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Propheties Pour Les Grandes Annees

Lamy du Desert · 1948 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

Paris, G. Duhamel, 1948. Paperback. A French limited edition prophecy for the years 1944 to 1948, a unique work with illustrations. A limited edition work, limited to one-thousand nine-hundred and ninety-nine copies, of which this is numbered two-hundred and seventy-nine.In Fr...

A Voyage to Spitzbergen; Containing an Account of That Country, of the Zoology of the North; of the Shetland Isles; and of the Whale Fishery

John Laing · 1818 · Rooke Books

£800.00 (€958.91 | $1,056.85 | ¥168,765)

Edinburgh, Printed for Adam Black , 1818. Cloth. The scarce second edition of this fascinating little book narrating John Laing's experiences as a surgeon on a whaling voyage to the Arctic. The second edition of this work, corrected and enlarged.Comprising John Laing&apos...

The Complete Insomniac

Hilary Rubinstein · 1974 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, Jonathan Cape , 1974. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this fascinating study on sleep by Hilary Rubinstein. An excellent example inscribed and signed by the author. The first edition of this work, published in 1947.Inscribed and signed by the author to the t...

The Commissioned Sea Officers of the Royal Navy 1660-1815

David Syrett; R. L. DiNardo · 1994 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)

England, Scolar Press, 1994. Cloth. An important reference work on the Royal Navy, noting the commissioned sea officers between 1660 to 1815. An immense reference work detailing the commissioned sea officers of the Royal Navy during the period of 1660 to 1815, encompassing an ...

Travels in Southern Africa in the Years 1803, 1804, 1805, and 1806

Henry Lichtenstein; [Hinrich Lichtenstein]; Anne Plumptre · 1928 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.05 | ¥50,630)

Cape Town, The Van Riebeeck Society, 1928-30. Cloth. A reprint of Hinrich Lichtenstein's exciting travel account of his time spent in South Africa, illustrated throughout, including with folding maps and plates. Complete in two volumes.Volume I illustrated with five plate...

Africa Being an Accurate Description of the Regions of Aegypt Barbary Lybia and Billedulgerid

John OGilby · 1670 · Rooke Books

£4,750.00 (€5,693.55 | $6,275.04 | ¥1,002,045)

London, Tho Johnson, 1670. Hardback. The first edition of John Ogilby's important work on the African continent. The first title in a proposed atlas of the world series. Following this volume Ogilby published volumes on America, Japan, China and Asia. Intended for a Briti...

The Flora of Suffolk

W. M. Hind; Churchill Babington · 1889 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

London, Gurney and Jackson, 1889. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this topographical study of Suffolk's flora, illustrated with a colour folding map. The first edition of this work.A topographical work on the native flora of Suffolk, observing the plants in the...

Napoleon

Philippe de Segur · 1912 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.11 | ¥61,177)

Paris, Ernest Flammarion, 1912. Cloth. A French account of the 1812 invasion of Russia, illustrated beautifully with colour plates throughout. In the original French.Illustrated with fifty-five colour plates and two monochrome plates.Collated, complete.Extracted from Philippe ...

The Vertebrate Fauna of North Wales

H. E. Forrest · 1907 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.49 | $495.40 | ¥79,109)

London, Witherby & Cod, 1907. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of Forrest's illustrated study of the fauna of North Wales, illustrated with a folding map. The first edition of this work.Signed by the author to the recto to the front endpaper, 'With kind r...

A Contribution to the Flora of Derbyshire

William Hunt Painter · 1889 · Rooke Books

£89.00 (€106.68 | $117.57 | ¥18,775)

London, George Bell & Sons, 1889. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of William Hunt Painter's important reference work on the natural flora of Derbyshire, illustrated with a colour folding map. The first edition of this work.A concise and important work looking to t...

The Vertebrate Fauna of North Wales

H. E. Forrest · 1907 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

London, Witherby & Co, 1907. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this beautifully illustrated study of the common vertebrate fauna native to North Wales, illustrated with a folding map. The first edition of this work.An exploration of the vertebrate fauna commonly found...

