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Histoire Philosophique Et Politique Des Establissements & Du Commerce Des Europeens Dans Les Deux Indes

Guillaume Thomas Francois Raynal · 1777 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

Maestricht, Jean-Edme Dufour & Philippe, 1777. Paperback. Raynal's philosophical and political history of European settlements and commerce in the two Indies, the fifth edition. The most important of Raynal's works. This the fifth edition, the first two volumes of se...

Relation de Ce Qui C&Apos;Est Passe Pendant la Maladie de Madame la Duchesse de Rochechouart

1752 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

Not Stated , Not Stated , 1752. Unbound. A very scarce pamphlet concerned with the illness that affected la Madame de Rochechouart. A very scarce work, rarely seen in commerce. Found institutionally only at the British Library and the University of Oxford libraries.  An accoun...

Histoire de Charles 1st

M. Guizot · 1854 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Paris, Didier, 1854 . Leather. A fifth edition copy of this French history of Charles I. A fifth edition, in the original French. A complete two volume set. This volume explores the reign of Charles I. Charles I was King of England Scotland and Ireland from 1625 until his exec...

The Last Boer War

H. Rider Haggard · 1899 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London , Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. 1899. First edition. Paperback. A first edition copy of The Last Boer War by H. Rider Haggard. A first edition, first impression copy. The Last Boer War by H. Rider Haggard is an in depth record of the Last Boer War, exploring the eve...

English Seamen in the Sixteenth Century

James Anthony Froude · 1922 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London, Longmans, Green and Co. 1922. Leather. A beautiful leather-bound new impression of James Anthony Froude's study of English fishermen in the sixteenth century. A study of English naval history by James Anthony Froude, English historian and editor of Fraser's M...

The Sirdar&Apos;S Oath: A Tale of the North-West Frontier

Bertram Mitford · 1904 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, F. V. White & Co. Ltd. 1904. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of this exciting retelling of life on the North-West Frontier of India. First edition. Scarce work. A work of historical fiction, detailing the brutality of life on the North-West Frontier of Ind...

The Informations of Robert Jenison of Grayes Inn, Esquire. Relating the Horrid Popish Plott, As They Were Given in Writing Upon Oath to the Honourable House of Commons on Tuesday the 9th Day of November, 1680

Robert Jenison · 1680 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)

London, Thomas Basset and Richard Tonson, 1680. Disbound. A very scarce pamphlet recounting the false information given by Robert Jenison in support of Titus Oates and his fictitious Popish Plot. A very scarce work.ESTC citation number R4086.Collated, complete.An account of th...

Rome Au Siã¨Cle D&Apos;Auguste Ou Voyage D&Apos;Un Gaulois ã  Rome ã  L&Apos;ã©Poque Du Rã¨Gne D&Apos;Auguste Et Pendant Une Partie Du Rã¨Gne de Tibã¨Re, Prã©Cã©Dã© D&Apos;Une Description de Rome Aux ã©Poques D&Apos;Auguste Et de Tibã¨Re

Ch. Dezobry · 1846 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Paris, Dezobry, E. Magdeleine et Cie, 1846. Leather. Three volumes of a four volume set on the history of Rome in the time of Emperors Augustus and Tiberius, in the original French. Volumes I, II and III from a four volume set in quarter morocco bindings. Seven plates, two fol...

A Note on the Ancient Geography of Asia, Compiled from Valmiki-Ramayana

Nobin Chandra Das · 1971 · Rooke Books

£39.00 (€46.75 | $51.53 | ¥8,230)

Varanasi, Bharat-Bharati, 1971. Cloth. A scarce reprint copy of this work on the Ancient Geography of Asia, with a folding map. A scarce reprint copy, with the first edition published in 1896. A Note on the Ancient Geography of Asia, compiled from Valmiki-Ramayana is by Nobin ...

