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Reminiscences of My Military Life: From 1795-1818

Lieut.-Col. Chas. Steevens, [ed. by Lieut.-Col. Nathaniel Steevens] · 1878 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

Winchester, Warren and Son, 1878. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of insightful memories from a British officer serving in the Napoleonic Wars, including the Battle of Roncesvalles, and insights into Napoleonic combat decision-making. Reminiscences of My Military Life:...

The Life of Benito Mussolini

Margherita G. Sarfatti; Benito Mussolini [Intro.]; Frederic Whyte [Trans.] · 1926 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€899.12 | $991.02 | ¥158,272)

New York , Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1926 . Cloth. An uncommon copy of this highly sympathetic biography of Benito Mussolini written by his confidante and prominent Fascist intellectual Margherita Sarfatti. In the publisher's original dark cloth binding. First publish...

The Beginning of the Road; the End of the Third Reich.

Vasili I. Chuikov; Harold Silver; Ruth Kisch · 1963 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London, MacGibbon & Kee, 1963-1967. First edition. Cloth. First English translations of these historical volumes on the Battle of Stalingrad and the final days of the Second World War from the perspective of significant Soviet Marshal Vasili Chuikov. First English translations...

Stolen Waters: A Page in the Conquest of Ulster

T. M. Healy · 1913 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1913 . Cloth. A nice copy of this comprehensive study of the legal and historical disputes surrounding the fishery rights of Lough Foyle and the River Bann in Ireland, with a coloured folding map of Ireland to the rear of the work. In the publi...

The Near East, Palestine and the Sahara

William Miller; Frederick Treves; Rosita Forbes · 1898 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)

London, T. Fisher Unwin; Smith, Elder & Co.; Cassell & Co. 1898-1921. Cloth. A group of travelogues on the Balkans, Palestine, and the Sahara, including numerous illustrations, folding maps, and intriguing insights into Near East cultures and landscapes. An attractive group of...

Augerii Gislenii Busbequii Omina Quae Extant

Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq · 1740 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

Basel, Jo. Brandmulleri, 1740. Leather. A fascinating, combined edition of epistles by Flemish diplomat, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq. A new, octavo edition of epistles by sixteenth-century Flemish diplomat, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq. Bound in calf, with gilt tooled detailing to...

Egypt 1879-1883

Sir Edward Malet; Lord Sanderson [ed.] · 1909 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)

London, John Murray, 1909 . First edition. Cloth. A scarce copy of this comprehensive historical account of Egypt in the late nineteenth century, printed for private circulation. A scarce work.Printed for private circulation. In the original red cloth binding.Illustrated with...

Specially Employed: The Story of British Aid to French Patriots of the Resistance

Maurice J. Buckmaster · 1952 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, The Batchworth Press, 1952 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition copy of this autobiographical wartime account by Colonel Maurice J. Buckmaster. The first edition. In the publisher's original green cloth binding. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. Illus...

A Catalogue of the Chinese Translation of the Buddhist Tripitaka, the Sacred Canon of the Buddhists in China and Japan

Bunyiu Nanjio · 1975 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

San Francisco , Chinese Materials Center, Inc. 1975. Leather. A lovely facsimile of this rare and seminal bibliography compiled by Japanese schoalr Bunyiu Nanjio, collecting the Chinese translations of the Buddhist Tripitaka A pleasing facsimile of this important reference, th...

In Old Ceylon

Reginald Farrer · 1908 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.78 | $244.45 | ¥39,040)

London, Edward Arnold , 1908. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing first edition of this illustrated survey of Sri Lanka, formerly known as Ceylon. A vivid account by British horticulturist, Reginald Farrer. First edition.In the publisher's cloth binding. Illustrated with a ...

The Church of the Hagia Sophia at Trezibond

Various [ed. by David Talbot Rice] · 1968 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.78 | $244.45 | ¥39,040)

Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press, 1968. First edition. Cloth. A scarce collection of illustrative essays on a monument considered to be an architectural masterpiece since its Medieval origins, with numerous colour plates. The scarce first edition of The Church of the Hagi...

Desert, Marsh and Mountain: The World of a Nomad

Wilfred Thesiger · 1979 · Rooke Books

£69.00 (€82.72 | $91.17 | ¥14,561)

London, Collins, 1979. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of an illustrative and retrospective account of Thesiger's career as an explorer across the Arabian Peninsula, and what he has learnt. The first edition of Desert, Marsh and Mountain: The World of a Nomad, an ...

The Crescent and the Cross or, Romance and Realities of Eastern Travel

Eliot Warburton · 1848 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Henry Colburn, 1848. Cloth. A pleasing copy of the two-volume seventh edition of Eliot Warburton's travels in North Africa and the Middle East. The two-volume, seventh edition of Eliot Warburton's The Crescent and the Cross, first published in 1844. In the p...

The Antarctic Regions

Dr Karl Fricker; A Sonnenschein [Trans.] · 1904 · Rooke Books

£149.00 (€178.63 | $196.88 | ¥31,443)

London, Swan Sonnenschein & Co. 1904. Cloth. An early edition of this richly illustrated survey of Antarctic exploration, charting the discoveries and expeditions that shaped knowledge of the southern polar regions. In the publisher's original red cloth binding. The seco...

Travels in the Upper Egyptian Deserts

Arthur E. Weigall · 1909 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1909. First edition. Cloth. The first edition accounting Arthur Weigall's fascinating travels across the upper Egyptian deserts, illustrated with photographs throughout. The first edition.In the publisher's original b...

Le Pays de Rirha Ouargla: Voyage a Rhadames

V. Largeau · 1879 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

Paris , Librairie Hachette et Cie, 1879. Leather. A charming first edition of Victor Largeau's account of his journey to Ghadames, complete with engravings and a folding map. First edition. In a contemporary quarter morocco binding, with pebbled cloth boards. Decorative ...

(1972) August 1914; (1999) November 1916

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn; Michael Glenny; H. T. Willetts · 1972 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London; Sydney; Toronto, The Bodley Head; Jonathan Cape, 1972 . First edition. Cloth. Fascinating first two volumes of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's The Red Wheel cycle, both works being the first English editions and the first volume containing a lovely folding map. Lovely co...

(1994) the Lost Heart of Asia; (1999) in Siberia; (2006) Shadow of the Silk Road; (2011) to a Mountain in Tibet; (2021) the Amur River between Russia and China.

Colin Thubron · 1994 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, William Heinemann Ltd; Chatto & Windus, 1994-2021. First edition. Cloth. Handsome collection of travel volumes from award-winning British writer Colin Thubron, including four first editions and a number of maps. Lovely collection of five travel volumes by eminent Briti...

On Horseback Through Nigeria or Life and Travel in the Central Sudan

J. D. Falconer · 1911 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1911. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition of Falconer's illustrated travel work, recounting his voyages through Nigeria with thirty-two plates and a folding map. A first edition of J. D. Falconer's account of his voyages through ...

Oxford History of English Literature

E.K. Chambers; Bonamy Dobree; H.S. Bennett; Douglas Bush · 1945 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

Oxford, At The Clarendon Press, 1945-1959. Cloth. A smart four volume set of historical accounts of different eras of English literature. Four volumes.In the original navy cloth bindings.A four volume set of historical accounts of different eras of English literature. Part of...