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The Downfall of Napoleon, from Sir Walter Scott&Apos;S Life of Napoleon Buonaparte

Sir Walter Scott · 1827 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, Blackie & Son, Limited, c1900. Cloth. Extracts from Sir Walter Scott's 'Life of Napoleon', focusing upon the 'Hundred Days' in which the leader made his final struggle for power, with an illustrated frontispiece. Part of 'Blackie's Li...

Marie Louise and the Invasion of 1814

Imbert de Saint-Amand · 1891 · Rooke Books

£425.00 (€509.50 | $561.58 | ¥89,688)

London, Hutchinson & Co. [1891]. First edition. Cloth. A bright copy of this very scarce volume concerning Marie Louise and the invasion of France in 1814. Imbert de Saint-Amand was a French diplomat and historian, prolific author of publications on the women of the court of L...

The Last Actor-Managers

Hesketh Pearson · 1950 · Rooke Books

£33.00 (€39.56 | $43.60 | ¥6,964)

London, Methuen & Co. 1950. First edition. Cloth. A biographical study of ten actor-managers to close a great theatrical epoch, the first edition in its price-clipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of this work by Hesketh Pearson. A series of ten biographica...

The Story of English Literature

Anna Buckland · 1905 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, Cassell and Company , 1905. Leather. A lovely copy of this history of English literature by Anna Buckland, a new impression in a charming full calf school prize binding. A new impression of Anna Buckland's work on the history of English literature, from Keltic lit...

The Cambrian Popular Antiquities; or, an Account of Some Traditions, Customs, and Superstitions of Wales: With Observations As to Their Origin, &C. &C.

Peter Roberts · 1815 · Rooke Books

£380.00 (€455.56 | $502.12 | ¥80,191)

London, E. Williams, 1815 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of this curious collection of Welsh folk tales and ancient traditions, illustrated with bright hand coloured plates. The first edition of this beautifully illustrated collection of Welsh folk tales, traditio...

Abstract of the Answers and Returns Made Pursuant to an Act, Passed in the Eleventh Year of the Reign of His Majesty King George IV, Intituled, &Apos;an Act for Taking an Account of the Population of Great Britain, and of the Increase or Diminution Thereof&Apos;

1833 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, The House of Commons, 1833. Cloth. An uncommon copy of this extensive volume of answers and returns regarding George IV's population act. Volume II only out of a total of three volumes.An uncommon work.This second volume focuses only on the enumeration abstract. ...

Ten Fac-Simile Reproductions Relating to Old Boston and Neighborhood; New England; Various Subjects

Samuel Abbott Green · 1901 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

Boston, Privately Printed, 1901-3. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon collection of this limited edition set proposing a bibliographical and historical study of American states and various subjects through facsimile reproductions of documents and others, by Samuel Abbott Green....

New-Englands Memoriall

Nathaniel Morton · 1903 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.36 | $726.75 | ¥116,066)

Boston, The Club of Odd Volumes, 1903 . Cloth. A marvellous facsimile of Nathaniel Morton's first history of the Plymouth colony, published for the Society of Odd Volumes. A limited edition, this being No. 129.The 'New England's Memorial' was the first comp...

An Historical Sketch of Bradford, Mass. In the Revolution

Louis A. Woodbury · 1895 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.83 | $191.60 | ¥30,599)

Groveland, Mass. Ambrose & Co. 1895. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of Louis Woodbury's history of the now-disincorporated town of Bradford. Now split between the towns of Groveland and Haverhill, Bradford was annexed in 1896.Written by Louis A. Woodbury, a ...

Over African Jungles

Martin Johnson · 1935 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Harrap, 1935. Cloth. A remarkable account of Martin Johnson's explorations of Africa, detailing his intrepid excursions and richly illustrated with photographs throughout. Written by Martin Johnson, one half of the renowned adventuring married couple Martin and Os...

The Works of John Burroughs

John Burroughs · 1889 · Rooke Books

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

Boston and New York, Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1889-1891. Leather. A very scarce eight volume collection of the writings of this American naturalist and conservationist, in smart half calf bindings. A very scarce set of the writings of John Burroughs, an American naturali...

The Heroes of African Discovery & Adventure: From the Earliest Times to the Death of Livingstone

C. E. Bourne · 1883 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, W. Swan , [1883]. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated work, tracing the history of discovery and exploration of Africa until the death of Livingstone. An undated copy, dated from Jisc 1883. The first edition of this work, identified from inscrip...

Service & Sport in the Sudan: A Record of Administration in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. With Some Intervals of Sport and Travel

D. C. E. FF. Comyn · 1911 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, John Lane, the Bodley Head, 1911. First edition. Cloth. The uncommon first edition of D. C. E. FF. Comyn's account of his working and hunting experiences in the Sudan. The first edition of this work. An extensive account of D. C. E. FF. Comyn's experiences in...

Trekking the Great Thirst

Arnold W. Hodson · 1914 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London and Leipzig, T. Fisher Unwin, 1914. Cloth. A fascinating memoir of Sir Arnold Hodson's time spent travelling the Kalahari Desert in Southern Africa, illustrated with folding maps and photographs. The third impression of this work, which was first published in 1912....

Etude Sur Les Colonies Marchandes Meridionales (Portugais. Espagnols. Italiens) a Anvers de 1488 a 1567

J. A. Goris · 1925 · Rooke Books

£325.00 (€389.62 | $429.44 | ¥68,585)

Louvain, Librairie Universitaire, 1925. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition copy of the fascinating dissertation of Jan Albert Goris, better known as Marnix Gijsen, complete with folding plates. The very scarce first edition of this work.In the original French.Or...

Francia En Las Islas Malvinas

Rafael H. Saiegh · 2005 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

Buenos Aires, Emece Editores, 2005. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition Spanish work on the French occupation and possession of the Falkland Islands, complete with colourful illustrations throughout. The first edition of this work.In the original unclipped dust wrappe...

Wanderings in Wild Africa

C.T. Stoneham · 1936 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, Hutchinson & Co. 1936. Cloth. A fascinating, illustrated early twentieth-century work on travel in Africa, written by big game hunter and naturalist Charles Thurley Stoneham. A fascinating, early twentieth-century work on big game hunting and travels through Africa. In...

Glubb&Apos;S Legion

Godfrey Lias · 1956 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, Evans Brothers Limited , 1956. First edition. Cloth. A bright first impression of this historical account of John Bagot Glubb's Transjordan's Arab Legion, complete with its dust wrapper, price-clipped. A full account of the Arab Legion, known as Glubb's ...

The Olden Time Series

Henry M. Brooks · 1886 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)

Boston, Ticknor and Company , 1886. First edition. Leather. The complete collection of the first edition 'The Olden Time Series' edited by Henry M. Brooks, in uniform bindings signed Blackwell. The first edition of this work. Complete in six volumes. 'The Olden ...

Paris Qui Chante No. 31-60

Various · 1903 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

Paris , Unknown, 1903-4. First edition. Leather. Twenty-nine issues of this illustrated French weekly magazine of the arts, from August 1903 to March 1904, bound in one volume. The continuous issues from March 1903 to March 1904 (Nos. 31-60) of Paris qui Chante, an illustrated...