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Memorial de Sainte-Helene

Emmanuel, comte de Las Cases · 0 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

Paris, Gustave Barba, c1862. Cloth. An illustrated French historical work on Napoleon. An historical work on Napoleon. Illustrated throughout, with numerous drawings by Janet-Lange and Gustave Janet. Written by French atlas maker and author, Emmanuel-Augustin-Dieudonne-Jose...

Rois Et Reines de France Depuis L&Apos;Origine de la Monarchie Jusqu&Apos;a Nos Jours

Anon · 0 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.69 | $297.24 | ¥47,465)

Paris, Mme. Vve. Delpech, c1901. Leather. A collection of portraits of the Kings and Queens of France. From the origins of the French royalty to the time of publication. In French. In a quarter calf leather binding with marbled paper covered boards. Externally, generally smart...

Actes Et Memoires Des Negotiations de la Paix de Nimegue

Abraham Wolfgangk · 1680 · Rooke Books

£770.00 (€922.95 | $1,017.22 | ¥162,437)

Amsterdam, La Haye, 1680. Vellum. A rare collection of 17th century diplomatic texts, treatise, negotiation and correspondence. This work provides important original sources and contemporary accounts of the Treaties of Peace of Nijmegen (Négotiations de Nimegue or Négotiatio...

Libro Del Consulado Del Mar: Edicion Del Texto Original Catalan Y Traduccion Castellana de Antionio de Capmany

Antonio de Capmany · 1965 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)

Barcelona , Camar Oficial de Comercio y Navegacion, 1965. Vellum. An attractive copy of this history of the Consulate of the Sea (Consolat de Mar), which regulates maritime and commercial activity in the Mediterranean. In Spanish. Illustrated with a frontispiece photograph. Pu...

Les Arts Au Moyen Age Et a L&Apos;ãƒâ©Poque de la Renaissance and Vie Militaire Et Religieuse Au Moyen Age Et a L`Epoque de la Renaissance

Paul Lacroix · 1871 · Rooke Books

£279.99 (€335.61 | $369.88 | ¥59,066)

Paris, Librairie de Firmin Didot Frères, Fils et Cie, 1871-1873. Leather. Two bright volumes from Paul Lacroix's vastly comprehensive and beautifully illustrated Le Moyen Age et La Renaissance. Vie Militaire et Religieuse is a First Edition. Les Arts Au Moyen Age has 19 ...

Grandeur Et Decadence de Rome.

G. Ferrero · 1918 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.39 | $594.48 | ¥94,931)

Paris, Libraire Plon, 1918. Leather. A very scarce complete French history of the rise and fall of Rome, Ferrero's greatest work. Each volume covers a separate topic or leader, from the small beginnings of the the grand empire, to the importance of the Mediterranean, Juli...

Anecdotes Parisiennes

Anonymous · 1815 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.11 | ¥61,177)

London, J. F. Hamilton, 1815. Leather. A scarce collection of anecdotes on Paris and French life. A scarce work, not widely held institutionally. Held at Glasgow, Edinburgh, the British Library, Aberdeen, and St. Andrews. A nice collection of anecdotes of life in France and Pa...

Inquisitionum Ad Capellam Domini Regis Retornatarum, Quae in Publicis Srchivis Scotiae Adhuc Servantur, Abbreviatio

Thomas Thompson · 1811 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.69 | $297.24 | ¥47,465)

London, Great Britain Record Commission, 1811. First edition. Leather. Two volumes of this very scarce work on the public archives of Scotland, dating from the early nineteenth century. First Edition. Volume I features a facsimilie of the records. Two volumes from a three volu...

Bibliotheque Des Memoires

Monsieur de Barriere · 1846 · Rooke Books

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

Paris, Librairie de Firmin Didot Freres, 1846-1849. Leather. A set of French memoirs of numerous important and influential people, compiled and edited by Jean-Francois de Barriere. Including Memoires de Mme. de Staal Delaunay, de M. le Marquis d'Argenson et de Madame Mere...

Markham&Apos;S Maister-Peece Containing All Knowledge Belonging to the Smith, Farrier, or Horse-Leech, Touching the Curing of All Diseases in Horses

Gervase Markham · 1651 · Rooke Books

£2,100.00 (€2,517.15 | $2,774.23 | ¥443,009)

London, William Wilson, 1651. Leather. A very scarce seventeenth-century copy of this work on equestrian care from Gervase Markham. Illustrated with two full-page illustrations, decorative head-and-tail pieces, and two marginal diagrams. Seventh edition, according to Copac. Un...

