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Account of the Royal Hospital and Collegiate Church of St. Katharine & Menu de la Maison de la Royne

J. B. Nichols; De Pinguillon · 1824 · Rooke Books

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

London, John Nichols and Son, 1824. Leather. A very scarce two volumes bound in one, with an account of the Royal Hospital and Church of Saint Katharine and the menus and dining in the household of Mary, Queen of Scots. Two volumes bound in one. Very scarce works. This volume ...

A Survey of England&Apos;S Champions and Truths Faithfull Patriots

Josiah Ricraft · 1818 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

London, R. Austin; F. H.; John Hancock, [1818]. Cloth. A smart facsimile of this important biography work on military men in seventeenth century England, illustrated with portraits. A smart undated nineteenth century facsimile of Josiah Ricraft's 1694 study on the noted m...

Japan and Her People

Anna C. Hartshorne · 1902 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.33 | $653.93 | ¥104,424)

Philadelphia, The John C. Winston Co. 1902. First edition. Cloth. A first edition two volume set on Japan and the Japanese, with elegant pictorial gilt to the front boards. The first edition of this two volume work in the publisher's original cloth bindings, with pictoria...

The Spectator: With Sketches of the Lives of the Authors, and Explanatory Notes

1816 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.82 | ¥83,328)

London, J. Nunn; J. Otridge; J. Cuthell; J. Booker; et al. 1816. Leather. A complete eight volume set of The Spectator, with biographical notes about the authors, smartly bound in full calf. An eight volume set in full calf bindings, with gilt detailing to the spines.Ink inscr...

Historical Essays

Edward A. Freeman · 1889 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1889. Leather. A handsomely bound third edition of historical essays in a prize binding. A revised third edition including new material and the original preface for the first and second edition. Bound in a prized binding awarded to one 'J. A. F. ...

A Tourist in Africa

Evelyn Waugh · 1960 · Rooke Books

£36.00 (€43.15 | $47.56 | ¥7,594)

London, Chapman & Hall, 1960. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated travel journal from Evelyn Waugh, with the original price clipped dust wrapper. First edition. Illustrated with frontispiece and nine plates. Collated complete. Waugh's final tra...

Our Man in New York

Henry Hemming · 2019 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

London, Quercus, 2019. First edition. Cloth. A thrilling story of a covert propaganda mission to manipulate the US into joining the war effort, signed by the author. First edition. Signed with an inscription to the half-title. Illustrated with eight plates. Collated complete. ...

Declarations of War

Len Deighton · 1971 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.05 | ¥10,548)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1971. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this collection of short stories on war by Len Deighton. A first edition of the work. In the publisher's original cloth and the original unclipped dust wrapper. With red top edge and vibrant red end pa...

The Herald of God

J. V. Hewes · 1946 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London, Hammond, Hammond & Co. Ltd. 1946. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of this novel depicting remarkable events from the Second World War. A scarce first edition of the work in original maroon cloth binding, with the unclipped dust wrapper. J. V Hewes is an au...

Airshipwreck

Len Deighton; Arnold Schwartzman · 1978 · Rooke Books

£47.00 (€56.34 | $62.09 | ¥9,915)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1978. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this tribute to airship travel in the twenties and thirties. First edition. Illustrated throughout. A comprehensive historical commentary on air travel during the twenties and thirties, exploring ...

The Tyke

1932 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

Leeds, Leeds University Union, 1932-33. First edition. Paperback. Two issues of the University of Leeds' very scarce rag magazine, a comical publication by the students of the University. Two issues of University of Leeds' rag magazine, 'The Tyke', for the ...

The Early Churches of Great Britain Prior to the Coming of Augustine

J. Hunt Cooke · 1897 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London, Alexander and Shepheard, 1897. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce historical study of Christian faith before the arrival of Augustine, one of the most important Church Fathers of the Latin Church. The first edition of this very scarce work in the publisher's orig...

Extracts from a Diary Kept by the Late John Benwell, of Sidcot

John Benwell · 1825 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

Bristol, Printed for the Editor, 1825 . First edition. Hardback. The first edition of the scarce diary of John Benwell, who lived in Sidcot in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century. The first edition of this scarce work.A personal diary published after the author&ap...

Letters Written by the Late Right Honourable Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, to His Son Philip Stanhope, Late Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Desden Together with Several Other Pieces on Various Subjects

Philip Dormer Stanhope · 1774 · Rooke Books

£625.00 (€749.15 | $825.66 | ¥131,848)

London, J. Dodsley, 1774. Leather. A complete four volume set of the third edition of this collection of letters written by the Earl of Chesterfield. Complete in four volumes. Third edition. Each volume contains a portrait frontispiece. A collection of letters written by Briti...

The Life of William Ewart Gladstone

John Morley · 1905 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,016)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1905-1906. Leather. A new edition of this notable documentation of the life of the famous British statesman, whose career lasted for over sixty years. This new edition of the work has a half calf leather binding with a marbled fore edge. This...

The Conscript: A Tale of the French War of 1813

Emile Erckmann; Alexandre Chatrian · 1870 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

London, Smith, Elder & Co, 1870. Cloth. An illustrated translation of Erckmann-Chatrian's tale of the French war of 1813. This work is presented in publisher's original decorative binding. The first edition of this translation was in 1865.The Conscript was written jo...

Chateau de Montaigne Postcard Booklet

None · 1949 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

Bordeaux, BLOC Freres Editeurs, c1910. Paperback. A scarce postcard booklet from the Chateau de Montaigne, in the original French language. French language. Scarce booklet. A collection of twenty-four individual postcards with tissue guards. A souvenir from the Chateau de Mont...

History of the Great Western Railway: Volume I, Part II and Volume II

E. T. MacDermot · 1927 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)

London, Great Western Railway Company, 1927-1931. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the second and third volume of MacDermot's History of the Great Western Railway. The first edition of the second and third volume of this work in the publisher's original clo...

Historical Sketches of Charles the First, Cromwell, Charles the Second, and the Principal Personages of That Period; Including the King&Apos;S Trial and Execution: To Which Is Annexed an Account of the Sums Exacted by the Commonwealth from the Royalists, and the Names of All Those Who Compounded for Their Estates; with Other Scarce Documents.

W D Fellowes · 1828 · Rooke Books

£280.00 (€335.62 | $369.90 | ¥59,068)

London, Printed for John Murray, 1828. First edition. Leather. The uncommon first edition of W D Fellowes's large historical sketch of the life and times of Charles I, Cromwell, and Charles II. The first edition of this work. An uncommon copy. Printed on large paper. A hi...

The Ancient World: A Beginning

T. R. Glover · 1935 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

Cambridge, Cambridge at the University Press, 1935. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this detailed work on ancient history, illustrated throughout. With original price-clipped dust wrapper. First edition. Includes scarce original price clipped dust wrapper. Illus...