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History of the Plague in London, 1665

Daniel De Foe; Sir Walter Scott · 1889 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, George Bell and Sons , 1889. Cloth. A pleasing copy of Daniel Defoe's account of the Great Plague of London, this scarce edition fixed with a preface by Sir Walter Scott. A scarce edition published for 'Bohn's Select Library', with a preface by Sir ...

The Street Trader&Apos;S Lot, London 1851: Being an Account of the Lives, Miseries, Joys and Chequered Activities of the London Street Sellers As Recorded by Their Contemporary Henry Mayhew

Henry Mayhew; Stanley Rubinstein [ed.]; M. Dorothy George [intro.] · 1947 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

London, Sylvan Press, 1947. First edition. Cloth. // An uncommon first edition. In the original cloth binding.                This intriguing volume comprises contemporary accounts of the lives of London street sellers in 1851,  recorded first by Henry Mayhew an...

The First Hundred Years of the Marine and General Mutual Life Assurance Society

L. H. Humpherson · 1852 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

Edinburgh, R. &. R. Clark Ltd. 1852. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce history of the The Marine and General Mutual Life Assurance Society, with illustrations. First edition. Very scarce work. With the original compliments of the Chairman and Director...

A. Garstin & Co. Wholesale Manufacturers of Bags, Trunks and Leather Goods

A. Garstin & Co. · 1912 · Rooke Books

£650.00 (€779.12 | $858.69 | ¥137,122)

London, A. Garstin & Co. 1912. First edition. Cloth. A charming and extremely scarce 1912 catalogue of the leather goods and miscellaneous items sold by manufacturer and wholesaler A. Garstin & Co. A very scarce Spring 1912 catalogue for the leather goods manufacturer and whol...

Unknown Westminster Abbey

Lawrence E. Tanner · 1948 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)

Harmondsworth Middlesex, Penguin , 1948. First edition. Leather. A smartly bound first edition of Lawrence Tanner's illustrated study of Westminster Abbey, bound in modern crushed half morocco by Syd. A. Howe. The first edition.Bound in modern crushed half morocco by Syd....

The Joyous Neighbourhood of Covent Garden: " a Literary Souvenir of the Tavistock Hotel, Done in Celebration of Its Hundredth Anniversary

Charles Eyre Pascoe · 1887 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

London, Chiswick Press , 1887. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce centennial souvenir history of the Tavistock Hotel. First edition. A very scarce volume.In the original cloth binding.Charmingly illustrated with engraved vignettes by John Jellicoe. A literary souvenir of th...

The Hallowed Spots of Ancient London: Historical, Biographical, and Antiquarian Sketches, Illustrative of Places and Events As They Appeared and Occurred in the Olden Time

Eliza Meteyard · 1870 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, Charles Griffin and Company , 1870. Cloth. A curious illustrated work on the memories of London from Eliza Meteyard. A new edition of this uncommon work. In the original decorative cloth binding.This charming volume offers accounts of the events and people that once h...

The Specials: How They Served London. The Story of the Metropolitan Special Constabulary

Colonel W. T. Reay · 1920 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.71 | ¥62,232)

London, William Heinemann, 1920. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce copy of this compelling account of London's Metropolitan Special Constabulary at the time of the Great War. The first edition of this very scarce work. Complete with the equally very scarce unclipped du...

Bloomsbury and St. Giles&Apos;S: Past and Present

George Clinch · 1890 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, Truslove and Shirley, 1890. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated history of Bloomsbury and the surrounding area, previously held in the library of Ambrose Heal. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and twenty-four plates. Collated c...

Essays; Representative Men: Nature, Addresses and Lectures

Ralph Waldo Emerson · 1883 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

Boston and New York, Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1883 . Leather. A wonderful collection of essays and lectures from Ralph Waldo Emerson, including discussions of Transcendentalism, and of the lives of great men. Attractive half calf examples of two non-fiction works from Am...

The Nottingham Sacred Harmonic Society: A Retrospect

Arthur Johnson · 1905 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

Nottingham, The Caxton Press, 1905. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce history of the Nottingham Harmonic Society, the city's civic choir. The first edition of this very scarce survey of the Nottingham Harmonic Society. In the original wraps, with cloth spine. Illu...

Lives of Cardinal Alberoni, the Duke of Ripperda, and Marquis of Pombal, Three Distinguished Political Adventurers of the Last Century.

George Moore · 1814 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

London, J. Rodwell, 1814. Leather. An excellent example of the third edition of George Moore's biographical work on three prominent political adventurers of the eighteenth century. The third edition of this work.George Moore's extensive biographical work on Cardinal ...

History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France, from the Year 1807 to the Year 1814.

W. F. P. Napier · 1836 · Rooke Books

£1,200.00 (€1,438.37 | $1,585.27 | ¥253,148)

London, Thomas & William Boone , 1836-48 . First edition. Leather. An excellent, complete set of Napier's decisive work on the Peninsula War, comprised of two first editions and four early editions, uniformly bound in half calf. Bound in half calf with marbled paper cover...

Memorials of Wilton and Other Papers

James Edward Nightingale; Edward Kite [ed.] · 1906 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

Devizes, George Simpson, Gazette Office , 1906. Cloth. A scarce copy of this privately distributed history of Wilton, with a presentation slip from residences of "The Mount", the address of the late author. A scarce work, with only 150 copies printed for private distribution ...

Fishing from the Earliest Times

William Radcliffe · 1926 · Rooke Books

£69.00 (€82.71 | $91.15 | ¥14,556)

London, John Murray, 1926. Cloth. The second edition of this intriguing ancient history of fishing by William Radcliffe, illustrated throughout. The second edition of this work. In the publisher's original cloth binding. This historical volume traces the sport of fishin...

The History and Antiquities of Claybrook

Rev. A. Macaulay · 1791 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, J. Nichols , 1791 . First edition. Leather. A vanishingly scarce work presenting the history and antiquities of Claybrook, Leicester, in the first edition. The first edition. Vanishingly scarce work. Written by Aulay Macaulay, a Scottish author and reverend, and the un...

Nottingham Castle: Half Hours Among Its Art Treasures: A Guide for Visitors and Students

Helen Wright · 1928 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

London, B. T. Batsford Ltd. 1928. First edition. Paperback. A charming Batsford guidebook offering readers engaging "half‑hour" visits through Nottingham Castle"s art and treasures. Bound in the publisher's original textured card wraps.This volume is an exceptionally...

Memoirs of the Life and Writings of William Hayley

William Hayley; John Johnson [ed.] · 1823 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.82 | ¥83,328)

London, Henry Colburn & Co, 1823 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of this impressive two volume account of the life of writer William Hayley, in half calf bindings. The scarce first edition of this work, complete in two volumes.Illustrated with an engraved frontispi...

The Science of Phrenology Consistent with the Doctrine of Christianity; a Letter Addressed to Dr. Spurzheim

John C. Tomlinson · 1826 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

London, The Pamphleteer, 1826. First edition. Disbound. A very scarce and fascinating article from 'The Pamphleteer' on the Pseudoscience of phrenology from John C. Tomlinson. The first edition, from 'The Pamphleteer', Vol. XXVI, No. LII. A very scarce art...

Annals de Normandie: Revue Trimestrielle D&Apos;Etudes Regionales (8e Annee - No. 2)

Various · 1958 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

Caen , Laboratoire d'Ethnographie regionale , 1958. First edition. Leather. A morocco-bound copy of this particularly scarce issue from 'Annales de Normandie', a French periodical focused on Normandy. This is the eighth year, No. 2 volume from 'Annales de N...