The Middle Parts of Fortune; Somme and Ancre 1916

Frederic Manning · 1929 · Rooke Books

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

London, The Piazza Press, 1929. Cloth. The limited first edition of Frederic Manning's powerful novel, set in the trenches during the First World War. The novel was written in response to the sudden demand in the late 1920s for literary material dealing with the war. Wher...

Nobiliare Des Pay-Bas Et Du Comte de Bourgogne in Two Volumes

Jean Charles Joseph de Vegiano · 1760 · Rooke Books

£1,090.00 (€1,306.52 | $1,439.96 | ¥229,943)

Louvain, Jean Jacobs, 1760. Leather. A scarce set of Nobiliare des Pay-Bas et du comte de Bourgogne. Complete in two volumes. In French. The set consists of lists of titles of nobility, chivalry and other marks of honour, granted by the sovereign of the Netherlands, from the y...

King Albert&Apos;S Book: A Tribute to the Belgian King and People from Representative Men and Women Throughout the World

G. Ralph Hall Caine; Ridgwell Cullum; et al. · 1914 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

London, The Daily Telegraph, 1914. First edition. Cloth. A charming copy of this richly illustrated wartime tribute volume, published to honour King Albert and raise support for Belgium at the outbreak of the First World War. In the publisher's original pale cloth binding...

Illustrations of the Scenery of Killarney and the Surrounding Country

Isaac Weld · 1807 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.11 | ¥61,177)

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees & Orme, 1807 . First edition. Hardback. Beautifully illustrated throughout with engraved plates by the author, this is the first edition of Isaac Weld's striking celebrating of the scenery of Killarney. The first edition of this work from Angl...

Of Education. Especially of Young Gentlemen.

Obadiah Walker · 1677 · Rooke Books

£795.00 (€952.92 | $1,050.24 | ¥167,711)

Oxon. At the Theatre, 1677 . First edition. Leather. Signed by the author, this is an early edition of Obadiah Walker's guide to the education of young men, and ensuring their moral, religious and intellectual development. Flat signed by the author to the title page, this...

No Idle Hands: The Social History of American Knitting

Anne L. Macdonald · 1988 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.84 | $151.92 | ¥24,260)

New York, Ballantine Books, 1988 . First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition, first printing of this historical account of knitting in America. The first edition, first printing of the work.Signed and inscribed by the author to the front free endpaper, 'For Jenny.. Aff...

Divi Britannici: Being a Remark Upon the Lives of All the Kings of This Isle

Sir Winston Churchill · 1675 · Rooke Books

£480.00 (€575.35 | $634.11 | ¥101,259)

London, Tho. Roycroft, 1675 . First edition. Leather. An attractively bound example of the illustrated first edition of Sir Winston Churchill's highly detailed account of the monarchs of England to 1660, discussing their genealogical lines. The first edition of this work....

The Roman History, from the Building of Rome to the Ruin of the Commonwealth

Nathaniel Hooke · 1738 · Rooke Books

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

London, Printed for G. Hawkins, W. Strahan, J. and F. Rivington et. al. 1738-1771. First edition. Leather. The scarce complete first edition of Nathaniel Hooke's comprehensive 'Roman History', with engraved folding maps. First edition. Complete in four volumes.U...

The Antarctic Question - Voyages to the South Pole Since 1898; Scientific Advantages of an Antarctic Expedition

J. Machat; John Murray · 1898 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

[Washington], [Government Printing Office Washington], 1898-1908. Unbound. Two scarce extracted articles on Antarctic exploration, comprising addresses by J. Machat and Dr. John Murray. Two extracted reports on Antarctic exploration. Scarce.'The Antarctic Question' b...

The History of Esarhaddon (Son of Sennarcherib) King of Assyria, B.C. , 681-688

Ernest A. Budge · 1880 · Rooke Books

£995.00 (€1,192.65 | $1,314.46 | ¥209,902)

London, Trubner & Co. 1880. First edition. Cloth. A first edition scholarly reconstruction of the reign of Esarhaddon, drawing on Assyrian inscriptions, authored by one of the pioneers of British Assyriology. In the publisher's original cloth binding. First edition of E ...