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The Karen People of Burma: A Study in Anthropology and Ethnology

Harry Ignatius Marshall · 1922 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.34 | ¥28,479)

Not Stated, Not Stated, 1922. Cloth. An intriguing study on the Karen people of Burma, an illustrated exploration by Harry Ignatius Marshall. A thorough study of the Karen people of Burma, a fascinating and detailed exploration of the ethnolinguistic group.This work deals more...

Bantu Prophets in South Africa

Bengt G. M. Sundkler · 1961 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, New York and Toronto, Oxford University Press, 1961 . Cloth. The uncommon second edition of this study of Bantu Prophets with illustrations in the original dust wrapper. Second edition of Bantu Prophets in South Africa by Bengt G. M. Sundkler in the original publisher&...

Reaction to Conquest, Effects of Contact with Europeans on the Pondo of South Africa

Monica Hunter; J. C. Smuts · 1936 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

London, Oxford University Press, 1936 . First edition. Cloth. The uncommon first edition of this colonial history of South Africa with illustrations. First edition of Reaction to Conquest, Effects of Contact with Europeans on the Pondo of South Africa by Monica Hunter in the o...

1896 a Knight of the White Cross a Tale of the Siege of Rhodes

G. A. Henty · 1896 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

Glasgow and Dublin, Blackie & Son, Limited, 1896 . First edition. Cloth. First edition, first impression of this military inspired novel by G. A. Henty with illustrations. 1896 A Knight of the White Cross, A Tale of the Siege of Rhodes by G. A. Henty in the original publisher&...

The Army List

1871 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.58 | ¥35,863)

London, John Murray; War Office, 1871-98. Cloth. A uniformly bound set of three scarce editions of 'The Army List', tracing the British Army across a total of 27 years. Three scarce editions of 'The Army List', this set including the volumes for July 1871, ...

A Narrative of the Peninsular War

Major Leith Hay · 1831 · Rooke Books

£2,400.00 (€2,876.74 | $3,170.55 | ¥506,296)

Edinburgh, Daniel Lizars, 1831. First edition. Leather. The vanishingly scarce first edition of Andrew Leigh Hay's vivid first hand account of the Peninsular War, complete with twenty-two plates. The very scarce first edition, last seen at auction in 1939.Complete in two ...

Abyssinia: Through the Lion-Land

Herbert Vivian · 1901 · Rooke Books

£78.00 (€93.49 | $103.04 | ¥16,455)

London, C. Arthur Pearson, 1901. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Herbert Vivian's fascinating illustrated travel memoir and guide book based on his time spent in Abyssinia, modern Ethiopia. A fascinating and detailed travel memoir and guidebook about Abyssinia,...

&Apos;Twixt Sirdar & Menelik

Captain M.S. Wellby · 1901 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.79 | ¥37,972)

London, Harper & Brothers, 1901. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this travel memoir of Captain M.S. Wellby's year spent in Egypt and Abyssinia, illustrated throughout. A fascinating and detailed account of Captain M.S. Wellby's year spent in Egypt and Abys...

Abyssinia and Its People

John Camden Hotten · 1868 · Rooke Books

£270.00 (€323.63 | $356.69 | ¥56,958)

London, John Camden Hotton, 1868. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this colourfully illustrated ethnographical and topographical work on Abyssinia, with a large accompanying folding map. A fascinating and detailed ethnographical and topographical study of Abyssinia, ...

The Last of Free Africa

Gordon MacCreagh · 1928 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.29 | ¥17,931)

New York and London, The Century Co. 1928 . First edition. Cloth. The uncommon first edition of American writer Gordon MacCreagh's account of his travels in Abyssinia and Ethiopia in the early twentieth century. Discussing the political situation in Ethiopia, its traditio...

A Conquest of Tibet

Sven Hedin; Julius Lincoln · 1935 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)

London , Macmillan and Co. 1935. First edition. Cloth. A smart first English edition of A Conquest of Tibet, with illustrations throughout. A first English translated edition of A Conquest of Tibet by Sven Hedin. Translated into English from the original Swedish. Sven Hedin w...

Ich Dien" the Prince of Wales&Apos;S Volunteers (South Lancashire) 1914-1934

Captain H. Whalley-Kelly · 1935 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

Aldershot, Gale & Polden, 1935. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of a history of the South Lancashire Regiment, with maps and illustrations. A first edition copy of this work. This volume is the story of the South Lancashire Regiment during the First World War...

Deeds That Thrill the Empire

Earl of Derby · 1917 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.05 | ¥50,630)

London , The Standard Art Book Co, 1917-1919. First edition. Cloth. A complete five volume set of Deeds That Thrill the Empire, with colour plates. A complete five volume set of Deeds that Thrill the Empire which celebrate and describe many deed of World War One that resulted ...

Canada and the States Recollections 1851 to 1886.

Sir E. W. Watkin · 1887 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.80 | $191.55 | ¥30,589)

London, Ward, Lock & Co. [1887]. First edition. Cloth. A scarce copy of recollections of Canada and the United States from the influential railway entrepreneur Edward Watkin, who was president of the Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada. In the publisher's original cloth...

An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of Oxford

Various · 1939 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.05 | ¥50,630)

London , His Majesty's Stationary Office, 1939. First edition. Cloth. A comprehensive volume that expertly records the historical monuments of Oxford, with a large folding map of Oxford and illustrations. This is a first edition copy of this concise historical statement a...

The New Far West and the Old Far East

W. Henry Barneby · 1889 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.75 | $244.40 | ¥39,027)

London , Edward Stanford, 1889. First edition. Cloth. A first edition, signed copy of this interesting travel account, with illustrations throughout. A first edition copy of this work that is signed by the author, dated 1895. A fascinating travel account of William Henry Barn...

L&Apos;Amant Resuscite de la Mort D&Apos;Amour

Theodise Valentinian Francoys; Margaret Harris; M. A. Screech (ed) · 1971 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.32 | ¥23,205)

Yorkshire, Mouton Publishers, 1971 . Cloth. A facsimile edition of this uncommon issue from the French Renaissance Classics series. First facsimile edition of L'Amant Resuscite de la Mort D'Amour by Theodose Valentinian Francoys in the original publisher's cloth...

Architecture, Nature & Magic

W. R. Lethaby · 1956 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

London, Gerald Duckworth & Co. Ltd, 1956 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first impression of this architectural study of early civilisation in the original dust wrapper with illustrations. First edition, first impression of Architecture, Nature & Magic by W. R. Leth...

The Idea of Ancient Literary Criticism

Yun Lee Too · 1998 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1998 . First edition. Cloth. The uncommon first edition, first impression of this study of the history of literary criticism in Ancient times. First edition, first impression of The Idea of Literary Criticism by Yun Lee Too in the original publisher&ap...

The Army List, for November 1815

1815 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.52 | $462.37 | ¥73,835)

London, Army List War Office; T. Egerton; Meyler & Son; , 1815. Cloth. A scarce list of all members of the army during November 1815, a wonderful snapshot of military history at the end of the Napoleonic Wars. The scarce November 1815 volume of 'The Army List', a mon...