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The War in the Peninsula, and Wellington&Apos;S Campaigns in France and Belgium

H. R. Clinton · 1878 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.78 | $211.37 | ¥33,753)

London, Frederick Warne & Co, 1878 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce, first edition account of the British military campaigns during the Napoleonic Wars by H. R. Clinton. In the publisher's original brown cloth binding with blind stamp embellishments and gilt spine. ...

Every Mother&Apos;S Book November, 1949

1949 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Sussex, Alfred Fennings, 1949. Brochure/Pamphlet. A very smart copy of this illustrated guide for mothers from Alfred Fennings chemist. Scarce work. With illustrations throughout. A charming pamphlet from the chemist Alfred Fennings, who established Fennings Pharmaceuticals in...

Lafite: The Story of Chateau Lafite-Rothschild

Cyril Ray · 1968 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, Peter Davies, 1968. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this illustrated history of the Chateau Lafite-Rothschild, signed by the author to the title page. First edition. Signed and inscribed by the author to the title page, to "good friends in Pickering...

Les Grands Vins de la Gironde

Henry Guillier · 1908 · Rooke Books

£1,650.00 (€1,977.76 | $2,179.75 | ¥348,079)

Libourne-Bordeaux, Henry Guillier, 1908 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this impressive collection of photographic plates depicting the great wine estates of Bordeaux, serving as both a historical record and a promotional tool for the most renowned chateaux...

Text Book of Gunnery: Part 1

[George Mackinlay] · 1907 · Rooke Books

£69.00 (€82.71 | $91.15 | ¥14,556)

London, His Majesty's Stationary Office, 1907. Cloth. George Mackinlay's study on military gunnery, with many detailed diagrams and folding plates. An expanded edition published in two volumes. First published in one volume in 1883. Illustrated with seventeen plates...

Chemicals in War

Augustin M. Prentiss · 1937 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.34 | ¥28,479)

New York and London, McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc, 1937 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition, second impression of this early treatise on modern chemical warfare, written by Augustin Prentiss, a Lieut-Col in the chemical warfare division of the US Army. First edition, se...

3 Vols Licensed Houses and Their Management

W. Bently Capper · 1950 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, Caxton Publishing Company, Limited. 1950. Cloth. A scarce three volume set, discussing pub and hotel management, illustrated throughout with photograph facsimile plate illustrations. In the publisher's original blue cloth binding with blind stamp.This is a set of ...

The Nonesuch Century

A. J. A. Symons; Francis Meynell; Desmond Flower · 1936 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.33 | $653.93 | ¥104,424)

London, The Nonesuch Press, 1936 . First edition. Cloth. An exceptional example of the first edition of this limited edition celebration marking the achievements of the Nonesuch Press during its first decade of operation. Illustrated throughout. No. 361 of 750 copies produced....

A Letter to Sir William Windham II. Some Reflections on the State of the Nation III. A Letter to Mr. Pope

Henry St. John, Lord Viscount Bolingbroke · 1753 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

London, Printed for the Editor and sold by A Millar, 1753. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Henry St. John's letters to William Wyndham and to his friend Alexander Pope, written during his exile. First edition, complete with half title. With a portrait frontispi...

Permanent Commissions in the General Duties Branch of the Royal Air Force: Regulations for Appointment of University Candidates

Command of the Air Council · 1931 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)

London, His Majesty's Stationery Office , 1931. Paperback. A very scarce pamphlet detailing the qualifications and regulations for promotion to the Royal Air Force general duties branch. The fourth edition of this very scarce pamphlet issued by the Air Council. In the pu...

British Zoology: Vol IV Crustacea Mollusca Testacea

Thomas Pennant · 1777 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.27 | ¥52,739)

London, Benj. White, 1777. Leather. An eighteenth century edition of Thomas Pennant's renowned study of British zoology, with this volume focusing on crustaceans and molluscs, embellished with many fantastic engraved plates. The fourth edition. Illustrated with ninety-th...

Researches Into the History of Welton and Its Neighbourhood: With a Few Remarks Chiefly of an Antiquarian Nature About Some Adjacent Places in Yorkshire and About the Yorkshire Language.

Thomas Thompson · 1869 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

Kingston-Upon-Hull, J. W. Leng, 1869. First edition. Cloth. A presentation copy of the first edition of Thomas Thompson's insightful historical study on Welton and Yorkshire, privately printed for friends and presented by the author with his inscription. The first edition...

Old Cavalry Stations

B. Granville Baker · 1934 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)

London, Heath Cranton, Limited, 1934. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated work exploring old cavalry stations around the UK, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. First edition. With the vanishingly scarce original unclipped dust wrapper. Illustrate...

Westminster Abbey: The Church, Convent Cathedral and College of St. Peter, Westminster

Herbert Francis Westlake · 1923 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.82 | ¥83,328)

London, Philip Allan and Company, 1923. Cloth. A very scarce limited edition of Herbert Francis Westlake's illustrated historical study on Westminster Abbey and its architecture, signed by the author. A limited edition, being number 3 out of fifty copies printed on fine p...

Great Contemporaries

Winston S. Churchill · 2015 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

London, The Folio Society, 2015. Cloth. A smart copy of this Folio Society edition of Churchill's collection of biographical essays. With the original slip case. Illustrated with a frontispiece and twenty-nine full page images. Collated complete. A collection of twenty-fi...

Traditions of Lancashire

John Roby · 1906 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

London, John Heywood, 1906. Cloth. A smart sixth edition set of this historical study of the traditions of Lancashire, with illustrations. Complete in two volumes. Sixth edition. Scarce work. Volume one is illustrated with a frontispiece and three plates. Volume two is illustr...

The Independent Church of Westminster Abbey (1650-1826)

Ira Boseley · 1907 · Rooke Books

£34.00 (€40.75 | $44.92 | ¥7,173)

London, The Congregational Union of England and Wales , 1907. First edition. Cloth. A first edition account of the independent church of Westminster Abbey, as well as other examples found in various abbeys and cathedrals. First edition of this work. In the publisher's or...

The New "Mauretania": Fulfilment of a Great Enterprise

E. Keble Chatterton · 1938 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.80 | $191.55 | ¥30,589)

Liverpool, Cunard White Star, 1938 . First edition. Paperback. A very scarce launch brochure for the RMS Mauretania, a British ocean liner that was one of the first ships built for the newly formed Cunard-White Star company. A very scarce first edition.Completed in May 1939, t...

The Architectural History of the University of Cambridge, and of the Colleges of Cambridge and Eton

Robert Willis; John Willis Clark [ed] · 1886 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.33 | $653.93 | ¥104,424)

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1886. First edition. Cloth. The complete four volume first edition set of Robert Willis' important posthumous work on the architectural history of the renowned Universities of Cambridge and Eton, including the volume of plans. The fi...

Wolf Hall, Bring Up the Bodies, and Mirror and the Light

Hilary Mantel · 2009 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€898.98 | $990.80 | ¥158,218)

London, Fourth Estate, 2009-20. First edition. Cloth. A complete first edition set of Hilary Mantel's award winning historical series following the rise and fall of Thomas Cromwell, all in their original dust wrappers. The first edition, first impression to each volume, w...