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History of the Internal Affairs of the United Provinces from the Year 1780 to the Commencement of Hostilities in June 1787 History of the Late Revolution in the Dutch Republic

[William Godwin];[George Ellis] · 1787 · Rooke Books

£950.00 (€1,138.89 | $1,255.29 | ¥200,478)

London, G. G. J. and J. Robinson; J. Edwards, 1787-89. Leather. Two vanishingly scarce first edition studies on the Dutch Republic and its upheaval during the eighteenth century. Two volumes in one, both works are vanishingly scarce.The first edition of both works.Two historic...

The Savoy: Nineties Experiment

Stanley Weintraub [ed.] · 1966 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, The Pennsylvania State University Press, 1966. First edition. Cloth. Lovely first edition of this work celebrative of magazine 'The Savoy', complete with dust wrapper. The first edition of this work. Concerning The Savoy, literary and art magazine published i...

A Century in the Pacific

James Colwell; W.H. Fitchett [intro.] · 1914 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

Sydney, William H. Beale, 1914. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this in-depth study of nineteenth-century developments in the South Pacific, particularly in South Asia, Australia, and the Pacific Islands. A fascinating and comprehensive study of the nineteenth-centu...

Victoria County History

R. B. Pugh [ed.]; et al. · 1967 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)

London, Oxford University Press, 1967-84. First edition. Cloth. Four volumes of the Victoria County History series of the history of Staffordshire. Four of fifteen volumes of the fifteen published so far, the series being still in progress. Volume II, III, XIV, and XX.Edited b...

Four Victorian and Edwardian Valentine&Apos;S Day Cards

None · 1910 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€407.60 | $449.26 | ¥71,750)

New York; Not Stated, Wolf & Co; Not Stated, c1890-1910. Paperback. New York; Not Stated: Wolf & Co; Not Stated, c1890-1910. Paperback. Very Good. 8.5" by 6"; 5.5" by 3.5"; 4" by 3"; 3.5" by 2". Not Stated. A collection of four very charming and unique colourful Valentine&apos...

To Drink or Not to Drink Little Giant $20 Soda Fountain

1902 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

Pittsburg, Grant Mfg. Co., 1902. Paperback. A very scarce American advertising brochure selling a $20 soda fountain, a charming work of the turn of the century. A very scarce brochure advertising the Little Giant $20 Soda Fountain, which was made by the Grant Manufacturing Com...

The Memoirs of the Gemini Generals, Personal Anecdotes, Sporting Adventures, and Sketches of Distinguished Officers

Major-General Osborn Wilkinson; Major-General Johnson Wilkinson · 1896 · Rooke Books

£68.00 (€81.52 | $89.85 | ¥14,350)

London, A. D. Innes and Co. 1896. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of the combined military memoirs of Major Generals, Osborn and Johnson Wilkinson. The first edition. In the publisher's original full cloth binding with gilt lettering. The memoirs of Major-Gener...

The Parish Registers of Upton Snodsbury in the County of Worcester,1577-1837. Arranged Alphabetically.

E. H. Sargeant · 1950 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

Worcestershire, Worcestershire Archaeological Society, 1950. First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of this Limited Edition account of the Parish register of the Worcestershire village of Upton Snodsbury between 1577 and 1837. Compiles by E. H. Sargeant, this is n...

China: Its State and Prospects

W. H. Medhurst · 1838 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.47 | $594.61 | ¥94,963)

London, John Snow, 1838. First edition. Cloth. The first printing of this fascinating exploration of China and its future developments, complete with illustrations including a hand coloured frontispiece. The first edition, first printing.Illustrated with a hand-coloured fronti...

Nineteenth Century Stow

W. Bartlett · 1911 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.56 | $50.21 | ¥8,019)

Stow, Clift and Ryland , 1911. First edition. Cloth. A small history of Stow-on-the-Wold during the Nineteenth Century, written by a town local. The first edition. Rebound in full cloth with the original design to the front board. With a frontispiece, four full pages of photog...

El Globo. Costumbres, Usos Y Trajes de Todas Las Naciones. America.

Anonymous · 1848 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.47 | $594.61 | ¥94,963)

Barcelona, Luis Tasso, 1848. First edition. Cloth. A wonderful mid eighteenth century Spanish language study of the native dress of the Americas, illustrated throughout with vibrant hand coloured plates. In the original Spanish.The first edition of this beautifully illustrated...

Goodbye Soldier, War Biography Vol 6

Spike Milligan · 1986 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Michael Joseph, 1986 . First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this autobiography by Spike Milligan in the original publisher's dust wrapper with illustrations. First edition of Goodbye Soldier, War Biography Vol 6 by Spike Milligan in the original publish...

The Army at War

Eric Linklater · 1941 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London , His Majesty's Stationary Office, 1941-1942. First edition. Paperback. Six fascinating volumes that were issued by The War Office during the Second World War detailing various campaigns, battles and divisions. Six volumes from The Army at War series issued for The...

Life and Work of the People of England a Pictorial Record from Contemporary Sources the Eleventh to Thirteenth Centuries

Dorothy Hartley; Margaret M. Elliot · 1931 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London , B. T. Batsford, 1931. Unbound. A scarce copy of the first volume in The People's Life and Work series, depicting social life in the eleventh to thirteenth centuries. A copy of the first volume in The People's Life and Work Series, being A Pictorial Record fr...

Ancient Stone Crosses of England

Alfred Rimmer · 1875 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Virtue and Co. 1875 . First edition. Leather. The first edition scarce leather bound copy of Alfred Rimmer's historical study of stone crosses with illustrations. First edition in full leather binding of Alfred Rimmer's study of English Ancient stone crosses,...

The Log of the Wookey Exploration Expedition

Graham Balcombe; Jack Sheppard; H. E. Balch · 1935 · Rooke Books

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

Not Stated, Privately Printed, 1935. Cloth. A very scarce fascinating log of the 1935 Sheppard and Balcombe cave dive of Wookey Hole, an important expedition, this being a limited edition illustrated account of the exploration. Very scarce, limited to an unknown number, this c...

Un&Apos; Elezione Di Membri Del Parlamento in Inghilterra

Giuseppe Pecchio · 1826 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Lugano, Dai Tipi Vanelli e Comp, 1826. Leather. An interesting Italian account of the Nottingham election of 1826. An Italian Account of the Nottingham Election of 1826 by Giuseppe Pecchio in Italian. Giuseppe Pecchio was an Italian politician and historian. This is an ex-libr...

London to Ladysmith Via Pretoria

Winston Spencer Churchill · 1900 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.66 | $383.19 | ¥61,199)

London, Longmans Green, and Co, 1900 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Winston Churchill's account of his personal experiences during the Second Boer War, illustrated with folding maps, and in the publisher's original cloth. The first edition, first impres...

The Ingoldsby Legends of Mirth and Marvels

Thomas Ingoldsby [Richard Harris Barham] · 1936 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1936. Hardback. A beautiful Zaehnsdorf morocco bound edition of the famous Ingoldsby Legends. A popular collection of myths, legends, ghost stories, and poetry by English clergyman Richard Harris Barham, published under pen-pane Thomas Ingoldsby of Ta...

In Wildest Africa

C. G. Schillings · 1907 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

New York and London, Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1907. First edition. Cloth. A striking first edition copy of this profusely illustrated African travel work by Carl Georg Schillings, complete with the examples of his early wildlife photography. The first edition of this work...