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The Last Boer War
H Rider Haggard · 1899 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)
London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. 1899. First edition. Paperback. The first edition of H Rider Haggard's account of the First Boer War of 1880-1. The first edition of this work. Originally written in 1882 but not published until 1889.Haggard refers to this conflic...
Memoirs of Bartholomew Fair
Henry Morley · 1859 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)
London, Chapman and Hall, 1859 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of Henry Morley's illustrated study of the Bartholomew Fair. The first edition of this work, illustrated throughout with facsimile drawings, engraved on wood, by the brothers Dalziel.A history of t...
Cornelii Taciti Vita Agricolae
Cornelii Taciti; Henry Furneaux · 1898 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)
Oxford, At the Clarendon Press , 1898 . First edition. Cloth. A smart edition of Agricola by Tacitus, with a colour map. A first of this edition of Cornelii Taciti's Agricolae, with an introduction and notes by Henry Furneaux. In the original Latin with extensive notes i...
Old Country Life
S. Baring Gould · 1890 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)
London , Methuen & Co , 1890. Leather. A leather bound copy of this work on country life, with illustrations. A second edition copy. An interesting volume on countryside life, with details on country houses, gardens, hunting, roads, family portraits and the country town. Ill...
The Defence of the Realme 1596
Sir Henry Knyvett; Chris Hughes [Intro.] · 1906 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)
Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1906. Paperback. An uncommon reprint of Henry Knyvett's sixteenth century treatise on how to defend Britain. An uncommon reprint of The Defence of the Realme by sixteenth century MP Henry Knyvett. First edition thus. Knyvett's treatise outlin...
The Early Homes of Prince Albert
Alfred Rimmer · 1883 · Rooke Books
£110.00 (€131.87 | $145.35 | ¥23,213)
Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1883 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Alfred Rimmer's work on the early homes of Prince Albert during his childhood, illustrated throughout. The first edition of this work, an exploration of the many homes whic...
Le Douloureux Calvaire D&Apos;Alphonse Daudet (Auto-Observation D&Apos;Un Tabetique de Qualite)
Docteur Mary Trivas · 1932 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)
Paris, Les Editions Vega, 1932 . First edition. Leather. The very scarce first edition of Dr. Mary Trivas's study of the illnesses suffered by Alphonse Daudet as a result of his syphilis. In the original French. The first edition of this very scarce work about the incurab...
A Carranca Da Paz
Agostinho de Campos · 1925 · Rooke Books
£58.00 (€69.53 | $76.64 | ¥12,240)
Paris, Livrarias Aillaud & Bertrand, 1925 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of the very scarce fifth volume of Agostinho de Campos's six volume study of the Great War. In the original Portuguese. With the publisher's original wraps bound in. The fifth volum...
Histoire de Charles-Edouard, Dernier Prince de la Maison de Stuart
Amedee Pichot · 1833 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)
Paris, Charles Gosselin, 1833 . Leather. A two volume biography of the life of 'Bonnie Prince Charlie', Prince Charles Edward Stuart. In the original French.The work of French novelist, historian and translator Amedee Pichot.Prince Charles was he second Jacobite pret...
Codice Per la Marina Mercantile Del Regno D&Apos;Italia
Regno d'Italia · 1865 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)
Torino, Stamperia Reale, 1865 . Hardback. A smart copy of the 1865 merchant shipping code for the Kingdom of Italy. In the original Italian.The merchant shipping code was issued, along with other codes, in what has been called the 'Risorgimento Legal Italian', which ...
Histoire de L&Apos;Empereru Napoleon 1st
Amedee Gabourd · 1870 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)
Paris, Alfred Mame et Fils, 1870 . Leather. A later, illustrated edition of this history of Napoleon by Amedee Gabourd. A tenth edition copy. In the original French. A French history of Napoleon I who was a French military commander and political leader. He rose to prominenc...
