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Photographs of the Paris Exposition

1880 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

Paris, Librairie A. Taride; LiP; , 1880-1900 . Cloth. - A beautiful set of four books of illustrations and photography, capturing the events of the Exposition Universelle of both 1900 and 1889.The Exposition Universelle of 1889 was a world's fair held in Paris from 6th Ma...

La Poste a Paris Depuis Sa Creation Jusqu&Apos;a Nos Jours Etude Historique & Anecdotique

Georges Brunel · 1920 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

Amiens, Yvert & Teller, 1920 . Paperback. An abundantly illustrated work on the post office in Paris, from its' creation to present day. A very scarce work.In publisher's original paper wraps. With 372 illustrations and reproductions from period documents, and 260 h...

The Life and Death of the Sublime Society of Beef Steaks

Bro. Walter Arnold · 1871 · Rooke Books

£670.00 (€803.09 | $885.11 | ¥141,341)

London , Bradbury, Evans, & Co. 1871. First edition. Leather. A very scarce first edition of this fascinating biography on the prestigious Sublime Society of Beef Steaks, with a frontispiece and six plates. The extremely scarce first edition of the work.Bound in publisher&apos...

Pseudodoxia Epidemica: Or, Enquiries Into Very Many Received Tenents, and Commonly Presumed Truths

Thomas Brown Dr. of Physick [Thomas Browne] · 1658 · Rooke Books

£490.00 (€587.33 | $647.32 | ¥103,369)

London, Printed by R. W. for Nath. Ekins , 1658. Leather. A scarce early edition of this popular work from polymath Thomas Browne, challenging common errors and superstitions of his time. The third edition, corrected and enlarged.Bound in full calf, with raised bands.An intrig...

1939 Documents Relating to the Outbreak of Hostilities between Great Britain and Germany on September 3rd 1939

Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs · 1939 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

London , His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1939. First edition. Cloth. Three political papers bound in one, all presented by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to Parliament by Command of His Majesty. In full blue cloth binding. Three political papers bound in one...

Dante and His Comedy by Allan Gilbert the Ladder of Vision a Study of Dante&Apos;S Comedy by Irma Brandeis an Approach to Dante by Thomas G. Bergin

Allan Gilbert; Irma Brandeis; Thomas G. Bergin · 1960 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.98 | ¥34,808)

London, Peter Owen, 1960-1965. Cloth. A 3 volume collection of critical glances into Dante's literary legacy, all in their original unclipped dust wrappers. A collection of 3 titles by scholars of Italian literature.Bound in their original coloured cloth, in lovely condit...

Medieval Thought: A Personal Selection

Jocelin of Brakelond [trans. and ed. by H.E. Butler]; Andreas Capellanus [trans. by John Jay Perry]; Etienne Gilson [trans. by A.H.C. Downes]; G.R. Owst; R.W. Southern; Paul Vignaux [trans. by E.C. Hall] · 1950 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.98 | ¥34,808)

London; New York; Oxford; Cambridge, Thomas Nelson and Sons; Frederick Ungar Publishing Co.; Sheed and Ward; Basil Blackwell; Hutchinson and Co.; Cambridge Universit, 1950-1964. Cloth. London; New York; Oxford; Cambridge: Thomas Nelson and Sons; Frederick Ungar Publishing Co.;...

The Mirror & the Light

Hilary Mantel · 2020 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, 4th Estate, 2020 . Cloth. A desirable first impression of the independent bookshop edition, concluding Mantel"s acclaimed Tudor trilogy with a powerful portrait of Cromwell"s final ascent and catastrophic fall. In the publisher's original blue cloth binding. Comp...

The English in the West Indies or the Bow of Ulysses

James Anthony Froude · 1888 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London , Longmans, Green and Co. 1888 . Cloth. An illustrated travelogue on the West Indies by controversial figure James Anthony Froude, with a frontispiece and seven plates. A new edition of the work.In publisher's original decorative green cloth binding. With a fronti...

