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History of the Conquest of Mexico with a Preliminary View of the Ancient Mexican Civilisation, and the Life of the Conqueror Hernando Cortes

William H. Prescott · 1874 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, George Routledge & Sons, 1874. Cloth. A complete three volume set of this history of the conquest of Mexico from American historian William Hickling Prescott. Complete in three volumes. Volume one is illustrated with a frontispiece, a folding map, and one plate. With a...

The Registers of the Parish Church of Bolton

Archibald Sparke · 1913 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

Bolton, Tillotson and Son Ltd. 1913. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this register of the parish church of Bolton from 1573 to 1660. First edition. Very scarce work. A detailed record of the registers of baptisms, weddings, and burials at the parish church...

Romeyn de Hooghe to the Burgermasters of Haarlem

Romeyn de Hooghe · 1971 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.68 | $363.37 | ¥58,033)

Massachusetts , Gehenna Press, 1971. Hardback. A very scarce limited edition reproduction of a seventeenth century letter by Romeyn de Hooghe, signed by the artist Leonard Baskin. A very scarce limited edition of one hundred copies, of which this is numbered forty-four.Signed ...

London Fabric

James Pope-Hennessy · 1941 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1941 . Cloth. The charmingly illustrated second edition of James Pope-Hennessy's portrait of London on the brink of World War II. The revised second edition.In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper designed by Eric Ra...

The Times, and the Times Supplement January 1st-March 31st

The Times · 1851 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)

London, The Times , 1851 . Leather. Three months of the popular British magazine 'The Times', all bound together, providing a fascinating historical account of Britain in the mid nineteenth century. The original issues of 'The Times' magazine and the supple...

Liber Valorum Et Decimarum; Being an Account of the Valuations and Yearly Tenths of All Such Ecclesiastical Benefices in England and Wales, As Now Stand Chargeable with the Payment of First-Fruits and Tenths

John Ecton · 1728 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, R. Gosling, 1728. Cloth. The third edition of John Ecton's important compilation of the financial states of churches in England and Wales. The third edition. First published in 1711. An important religious compilation on the valuations and tithes of the churches o...

History of Rome

Thomas Arnold · 1845 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, B. Fellowes; F. and J. Rivington; E. Hodgson; &c. 1845. Cloth. A mixed edition set of this insightful history of Rome from English historian Thomas Arnold. Complete in three volumes. Volume one is the fourth edition, volume two is the third edition, and volume three is...

George Heriot&Apos;S School Roll of Honour 1914-1919

1921 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

Edinburgh, War Memorial Committee, 1921. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of this roll of honour for George Heriot's School for the years 1914 to 1919. First edition. Scarce work. With a frontispiece and seventy-nine plates of portraits. Collated complete. A r...

A History of the Straw Hat Industry

John G. Dony · 1942 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

Luton, Gibbs, Bamforth & Co. Ltd. 1942. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this very scarce history of the straw hat, with illustrations. First edition. Very scarce work. Illustrated with a frontispiece, twenty-four images across twenty-one plates, and mapped endpa...

History of the Education of the Blind

W. H. Illingworth · 1910 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Sampson Low, Marston & Company, 1910. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this very scarce historical study on the education of the blind. First edition. Very scarce work. A detailed treatise on the important and interesting study on the history of education...

History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella & History of the Reign of Charles the Fifth

William H. Prescott · 0 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London, George Routledge & Sons, c1850. Leather. Two smartly bound histories from American historian and Hispanist William Hickling Prescott. Two volumes. Written by William Hickling Prescott, an American historian and Hispanist, who is widely recognized by historiographers to...

A Social History: A Survey of Six Centuries, Chaucer to Queen Victoria

G. M. Trevelyan · 1945 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, Longmans, Green and Co, 1945 . Leather. G.M. Trevelyan's history of England, handsomely bound in tree calf with gilt detailing, and illustrated with maps. The third impression of this work.A fascinating work of the social history of England focusing on the everyda...

The World Crisis 1911-1918

Winston S. Churchill · 1942 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Macmillan and Co. Ltd , 1942. Cloth. An abridged edition of Winston Churchill's account of the First World War, with the very scarce original dust wrapper. The abridged and revised edition, with an additional chapter on the Battle of the Marne. With the very scarc...

The History of England from the Accession of James the Second

Lord Thomas Babington Macaulay · 1856 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)

London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1856. Leather. A complete four volumes set of this detailed chronicle of the history of England from Thomas Babington Macaulay. Complete in four volumes. Eleventh edition. A history of England covering the seventeen-year period from...

Williams Deacons 1771-1970

Williams Deacon's Bank Limited · 1971 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

Manchester, William's Deacon's Bank Limited , 1971. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this work recounting the history of the Williams Deacon's bank, presented by the bank to commemorate their 200th anniversary. The first edition, first impression. With...

The Love of a Prince: Bonnie Prince Charlie in France, 1744-1748

L. L. Bongie [Laurence L. Bongie] · 1986 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Vancouver, University of British Columbia Press, 1986. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of Bongie's account of Charles Edward Stuart's time in France between 1744 and 1748, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition of this work in the pu...

The Life of Francis Place, 1771-1854

Graham Wallas · 1908 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, Longmans, Green and Co, 1908 . Cloth. A signed presentation copy of Graham Wallas's biography of English social reformer and radical Francis Place. Inscribed by the author to the front free endpaper with 'J. Walkden from Graham Wallas, Jan 2 1910&apos.Illustr...

Sketches of English Life and Character

Mary R. Mitford · 1910 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Edinburgh & London, T. N. Foulis, 1910. Cloth. A nice copy of this account of English life in the nineteenth century, with lovely colour illustrations by Stanhope A. Forbes. The second edition. First published the previous year. Illustrated by Stanhope A. Forbes with a colour ...

The John Rylands Library Manchester: Catalogue of an Exhibition of Books and Broadsides Illustrating the Early History of Printing; a Brief Record of Twenty One Years&Apos; Work; the Beginnings of Printed Book Illustration; Bulletin of the John Rylands Library Manchester: Vol. 27, No. 1

1907 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.56 | $50.21 | ¥8,019)

Manchester, Manchester University Press, 1907-1942. First edition. Paperback. A four-volume set of works on the special collection of the John Rylands Library, Manchester, by Librarian Henry Guppy. A four-volume set in the publisher's original paper wraps. The last three ...

The British Empire at Home and Abroad: An Account of Its Origins, Progress, and Present Position with Full Descriptions of Canada, Australasia, South Africa, India, and Other Colonies and Dependencies

Edgar Sanderson · 1901 · Rooke Books

£69.00 (€82.72 | $91.17 | ¥14,561)

London, The Gresham Publishing Company, 1901. Cloth. The first two volumes from this illustrated account of the British Empire pre and during nineteenth century. Containing volumes I and II out of six volumes. Originally published from 1898-9 as 'The British Empire in the...