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After Pretoria: The Guerilla War; with the Flag to Pretoria

Herbert Wringley Wilson · 1901 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)

London, The Amalgamated Press, 1901-2. First edition. Leather. H W Wilson's study of the Boer War of 1899, from the siege of Kimberley to the advance to Komati Poort, with its extensive supplement. Some bright first editions. A study of military history, Herbert W Wilson ...

The Full Proceedings of the General Court Martial Held at Cork Barracks

Captain Augustus Wathen · 1834 · Rooke Books

£345.00 (€413.53 | $455.77 | ¥72,780)

London, Hamilton, Adams and Co, 1834. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition copy of this work recounting the proceedings of the court martial of Captain Augustus Wathen. Bookplate to the front pastedown, Charles Wilson Randolph. This military hearing was sensation...

A General Inventorie of the History of France

Jean de Serres · 1607 · Rooke Books

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

London, George Eld, 1607. First edition. Leather. The first English translation of Jean de Serres' history of France. ESTC reference no: S117097. Illustrated with woodcuts throughout. With the signatures [par.]4, A8, B-S6, T4, 2A-5X6. Collated, complete. Being an Englis...

Speeches by Lord Hardinge of Penshurst

Charles Hardinge · 1913 · Rooke Books

£700.00 (€839.05 | $924.74 | ¥147,670)

Calcutta, Superintendent Government Printing, 1913-1916. First edition. Leather. Three very scarce volumes of speeches from Charles Hardinge, during his time as Viceroy of India. Signed by the author. Three delightfully bound volumes of the speeches from Charles Hardinge, 1st ...

A Handbook for Travellers in Japan (Including Formosa)

Basil Hall Chamberlain; W. B. Mason · 1913 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, John Murray, 1913. Cloth. An early twentieth century tourists guide to Japan, profusely illustrated and complete with numerous folding colour maps. The ninth edition of this work, containing thirty colour folding maps, plans, plates and illustrations, including a foldi...

The Prince Consort

Roger Fulford · 1949 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.05 | ¥50,630)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1949. First edition. Leather. The second reprint of this work by the historian Roger Fulford, who looks at the life of Albert, Prince Consort. In a charming signed leather binding. The second reprint of the first edition of this work by Roger Fulford....

Londres Au Temps Du Shakespeare

Georges Duval · 1907 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

Paris, Ernest Flammarion, 1907. Cloth. A fascinating French history of London during the life of Shakespeare. This work paints a remarkable picture of London as it was when William Shakespeare was active.Written by Georges Duval (1847-1919), a French journalist and playwright....

Practical Astrology

John Middleton · 1679 · Rooke Books

£7,500.00 (€8,989.81 | $9,907.96 | ¥1,582,177)

London, J C for Richard Preston , 1679. First edition. Leather. An extremely scarce first edition of John Middleton's treatise on practical astrology. ESTC reference no R844.This copy with the signatures: [2], A-S8, T4. Collated, lacking original blanks, all text leaves ...

A Letter from the Rt. Honourable Edmund Burke to His Grace the Duke of Portland, on the Conduct of the Minority in Parliament, Containing Fifty-Four Articles of Impeachment Against the Rt. Hon. C.J. Fox

Edmund Burke · 1797 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, J. Owen, 1797. Disbound. Edward Burke's letter to the Duke of Portland, a heated address attacking Charles Fox and his sympathies for the French Revolution. ESTC citation number N11194, this copy having the catchwords 'Government' to page 28, 'Syste...

The Life of a Boy: Daniel Meinertzhagen

Richard Meinertzhagen · 1947 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

London, Oliver and Boyd , 1947. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition of this moving biography of Daniel Meinertzhagen, the author's son who died at war. The biography of the author's son, who died at the age of twenty five when on a reconnaissance patrol....

The Gothick North: A Study of Mediaeval Life, Art, and Thought: The Visit of the Gypsies

Sacheverell Sitwell · 1929 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)

London, Duckworth, 1929. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this fascinating mediaeval study by Sacheverell Sitwell in the unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition of this first volume in the trilogy of mediaeval studies by Sacheverell Sitwell, titled 'The Gothic...

A Parish on Wheels

Rev. John Howard Swinstead; Lord Bishop of Salisbury [intro.] · 1897 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.34 | ¥28,479)

London, Gardner, Darton & Co, 1897. Cloth. A late nineteenth century analysis of the religious practices of Romani Gypsy populations, illustrated with contemporary photographs. The second edition, published the year after the first, of this late Victorian era study of Gypsies ...

Lucrezia Borgia

William Gilbert · 1869 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.27 | ¥52,739)

London, Hurst and Blackett, 1869. First edition. Cloth. A scarce, two volume and ground breaking biography of the infamous Lucrezia Borgia. The scarce two volume first edition of this biography of Lucrezia Borgia. Featuring an illustrated portrait frontispiece to volume I, and...

Fragments D&Apos;Une Vie de Saint Thomas de Cantorbery

Paul Meyer · 1885 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

Paris, Librairie de Firmin Didot, 1885. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this uncommon work on Thomas Becket's manuscripts. An uncommon work, in French. Thomas Becket was the archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 to 1170. This work was issued as a part of the &...

C Crispus Sallustius Et L Annaeus Florus

C Crispus Sallustius; L Annaeus Florus; [Sallust]; [Florus] · 1774 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.39 | $594.48 | ¥94,931)

Birmingham, Joannis Baskerville, 1774. Leather. An uncommon first octavo edition of John Baskerville's works of Sallust and Florus. From the library of the Crum Ewings and the Hamiltons of Lowood house. With the inscription of H Ewing to the recto of front endpaper. Bask...

Out-of-Doors in the Holy Land: Impressions of Travel in Body and Spirit

Henry van Dyke · 1908 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons , 1908. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition of Henry Van Dyke's travel journal narrating his travels in the Holy Land, embellished with beautiful coloured plates throughout. The first edition of Henry Van Dyke's tra...

The History of England During the Reigns of King William and Queen Mary, Queen Anne, King George I

John Oldmixon · 1735 · Rooke Books

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

London, Thomas Cox, Richard Ford, Richard Hett, 1735. Leather. A very smart first edition copy of John Oldmixon's history of England. Collated, complete.ESTC reference no: T135575.With pages 641 onwards numbered again from 617 due to the insertion of additional material. ...

A Century of Thrift: An Historical Sketch of the Sheffield Savings Bank

Robert Eadon Leader · 1920 · Rooke Books

£32.00 (€38.36 | $42.27 | ¥6,751)

Sheffield, J. W. Northend Ltd. 1920. First edition. Cloth. A first edition recalling the Sheffield Savings Bank as it was between its foundation in 1819 and 1919. Formed in 1819, the Sheffield Savings Bank was started by twenty local gentlemen, amongst them Scottish-born poet ...

The Cherokee Crown of Tannassy

William O. Steele · 1977 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.53 | $63.41 | ¥10,126)

North Carolina, John F. Blair, 1977. First edition. Cloth. A brilliant history of Sir Alexander Cuming's deeds and actions upon venturing to North America, complete with an unclipped dust wrapper. Sir Alexander Cuming (1691-1775) was a Scottish adventurer who travelled to...

The Roman Camp and the Irish Saint at Burgh Castle

Louis H. Dahl · 1913 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

London, Jarrold & Sons, 1913. Cloth. A history of the Roman encampment at Burgh Castle, situated in Norfolk, illustrated throughout. This work examines the ancient history of the castle, from the Roman camp there, through the Danish invasion, religious houses, the Church and t...