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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 ...

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...