Storia

Lake Ngami; or, Explorations and Discoveries, During Four Years&Apos; Wanderings in the Wilds of South Western Africa

Charles John Andersson · 1856 · Rooke Books

£695.00 (€833.19 | $918.35 | ¥146,666)

London, Hurst and Blackett, 1856. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Charles John Andersson's detailed travel account of his time at Lake Ngami, illustrated throughout, including with a folding map. The first edition of this work.Illustrated with a frontispiece, o...

A Naturalist on Lake Victoria

G. D. Hale Carpenter · 1920 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.84 | $178.38 | ¥28,489)

London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1920. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Carpenter's important study of Lake Victoria and the natural science of the area, illustrated throughout. The first U.K. edition of this work.Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, one colour plate...

Napoleon Sa Vie Son Oeuvre Son Temps

G. Lacour-Gayet · 1921 · Rooke Books

£106.00 (€127.08 | $140.06 | ¥22,369)

Paris, Hachette, 1921. Leather. A French illustrated biography on the rise and fall of Napoleon Bonaparte, illustrated with twenty-four colour plates. In the original French.A study of the life, work, and times of Napoleon Bonaparte, looking into his turbulent life on the cent...

Historiarum Ex Trogo Pompeio

Pompeo Trogo; Justin · 1640 · Rooke Books

£220.00 (€263.74 | $290.70 | ¥46,427)

Batavorum Lugdunum, Elzeviriana, 1640. Leather. A Latin history by Pompeo Trogo and Justin, a fascinating look into ancient history. In the original Latin.The collected works of Pompeo Trogo, containing his universal history in forty-four books. Looking at the history of the ...

Contributions to the Flora and Fauna of Repton and Neighbourhood

William Wyatt; C. G. Thornton; William Garneys · 1881 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Bemrose & Sons, 1881. Cloth. The second edition of William Garneys' exploration of the natural flora and fauna in Repton, illustrated with a folding map. The second edition of this work.A study of the natural flora and fauna of Repton, a village in South Derbyshir...

Flora of Kent

Frederick Janson Hanbury; Edward Shearburn Mashall · 1899 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London, Frederick J. Hanbury, 1899. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this detailed reference work to the flora of Kent, illustrated with two detailed folding maps, one of which is in colour. The first edition of this work.An account of the flora native to the county ...

The Fables of la Fontaine

La Fontaine, Walter Thornbury [trans.] · 0 · Rooke Books

£975.00 (€1,168.86 | $1,288.33 | ¥205,754)

London, Cassell, Petter, and Galpin , c1870. Leather. A lovely copy, stunningly illustrated, containing an anthology of fables by French author La Fontaine. An undated volume, dated from copies on Jisc c1870. A lovely volume printed on large paper containing various fables by...

Shanghai

Ellen Thorbecke · 0 · Rooke Books

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

Shanghai, North-China Daily News & Herald Limited, c1940. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of this beautifully and colourfully illustrated guide to Shanghai, a unique and lovely work. The first edition of this work.In the original unclipped dustwrapper.A beautiful wo...

Public Characters

1799 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, R. Phillips, 1799-1801. First edition. Leather. Three popular Georgian volumes on the prominent people in their society of the day, illustrated with folding frontispieces. In three volumes.Volumes II and III are the first editions. Volume I is the second edition.Bound ...

Young Americans in Japan

Edward Greey · 1902 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

New York, John R. Anderson, 1902. Cloth. A beautiful and lavishly illustrated novel narrating the adventures of an American family along with a young Japanese man, educated in the US. Edward Greey (1835-1888) was a novelist, diplomat and dealer in Japanese and Chinese art. He ...

B.B. C at War

Antonia White · 1942 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.75 | $58.14 | ¥9,285)

London, British Broadcasting Company, [1942]. Cloth. A fantastic pamphlet published in the midst of the Second World War by the B.B.C, illustrated throughout. This work was published by the British Broadcasting Company in 1942 to demonstrate the BBC's duties and contribut...

