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Magnae Britanniae Notitia: Or, the Present State of Great Britain

Edward Chamberlayne; John Chamberlayne · 1728 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.05 | ¥50,630)

London, D. Midwinter; J. Tonson; T. Wotton; B. Motte; T. Osborn; J. Shuckburgh, 1728. Leather. A smartly bound copy of Chamberlayne's thorough history of Britain, illustrated with a portrait frontispiece. A comprehensive history of Britain, examining the state of the coun...

Meisterbuch Der Schrift: Ein Lehrbuch Mit Vorbildlichen Schriften Aus Vergangenheit U. Gegenwart Fãƒâ¼R Schriftenmaler, Graphiker, Bildhauer, Graveure, Lithographen, Verlagshersteller, Buchdrucker, Architekten Und Kunstschulen

Jan Tschichold · 1952 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Ravensburg, Otto Maier, 1952. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this masterclass in the art of lettering and typography, presenting scripts and type from history to modernity for designers and typographers. In the publisher's original green cloth binding.This volum...

6 Vols the War Illustrated Album de Luxe: The Story of the Great European War Told by Camera, Pen and Pencil

Various · 1915 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

London, The Amalgamated Press, Limited, 1915-1916. Cloth. A smart six volume set of this illustrated account of The Great War, profusely illustrated with maps, colour plates, and numerous in-text illustrations. In the publisher's original red half morocco binding with clo...

Dress and Insignia Worn at His Majesty&Apos;S Court

Herbert A. P. Trendell [ed.] · 1921 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.78 | $211.37 | ¥33,753)

London, Harrison & Sons, 1921 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this study of the court dress of King George V, illustrated throughout in colour. The scarce first edition of this work, examining the court dress of King George V.Illustrated with a colour front...

Memoirs of Guy Joli, Private Secretary to Cardinal de Retz; Claude Joli, Canon of Notre-Dame, and the Dutchess de Nemours

Guy Joli; Edward Taylor · 1777 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.69 | $297.24 | ¥47,465)

Dublin, W. Watson; W. Whitestone; et al, 1777. Leather. A very scarce Dublin edition of this autobiography of French magistrate Guy Joli. A scarce Dublin edition.Complete in two volumes.The memoirs of Guy Joli, also spelt as Joly.Joli was a French magistrate of the seventeenth...

The Analogy of Physical Sciences Indicated

George Field · 1819 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

London, [The Pamphleteer], 1819 . First edition. Unbound. The scarce first edition of chemist George Field's discussion of the similarities between the different branches of physical sciences. A scarce first edition.George Field explores how different branches of science ...

The Yellow Claw and the Si-Fan Mysteries

Sax Rohmer · 1934 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.82 | ¥83,328)

London, Methuen & Co Ltd, 1934-5. Cloth. Two of Sax Rohmer's crime novels with one featuring his infamous supervillain 'Fu Manchu', in the original colourful 1930s dust wrappers. The eighteenth edition to 'The Yellow Claw', and the fourteenth edition t...

The Mask of Fu Manchu and the Daughter of Fu Manchu

Sax Rohmer · 1931 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.19 | ¥36,917)

New York, Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc, 1931-2. First edition. Cloth. The first US editions of these two novels from Sax Rohmer, featuring his iconic supervillain Fu Manchu. The first American editions. A two volume set. By Sax Rohmer, the pen-name of Arthur Henry Ward, w...

Memories de M de **** Pour Servir a L&Apos;Histoire Des Nãƒâ©Gociations Depuis le Traitãƒâ© de Riswick Jusqu&Apos;a la Paix D&Apos;Utretch

[Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Marquis de Torcy] · 1756 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

Haye, Not Stated, 1756. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this insightful study of the treatises signed to end the Nine Years' War. The first edition.In the original French.Volume I only of a total of III.A French treatise on the 1697 Peace of Ryswick, a series...

The Kirk in Scotland

John Buchan; George Adam Smith · 1930 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1930. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated history of the Church of Scotland, by John Buchan and George Adam Smith. The first edition.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.A study on the Kirk of Scotland by John Buchan and Ge...

