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Histoire de France, Depuis L&Apos;Invasion Des Francs Sous Clovis Jusqu&Apos;a L&Apos;Avenement de Louis-Philippe 1er in Two Volumes

M. Emile de Bonnechose · 1845 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

Paris , Chez Firmin Didot Freres, Libraires, 1845. Leather. A set of the History of France by M. Emile de Bonnechose. Complete in two volumes. Seventh Edition. In the original French. In half calf bindings with marbled paper covered boards. Externally, sound with slight rubbin...

Trois Femmes de la Revolution

Leopold Lacour · 1900 · Rooke Books

£119.99 (€143.85 | $158.55 | ¥25,321)

Paris, Plon-Nourrit et Cie, 1900. First edition. Leather. A first edition of Leopold Lacour's history of women in the revolution, a presentation copy with the author's signature. First edition. Presentation copy with author's signature. Leopold Lacour was an ard...

Photii Bibliotheca

Immanuelis Bekkeri; [August Immanuel Bekker]; [Photius] · 1824 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)

Berlin, Typis et Impensis ge Reimeri, 1824. Leather. This is a scarce copy of edition of this work by August Immanuel Bekker. Printed in Greek. Originally by Photius, 'Bibliotheca' is a ninth-century work of Byzantine Patriarch of Constantinople Photuis. The work con...

Robertson&Apos;S Works: The History of the Reign of Emperor Charles V; the History of America; the History of Scotland; an Historical Disquisition Concerning the Knowledge Which the Ancients Had of India

William Robertson · 1802 · Rooke Books

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

London, T. Cadell, W. Davies, E. Balfour, 1802-1804. Fine Binding. An attractively bound collection of the historical works of William Robertson. William Robertson ( 1721 – 1793) was a Scottish historian, minister of religion, and Principal of the University of Edinburgh. Thi...

The Historical Geography of the Holy Land: Especially in Relation to the History of Israel and of the Early Church

Sir George Adam Smith · 1894 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, c1930 . Cloth. The twenty third edition of this popular biblical geography and a travelogue of Palestine, with folding maps. The twenty-third edition.In the publisher's original red cloth binding. Illustrated with four coloured folding map...

Sir William Petty&Apos;S Plan for a System of Instruction Relative to the Business of the Marine Department

Sir William Petty; Samuel Bentham · 1779 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)

London, M'Creery, printer, Black Horse Court, Fleet-Street, 1779 . First edition. Unbound. The very scarce first edition of Samuel Bentham's broadsheet, based on the 1694 work 'What a Compleat Treatise of Navigation Should Contain' by Sir William Petty. Thi...

The Diary of the Late George Bubb Doddington

George Bubb Dodington; Henry Penruddocke Wyndham · 1784 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

Salisbury, E. Easton, 1784. First edition. Hardback. An uncommon first edition of this important biographical work, in half calf. An uncommon first edition work, rebound in half calf and marbled boards, with red tinted page block edges.Blanks and endpapers renewed.An important...

An Account of the Convincement and Call to the Ministry of Margaret Lucas, Late of Leek, in Staffordshire

Margaret Lucas · 1797 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Darton and Harvey, 1797 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce copy of this late eighteenth century work on the religious calling of Margaret Lucas. A very scarce work.Rebound in full blue cloth binding. A scarce copy of this late eighteenth century volume by Margaret ...

Kalendar of the War

Various; M. Sturge Gretton [ed.] · 1916 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, Nisbet and Co. Ltd , 1916. Paperback. An informing calendar published in the midst of the Great War, offering key events and accompanying poems over 117 weeks. Very scarce. The second impression (December 1916). First was November 1916.A very scarce copy of this "Kalen...

Cassell&Apos;S Cyclopaedia of Mechanics Volumes I-VI

Paul N. Hasluck (ed.) · 1908 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London; Paris; New York; Melbourne, Cassell and Company, Limited, [c.1908] Undated. Dated from a c. Cloth. London; Paris; New York; Melbourne: Cassell and Company, Limited, [c.1908] Undated. Dated from a copy held by the University of Reading Library. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. ...

The Jersey: An Outline of Her History During the Two Centuries, - 1734 to 1935

R. M. Gow · 1938 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)

New York, The American Jersey Cattle Club, 1938 . Cloth. A 1938 institutional history of the Jersey cattle breed, charting two centuries of selective breeding and agricultural development, richly illustrated throughout. In the publisher's original cloth binding. First pu...

1915 Twenty Poems (1912-1915)

W. Fothergill Robinson · 1915 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

Exeter, Eland Brothers, 1915. First edition. Paperback. An incredibly scarce booklet of poetry, signed by author. A very scarce booklet of wartime poetry, largely concerned with Oxford, and with the war, by W. Fothergill Robinson.Bound in original sewn paper binding, and signe...

The Gutter and the Stars

Eliot Crawshay-Williams · 1918 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)

London, Erskine MacDonald, 1918. First edition. Hardback. The signed first edition of a scarce anthology written by Welsh author and politician Eliot Crawshay-Williams, based on his experiences serving in Egypt and the Middle East. The signed first edition of the scarce poetic...

High Altars: The Battle-Fields of France and Flanders As I Saw Them

John Oxenham [William Arthur Dunkerley] · 1918 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London, Methuen & Co. 1918 . First edition. Paperback. A signed first edition in the original unclipped dust wrapper, Oxenham"s eyewitness reflections on the Western Front, an inscribed presentation copy. In the publisher's original paper wraps.First edition, printed in M...

Croydon: Pre-Historic & Roman

J. Corbet Anderson · 1874 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

Not Stated, Privately Printed, 1874 . First edition. Cloth. A first edition illustrated copy of this historical account of London's large town, Croydon. The first edition of the work.In publisher's original brown cloth binding.Illustrated with 8 plates, and in text i...

Nous... De la Guerre

Henri Edmond Jacques [pseud. Henry-Jacques] · 1918 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

Paris, Eugene Fasquelle, 1918. First edition. Paperback. The signed first edition of a First World War veteran's powerful anthology related to their service and experiences. The signed first edition of Nous.. De la Guerre (We.. Of the War), a poignant and thought-provokin...

Y Gwron Dienw

Emrys James · 1922 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

Camarthen, Camarthen Journal, 1922. Paperback. A very scarce signed collection of war poetry, written by Welsh poet Emrys James, more commonly known as Dewi Emrys. The signed Y Gwron Dienw (The Unnamed Hero), a Welsh collection of war poetry written by Welsh poet Emrys James, ...

7vols Lives of Eminent and Illustrious Englishmen, from Alfred the Great to the Latest Times, on an Original Plan

George Godfrey Cunningham [ed.] · 1837 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

Glasgow, A. Fullarton & Co. 1837 . Cloth. A seven-volume set of Cunningham"s illustrated Lives of Eminent and Illustrious Englishmen, with engraved portraits and extensive biographies of major figures across English history. In the publisher's original cloth bindings.A ne...

Hyde Park: Its History and Romance

Mrs. Alec Tweedie · 1908 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London , Eveleigh Nash , 1908 . First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition of this historical account of Hyde Park, with a frontispiece and 29 plates and maps. The first edition of the work.In publisher's original decorative red cloth binding.With a frontispiece and 29 ...

Paris Under the Commune: Or, the Seventy-Three Days of the Second Siege

John Leighton · 1871 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London, Bradbury, Evans & Co. 1871. First edition. Cloth. A scarce, richly illustrated contemporary account of the Paris Commune, documenting the seventy-three days of the Second Siege with eyewitness sketches and portraits from original photographs. In the publisher's or...