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Eighteenth Olympic Games Official Report

Tokyo Olympic Organising Committee · 1966 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.42 | $654.07 | ¥104,460)

Tokyo, Tokyo Olympic Organising Committee, 1966 . First edition. Cloth. The uncommon official report from the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo in Japanese and complete in two volumes. Eighteenth Olympic Games Official Report in the original cloth binding. Edited and published by the To...

A Bachelor Girl in Burma

G. E. Mitton · 1907 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.36 | $726.75 | ¥116,066)

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1907. First edition. Cloth. An entertaining travelogue about early twentieth century Burma, with ninety five photographic plates. Interspersed with interesting snippets of history and insights into the lives of Burmese women, Geraldine Edith Mit...

The Bristol Charities, Being the Report of the Commissioners for Enquiring Concerning Charities in England and Wales, So Far As Related to Charitable Institutions in Bristol

Thomas John Manchee · 1831 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

Bristol, T. J. Manchee, 1831. First edition. Leather. A first edition of this scarce two volume set reporting on Bristol charities in the early 19th century. The first edition of this work in a half calf binding. Bookplate to the front paste down of Volume II. A report for the...

Across Africa

Verney Lovett Cameron · 1877 · Rooke Books

£695.00 (€833.19 | $918.35 | ¥146,666)

London, Daldy, Isbister & Co, 1877 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of English explorer Verney Lovett Cameron's account of his African travels, illustrated throughout. Cameron was the first European to cross equatorial Africa from sea to sea, in 1875.The first ed...

Narratives of the Days of the Reformation Chiefly from the Manuscripts of John Foxe

John Foxe, John Gough Nichols · 1859 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.81 | $218.02 | ¥34,820)

London , The Camden Society , 1859. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this volume, Narratives of the Days of the Reformation. A first edition copy of Narratives of the Days of the Reformation chiefly from the Manuscripts of John Foxe the Martyrologist, with two con...

The Speakers of the House of Commons

Arthur Irwin Dasent · 1911 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London , John Lane The Bodley Head , 1911. First edition. Cloth. A bright first edition copy of this political history, with illustrations. The Speakers of the House of Commons from the earliest times to the present fay with a topographical description of Westminster at variou...

The Dominion of Canada with Newfoundland and an Excursion to Alaska

Karl Baedeker · 1922 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

Leipzig, Karl Baedeker , 1922. Cloth. Fourth revised edition of Karl Baedeker's travel guide to Canada, Newfoundland and Alaska, enclosed in the scarce dust wrapper. The fourth edition of this work, revised and augmented. Karl Baedeker's travel guide to Canada with n...

Ascanius or the Young Adventurer

None · 1843 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.78 | $244.45 | ¥39,040)

Aberdeen, George and Robert King, 1843. Cloth. A scarce account of the rebellion in 1745-6 and the adventures of the young Chevalier after the Battle of Culloden. Scarce work. An account of the rebellion in Scotland through 1745 and 1746 with an impartial history of the Battle...

Du Oder Ich: Deutsche Jagdflieger in Hãƒâ¶Hen Und Tiefen

Theo Osterkamp · 1938 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)

Berlin, Albert Nauck & Co. 1938. Cloth. A scarce edition of this work on the German Airforce as the pride of the nation. In the German language. Early edition. Scarce work. German language. Illustrated with nine plates. Collated complete. A semi-autobiographical account of the...

Mr. Belloc Objects to "the Outline of History

H. G. Wells · 1926 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, Watts & Co. 1926. Cloth. A very smart second impression of this rebuttal of the criticisms of historian Hilaire Belloc. First edition, second impression printed September 1926. Originally published September 1926. Illustrated with two caricatures of Wells and Belloc as...

In the Hands of the Enemy

Benjamin G. O'Rorke · 1915 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London , Longmans, Green and Co. 1915. First edition. Paperback. A first edition copy of this fascinating account of being a prisoner of war in Germany, with illustrations. A first edition copy. This is an account of the experiences of being a prisoner of war in Germany by Be...

A Copy of the Statistical Report on the Health of the Navy for the Year 1869

Mr. Goschen · 1871 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, The House of Commons, 1871 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this report on the health of the navy for the year 1869 in the original paper wraps. First edition of A Copy of the Statistical Report on the Health of the Navy for the Year 1869 in the orig...

Catalogue of the Forty-Second Great Annual National Exhibition of Sporting and Other Dogs

1900 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

Birmingham, Hudson and Son , 1900 . First edition. Paperback. The very scarce catalogue for the national dog show in Birmingham for the year 1900. First edition of Catalogue of the Forty-Second Great Annual National Exhibition of Sporting and Other Dogs, in the original publis...

Occasional Reports No. 1 and No. 5

H. Sharp; H. R. James; J. Nelson Fraser · 1904 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Calcutta, Office of the Superintendent, Government Printing, 1904-1909 . First edition. Cloth. The first editions of these reports from the Office of the Director General of Education in India in the early twentieth century. Occasional Reports No. 1 and No. 5 from the Office o...

Ladbroke and Its Owners

Sydenham Henry Augustus Hervey · 1914 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

Bury St Edmunds, Paul & Mathew, 1914 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this history of Ladbroke Manor with illustrations. First edition of Ladbroke and Its Owners by Sydenham Henry Augustus Hervey in the original publisher's cloth binding. A scarce edi...

Take Me Back to Dear Old Blight

Robert Southall · 1982 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

Hordean, Milestone Publications, 1982. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this charmingly illustrated educational work on the Heraldic China Manufacturers during WWI. First edition. Illustrated throughout with photographs and diagrams, many of which are in colour. With...

The English Revolution

Anonymous · 1863 · Rooke Books

£650.00 (€779.24 | $858.88 | ¥137,169)

None, None, 1863. Cloth. A very scarce handwritten school essay on the English Revolution , a neatly written volume delving into the Civil War. A very scarce handwritten essay on the English Revolution, the text beginning 'Previously to the French Revolution, the English ...

The Fighting Tanks from 1916 to 1933

Ralph E. Jones; George H. Rarey; Robert J. Icks · 1969 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

United States, We INC. 1969. Cloth. A fascinating history of fighting tanks, in the scarce dust wrapper. A reissue copy of this work, which was first published in 1933. Written by Ralph E. Jones, George H. Rarey and Robert J. Icks, The Fighting Tanks from 1916 to 1933 explore...

A Notelet About Richard Drake of Esher in Surrey

Sir William Richard Drake · 1878 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.83 | $191.60 | ¥30,599)

London , Private Press, 1878. Cloth. A very scarce copy of this notelet on Richard Drake of Esher, with a signed letter from the author. With a letter signed by the author bound within the volume. This is a very scarce volume of A Notelet About Richard Drake of Esher in Surre...

A Bridgwater Diary 1800-1967

Philip J. Squibbs · 1968 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Bridgewater, Philip J. Squibbs , 1968. Cloth. A bright copy of this local history of Bridgewater, with illustrations. A copy of Philip J. Squibbs's A Bridgewater Diary from 1800-1967. This book is an attempt to compile a chronological diary of the records and happenings ...