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The History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V. With a View of the Progress of Society in Europe from the Subversion of the Roman Empire, to the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century in Four Volumes

William Robertson · 1817 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.82 | $171.74 | ¥27,424)

London , Cadell and Davies, et al, 1817. Leather. An early nineteenth century edition of Robertson's reputation-sealing work. "Its comprehensive overview of European history, its engagement with stadial history, and its analysis of the balance of powerall captured in Robe...

History of Europe from the Commencement of the French Revolution M. Dcc. LXXXIX. To the Restoration of the Bourbons in M. Dccc. XV.

Archibald Alison, F.R.S.E. Advocate · 1847 · Rooke Books

£690.00 (€827.06 | $911.53 | ¥145,560)

Edinburgh and London , William Blackwood and Sons, 1847. Cloth. A comprehensive history of Europe during the turbulent times of the French Revolution, spanning the years 1789 - 1815. With an engraving from a bust of the author with a facsimile of his signature to frontispiece ...

Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review

Lord Macaulay · 1895 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.69 | $297.24 | ¥47,465)

London , Longman's, Green, And Co. 1895. Leather. An attractive set of 28 essays over four volumes, including discussion of Milton, Machiavelli, Boswell's Life of Jonson and Horace Walpole. All essays were originally published in the Edinburgh Review. Complete in fou...

Historical Memoirs of My Own Time

Sir N. William Wraxall · 1818 · Rooke Books

£625.00 (€749.15 | $825.66 | ¥131,848)

London , T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1818. Leather. A collection of the historical essays and recollections of Sir N. William Wraxall. With a frontispiece to volume I. Third edition, revised and corrected. Contaning: Part the First: From 1772 to 1780 Part the Second: From January...

The Camden Miscellany Volumes I - IV, and VI - VII, with Volume XII of the Third Series

Various Authors · 1847 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.19 | ¥36,917)

London , The Camden Society, 1847-1910. Cloth. Seven Volumes of The Camden Miscellany published by The Camden Society. A good run of a periodical normally found one volume at a time. Bound in cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. With an armorial namplate for William John ...

The Domesday Book Seu Liber Censualis Willelmi I Regis Angliae, Inter Archivos in Domo Capitulari Westmonasterii Asservatus with Libri Censualis Vocati Domes-Day Book Indices and Accessit Dissertatio Generalis de Ratione Huiusce Libri in Four Volumes

Henry Ellis; Abraham Farley (ed.) · 1783 · Rooke Books

£2,450.00 (€2,936.67 | $3,236.60 | ¥516,844)

London, Not Stated, 1783; 1811-1816. Leather. The 1783 Domesday Book, with 1816 Additional Volumes. The text of this work is in Latin, with 'Introductions' in English. Whilst title pages for Volumes I and II were issued in 1816, these volumes are bound without, as us...

Defending the Realm Mi5 and the Shayler Affair

Mark Hollingsworth; Nick Fielding · 1999 · Rooke Books

£24.99 (€29.95 | $33.01 | ¥5,272)

London, Andre Deutsch, 1999. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this detailed look at the Secret Service and its effectiveness after the Shayler scandal in 1997. David Shayler was a British journalist and former MI5 (Security Service) officer. Shayler earned notoriety af...

Too Secret Too Long

Chapman Pincher · 1984 · Rooke Books

£29.99 (€35.95 | $39.62 | ¥6,327)

London, Sidgwick and Jackson , 1984. First edition. Cloth. A revealing piece of work uncovering a torrent of new disclosures that conceal the truth about Britain's secret services. First edition. Featuring photographic plates of people and government documentation. From t...

Himalayan Barbary

Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf · 1955 · Rooke Books

£54.99 (€65.91 | $72.65 | ¥11,601)

London, John Murray, 1955. First edition. Cloth. An interesting account of the author's travels with his wife through the Himalayan region, and their anthropological findings. Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf was an ethnologist and a Professor, who spent the majority of his...

Flag 4 the Battle of Coastal Forces in the Mediterranean

Dudley Pope · 1954 · Rooke Books

£49.99 (€59.92 | $66.04 | ¥10,546)

London, William Kimber, 1954. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of 'Flag 4' by Dudley Pope. With a foreword by the first Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral of the Fleet, Sir Rhoderick R. McGrigor. "On paper, a high percentage of the operations would have ...

