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Report on the Salvation Army Colonies in the United States and at Hadleigh, England, with Scheme of National Land Settlement

H. Rider Haggard · 1905 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)

London, His Majesty's Stationery Office; Darling & Son; et al, 1905. First edition. Paperback. A scarce first edition of this insightful report by H. Rider Haggard exploring the work of the Salvation Army. The uncommon first edition, published for His Majesty's Stati...

Dictionaire Historique Et Critique. Tome II: D-L; Tome III: M-S

Mr. Pierre Bayle · 1720 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

Rotterdam, Michel Bohm, 1720 . Leather. Volumes II and III of the third edition of this important and extensive French dictionary, in smart full calf bindings. In the original French.Two volumes only of the four volume third edition of this work. Present here is volume II, con...

Council of State Debates: Volume III, Nos 14-42. With Three Index Volumes.

Council of State · 1922 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

Delhi, Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1922-1923 . First edition. Leather. An impressive volume including twenty-eight numbers of the 'Council of State Debates' discussing the governance of India in 1922 and 1923. The various sessions of the 'Council ...

Cairo: How to See It

Alexander Cury · 1932 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, Luzac & Co. 1932. Paperback. The thirteenth edition of this scarce travel guide to the city of Cairo, with illustrations and maps. Thirteenth edition. Scarce work. Illustrated with a frontispiece, ninety in-text diagrams and photographs, with a folding map to the rear....

Bonnie Prince Charlie: A Life

Peter Pininski · 2010 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

Gloucestershire, Amberley, 2010. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this biography of Bonnie Prince Charlie, Prince Charles Edward Stuart, with illustrations. Signed and inscribed by the author. First edition. Signed and inscribed by the author to the title page, r...

The Queen&Apos;S Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Lieutenant-Colonel H. D. Chaplin · 1964 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

Maidstone, The Regimental Museum Committee , 1964 . First edition. Cloth. An uncommon first edition of H. D. Chaplin's study of the Queen's own Royal West Kent regiment, in the original dust wrapper. First edition, in the publisher's original cloth, with the ori...

The Invergordon Mutiny

Alan Ereira · 1981 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Routledge & Kegan Paul , 1981 . First edition. Cloth. A fine, first edition of this narrative history of the Invergordon mutiny of 1931, inscribed by the author, Alan Ereira. First edition, in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original, unclipped du...

Romae Antiquae Notitia: Or, the Antiquities of Rome

Basil Kennett · 1724 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)

Dublin, A. Rhames for J. Hyde and E. Dobson, 1724 . Leather. The seventh edition of Church of England cleric Basil Kennett's richly illustrated historical study of Ancient Rome. The seventh edition of this work, first published in 1696.A study of Roman history which inclu...

In Bolshevik Siberia

Malcolm Burr · 1931 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.83 | $191.60 | ¥30,599)

London, H. F. & G. Witherby , 1931. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this uncommon travel work detailing the author's time across the harsh landscape of Siberia. The first edition of the work. Uncommon.With ten monochrome photographs over five plates and a sketc...

Upper Teviotdale and the Scotts of Buccleuch: A Local and Family History

J. Rutherford Oliver · 1887 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

[Hawick], [W. & J. Kennedy], 1887 . First edition. Unbound. An unbound pre-publication example of Oliver J. Rutherford's work of Scottish local history and genealogy. A pre-publication copy of the first edition of this work, unbound and consisting of folded gatherings loo...

Decorative Art of New Guinea & Carved and Painted Designs from New Guinea

Albert Buell Lewis · 1925 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

Chicago, Field Museum of Natural History, 1925-1931. Cloth. Two volumes from the Anthropology Design Series, with fifty-two plates per volume. Two volumes. Each volume is illustrated with fifty-two plates. Collated complete. This set includes: Anthropology Design Series No. 4:...

The New Forest: Its History and Its Scenery

John R. Wise · 1863 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

London, Smith, Elder, & Co. 1863. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated history of the New Forest, England, written by John Richard de Capel Wise. First edition. Illustrated with sixty-three images and two maps, one of which is folding. Collated compl...

Wellington: Being an Account of the Life & Achievement of Arthur Wellesley

Richard Aldington · 1946 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, William Heinemann, 1946. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this biography of Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, written by Richard Aldington. First edition. Illustrated with frontispiece, sixteen plates, and nine maps. Collated complete. The life of Fie...

The Caliph&Apos;S House

Tahir Shah · 2006 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.43 | ¥10,129)

New York, Bantam Books, 2006 . First edition. Cloth. A fine, first edition of Tahir Shah's autobiographical work depicting his move to live in a mansion by the sea in Casablanca. First edition, in the publisher's original quarter cloth binding with paper covered boar...

Surrey

A. R. Hope Moncrieff · 1912 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, A. & C. Black, 1912. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated work on Surrey, written by A. R. Hope Moncrieff, with colour illustrations by Sutton Palmer. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Third edition. First published in 1906. Written by the Scottish ...

A Letter Book Selected with an Introduction on the History and Art of Letter-Writing

George Saintsbury · 1922 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)

London, G. Bell and Sons, Ltd. 1922. Leather. A book on letters and the art of letter writing by George Saintsbury in a excellent crushed half morocco binding. The fifth impression published in November of 1922. First published in February 1922.Bound in half crushed morocco wi...

Works Relating to Freemasonry Preserved in the Reference Department of the Wigan Free Public Library

Henry Tennyson Folkard · 1882 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.83 | $191.60 | ¥30,599)

Wigan , Privately Printed By Bro Richard Platt, 1882. Paperback. A very scarce work on Freemasonry in Wigan. Very scarce. In the original publisher's wraps. This short book covers Freemasonry in Wigan and the works relating to it. It gives a list of suggested related read...

Johnson&Apos;S England: An Account of the Life & Manners of His Age

A. S. Turberville [editor] · 1933 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1933. First edition. Leather. A smartly bound first edition of this fascinating study of the times of Dr. Samuel Johnson, with illustrations. Complete in two volumes. First edition. Each volume is illustrated with a frontispiece with a total of one hun...

A History of Persia

P. M. Sykes · 1915 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€407.60 | $449.26 | ¥71,750)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1915. First edition. Leather. The first edition of Percy Sykes' vivid travel work exploring Persia, lavishly illustrated with folding maps and colour plates. The first edition.Bound by Bumpus.An interesting travel work exploring the hist...

The Birds of Wiltshire

Rev. Alfred Charles Smith · 1887 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)

London, Printed for the author by R. H. Porter, 1887 . First edition. Leather. The uncommon first edition of Rev. Alfred C. Smith's ornithological study of the birds of Wiltshire, on a lovely signed half morocco binding. The uncommon first edition of this work, which prov...