A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland; a Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire

John Burke; John Bernard Burke · 1847 · Rooke Books

£680.00 (€815.08 | $898.32 | ¥143,451)

London, Henry Colburn, 1847 . Leather. A wonderful collection of mid-19th century volumes of Burke's Peerage, including his lists of the landed gentry, baronetage and peerage of Britain. Two informative works from John Burke and John Bernard Burke, offering detailed lists...

The British Imperial Calendar for the Year of Our Lord 1818

John Debrett · 1818 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.19 | ¥36,917)

London, Winchester and Son; Scatcherd and Letterman, 1818 . Leather. The 1818 volume of 'British Imperial Calendar', a conclusive reference work for British residents of that year, containing a wealth of knowledge conveyed in lists. A very extensive reference work fr...

A Short View of the Families of the Present Nobility

Nathaniel Salmon [Nathanael Salmon] · 1751 · Rooke Books

£475.00 (€569.35 | $627.50 | ¥100,205)

London, William Owen; G. Woodfall, 1751 . First edition. Leather. A handsome example of the very scarce first edition of Nathaneal Salmon's detailed guide to the peerage and nobility of England in the mid 18th century. The vanishingly scarce first edition of this work. A ...

The Royal Kalendar: And Court and City Register, for England, Scotland, Ireland and America, for the Year 1817

Anonymous · 1816 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

London, Wm. Stockdale; Longman & Co et al, 1816 . Leather. The scarce 1817 edition of this popular work of British history and genealogy, providing the annual register for England, Scotland and Ireland. The scarce 1817 edition of this work.'The Royal Kalendar' played...

The Belgian Congo: B.R. 522 (Restricted) Geographical Handbook Series for Official Use Only

1944 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.34 | ¥28,479)

Oxford , Naval Intelligence Division [Printed by Oxford and Cambridge University Presses], 1944. First edition. Cloth. A unique guide to the Belgian Congo, issued for use of Naval officers during the Second World War. With folding maps. First edition. In the original cloth bi...

History of the Dorsetshire Regiment, 1914-1919

1932 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

Dorchester, Henry Ling LTD, 1932. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon example of all three volumes on the history of the Dorsetshire Regiment in one, in original binding. Bound in its original green cloth.An uncommon title that compiles three volumes on the history of the Dorset...

The Story of a Regiment of a Horse Being the Regimental History from 1685 to 1922 of the 5th Princess Charlotte of Wales&Apos; Dragoon Guards Volume I

Ralph Legge Pomeroy · 1924 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,016)

Edinburgh & London , William Blackwood and Sons, 1924. First edition. Cloth. An illustrated first edition of this comprehensive account of British military history, with a frontispiece and colourful plates. The first edition of the work.Volume I of a two volume set.In publishe...

Twenty-Six Years of Missionary Work in China

Grace Stott · 1897 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.71 | ¥62,232)

New York , American Tract Society , 1897. Cloth. An illustrated second edition of this account of missionary work in China, with a frontispiece and 7 plates. The second edition of the work.In publisher's original green cloth binding. With gilt to top edge.Includes a front...

A History of British Birds

Rev. F. C. Morris · 1903 · Rooke Books

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

London, John C. Nimmo, 1903 . Cloth. Illustrated throughout with hand coloured plates, this is the complete six volume fifth edition of Rev. F. O. Morris's celebrated study of birds. The fifth edition of this work, complete in six volumes, and uniformly bound in the publi...

A Narrative of the Siege of Kars

Humphry Sandwith · 1856 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.11 | ¥61,177)

London, John Murray, 1856. First edition. Cloth. Insightful recount of major event in the Crimean War from Humphry Sandwith with lovely folding maps. First edition.Featuring two folding maps: "The Fortress of Kars" and "Asia Minor and Armenia". With frontispiece. Collated comp...

Introduction to &Apos;a Diplomat in Japan&Apos;: An Essay

Gordon Daniels · 1968 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Tokyo; London, Oxford University Press, 1968. Cloth. Very scarce, resourceful copy of George Daniel's introduction to Ernest Satow's A Diplomat in Japan. Very scarce edition of George Daniel's introduction to 'A Diplomat in Japan' by Sir Ernest Satow. ...