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The Armed Rehearsal

Peter Elstob · 1964 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Secker and Warburg, 1964. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this interesting novel on the Spanish Civil War by Peter Elstob. The first UK edition stated. A story on the Spanish Civil War by Peter Elstob.Peter Elstob was a British soldier, adventurer, novelist, m...

Proceedings of the Presentation of the Williamsburg Award by the Trustees of Colonial Williamsburg to the Rt. Hon. Sir Winston S. Churchill at Drapers&Apos; Hall, London, December 1955

Unnamed · 1957 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Williamsburg, Colonial Williamsburg , 1957. Hardback. A charming copy comprising the presentation of the first Williamsburg Award to Sir Winston Churchill in 1955. A formal account of the presentation of the first Williamsburg Award to Sir Winston S. Churchill in 1955, illustr...

The Silence Calling: Australians in Antarctica 1947-97

Tim Bowden · 1997 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

Australia, Allen & Unwin, 1997. First edition. Cloth. A fascinating work detailing the history of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition, with maps and colour illustrations. Tim Bowden (b. 1937) is an Australian author and historian, known for producing several ...

The Present Crisis in France Considered in Reference to England

Anon · 1830 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)

London, J Hatchard and Son, 1830. Cloth. A very scarce historical and political tract regarding the French Revolution of 1830. Signed from 'the author' to the top of the title page, dated 1830. This work regards the July Revolution, or the Second French Revolution t...

Intimate Glimpses of Mysterious Tibet and Neighbouring Countries

G. E. O. Knight · 1930 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)

London, The Golden Vista Press, 1930. First edition. Hardback. A thorough and early Western account of Tibet by G. E. O. Knight, and with a dedication from the author. G. E. O. Knight, F.R.G.S, waas a corresponding member to the Royal Botanic Society of London, and he led a Br...

The Book of the United Kingdom

Uncle John · 1810 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.83 | $191.60 | ¥30,599)

London, Darton and Clark, c1840. First edition. Leather. A wonderfully illustrated and very scarce children's history of the United Kingdom. This is a very scarce work on British history for children, being a compendium of the history of England, with a description of the...

How the Laconia Sank and the Militia Mobilization on the Mexican Border Two Masterpieces of Reporting

Floyd P. Gibbons · 1917 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

Chicago, Daughaday and Company, 1917. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce first edition of two war reports by Floyd Gibbons, the noted Chicago war correspondent. The first edition of this work.A very scarce work.Two reporting pieces by Floyd Gibbons', 'How the La...

Naval Demobilisation

1918 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London, Ministry of Reconstruction, 1918. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce first edition of this interesting post-First World War pamphlet concerning the issue of naval demobilisation in Britain. A very scarce work.The first edition of this work.An interesting work disc...

Nine Letters to Theodore Watts-Dunton from J. Mcneill Whistler

James Abbott McNeill Whistler · 1922 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

Chelsea, Private Distribution, 1922. Paperback. A limited edition collection of nine letters by James Abbot McNeill Whistler, written to his friend Theodore Watts-Dunton. A limited edition work, limited to fifty copies, of which this copy is unnumbered.Printed for private circ...

Della Cronica Universale de Suoi Tempi

Giovanni Villani; Matteo Villani · 1554 · Rooke Books

£1,100.00 (€1,318.72 | $1,453.50 | ¥232,133)

Florence, Lorenzo Torrentino, 1554. Vellum. The first edition of Giovanni and Matteo Villani's later books in their monumental 'Cronica' of Florence history. The first edition of this work. The last two books of Giovanni Villani's 'Cronica', books...

Aquisextiensis, Presbyteri Congregationis Oratorii Domini Jesu, Notitia Ecclesiastica Historiarum, Conciliorum, & Canonum Invicem Collatorum, Veterumque Juxta, Ac Recentiorum Ecclesiae Rituum Ab Ipsis Ecclesiae Christianae Incunabulis Ad Nostra Usque Tempora, Secundum Cujusque Saeculi Seriem, Accurate Digesta

Jean Cabussut · 1702 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

Lugdini, Sumptibus Anisson et Joannis Posuel, 1702. Leather. The third edition of this scarce Latin history of the rites and records of the Church. A scarce copy of this Latin text on the rites and records of the Church from French Oratorian, Jean Cabassut.Third edition.Cardin...

