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Chaucer and the Mediaeval Sciences by Walter Clyde Curry Chaucer&Apos;S Early Poetry by Wolfgang Clemen

Walter Clyde Curry; Wolfgang Clemen · 1960 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, George Allen & Unwin Ltd. ; Methuen, 1960-1963. Cloth. A two volume set of works on Chaucer in original binding, with both original unclipped dust wrappers. A 2 volume set analysing the works of Chaucer.This set offers a variety of critical engagement with the writings...

Virgil: Volume I Eclogues Georgics Aeneid I-VI Revised Edition Virgil: Volume II Aeneid VII-XII the Minor Poems Horace: Satires, Epistles and Ars Poetica Aristotle: The Poetics "Longinus" on the Sublime Demetrius on Style Boethius: The Theological Tractates the Consolation of Philosophy Prudentius: Volume I

H.J. Thomson [trans.]; H.F. Stewart [trans.]; E.K. Rand [trans.]; T.E. Page [ed.]; H. Rushton Fairclough [trans.]; · 1925 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)

London, William Heinemann, 1925-1970. Cloth. A comprehensive six volume set of Ancient Greek and Latin literature belonging to the Loeb Classical Library, with translations into English. A comprehensive 6 volume set of works that are part of the Loeb Classical Library.The Loeb...

Consuetudines Kanciae: A History of Gavelkind and Other Remarkable Customs in the County of Kent

Charles Sandys · 1851 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London; Philadelphia, John Russell Smith, 1851 . First edition. Cloth. Illustrated with folding maps, this is a bright example of Charles Sandys's historical exploration of the customs of Kent. The first edition of this work.Illustrated with a folding frontispiece and thr...

Old England&Apos;S Worthies: Being Full and Original Biographies of the Most Eminent Statesmen, Lawyers, Warriors, Men of Letters and Science, and Artists of Our Country

Lord Brougham · 1880 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.87 | $151.96 | ¥24,268)

London, James Sangster and Co. 1880. Leather. A lavishly illustrated biographic work on prominent English figures, with engravings and colour plates throughout. A charming biographical work on well-known English figures, compiled by Lord Brougham and other distinguished author...

The Oxford History of England

J.B. Black; Godfrey Davies; Sir George Clark; Basil Williams; J. Steven Watson; Sir Llewellyn Woodward; Sir Robert Ensor; A.J.P. Taylor · 1985 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1985-1986. Cloth. The last eight volumes of the esteemed Oxford History of England, with a selection of Britain's greatest 20th century historians delving into modern English history. The esteemed Oxford History of England, an eight volume set fro...

History of the Thirty-Third Foot, Duke of Wellington&Apos;S (West Riding) Regimen

Albert Lee · 1922 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)

London, Jarrold & Sons, Ltd, 1922 . First edition. Cloth. A wonderful association copy of the scarce first edition of Lee's study of the Thirty-Third Foot, inscribed by Arthur Charles Wellesley, 4th Duke of Wellington. The first edition of this scarce historical study, an...

Rulers of India: Lord Amherst and the British Advance Eastwards to Burma

Anne Thackeray Ritchie; Richardson Evans · 1894 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Oxford , Oxford Clarendon Press , 1894 . First edition. Cloth. A near fine copy of the first edition of this historical work on the First Anglo-Burmese War, with a folding map of India and a monochrome portrait frontispiece of Lord Amherst, in the publisher's original blu...

The Early Days of the Sun Fire Office

Edward Baumer · 1910 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Sir Joseph Causton & Sons, Limited, 1910. First edition. Hardback. A smart copy of this work, produced for the bicentenary of the Sun Fire Office, tracing the founding and growth of one of Britain"s earliest and most influential fire insurance companies, richly illustr...

Line Upon Line: An Epigraphical Anthology

John Sparrow · 1967 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

Cambridge , Brooke Crutchley at the University Printing House , 1967. Hardback. An excellent limited edition anthology of inscriptions, compiled by John Sparrow. Limited to five hundred unnumbered copies. "Printed by the University Printer for His Friends at Christmas, Cambrid...

