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Carlsbads Memorabilien Vom Jahre 1325 Bus 1839

Jos. Joh. Lenhart · 1840 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

Strag, Druck und Papier von Gottlieb Haase Sohne, 1840. Hardback. A lovely example of this very scarce work of local topography by Joseph Johannes Lenhart. In the original German. Very scarce. In the original German. Illustrated with a frontispiece titled 'Carlsbad Von De...

A Pilgrimage to the Temples and Tombs of Egypt, Nubia, and Palestine, in 1845-6

Mrs. [Isabella Frances] Romer · 1846 · Rooke Books

£2,300.00 (€2,756.87 | $3,038.44 | ¥485,201)

London, Richard Bentley, 1846. First edition. Cloth. A lovely example of this work of travel writing by Mrs. Romer in which she discusses a religious pilgrimage through Africa. Very scarce. First edition (Copac). Complete in 2 volumes, uniformly bound in the publisher's o...

Foods and Feeling Habits of the Pedi with Special Reference to Identification, Classification, Preparation and Nutritive Value of the Respective Foods

P. J. Quin · 1959 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

Johannesburg, Witwatersrand University Press, 1959. First edition. Cloth. An interesting first edition copy of this work of anthropology documenting the food and eating habits of local groups living in South Africa. First edition. An exploration of the diet and food habits of ...

George the Third His Court and Family

[John Galt] · 1821 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)

London, Henry Colburn and Co, 1821. Cloth. An illustrated biography of the life and monarchy of King George III of England, written by John Galt. Complete in two volumes. An interesting look at the life of George III, discussing his country, court, and family. King George III ...

The Darwen County History Series a History of Northamptonshire a History of Warwickshire a History of Huntingdonshire

R. L. Greenall; Terry Slater; Michael Wickes. · 1979 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London, Phillimore, 1979-1985. First edition. Cloth. Three fascinating first edition volumes from the 'The Darwen County History Series'; examining the history of Northamptonshire, Warwickshire, and Huntingdonshire. 'A History of Northamptonshire' was writt...

The Barrington Papers Selected from Letters and Papers of Admiral the Hon. Samuel Barrington

Samuel Barrington; D. Bonner-Smith (ed.) · 1937 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

London, Printed for the Navy Records Society, 1937-41 . First edition. Cloth. A complete two volume set of this first edition copy of 'The Barrington Papers'; consisting of the letters, papers, and correspondence of Samuel Barrington. These works are volumes LXXVII a...

A Review of the Proceedings at Paris During the Last Summer. Including an Exact and Particular Account of the Memorable Events, on the 20th of June, the 14th of July, the 10th of August, and the 2nd of September; with Observations and Reflections on the Characters, Principles and Conduct of the Most Conspicuous Persons Concerned in Promoting the Suspension and Dethronement of Louis the Sixteenth

James Fennell · 1792 · Rooke Books

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

London, E. and T. William, 1792. Leather. The very scarce first edition of James Fennell's first account of what happened in Paris in 1791, during the French Revolution. A very scarce work. The first edition of this work. This work is a first hand account of the events th...

Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review

Lord Macaulay · 1861 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.84 | $151.92 | ¥24,260)

London, Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts, 1861. Leather. A handsome bound volume by Lord Macaulay, being a series of critics and historical essays published in the Edinburgh Review. New edition. Complete in one volume. In an attractive full calf binding, with gilt detail to...

Polyanthea Librorum Vetustiorum, Italicorum, Gallicorum, Hipanicorum, Anglicanorum, Et Latinorum.

[Sir Samuel Egerton Brydges] · 1822 · Rooke Books

£345.00 (€413.53 | $455.77 | ¥72,780)

Genevae , Typis G. Fick, 1822. Hardback. A very scarce work by Sir Samuel Egerton Brydges presenting various translations of 'Polyanthea Librorum Vetustiorum&apos. Two parts in one. A very scarce work. One of seventy five copies printed. With two ink inscriptions to the f...

