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Korea and Her Neighbors

Isabella Bird Bishop; Sir Walter C. Hiller · 1898 · Rooke Books

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

New York; Chicago; Toronto, Fleming H. Revell Company, 1898. First edition. Cloth. The first U.S. edition of this insightful history on Korea by Isabella Bird Bishop, complete with plates and folding maps. The first U.S. edition of this uncommon work.An insightful history of K...

A Complete System of Practical Book-Keeping, Applicable to All Kings of Business

C. Morrison · 1828 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

Edinburgh, Stirling & Kenney, 1828 . Leather. A scarce early 19th century instructional guide to double-entry bookkeeping, including comparison of various methods of bookkeeping. The fourth edition of this work, which is scarce in all editions.With an engraved title page, lett...

Landmarks of the City of London in the Eighteenth Century: Eighteen Engravings in the Guildhall Library

Guildhall Library · 1975 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.05 | ¥10,548)

London, Guildhall Library, 1975. First edition. Paperback. A fantastic collection of plates depicting reproductions of original engravings held at the Guildhall, illustrating historic landmarks in London. The scarce first edition. The scarce first edition.Illustrated with eigh...

France for the Last Seven Years; or, the Bourbons.

W. H. Ireland · 1822 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)

London, G. and W. B. Whittaker , 1822 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of William Henry Ireland's scarce and detailed account of the social and political climate in France during the final seven years of the Bourbon rule, just prior to the French Revolution. Th...

History of the County Palatine and Duchy of Lancaster

Edward Baines · 1836 · Rooke Books

£390.00 (€467.47 | $515.21 | ¥82,273)

London , Fisher, Son & Co , 1836. First edition. Leather. The four volume first edition set of Edward Baines' detailed and illustrated historical study of Lancaster, bound in half calf. The first edition.A complete four volume set.Bound in half calf with marbled paper to ...

Rome

M. A. R. Tuker; Hope Malleson · 1905 · Rooke Books

£79.00 (€94.69 | $104.36 | ¥16,666)

London, Adam and Charles Black , 1905. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this beautifully illustrated guide to Italy's capital city, complete with numerous colour plates from Alberto Pisa. The first edition of this delightful guide to Rome. In the original cloth...

Stonehenge Today and Yesterday

Frank Stevens · 1916 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

London, Sampson Low, Marston and Co. Ltd , 1916. First edition. Paperback. A scarce first edition of this discussion of Stonehenge, offering intriguing insight to century-old views of this ancient wonder. The scarce first edition of this work. In the original wraps. This boo...

Old Nottingham: Its Streets, People, &C.

James Granger · 1902 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

Nottingham, Nottingham Daily Express Office , 1902. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce volume comprising James Granger's articles on Nottingham's topography and notable residents. First edition of these articles in a single book volume. Reprinted from the Nottingham...

The Wiltshire Register for 1825

1825 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

Melksham, J. Cochrane, 1825. Hardback. A very scarce copy of the Wiltshire Register for the year 1825, in modern binding. Very scarce work. A copy of the annually produced register for the ceremonial county of Wiltshire in South West England, this edition for the year 1825. Wi...

Die Selbstmorder Mit Besonderer Berucksichtigung Der Militarischen Selbstmorder

Dr. Anton Brosch · 1909 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)

Leipzig, Franz Deuticke, 1909. Cloth. A scarce copy of this detailed medical study into suicide and military suicide from Austrian military doctor Anton Busch, in the original German. German. Scarce work. A detailed statistical, psychiatric, and anatomical study into the theor...

The First Annual City of Nottingham Exposition Programme

1938 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

Nottingham, Cooke & Vowles, Ltd. 1938. Cloth. A smart copy of this vanishingly scarce programme for the first City of Nottingham Exposition of July 1938. Very scarce work. The official programme for the First Annual City of Nottingham Exposition of July 13th to 23rd, 1938. Con...

The Annals of Newark-Upon-Trent Comprising the History, Curiosities, and Antiquities of the Borough

Cornelius Brown · 1879 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, H. Sotheran & Co. 1879. First edition. Cloth. A smartly bound first edition of this historical study of Newark-Upon-Trent from English historian Cornelius Brown. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, eight plates, and the odd in-text image. Collated complete....

History of the Conquest of Mexico with a Preliminary View of the Ancient Mexican Civilization and the Life of the Conqueror Hernando Cortes

William H. Prescott · 1866 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, George Routledge & Sons, 1866. Leather. The author's authorised edition of this historical study of the conquest of Mexico from American historian and Hispanist William Hickling Prescott. Author's authorised edition. With a portrait frontispiece. A sweeping a...

The Annals of Kendal

Cornelius Nicholson · 1861 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, Whitaker & Co. 1861 . Cloth. The second edition of Cornelius Nicholson's historical and descriptive account of Kendal, complete with six plates, one of which is a folding plan of the town. The second edition. Bound in the publisher's original cloth, rebacked ...

The Early History of Charles James Fox

Trevelyan George Otto · 1880 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1880 . First edition. Leather. A smartly bound first edition of Trevelyan"s acclaimed biography of Charles James Fox, charting the Whig statesman"s early rise and political career. Rebound in half crushed crimson morocco with red cloth boards a...

History of Europe from the Commencement of the French Revolution to the Restoration of the Bourbons

Sir Archibald Alison · 1833 · Rooke Books

£1,950.00 (€2,337.35 | $2,576.07 | ¥411,366)

Edinburgh, William Blackwood, 1833-1842 . First edition. Leather. Handsomely bound in full calf, this is the scarce complete ten volume first edition of Sir Archibald Alison's impressive study of European history. The scarce first edition of this work, complete in ten vol...

Remarkable Occurrences in the Life of Jonas Hanway, Esq.

John Pugh · 1788 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)

London, For the Author by J. Davis; Payne and Son, 1788 . Cloth. The second edition of John Pugh's very scarce biography of the fascinating life of philanthropist Jonas Hanway. The second edition of this very scarce work, which was first published the year prior.John Pugh...

A History of British Quadrupeds, Including the Cetacea

Thomas Bell; Robert F. Tomes; Edward Richard Alston · 1874 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, John Van Voorst, 1874 . Cloth. The preferred second edition of Thomas Bell's history of British quadrupeds, illustrated with woodcuts throughout. The second edition of this work, in the publisher's original cloth binding. A charming history of British quadru...

The King&Apos;S England

Arthur Mee [ed.] · 1939 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1939-1959. Cloth. A very smart selection of county histories from 'The King's England' series, edited by Arthur Mee, with a signed hand-typed letter. A set of six volumes from 'The King's England', a county history se...

The Romance of Empire

Philip Gibbs · 1906 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)

London, Edward Arnold , 1906. First edition. Leather. A very scarce first edition of this history of the British Empire from Philip Gibbs, in smart full calf prize binding. A very scarce first edition of this work. In full gilt-decorated calf prize binding. Illustrated with ...