The World of Anecdote: An Accumulation of Facts, Incidents, and Illustrations, Historical and Biographical, from Books and Times Recent and Remote

Edwin Paxton Hood · 1870 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.05 | ¥10,548)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1870. Leather. A leather bound collection of anecdotes from across the globe written by non-conformist, Edwin Paxton Hood. This work details all manner of events, characters, occurrences and customs from across the world.Written by Edwin Paxton Ho...

Fact and Fiction, Past and Present

Ben Charles Jones · 1884 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, Messrs. Williams & Norgate, 1884 . Cloth. A lovely copy of this theist and historic work exploring religion and ancient Egypt. Comprises three works by Ben. Charles Jones bound as one: 'Allegories, Discourses, Dissertations, Disquisitions, Episodes, Legends, Parab...

With Boat and Gun in the Yangtze Valley

Henling Thomas Wade · 1910 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.49 | $495.40 | ¥79,109)

Shanghai, Shanghai Mercury, 1910. Cloth. The second edition of this fascinating and detailed guide to the Yangtze Valley, illustrated throughout. The second edition of this work.Henling Thomas Wade's comprehensive guide to shooting in the lower reaches of the Yangtze vall...

The Trial, by Impeachment, of Henry Lord Viscount Melville, for High Crimes and Misdemeanors, Before the House of Peers, in Westminster Hall, between the 29th of April and the 17th of May, 1806

1806 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.11 | ¥61,177)

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1806. First edition. Leather. A diced calf bound first edition of this detailed account of the 1806 trial of impeachment against Henry Dundas, Lord Melville. Illustrated with a frontispiece. The first edition of this work.An account of t...

Fire over London 1940-41

1941 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

London & Melbourne, THe London County Council; Hutchinson & Co. 1941. Brochure/Pamphlet. A riveting and richly illustrated pamphlet detailing the operations of London's fire service during the depths of the Second World War. A fascinating account leading the reader throug...

Pekin, Jeddo, and San Francisco. The Conclusion of a Voyage Round the World

Marquis de Beauvoir; Agnes Stephenson; Helen Stephenson · 1872 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.79 | ¥37,972)

London, John Murray, 1872. First edition. Cloth. The first English edition of this exciting voyage account, illustrated with beautiful folding plates throughout. The first English edition of this work.An account of the conclusion of de Beauvoir's voyage around the world, ...

Japanesiska Studier Och Skizzer

Konni Zilliacus · 1896 · Rooke Books

£400.00 (€479.46 | $528.42 | ¥84,383)

Helsingfors, Wentzel Hagelstams Forlag, 1896. First edition. Cloth. A wonderfully illustrated travel work on Japan, written by the Finnish Independence activist Konni Zilliacus. The very scarce first edition of this work.In the original German.A beautiful study on Japan, compl...

The Fracture of Meaning: Japan&Apos;S Synthesis of China from the Eighth Through the Eighteenth Centuries

David Pollack · 1986 · Rooke Books

£79.00 (€94.69 | $104.36 | ¥16,666)

New Jersey, Princeton University Press, 1986. Cloth. A fascinating exploration into Japan's synthesis of China, in a scarce and well-preserved dust wrapper. This work closely explores the historical relationship between Japanese culture and Chinese civilization, looking a...

Le &Apos;Francais&Apos; Au Pole Sud, Journal de L&Apos;Expedition Antarctique Francaise 1903-1905

Jean-Baptiste Charcot; A. Matha; J. J. Rey · 1906 · Rooke Books

£400.00 (€479.46 | $528.42 | ¥84,383)

Paris, E. Flammarion, 1906. Leather. A French work on the 1903-05 Antarctic Expedition led by Jean-Baptiste Charcot, illustrated with detailed folding maps. In the original French.Recounting the 1903-1905 French expedition to the Antarctic, an adventure led by Jean-Baptiste Ch...