Storia

Pagan and Christian Rome

Rodolfo Lanciani · 1892 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London, Macmillan and Company, 1892. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this intriguing work on the rise of Christianity within Rome, illustrated throughout. The first edition of this work.Lanciani's look into the history of Rome during the rise of Christianity wi...

Checkmate Fighting Tradition in Central Persia

F. A. C. Forbes-Leith · 1927 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, George G. Harrap & Company LTD. 1927. First edition. Cloth. A nice example of the first edition of this detailed account of life and work in Persia at the beginning of the twentieth century, illustrated throughout. The first edition of this work.'Checkmate' i...

An Account of a Copper Table

Philip Carteret Webb · 1760 · Rooke Books

£440.00 (€527.49 | $581.40 | ¥92,853)

London, Anon, 1760. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce, first edition of this historical and paleographic study regarding a copper table discovered in Heraclea, Magna Graecia. This work refers to a tablet discovered in 1732 near Heraclea in the bay of Tarentum in Magna Gr...

The Tailed Head-Hunters of Nigeria an Account of an Official&Apos;S Seven Years&Apos; Experiences in the Northern Nigerian Pagan Belt, and a Description of the Manners, Habits, and Customs of the Native Tribes

Arthur John Newman Tremearne · 1912 · Rooke Books

£200.00 (€239.77 | $264.27 | ¥42,206)

London, Seeley, Service & Co. Limited, 1912. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Tremearne's detailed travel work about his time in Northern Africa, illustrated throughout including with a folding map. The first edition of this work.'The Tailed Head-Hunters of...

Mendiland Memories Reflections and Anticipations

William Vivian · 1926 · Rooke Books

£200.00 (€239.77 | $264.27 | ¥42,206)

London, Henry Hooks, 1926. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this first-hand account of the Mendi tribe at the beginning of the twentieth century, illustrated throughout. The first edition of this work.A very scarce work.An insightful look into Mendiland, ho...

France Son Histoire

George Montorgueil · 1901 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.79 | $237.85 | ¥37,985)

Paris, Boivin et Cie, 1901. Cloth. A French work on the history of France, written for children, illustrated beautifully and lavishly throughout in colour In the original French.Illustrated with forty-seven pages of full paged coloured illustrations, and nine pages with in-tex...

The Chronicles and Memorials of Great Britain and Ireland During the Middle Ages

Various · 1859 · Rooke Books

£975.00 (€1,168.86 | $1,288.33 | ¥205,754)

London, Longman & Co, 1859-79. Leather. A collection of sixteen volumes of the influential and monumental 'Rolls Series', detailing the Medieval history of Britain. Sixteen volumes of the 'Rolls Series', the major collection of British and Irish historical ...

The Turkish Empire: The Sultans, the Territory, and the People

[Thomas Milner] · 1876 · Rooke Books

£220.00 (€263.74 | $290.70 | ¥46,427)

London, The Religious Tract Society, 1876. Cloth. A very scarce new edition of this fascinating and extensively detailed look into the history of the Turkish Empire, illustrated with a folding map. A very scarce work. An in-depth work discussing the history of the Turkish Empi...

Some Thoughts Upon a Bill for General Naturalization: Addressed to Those of All Denominations Who Act Upon Whig-Principles.

1751 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.47 | $594.61 | ¥94,963)

London, M. Cooper, 1751. First edition. Disbound. An incredibly scarce first edition of this pamphlet discussing the abandoned 1751 bill of general naturalization. The first edition of this work. An incredibly scarce work. Collated, complete. ESTC citation number T66805. An in...

Formula Reformationis Per Caesaream Maiestatem Statibus Ecclesiasticis in Comitiis Augustanis Ad Deliberandum Proposita, & Ab Eisdem, Ut Pact Publicae Consulerent, & Per Eam Ecclesiarum, Ac Cleri Sui Utilitati Commodius Prouiderent, Probata & Recepta

Charles V · 1548 · Rooke Books

£1,400.00 (€1,678.37 | $1,849.91 | ¥295,441)

Moguntiae, Iuo Schoeffer, 1548. Disbound. A vanishingly scarce sixteenth century pamphlet discussing the Reformation in Europe and the creation of the new Church, written by Charles V the Holy Roman Emperor. A vanishingly scarce work. Not seen at auction since 1993. Collated, ...

The Declaration of the Estates of the Kingdom of Scotland, Containing the Claim of Right, and the Offer of the Crown to Their Majesties King William and Queen Mary. Together with the Grievances Represented by the Estates, and Their Majesties Oath at Their Acceptance of the Crown

1689 · Rooke Books

£1,500.00 (€1,798.25 | $1,982.04 | ¥316,544)

Edinburgh, Not Stated, 1689. Leather. A very scarce work discussing the 11th April in the 1689 Convention of Estates, determining the settlement of the Scottish throne. A very scarce work. Collated, complete. ESTC citation number R232191. However this ESTC listing states the d...

