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V.R. I. Her Life and Empire & the Art Journal Coronation Number

The Marquis of Lorne [John Campbell] · 1901 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1901-1902. Cloth. A smart collection of works on the life and times of Queen Victoria, and the Coronation of Edward VII and Alexandra, with illustrations throughout. Complete with the index and preface, parts one to sixteen, and The Art Journal Cor...

An Abridgement of Captain Cook&Apos;S First and Second Voyages

Captain Cook · 1788 · Rooke Books

£850.00 (€1,018.85 | $1,122.90 | ¥179,313)

London, G. Kearsley, 1788 . First edition. Leather. The fourth edition of this single volume abridged edition of Captain James Cook's account of his famous first two voyages. The fourth edition of this work. Illustrated with a frontispiece and seven further engraved plat...

Winston S. Churchill with Companion Volumes

Randolph S. Churchill; Martin Gilbert · 1967 · Rooke Books

£890.00 (€1,066.79 | $1,175.74 | ¥187,752)

London, William Heinemann, 1967-1983. First edition. Cloth. A collection of first edition part of the companions to Winston S. Churchill's authorised biography, as well as three volumes of the biography itself. Twelve volumes. First edition. Three consecutive volumes of t...

Murder in Piccadilly

Charles Kingston · 1936 · Rooke Books

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

London, Ward, Lock & Co, 1936 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of this detective novel about the murder of the wealthy Massy Cheldon, and the subsequent investigation. The first edition, first impression of this very scarce work.In the publisher's ori...

Table Mountain Guide: Walks and Easy Climbs on Table Mountain and Devil&Apos;S Peak

1944 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

Cape Town, Stewart Printing Co. Ltd. 1944. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this detailed guide to climbing Table Mountain in Cape Town, with plates and maps. First edition. Illustrated with twenty-eight pages of plates and two folding maps. Collated complete. Wi...

Botha Treks

Lt.-Col. H. F. Trew · 1936 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Blackie & Son Limited, 1936. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated collection of personal stories of General Louis Botha and his treks across Africa. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and seven plates. Collated complete. A collect...

Records of the Intelligence Department of the Government of the North-West Provinces of India During the Mutiny of 1857

Sir William Muir; William Coldstream [editor] · 1902 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.58 | ¥35,863)

Edinburgh, T. & T. Clark, 1902. Cloth. A smart copy of records from the Indian Mutiny of 1857, volume two only. Volume two only. With records from the Intelligence Department including correspondence and letters, notes, memoranda, and columns regarding the rebellion against th...

A Brief Record of the Advance of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force Under the Command of General Sir Edmund H.H. Allenby July 1917 to October 1918

1919 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.58 | ¥35,863)

Cairo, Government Press and Survey of Egypt, 1919. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of this illustrated record of the advance of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force, with maps throughout. First edition. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece and fifty-six plates...

Normandy to the Baltic

Field Marshall The Viscount Montgomery of Alamein · 1946 · Rooke Books

£1,200.00 (€1,438.37 | $1,585.27 | ¥253,148)

Germany, Printing and Stationery Service British Army of the Rhine, 1946. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of the author's account from the preparations for the invasion of North-West Europe, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author to the fron...

Blair&Apos;S Chronological and Historical Tables, from the Creation to the Present Time

John Blair · 1851 · Rooke Books

£99.00 (€118.67 | $130.79 | ¥20,885)

London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1851 . Leather. A smart example of this collection of historical tables, discussing history from the creation of the earth onwards. First published in 1754 under the title 'The Chronology and History of the World', this wo...

Neolithic Dew-Ponds and Cattle-Ways

Arthur John Hubbard; George Hubbard · 1916 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.53 | $63.41 | ¥10,126)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1916. Cloth. A smart third edition of this illustrated historic study of Neolithic dew-ponds and cattle-ways. Third edition. Illustrated with nine plates and many in-text photographs and diagrams. Collated complete. A detailed historical study ...

London Characters and Crooks

Henry Mayhew; Christopher Hibbert · 1996 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

London, The Folio Society, 1996 . Cloth. A well presented copy of this highly detailed account of London's criminals, beggars and poor during Victorian times. Published by the Folio Society based on the first edition of Henry Mayhew's 'London Labour and the Lond...

In Arabian Nights: A Caravan of Moroccan Dreams

Tahir Shah · 2008 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

New York, Bantam Books, 2008. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this illustrated travel book by Anglo-Afghan author Tahir Shah. First edition. Scarce work. Illustrated throughout. A travel book immediately following the author's previous book The Cakiph&...

A Survey of London, Contayning the Originall, Antiquity, Increase, Moderne Estate, and Description of That Citie, Written in the Year 1598

John Stow; Henry Morley [ed.] · 1890 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

London, George Routledge and Sons, 1890 . Cloth. A smart copy of John Stow's survey of London under Elizabeth, written in the year 1598 and published here for the first time since. Bound in the publisher's original cloth. First thus, being the first time this work wa...

Windsor Castle: An Historical Romance

William Harrison Ainsworth · 1853 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

London, George Routledge and Sons, Limited, 1853 . Cloth. An illustrated edition of this historical novel surrounding Anne Boleyn at Windsor Castle, written by W. Harrison Ainsworth. Bound in the publisher's original red cloth. Dated using Jisc, from copies of the work he...

Three Visits to Madagascar During the Years 1853-1854-1856

William Ellis · 1858 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.27 | ¥52,739)

London, John Murray, 1858. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this fascinating illustrated travelogue regarding the treatment of Christians in Madagascar during the nineteenth century. The first edition, first impression.A vivid travel work on Madagascar, written by ...

Hastings of Bygone Days and the Present

Henry Cousins · 1911 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.29 | ¥17,931)

Hastings , F. J. Parsons Ltd , 1911. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated historical work on Hastings by Henry Cousins. The first edition. With a monochrome frontispiece, monochrome illustrations and a folding map. Collated complete. In the publisher&a...

Prerequisites of the October Revolution in Siberia Written in Cyrillic

USSR Academy of Sciences; Dulov [ed]; F. A. Kudryavtsev [ed] · 1964 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

Novosibirsk , Siberian Branch of the USSR Academy of Sciences, 1964. Cloth. A very scarce work on the October Revolution, written in Cyrillic. In the publisher's original cloth. Written in Russian Cyrillic. This work provides a historical account of the October Revoluti...

The Mint: A Day-Book of the R.A. F. Depot between August and December 1922

T. E. Lawrence · 1955 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1955. First edition. Cloth. The first trade edition of the memoirs of T. E. Lawrence, presenting his time in the Royal Air Force in the 1920s. First trade edition of the work, published the same year as a limited edition of two-thousand copies.Bound in t...

The Mint: A Day-Book of the R.A. F. Depot between August and December 1922

T. E. Lawrence · 1955 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.98 | ¥34,808)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1955 . First edition. Cloth. The first trade edition of the memoirs of T. E. Lawrence, documenting his time in the Royal Air Force. First trade edition of the work, published the same year as a limited edition of two-thousand copies.Bound in the publishe...