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Men-at-War Series

Martin Windrow [editor] · 1981 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London , Osprey Military , 1981-1992. Magazine. Six fascinating volumes from the Osprey Military Men at Arms Series focusing on the Napoleonic Wars, with colour illustrations, diagrams and maps. Six books from the Osprey Military Men-At-Arms series which is an unrivalled serie...

The Island Race

Winston Chuchill · 1964 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London , Cassell, 1964. Cloth. A very smart copy of The Island Race, an abridgment on Churchill's four volume history of Britain and its former colonies, with illustrations throughout. The Island Race is an abridgement by Timothy Baker of the four volumes of A History of ...

The Cabinet Cyclopedia the History of Maritime and Inland Discovery

Rev. Dionysius Lardner · 1830 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London , Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1830-1831. First edition. Cloth. Three volumes from The Cabinet Cyclopedia series on The History of Maritime and Inland Discovery. Three volumes from the The Cabinet Cyclopedia on the The History of Maritime and Inland Discovery ...

1977 Six Volumes from the Second Word War a Short Military History

Eric Linklater; Christopher Buckley; John North; Ian Hay · 1977 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

London, His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1977. Paperback. A near fine illustrated collection of six works from the His Majesty's Stationary Office's The Second World War 1939-1945, a short military history series. Set of six volumes from The Second World War 193...

The Great World War: A History

Various Contributor; Frank A. Mumby (ed) · 1915 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.31 | $786.21 | ¥125,563)

London , Gresham Publishing Company , 1915-1920. First edition. Leather. A comprehensive, complete nine volume set on the history of The Great World War with illustrations, maps and folding plates. A complete nine volume set of The Great World War: A History edited by Frank A....

The Soldiers of London

Major R. Money Barnes · 1963 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.85 | $171.78 | ¥27,434)

London, Seeley Service & Co. Ltd. 1963. First edition. Leather. A lovely leather bound first edition of a historical military study in London. First edition uncommon leather bound copy of The Soldiers of London by Major R. Money Barnes. Major Robert Money Barnes was a Second ...

A Staff Officer&Apos;S Scrap-Book During the Russo-Japanese War

Sir Ian Hamilton · 1906 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London , Edward Arnold, 1906. Cloth. A smart copy of the first volume detailing Ian Hamilton's experiences during the Russo-Japanese War, with illustrations and folding maps throughout. A Fourth Impression of the first volume. A smart volume of A Staff Officer's Scr...

The Highways and Its Vehicles

Hilaire Belloc · 1926 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, The Studio Limited, 1926. First edition. Cloth. 888th copy of the first limited edition of Belloc's historical study of transport. The first limited edition illustrated copy of Hilaire Belloc's The Highway and its Vehicles. This is copy 888 out of the 1250 pr...

Caii Plinii Caecilii Secundi Epistolarum Libros Decem, Cum Notes Selectics

Pliny the Younger; Plinii; Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus · 1734 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.68 | $363.37 | ¥58,033)

Amsterdam, Janssonio-Waesbergios, 1734. Leather. A Latin collection of the immensely historically important letters of Pliny the Elder, illustrated with a portrait frontispiece of Pliny. In Latin.Illustrated with a frontispiece.Numbers 703 and 704 and 807 and 808 repeated in p...

English Seamen in the Sixteenth Century

James Anthony Froude · 1907 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, Longmans, Green and Co. 1907. Leather. A handsomely bound new impression of this important work on English seamen, by noted author James Anthony Froude. A new impression. With the bookplate of British military office, Harold A. Wernher, to the front pastedown. Contempo...

Shakespeare and the Earl of Southampton

G.P.V. Akrigg · 1968 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1968. First edition. Cloth. A near fine, first edition copy of this historical study of the relationship between Tudor playwright William Shakespeare and his patron, the Earl of Southampton. A compelling historical study of the relationship between not...

Ian Hamilton&Apos;S March

Winston Spencer Churchill · 1900 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London , Longmans, Green and Co. 1900. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of Winston Churchill's account of his experiences during the Second Boer War. A first edition, first impression copy of Ian Hamilton's March, written by Winston Churchill, which was Win...

The Unknown War the Eastern Front 1914-1917

The Rt. Hon. Winston S. Churchill · 1941 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.68 | $363.37 | ¥58,033)

London , Macmillan and Co. 1941. Cloth. A smart copy of the final volume in Churchill's The World Crisis Series. This is a smart copy of the sixth volume in Churchill's World Crisis Series, Churchill's account of the Frist World War published between 1923-1931. ...

The Book of the Martyrs of Tolpuddle 1834-1934

1934 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, The Trades Union Congress General Council , 1934. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this large paper history of the Tolpuddle Martyrs, complete with unclipped dust wrapper. A history of the Martyrs of Tolpuddle, six agricultural labourers who were convicted ...

L. Annaei Flori Epitome Rerum Romanarum

Lucius Annaeus Florus; Jo. Georgii Graevii [ed.] · 1692 · Rooke Books

£795.00 (€953.07 | $1,050.48 | ¥167,768)

Amstelaedami [Amsterdam], Henricum Wetstenium , 1692 . Vellum. An illustrated and scarce edition of this classic work examining the history of Rome, noted for its unfettered celebration of the Roman people. A smart vellum-bound copy of the scarce 1696 illustrated Amsterdam edi...

History of Europe from the Commencement of the French Revolution in M. Dcc. LXXXIX. To the Restoration of the Bourbons in M. Dccc. XV.

Archibald Alison · 1848 · Rooke Books

£6,750.00 (€8,092.12 | $8,919.19 | ¥1,424,450)

Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1848. Leather. A wonderful copy of the seventh edition of Alison's exhaustive study of the French Revolution, from 1789 to 1815. In lovely half calf bindings. A complete twenty volume 1848 seventh edition of Scottish advoc...

The History of Galloway from the Earliest Period to the Present Time

William Mackenzie · 1841 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)

Kirckcudbright, John Nicholson , 1841. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing copy in the original cloth of this interesting history of Galloway, Scotland in a complete two volume set. The two volume set of The History of Galloway from the Earliest Period to the Present Time written...

Notes on Ancient Britain and the Britons

William Barnes · 1858 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.84 | $178.38 | ¥28,489)

London , John Russell Smith , 1858. First edition. Cloth. An interesting first edition copy of the History of Ancient Britain and the Britons. This volume grew out of a collection for a course of lectures on "Ancient Britain and the Britons" and considers the food, tattooing a...

David Douglas Miscellanea

David C. Douglas · 1928 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

Various, Various, 1928-52. Leather. An exciting collection of articles by David C. Douglas in two miscellaneous volumes from the author's personal library. A collection of twenty-one historical articles by David C. Douglas, bound in two uniform volumes in full morocco, be...

The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia, and the Sword Hunters of the Hamran Arabs

Sir Samuel W. Baker · 1867 · Rooke Books

£425.00 (€509.50 | $561.58 | ¥89,688)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1867. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Samuel Baker's important exploration work on the Nile, an interesting work illustrated throughout. The first edition, with the printing mistake to the illustrations index page, stating that the pla...