The Lawes and Statutes of Geneva, As Well Concerning Ecclesiasticall Discipline, As CIVILL Government, with Certaine Proclamations Duely Executed, Whereby Gods Religion Is Most Purely Maintained, and Their Common-Wealth Quietly Governed

1643 · Rooke Books

£2,900.00 (€3,476.61 | $3,831.95 | ¥611,986)

London, Thomas Fawcet, 1643. Leather. A very scarce seventeenth century work on the law in Geneva, smartly rebound. A very scarce work. ESTC citation number R14357. Glosses to some pages are a little closely cropped. Signatures run as A-F4. Collated, complete. Translated faith...

By-Laws of the &Apos;Howard&Apos; Lodge of Brotherly Love

1912 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

Arundel, West Sussex Gazette, 1912. Cloth. A very scarce work on the Howard Lodge of Brotherly Love and their by-laws, from the Lodge of Harmony. A very scarce work. A work looking at the bylaws of the Howard Lodge of Brotherly Love, Lodge No. 56. Including a complete list of ...

Discorso Del S. Guglielmo Choul Centilhuomo Lionese, Consigliero Del Re, & Presidente Delle Montagne Del Delfinato, Sopra a la Castrametatione, & Bagni Antichi de I Grecie, & Romani. Con L&Apos;Aggiunta Della Figuar Del Campo Romano. Et Una Informatione Della Militia Turchesca, & de Gli Habiti de Soldati Turchi, Scritta Da M. Francesco Sansouino Informatione Della Militia Turchesca, Di M. Francesco Sansouino. A Gli Illustrissimi, Et Eccellentissimi Signori, IL S. Hieronimo Zane, Cavliere & Procu

Guillaume de Choul; Francesco Sansovino · 1582 · Rooke Books

£2,200.00 (€2,637.43 | $2,907.00 | ¥464,265)

Vinegia; [Venice], Altobello Salicato, 1582. Vellum. A scarce work on the Roman and Ottoman militaries, written by the antiquarian and historian Guillaume de Choul and Francesco Sansovino. In Italian. Illustrated throughout with woodcuts. Complete with the rarely seen Roman ca...

Journal of a Second Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage

William Edward Parry · 1824 · Rooke Books

£2,500.00 (€2,997.08 | $3,303.40 | ¥527,574)

London, John Murray, 1824. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this important travel work regarding Parry's second expedition through Hudson Strait into Hudson Bay. This copy belonged to Parry's daughter, Katharine. With the inscription 'Katharine Brodi...

Narrative of an Expediiton to Explore the River Zaire Usually Called the Congo

J K Tuckey · 1818 · Rooke Books

£14,500.00 (€17,383.07 | $19,159.74 | ¥3,059,929)

London, John Murray, 1818. First edition. Fine Binding. John Kirk's copy of the first edition of this important travel work regarding Tuckey's expedition along the River Congo. This account of the journey is decorated by a folding map frontispiece of the coast from C...

Twenty-Four Annual Report of the Director of the Mint to the Secretary of the Treasury for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1896

Unamed · 1897 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

Washington, Governmant Printing Office, 1897. Cloth. A very scarce work of American coin history dating from the latter half of the nineteenth century. In the publisher's original cloth binding, this very scarce work of American coin manufacturing history is in excellent ...

Great London Parish Registers. A Handlist of Parish Registers, Register Transcripts and Related Records at Guildhall Library

Unamed · 2001 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, Guildhall Library Publications, 2001. Paperback. A very scarce work of Parish Registers published by Guildhall Library Publications. Very scarce. An interesting work of local history being a handlist of parish registers, register transcripts and related records at Guil...

Calendar of the Clarendon State Papers Preserved in the Bodleian Library Vol IV 1657-1660

F. J. Routledge (Ed); Sit Charles Firth · 1932 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

Oxford, Oxford At The Clarendon Press, 1932. Cloth. A very scarce copy of this expansive reference work edited by F. J. Routledge. Volume IV. only. Covering the years 1657-1660. This particular volume presents a calendar of the Clarendon State Paper that are preserved in Oxfor...

Red Indians Stories and Histories

John Hampden (Ed) · 1931 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

London; Edinburgh; New York, Thomas Nelson and Sons, Ltd. 1931. Cloth. A very scarce and signed copy of this work collection of passages each pertaining to Native American people. First edition. Signed by the author to the title page. In the publisher's original cloth bin...