The Bridge of the Brocade Sash

Sacheverell Sitwell · 1959 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

Cleveland and New York, The World Publishing Company , 1959 . First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this travel volume for Japan, with illustrations. A first edition copy. Sacheverell Sitwell was an English writer, art critic and music critic. This is a volume of trave...

Ye Comic History of Heraldry

R. H. Edgard · 1878 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)

London , William Tegg & Co, 1878 . First edition. Paperback. An uncommon first edition copy of the illustrated Ye Comic History of Heraldry. An uncommon first edition copy of Ye Comic History of Heraldry by R. H. Edgar.An entertaining alternative history to heraldry. Illustrat...

German Afv&Apos;S of World War II

Duncan Crow [ed.] · 1973 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

Windsor, Profile Publications, 1973. First edition. Cloth. A heavily illustrated volume on the Armoured Fighting Vehicles used by Germany in World War II. Found in the unclipped dust wrapper. A first edition of this volume on the Armoured Fighting Vehicles used by Germany in W...

Lecture on Peat and the Somerset Levels

0 · Rooke Books

£42.00 (€50.35 | $55.50 | ¥8,863)

Not Stated, Privately printed, c1990. Brochure/Pamphlet. A very scarce lecture on the history of the Somerset Levels and peat extraction. A very scarce work in the original pictorial paper wraps, bound with a plastic binding comb. A lecture on the history and development of th...

The Law-French Dictionary Dictionary Alphabetically Digested; Very Useful for All Young Students in the Common Laws of England. To Which Is Added the Law-Latin Dictionary

F.O. · 1701 · Rooke Books

£1,900.00 (€2,277.78 | $2,510.59 | ¥400,956)

London, Isaac Cleave; John Hartley, 1701 . First edition. Leather. The very scarce first edition of F.O's important law-French and law-Latin dictionary, billed as the first work of its kind. The first edition of this very scarce work.ESTC Citation No. T113117With the regi...

The Zambesi Journal and Letters of Dr John Kirk 1858-63

Reginald Foskett [ed.] · 1965 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

Edinburgh, Oliver & Boyd , 1965. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the journals and letters of explorer Dr John Kirk in two volumes. The first edition of this work. Complete in two volumes. With unclipped dust wrapper. Featuring frontispieces and nineteen plates. Coll...

The St Frank&Apos;S Jubilee Companion: A Symposium to Celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the Creation of St Frank&Apos;S

Robert Blythe [ed.] · 1977 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

Kent, John Wernham at the Museum Press, 1977. First edition. Paperback. A lovely first edition of this scarce collection celebrative of sixty years since St Frank's appearance in 'The Nelson Lee Library', signed by six contributors. The first edition of this wor...

In Colton&Apos;S Days a Story of Old Bristol

Emma Marshall · 1893 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London , Seeley and Co , 1893. Cloth. An illustrated history of Old Bristol by Emma Marshall. A later edition of this work, stated fifth thousand, which was first published in 1884. In Colton's Days A Story of Old Bristol by Emma Marshall is a fascinating history of the c...

The Great Boer War: A Two Years&Apos; Record, 1899-1901

A. Conan Doyle · 1901 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, Smith, Elder, & Co. 1901. Cloth. A new edition of Arthur Conan Doyle's successful study of the Boer War. A new edition of this work, the fourteenth impression. First published in 1900, it went through sixteen editions by 1902, constantly revised. It was published ...

Germany

Sabine Baring-Gould; Arthur Gilman · 1897 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

London and New York, T. Fisher Unwin; G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1897 . Leather. A lovely prize leather bound early edition of this extensive history of Germany with illustrations. Early edition of Germany by Sabine Baring-Gould in full calf binding.With the collaboration of Ar...

Historic Warwickshire

J. Tom Burgess; Joseph Hill · 1893 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. Limited, 1893. Cloth. The second edition of this fascinating late 19th century historical work of Warwickshire, illustrated throughout. Second edition. Illustrated throughout with frontispiece and eight photographic plates, as we...