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Histoire de France, Depuis L&Apos;Etablissement Des Francs Dans la Gaule Jusqu&Apos;En 1830. In Two Volumes

Theodose Burette · 1840 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

Paris, Librairie de E. Ducrocq, 1840. Leather. A nicely illustrated set of this work on French history, in a decorative full leather binding. 'Since the establishment of the Franks in Gaul until 1830&apos. 'Enriched with 500 drawings by Jules David&apos. Featuring ti...

Croquis D&Apos;Afrique Voyages, Chasses, Peches

Maxime Lefebvre-Despeaux · 1946 · Rooke Books

£330.00 (€395.61 | $436.05 | ¥69,640)

London, Emile Hazan, 1946. Paperback. An extremely scarce work about African travel, hunting and fishing, inscribed by the author. In French. One of fifty hand numbered copies, of which this is number 11. Author's inscription reads: 'With hope that our old friendship...

Histoire Abregee de la Litterature Romaine in Four Volumes Bound As Two Volumes

F. Schoell · 1815 · Rooke Books

£260.00 (€311.70 | $343.55 | ¥54,868)

Paris , Chez Gide Fils, 1815. Leather. A set of Histoire Abregee de la Litterature Romaine. By F. Schoell, Consellor to the Court of the King of Prussia. Complete here in four volumes, bound as two. In French. A history of Roman literature, a French historian and librarian. In...

Histoires Des Litteratures Etrangeres Considerees Dans Leurs Rapports Avec le Developpement de la Litterature Francais

J. Demogeot · 1897 · Rooke Books

£99.99 (€119.87 | $132.12 | ¥21,101)

Paris, Librairie Hachette, 1897 - 1900. Leather. Two volumes of Jacques Claude Demogeot's 'History of Literature&apos. Jacques Claude Demogeot (5 July 1808 - 1894) was a French man of letters. He was born in Paris. He was professor of rhetoric at the lycee Saint Loui...

Histoire de Notre-Dame Du Mont-Serrat the Nouvelle Edition, Revue, Corrigee & Augmentee de Nouvelles Reflexions, Avec la Desciption de L&Apos;Abbaye, de la Montagne & Des Hermitages.

R. P. Dom Louis Montagut · 1733 · Rooke Books

£2,820.00 (€3,380.71 | $3,726.24 | ¥595,103)

Paris, Jean Anisson, 1733. Leather. A bright copy of Montagut's scarce Histoire de Notre-Dame du Mont-Serrat. Bound in calf leather with gilt lettering and spine decoration. This work is written in the French. The New Edition, Revised, Corrected, with a Description of the...

A New History of England, by Question and Answer

John Lockman · 1801 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London, G. G. and J. Robinson, W. Richardson, 1801 . Leather. An early 19th century edition of John Lockman's educational and entertaining history of England, told in question-and-answer style. The twenty-fourth edition of this work, first published in 1729.A practical qu...

Residential Lighting

Myrtle Fahsbender · 1947 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

New York, D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc. 1947. Cloth. The first edition of an educational textbook on lighting in our homes, written by an expert who would later become the first female director of the Illuminating Engineering Society. The first edition of Residential Lighting,...

A Narrative of Voyages and Commercial Enterprises

Richard J. Cleveland · 1842 · Rooke Books

£995.00 (€1,192.84 | $1,314.75 | ¥209,974)

London, Edward Moxon, 1842. First edition. Leather. The scarce first edition of this merchant adventurer's account of the West Coast and the Native Indians. An incredibly scarce example of this Americana title.Bound in half calf and marbled boards, with gilt lettering to ...

South with Scott

Rear-Admiral E.R.G.R. Evans · 0 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Collins' Clear-Type Press, c1937. Cloth. An illustrated exciting account of expeditions to the South Pole by Admiral Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans, with folding maps. A later edition of the work.In a decorative blue cloth binding.Illustrated with a coloured...

