Storia

Orden, and, Der Bunte Rock

1933 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)

Koln; Munchen, Waldorf-Astoria-Zigarettenfabrik; Haus Neuerburg, 1933. Paperback. Two German volumes showcasing the cigarette cards produced by Waldorf-Astoria-Zigarettenfabrik and Haus Neuerburg, two leading German cigarette manufacturers. In the original German.Two volumes s...

James Phillips, Jr.

Walter De Blois Briggs · 1935 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

San Francisco, Privately Published; Walter De Blois Briggs, 1935. Cloth. A limited edition, illustrated biography on the life of a Scottish born distinguished business man, written and privately printed by his grandson Walter De Blois Briggs. A limited edition, being one of on...

Souvenir of Butlin&Apos;S Holiday Camp Skegness

Butlin's · 0 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

None stated, Butlin's, c1950. Paperback. A very scarce souvenir from the Butlin's holiday camp in Skegness, an interesting piece of British history, with photographs and colour plates throughout. A very scarce booklet. Illustrated with monochrome photographs, two co...

Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland

Various · 1880 · Rooke Books

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

Edinburgh , Neill and Company , 1880-1914. First edition. Cloth. An impressive collection of proceedings from the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, with illustrations throughout. Comprising thirty-five volumes relevant to the years 1880-1914, or sessions 101-134. In the pub...

History of the Conquest of Peru 1524-1550

William Hickling Prescott · 1957 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

Mexico City , Limited Editions Club [at Imprenta Nuevo Mundo], 1957. Leather. A terrific limited copy of this classic history by William H. Prescott, produced for the Limited Editions club and signed by the printer and illustrator. This edition limited to 1500 copies signed by...

The Last Million

Ian Hay [Major General John Hay Beith] · 1918 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1918. First edition. Cloth. The final of three volumes of this good humoured account of army life from British soldier Major General John Hay Beith. First edition. A collection of the author's good-humoured accounts of army life, describing w...

The Four Horsemen Ride

Trooper" [H. L. Hall]; General Sir Hubert Gough · 1935 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

London, Peter Davies, 1935. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon first edition of this illustrated collection of reminiscences from the First World War. First edition. Uncommon work. With the front panel of the original dust wrapper pasted to the front free endpaper. Illustrated ...

John Aubrey&Apos;S Wiltshire

John Aubrey · 1984 · Rooke Books

£34.00 (€40.75 | $44.92 | ¥7,173)

Wiltshire , Punch Bowl Press, 1984. Paperback. A delightful copy of this very scarce limited work, comprising extracts of Wiltshire as described by English antiquary John Aubrey. Number thirty-five out of sixty copies produced by the Punch Bowl Press. A very scarce work.In the...

Louis XV Et Madame de Pompadour

Pierre de Nolhac · 1903 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.49 | $495.40 | ¥79,109)

Paris , Goupil & Cie. 1903 . First edition. Leather. A beautifully illustrated, limited edition of Pierre de Nolhac's biographical study of Louis XV written in the original French, bound by Riviere in half morocco. Limited edition. Number 755 of 800: "Huit Cents Exemplair...

All Our Yesterdays

H. M. Tomlinson · 1930 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1930. First edition. Cloth. A signed, limited edition, first edition, of H. M. Tomlinson's celebrated anti-war novel. No. 577 of 1025 limited edition copies, signed by the author to the limitation page. Illustrated with a portrait frontispi...

Severn Tunnel Railway: From 4 Miles 60 Chains to 7 Miles 50 Chains

Great Western Railway · 0 · Rooke Books

£1,900.00 (€2,277.42 | $2,510.02 | ¥400,818)

London, Not Stated, c1890 . Leather. An annotated and hand coloured lithograph map of the Severn Tunnel Railway, belonging to the office of the Great Western Railway's Chief Engineer's Office. A vanishingly scarce lithograph map of the Severn Tunnel, a tunnel linking...

The Love Letters of a Subaltern

The Author of 'A Soldier's Sonnets"; "Field Officer · 1916 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.11 | ¥61,177)

Northampton, Birdsall and Son, 1916. Hardback. A very scarce collection of fictious - possibly semi-autobiographical - letters between a soldier and his fiancée, from 1915 to 1916. A very scarce work in the publisher's original paper boards. A collection of letters betwe...

Navy Directory

Anonymous · 1918 · Rooke Books

£1,500.00 (€1,797.96 | $1,981.59 | ¥316,435)

Washington, Government Printing Office , 1918-1919 . Leather. The February 1918 to April 1919 issues of the very scarce Navy Directory. Fascinating works of American naval history hailing from the Library of Congress. Six very scarce volumes - containing fifteen issues - of th...

Secret War: Espionage and Counter-Espionage

Thomas M. Johnson · 1930 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

London, Jarrolds, 1930. Cloth. A very scarce work on American espionage and counter-espionage, with anecdotes from the First World War. A very scarce work in the publisher's original cloth binding. An intriguing collection of anecdotes from the First World War, on espiona...

Lamuriac and Other Sketches

Ruby Cromer · 1927 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.32 | ¥23,205)

London, Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1927. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of sketches from British writer Ruby Cromer, with the scarce original unclipped dust wrapper. First edition. With the vanishingly scarce original unclipped dust wrapper. A collectio...

Boer War Services of Military Officers of the British and Colonial Armies, Imperial Yeomanry, Mounted Infantry, Local Units &CC 1899-1902

Not Sated · 1998 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

London, Savannah, 1998. Cloth. A very smart facsimile edition of this record of those serving in British and Colonial military capacity during the Boer War. Facsimile edition. This volume is an amalgamation of extracts from scarce official contemporary publications which have ...

Lawrence of Arabia Memorial

Various · 1935 · Rooke Books

£58.00 (€69.52 | $76.62 | ¥12,235)

Not Stated, Not Stated, 1935 . First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A pamphlet proposing plans for the 'Lawrence of Arabia' memorial, set to be unveiled at St. Paul's Cathedral the following year. The first edition of this work. A single sheet of paper, folded in h...

Four Centuries of Fine Printing: Two Hundred and Seventy-Two Examples of the Work of Presses Established between 1465 and 1924

Stanley Morison · 1949 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)

London, Ernest Benn Limited, 1949. Cloth. A second revised edition of this sweeping study of the printing press between 1465 and 1924, illustrated with numerous plates. The second revised edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original un...

Four Portraits: Studies of the Eighteenth Century

Peter Quennell · 1946 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

London, Collins, 1946 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the second impression of Peter Quennell's biography of four key eighteenth century figures: James Boswell, Edward Gibbon, Laurence Sterne and James Wilkes. A signed second impression of this work,...

The History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain.

Robert Watson · 1792 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)

Basil, J. J. Tourneisen , 1792 . Cloth. A new edition of this biographical work surrounding Philip the Second, King of Spain, written by Scottish academic and historian, Robert Watson. A new edition. Volumes I and II of this biographical work, first published in 1777 in two vo...