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The History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain the History of the Reign of Philip the Third, King of Spain

Robert Watson; William Thomson · 1793 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€407.54 | $449.16 | ¥71,725)

London, Printed for A. Strahan and T. Cadell; G. G. J. and J. Robinson , 1793-1794. Leather. Robert Watson's extensive historical work detailing the reigns of Philip the Second and Philip the Third, Kings of Spain. Complete in five volumes. The fifth edition of The Histo...

De L&Apos;Allemagne

Germaine de Stael · 1813 · Rooke Books

£695.00 (€833.06 | $918.14 | ¥146,615)

London, John Murray, 1813. Leather. A French set complete in three volumes of Madame de Stael's books promoting Romantic literature and celebrating German culture. The first edition thus to reach the public after the true first was destroyed. Madame de Stael explores Germ...

The Priviledges of the Lord Mayor and Aldermen of the City

John Greene · 1708 · Rooke Books

£900.00 (€1,078.78 | $1,188.95 | ¥189,861)

London, Charles Harper, 1708. Leather. A very scarce first edition of this treatise on the priviledges of the Lord Mayor and Alderman of the City. ESTC reference no T117148.Attributed to John Greene an attorney. This study looks at the law surrounding the roles of Lord Mayor ...

The History of the Convict Hulk Success and Success Prisoners

Joseph C Harvie · 1896 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.27 | ¥52,739)

London, The Nassau Press, 1896. Paperback. A very scarce publication on the prison ship 'The Success' and a work advocating for better treatment of prisoners. In the publisher's original wraps.Illustrated throughout, with a frontispiece and many full page illust...

Sheffield General Infirmary 1797-1897, a Brief Sketch of a Century&Apos;S Work

John Daniel Leader · 1897 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

Sheffield, Mr. G. H. Day, 1897 . Leather. A fascinating work on the history of Sheffield's Royal Infirmary over the nineteenth century. The Royal Infirmary was a hospital situated in the Upperthorpe area of Sheffield. It opened in 1797, with the entrance adorned with two ...

A General History of England

Thomas Carte · 1747 · Rooke Books

£3,500.00 (€4,195.24 | $4,623.71 | ¥738,349)

London, J. Hodges, 1747-55. First edition. Leather. A complete first edition set of Thomas Carte's controversial History of England, bound in contemporary reverse calf. Written by Thomas Carte (1686-1754), an English historian. He was in favour of Jacobitism, and lost the...

A Survey of England&Apos;S Champions and Truths Faithfull Patriots

Josiah Ricraft · 1818 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

London, R Austin; John Hancock, 1818. First edition. Leather. A nineteenth century facsimile edition of the pamphleteer Josiah Ricraft's 1694 study on England's noted military men. Illustrated, with a frontispiece and twenty-one portraits of eminent noblemen who foug...

Cambridge University Library: With a Description of the New Building Opened by His Majesty the King and an Account of the New Science Buildings of Agriculture, Botany, Physiology, and Zoology

1934 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

Cambridge , Cambridge University Press, 1934. First edition. Paperback. An excellent first edition of this charming volume containing the illustrated historical account of the library at Cambridge University. The first edition of this charming work illustrating the history of ...

Seals in the Public Record Office

R C Fowler · 1925 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Oxford, Printed for the Society of Antiquaries of London, 1925. Cloth. A very scarce and lovely copy of this record of public seals by R C Fowler, illustrated throughout. A very scarce copy of this lovely volume comprising an extract from volume LXXIV of Archeologia. Containi...

The Diary of Samuel Pepys

Samuel Pepys; Robert Latham (ed.); William Matthews (ed.) · 1971 · Rooke Books

£330.00 (€395.55 | $435.95 | ¥69,616)

London, G. Bell and Sons Ltd. 1971-1983. Cloth. An eleven volume set comprising the diaries of Samuel Pepys, complete in dust wrappers and with a companion volume and index volume. Samuel Pepys (1633-1703) was an English politician, bibliophile and author. He kept a diary for ...

C Crispus Sallustius Et L Annaeus Florus

C Crispus Sallustius; L Annaeus Florus; [Sallust]; [Florus] · 1773 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.39 | $594.48 | ¥94,931)

Birmingham, Joannis Baskerville, 1773. First edition. Leather. A smartly bound, first Baskerville edition of Sallust and Florus' historical writings. In a full diced calf binding.ESTC reference no T133320. Collated, complete. Armorial bookplate of Rev. Thomas Briggs of K...

Sir William Trumbull in Paris 1685-1686

Ruth Clark · 1938 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, Cambridge University Press, 1938. First edition. Cloth. A scarce biography of a British diplomat's unsuccessful year as envoy extraordinary in seventeenth century France. A scarce book with original dustwrapper, frontispiece, map illustration, and three plates. Co...

The Patriot&Apos;S Progress

Henry Williamson · 1930 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

London, Geoffrey Bles, 1930. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of Henry Williamson's illustrated account of an ordinary soldier's experiences of the First World War. A first edition, illustrated throughout with lino cuts from Australian artist William Kermode.Haw...

Beric the Briton; a Story of Roman Invasion

G. A. Henty · 1832 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.05 | ¥10,548)

London, Blackie & Son Limited, c1905 . Cloth. G. A. Henty's work of adventure fiction, following Beric the Briton, illustrated by W. Parkinson, and presented in a pictorial binding. This work follows the adventures of Beric the Briton as he bravely faces the Roman conques...

The History of the South Wales Miners

Ness Edwards · 1926 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

London, The Labour Publishing Company, 1926. First edition. Hardback. A scarce first edition Welsh Labour politician's account of the history of mining in South Wales. A scarce first edition with dustwrapper.Welsh trade unionist and Labour Party MP Ness Edwards details th...

Early Britain: Roman Britain

Rev. H. M. Scarth · 1883 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge , [1883]. Cloth. A scarce edition of this fascinating study of the history of Roman Britain. A scarce early edition of this fascinating historical work regarding Roman Britain by Harry Mengden Scarth. A thorough study pf the h...

Les Actes Et Gestes Merveilleux de la Cite de Geneve

Gustave Revillion · 1854 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

Geneve, Iules Guillaume Fick, 1854. Cloth. A smartly rebound account detailing the work of Calvanist Protestant reformer Anthoine Froment. Anthoine Froment (1508-1581) was a Calvinist Protestant reformer active in Geneva in the sixteenth century. He solidified the Reformation ...

A History of the Cadiz Short Line Railroad

Robert W. White; Norman W. Forgue · 1966 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)

Chicago, The Black Cat Press, 1966. First edition. Leather. A miniature volume looking at the history of the Cadiz Railroad, a charming work illustrated with plates. The first edition of this work.A charming miniature work on the Cadiz Railroad, looking at the history of the r...

A Complete History of the Algiers

J Morgan · 1728 · Rooke Books

£2,500.00 (€2,996.60 | $3,302.65 | ¥527,392)

London, J Bettenham, 1728-1729. Leather. A scarce first edition set of John Morgan's seventeenth century study on the history of Algiers. With the title page printed in red and black, and the subscriber's list present. To the rear of volume II there is also the "Arti...

Au Pole Antarctique

Otto Nordenskjol; Charles Rabot · 1904 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.19 | ¥36,917)

Paris, Ernest Flammarion, 1904. Leather. A French translation of this account of polar exploration, illustrated and in a leather binding with the original paper wraps bound in. Otto Nordenskjold (1869-1928) was a Finnish-Swedish polar explorer and geologist remembered for lead...