Melbourne&Apos;S Yesterday: A Photographic Record 1851-1901

Don Bennetts · 1976 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

London, Souvenir Press, 1976. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this collection of photographic records of the history of Melbourne, Australia, signed in presentation to Carmen Callil. First edition. Signed and inscribed by the author to the half title in pr...

A Collection of Travel Books on the Middle East

Various · 1930 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)

London, Ernest Benn, Limited; Naval Intelligence Division; Faber & Faber; Hodder & Stoughton; Collins; Longmans; Cassell & Co. 1930-1965. First edition. Cloth. A smart collection of ten volumes on the Middle East, with historical commentary and illustrations throughout. Ten vo...

Eugenics and Education Reprinted from the "Eugenics Review" July, 1912

John Russell; Mrs. MacCoy Irwin · 1912 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

London, Eugenics Education Society, c1912. Paperback. A very scarce copy of this pamphlet reprinted from the Eugenics Review of July 1912. Very scarce work. Two short essays reprinted rom the July 1912 issue of The Eugenics Review, a periodical acting as they official organ fo...

A History of the Island of St. Helena, from the Discovery by the Portuguese to the Year 1806

T. H. Brooke · 1808 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.05 | ¥50,630)

London, Black, Parry, Kingsbury, 1808. First edition. Hardback. A smart first edition of this detailed history of the island of St. Helena, from British historian T. H. Brooke. First edition. With a frontispiece. A detailed history of Saint Helena, a volcanic and tropical isla...

Bradshaw&Apos;S Railway Almanack, Directory, Shareholders&Apos; Guide and Manual for 1848

Bradshaw's Railway Publications · 1848 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.25 | $726.58 | ¥116,026)

London; Manchester, W. J. Adams; Bradshaw and Blacklock, 1848 . Cloth. An attractive example of this very scarce 1848 almanack and guide to the railways of Great Britain, intended to be of use to railway shareholders. The 1848 volume of this vanishingly scarce almanack, which ...

The Political and Military History of the Campaign of Waterloo

General Baron de Jomini; S. V. Benet [trans] · 1853 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.52 | $462.37 | ¥73,835)

New York, J. S. Redfield, 1853. First edition. Leather. A smartly bound first English edition of this work on the political and military history of the Campaign at Waterloo, complete with a folding map. The first edition, published previously only as an original manuscript fro...

Narrative of Events During the Invasion of Russia by Napoleon Bonaparte, and the Retreat of the French Army 1812

General Sir Robert Wilson; Rev. Herbert Randolph [editor] · 1860 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.71 | ¥62,232)

London, John Murray, 1860. First edition. Leather. A beautifully bound first edition of this historical account of the Napoleon's invasion of Russian by General Sir Robert Wilson, bound in lovely crushed half morocco. The first edition.Bound in lovely modern crushed moroc...

Operations Du 3rd Corps 1806-1807 Rapport Du Marechal Davout , Duc D&Apos; Auerstaedt

Marechal Davout [Louis-Nicholas Davout] · 1896 · Rooke Books

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

Paris, Calmann Levy, 1896. First edition. Leather. The first edition of the French Military commander Louis-Nicolas Davout's first hand report of the operations of the 3rd Corps during the Napoleonic wars, bound in crushed quarter morocco. The first edition. Illustrated ...

Atlas to Alison"S History of Europe

Alex Keith Johnston ; Sir Archibald Alison · 1875 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€898.98 | $990.80 | ¥158,218)

Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1875. Cloth. Alexander Keith Johnston's accompaniment to Sir Archibald Alison's renowned 'History of Europe', being an atlas of Europe depicting key historic battles and sieges. The library edition.Illustrat...

Arabia Felix: Across the Empty Quarter of Arabia

Bertram Thomas; T. E. Lawrence · 1932 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1932. Cloth. A smart illustrated first edition, second impression, of Bertram Thomas' account of his crossing the Rub' al Khali. The first edition, second impression of this work, reprinted in the same year as the first impression. Illustrated ...