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Post-War Speeches the Sinews of Peace; Europe Unite; in the Balance; Stemming the Tide; the Unwritten Alliance

Winston Churchill · 1948 · Rooke Books

£1,300.00 (€1,558.23 | $1,717.38 | ¥274,244)

London, Cassell and Company, 1948-1951. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon, first edition set of Winston Churchill's post-war speeches. All volumes retaining their original dustwrappers. A complete set of Churchill's post-war speeches. Published between 1948 and 1961....

A Series of Adventures in the Course of a Voyage Up the Red-Sea, on the Coasts of Arabia and Egypt; and of a Route Through the Desarts of Thebais, Hitherto Unknown to the European Traveller, in the Year M. Dcc. LXXVII

Eyles Irwin · 1780 · Rooke Books

£2,250.00 (€2,696.94 | $2,972.39 | ¥474,653)

London, J. Dodsley, 1780. First edition. Leather. A very smart first edition of Eyles Irwin's account of his exciting voyage up the Red Sea, illustrated throughout with folding maps. The first edition of this work.Half-title is present.Illustrated with three folding maps,...

In Defence of the Regalia 1651-2 Being Selections from the Family Papers of the Ogilvies of Barras

Douglas Gordon Barron · 1910 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co, 1910. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this historically insightful collection of papers from Clan Ogilvy, illustrated throughout. The first edition of this work.A collection of papers from the archives of the Ogilvies of Barras, the ...

The History of France, Under the Kings of the Race of Valois, from the Accession of Charles the Fifth in 1364, to the Death of Charles the Ninth in 1574

Nathaniel William Wraxall · 1807 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.80 | $191.55 | ¥30,589)

London, J. Mawman, 1807. Hardback. A fascinating history of France from 1364 to 1574, whilst the country was under the rule of the Valois family. Complete in two volumes. In the publishers' original boards.The third edition of this work.A detailed history on the period of...

The Story of the City Companies

P. H. Ditchfield · 1926 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.05 | ¥10,548)

London, G. T. Foulis & Company LTD, 1926. First edition. Cloth. A fine first edition of this detailed history of the company guilds of England, illustrated throughout. The first edition of this work.Ditchfield's extensive history on the guilds of England, detailing the hi...

Substance of the Arguments on the Important Questions, Now Depending &Apos;Whether or Not the Crown Can Grant Reviews After Sentence at the Cockpit on Appeals in Prize Causes?&Apos;

1785 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.79 | ¥37,972)

London, J. Debrett , 1785. Paperback. A vanishingly scarce political pamphlet, questioning the authority of the crown. A very scarce work, vanishingly scarce.A concise pamphlet, discussing the question of whether or not the crown can grant reviews after a sentence at the co...

Two Thousand Years of Gild Life; or an Outline of the History and Development of the Gild System from Early Times, with Special Reference to Its Application to Trade and Industry; Together with a Full Account of the Gilds and Trading Companies of Kingston-Upon-Hull, from the 14th to the 18th Century

J. Malet Lambert · 1891 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

Hull, A. Brown & Sons, 1891. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this extensive history of the guilds in England, illustrated throughout with many plates. The first edition of this work.Lambert's extensive account on the history of guilds in England, detailing the ...

The Standard Guide to South Asian Coins and Paper Money Since 1556 Ad

Colin R. Bruce II · 1981 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)

Wisconsin, Krause Publications, 1981. First edition. Cloth. A fine first edition of this extensive guide to money of South Asia since 1556AD, profusely illustrated. The first edition of this work.A fascinating numismatic work, looking at the coins and paper money from South As...

Della Origine Et de&Apos;Fatti Delle Famigle Illustri Di Italia. Nel Quale, Oltre Alla Particolare Cognitione, Cos de Principi, Come Anco Delle Dipendenze, Et Parentele Di Esse Case Nobili, Si Veggono Per Lo Spatio Di Pi Di Mille Anni, Quasi Tutte le Guerre Et Fatti Notabili, Successi in Italia, Et Fuori, Fino a Tempi Nostri. Con I Nomi de I Pi Famosi Capitani Et Generali Che Siano Stati, Cos Antichi, Come Moderni

Francesco Sansovino · 1609 · Rooke Books

£1,600.00 (€1,917.83 | $2,113.70 | ¥337,531)

Vinegia/Venezia, Altobello Salicato, 1609. Vellum. An original Italian work on the grand families of Italy, bound in a contemporary paper vellum binding. In the original Italian.A work on the history of grand Italian families.The work discusses the princes, dependencies and ki...

Lives, Characters, and an Address to Posterity

Gilbert Burnet; John Jebb · 1833 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

London, James Duncan, 1833. Cloth. Gilbert Burnet's insightful biographies on a number of prominent characters of his time, edited here by John Jebb. A collection of the biographical works of Gilbert Burnet, including his biographies on Sir Matthew Hale, John Earl of Roch...

Ratio Constiutae Nuper Reipub. Angliae, Scotiae, Hiberniae, Una Cum Insulis Aliisque Locis Ejus Ditioni Subjectis, Penes Dom. Protectorem & Parlamentum in Qua Ostenditur, Constitutionem Hanc Non Modo Priorum Mutationum Rationibus Convenire, & Exillis Necessario Sequi; Sed Iis Etiam, Quae a Parlamento & Exercitu Delarata Palam Atque Acta Sunt, Prorsus Esse Consentaneam. Quae Quidem Sensus Atque Judiciuro Hominum Complurium Est, Qui Per Has Omnes Rerum Inclinationes Ac Motus, & Dei & Patriae Causa

Anon · 1654 · Rooke Books

£525.00 (€629.29 | $693.56 | ¥110,752)

London, T Newcomb, 1654. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce Latin translation of the 1654 work 'A True State of the Case of the Commonwealth&apos. A fascinating commentary on the political state of England during Cromwell's protectorate. The author of this work is ...

