Storia

St Helena, 1502-1938

Philip Gosse; Trevor Hearl [Intro.] · 1990 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.75 | $58.14 | ¥9,285)

Oswestry, Anthony Nelson, 1990. Cloth. A fine copy of this detailed study of four centuries of the history of England's second oldest colony and significant location in the history of the Atlantic Slave Trade. A history of Britain's most remote - and second oldest - ...

The Great War

Winston Churchill · 1933 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, George Newnes, 1933-1934. Cloth. The first two volumes of Winston Churchill's impressive history of the First World War, writing during the inter-war era, and illustrated throughout. The first two volumes of Winston Churchill's illustrated three volume study ...

Regicide. Are Refugees Our Enemies. Is Napoleon Our Ally.

Anti-Conspirator · 1858 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, J. Allen, 1858. First edition. Disbound. A very scarce anonymous pamphlet discussing international affairs and the relations between England, refugees, and Napoleon. An interesting and short pamphlet defending the role of England as the 'City of Refuge' and d...

The National Geographic Magazine Vol XLVIII, No 5: The Macmillan Arctic Expedition Returns

Donald B. MacMillan · 1925 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

Washington D. C. and Great Britain, National Geographic Society, 1925. Cloth. A remarkable account of Donald MacMillan's important Arctic expedition, which provided surveys of Baffin and Ellesmere Islands. Illustrated with a folding map and photographs throughout. This ex...

A Book About Doctors

John Cordy Jeaffreson · 0 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Hurst and Blackett, c1861. First edition. Leather. A first edition copy of this work of the history of the medical profession in England by John Cordy Jeaffreson, bound in full morocco by Edwin Slater. A fascinating historical account of the history of doctors and the ...

Message from the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress Part III

34th Congress of the United States · 1855 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

Washington, Beverley Tucker, 1855. Cloth. A smart copy of Part III of this report from the President of the United States to the two houses of congress ahead of the first session of the thirty-fourth congress, an uncommon work. Presenting this report from the President of the ...

A Practical Inquiry on Disordered Respiration; Distinguishing, the Species of Convulsive Asthma, Their Causes and Indications of Cure.

Robert Bree · 1803 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, T. N Longman and O. Rees, 1803. Leather. A remarkable and very scarce early edition of this British physician's study of asthma and its causes, in which he uses his own experiences as a case study. The very scarce third edition of English physician Robert Bree&apo...

Fighting the Polar Ice

Anthony Fiala · 1907 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.68 | $363.37 | ¥58,033)

London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1907. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition Polar work by Anthony Fiala, exploring his Polar expeditions, complete with beautiful colour plates. The first edition of this work.An exciting travel account of Anthony Fiala's experiences in ...

La Chronique Scandaleuse de Paris Ou Histoire Des Mauvais Lieux

Henri Sauval · 1883 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

Bruxelles, Gay, 1883. First edition. Leather. A smart copy of this historical work of the scandalous parts of Paris, originally written in the mid-seventeenth century by Henri Sauval. In French. A fascinating, mid-seventeenth-century account of Paris and the history, particula...

The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus

Washington Irving · 1830 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, John Murray, 1830. Leather. A smart copy of this abridged edition of Washington Irving's biographical work on Christopher Columbus, complete with illustrated plates and folding maps. A fascinating biographical work of well-known Italian explorer Christopher Columb...

Fridtjof Nansen&Apos;S &Apos;Farthest North&Apos;: Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship Fram 1893-96 and of a Fifteen Months&Apos; Sleigh Journey

Fridtjof Nansen · 1898 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, George Newnes, 1898. Leather. The second edition of Nansen's account of his extraordinary Fram expedition of 1893, complete in two volumes with its folding map. The second edition of this work by Fridtjof Nansen. Complete in two volumes, with half title. Comprisi...

The Gezira Irrigation Scheme: Canalization of the Gezira; Sluices and Machinery of the Gezira Irrigation Scheme: Blue Nile Dam and Canalization

Harmood Victor Carruthers Johnstone; James Robertson Russell · 1929 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.56 | $50.21 | ¥8,019)

London, The Institution of Civil Engineers , 1929. Paperback. Two very scarce papers discussing the construction of Sudan's Gezira Irrigation Scheme, illustrated with folding diagrams. Two very scarce papers submitted to the Institution of Civil Engineers regarding the Ge...

Antarctic Adventure: Scott&Apos;S Northern Party

Raymond E. Priestley: Sir Vivian Fuchs · 1974 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London, C. Hurst & Company , 1974. Cloth. A facsimile reprint of Raymond's account of early Antarctic exploration, a lovely copy. A facsimile reprint of this volume concerning early Antarctic exploration by Raymond Priestley, English geology and early Antarctic explorer. ...

The Taylors of Ongar

Doris Mary Armitage · 1939 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

Cambridge, W. Heffer & Sons Ltd, 1939. First edition. Cloth. A remarkable sketch of an English family through the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Following the Taylor family and their circle, their works and lifestyle.Complete with errata slip.Written by the great-great n...

The History of Bristol, CIVIL and Ecclesiastical; Including Biographical Notices of Eminent and Distinguished Natives

John Corry; John Evans · 1816 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)

Bristol, W. Sheppard, 1816. First edition. Cloth. A set complete in two volumes exploring the history of Bristol, the first edition in a signed Fazakerley full cloth binding. Complete in two volumes, the first edition of 1816. A charming set exploring the civil and ecclesiasti...

Uppingham School Roll 1880-1921

Anonymous · 1922 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Edward Stanford, Ltd. 1922. Cloth. A meticulous school roll containing the names of prior students and professors of Uppingham School across some forty years at the turn of the twentieth century. Founded in 1584 by Robert Johnson, Uppingham School is a public school si...

Caledonia Romana: A Descriptive Account of the Roman Antiquities of Scotland

Robert Stuart; David Thomson [ed.] · 1852 · Rooke Books

£149.00 (€178.63 | $196.88 | ¥31,443)

Edinburgh, Sutherland and Knox, 1852 . Cloth. A scarce edition of this study of the Roman antiquities of Scotland, illustrated with numerous plates and folding maps. The scarce revised second edition of this work from historian Robert Stuart, edited by his brother-in-law, the ...

Regulations for the Instruction and Movements of Cavalry

1876 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Her Majesty's Stationary Office , 1876. First edition. Cloth. An official reference work concerning the cavalry branch of the British Army. The first edition of this reference work of 1876 by issued by Her Majesty's Stationery Office. A scarce copy of this w...

Collected Works of Thomas Babington Macaulay

Thomas Babington Macaulay · 1854 · Rooke Books

£720.00 (€863.16 | $951.38 | ¥151,941)

London, Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1854-61. Fine Binding. A fine, Winstanley-bound collection of the essays and British history of Whig Thomas Babington Macaulay. Two uniformly bound collections by Babington Macaulay, being 'Critical and Historical Essays contrib...

The Love of an Uncrowned Queen Caroline the Illustrious a Queen of Tears

W. H. Wilkins · 1900 · Rooke Books

£1,200.00 (€1,438.60 | $1,585.63 | ¥253,235)

London, Hutchinson & Co, 1900-04. First edition. Leather. A striking Riviere bound set of three fascinating biographies on Hanoverian figures, Sophia Dorothea, Caroline of Ansbach, and Caroline Matilda. Illustrated throughout. The first edition of these works.In a smart Rivier...