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Liber Quotidianus Contrarotulatoris Garderobae. Anno Regni Regis Edwardi Primi Vicesimo Octavo Ad MCCXIX and MCCC

John Topham · 1787 · Rooke Books

£100.00 (€119.86 | $132.11 | ¥21,096)

London, J Nichols, 1787. Cloth. An uncommon account of Edward I's wardrobe account, with an analytical introduction by English official, antiquary and librarian John Topham. This work transcribes the wardrobe account of Edward I in 1299 and 1300 with an introduction by Jo...

A Yorkshireman Abroad or Under the Southern Cross 35,000 Miles in Six Months

E. J. Smith · 1915 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)

London, John Long, 1915. Cloth. A scarce second edition signed copy of this early twentieth century volume of travel writing. Profusely illustrated throughout with photographs taken by the author whilst on the trip. Second edition, published the same year as the first edition....

Henry VIII and James I and VI

A. F. Pollard; T. F. Henderson · 1902 · Rooke Books

£945.00 (€1,132.72 | $1,248.40 | ¥199,354)

London, Goupil & Co, 1902 - 1904. First edition. Cloth. A set of two limited edition volumes looking at two historic British monarchs, Henry VIII, and James I, illustrated throughout with coloured frontispiece and contemporary portraits of prominent figures. Both volumes are l...

The Pilgrim: A Dialogue on the Life and Actions of King Henry the Eighth with Notes from the Archives at Paris and Brussels by J.A. Froude

William Thomas; J. A. Froude · 1861 · Rooke Books

£155.00 (€185.79 | $204.76 | ¥32,698)

London, Parker, Son, and Bourn, 1861. Cloth. A previously unpublished work on Henry VIII, written just after his death by an avid supporter. 'The Pilgrim' is an interesting analysis of the reign of the infamous King Henry VIII. It was written by William Thomas, who w...

Selected Passages from the Annals of Bristol

John Latimer · 1955 · Rooke Books

£390.00 (€467.47 | $515.21 | ¥82,273)

Bristol , West of England College of Art, 1955. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce edition of this history of Bristol, produced by the West of England College of Art and profusely illustrated throughout with many woodcuts, designed by students. Profusely illustrated throughou...

Sassa Yo Yassa Japanische Tanze

Bernhard Kellermann · 1926 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

Berlin, Paul Cassirer Verlag, c1912. Leather. A charmingly illustrated book about Japanese dances and culture. Written in the original German. A book about Japanese dances, and culture in Japan. Some of the dances described in this book are 'Der Tanz des Waschebleichens&a...

A History of Architecture in All Countries from the Earliest Times to the Present Day

James Fergusson · 1887 · Rooke Books

£370.00 (€443.50 | $488.79 | ¥78,054)

New York, Dodd, Mead, And Company, 1887. Leather. A smartly bound copy of this thorough and illustrated history of architecture throughout the world, written by the well known Scottish architecture historian, James Fergusson. James Fergusson is remembered for being an art hist...

A Specimen of Arbitrary Power; in a Speech Made by the Grand Seignior to His Janizaries

Anon · 1731 · Rooke Books

£775.00 (€928.95 | $1,023.82 | ¥163,492)

London, W Pepper, 1731. First edition. Disbound. An extremely scarce political pamphlet from 1731, written anonymously and regarded as attacking the Prime Minister Robert Walpole. The first and only edition of this work. Written anonymously and purtporting to be a speech given...

Scott of the Antarctic

Reginald Pound · 1968 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

London, World Books, 1968. Cloth. A moving biography about the ill-fated Antarctic explorer Robert Falcon Scott. Captain Scott led two expeditions to the Antarctic in his lifetime, the 'Discovery Expedition, which was a large-scale expedition to carry out scientific and g...

To Abyssinia Through an Unknown Land an Account of a Journey Through Unexplored Regions of British East Africa by Lake Rudolf O the Kingdom of Menelek

Captain C H Stigand · 1910 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.52 | $462.37 | ¥73,835)

London, Seeley and Co. 1910. First edition. Cloth. Chauncey Stigand's account of his time in British East Africa with the King's African Rifles. "To Abyssinia Through an Unknown Land" is Chauncey Hugh Stigand"s accounts of his traveling to East Africa in 1901 with th...

