Storia

An Old Story Re-Told from the &Apos;Newcastle Courant&Apos; the Rebellion of 1745 True Copies of the Papers Wrote by Arthur Lord Balmerino, Thomas Syddall, David Morgan, George Fletcher, John Berwick, Thomas Deacon, Thomas Chadwick, James Dawson, Andrew Blyde, Donald Macdonell, and James Brandon, and Delivered by Them to the Sheriffs at the Places of Their Execution

Various · 1746 · Rooke Books

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

London, Private Circulation, 1746-1881. Leather. Two very scarce interesting works bound in one, both regarding the Jacobite Uprising of 1745, looking into the contemporary opinions of the day. Two very scarce works bound in one volume.An intriguing volume on the 1745 Jacobite...

The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England: Including the Rural and Domestic Recreations, May Games, Mummeries, Shows, Processions, Pageants, and Pompous Spectacles from the Earliest Period to the Present Time.

Joseph Strutt · 1867 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, William Tegg, 1867 . Cloth. An illustrated study of the recreational activities of the English population through history. A fascinating work on the history of sports and other diverting recreational activities within England, 'from the earliest period to the pres...

The International Code of Signals for the Use of All Nations

Board of Trade · 1899 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

London, Spottiswoode & Co. [1899]. Leather. An early printing of this book of International Code of Signals, with coloured illustrations. An early printing of this work, dated 1899 from the same copy held at the National Trust Libraries on Jisc. With a publisher's slip bo...

Das Querschnittbuch 1923

Various · 1923 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.11 | ¥61,177)

Franfurt, Querschnitt Verlag, 1923. Hardback. A scarce annual of arts and literature published during the Weimar Republic, featuring such artists as Picasso and George Grosz. A limited edition, with four hundred copies only produced, of which this is No. 352.With contributors ...

Antarctica and the South Atlantic

Robert Fox · 1985 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, British Broadcasting Company, 1985. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition based on the author's extensive travels upon the HMS Endurance, richly illustrated throughout the text and presented in a fantastic dust wrapper. This work describes the author&ap...

Y Mathiaid, the Mathews of Llandoff

Gregory Mathews · 1924 · Rooke Books

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

London, H. F. & G. Witherby, 1924. Cloth. A very smart, signed copy of this work on the Mathews family in Llandaff, Wales, with personal letters of the author adhered in. A fascinating historical account of the Mathews family in Llandaff, Wales. Written by Gregory Mathews and...

The Harrow School Register Second Series

ed. J. H. Stogdon · 1925 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, New York, Toronto, Bombay, Calcutta and Madras, Longmans, Green and Co. 1925. Cloth. The second series of Harrow School's register between 1845 and 1925, scarcely found complete. Located in Greater London, Harrow School was founded in 1572, and it remains one of t...

East Africa

Elspeth Huxley · 1941 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.27 | ¥52,739)

London, Penns in the Rocks Press by William Collins, 1941. First edition. Leather. A finely bound first edition travel work on East Africa, in a striking binding by Sangorski and Sutcliffe made for Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie. The first edition of this work.A charming concise tra...

Observations Upon Caesars Comentaries

Clement Edmundes [Sir Clement Edmondes] · 1609 · Rooke Books

£1,400.00 (€1,678.10 | $1,849.49 | ¥295,340)

London, Math: Lownes, 1609. Leather. A very scarce early edition of Sir Clement Edmonde's work on Julius Caesar's 'Commentaries&apos. ESTC reference no: S121465. With some abridged translations of Caesar's commentaries.  This copy is the variant with the ...

The Moulids of Egypt

J W Mcpherson · 1941 · Rooke Books

£1,800.00 (€2,157.55 | $2,377.91 | ¥379,722)

London, Anon, 1941. First edition. Leather. A signed first edition of Mcpherson's study on the popular Muslim and Coptic festivals in Cairo. Signed by the author, to a bookplate on the front pastedown 'With the Author's Compliments and Greetings! J W Mcpherson&a...

Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years

Carl Sandburg · 1926 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

New York, Harcourt, Brace and Co, 1926. First edition. Cloth. The first trade edition of this important two volume biography of the early life of Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth American president. The first printing of the first trade edition of this influential biographical s...

Horses and Saddlery: An Account of the Animals Used by the British and Commonwealth Armies from the Seventeenth Century to the Present Day with a Description of Their Equipment

Major G. Tylden · 1965 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, J. A. Allen & Company , 1965. First edition. Cloth. An illustrated account of horses and animals used in the British and Commonwealth armies, a lovely first edition in its dust wrapper. A lovely first edition of this illustrated account of the remounts, mules, and othe...

Old Church Plate in the Diocese of Carlisle

R. S. Ferguson · 1882 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

Carlisle and London, C. Thurnam & Sons, 1882. First edition. Cloth. A first edition exploration of the relics of Carlisle edited by R. S. Ferguson, with illustrations. Examining the old church plate by deanery.Edited by R. S. Ferguson.Printed for the Cumberland and Westmorelan...

Historic Scenes in Forfarshire

William Marshall · 1875 · Rooke Books

£425.00 (€509.42 | $561.45 | ¥89,657)

Edinburgh , William Oliphant and Co. 1875. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition describing historic scenes in Forfarshire, Scotland, the author's presentation copy. The first edition of this work by William Marshall. With a history of Forfarshire, detailing hist...

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....