The Navy List (January, 1862)

[Admiralty-Office] · 1862 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

[London], [John Murray], 1862. First edition. Leather. The very scarce January 1862 issue of The Navy List, a comprehensive directory of officers and ships of the Royal Navy. January 1862 of The Navy List.Very scarce. Handsomely bound in later half crushed morocco, with marble...

Usines Metalluriques de Literie L&V Rachline Catalogue No. 15

1938 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

Saint-Denis, L. & V. Rachline, 1938 . Paperback. A very scarce French catalogue of a twentieth century metallurgy bedding factory and their products. The July 1938 Catalogue No.15 for Establishments L.&V. Rachline. A very scarce work.In the original blue paper wraps.With secti...

The Letters of Queen Victoria; a Selection from Her Majesty&Apos;S Correspondence between the Years 1837 and 1861

Queen Victoria; Arthur Christopher Benson [ed.]; Viscount Esher [ed.] · 1908 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.85 | $171.78 | ¥27,434)

London, John Murray, 1908 . Cloth. A fascinating collection of Queen Victoria's correspondence in three volumes, with several monochrome plate illustrations. This smart three volume set in the publisher's original, blind stamped, full cloth binding. Bound by F. Grune...

Considã©Rations Sur Les Causes de la Grandeur Des Romains Et de Leur Dã©Cadence

Charles de Secondat, baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu · 1769 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.87 | $151.96 | ¥24,268)

Paris, Aux dépens de la Compagnie, 1769 . Leather. Full-calf original French edition of Montesquieu's significant glimpse into the rise and fall of the Roman empire. Bound in brown full calf.In the original French. Title can be translated to Considerations on the Causes o...

Lord Roberts: A Life for Boys

Violet Brooke-Hunt · 1901 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, James Nisbet & Co. Limited, 1901. First edition. Leather. First-edition prize binding of this detailled biography on the famous Field Marshal Frederick Sleigh Roberts. First edition.In full-calf prize binding with marbled endpapers. Bound by Dickers & Son, Leicester wi...

The Western Front: Then and Now

1938 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, George Newnes Limited, [1938] . First edition. Cloth. Interesting war-time glimpse into the First-World-War Western Front, profusely illustrated with photographs from the Imperial War Museum and the Paris Archives Photographiques. First edition.In publisher's orig...

Bibliotheca Staffordiensis; or, a Bibliographical Account of Books and Other Printed Matter

Rupert Simms · 1894 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

Lichfield, Printed for the Compiler by A. C. Lomax, 1894. First edition. Cloth. A limited edition record of the literature produced in the county of Staffordshire, extensive compiled by disabled writer Rupert Simms. A smart title, in original binding, printed for subscribers o...

A History of British Fossil Mammals, and Birds

Richard Owen · 1846 · Rooke Books

£296.00 (€354.85 | $391.12 | ¥62,465)

London, John Van Voorst, 1846 . First edition. Cloth. A very good copy of the first edition of this interesting archeological study, illustrated with one hundred and twenty-seven woodcut illustrations The first edition in the publisher's original cloth.With one hundred an...

The Book of Family Crests

John Peter Elven · 1838 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)

London, Henry Washbourne, 1838. Cloth. A scarce and revised edition of two small volumes that detail thousands of families, with their mottos and coats of arms included. A scarce and revised edition of The Book of Family Crests; Comprising Nearly Every Family Bearing, Properly...

A History of the Town and Parish of Nantwich

James Hall · 1883 · Rooke Books

£265.00 (€317.69 | $350.16 | ¥55,923)

Nantwich, Cheshire, James Hall, 1883. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of a definitive history of the Cheshire market town, including its role within the English Civil War and its Norman beginnings. The first edition of A History of the Town and Parish of Nantwich, or W...

Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent

A. Huntbach · 1910 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Stafford, J & C. Mort Limited, 1910. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce local history of a key district during the Industrial Revolution and one of the six towns that made Stoke-on-Trent written immediately prior to its birth as a city. The presentation copy of Hanley, Stoke-...