A Sienese Painter of the Franciscan Legend

Bernard Berenson · 1910 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, J. M. Dent & Sons, Ltd. 1910. Cloth. An illuminating illustrated study by Bernard Berenson, analysing an anonymous Sienese painter of the Franciscan cycle. In the publisher's original quarter beige cloth with paper covered boards.First published in December, 1909,...

The Rifle Brigade Chronicle for 1924 (Thirty-Fifth Year)

Major H. G. Parkyn · 1925 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Eccleston Square, 1925. Cloth. A scarce copy of the Rifle Brigade Chronicle for the year 1924, compiled by British Army Officer H. G. Parkyn. The Rifle Brigade Chronicle for the year 1924, being the thirty-fifth printing of this annual work. Scarce edition. Illustrated...

Broken Thread

F. S. G. Piggott · 1951 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.79 | $237.85 | ¥37,985)

Tokyo, The Jiji Press, Ltd. 1951. Cloth. A unique association copy of this Japanese edition of F. S. G. Piggott's military memoir, with his presentation inscription to his daughter Juliet Piggott. The author's presentation copy to his daughter, Juliet Piggott, with h...

London or Interesting Memorials of Its Rise, Progress, & Present State

Sholto Percy; Reuben Percy · 1824 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London, T. Boys , 1824. Hardback. An early edition of this scarce three-volume history of London, published under the pseudonyms Sholto and Reuben Percy. The second edition of this work. Complete in three volumes. Scarce.Rebacked, with the original boards. With a frontispiece ...

Loose Leaves from Japanese History

Frank Cary · 1878 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

Kobe, J. L. Thompson & Co. c1935. Cloth. A very scarce collection of essays on Japanese history from American pilot Frank Cary. Very scarce work. A collection of essays on Japanese history on subjects such as sacred laws, Mediaeval mathematicians, dining, Harakiri or Seppuku, ...

Iron and Brass Implements of the English House

J. Seymour Lindsay; Ralph Edwards [introduction] · 1964 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, Alec Tiranti, 1964. Cloth. A revised and enlarged edition of this highly illustrated historical study of iron and brass implements of the English house. Revised and enlarged edition. Illustrated with four hundred and eighty images. The first work written in English abo...

Essais de Critique Et D"Histoire

H. Taine · 1913 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

Paris, Hachette, 1913 . Leather. The twelfth edition of Taine"s Essais de critique et d"histoire, smartly bound in green quarter morocco, collecting his influential essays on French literature, history, and cultural thought. Bound in a green quarter morocco binding with marble...

De Saint-Louis a Tripoli Par le Lac Tchad

P. L. Monteil · 1895 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.79 | $237.85 | ¥37,985)

Paris, Felix Alcan, 1895 . First edition. Leather. Illustrated throughout, this is the entertaining and informative first edition of P. L. Monteil's account of his North African travels. In the original French.The first edition of Lieut.-Colonel P. L. Monteil's accou...

The Four Georges Sketches of Manners, Morals, Court and Town Life; Lovel the Widower

W. M. Thackeray · 1861 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

Leipzig , Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1861. Leather. This calf-bound volume containing two of Thackeray's works comes from the library of Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster, in personalised Halloway binding. This smart volume includes two works from English novelist and illu...

The Voyages of Captain Scott

Charles Turley; Sir J. M. Barrie · 1914 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, John Murray, 1914. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this record of the voyages of British explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott, with illustrations. First edition. Illustrated with a photogravure frontispiece, four coloured plates, one double page plate, t...

Pendennis and St. Mawes: An Historical Sketch of Two Cornish Castles

S. Pasfield Oliver · 1875 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

Truro; London, W. Lake; Simpkin, Marshall & Co. 1875. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated history of two Cornish castles from English antiquary Samuel Pasfield Oliver. First edition. Scarce work. Illustrated with a frontispiece and twelve in-text im...