The English Historical Review Published Quarterly

Various; Rev Mandell Creighton (ed) · 1886 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.74 | $251.00 | ¥40,082)

London, Longmans, Green & Co, 1886-87. Leather. Two volumes of 'The English Historical Review' edited by Rev Mandell Creighton, with work by author such as H G Keene, Oscar Browning, and S R Gardiner. The English Historical Review is the oldest surviving English lang...

Travels in South Africa Undertaken at the Request of the Missionary Society

John Campbell · 1815 · Rooke Books

£1,400.00 (€1,678.10 | $1,849.49 | ¥295,340)

London, Black and Parry et al. 1815. First edition. Leather. A comprehensive and fascinating work on missionary John Campbell's travels in South Africa. The first edition of this work. Campbell was heavily involved with the abolition of the slave trade. Illustrated, a fro...

Co-Operation in a University Town with the Seventy Years Record of the Cambridge and District Co-Operative Society Limited

W Henry Brown · 1938 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.39 | $594.48 | ¥94,931)

London, Co-Operative Printing Society, 1938. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this historical look at Cambridge and the University. This is the first work to be illustrated by Ronald Searle. Ronald Searle was a British artist and satirical cartoon artist. He created ...

Report on the Basin of Moose River and Adjacent Country Belonging to the Province of Ontario

E. B. Borron · 1890 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)

Toronto, Warwick & Sons, 1890. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce first edition study of the Moose River Basin, as written by politician E. B. Borron, with folding maps. A very scarce first edition. Bound in publisher's original pink paper wraps. Penned by Canadian ...

Three Front Cover Wraps for Auction Catalogues for the Lythwood Estate & Two Folding Plans (Messrs. Hall, Wateridge and Owen)

1905 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

Shrewsbury, Messrs. Hall, Wateridge and Owen , 1905. Cloth. A very scarce collection of large auction catalogue front wraps for the 1905 sales of Lythwood Estate, together with two large folding plans. A unique folio comprising three original front wraps used for auction catal...

Modern Painters in 5 Volumes

John Ruskin · 1923 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London; New York, J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd; E. P. Dutton & Co, c1906-1923. First edition. Cloth. A four volume set by English Polymath John Ruskin, featuring illustrations, including in colour. Four volumes out of the original five published. Bound in publisher's original or...

Industrial Reconstruction: A Symposium on the Situation After the War and How to Meet It

Various [ed. by Huntly Carter] · 1917 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, T. F. Unwin, 1917. Cloth. A scarce collection of opinions on how Britain should be rebuilt after the First World War, including those from George Bernard Shaw and Hillaire Belloc. Industrial Reconstruction: A Symposium on the Situation After the War and How to Meet It,...

Essai Bibliographique Sur la Destruction Volontaire Des Livres Ou Bibliolytie

Fernand Drujon · 1889 · Rooke Books

£345.00 (€413.53 | $455.77 | ¥72,780)

Paris, Maison Quantin, 1889 . Leather. The first separate edition of Drujon's fascinating bibliography of two hundred and sixty eight deliberately destroyed books, one of only two hundred and fifty numbered copies on papier verge. Rebound in a modern quarter brown calf bi...

Smalcaldensis Geographia Antiqua

Christophori Cellarii [Christoph Cellarius], [ed. by Samuel Patrick] · 1764 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.52 | $462.37 | ¥73,835)

London, J. & T. Pote et al. 1764. Leather. A fascinating dive into ancient maps of the world from a reputable German historian, with numerous folding maps, enlarged by Samuel Patrick. The enlarged fifth edition of Smalcaldensis Geographia Antiqua (The Ancient Geography of Smal...

Gerard&Apos;S Herball, or Generall Historie of Plantes

John Gerard [ed. by Thomas Jonhson, Marcus Woodward] · 1927 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.49 | $495.40 | ¥79,109)

London, Gerald Howe, 1927. Vellum. A limited edition facsimile of an iconic work within English horticulture, one of 150 copies printed on handmade paper and in the publisher's original vellum. The limited edition facsimile of Gerard's Herball, or Generall Historie O...