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Napoleon, His Maxims of Life

Alfred H. Hyatt · 1911 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London; Edinburgh , T. N. Foulis , 1911. First edition. Paperback. A charming, little, first edition, history book about Napoleon. A scarce first edition. In the original pictorial paperback binding. With a colour illustrated title page and several monochrome vignette illustra...

Oxfordshire and Berkshire Historical, Descriptive and Biographical in the Reign of King Edward VII

John Dale; P.H. Ditchfield · 0 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London and Birmingham, J. G. Hammond & Company, c1910. Leather. A lovely scarce copy of this volume on the history of Oxfordshire and Berkshire that is richly illustrated. A wonderful volume of Oxfordshire and Berkshire Historical, Descriptive and Biographical in the Reign of ...

The Victoria History of the Counties of England: General Introduction and General Introduction: Supplement 1970-90

R.B. Pugh C.R. Elrington · 1970 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

Oxford , Oxford University Press, 1970-90. First edition. Cloth. General Introduction to the vast 'Victoria County History' series, complete with its supplementary volume. The 'Victoria History of the Counties of England' is an English history project begin...

An Irish Utopia: A Story of a Phase of the Land Problem

John H. Edge · 1910 · Rooke Books

£58.00 (€69.53 | $76.64 | ¥12,240)

Dublin, Combridge & Co. Ltd, 1910 . Cloth. The scarce second edition of this fictionalised story based on Irish history by John H. Edge. The second edition of An Irish Utopia: A Story of A Phase of the Land Problem by John H. Edge in cloth binding. A scarce edition. This new ...

Toilers of the Field

Richard Jefferies · 1892 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1892. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this collection of essays by Richard Jefferies. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Frontispiece of a photograph taken by J. Owen, of the Margaret Thomas's bust of Richa...

The Bishop of Oxford and the Parish of Piddington; or, the People&Apos;S Legal and Scriptural Right to Choose Their Own Ministers.

W. Ferguson · 1853 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London, B. L. Green, 1853. Cloth. A very scarce work on the legal rights of the parishioners of Piddington to elect their own vicar. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bookplate to the front paste down. In this work, Ferguson entreats the Lord of Piddington, Oxfor...

Motor Roads to London

Mitchell Motor Works & Garage · 1912 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London , Mitchell Motor Works & Garage, 1912. Cloth. A comprehensive pocket guide of motor roads to London, with a colour folding map. A third edition copy of Motor Roads to London. The volume details various routes into London from various locations including Dover, Margate, ...

Annals & Memoirs of the Court of Peking (from the 16th to the 20th Century)

E. Backhouse; J. O. P. Bland · 1914 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, William Heinemann, 1914. First edition. Cloth. The second impression of this impressive history of the Chinese Royal Family, a fascinating volume complete with illustrations. The first edition, second impression, published two months after the first impression.An exten...

The New Far West and the Old Far East, Being Notes of a Tour in North America, Japan, China, Ceylon, Etc.

W. Henry Barneby · 1889 · Rooke Books

£365.00 (€437.57 | $482.30 | ¥77,026)

London, Edward Stanford, 1889. First edition. Cloth. The author's presentation copy of his travel account of North America and Asia, lovingly inscribed to his cousin. The first edition.Signed by the author to the half-title, 'Isabel Birkbeck. From her affec. Cousin, ...

A Complete Treatise of Land Surveying, by the Chain, Cross, and Offset Staffs Only

William Davis · 1802 · Rooke Books

£235.00 (€281.73 | $310.52 | ¥49,592)

London, H. D. Symonds; W. Baynes; Lackington, Allen, and Co; et al, 1802. Leather. The very scarce second edition of this interesting volume on land surveying and agriculture, complete with many folding plates. The very scarce second edition of this work.Illustrated with seven...

