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History of the (12th Eastern) Division in the Great War, 1914-1918

Major-General Sir Arthur B. Scott [Ed.]; P. Middleton Brumwell [Compiled] · 1923 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, Nisbet & Co, 1923. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this detailed account of the 12th (Eastern) Division's service during the First World War. Illustrated with numerous maps. A bright copy of the first edition of this study of the history of the formatio...

La Chine

Laurence Oliphant; Francoise Guizot · 1875 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.34 | ¥28,479)

Paris, Michel Levy Freres, 1875. Leather. A French translation of Laurence Oliphant's travel account of his time spent in China with Lord Elgin. In French.A new edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, fifteen plates, and in-text illustrations.Collated, complete.Laurenc...

Social and Diplomatic Memories (Second Series) 1894-1901 Egypt and Abyssinia

Sir James Rennell Rodd G. C. B. · 1923 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.19 | ¥36,917)

London, Edward Arnold & Co. 1923. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition copy of this military memoir, in the scarce original dust wrapper. With publisher's advertisements to the rear of the work. The first edition of the work. Uncommon, in the particularly scar...

Some Account of the Monuments in Hackney Church.

Richard Simpson · 1881 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.84 | $151.92 | ¥24,260)

Guildford, Billing and Sons, 1881. First edition. Leather. A very scarce first edition of Simpson's account of the monuments in Hackney Church, in a half calf binding. A first edition of Simpson's account of the monuments of the Anglican parish church of St John-at-H...

The Memoirs of Baron Thiãƒâ©Bault (Late Lieutenant-General in the French Army)

Baron Thiébault; Arthur John Butler (ed.) · 1896 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.32 | ¥23,205)

London, Smith, Elder & Co. 1896. Cloth. The complete two volume set of Baron Thiébault's memoir, translated by Arthur John Butler. The first translated edition. In full cloth binding with gilt detail to the spine. There is a fold out map of Paris in volume one and an eng...

The Days of Battle; or, Quatre Bras and Waterloo

Charlotte Anne Eaton · 1853 · Rooke Books

£325.00 (€389.56 | $429.34 | ¥68,561)

London, Henry G. Bohn , 1853. Leather. A fascinating account of the Battle of Waterloo, written from the personal experience of an English woman in Belgium. A new edition. In half leather binding. The personal account the of English travel writer, Charlotte Anne Eaton's, ...

The Little Children of the Luxembourg

Herbert Adams Gibbons · 1916 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.79 | ¥37,972)

Philadelphia, The John C. Winston Company , 1916. Cloth. A fascinating account of the lives of children in Luxembourg during the First World War, by a prolific American journalist. Originally published in 'Century Magazine', 1916. In full cloth binding with title pla...

Let There Be Liberty

A. P. Herbert · 1940 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

London , Macmillan and Co. 1940. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A very smart volume from the Macmillan War Pamphlet series by A. P. Herbert. This volume is a copy of a speech Herbert delivered at Bath that remind us what liberties are and what they really mean. The volume i...

Uniform of the Navy Past & Present

W. Y. Carman · 1942 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London , Forster Groom & Co, 1942. Brochure/Pamphlet. A lovely and beautifully illustrated pamphlet on the uniforms of the Navy, with hand painted plates. A lovely pamphlet that describes and carefully illustrated the Uniforms of the Navy from a Sailor of Alfred's time to...

An Onlooker in France 1917-1919

Sir William Orpen · 1924 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

London , Williams and Norgate, 1924. Cloth. A very smart and profusely illustrated volume of prolific war artist Sir William Orpen's work in France between 1917-1919. A revised and enlarged edition of An Onlooker in France 1917-1919 by Sir William Orpen. The book is a wor...

Current Affairs No. 29 Development of Nazism

Dr. R. Aris · 1942 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, Army Bureau of Current Affairs , 1942. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A fascinating and restricted pamphlet on the development of Nazism issued by the Army Bureau of Current Affairs. A fascinating pamphlet published by the Army Bureau of Current Affairs on the Devel...

A Brief and Dispassionate View of the Difficulties Attending the Trinitarian, Arian, and Socinian Systems; Occasioned by the Fierce Controversies Now on Foot in Divers Parts of the Kingdom Respecting Those Subjects; and Designed to Assist Candid, Humble, and Modest Inquirers in Their Searches After Gospel Truth.

Josiah Tucker · 1774 · Rooke Books

£224.00 (€268.50 | $295.92 | ¥47,254)

Glocester, R. Raikes, 1774. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A pamphlet by Josiah Tucker from the late eighteenth century about Christian denominations. A pamphlet from 1774 about the difficulties of attending various Christian systems by Josiah Tucker.Josiah Tucker was an ei...

The Kenneth Williams Letters

Kenneth Williams; Russel Davies · 1994 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

London, HarperCollinsPublishers, 1994 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first printing of this collection of the letters of Kenneth Williams, collected and compiled with illustrations. First edition, first printing of The Kenneth Williams Letters edited by Russel Da...

The Life of George Stephenson, Railway Engineer

Samuel Smiles · 1857 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

London, John Murray, 1857 . Leather. The fourth revised edition of Samuel Smiles' biography of George Stephenson. The fourth revised edition in half calf binding on cloth boards of The Life of George Stephenson, Railway Engineer by Samuel Smiles.Biography of George Steph...

A Genealogical History of the Kings and Queen of England, and Monarchs of Great Britain, &C. From the Conquest, Anno 1066. To the Year 1707.

Francis Sandford; Samuel Stebbing · 1707 · Rooke Books

£2,600.00 (€3,116.47 | $3,434.76 | ¥548,488)

London, printed by M. Jenour, for John Nicholson [..] and Robert Knaplock, 1707 . Leather. An excellent copy of the expanded second edition of this beautifully engraved historical work on the monarchs of England. The uncommon second edition of this impressive and richly illust...

Ministry of Information War Pamphlets

The Ministry of Information · 1942 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

London , His Majesty's Stationary Office, 1942-1946. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. Eight deeply interesting volumes that detail the Allied War Effort during World War Two, with photographs and maps throughout each volume. Eight first edition volumes on the Allied War ...

His Majesty&Apos;S Minesweepers and Coastal Command

Ministry of Information · 1943 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

London , His Majesty's Stationary Office, 1943. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. Two fascinating, first edition volumes from the Second World War that detail the work of Coastal Command and Minesweepers during the war, with illustrations throughout. Two volumes from the ...

Before We Go Back a Pictorial Record of Norway&Apos;S Fight Against Nazism, Both Inside and Outside the Country

Philip Noel-Baker · 1944 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London , His Majesty's Stationary Office, 1944. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A deeply interesting pamphlet on Norway's fight during the Second World War, with illustrations and photographs throughout. Before We Go Back is a pictorial record of Norway's figh...

Reminiscences of the CIVIL War

General John B. Gordon · 1904 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London , Archibald Constable & Co, 1904 . First edition. Cloth. A fascinating volume of a Confederate army general's experiences and reminiscences of the Civil War. This is a copy of the first UK edition of Reminiscences of the Civil War by General John B. Gordon, publish...

The China Review: Or, Notes and Queries on the Far East

Various · 1876 · Rooke Books

£490.00 (€587.33 | $647.32 | ¥103,369)

Hong Kong; Shanghai; London, China Mail" Office; Kelly & Walsh; Trubner & Co, 1876. Leather. Volume IV of the scarce 'China Review', a journal containing many fascinating and educational articles on various aspects of China and Chinese culture. A scarce and important...