. A collection of four very scarce essays, promoting the state purchase of the liquor trade by temperance campaigner Arthur Sherwell and philanthropist Joseph Rowntree. Four essays bound in one volume, in ...

The Farmers Club 1795: A Short Account of Its Origin and Proceedings

Kenneth Murchison · 1940 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

Not Stated, Privately printed, 1940. First edition. Cloth. A brief history of the Farmers Club 1795 by the Honorary Secretary of the Club in 1940, Kenneth Murchison. The first edition of this very scarce work in the original cloth binding. In this volume, the honorary secretar...

Correspondence between Sir Alexander Gibb & Partners and the Ministry of Supply Facsimile Documents from the Second World War

Sir Alexander Gibb & Partners; Ministry of Supply · 1922 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€898.98 | $990.80 | ¥158,218)

Not Stated, Not Stated, c1955. Cloth. An interesting collection of facsimile documents regarding the building of Munitions Factories during the Second World War. In two volumes. Bound is quarter cloth, on marbled paper boards. Printed privately. A vanishingly scarce collection...

A Kentish Country House; or, Records of the Hall House, Hawkhurst, and Its Inhabitants 1665-1887

Mary Adelaide, Lady Jennings · 1894 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.71 | ¥62,232)

Guildford, Billing & Sons, 1894. First edition. Cloth. A first edition, signed copy of this family history of Hall House. Signed by the author to the contents page:To Clara Agnes Jennings These records of her father's family and their Kentish home are presented by her af...

Masai the Magnificent

Ada Wincza · 1970 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

Nairobi, Hunters & Guides, 1970. First edition. Cloth. A smart limited edition, signed copy of this history of the Masai. A limited edition copy, with five hundred copies printed, with this being number 252. Signed by the author to the edition page. This volume is a sensitiv...

Cobbett&Apos;S Poor Man&Apos;S Friend; or, a Defence of the Rights of Those Who Do the Work and Fight the Battles

William Cobbett · 1826 · Rooke Books

£650.00 (€779.12 | $858.69 | ¥137,122)

London , Anne Cobbett, 1826. Hardback. A re-bound copy of Cobbett's Poor Man's Friend; or, A Defence of the Rights of Those Who Do the Work and Fight the Battles. A very rare copy of Cobbett's Poor Man's Friend; or, A Defence of the Rights of Those Who Do t...

The Origins and Growth of Mau Mau: An Historical Survey

F. D. Corfield · 1960 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1960. First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this survey of the origins and growth of Mau Mau. Sessional Paper No. 5 of 1959/60 from the Colony and Protectorate of Kenya. A historical survey of the origins and growth of Mau...

Sedgemoor 1685 an Account and an Anthology

David G. Chandler · 1985 · Rooke Books

£34.00 (€40.75 | $44.92 | ¥7,173)

London, Anthony Mott Ltd, 1985 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this history of the Battle of Sedgemoor in the original dust wrapper, signed, inscribed and dated by the author. First edition of Sedgemoor 1685 An Account and Anthology by David Chandler in the origin...

Bridewell Hospital Palace, Prison, Schools

Edward Geoffrey O'Donoghue · 1923 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, John Lane The Bodley Head Limited, 1923 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated history of Bridewell Hospital inscribed by the governor of the hospitals. First edition of Bridewell Hospital Palace, Prison, Schools From the Earliest Times to the En...

Short Stories Founded on European History

None · 1851 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1851. Cloth. A scarce collection of short stories from European History for England. Scarce work. Illustrated with frontispiece and seven plates. Collated complete. A collection of short stories based in European history. This...