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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...

A Cavalier in China

Col. A. W. S. Wingate · 1940 · Rooke Books

£490.00 (€587.43 | $647.47 | ¥103,404)

London, Grayson & Grayson, Ltd. 1940 . First edition. Cloth. The uncommon first edition of this autobiographical account of a journey through the interior of China, in the very scarce dust wrapper. First edition of A Cavalier in China by A. W. S. Wingate in the original publis...

Mes Prisons Et Des Devoirs

Silvio Pellico; P. L. Lezaud (trans.) · 1852 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

Paris, Librairie de Firmin Didot Freres, 1852 . Leather. A scarce French edition of Silvio Pellico's memoirs from his time in Prison in W. Nutt signed full calf binding. Early edition of Mes Prisons et Des Devoirs by Silvio Pellico in W. Nutt signed full calf binding. Tr...

Gellatly&Apos;S Map of the Seat of War Malta to the Caspian, Alexandria to Cracow

J. Gellatly and J. Menzies · 1854 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

Edinburgh, London, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Belfast, J. Gellatly and J. Menzies, 1854 . First edition. Paperback. A very scarce colour map of Malta to the Caspian and Alexandra to Cracow. Gellatly's Map of the Seat of War Malta to the Caspian, Alexandria to Cracow in the origin...

Art Education and the War

Members of the Fine Arts Staff of Teachers College · 1943 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

New York, Bureau of Publications Teachers College Columbia University, 1943 . First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this very scarce issue of Art Education Today with illustrations, from the U.S. Office of War Information. First edition of Art Education and the War in...

The New History, Survey and Description of the City and Suburbs of Bristol

None · 1793 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

Bristol , W. Matthews, c1898. Cloth. Matthew's new complete history of Bristol and its suburbs, with a guide and directory. An unstated c1898 facsimile, dated from Jisc from a copy held at the British Library.Illustrated with frontispiece and fold out map. Collated comple...

Assault of Sevastopol. Two Topographical & Panoramic Sketches, Representing the Advanced Lines of Attack, and the Russian Defences, in Front of Sevastopol

Captain M. A. Biddulph · 1855 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)

London, Chapman and Hall, 1855. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition work by Captain Michael Anthony Shrapnel Biddulph, depicting panoramas of the Siege of Sevastopol Very scarce first edition. Two detailed sketches that depict the advances lines of attack and th...

Xvth (the King&Apos;S) Hussars 1759 to 1913

Colonel H. C. Wylly · 1914 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

London , Caxton Publishing Company , 1914. First edition. Leather. A limited edition copy of this rich history of the XVth (The King's) Hussars, with plates and maps. A limited, leather bound copy of this extensive work. Only two hundred and fifty copies of this edition w...

A Dictionary of Artists Who Have Exhibited Works in the Principle London Exhibitions from 1760 to 1893

Algernon Graves · 1895 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.78 | $244.45 | ¥39,040)

London, Henry Graves and Co. 1895 . Leather. A new and enlarged edition of this historical documentation of artists in leather binding. Early edition of A Dictionary of Artists Who Have Exhibited Works in the Principle London Exhibitions from 1760 to 1893 by Algernon Graves.In...