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How the Worcesters Saved the Day Gheluvelt 31 October 1914

1915 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

Worcester, Ebenezer Baylis & Son, 1915. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A scarce account of the Battle of Gheluvelt, with two folding maps. This is a scarce pamphlet of How the Worcesters Saved the Day Gheluvelt 31 October 1914, printed for the Worcestershire County Council ...

Historical Parallels

[Arthur Thomas Malkin] · 1831 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London , Charles Knight, 1831-1835. First edition. Leather. A complete two volume first edition set of Historical Parallels, with illustrations. A complete two volume set, in the first editions, with the first volume being published in 1831 and the second in 1835. Written by ...

The Calas Case

Marc Chassaigne; Hilaire Belloc; Raglan Somerset [trans.] · 1930 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.80 | $224.63 | ¥35,875)

London, Hutchinson & Co. (Publishers) Ltd. 1930 . First edition. Cloth. The first translated edition of this French history of the eighteenth century Calas Case with illustrations and inscribed by the translator. First translated edition of The Calas Case by Marc Chassaigne in...

Zulu Journal: Field Notes of a Naturalist in South Africa

Raymond B. Cowles · 1959 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

Berkley and Los Angeles, University of California Press, 1959. First edition. Cloth. An illustrated first edition of this anthropological study of Zulu customs, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author. Illustrated with a map to the front and thirty-two plates...

The History of Paul&Apos;S Meeting Taunton

Rev. T. G. Crippen · 1580 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

Taunton, Rev. T. G. Crippen, c1910. Brochure/Pamphlet. A very scarce history of Paul's Meeting, Taunton. A very scarce history of Paul's meeting Congregational Church in Taunton, Somerset. The Church was a protestant non-conformist church with the first traces of thi...

Fights for the Flag

W. H. Fitchett · 1908 · Rooke Books

£149.00 (€178.63 | $196.88 | ¥31,443)

London, Smith, Elder, & Co. 1908. Leather. Bright copy of this book of military history by William Henry Fitchett in a lovely prize binding. The fifth impression of this work. Concerned with famous battles of Great Britain. Written by Australian journalist William Henry Fitch...

A Vertebrate Fauna of Sutherland, Caithness and West Cromarty

John Alexander Harvie-Browne; Thomas E. Buckley · 1887 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

Edinburgh, David Douglas, 1887. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this work cataloguing the animals inhabiting mainland Scotland's northernmost region Naturalists John Alexander Harvie-Brown and Thomas Buckley provide a comprehensive catalogue of the animals found ...

History of the Great War 1914-1918: Order of Battle of Divisions: Parts 2a and 2b

Major A. F. Becke · 1987 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

Nottingham; Newport, The Sherwood Press; Ray Westlake - Military Books, 1987-1988. Cloth. Two volumes on the Order of Battle of the British Army in the Great War 1914-1918, providing extensive information on the various divisions. Later reprints of these two volumes in the pub...

Thomas Hardy&Apos;S England

Jo Draper; John Fowles [ed.] · 1984 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1984. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this fascinating exploration of Hermann Lea's photographs, which capture the essence of Thomas Hardy's England. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with...

The Electress Sophia and the Hanoverian Succession

Adolphus William Ward · 1903 · Rooke Books

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

London, Goupil & Co. 1903. First edition. Fine Binding. Adolphus William Ward's Limited Edition illustrated study of the Electress Sophia and Hanoverian succession, handsomely bound in half morocco. The first edition of historian Adolphus William Ward's richly illust...

The Birds of Shetland

Mike Pennington; Kevin Osborn; Paul Harvey; Roger Riddington et al. · 2004 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, Christopher Helm, 2004 . First edition. Cloth. A wonderful copy of this beautifully illustrated study of the birds of Shetland. The first edition, first impression of this work, authored by seven committee members of the Shetland Bird Club.In the publisher's origi...

Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research

Various · 1955 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London , The Society for Army Historical Research , 1955-1990. Paperback. Twenty five wonderful volumes of The Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research, with illustrations throughout. The Society for Army Historical Research was founded in 1921 to encouraged interes...

My &Apos;75 Reminiscences of a Gunner of a &Apos;75m/M Battery in 1914

Paul Lintier · 1917 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London , William Heinemann , 1917. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first UK edition of My '75 Reminiscences of a Gunner of a '75m/m Battery in 1914. A scarce copy of the first UK edition, from the French of Paul Lintier. This volume consists of the reminiscences of a...

A Sammelband of French Notebook Covers

1880 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.83 | $191.60 | ¥30,599)

Paris, Gauthier-Villars et fils; Paul Auguste-Godchaux et Cie; E. Flouret; C. Charier; E. Kapp, 1880-1890. Paperback. A collection of late 19th-century illustrated covers for French school notebooks, providing an interesting insight into French history. A sammelband bound in p...

History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain; History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic; History of the Conquest of Peru, with a Preliminary View of the Civilization of the Incas; History of the Conquest of Mexico; the History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles the Fifth

William H. Prescott · 1887 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, George Routledge and Sons, 1887-1894. Leather. A handsome set of works by the renowned American historian, William H. Prescott. New editions. Six works in five volumes. Uniformly bound in a handsome half calf binding with gilt detail to the spines. A set of works by Wi...

A Series of Letters between Mrs. Elizabeth Carter and Miss. Catherine Talbot

Elizabeth Carter; Catherine Talbot · 1809 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, F. C. and J. Rivington, 1809. Leather. Volumes I and III only of the four volume second edition of the published correspondence of the Blue Stockings Catherine Talbot and Elizabeth Carter. First published in two volumes the previous year, and expanded to four volumes i...

The Riots at Birmingham July, 1791

Arthur Bache Matthews · 1863 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)

Birmingham, Arthur Bache Matthews, 1863. Paperback. A very scarce volume of a pamphlet of the Riots at Birmingham, with illustrations. A very scare volume on The riots at Birmingham in July 1791. This volume gives an authentic account of the riots with views of the ruins of t...

Notes on the History of the Leper Hospital and Chapel of St. Margaret, Taunton

L. E. J. Brooke · 1963 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

Taunton, L. E. J. Brooke, 1963. Cloth. A very scarce local history of Taunton, with illustrations. A very scarce volume of notes on the history of St. Margaret's Leper Hospital in Taunton Somerset, which was founded for lepers in 1185. Written and complied by L .E. J. Br...

Medieval Towns

Various · 1898 · Rooke Books

£850.00 (€1,019.01 | $1,123.16 | ¥179,375)

London, J. M. Dent and Sons , 1898-24. First edition. Cloth. A beautiful group of twenty volumes from J. M. Dent's 'Medieval Towns' series of town histories, illustrated. Part of the 'Medieval Towns' series, retracing the history of medieval towns arou...

The Life of Wellington

W. H. Maxwell · 1890 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, Bickers & Son, 1890 . Leather. A lovely leather bound new edition of Maxwell's biography of the Duke of Wellington, from the library of Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw. Early edition of The Life of Wellington by W. H. Maxwell in full crushed morocco binding.Â...