The Works of Lord Macaulay

Thomas Babington Macaulay · 1898 · Rooke Books

£1,475.00 (€1,768.28 | $1,949.01 | ¥311,269)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co, 1898. Cloth. A beautiful set of the works of Lord Macaulay, inscribed by his nephew, Sir George Trevelyan. From the library of the Earl of Rosebery, with a letter signed from George Bullough. Complete in twelve volumes.The Albany Edition of thi...

Antiquities of Bristow Including the Topography by William Wyrcestre, and the Life of William Canyges

James Dallaway · 1834 · Rooke Books

£300.00 (€359.65 | $396.41 | ¥63,309)

Bristol, Mirror Office, 1834. First edition. Leather. A finely bound historical study of Bristol from the Middle Centuries. Beautifully bound. With four plates total, and numerous in-text illustrations of arms. The arms remain uncoloured to this copy. With the topography of ...

The Franco-Prussian War: Its Causes, Incidents, and Consequences

H. M. Hozier · 1872 · Rooke Books

£600.00 (€719.30 | $792.82 | ¥126,618)

London, William Mackenzie, 1872. Leather. A very attractive and lavishly illustrated history of the Franco-Prussian War, a first-hand account written by Henry Hozier. Complete in two volumes.An immensely detailed history of the Franco-Prussian War, a first-hand account.Volume ...

Some Victorian Forged Rarities

Roland Baughman · 1936 · Rooke Books

£220.00 (€263.74 | $290.70 | ¥46,427)

U.S.A. The Huntington Library, 1936. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce first edition of Roland Baughman's fascinating essays discussing mis-dated Victorian books. The first edition of this work.A very scarce work, printed for private circulation.A fascinating essay ...

The Early Years of His Royal Highness the Prince Consort Compiled Under the Direction of Her Majesty the Queen

Lieut-General The Hon C. Grey · 1867 · Rooke Books

£2,275.00 (€2,727.34 | $3,006.10 | ¥480,092)

London, Smith, Elder and Co. 1867. Cloth. A highly sought after example of this biographical work, being signed and dedicated by Queen Victoria in her own hand. Truly a unique piece of history, relating to the life of Prince Albert, containing a scarce example of Queen Victori...

Lettres de Marie de Rabutin Dame de Cantal Marquise de Sevigne

Marie Sevigne · 1928 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

Dijon, Editions du Raisin, 1928. Leather. A limited edition French collection of the letters of Marie de Sevigne, noting the life of an aristocrat in seventeenth century French court. Complete as two volumes bound in one.A limited edition work, limited to one thousand copies, ...

The Times History of the War

The Times · 1915 · Rooke Books

£200.00 (€239.77 | $264.27 | ¥42,206)

London, The Times, 1915-1918. Fine Binding. A finely bound, set of four volumes from The Times' popular periodical regarding the First World War. With a folding map frontispiece to volume II. With black and white in-text illustrations throughout. Comprising volumes II, ...

Travels in Upper and Lower Egypt, Undertaken by Order of the Old Government of France

C. S. Sonnini · 1800 · Rooke Books

£575.00 (€689.33 | $759.78 | ¥121,342)

London, J. Debrett, 1800. First edition. Leather. The first edition thus of Charles-Nicolas Sonnini's travelogue on his time in Egypt, illustrated throughout, including with a folding map. The first English edition of this work published in one volume. A 1799 edition was ...

Histoire Des Revolutions de Portugal

Rene-Aubert Vertot · 1806 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

Paris, Didot l'Aine, 1806. Leather. Vertot's history on the Portugal revolutions, in the original French. In the original French.'Histoire des Revolutions de Portugal' delves into the history of the revolutions in Portugal's history.Illustrated with a ...