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The Ancient Trade Guilds and Companies of Salisbury

Alderman Charles Haskins; Rev. Canon Chr. Wordsworth [intro] · 1912 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

Salisbury , Bennett Brothers , 1912. First edition. Cloth. A scarce history of old Salisbury guilds and companies, with plates, written by Alderman Charles Haskins. First edition. In the publisher's original cloth binding.With a ten-page list of subscribers to the beginn...

Alte Saufer, Ulte Geschichten: Erinnerungen Aus Vergangenen Tagen

E. Forcart-Respinger · 1936 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

Basel, Verlag Birkhauser , 1936. Hardback. A very scarce curation of personal accounts offering insight into the life of Basel families in the last century. A limited edition of 400 copies machine-numbered, this copy bearing the number 232. Very scarce. In the publisher&apos...

Montrose

John Buchan · 1928 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

New York, Houghton Mifflin Co. 1928. First edition. Cloth. An excellent example of the scarce first US edition of John Buchan's illustrated biography of royalist James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose. The scarce first UK edition, first printing, published in the same yea...

An Innkeeper&Apos;S Diary

John Fothergill · 1931 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1931 . Cloth. John Fothergill's charming account of his time as innkeeper of The Spread Eagle Hotel, in the very scarce original dust wrapper. The first edition, third impression of this work, in the very scarce original dust wrapper. John Fother...

Considerations Sur Les Causes de la Grandeur Des Romains Et de Leur Decadence

Montesquieu · 1735 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)

Amsterdam, Jaques Desbordes, 1735. Leather. The second edition of this important work on the Roman Empire by Montesquieu, a work which inspired Gibbon in his 'Decline and Fall&apos. The second edition of this popular work, which was first published in Amsterdam in 1734. ...

The Works of Wm. Chillingworth

William Chillingworth · 1820 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.78 | $211.37 | ¥33,753)

London, J. F. Dove; Richard Priestley, 1820 . Leather. A smart example of the theological works by William Chillingworth, complete in three volumes. The works of controversial English churchman William Chillingworth, complete in three volumes. First published in the early 18t...

L&Apos;Histoire Ancienne Racontee Aux Enfants

M. Lame Fleury · 1848 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

Brussels , Meline, Cans et Cie , 1848. Leather. A particularly scarce edition of this children's ancient history work by Jules Raymond Lame Fleury. A vanishingly scarce edition of this ancient historical work for young readers, published by Meline, Cans et Cie.In the orig...

The War Drama of the Eagles: Napoleon&Apos;S Standard-Bearers on the Battlefield in Victory and Defeat from Austerlitz to Waterloo a Record of Hard Fighting, Heroism and Adventure

Edward Fraser · 1912 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, John Murray, 1912. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this intriguing study of Napoleon's standard bearers. First edition. In the publisher's original cloth binding.Illustrated with a frontispiece, eight plates and seven maps, three of which...

After Two Years: A Study of American Prohibition

Philip Whitwell Wilson · 1922 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

London, United Kingdom Alliance , 1922. First edition. Paperback. An uncommon study of American prohibition two years after its enactment, written by US-residing journalist Philip Whitwell Wilson. First edition.In the publisher's wraps. This report provides an interestin...

Journal of the Sieges in Spain Carried on by the Army Under the Duke of Wellington in Spain During the Years 1811 to 1814; with Notes and Additions: Also Memoranda Relative to the Lines Thrown Up to Cover Lisbon in 1810

Major-General Sir John T. Jones · 1998 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.79 | ¥37,972)

Cambridge , Ken Trotman Ltd. 1998. Cloth. A fine limited edition facsimile of this three-volume account of British sieges in the Peninsular war. This facsimile of the third edition by Ken Trotman is limited to 125 copies. In the original cloth binding. A diligent account of ...

