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Time & Space Measuring Instruments from the 15th to the 19th Century

Samuel Guye, Henri Michel · 1971 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Pall Mall Press, 1971 . Cloth. The first English language edition of this intriguing book on instruments used to measure time throughout history. The first English language edition of Time & Space Measuring Instruments from the 15th to the 19th Century by Samuel Guye a...

The Romans on the Riviera and the Rhone, a Sketch of the Conquest of Liguria and the Roman Province

W. H. (Bullock) Hall · 1898 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1898 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this historical and archaeological study of the Roman Empire with maps and illustrations. First edition of The Romans on the Riviera and the Rhone, A Sketch of the Conquest of Liguria and the ...

English Church Plate 597-1830

Charles Oman · 1957 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Oxford University Press, 1957. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this beautifully illustrated work on the history of the English church plate. A fascinating and comprehensive work on the history of the English church plate, including chapters on mass plates, a...

The Memoirs of the Duke of Saint-Simon on the Reign of Louis XIV and the Regency

Louis de Rouvroy, Bayle St. John (Translator) · 1936 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

New York, Willey Book Company , 1936. Cloth. The complete two volume set of memoirs by the French soldier, Louis de Rouvroy, giving an account of the reign of Louis XIV. A new American edition. Complete with four works in two volumes. In the publisher's original full clot...

The Cemeteries of Qasr Ibrim, a Report of the Excavations Conducted by W.B. Emery in 1961

A. J. Mills · 1982 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, Egypt Exploration Society , 1982. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this fascinating archaeological work regarding the cemeteries at the Qasr Ibrim site in Egypt. The first edition. Handsomely bound in the original full cloth with gilt lettering, alongside ...

The Talaings

R. Halliday · 1917 · Rooke Books

£1,200.00 (€1,438.60 | $1,585.63 | ¥253,235)

Rangoon, Superintendent, Government Printing, 1917. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce study on the Mon of Burma, a vivid description by Robert Halliday, the first edition complete with illustrations. The first edition of this vanishingly scarce work.In the original unclipped...

The 85th King&Apos;S Light Infantry (Now 2nd Battn. The King&Apos;S Shropshire Light Infantry)

C. R. B. Barrett · 1913 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

London, Spottiswoode & Co. Ltd. 1913 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this extensive military history study with colour plates and maps. First edition of The 85th King's Light Infantry (Now 2nd Battn. The King's Shropshire Light Infantry) by 'One of ...

The Army List for November 1854

1854 · Rooke Books

£58.00 (€69.53 | $76.64 | ¥12,240)

London, The Annual Army List; Parker, Furnivall, and Parker, 1854. Leather. The scarce 'Army List' for November 1854, a detailed snapshot into the British Army in the mid-nineteenth century. The scarce November 1854 volume of 'The Army List&apos.'The Army L...

Une Mission En Abyssinie Et Dans la Mer Rouge 23 Octobre 1859 - 7 Mai 1860

Stanislas Russel; Gabriel Charmes · 1884 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

Paris, E. Plon, 1884. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition French travel work following the author's explorations of Abyssinia and the Red Sea. The first edition of this scarce work.In French.An interesting French travel work on Abyssinia and the Red Sea, recounti...

Life with the Hamran Arabs an Account of a Sporting Tour of Some Officers of the Guards in the Soudan During the Winter of 1874-5

Arthur B. R. Myers · 1876 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€899.12 | $991.02 | ¥158,272)

London, Smith, Elder, & Co. 1876. First edition. Leather. Lovely copy of the scarce first edition of this sporting tour in the Soudan in 1874-5. The first edition of this work. A scarce copy. A sporting account in the Soudan by Arthur B. R. Myers, surgeon in the Coldstream gua...

Mrs Markham&Apos;S New History of England Being an Introduction for Young People to the Current History

Hilaire Belloc · 1926 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

Kensington, The Cayme Press, 1926. First edition. Hardback. A bright first edition of this history of England for children by Hilaire Belloc. The first edition of this work. An introduction to British history for young people by Hilaire Belloc, Franco-English author and histor...

