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Burma and Beyond

Sir J. George Scott · 1932 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, Grayson & Grayson, 1932. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated travel work on Burma by Sir J. George Scott, a scarce to find work. A fascinating and detailed travel work on Burma, written by Sir J. George Scott, a Scottish journalist and colonial ...

Travels and Adventures in Eastern Africa

Nathaniel Isaacs; Louis Herrman; Percival R. Kirby · 1970 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

Cape Town, C. Struik, 1970. Cloth. A limited edition copy of this collection of Nathanial Isaacs' adventures in Eastern Africa, newly revised and edited by Louis Herman and Percival Kirby. A newly revised and edited edition of 'Travels and Adventures in Eastern Afric...

Geist Und Gesicht Des Bolschewismus, Darstellung Und Kritik Des Kulturellen Lebens in Sowjet-Russland

Rene Fulop-Miller · 1928 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

Zurich, Leipzig, Wien, Amalthea-Verlag, 1928 . Cloth. The uncommon second edition of this German study of life in Soviet Russia with illustrations. Second edition of Geist und Gesicht des Bolschewismus, Darstellung und Kritik des Kulturellen Lebens in Sowjet-Russland by Rene F...

The Comments of Bagshot

J. A. Spender · 1908 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Archibald Constable and Co. 1908. Leather. An uncommon collection of Spender's entertaining Bagshot articles from the Westminster Gazette. In a half calf binding. Bookplate to the front paste down. A page from Wilson Harris's biography of J. A. Spender loosel...

Rough Sketches of the Life of an Old Soldier: During a Service in the West Indies at the Siege of Copenhagen in 1807

Lieut.-Colonel J. Leach · 1831 · Rooke Books

£1,125.00 (€1,348.69 | $1,486.53 | ¥237,408)

London, Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green, 1831 . First edition. Leather. The uncommon first edition of Lieutenant-Colonel Jonathan Leach's first hand account of the Light Division's campaigns during the Peninsular Wars, in a lovely half calf binding. The work rec...

Napoleon in Exile; or, a Voice from St. Helena. The Opinions and Reflections of Napoleon on the Most Important Events of His Life and Government, in His Own Words

Barry E. O'Meara · 1822 · Rooke Books

£449.00 (€538.28 | $593.29 | ¥94,752)

London, Printed for W. Simpkin and R. Marshall , 1822. Leather. Second edition of Barry O'Meara's personal account of exiled Napoleon, complete in two volumes. Second edition of this work. Barry O'Meara was an Irish surgeon who accompanied Napoleon to St Helena ...

Round the Globe, Through Greater Britain

W. C. Procter · 1888 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.84 | $178.38 | ¥28,489)

London, Wm. Isbister, Limited, c1887. Leather. A beautiful prize bound copy of this guide to the British Empire, with numerous engravings throughout. A new edition. Dated from the British Library. Bound in handsome full calf prize binding with gilt detail for 'Eagle House...

Eskimoleben

Fridtjof Nansen; M. Langfeldt · 1903 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

Leipzig , Georg Heinrich Meyer, 1903. Cloth. A smart copy of this fascinating German book on the life of Eskimos. A smart early edition of this book on the life of Eskimos by Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen. The book explores the life of Eskimos, their houses, character, k...

Sir Francis Drake a Pictorial Biography

Hans P. Kraus · 1970 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.87 | $145.35 | ¥23,213)

Amsterdam, N. Israel, 1970 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first impression of this lovely pictorial biography of Sir Frances Drake. First edition, first impression of Sir Francis Drake, A Pictorial Biography by Hans P Kraus in the original publisher's blue clo...

The Keepsake for 1850

Countess of Blessinton (Marguerite Gardiner) · 1850 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, New York, Paris, David Bogue; Appleton and Co.; H. Manderville, 1850 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of The Keepsake for 1850, a literary annual with illustrations by Frederick A. Heath. The first edition of The Keepsake for 1850 edited by Marguerite G...

Sands of Sahara

Maxwell Somerville · 1901 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.80 | $224.63 | ¥35,875)

Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott Company, 1901. First edition. Cloth. Maxwell Sommerville's scarce and vivid exploration of the Sahara, a wonderful travel work complete with plates. The first edition of this scarce work.Maxwell Sommerville's fascinating and impressivel...

Designing English, Early Literature on the Page

Daniel Wakelin · 2018 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

Oxford, Bodleian Library , 2018. First edition. Hardback. A first edition copy of this beautifully illustrated book about the design of early english publications. The first edition. In the original decorative hardback binding. A detailed guide to the graphic design of early e...

The Oxford Handbook of Archaeology

Barry Cunliffe, Chris Gosden, Rosemary A. Joyce · 2009 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2009 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first impression of this extensive guidebook to archaeology from Oxford University Press with illustrations and the original dust wrapper. First edition, first impression of The Oxford Handbook of...

The Flora of Oxfordshire

Richard Walker · 1833 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

Oxford, Henry Slatter; Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green and Longman; and Whittaker, Treacher, and Arnot, 1833 . First edition. Cloth. An uncommon first edition of this early nineteenth century botany book with illustrations/ First edition of The Flora of Oxfordshire, and its ...

Rambles in North Africa

Albert Wilson · 1926 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London, Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1926. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated guide to North Africa by the explorer Albert Wilson. The first edition.'Rambles in North Africa' depicts the author's extensive travels across the continent, detailing t...

The History of Bicester, Its Town and Priory

J. C. Blomfield · 1884 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

Bicester, Smith and Pankhurst, 1884. Leather. A very scarce copy of Blomfield's history of Bicester and its priory, in a half calf binding. A very scarce work on Bicester, in a half calf binding. 3 plates, one which depicts a plan of the Bicester Priory. Blomfield gives a...

Some Early and Later Houses of Pity

John Morrison Hobson · 1926 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, George Routledge and Sons, Ltd. 1926. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of Hobson's fascinating work on British hospitals and almshouses. In publisher's original cloth binding. Bookplate to the front paste down belonging to F. Arthur Wadsworth,...

The Royal Kalendar, or Complete and Correct Annual Register for England, Scotland, Ireland, and America for the Year 1809

1809 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, J. Stockdale, 1809. Fine Binding. A handsomely rebound copy of the 1809 'Royal Kalendar' the complete and correct annual register for England, Scotland, Ireland and America. The Royal Kalendar played an important role in providing in great detail information ...

Bolshevism in Perspective

J. de V. Loder · 1931 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1931. First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition, copy of this interesting historical account of Bolshevism, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. A scarce first edition. In the publisher's full cloth binding with the original, uncli...

The Rise of the Dutch Republic. A History.

John Lothrop Motley · 0 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Ward, Lock & Co. c1883. Leather. A comprehensive historical guide to the rise of the Dutch Republic, by American author and diplomat, John Lothrop Motley. A new edition. Dated from the British Library. In a half, crushed, morocco binding with gilt detail. With an engra...