The Pageant of Peking

Donald Mennis; Putnam Weale · 1920 · Rooke Books

£4,500.00 (€5,394.75 | $5,946.13 | ¥949,633)

Shanghai, China, A S Watson and Co , 1920. First edition. Cloth. A very bright copy of this beautiful photogravure work on Peking/Beijing at the start of the twentieth century. One of only 1000 copies printed of this edition. This is number 716. With 66 photogravure plates by...

Early Japan Heian

Anonymous · 1976 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

Tokyo, The Japan Foundation, 1976. Cloth. A smart two volume set detailing the history of Japan in Japanese, in particular the Heian period between 794 and 1185, illustrated and with colour plates. This two volume set focuses on the Heian period of Japanese history, seen to be...

A Tale of Flowering Fortunes

William H. and helen Craig McCullough · 1980 · Rooke Books

£325.00 (€389.62 | $429.44 | ¥68,585)

California, Stanford University Press, 1980. Cloth. A beautiful and uncommon two volume set translating the journals kept by Japanese aristocrats during the Heian period. Translated and with an introduction and notes by Helen Craig McCullough along with her husband William H. ...

Ghenko: The Mongol Invasion of Japan

Nakaba Yamada · 1916 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€407.60 | $449.26 | ¥71,750)

London, John Murray, 1916. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition copy of this important volume on the Mongol invasion of Japan. A very scarce volume, the first edition. Held institutionally by one library. Detailing the history of the Mongolian invasion of Japan, o...

Studies on Voltaire and the Eighteenth Century a Factor Overlooked by the Philosophes: The Population Explosion

Julian Huxley · 1963 · Rooke Books

£900.00 (€1,078.95 | $1,189.23 | ¥189,927)

Geneve, Not Stated, 1963. Paperback. A very scarce signed essay on the growth of population in the eighteenth century, signed by the author, Julian Huxley. Signed by the author to the front wrap. A very scarce work.A short treatise on the population explosion of the eighteent...

Napoleon Raconte Par L&Apos;Image D&Apos;Apres Les Sculpteurs, Les Graveurs, Et Les Peintres

Armand Dayot · 1902 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.80 | $224.63 | ¥35,875)

Paris, Librairie Hachette et Cie, 1902. Leather. A French study into the image and life of Napoleon Bonaparte, illustrated heavily throughout with portraits and satirical images. In the original French.A study of the images surrounding Napoleon Bonaparte, from his striking por...

Honour the Light Brigade a Record of the Services of Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers and Men of the Five Light Cavalry Regiments, Wich Made Up the Light Brigade at Balaclava on October 25th 1854 and Saw Service in the Crimean from September 1854 to the End of the War.

Canon William Murrell Lummis, Kenneth G. Wynn [ed.] · 1973 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, J. B. Hayward and Son , 1973. First edition. Cloth. A fantastic first edition of this work in the original unclipped dustwrapper on the Light Brigade, inscribed and signed by the editor. The first edition of this work. Signed by the editor to front free endpaper, dated...

Cuatro aãƒâ±Os En Los Hielos Del Polo

Otto Sverdrup · 1921 · Rooke Books

£400.00 (€479.53 | $528.54 | ¥84,412)

Madrid, Calpe, 1921. Cloth. A lovely two volume Spanish edition of this Norwegian sailor's biographical work on his four years spent in the Arctic regions. Otto Svendrup (1854-1930) was an Arctic explorer hailing from Norway, who travelled with Fridtjof Nansen's expe...

The History of the Welch Regiment

1932 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

Cardiff, Western Mail and Echo Limited, 1932. Cloth. An in-depth exploration of the Welch Regiment, complete with folding maps, illustrations and nine loose maps bound to the rear. This is a thorough history of the Welch Regiment, active between 1881 and 1969 when it was combi...