Storia

Analytical Index to the Series of Records Known As the Remembrancia

Corporation of London · 1878 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, E. J. Francis and Co , 1878. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this analytical index for the nine-volume series, 'Remembrancia', containing archival correspondence for 1579-1664. First edition. In the publisher's original cloth binding. This vol...

Winston S. Churchill

Randolph S. Churchill; Martin Gilbert · 1966 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.31 | $786.21 | ¥125,563)

London, Heinemann, 1966-1981. First edition. Cloth. A collection of first and early editions of part of the companions to Winston S. Churchill's authorised biography, as well as three volumes of the biography itself. With letters from the authors. Eleven volumes. First ed...

Borough of Derby: Calendar of Ancient Records

Mr. I. H. Jeayes · 1904 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Derby , J. W. Simpson, 1904. First edition. Cloth. A vanishingly scarce calendar of ancient records held in the Borough of Derby. First edition. In the publisher's original cloth binding. A vanishingly scarce calendar of ancient records of the Borough of Derby, including ...

The Making of Middle English 1765-1910

David Matthews · 1999 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Minneapolis , University of Minnesota Press , 1999. First edition. Cloth. A very pleasing first edition offering a detailed account of the formative phase of Middle English literary studies. The first edition. Volume 18 from this 'Medieval Cultures' series. With the ...

Three Very Scarce Works on Australian Life, History and Geography

Lord Apsley; George Sutherland · 1923 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London; Melbourne; Sydney, Angus & Robertson Ltd; Spicers & Detmold Ltd; Hodder and Stoughton, 1923-4. First edition. Paperback. Three very scarce Australian works including a book of Australian geography, a collection of educational children's stories and a memoir by an ...

A Circumstantial Report of the Evidence and Proceedings Upon the Charges Preferred Against His Royal Highness the Duke of York in the Capacity of Commander in Chief, in the Months of February and March, 1809

G. L. Wardle · 1809 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, James Cundee, 1809. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this insightful report, exploring the wrongdoings of Prince Frederick. The first edition of this work.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and ten plates.Collated, bound without two plates.This report is an a...

A Collection of Works from G. Lenotre or Louis Leon Theodore Gosselin

G. Lenotre [Louis Leon Theodore Gosselin] · 1913 · Rooke Books

£1,200.00 (€1,438.60 | $1,585.63 | ¥253,235)

Paris, Perrin et Cie. 1913-1923. Leather. A collection of nineteen volumes from French historian and playwright G. Lenotre, in the original French. French. Nineteen volumes. Memoies et Souvenirs sur la Revolution et L'Empire and Ouvrages de G. Lenotre. Illustrated through...

Ashford Cattle Show Centenary 1856-1956

Alfred J. Burrows · 1958 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, Not Stated , 1958. Cloth. A vanishingly scarce history of the Ashford Cattle Show, in celebration of its one hundredth anniversary. The first edition of this very scarce work. In the publisher's original cloth binding.With a frontispiece of the author, five double...

The British Islands and Their Vegetation

A. G. Tansley · 1949 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

Cambridge , At the University Press, 1949. Cloth. A pleasing two-volume study of the environment, history and vegetation of the British Islands, richly illustrated throughout. A new edition, with corrections. Complete in two volumes. In the publisher's original green clot...

A Collection of Papers of Phrenology

Various · 1850 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)

Various, Various, 1850-1978. Paperback. An interesting set of six papers on phrenology, dating from over a century, all very scarce. A selection of six very scarce papers on phrenology. Phrenology is a pseudoscience, involving the measurement of bumps on the skull to predict m...

The Works of Dr John Doran

Dr John Doran · 1854 · Rooke Books

£2,500.00 (€2,997.08 | $3,303.40 | ¥527,574)

London, Richard Bentley; Hurst and Blackett; John C. Nimmo; Chatto and Windus , 1854-1888. Leather. An impressive set of works from prolific English editor and miscellaneous writer, John Doran, comprising multiple first and second editions. An attractive set of twenty-five vol...

A Brief History of Wood-Engraving from Its Invention

Joseph Cundall · 1895 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

London, Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd, 1895. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated survey of the history of wood-engraving. First edition. Illustrated throughout. In eighteen illustrated chapters, Cundall relates a history of wood-engraving from its ...

Glacier Island: The Official Account of the British South Georgia Expedition 1954-1955

George Sutton · 1957 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1957. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated account of the British South Georgia Expedition of 1954 to 1955. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, four maps, and twenty-one photographs across fourteen plates. Collate...

The History of Adcote School

Rachel Lowe · 1987 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

England , Adcote Old Girls' Association, 1987. First edition. Paperback. A vanishingly scarce history of Adcote School, an independent and boarding school for girls located in Little Ness, replete with illustrations. The first edition of this vanishingly scarce work. In t...

Some War Impressions

Jeffery Farnol · 1918 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

London, Sampson Low, Marston and Co. Ltd, 1918. First edition. Cloth. A scarce work comprising the author's meetings, memoirs and general feelings of the Great War. The first edition of this scarce work. Undated, dated from a copy held at the British Library.British write...

Chronological Tablets: Exhibiting Every Remarkable Occurrence from the Creation of the World; with Characteristic Traits of Each Event. Chiefly Abridged from the French of the Abbot Lenglet Du Fresnoy. Arranged Alphabetically, and Augmented from Authentic Sources to the Present Time; Particularly As Regards British History.

Abbott Lenglet Du Fresnoy · 1801 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)

London, Vernor & Hood &c. 1801. Leather. A very scarce history of the world from Creation to the early nineteenth century. Very scarce. Lacking the frontispiece. A detailed collection of chronological notices from history, beginning with the creation of the world and making re...

Two Addresses Delivered at the Dedication of a New Transmitter of Radio Free Europe Beamed to Hungary

Frederic R. Dolbeare; Gyula Dessewffy · 1951 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

Stamford, The Overbrook Press, 1951. Brochure/Pamphlet. A very scarce program and record of the two addresses spoken at the ceremony inaugurating the new service of Radio Free Europe for Hungary. First edition. Limited to three hundred copies. A program and record of the addre...

The Carnegie Works at Pittsburgh

Theodore Dreiser · 1927 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

New York, Privately Printed, 1927. First edition. Cloth. A smart limited edition copy of this essay on the Carnegie Works at Pittsburgh from American journalist Theodore Dreiser. First edition. Limited to one hundred and fifty copies. With decorations. A detailed essay, full o...

The Warrior Pharaohs

Leonard Cottrell · 1968 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Evans Brothers Limited, 1968. Cloth. A pleasing copy of this uncommon work containing stories of some of the greatest Warrior Pharaohs. The first edition of this work. In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. British author and journalist Leonard Cottre...

Signs & Wonders Upon Pharaoh: A History of American Egyptology

John A. Wilson · 1964 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

Chicago, The University of Chicago Press, 1964. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated history of Egyptology in America. First edition. Illustrated with thirty-two plates. Collated complete. A detailed history of America's fascination with Ancient...