Old English Barometers

G. H. Bell and E. F. Bell · 1952 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.84 | $178.38 | ¥28,489)

Winchester, Warren & Son Ltd. 1952. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this history of barometers with the original dust wrapper. The first edition. In a blue cloth binding with the original dust wrapper. With a frontispiece and 39 monochrome plates. Collated complete. A...

The Toilers of the Field

Richard Jefferies · 1892 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.81 | $218.02 | ¥34,820)

London, Longmans, Green and Co, 1892 . First edition. Vellum. A very smart copy of this scarce, limited edition essay collection by John Richard Jefferies. Number 7 of 105 Limited Edition large paper copies printed of this first edition, illustrated, with a portrait frontispie...

All Our Yesterdays

H. M. Tomlinson · 1930 · Rooke Books

£79.00 (€94.71 | $104.39 | ¥16,671)

London , William Heinemann Ltd. 1930. Cloth. A limited edition, signed copy of this anti-war novel by H. M. Tomlinson. A limited edition, being number 458 of 1025 copies printed for sale. In the publisher's original cloth binding. With a portrait frontispiece from a drawi...

A Short History of the English People

John Richard Green · 1895 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London , Macmillan and Co. 1895. Leather. A beautiful, leather bound copy of John Richard Green's history of the English people, with multiple fold out maps. A new edition. In a full calf prize binding by Relfe Brothers, with a bookplate presented to one 'J. R. Herri...

Missionary Labours and Scenes in Southern Africa

Robert Moffat · 1842 · Rooke Books

£690.00 (€827.19 | $911.74 | ¥145,610)

London, John Snow, 1842 . Leather. A lovely third thousand of Robert Moffat's popular account of his work as a missionary in Africa in the mid-nineteenth century. Illustrated throughout. The third thousand of this work, published in the same year as the first.Illustrated ...

Historical Record of the Fifty-Second Regiment (Oxfordshire Light Infantry) from the Year 1755 to the Year 1858

W. S. Moorsom · 1860 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.79 | $237.85 | ¥37,985)

London, Richard Bentley, 1860 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Captain Moorsom's detailed account of the history of the 52nd (Oxfordshire) Regiment of Foot. Illustrated throughout. The first edition of Captain William Scarth Moorsom's historical account o...

Norfolk Broads and Rivers or the Water-Ways, Lagoons and Decoys of East Anglia

G. Christopher Davies · 1884 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

Edinburgh , William Blackwood and Sons, 1884. Cloth. A charming new edition on the rivers and waterways of the Norfolk Broads, with illustrations throughout. A charming new edition with illustrations of Norfolk Broads and Rivers or The Water-Ways, Lagoons and Decoys of East An...

Histoire Des Chevaliers de Rhodes Depuis la Creation de L&Apos;Ordre a Jerusalem Jusqu&Apos;a Sa Capitulation a Rhodes

Eugene Flandin · 1867 · Rooke Books

£149.00 (€178.63 | $196.88 | ¥31,443)

Tours, Alfred Mame et Fils, 1867. Leather. The second edition of this French illustrated work by Eugene Flandin in which he discusses the Hospitaller Rhodes. In the original French.The second edition.Illustrated with a frontispiece, two plates, and in-text illustrations.An int...

With H.M. 9th Lancers During the Indian Mutiny. The Letters of Brevet-Major O.H. S.G. Anson. Edited by His Son, Harcourt S. Anson.

Brevet-Major O. H. S. G. Anson · 1896 · Rooke Books

£470.00 (€563.45 | $621.04 | ¥99,184)

London, W. H. Allen & Co. 1896. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition copy of this scarce work, containing the letters of Brevet-Major Anson during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. First edition in the original cloth binding. Lacking portrait frontispiece. This scarce ...

Onslaught by Air

Air Ministry · 1941 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London , [His Majesty's Stationary Office], 1941. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A scarce first edition copy of Onslaught by Air that details the Royal Air Force's aircrafts and offensives during the first few years of the Second World War, with photographs throug...