Collections for the History of Hampshire, and the Bishopric of Winchester: Including the Isles of Wight, Jersey, Guernsey, and Sarke. With the Original Domesday of the County, and an Accurate English Translation, Preface, and Introduction; Containing an Account of This Curious Record, a View of the Anglo Saxon History and Form of Government, from the Reign of Alfred; Together with a Slight Sketch of the Most Material Alterations Which the Latest Underwent at the Period of the Conquest. To Which

D. Y. ; Richard Warner · 1795 · Rooke Books

£950.00 (€1,138.89 | $1,255.29 | ¥200,478)

London, Messrs. Rivington, St Paul's Church-Yard; Messrs, Cadell and Davies et al. 1795. Leather. A lavish eighteenth century history of Hampshire, with numerous engraved illustrations and maps. A very scarce edition. Only 250 copies were printed, 225 on small paper and 2...

Notice Necrologique Sur la Princesse Marie D&Apos;Orleans

Baudelocque; M. Delorme · 1839 · Rooke Books

£270.00 (€323.68 | $356.77 | ¥56,978)

Paris, Imprimerie de Ducessois, 1839. First edition. Leather. Pierre Claude Francois Delorme's very scarce obituary of Princess Marie of Orleans, in a lovely full calf binding. In the original French.The very scarce first and only edition of French painter and printmaker ...

Eine Sammlung Der Werthvollsten Erhaltenen Monumente in Chronologischer Folge Geordnet.

Alexander Schutz · 1878 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

Hamburg, Strumper & Co, 1878-1883. Cloth. One-hundred and sixty seven photographic plates of Italian Renaissance architecture and monuments, loosely held in two portfolio style cloth bindings. In the original German.With plates dating between 1878 and 1883, present here are on...

Language and Culture in Medieval Britain, the French of England C. 1100-C. 1500

Jocelyn Wogan-Browne; Carolyn Collette, Maryanne Kowaleski, Linne Mooney, Ad Putter, David Trotter · 2009 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

York, York Medieval Press, 2009 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first impression of this historical study of language and culture of medieval Britain with illustrations in the original dust wrapper. First edition, first impression of Language and Culture in Medieval...

Himalayan Journals

Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker · 0 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Glasgow, The Grand Colosseum Warehouse Co. c1890. Cloth. An illustrated edition of this collection of naturalist Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker's accounts of travels to the Himalayas, Nepal, and Bengal. A fascinating account of Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker's travels to the Him...

The Romans in Gloucestershire

Rev. Samuel Lysons · 1860 · Rooke Books

£235.00 (€281.73 | $310.52 | ¥49,592)

London, Hamilton, Adams, and Co. 1860. Leather. A collection of scarce miscellanea regarding the customs and culture of various locations in Gloucestershire, illustrated throughout and bound in half morocco by Hatchard & Co. A collection of scarce articles, pamphlets, and misc...

The Oxford Historical Society

Various · 1887 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.47 | $594.61 | ¥94,963)

Oxford , Clarendon Press, 1887-91. First edition. Cloth. Some lovely copies forming a scarce large set of first editions from the 'Oxford Historical Society' publications. Series of eleven first editions from the 'Oxford Historical Society' publications in ...

The New Aid to Memory. Part the First: Containing the Most Remarkable Events of the History of England. Illustrated by One Hundred and Twenty Symbolical Engravings.

Rev. Robert Rowe Knott · 1841 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, Whittaker and Co. 1841. Cloth. A very scarce educational guide to remembering important events in English history. In the publisher's original cloth binding. All edges gilt. Ink inscription to the front free end paper, dated 1847. 12 plates. Collated complete. Kno...

The History of the Hundred of Ramsbury in the County of Wiltshire

Edward Doran Webb · 1890 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

Salisbury , Bennett Brothers, 1890. First edition. Hardback. A fascinating volume on the parish of Ramsbury, with illustrations. A first edition copy of the The History of the Hundred of Ramsbury in the County of Wiltshire, part one which concerns The Parish of Ramsbury. The ...