Private Diary of Travels, Personal Services, and Public Events

General Sir Robert Wilson; Rev. Herbert Randolph [editor] · 1861 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)

London, John Murray, 1861. Cloth. A smart two volume set of this private diary from British general and politician Sir Robert Wilson. Complete in two volumes. The private diaries of General Sir Robert Thomas Wilson, a British general and politician who served in Flanders, Egyp...

Recollections of Marshal Macdonald Duke of Tarentum

Marshal Macdonald; Camille Rousset [editor]; Stephen Louis Simeon [translator] · 1893 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

London, Richard Bentley and Son, 1893. Cloth. A smart new and revised edition of this memoir from French Marshal of the Empire and military leader, Etienne Macdonald. New and revised edition. With a portrait frontispiece and one plate to the rear of the text. The recollections...

A History of the Ancient World: The Orient and Greece & Rome

M. Rostovtzeff; J. D. Duff [translator] · 1945 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, His Majesty's Stationary Office by Arrangement with Oxford University Press, 1945. Cloth. A smart two volume set of this detailed history of the ancient world from Russian historian Mikhail Ivanovich Rostovtzeff. Complete in two volumes. Second edition. Volume one...

History of the War in the Peninsula Under Napoleon: Atlas

General Foy · 1989 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

Felling , Worley Publications , 1989 . Cloth. A limited edition facsimile Atlas volume of General Foy's History of the War in the Peninsula under Napoleon, this volume being complete with 8 plans and folding maps. The Atlas volume from a three-volume set, lacking volume I...

Palestine and Transjordan: Geographical Handbook Series

Naval Intelligence Division · 1943 · Rooke Books

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

[London], Naval Intelligence Division, 1943. First edition. Cloth. A scarce, first edition of this richly illustrated geographical guide to Palestine and Transjordan during the Second World War, compiled by the Naval Intelligence Division. First edition. Bound in the publisher...

La Guerre Napoleonienne, and, le System de Guerre de Napoleon

Hubert Camon · 1907 · Rooke Books

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

Paris, Militaire R. Chapelot et Cie; Berger-Levrault, 1907-23. First edition. Cloth. Two works by Colonel Hubert Camon on the Napoleonic Wars and the military movements during the war, signed by the author. Two volumes on the Napoleonic Wars by Hubert Camon bound in one volume...

The Campaign of Mdcccxv; or, a Narrative of the Military Operations Which Took Place in France and Belgium During the Hundred Days

General Gaspard Gourgaud · 1982 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Ken Trotman, 1982 . First edition. Cloth. A Scarce, limited edition, facsimile of Napoleon"s staff officer"s definitive inside account of Napoleon"s military operations in France and Belgium after his return from exile, with a fold-out map. Bound in the publisher'...

Memoirs Illustrative of the History and Antiquities of Bristol

Archaeological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland · 1853 · Rooke Books

£58.00 (€69.52 | $76.62 | ¥12,235)

London, Archaeological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland; George Bell, 1853 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this illustrated mid-19th century guide to the history of Bristol. The scarce first edition of this production of the Archaeological Institute o...

Tales of Travel: Consisting of Narratives of Various Journeys Through Some of the Most Interesting Parts of the World

F. B. Miller · 1833 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.71 | ¥62,232)

London, Harvey and Darton, 1833 . First edition. Leather. The very scarce first edition of F. B. Miller's illustrated children's guide to various global journeys and voyages. A vanishingly scarce first edition.Illustrated with a frontispiece and three engraved plates...

Personal Recollections of the Waterloo Campaign

Lieutenant Frederick Hope Pattison · 1870 · Rooke Books

£1,750.00 (€2,097.62 | $2,311.86 | ¥369,175)

Glasgow, Printed for Private Circulation, 1870. First edition. Loose Pages, Articles. A presentation copy of the very scarce first edition of Lieutenant Frederick Hope Pattison's personal account of the Battle of Waterloo, a very scarce piece of Napoleonic history inscrib...