Ouvrage EãâoeãâDiteãâoeãâ Par le Gouvernement Francãâoeãâ§Ais, aãâoeãâ L&Apos;Occasion de la Visite En France de Leurs MajesteãâoeãâS Historiques, le Roi Georges VI Et la Reine Elisabeth
French Government · 1938 · Rooke Books
£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)
Paris, Le Gouvernement Francais, 1938 . First edition. Paperback. An interesting, illustrated celebration of the Royal state visit to France, being a limited edition. A limited edition copy, this work is not numbered but was limited to one thousand copies. In the original Fre...
Histoire Generale Synchronique
Pierre Dumoulin de Laplante · 1946 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)
Paris, Gallimard, 1946-1947. Leather. A complete two volume set of this general history from Laplante, in the original French language. French language. Two volumes. Volume one is illustrated with sixteen maps, volume two is illustrated with fourteen maps. Collated complete. A...
The Memorial Edition of the Works of Sir Richard Burton
Sir Richard Burton; Isabel Burton · 1893 · Rooke Books
£2,700.00 (€3,236.85 | $3,567.68 | ¥569,780)
London, Tylston and Edwards, 1893-94. Cloth. A striking illustrated set of the collected works of noted traveller Sir Richard Burton, a complete set edited by his wife. Complete in seven volumes.The 'Memorial Edition' of Sir Richard Burton's collected works.Rich...
La Russie Et L&Apos;Europe
Henri Martin · 1866 · Rooke Books
£110.00 (€131.87 | $145.35 | ¥23,213)
Paris, Furne, Jouvet et Cie, 1866. First edition. Leather. The very scarce first edition of French historian Henri Martin's study of Russia's relationship with Europe in the nineteenth century. In the original French.A fascinating and very scarce first edition examin...
Lexicon Geographicum; in Quo Universi Orbis Vrbes, Provinciae, Regna, Maria, & Flumina Recensentur
Filippo Ferrari [Philippus Ferrarius]; Michael Antonius Baudrand [ed.] · 1670 · Rooke Books
£795.00 (€953.07 | $1,050.48 | ¥167,768)
Parisiis [Paris], Apud Franciscum Muguet, 1670 . Leather. An excellent copy of this lexicon of ancient and modern geography by Filippo Ferrari, brought up to date and edited by Michael Antonius Baudrand. In the original Latin.Complete with two volumes in one, with a title page...
Y Cawg Aur, Yn Llawn O Ddwfr Pur, O Afon Bywyd; Y Fam Gartref; Neu Egwyddorion Y Ddyledswydd Famaidd Yn Cael Eu Hegluro; Sylwedd Pregeth; Dechreuad a Chynnydd Crefydd Yn Yr Enaid: Wedi Eu Hegluro Mewn Amrywiol O Anerchiadau Difrifol Ac Ymarferol
D. Evans; John S.C. Abbott; Isaac Harries; P. Doddridge · 1830 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)
Abertawy; Llanelli; Albion-Wasg, E. Griffiths; Rees A. Thomas; P. Evans, 1830-1836 . Cloth. A collection of four very scarce Welsh language texts from the mid nineteenth century. The first work in this collection is Daniel Evans's 'Y cawg aur yn llawn o ddwfr pur o A...
Die Nordpolarreisen Adolf Erik Nordenskjold&Apos;S 1858 Bis 1879
Adolf Erik Nordenskjold · 1880 · Rooke Books
£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)
Leipzig, F U Brockhaus, 1880. First edition. Leather. The scarce first German edition of this work concerned with the Polar travels of Adolf Erik Nordenskjold. The first German edition, translated from the English edition. A scarce work. Concerned with the polar travels of Ad...
Histoire Generale de la Civilisation En Europe
M. Guizot · 1840 · Rooke Books
£135.00 (€161.84 | $178.38 | ¥28,489)
Paris, Dider, 1840. Leather. A detailed history of civilisation in Europe from Guizot, in the original French language. French language. A detailed history of civilisation in Europe, from the initial development of societies, through various alliances, to the philosophical rev...
Voyage de Polyclete Ou Lettres Romaines
Baron Alexandre de Theis · 1822 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)
Paris, Chez Maradan, 1822. Leather. Two exciting volumes on the journeys of Polyclète, in the original French language. French language. Two volumes. The journeys of Polyclète, an archaeological novel intended to encourage learning about ancient Italian and Roman institution...