On Land and Sea at the Dardanelles

T. C. Bridges · 1915 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

London, Collins Clear Type Press, [1915]. First edition. Cloth. A scarce and very smart first edition copy of this charming work of fiction set during the First World War; following the hero Ken Carrington on his adventures in and around the Dardanelles. This copy is undated, ...

The Niger and Its Neighbours Environmental History and Hydrobiology, Human Use and Health Hazards of the Major West African Rivers

A. T. Grove (Ed) · 1985 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

Rotterdam; Boston, A. A. Balkema , 1985. Cloth. A interesting work of geography from Niger and surrounding areas in the West of Africa. This pleasing copy is held in the original unclipped dustwrapper. Edited by A. T. Grove, of the University of Cambridge. In the publisher&apo...

My Sudan Year

E S Stevens · 1912 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.58 | ¥35,863)

London, Mills and Boon, 1912. First edition. Cloth. A scarce travelogue by Ethel Stefana Stevens regarding her time in the Sudan during her career as an anthropologist. The first edition of this work. In the publisher's original binding. Profusely illustrated, with forty ...

An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of Cambridge

Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England · 1988 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

London, Her Majesty's Stationary Office, 1988. Paperback. Two volumes of this historical work regarding the historical monuments in Cambridge. Profusely illustrated across both volumes. The second impression of this work. Commissioned by 'The Royal Commission on the ...

The Bancrofts Recollections of Sixty Years

Squire Bancroft; Effie Bancroft. · 1909 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, John Murray, 1909. First edition. Leather. A first edition copy of this autobiographical work, exploring the life and career of two actors of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. First edition copy of this work. In a half morocco binding, with cloth cover...

The Rise of the Dutch Republic

John Lothrop Motley · 1878 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, Bickers and Son, 1878. Leather. A handsomely bound copy of John Lothrop Motley work, rebound with the crest of Liverpool College to the front board. In a full calf binding, with the crest of Liverpool College to the front board. With a prize bookplate to the front past...

Le Caractere de la Reine Elizabet

Edmund Bohun · 1694 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.79 | ¥37,972)

La Haye, Jean Alberts, 1694. Leather. A very scarce French translation of Edmund Bohun's fascinating study of the character of Queen Elizabeth I. Studying her personal virtue and defects, her policies, the methods of her government both in church and state, and the most n...

Histoire de Henry de la Tour D&Apos;Auvergne, Duc de Bouillon; Ou L&Apos;on Trouve Ce Qui S&Apos;Est Passe de Plus Remarquable Sous Les Regnes de Francois II. Charles IX. Henry III. Henry Du Regne de Louis XIII.

M. Marsollier · 1719 · Rooke Books

£570.00 (€683.23 | $753.00 | ¥120,245)

Paris, Francois Barois, 1719. Leather. A three volume set of works exploring the life of Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, the Duke of Bouillon. In the original French. A scarce first edition copy of this biographical work. Rebacked in a uniform full calf binding. Written by J...

Royal Yachts

C. M. Gvin · 1932 · Rooke Books

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

London, Rich and Cowan Ltd. 1932. First edition. Leather. An exceptional and original copy of this limited first edition of this work, a study of Royal Yachts by Charles Murray Gavin, copiously illustrated throughout. Providing a history of Yachts, and specifically Royal Yacht...

Memoirs of Great Britain and Ireland from the Dissolution of Parliament Until the Capture of the French and Spanish Fleets at Vigo

Sir John Dalrymple · 1771 · Rooke Books

£1,240.00 (€1,486.32 | $1,638.12 | ¥261,587)

London, W Strahan, T Cadell; A Strahan, T Cadell, 1771-8. First edition. Leather. The complete three volumes of Sir John Dalrymple's comprehensive history of Great Britain and Ireland from the dissolution of the last Parliament of Charles II until the turn of the eighteen...

English Seamen Under the Tudors

H. R. Fox Bourne · 1868 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)

London, Richard Bentley, 1868. Cloth. An attractive and complete copy of Henry Fox Bourne's work on the sea life under the Tudors, illustrated with five coloured maps. Complete in two volumes. The first volume in this set looks at the exploration and trade by sea during t...