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A Short History of the English People

J. R. Green · 1902 · Rooke Books

£435.00 (€521.41 | $574.66 | ¥91,766)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1902-03. Leather. A lovely illustrated edition of J. R. Green's extensive and thorough history of the English people, beautifully illustrated in colour throughout. Complete in four volumes.Bound by Ramage.A revised illustrated edition, e...

The Dance, an Historical Survey of Dancing in Europe

Cecil J. Sharp; A. P. Oppe · 1924 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Halton & Truscott Smith Ltd. 1924. First edition. Cloth. A smart, first edition copy of this fascinating work on the history of dance in Europe. Beautifully illustrated with tipped-in colour frontispiece and numerous black and white plates. A fascinating history of dan...

River War, an Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan

Winston Churchill · 1951 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.69 | $297.24 | ¥47,465)

London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1951 . Cloth. A smart edition of Churchill's history of Kitchener's triumph in the Sudan, illustrated with a wealth of folding maps and in the publisher's original dust wrapper. The 1951 printing of this historical study written by S...

Voyage to the Great South Land: Willem de Vlamingh, 1696-1697

Gunter Schilder [ed.] · 1985 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Sydney, Royal Australian Historical Society, 1985 . First edition. Cloth. A fascinating study of Dutch Captain William de Vlamingh's late seventeenth century exploration of the west coast of Australia, here in the first English language edition. The first English language...

A Churchill Anthology

Winston Churchill; F. W. Heath [ed.] · 1962 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.11 | ¥61,177)

London, Odhams Press, 1962 . First edition. Cloth. A first edition anthology of the speeches and writings of Winston Churchill. Illustrated, and in the publisher's original dust wrapper. The first edition of this anthology of the writings and speeches of statesman and for...

Frontiers and Wars: His Four Early Books Covering His Life As Soldier and War Correspondent

Winston S. Churchill · 1962 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.78 | $211.37 | ¥33,753)

London, Eyre & Spottiswood , 1962. First edition. Cloth. An advance reading copy of this omnibus of Winston Churchill's early war books, the first edition in the unclipped dust wrapper. The first omnibus edition of this work, comprising four of Winston Churchill's ea...

Old Cavalry Stations

B. Granville Baker · 1934 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

London, Heath Cranton Limited , 1934. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this work exploring old cavalry stations around the UK, illustrated. A volume revisiting the history of old cavalry stations around the United Kingdom by B. Granville Baker. With a foreword by Fie...

Frontiers and Wars: His Four Early Books Covering His Life As Soldier and War Correspondent

Winston S Churchill · 1995 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

New York, Smithmark, 1995. First edition. Cloth. A lovely copy of this omnibus of Winston Churchill's early war books, in the unclipped dust wrapper. The first US edition. The first US omnibus edition of this work, comprising four of Winston Churchill's early war boo...

Palestine and Syria

Karl Baedeker · 1898 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.11 | ¥61,177)

Not Stated, Karl Baedeker, 1898. Cloth. An early edition describing Palestine and Syria, complete with folding maps and a folding panorama. The first edition to include the Peninsula of Sinai. Lacking a title page; dated and edition established by the pagination.The third edi...

The Home of the Blizzard

Sir Douglas Mawson · 1930 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.72 | $77.94 | ¥12,446)

London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1930. Cloth. A smart, second impression of this comprehensive work about the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911 to 1914. Written by the leader of the expedition, Sir Douglas Mawson. A very comprehensive work on the Australasian Antarctic Expedi...

Rugs and Carpets of the World

Ian Bennett [ed.] · 1978 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

London, Ferndale Editions, 1978 . Hardback. A vibrantly illustrated study of the history of the rug around the globe and in different cultures. A brightly illustrated study of the carpets and rugs of the world, in the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper, and...

The Tragedy of the Italia with the Rescuers to the Red Tent

Davide Giudici · 1928 · Rooke Books

£86.00 (€103.08 | $113.61 | ¥18,142)

London, Ernest Benn LTD, 1928. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon copy of the first edition of this account of the devastating Polar expedition of the Italia by Davide Giudici. The Italia was a polar airship set to take off for polar flight during 1927-8, designed and piloted ...

The History and Antiquities of Somersetshire; Being a General and Parochial Survey of That Interesting County

Rev. W. Phelps · 1839 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

London, J.B. Nichols and Son, 1839. Cloth. A fascinating work of 'parochial history', investigating the local history of Somerset. Volume II only of topographer William W. Phelps' study of Somerset.This fascinating and comprehensive work on the history of Somers...

Lectures and Essays

John Robert Seeley · 1870 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1870. First edition. Leather. The very scarce first edition of Modern History Professor J. R. Seeley's collected lectures and essays. The very scarce first edition of Sir John Robert Seeley's 'Lectures and Essays' in the half calf ...

The History of the Rebellion and CIVIL Wars in England to Which Is Added an Historical View of the Affairs of Ireland

Edward Earl of Clarendon · 1819 · Rooke Books

£440.00 (€527.40 | $581.27 | ¥92,821)

Oxford , At the Clarendon Press , 1819. Leather. A collection complete in three volumes in six of Edward Hyde's notorious account of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon was also the former advisor to Charles I and Charles II, position which ...

Under the Pole Star: The Oxford University Arctic Expedition, 1935-6

A. R. Glen; N. A. C. Croft · 1937 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, Methuen Publishers, 1937. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition of this travel account of the Oxford University expedition to the Polar regions of 1935-6. A lovely copy of this first edition retracing the Arctic expedition undertaken by Oxford University in 1935...

Histoire Des Fracais

Theophile Lavallée · 1841 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.34 | ¥28,479)

Paris, J. Hetzel, et Paulin , 1841. Leather. A complete collection of four volumes exploring the history of France, in uniform Sotheran signed bindings. The third edition of this work, complete in four volumes, revised and corrected. Theophile Lavallée explores the history of...

Explorations & Adventures in Equatorial Africa

Paul B. Du Chaillu · 1861 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.52 | $462.37 | ¥73,835)

London, John Murray, 1861. First edition. Cloth. A smartly rebacked first edition of Paul Du Chaillu's significant work on his explorations across Africa, which details his encounters with gorillas. Written by Paul du Chaillu, a traveller and zoologist known for being the...

The Genuine Dying Speech of the Reverend Parson Coppock, Pretended Bishop of Carlisle: Who Was Drawn, Hanged and Quartered There, Oct 18. 1746, for High Treason and Rebellion. Containing an Account of His Education, His Method of Obtaining Orders, the Motives of His Going Into the Rebellion, and the Conduct of Some of His Brethren, with Many Other Curious Particulars

Thomas Coppock · 1746 · Rooke Books

£795.00 (€952.92 | $1,050.24 | ¥167,711)

Carlisle, Thomas Harris, 1746. Leather. A vanishingly scarce fabricated final speech by Thomas Cappock, a Jacobite who was executed during the 1746 Uprising. A vanishingly scarce work.ESTC citation number T40762.Half-title is present.The fabricated speech purported to be the f...

Oliver Cromwell

Samuel Rawson Gardiner · 1899 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.82 | ¥83,328)

London, Goupil & Co. 1899. First edition. Paperback. A smart, first edition copy of this comprehensive biographical work on Oliver Cromwell. A presentation copy from the limited edition printing of 350 copies on Japanese vellum. An important and comprehensive biography of Engl...