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The C.I. V. And the War in South Africa 1900: The City Press Illustrated Souvenir of the City of London Imperial Volunteers

1900 · Rooke Books

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

London, City Press" Offices , 1900. First edition. Magazine. A very scarce illustrated souvenir showcasing the City of London Imperial Volunteers registered during the Second Boer War. First edition of this very scarce work. In the publisher's original wraps. This publi...

The Great War

Winston S. Churchill · 1933 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.32 | ¥23,205)

London, George Newnes Limited , 1933-1934. Cloth. The complete first illustrated book edition of Winston Churchill's detailed history of the First World War. A complete three-volume set of Churchill's illustrated study of World War I, originally published in twenty s...

An Account of New Zealand; and of the Formation and Progress of the Church Missionary Society&Apos;S Mission in the Northern Island.

The Rev. William Yate · 1835 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.82 | ¥83,328)

London, Seeley and Burnside , 1835 . First edition. Cloth. A smartly bound, first edition of this detailed and illustrated account of the Church Missionary Society's formation in New Zealand, written by one of the earliest New Zealand missionaries, the Rev. William Yate. ...

Millbrook: The True Story of the Early Years of the Psychedelic Revolution

Art Kleps; Arthur Kleps · 1975 · Rooke Books

£1,250.00 (€1,498.30 | $1,651.33 | ¥263,696)

Not Stated, Not Stated, 1975. First edition. Unbound. The true first edition of Arthur Kleps' first hand account of Millbrook, home of Timothy Leary's psychedelic research, a scarce work on 1960s counter-culture. The scarce true first edition, later published in book...

The War and Culture, a Reply to Professor Munsterberg

John Cowper Powys · 1914 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

New York, G. Arnold Shaw, 1914. First edition. Cloth. The true first of this insightful essay on World War One, published in the early days of the war. The first edition. This U.S. edition preceded the U.K. edition, which was published five months later as 'The Menace of ...

Les Splendeurs de L&Apos;Art En Belgique

H. G. Moke; A. Van Hasselt; Ed. Fetis · 1848 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

Bruxelles , Meline, Cans et Compagnie, 1848 . First edition. Leather. A decoratively bound, first edition of this richly illustrated work discussing the art and architecture of Belgium, written in the original French. First edition. Written in the original French. Bound in a d...

The History of the Rebellion and CIVIL Wars in England

Edward Earl of Clarendon; Edward Hyde · 1702 · Rooke Books

£1,950.00 (€2,337.35 | $2,576.07 | ¥411,366)

Oxford, Printed at the Theater, 1702-04. First edition. Leather. The first edition of Edward Hyde's first hand account of the English Civil War, uniformly bound. The first edition of this work.Complete in three volumes.Volumes I and II illustrated with a frontispiece and ...

Reminiscences, Ancestral, Anecdotal and Historic

Sir Bernard Burke · 1882 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co, [1882]. Cloth. Sir Bernard Burk's work on the history and genealogy of important families, now revised and remodelled. The remodelled and revised edition of 'The Rise of Great Families and Other Essays&apos. In the publisher's o...

The Unknown War: The Eastern Front 1914-1917

Winston S. Churchill · 1941 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.52 | $462.37 | ¥73,835)

London, Macmillan and Co. Ltd , 1941. Cloth. A very smart Macmillan edition of Winston Churchill's final volume in his 'World Crisis' series. The first impression of the transferred Macmillan edition. First published in 1931. In the publisher's original cl...

The Fugger News-Letters First & Second Series

Victor von Klarwill; Pauline de Chary [translator]; H. Gordon Selfridge [foreword] · 1924 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

London, John Lane at The Bodley Head, 1924-1926. Cloth. A smart set of reprints of the first and second series of The Fugger News-Letters, translated from the original German. Two volumes. Volume one is illustrated with a frontispiece and twenty-nine plates. Volume two is illu...

Brassey&Apos;S Naval Annual

Rear-Admiral H. G. Thursfield · 1938 · Rooke Books

£490.00 (€587.33 | $647.32 | ¥103,369)

London, William Clowes, 1938-1940 . First edition. Cloth. A trio of first edition's of Brassey's Naval Annual for 1938-1940, richly illustrated with photographs, warship plans and silhouettes, each volume complete with the unclipped dust wrapper. First editions. Sca...

Journal of a Residence at the Cape of Good Hope

Charles J. F. Bunbury · 1848 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.29 | ¥58,013)

London, John Murray, 1848. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon travelogue on Charles Bunbury's exploration of South Africa, the first edition of this work, complete with plates. The first edition of this uncommon work.Half-title is present.Illustrated with a frontispiece, a...

Patriotischer Hausschatz Illustriertes Prachtwerk Fãƒâ¼R Das Deutsche Volk

Anonymous · 1892 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.84 | $151.92 | ¥24,260)

Berlin, Paul Kittel, 1892 . Cloth. A beautifully and vibrantly illustrated two volume work of German history, celebrating the military power of the country. In the original German, printed in blackletter.Complete in two volumes, this is a fascinating work of late nineteenth ce...

Letters to Vernon Watkins

Dylan Thomas; Vernon Watkins [intro.] · 1957 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd.; Faber and Faber Ltd. 1957. First edition. Cloth. A smart first impression of this collection of letters from Dylan Thomas to Vernon Watkins, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of this work in the publis...

Bibliography of Chios, from Classical Times to 1936

Philip P. Argenti · 1940 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.82 | ¥83,328)

Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1940 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of Philip P. Argenti's impeccably researched and enormously detailed bibliography of Chios, the fifth largest Greek island. The very scarce first edition, first impression.Featuring an eno...

The Grand Question, Whether War, or No War, with Spain, Impartially Consider&Apos;D: In Defence of the Present Measures Against Those That Delight in War.

[Horatio Walpole, Baron Walpole] · 1739 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.52 | $462.37 | ¥73,835)

London, J. Roberts, 1739 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this controversial work arguing the government's position against a war with Spain, written by the brother of the prime minister, Baron Horatio Walpole. The first edition. A Dublin edition was published...

Russian Embassies to the Georgian Kings 1589-1605

W. E. D. Allen [ed] · 1970 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press for the Hakluyt Society , 1970. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of W. E. D. Allen's two volume illustrated historical work on the Russian embassies exchanged between the Georgian Kings. The first edition. Illustrated with a c...

The Gilds of Florence

Edgcumbe Staley · 1906 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.53 | $63.41 | ¥10,126)

Chicago , A. C. McClurg and Co, 1906. First edition. Cloth. The first US edition discussing the history and influence of the guilds of Florence, illustrated with many plates. The first US edition. In the publisher's original cloth binding.This impressive volume explores ...

Tableaux Historiques de la Rãƒâ©Volution Franãƒâ§Aise

1791 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.39 | $594.48 | ¥94,931)

Paris, Pierre Didot, c1804. Leather. An important French study on the Revolution, a significant historical source of information on the era. In the original French.'Tableaux Historiques de la Révolution Française' is an important French work on the Revolution. It w...

Prophesying Peace; Caves of Ice

James Lees-Milne · 1984 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

London, Faber and Faber, 1984. Paperback. An attractive set of the second and third diaries of James Lees-Milne, which date from 1944 until 1947, during which time he worked for the National Trust. The first thus editions of these two works in the publisher's original pic...