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The Campaign of 1806

Thomas Miller Maguire · 1913 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

London, William Clowes & Sons, Limited, 1913. First edition. Cloth. A first edition military treatise on the Campaign of 1806, written by Thomas Miller Maguire and published by William Clowes & Sons, with three folding maps. First Edition, very scarce.Illustrations include thr...

Napoleon: Warrior and Ruler

William O'Connor Morris · 1902 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1902. Cloth. A very smart copy of this biographical and historical work on Napoleon Bonaparte, with engraved and folding plates. A fascinating and comprehensive biographical and historical work on Napoleon Bonaparte, one of the most prolific mi...

The London Magazine; or, Gentleman&Apos;S Monthly Intelligence

Various · 1746 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.80 | $224.63 | ¥35,875)

London, Printed for T. Astley; R. Baldwin, 1746-61. First edition. Disbound. Four volumes of the first London Magazine, featuring letters, poems, and essays. Four issues of the The London Magazine, or, Gentleman's Monthly Intelligencer, founded in 1732 to rival the Tory-s...

Waterloo a Narrative and a Criticism

E. L. S. Horsburgh · 1895 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Methuen & Co, 1895. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon first edition volume looking into the Battle of Waterloo, illustrated with plans of the Battle. The first edition of this uncommon work.An interesting narrative and critical look at the decisive Battle of Waterloo, ...

Life of Napoleon Buonaparte

John Gibson Lockhart · 1975 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

Preston, James Askew, c1890 . Cloth. A very scarce late nineteenth century abridged edition of J. G. Lockhart's biographical exploration of the life and career of Napoleon Bonaparte. A late nineteenth century edition of Scottish writer and editor John Gibson Lockhart&apos...

Napoleon and His Detractors

Raphael Ledos de Beaufort · 1888 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, W. H. Allen & Co. 1888. Cloth. The first English translation of Prince Napoleon's work on Napoleon Bonaparte. With a biographical sketch of the author. Written by Prince Napoleon, Jerome Bonaparte, the youngest brother of Napoleon Bonaparte; edited by Raphael Ledo...

London Geological Field Class: Reports of Excursions During the Summers of 1886-1887

Professor H. G. Seeley · 1887 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, George Philip & Son, 1887-1888. First edition. Paperback. A well presented collection of geological field excursions carried out in 1886 and 1887 by the Geological Field Class in London, with illustrations to the rear of one text. The first and only edition of these re...

Geological Rambles Round London. A Handy Guide to Old-World London.

R. E. B. · 1883 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.56 | $50.21 | ¥8,019)

London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1883. Paperback. An 1883 geological guidebook to London's various districts in the original paper wraps, complete with in-text illustrations and charming adverts. This 1883 geological guidebook to London takes the reader through various different ...

Efter Hval I Sydhavet

Ernst Hova · 1929 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

Oslo, Fabritius & Sonners Forlag, 1929. First edition. Cloth. A scarce account of whaling voyages in South Georgia and Scotia in the Norwegian language, illustrated with photographs. Written by Ernst Hova, a Norwegian writer. Illustrated with photographs throughout. In the Nor...

The Chronicle of Bristol No. VI

1829 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Bristol, Philip Rose, 1829-1830. Cloth. Five issues of a very scarce Bristol periodical, providing insight into the interests of the city inhabitants in 1829. Volume No. VI of this very scarce Bristol based periodical, consisting of five consecutive issues published between Au...

Uganda to Khartoum: Life and Adventure on the Upper Nile

Albert B. Lloyd · 1911 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.43 | ¥10,129)

London, T. Fisher Unwin , 1911. Cloth. The third impression of this illustrated travelogue of Africa by Albert B. Lloyd. The third impression of this work, originally published in 1906. A geographical account of the author's exploration of Africa from Uganda to Khartoum, ...

Catalogue of the Tombs in the Churches of the City of London

Major Payne Fisher; G. Blacker Morgan · 1885 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Privately Re-printed, 1885. Paperback. A remarkable account of London's burial places written after the Great Fire of London, reprinted in 1885. Written by Payne Fisher, a poet active in the seventeenth century. Left a pauper after fighting for the wrong side duri...

Reliques of Old London Suburbs North of the Thames

H. B. Wheatley · 1898 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, George Bell and Sons, 1898. Hardback. A signed limited edition of this topographical exploration of the lost suburbs of London with gorgeous lithographs by T. R. Way. With lithographs by Thomas Robert Way, an English painter of landscapes and lithographer. He designed ...

Saint Louis Et Son Siecle

Vicomte Walsh · 1851 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.83 | $191.60 | ¥30,599)

Paris, Alfred Mame, 1851. Leather. A fascinating, early edition of this work on Louis IX on France, often known as Saint Louis, by Vicomte Walsh. Illustrated throughout. Louis IX was crowned at the age of twelve, and is the only French king to be declared a saint, resulting in...

A Book of Cyphers More Compleat and Regular Than Any Yet Extant

Samuel Sympson · 1716 · Rooke Books

£850.00 (€1,019.01 | $1,123.16 | ¥179,375)

London, Samuel Sympson, B Cole, J Clark et al, 1716. Leather. A scarce edition of Samuel Sympson's book of cyphers. A smart copy of this work. Comprising an engraved title page and 102 leaves of plates containing cyphers. ESTC reference no: T145073. This copy has been bou...

The Mint a Day-Book of the R.A. F. Depot between August and December 1922

T. E. Lawrence · 1955 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.85 | $171.78 | ¥27,434)

London, Jonathan Cape , 1955. First edition. Cloth. T. E. Lawrence's memoirs of his time in the Royal Air Force, the first trade edition of this volume in its unclipped dust wrapper. The first trade edition of this work, published in the same year as a limited edition of ...

Arctic Miscellanies. A Souvenir of the Late Polar Search. By the Officers and Seamen of the Expedition.

'Aurora Borealis' · 1852 · Rooke Books

£2,600.00 (€3,116.96 | $3,435.54 | ¥548,677)

London, Colburn and Co, 1852. First edition. Leather. The scarce first edition of this remarkable collection of articles written by a crew marooned in frozen Arctic waters. Rebound in half calf and illustrated throughout. The first edition of this fascinating and scarce public...

Note on Water Required and Available for the Sudan Gezira Scheme; Computations Relating to the Note on the Water Supply Required and Available for the Sudan-Gezira Scheme

Murdoch MacDonald · 1918 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

Cairo, Government Press, 1918. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce and fascinating insight into the plans and calculations for one of the world's largest irrigation projects, The Gezira Scheme. Two very scarce first edition publications on the availability and requirement...

Turkey

Robert Boulanger; Margaret Case [trans.] · 1960 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

Paris, Hachette, 1960. First edition. Cloth. A first Hachette edition of this guide to Turkey, with numerous maps and complete in its dust wrapper. The first edition of one of Hachette world guides  under the direction off Francis Ambriere, this volume is an extensive guide to...

History of the Princes of South Wales

George T.O. Bridgeman · 1876 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

Wigan, Thomas Birch, 1876. First edition. Cloth. A comprehensive work on the genealogy of the historical princes of Wales. Including a signed letter and handwritten pedigree notes, both by the author. A fascinating and comprehensive genealogical history of the princes of Wales...