Storia

Historia Universal for Cesar Cantu Volumes 1-4 and 6-10

Cesar Cantu; D. Nemesio Fernandez Cuestra · 1880 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)

Madrid, Gaspar Editores , 1880-89. Leather. Eight volumes of illustrated historical works by Cesar Cantu and continued by D. Nemesio Fernandez Cuestra, translated from the original Italian to Spanish and bound in quarter calf. Eight volumes. Complete in ten. Bound in half cal...

Dusklands

J. M. Coetzee · 1974 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.11 | ¥61,177)

Johannesburg , Ravan Press , 1974 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Nobel Prize winning author J. M. Coetzee's debut novel, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapp...

The Spanish Story of the Armada and Other Essays

James Anthony Froude · 1892 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1892. Leather. A smart copy of this collection of historical essays from English historian, James Anthony Froude. A collection of six historical essays, with titles including: The Spanish Story of the Armada, Antonio Perez: An Unsolved Historic...

Twentieth of July

Hans Hellmut Kirst; John Maxwell Brownjohn · 1966 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, Collins, 1966. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first English translation of this historical work on a failed assassination attempt of Hitler, signed by the author with an inscription in German. First U.K. edition. Signed and inscribed by the author to the front endp...

Adversus Paganos Historiarum Libri Septem

Orosius · 1738 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.52 | $462.37 | ¥73,835)

Leiden, Gerardum Potuliet, 1738. Leather. A Latin translation of the important history of mankind by Orosius, an incredibly important history. In Latin.'Adversus Paganos Historiarum Libri Septem' is the only history book written by Roman priest Orosius.This important...

Epochs and Episodes of History

1882 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

London, Ward, Lock & Co. 1882. Cloth. A late-19th century volume on interesting episodes and notable events in world history. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Binder's label of W. Greening to the rear paste down.An illustrated collection of accoun...

Introductio Ad Sapientiam: Or, the Art of Right Thinking

Thomas Fuller · 1731 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, W. Innys, 1731 . First edition. Leather. The scarce first edition of the first part only of Thomas Fuller's guide to 'The Art of Right Thinking&apos. The first part only of a two part work by Thomas Fuller. The scarce first edition of this work.ESTC T138941A...

The Virgin Soldiers

Leslie Thomas · 1966 · Rooke Books

£37.00 (€44.35 | $48.88 | ¥7,805)

London, Jonathan Cape , 1966. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Leslie Thomas' debut novel inspired by his experiences in the British Army, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclip...

A Guide to the Giants Causeway and the North-East Coast of the County of Antrim

Rev G. N. Wright · 1823 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.49 | $495.40 | ¥79,109)

London , Baldwin, Cradock and Joy , 1823. First edition. Leather. A very scarce charming pocket guide to the Giants Causeway. First edition.Very scarce. A charming pocket guide to Ireland. Missing the half title. This pocket guide gives an outline of places to visit in Irela...

Handbook of Birmingham Issued by the Local Committee of the British Association September 1886

1886 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

Birmingham , Hall and England , 1886. First edition. Hardback. A very scarce copy of the Birmingham handbook issued by the Local Committee of the British Association. The first edition. Very scarce. Including a complete map and map pocket. This handbook was issued by the Local...

Cleveland, Ancient and Modern Volume II Parts 15, 16, 17, and 18

Rev. J. C. Atkinson · 0 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, Simpkin, Marshall, and Co. c1874. Brochure/Pamphlet. Three scarce individual parts of the second volume from Atkinson's History of Cleveland, Ancient and Modern. Four volumes. Parts 15, 16,17, and 18 of volume II only. Scarce in this form. Written by John Christop...

Russia 1904-1924: The Revolutionary Years a History in Documentary Photographs

Eric Baschet · 1989 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

Schweiz, Swan Productions, 1989. First edition. Hardback. A very smart first edition of this history of the Russian revolutionary years in photographs. First edition. Illustrated with over two hundred black-and-white photographs. A collection of striking photographs capturing ...

Bibliotheca Gloucestrensis: A Collection of Scarce and Curious Tracts Relating to the County and City of Gloucester

John Washbourn · 1823 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

Gloucester, Washbourn and Son, 1823-1825. First edition. Hardback. A collection of scarce documents relating to the city of Gloucester, dating from the civil war. First edition, in the publisher's original paper covered boards. Complete in three volumes. Compiled by John ...

Memories of Fourscore Years Less Two, 1851-1929

Abel Chapman; George Bolam · 1830 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

London, Gurney and Jackson, 1830 . First edition. Cloth. A bright example of the first edition of naturalist Abel Chapman's charmingly illustrated and posthumously published biography. The first edition of this work, illustrated with a photogravure frontispiece and with t...

The Law at Randado

Elmore Leonard · 1957 · Rooke Books

£675.00 (€809.08 | $891.72 | ¥142,396)

London, Robert Hale, 1957 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first UK edition of Elmore Leonard's second western novel, about escalating tensions between a naïve sheriff and a wealthy cattle baron. The very scarce first UK edition, first impression.First published i...

Pictures of English Life

J. G. Watts · 1865 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)

London, Sampson, Low, Son & Marston, 1865 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this beautifully illustrated and scarce depiction of mid nineteenth century English life. The first edition of this scarce work.Illustrated with ten plates, each retaining the original title...

Camp-Fires on Desert and Lava

William T. Hornaday · 1908 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)

New York , Charles Scribner's Sons, 1908 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated work documenting the authors' expedition to the Pinacate region. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth. Illustrated with a full colour frontis...

The Life and Letters of Sir John Everett Millais

John Guille Millais · 1899 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.74 | $251.00 | ¥40,082)

London , Methuen and Co , 1899. First edition. Leather. A biography of the life and works of Sir John Everett Millais written by his son. The first edition. Handsomely bound in a half morocco binding. Written by John Guille Millais who was a British artist, naturalist, gardene...

The Story of Jenny Driver: A Memoir of a Famous Female Criminal

Stanbury Thompson · 1940 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)

London, Arthur H. Stockwell, Ltd. 1940. Hardback. A scarce work on the life of pickpocket Jenny Driver, written by Stanbury Thompson, with the author's inscription to the front endpaper. Author's presentation to the front endpaper, dated 1958. The life of Mary Young,...

Sea-Side Walks of a Naturalist with His Children

Rev. W. Houghton · 1889 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.29 | ¥17,931)

London, Groombridge and Sons, 1889. Cloth. A smart new edition of this collection of commentaries from sea-side walks, with colour illustrations. New edition. Illustrated with colour frontispiece and five plates, with many in-text images. Collated complete. A collection of com...