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The Commentaries of Caesar, Translated Into English; to Which Is Prefixed a Discourse Concerning the Roman Art of War & the History of the Conspiracy of Catiline, and the Jugurthine War

William Duncan; C. Crispus Sallustius; William Rose [translator] · 1836 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Jones and Co. 1836. Cloth. A new edition of these two important historical volumes bound into one. Two volumes bound into one. New edition. With a portrait frontispiece to each volume. This volume includes: The Commentaries of Caesar, Translated into English; to which ...

A Collection of Articles from &Apos;the Aeroplane&Apos; and &Apos;Flight&Apos; Magazine

C. G. Grey [Ed]; et al. · 1936 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, The Aeroplane; Flight, 1936-40. Cloth. A collection of informative and heavily illustrated articles from 'The Aeroplane' and 'Flight' aviation magazines. The 1938, 1937, 1939 and 1940 issues of 'The Aeroplane' and the 1936, 1937 and 1938 i...

A Portrait of Lord Nelson

Oliver Warner · 1959 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, The Reprint Society , 1959. Hardback. A new edition of this inspiring historical work focusing on the life and naval accomplishments of Lord Nelson. A new edition published the year after the first. In the publisher's original quarter paper vellum binding. Sketche...

The Worst Desert on Earth: Crossing the Taklamakan

Charles Blackmore · 1995 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, John Murray, 1995. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated account of the author's dangerous crossing of the Taklamakan desert in China, signed and inscribed. First edition. Signed to the title page, addressed to Robert Carver, potentially ...

Punjab Village Surveys and Economic Survey

Faiz Ilahi; R.K. Seth; Abdur Rahim Khan; Anchal Dass; Bhai Mul · 1933 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

Punjab, The Board of Economic Enquiry, 1933-1940 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce selection of five volumes of Punjab Village Surveys from the Board of Economic Enquiry, Punjab, presenting detailed data on villages in the region. Five very scarce 'Punjab Village Surv...

Text Books of Ornamental Design: Nature in Ornament

Lewis F. Day · 1898 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, B. T. Batsford, 1898 . Leather. A handsomely bound example of Lewis F. Day's work dedicated to ornamental designs in nature, with charming illustrations. The third edition, fifth thousand of this work, which was first published in 1892.Lewis F. Day was an importan...

The Earls of Kildare and Their Ancestors: From 1057 to 1773

The Marquis of Kildare · 1862 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)

Dublin, Hodges, Smith & Co , 1862. Cloth. A smart presentation copy of this impressive historical dive into the earls of Kildare, with two folding genealogical charts. A scarce presentation copy of this edition.With a blind stamp bearing "Presented by the Publishers" to the fr...

Cacus and Marsyas in Etrusco-Roman Legend

Jocelyn Penny Small · 1982 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

Princeton, Princeton University Press, 1982. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this interesting work, examining representations of the mythological figures Cacus and Marsyas in classical art. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth bindin...

English Wayfaring Life in the Middle Ages (Xivth Century)

J. J. Jusserand; Lucy Toulmin Smith (trans.) · 1891 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1891. Cloth. A very smart copy of this illustrated work on the ordinary traveller during the Middle Ages, translated from the French. The eighth edition of this work, in the publisher's original cloth binding.Undated, dated from a copy held at the...

Egypt of the Pharaohs: An Introduction

Sir Alan Gardiner · 1961 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

Oxford, Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1961. Cloth. A smart corrected edition of this illustrated introduction to the Egypt of the Pharaohs, with the original price-clipped dust wrapper. First published 1961, corrected edition issued later that same year. Illustrated with a fr...

City Directory and Diary 1946

City Press · 1945 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, City Press, 1945. Cloth. A rare 1946 directory for the city of London, providing a glimpse into city life post World War Two through numerous advertisements and diary entrees. A city directory for the year 1946. Illustrated throughout with monochrome advertisements. Di...

In the Name of the Bodleian and Other Essays

Augustine Birrell · 1905 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, Elliot Stock, 1905. First edition. Cloth. An intriguing collection of essays on the Bodleian Library, its founder Sir Thomas Bodley, and other important figures. The first edition.In the publisher's original cloth binding. With a page of publisher's advertise...

At Aboukir and Acre: A Story of Napoleon&Apos;S Invasion of Egypt

G. A. Henty · 1899 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

London, Blackie & Son Limited, 1899. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated historical account of Napoleon's invasion of Egypt from English war correspondent George Alfred Henty. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, seven plates, and three plans. Coll...

Vie Privee Du Marechal de Richelieu

[Louis-Francois Faur] · 1791 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.84 | $178.38 | ¥28,489)

Paris, Buisson, 1791. First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this semi-fictionalised biography on Cardinal Richelieu, an intriguing work in the original French. The first edition.In the original French.Complete in three volumes.A semi-fictionalised biography on the lif...

Note of an English Republican on the Muscovite Crusade

Algernon Charles Swinburne · 1876 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1876. First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this political essay by Algernon Charles Swinburne, in which he attacks the politics of Thomas Carlyle. The first edition of this lesser known work by poet Algernon Charles Swinburne, an essay in whi...

An Illustrated Guide to the Federated Malay States

Cuthbert Woodville Harrison [ed.] · 1920 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, The Malay States Information Agency, 1920. Cloth. An early twentieth century travel guide to the Federated Malay States, now Malaysia, with illustrations throughout. The third edition of this scarce work in the publisher's original cloth binding. Stamp in blind to...

Initiation, Human and Solar

Alice A. Bailey · 1933 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)

London, John M. Watkins, 1933 . Cloth. An exceptionally bright edition of Alice Ann Bailey's guide to initiation within Theosophy. First published in 1922, this is an early 1930s UK edition of Alice Bailey's first work.Alice Ann Bailey was a Theosophist and a writer ...

The Western Front: Then and Now

1938 · Rooke Books

£34.00 (€40.76 | $44.93 | ¥7,175)

London, George Newnes, Limited, 1938. First edition. Cloth. A smart copy of this vastly illustrated account of the Western Front as it was during the First World War and as it is now. First edition. Illustrated throughout. The war-time photographs were supplied by the Imperial...

A Saharan Venture

Donald R. G. Cameron · 1928 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Edward Arnold & Co, 1928. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce work recounting the author's expedition across the Sahara. The first edition of this scarce work.Presentation copy, with a stamp to the title page. A vivid travel work recounting Dona...

Punch

Various · 1894 · Rooke Books

£12,500.00 (€14,985.40 | $16,517.02 | ¥2,637,869)

London, Punch Office, 1894-1914. Leather. A brilliant continuous run of 'Punch', from the magazine's first issue, up to the end of the 1914, a fantastic run of this satirical and illustrated magazine. An impressive continuous run of 'Punch', from Volum...