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Les Moeurs Des Israelites Et Chretiens

Claude Fleury · 1753 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

Brussels, Jean-Francois Broncart, 1753. Leather. A French history exploring the customs of Judaism and Christianity, written by Claude Fleury. Two volumes in one, comprising of 'Les Moeurs des Israelites' and Les Moeurs des Chretiens&apos.In the original French.&apos...

Letters from the Hon. Horace Walpole to the Rev. William Cole, and Others

Horace Walpole · 1818 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)

London, Rodwell and Martin; Henry Colburn, 1818. First edition. Leather. A smartly bound first edition copy of Horace Walpole's letters to his lifelong friend William Cole. First edition.A selection of the letters of Horace Walpole.The letters in this volume are mostly ad...

England and the English in the Eighteenth Century: Chapters in the Social History of the Times

William Connor Sydney · 1891 · Rooke Books

£58.00 (€69.53 | $76.64 | ¥12,240)

Edinburgh, John Grant, 1891. Cloth. A second edition two-volume set exploring the social history of England in the 18th century. The second edition of this two-volume work in the publisher's original cloth bindings. Illustrated with 21 plates to Volume I and 20 plates to ...

La Marquise de Verneuil (Henriette de Balzac D&Apos;Entragues) Et la Mort D&Apos;Henri IV

Charles Merki · 1912 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

Paris, Libraire Plon, Plon-Nourrit et Cie. 1912 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of Charles Merki's biography of King Henry IV's favourite mistress, the Marquise de Verneuil. In the original French. With a portrait frontispiece of the subject of the work.T...

L&Apos;Irlande Son Origine Son Histoire Et Sa Situation Presente

MM. H. de Chavannes de la Giraudiere · 1860 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

Tours, Ad. Mame et Cie, 1860. Leather. A smart copy of Giradiere's history of Ireland, illustrated with four engraved plates. In the original French. A delightfully illustrated historical study of Ireland from the French perspective, the work of educational writer Hippoly...

Mes Souvenirs de Vingt Ans de Sejour a Berlin; Ou Frederic le Grand, Sa Famille, Sa Cour, Son Fouvernement, Son Academie, Ses Ecoles, Et Ses Amis Litterateurs Et Philosophes

Dieudonne Thiebault · 1804 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

Paris, F Buisson, 1804. Leather. Signed work of reference concerned with Frederic the Great in three French volumes by Dieudonne Thiebault. Three of five volumes. In the original French. Concerned with the life and times of Frederic the Great of Prussia, by French man of lette...

Herculanum Et Pompei Recueil General Des Peintures Bronzes, Mosaiques, Etc.

M. L. Barre · 1840 · Rooke Books

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

Paris, Firmin Didot Freres, 1840. Hardback. A detailed review of the collections of artworks from Pompei and Herculaneum, in the French language. French language. Seven of eight volumes. Scarce collection. A study of the artwork collected from Herculaneum and Pompei, with refe...

Lettres Nouvelles Ou Nouvellement Recouvrees de la Marquise de Sevigne, Et de la Marquise de Simiane, Sa Petite-Fille

Marquise de Sevigne; Madame de Sevigne · 1773 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.81 | $211.42 | ¥33,765)

Paris, Lacombe, 1773. First edition. Leather. The first edition of these new additions of Madame de Sevigne's letters, most of which in this volume were written to her granddaughter. The first edition of these newly discovered letters by Madame de Sevigne.Collated, regist...

We Two in West Africa

Decima Moore; Major F. G. Guggisberg · 1909 · Rooke Books

£79.00 (€94.71 | $104.39 | ¥16,671)

London , William Heinemann , 1909. First edition. Cloth. A detail travel account of West Africa, with a folding map and illustrations by Decima Moore and Major F. G. Guggisberg. A first edition copy. We Two in West Africa is written by couple Decima Moore and Major F. G. Guggi...

Essai Sur L&Apos;Economie Rurale de L&Apos;Angleterre, de L&Apos;Ecosse Et de L&Apos;Irlande

Leonce de Lavergne · 1882 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

Paris, Guillaumin et cie , 1882. Leather. A leather bound copy of Essai sur L'Economie Rurale de L'Angleterre, de L'Ecosse et de L'Irlande by Leonce de Lavergne. A fifth edition copy of Essai sur L'Economie Rurale de L'Angleterre, de L'Ecosse...

