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Memoirs of the Affairs of Scotland

David Moyses [David Moysie] · 1755 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)

Edinburgh, Wal. Ruddiman Junior and Company, 1755 . First edition. Leather. The scarce first edition of David Moysie's memoirs of Scotland under the reign of James VI at the close of the sixteenth century. The first edition of Scottish notary public David Moysie's st...

Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile

John Hanning Speke · 1863 · Rooke Books

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

Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1863. First edition. Leather. A lovely copy of the richly illustrated first edition of John Hanning Speke's first hand account of his discovery of the source of the River Nile. The first edition of Captain John Hanning Spe...

The Birds of Surrey

John A. Bucknil · 1900 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London , R. H. Porter , 1900. First edition. Cloth. A lovely illustrated first edition copy that details the local natural history of Surrey and its Birds. This is an ornithological history of the birds of Surrey with six photogravure plates and further illustrations throughou...

The Diary of Ralph Thoresby

Ralph Thoresby; Joseph Hunter · 1830 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.87 | $151.96 | ¥24,268)

London, Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley , 1830. First edition. Leather. First edition of the diary of antiquarian Ralph Thoresby, complete with two volumes in one. The diary of Ralph Thoresby, author of 'The Topography of Leeds' (1677-1724). First edition published...

Transcripts of, and Extracts from, Records of the Past

Edward Sayers · 1903 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.56 | $50.21 | ¥8,019)

Worthing , W. J. C. Long, 1903. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of this historical work of Worthing by Edward Sayers, with illustrations. The first edition of this work. A historical work by Edward Sayers of Terringers, Worthing, collected and arranged from inscri...

Lord Chesterfield: Letters Written to His Natural Son on Manners & Morals

Philip Dormer Stanhope · 1936 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

New York, Peter Pauper Press , [1936]. Hardback. A beautiful edition of the moral letters of Lord Chesterfield to his son, housed in its original slipcase. A new edition of the notorious letters exchanged between Philip Dormer Stanhope and his son from 1737 to 1768. Originally...

Union-Castle Chronicle 1853-1953

Marischal Murray · 1953 · Rooke Books

£47.00 (€56.35 | $62.10 | ¥9,918)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1953. First edition. Cloth. A near fine copy of this fascinating history of the Union-Castle Line, a worldwide successful shipping company, in the original dust wrapper. The fascinating, one hundred year history of the Union-Castle Line, a worl...

Court Rolls of the Manor of Wakefield Vol. I. 1274 to 1297; Court Rolls of the Manor of Wakefield Vol. II. 1297 to 1309.

William Paley Baildon · 1901 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

Yorkshire , The Yorkshire Archaeological Society , 1901-1906. First edition. Cloth. A handsome two volume collection of Court Rolls from the Manor of Wakefield as part of The Yorkshire Archaeological Society's Record Series. A handsome two volume set of The Yorkshire Arch...

Patagonia Revisited

Bruce Chatwin; Paul Theroux · 1986 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

Boston , Houghton Mifflin Company , 1986 . First edition. Cloth. An interesting literary journey into the notion of Patagonia by two esteemed travel writers in its first edition. An intriguing collaboration between Paul Theroux and Bruce Chatwin revisiting the literary and geo...

A General History of England

Thomas Carte · 1752 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, Printed for the author, 1752. First edition. Leather. An uncommon first edition of Thomas Carte's third volume in his monumental history of England, this volume looking at the depth of the Tudor era. An uncommon first edition.The third volume only out of a total o...

Fondation de L&Apos;Ecole Royale Militaire

Robert Laulan · 1936 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.56 | $50.21 | ¥8,019)

Paris , Société de l'Histoire de Paris, 1936. Brochure/Pamphlet. A fascinating, scarce French pamphlet on the founding of the Royal Military School in Paris, accompanied by a handwritten English translation. A very interesting pamphlet on the founding of the Royal Milit...

The Farmers&Apos; Trek Book: A Souvenir of South African and Rhodesian Farmers in Great Britain and on the Continent During the Summer of 1927

Arthur Canham · 1927 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.83 | $191.60 | ¥30,599)

London, The South African National Union, 1927. Cloth. A very scarce illustrated informational work on the South African agricultural tour of Great Britain during the summer of 1927. An informational work providing a detailed account of the South African agricultural tour of G...

Glossarium Ad Scriptores Mediae Et Infimae Latinitatis

Charles du Fresne, Domini du Cange · 1681 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)

Frankfurt, Johannes Davidis Zunneri, 1681. First edition. Leather. The very scarce first Frankfurt edition of Charles du Fresne's significant study of the development of the Latin language. Volumes I and II only are present here. In the original Latin.The first Frankfurt ...

Madame de Pompadour Et le Contrãƒâ´Leur Gãƒâ©Nãƒâ©Ral Bertin

Georges Bussiere · 1908 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

Paris, Librairie Historique des Provinces; Emile Lechevalier, 1908. First edition. Paperback. An interesting biographical pamphlet on the life of Madame de Pompadour, and her relation to Henri Bertin, the controller of finances under Louis XV, written by George Bussiere and di...

Native Notes from the Land of Earthquake and Fire

Thomas Sanchez · 1979 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

California, Sandpiper Press, 1979. First edition. Paperback. A limited edition memoir by Thomas Sanchez of the Second Great Coyote Fire in Santa Barbara, California, signed by the author. A harrowing and beautifully written short memoir by Thomas Sanchez about the Second Great...

The Mint a Day-Book of the R.A. F. Depot between August and December 1922 with Later Notes by 352087 a/C Ross

T. E. Lawrence · 1955 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.85 | $171.78 | ¥27,434)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1955. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of T. E. Lawrence's insightful memoirs of his time as an enlisted man in the Royal Air Force. In the original, unclipped dust wrapper. A first edition in the original, unclipped dust wrapper. Colonel...

Reminiscences of Old Scots Folk

T. Ratcliffe Barnett · 1913 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, T. N. Foulis, 1913. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition of this remarkable series of sketches of people through the history of Scotland by T. Ratcliffe Barnett. An original series of sketches of Scottish folk in history by T. Ratcliffe Barnett, the first editi...

Considerations on the Causes, Objects, and Consequences of the Present War & a Letter to William Roscoe

William Roscoe · 1808 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London, T. Cadell and W. Davies; Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1808. Cloth. Two scarce works concerning 18th and 19th century English politician William Roscoe's opinions on the Napoleonic Wards, handsomely bound together. Two scarce works concerning the Napoleonic Wars...

The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte

William Hodgson · 1840 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.66 | $383.19 | ¥61,199)

London, Orlando Hodgson, c1840. Leather. A very scarce, mid nineteenth century biography on Napoleon Bonaparte, one of France's most prolific political and military leaders. A fascinating and comprehensive biography of Napoleon Bonaparte, one of France's most prolifi...

Gibson&Apos;S Treatise on Land Surveying

Robert Gibson; Marcus Trotter · 1839 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

Dublin, John Cumming, 1839. Cloth. Marcus Trotter's very scarce edition of Robert Gibson's mathematical guide to methods of land surveying. Illustrated with three folding plates. First published in 1752 under the title 'A Treatise of Practical Surveying', t...