Venture to the Interior

Laurens van der Post · 1952 · Rooke Books

£67.00 (€80.31 | $88.51 | ¥14,134)

London, The Hogarth Press and the Book Society, 1952. First edition. Cloth. A very well preserved first edition of this work of travel writing. With a black and white portrait frontispiece. Laurens Jan van der Post, (13 December 1906 – 16 December 1996) was a 20th-century Afr...

A Country Chronicle

Brian Vesey-Fitzgerald · 1945 · Rooke Books

£29.99 (€35.95 | $39.62 | ¥6,327)

London, Chapman & Hall Ltd, 1945. Cloth. An illustrated country reference book. "The Editor of The Field has touched the gold with this delicious, fascinating calvacade of the months in a little village on the Hampshire downs. The entire panorama of the countryside is here." "...

Jungle Gods

Carl von Hoffman · 1929 · Rooke Books

£69.99 (€83.89 | $92.46 | ¥14,765)

New York, A. L. Burt Company, 1929. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this study of the native religions of Africa from the early twentieth century. First edition. Inscribed by the author to the half title, and signed again on the title page. With numerous photographs...

The Old Court Suburb, or, Memorials of Kensington Regal, Critical, and Anecdotal

Leigh Hunt · 1860 · Rooke Books

£69.99 (€83.89 | $92.46 | ¥14,765)

London, Hurst and Blackett, 1860. Leather. A collection of historical anecdotes from Kensington. Third edition. With an engraved frontispiece. Rebound in half-morocco with marbled boards. Externally, smart, with only a couple of marks. Internally, generally firmly bound, altho...

The History of England, from the Earliest Times to the End of the Reign of George II. By Dr. Goldsmith and Continued to the Present Period by Mr. Morell

Dr. Goldsmith; Mr. Morell · 1807 · Rooke Books

£69.99 (€83.89 | $92.46 | ¥14,765)

Bungay, C. Brightly and T. Kinnersley, 1807. Leather. The History of England, From The Earliest Times to The End of The Reign of George II. by Dr. Goldsmith And Continued to The Present Period by Thomas Morell. A new edition. Two volumes bound in one. Embellished with a variet...

A Residence in France During the Years 1792, 1793, 1794, and 1795

John Gifford; John Richards Green · 1797 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.52 | $462.37 | ¥73,835)

London, T. N. Longman, 1797. Leather. A scarce early edition of A residence in France. Bound in calf. Rebacked. Two volumes. Scarce. John Richards Green pseudonym John Gifford (1758-1818) was a Tory pamphleteer. He abandoned his paternal name of John Richards Green, and assume...

European History, Narrated in a Series of Historical Selections.

E. M. Sewell; C. M. Yonge · 1873 · Rooke Books

£23.99 (€28.76 | $31.69 | ¥5,061)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1873. Leather. A very scarce first volume of this European history beginning with the Norman conquest. The book covers the period 1003-1154, including the Battle of Hastings, Feudalism, William the Conqueror, Anselm, the Crusades and the Batt...

An Account of the Life and Writings of James Beattie in Two Volumes

Sir William Forbes · 1806 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.19 | $786.03 | ¥125,519)

Edinburgh, Archibald Constable and Co. 1806. Leather. A scarce set of the Life and Writings of James Beattie by Sir William Forbes. Complete in two volumes. Including many of his original letters. Volume I contains a Frontispiece of James Beattie. James Beattie FRSE (25 Octobe...

A Voyage Round the World in the Years Mdccxl, I, II, III, IV,

George Anson · 1769 · Rooke Books

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

London, H. Woodfall, W. Bowyer, W. Strahan et al. 1769. Leather. A fourteenth edition of Anson's A Voyage Round the World In the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV. Admiral of the Fleet George Anson, 1st Baron Anson PC, FRS, RN (1697 – 1762) was a British admiral and a wealthy...

The Salter&Apos;S Company 1394 - 1994

Hugh Barty-King · 1994 · Rooke Books

£49.99 (€59.92 | $66.04 | ¥10,546)

London, James & James Ltd, 75 Carleton Road, 1994. First edition. Leather. A work on the Salter's Company, whose origin is in the salt trade of medieval London. Red leather spine with gilt vertical title. Blue cloth covered boards with stamped gilt crest on the front. The...