Sverdrup&Apos;S Arctic Adventure

Otto Sverdrup; T. C. Fairley · 1959 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1959. First edition. Cloth. An adaptation of Sverdrup's previous work New Land: Four Years in the Arctic Regions, with additional chapters. First edition. Adapted from the previous work New Land: Four Years in the Arctic Regions. Illustrat...

Seven Works by Len Deighton: Len Deighton&Apos;S Continental Dossier; Mexico Set; London Match; Twinkle Twinkle Little Spy; Blood, Tears & Folly: In the Darkest Hour of the Second World War; Violent Ward; Faith

Len Deighton; Victor & Margaret Pettitt · 1968 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.81 | $211.42 | ¥33,765)

London; New York, Michael Joseph; Hutchinson; Grafton; Jonathan Cape; HarperCollins, 1968-1994 . First edition. Hardback. Seven volumes of works by Len Deighton. Including five novels, and his non-fiction study of the Second World War. Len Deighton is known for his novels, wor...

Oeuvres de Mirabeau Tome VIII

Mirabeau, M. Merilhou · 1835 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

Paris, Didier , 1835 . Leather. A French volume of the works of Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, Count of Mirabeau. In the original French. Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, Count of Mirabeau was a French writer, orator, statesman and prominent figure of the early stages of the French Revolution...

Paris IL Y a Cent Ans

August Vitu · 1975 · Rooke Books

£58.00 (€69.53 | $76.64 | ¥12,240)

Paris , Chez Jean de Bonnot, 1975. First edition. Leather. A lovely first edition copy of this illustrated work on Paris. A first edition copy.This volume presents a Paris which has largely disappeared due to demolishers of urban planning. The drawings illustrate Paris one hun...

Les Frontieres de la France

Theophile Lavallee · 1792 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

Paris, J Hetzel et Cie, c1870. Leather. The sixth edition of this scarce work concerned with French borders and history by Theophile Lavallee. The sixth edition of this work. Complete with half title. Geographical study of France and its borders through history, from the Gauls...

A City of Memories

A. R. Bramston; A. C. Leroy; Lord Bishop of Winchester [preface] · 1893 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Winchester, P. & G. Wells, 1893. First edition. Cloth. A bright first edition copy of this very scarce illustrated history of Winchester. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 10 further pla...

Voltaire a Ferney: Sa Correspondance Avec la Duchesse de Saxe-Gotha

Evariste Bavoux · 1865 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Paris, Didier, 1865. Leather. A scarce detailed account of Voltaire's correspondence and letters to Duchess Saxe-Gotha, in the original French. French language. Scarce work. A collection of letters from Voltaire, or Francois-Marie Arouet, a French Enlightenment writer, ph...

Ethnologische Studien Zur Ersten Entwicklung Der Strafe Nebst Einer Psychologiscen Abhandlung

Dr. S. R. Steinmetz · 1894 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

Leiden, S. C. Van Doesburgh, 1894. Leather. A scarce edition of Dr. Steinmetz's ethnological study into cruelty and vengeance, in the original German language. German language. Two volumes. Scarce work. A detailed ethnological study into acts of cruelty and vengeance, wit...

L&Apos;Art de Vã©Rifier Les Dates Des Faits Historiques , Des Inscriptions, Des Chroniques, Et Autre Anciens Monuments Avant L&Apos;Ere Chretienne

- · 1819 · Rooke Books

£260.00 (€311.70 | $343.55 | ¥54,868)

Paris, Moreau, 1819. Leather. This leather bound set provides a rich set of information and tools to help readers verify dates, facts, inscriptions, and stories from before the birth of Christ. An extremely useful set in which the author offers guidance on verifying dates, fac...

Histoire de la Campagne de 1815 Waterloo

Le Colonel Charras · 1858 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

Brussells, Meline, 1858. Leather. The military historian Jean-Baptiste Adolphe Charras offers an account of the Battle of Waterloo in this uncommon work. Published in French. The French minister and military historian Jean-Baptiste Adolphe Charras offers an account of the Batt...