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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...

The Life and Adventures of Mr Bampfylde-Moore Carew

Bampfylde Moore Carew; Robert Goadby · 1782 · Rooke Books

£280.00 (€335.67 | $369.98 | ¥59,088)

London, A. Millar, E. Dilly, J. Hodges, and J. & R. Tonson, 1782 . Leather. A smart early edition of the memoirs of 'King of the Beggars', Bampfylde Moore Carew, illustrated with an engraved frontispiece. A late eighteenth century edition of the memoirs of English ro...

Court and Society from Elizabeth to Anne

The Duke of Manchester · 1864 · Rooke Books

£249.00 (€298.51 | $329.02 | ¥52,546)

London, Hurst and Blackett , 1864. First edition. Leather. Study and analysis of society, culture, and family life in the courts of eighteenth and nineteenth century, first edition complete in two volumes. The first edition of this work. Concerning court and society from Eliza...

Bishop Burnet&Apos;S History of His Own Time from the Restoration of K. Charles II to the Conclusion of the Treaty of Peace at Utrecht, in the Reign of Queen Anne to Which Is Prefixed, a Summary Recapitulation of Affairs in the Church and State, from King James I to the Restoration in the Year 1660 Together with the Author&Apos;S Life, and Some Explanatory Notes by the Editor, His Son, Late One of the Judges of His Majesty&Apos;S Court of Common Pleas. The Whole Revised and Corrected by Him

Gilbert Burnet · 1766 · Rooke Books

£600.00 (€719.30 | $792.82 | ¥126,618)

London, Printed for T. Davies , 1766 . Leather. The third edition of Bishop Burnet's history complete in four volumes, re-backed in lovely uniform full calf bindings. The third edition of this work. Complete in four volumes with half titles. Smartly re-backed in uniform f...

County Genealogies, Pedigrees of the Families in the County of Hants

William Berry · 1833 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)

London, Sherwood, Gilbert and Piper, 1833. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this exhaustive nineteenth century heraldic work tracing the genealogy of Hertfordshire's families from the 1530s to the 1830s. The first edition of William Berry's extensive and im...

Dover Charters and Other Documents in the Possession of the Corporation of Dover

RE. S. P. H. Statham [translated] · 1902 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London , J.M. Dent & Company, 1902. First edition. Cloth. A handsome and extensive first edition collection of charters and documents from the Corporation of Dover between the years 1227 and 1569. This is a handsome collection of charters and documents from the possession of t...

Les Chapelles de L&Apos;ã‰Cole Militaire

Robert Laulan; G. F. · 1934 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Paris, Societe de L'Histoire de Paris, 1934. First edition. Paperback. An informative French pamphlet on the history of the Ecole militaire, which houses various military training facilities, by Robert Laulan, with an additional English translation of extracts from the pa...

The Government&Apos;S Evacuation Scheme

1939 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

not stated , not stated , 1939. Brochure/Pamphlet. An original fascinating, scarce pamphlet from 1939 that outlines the government's evacuation scheme for the people of London. A scarce and interesting original pamphlet from 1939 detailing the Government's evacuation...

Lettre de Monsieur, Et de M. Le Comte D&Apos;Artois, Au Roi Leur Frere, Avec la Declaration Signã©E a Pilnitz le 27 Aoust 1791, Par L&Apos;Empereur Et le Roi de Prusse. Lettre Au Roi Par M. Le Prince de Condã©, M. Le Duc de Bourbon, M. Le Duc D&Apos;Enghien.

Charles X; Louis XVIII · 1791 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

Koblenz, Chez Brille, 1791 . Unbound. A contemporary printing of an important 1791 letter sent by the future Charles X and Louis XVIII, advising their bother, King Louis XVI, on the course of the Revolution. In the original French. An important document marking a turning point...

Illustrations, Historical and Critical, of the Life of Lorenzo de&Apos; Medici, Called the Magnificent

William Roscoe · 1822 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

London, T. Cadell, 1822. Cloth. An illustrated biography on the life and work of Lorenzo de' Medici, one of the most important figures of the Italian Renaissance. Illustrated throughout. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece, one folding plate, and two further plates. ...

Mirabeau&Apos;S Love-Letters

Honore Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau · 1909 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, Arthur L. Humphreys, 1909 . Hardback. A bright copy of this English language translation of the erotic love letters of French nobleman and prominent figure in the early French Revolution, the Count of Mirabeau. An English language translation of the love letters of Hon...

Memorial of the Marriage of Hrh Albert Edward Prince of Wales and Hrh Alexandra Princess of Denmark

W. H. Russell [William Howard Russell] · 1863 · Rooke Books

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

London, Day and Son, 1863. First edition. Cloth. Beautifully illustrated throughout with bright colour chromolithograph plates, this is the first edition of this celebration of the 1863 wedding of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, and Princess Alexandra of Denmark. The first edi...

Article III Extract from the Quarterly Review Volume XIV

1815 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, John Murray, 1815. Leather. A handsomely bound article extract from Volume XIV of The Quarterly Review concerning different works concerning French history and Napoleon Bonaparte. A fascinating early nineteenth century critique of several works about French history and...

The Letters of the Duke of Wellington to Miss J. 1834-1851

Christine Terhume Herrick · 1890 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1890. Leather. A handsomely bound, first edition copy of the published letters between the Duke of Wellington and Miss J. from 1834 to 1851. A fascinating collection of letters exchanged between Arthur Wellesley, the Duke of Wellington, and Miss J. a w...

A Visit to Flanders, in July 1815, Being Chiefly an Account of the Field of Waterloo. With a Short Sketch of Antwerp and Brussels, at That Time Occupied by the Wounded of Both Armies.

James Simpson · 1816 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, William Blackwood; And Oliphant, Waugh, & Innes: And Baldwin, Cradock, & Joy, Patternoster-Row, 1816. Leather. James Simpson"s captivating depiction of the scene at the battle of Waterloo immediately after the event, with folding map. A fascinating account by James Sim...

Passages from My Life; Together with Memoirs of the Campaign of 1813 and 1814

Baron von Muffling; Colonel Philp Yorke [ed.] · 1853 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

London, Richard Bentley , 1853. Cloth. The second revised edition of the memoirs of Baron von Muffling, including memoirs of the 1813 and 1814 campaigns. A fascinating second, revised edition of the memoirs of Karl Freiherr von Muffling, Prussian Generalfeldmarschall and milit...

Histoire Des Celtes, Et Particulierement Des Gaulois Et Des Germains

Simon Pelloutier · 1740 · Rooke Books

£1,175.00 (€1,408.63 | $1,552.60 | ¥247,960)

A La Hague [The Hague], Isaac Beauregard, 1740. First edition. Leather. The very scarce first edition of this two volume mid eighteenth century French language study of the history of the Celts, from 'the fabulous times' to the capture of Rome. In the original French...