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Paris and Its Story

T. Okey · 1904 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

London, J. M Dent & Co. 1904. Cloth. An illustrated history of Pairs and the French Monarchy. Highly illustrated throughout. With three maps, one loose to page 175. Many plated illustrations with 29 coloured plates. Collated complete. Written by Thomas Okey, an expert on baske...

My Scrap-Book of the French Revolution

Elizabeth Wormeley Latimer · 1898 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

Chicago, A. C. McClurg and Company, 1898. Cloth. A very neat educational work on the history of the French Revolution. Illustrated with 29 plates. Collated complete. A study of the French Revolution from 'The Collapse of French Royalty' and 'The Reign of Terror&...

Tales of Irish Life and Character

Mrs S. C. Hall · 1909 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

Edinburgh, T. N. Foulis, 1909. First edition. Cloth. A charming first edition of this illustrated collection of Irish tales. First edition. Illustrated with sixteen reproductions from the paintings of Erskine Nicol on backed card. Collated complete. Written by Mrs S. C. Hall, ...

The Life and Times of Louis the Fourteenth

G. P. R. James · 1839 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.69 | $297.24 | ¥47,465)

London, Richard Bentley, 1839. Cloth. A comprehensive biography of the Sun King, Louis the Fourteenth, unusual in a complete four volume set. A four volume set in the publisher's original cloth bindings, with Louis the Fourteenth's coat-of-arms gilt stamped to the fr...

Salve Venetia Gleanings from Venetian History

Francis Marion Crawford · 1905 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

New York, The MacMillan Company, 1905. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon first edition of this two volume set on Venetian history. A two volume set in the publisher's original cloth bindings. 16 plates including the frontispiece to Volume I. 13 plates including the fronti...

Memoirs of Baron de Tott, Containing the State of the Turkish Empire and the Crimea, During the Late War with Russia. With Numerous Anecdotes, Facts and Observations, on the Manners and Customs of the Turks and Tartars. Translated from the French.

Baron de Tott · 1785 · Rooke Books

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

London, G. G. J. and J. Robinson , 1785. Leather. A scarce two volume set of this English translation of Baron de Tott's memoirs. A scarce early English edition. Three parts in two volumes. Translated from the original French. Uniformly bound in full tree calf with gilt d...

Mgr. De Salamon: Unpublished Memoirs of the Internuncio at Paris During the Revolution, 1790-1801

The Abbe Bridier · 1896 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

Boston, Little, Brown, and Company , 1896. First edition. Cloth. The first edition memoirs of Mgr. de Salamon, a member of the French Parliament during the French Revolution. The scarce first edition. Held institutionally in only one UK library. In the publisher's origina...

The Golden Days of the Renaissance in Rome

Rodolfo Lanciani · 1906 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

Boston and New York, Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1906. First edition. Cloth. A lovely and richly illustrated first edition volume on the history of Rome during the Renaissance. A first US Edition of this work. The Golden Days of the Renaissance in Rome explore the rich hist...

Some Colonial Homesteads and Their Stories and More Colonial Homesteads and Their Stories

Marion Harland · 1899 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)

New York and London, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1899-1900. Cloth. Two wonderful and richly illustrated volume exploring the stories of colonial homesteads. Two volumes by Marion Harland describing Colonial Homesteads and their stories. Some Colonial Homesteads was first publis...

The Harmless People

Elizabeth Marshall Thomas · 1960 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London , Secker & Warburg , 1960. Cloth. A fascinating account of travels in Africa by author Elizabeth Marshall Thomas, with illustrations. Elizabeth Marshall Thomas is an American author who has published both fiction and non-fiction books and articles on animals, Palaeolith...

William Cole of Milton

W. M. Palmer · 1935 · Rooke Books

£42.00 (€50.34 | $55.48 | ¥8,860)

Cambridge, Galloway & Porter, Ltd. 1935 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this biography of William Cole with portraits. First edition of William Cole of Milton by W. M. Palmer in the original publisher's cloth binding. A scarce biography of the clergym...

A Tourist in Africa

Evelyn Waugh · 1960 · Rooke Books

£52.00 (€62.33 | $68.70 | ¥10,970)

London, Chapman & Hall Ltd, 1960. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this travel book by English writer Evelyn Waugh in the original dust wrapper with illustrations. The first edition of A Tourist in Africa by Evelyn Waugh in the original publisher's cloth binding...

A Tourist in Africa

Evelyn Waugh · 1960 · Rooke Books

£88.00 (€105.48 | $116.25 | ¥18,564)

London, Chapman & Hall Ltd, 1960 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this travel book by English writer Evelyn Waugh in the original dust wrapper with illustrations. The first edition of A Tourist in Africa by Evelyn Waugh in the original publisher's cloth bindin...

Lessons of the War Being Comments from Week to Week to the Relief of Ladysmith

Spenser Wilkinson · 1900 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.05 | ¥10,548)

Westminster, Archibald Constable & Company, 1900. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of these historical notes on the Boer War by Spenser Wilkinson, who was an influential figure in military matters. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth bi...

Their Name Liveth Volume II, Part I Some Pictures of Commonwealth War Cemeteries 1914-1918, 1939-1945

1955 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

London , The Imperial War Graves Commission , 1955. Paperback. A smart copy of this fascinating record of Commonwealth War Cemeteries, with photographs. This volume of commonwealth war cemeteries, is published by the Imperial War Graves Commission who were twice called upon to...

For England and St George

Simon Dunstan · 2000 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)

London, The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, 2000. First edition. Cloth. A comprehensive history of the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers by Simon Dunstan, bright copy of this first edition. The first edition of this work, a scarce volume. A large paper volume containing a detailed hist...

Fireside Fusilier

The Earl of Wicklow [William Howard, 8th Earl of Wicklow]; Evelyn Waugh · 1958 · Rooke Books

£69.00 (€82.71 | $91.15 | ¥14,556)

Dublin, Clonmore and Reynolds Limited , 1958. First edition. Cloth. A fascinating war memoir by the eighth Earl of Wicklow, the uncommon first edition enclosed in its unclipped dust wrapper. War memoir by the Earl of Wicklow William Cecil James Philip John Paul Howard, a modes...

Shadow of a Spy, the Complete Dossier on George Blake

E. H. Cookridge · 1967 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Leslie Frewin, 1967 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this gripping true story of George Blake in the original dust wrapper. First edition of Shadow of a Spy, The Complete Dossier on George Blake by E. H. Cookridge in the original publisher's cloth bind...

Madame Dame Dianne de Poytiers la Grande Senseschale de Normandie

Marie Hay · 1900 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.29 | ¥17,931)

London, John & E. Bumpus, Ltd. 1900 . First edition. Hardback. The first limited edition of this biography of Dianne de Poytiers signed by the author. Limited edition of Dianne de Poytiers La Grande Senseschale de Normandie Duchesse de Valentinois on Japanese paper vellum. A ...

Public Health in Relation to Air and Water

W. T. Gairdner · 1862 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)

Edinburgh, Edmonston and Douglas, 1862 . First edition. Cloth. The uncommon first edition of this interesting mid nineteenth century book on public health. First edition of Public Health in Relation to Air and Water by W. T. Gairdner in the original publisher's cloth bind...