The Ruins of Pompeii a Series of Eighteen Photographic Views

Thomas H Dyer · 1867 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.25 | $726.58 | ¥116,026)

London, Bell and Daldy, 1867. First edition. Leather. The first edition of Thomas H Dyer's historical and archaeological study on the ruins of Pompeii. An uncommon work. Collated, complete, with eighteen plates. The 'House of Cornelius Rufus' has been bound in ...

The State of the Nation

Various · 1748 · Rooke Books

£950.00 (€1,138.71 | $1,255.01 | ¥200,409)

Dublin; London, A. Bradley; William Ranson; H. Carpenter; George and Alexander Ewing; M. Owen; G. and A. Ewing, 1748. Leather. A collection of five uncommon works bound in one, a collection of works by James Thomson, and Sir Thomas Fitzosborne, and more. Uncommon works, with ...

L&Apos;Art de Jetter Les Bombes

Francois Blondel · 1685 · Rooke Books

£1,100.00 (€1,318.51 | $1,453.17 | ¥232,053)

Hague, Arnout Leers, 1685. Leather. A very scarce second edition of Francois Blondel's fascinating and unique work on bombing in the French military in the late eighteenth century. The second edition of this work.A very scarce.In the original French.Illustrated with a vig...

Miscellaneous Anecdotes Illustrative of the Manners and History of Europe

James Pellar Malcolm · 1811 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.29 | ¥58,013)

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1811. Leather. A scarce, first edition copy of this work regarding the manners and history of Europe. Illustrated, with five plates. Collated, complete.With half title and publisher's adverts. With the bookplate 'Hobart...

Ano Teresiano, Diario Historico, Panegyrico Moral, En Que Se Descriven Las Virtudes, Sucessos, Y Maravillas, de la Serphica, Y Mystica Doctora, de la Ingelsia St Teresa de Jesus, Assignadas, a Todos Los Dias de Los Meses, En Que Sucedideron. Proponense Con Varia Exornacion de Todo Genero de Letras Divinas, Y Humanas, Y Historiales, Symbolos, Sentencias de Santos Padres, Y Philosophos Antiguos

Antonio de San Joaquin Flores · 1733 · Rooke Books

£1,800.00 (€2,157.55 | $2,377.91 | ¥379,722)

Madrid, Manuel Fernandez, 1733. Vellum. A very scarce Spanish work on the life and daily life of Saint Teresa of Avila, written by Antonio de San Joaquin Flores. Illustrated throughout. A very scarce work.In the original Spanish.This work was originally published in twelve vol...

Afbildningar Af Nordiska Dragter Sadana de Burits Eller Baras Uti Olika Landskap Costumes Nationaux Scandinaves, Tel Qu&Apos;Ils Sont Encore Portes Ou Qu&Apos;Ils Etaient Portes a Une Epoque Plus Ou Moins Recente

H. Thulstrup · 1888 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)

Stockholm, P. B. Eklunds Forlag, 1888-9. First edition. Cloth. A beautiful first edition of this interesting work on the costumes worn in Scandinavia, illustrated with sixteen chromolithograph plates. The first edition of this work.In the original Swedish and French.Illustrate...

Law Is a Bottomless-Pit. Exmeplify&Apos;D in the Case of the Lord Strutt, John Bull, Nicholas Frog, and Lewis Baboon. Who Spent All They Had in a Law-Suit John Bull in His Senses: Being the Second Part of Law Is a Bottomless-Pit John Bull Still in His Senses: Being the Third Part of Law Is a Bottomless-Pit an Appendix to John Bull Still in His Senses: Or, Law Is a Bottomless-Pit a Complete Key to the Four Parts of Law Is a Bottomless-Pit, and the Story of the St. Alban&Apos;S Ghost

John Arbuthnot · 1712 · Rooke Books

£1,250.00 (€1,498.30 | $1,651.33 | ¥263,696)

London, John Morphew, 1712. Leather. A collection of the five satirical pamphlets relating to the figure John Bull, created by John Arbuthnot, a selection of firsts to fourth editions. A rare collection of the five politically satirical pamphlets relating to John Bull.'...

Memorials of Sergeant William Marjouram, Royal Artillery; Including Six Years&Apos; Service in New Zealand, During the Late Maori War

William Marjouram · 1861 · Rooke Books

£270.00 (€323.63 | $356.69 | ¥56,958)

London, James Nisbet and Co, 1861. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of the memorials of Sergeant William Marjouram about his experiences fighting in the Maori War, illustrated with a frontispiece. The scarce first edition of this work.The memoirs of William Marjo...

Britain&Apos;S Sea Soldiers. A Record of the Royal Marines During the War 1914-1919

General Sir H. E. Blumberg · 1927 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.27 | ¥52,739)

Devonport, Swiss & Co, 1927. First edition. Leather. The first edition of Colonel Herbert Blumberg's detailed history of the Royal Navy during the First World War, illustrated throughout. The first edition of this work.An in-depth look into the activities of the Royal Nav...