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Shakespeare&Apos;S Europe: Unpublished Chapters of Fynes Moryson&Apos;S Itinerary Being a Survey of the Condition of Europe at the End of the 16th Century

Charles Hughes · 1903 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.73 | $77.96 | ¥12,451)

London, Sherratt & Hughes , 1903. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of this scholarly survey of Fynes Moryson"s unpublished writings on late sixteenth-century Europe, edited and introduced by Charles Hughes. In the publisher's original quarter paper vellum with p...

The Great Plague in London in 1665

Walter George Bell · 1924 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London , John Lane at the Bodley Head, 1924. Cloth. A first edition of this historical study into the plague of London in 1665, with folding plates. The first edition of the work.In publisher's original brown cloth binding.With a frontispiece, 5 folding plates, 17 full pa...

Journey Through Arabia Petraea, to Mount Sinai, and the Excavated City of Petra, the Edom of the Prophecies

M. Leon de Laborde · 1836 · Rooke Books

£385.00 (€461.55 | $508.72 | ¥81,246)

London, John Murray, 1836 . First edition. Leather. The first English language edition of M. de Laborde's travel narratives of his time in Asia Minor, Syria and Egypt, with illustrations throughout and a folding map. The first English translation of French archaeologist a...

The Family Arsenalã‚â (1976) First Edition Picture Palace (1978) First Edition the Mosquito Coast (1981) First Edition Doctor Slaughter (1984) First Edition Chicago Loop (1990) First Edition

Paul Theroux · 1976 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.81 | $211.42 | ¥33,765)

London, Hamish Hamilton , 1976-1990. First edition. Cloth. A fine set of five first edition Paul Theroux novels in the original cloth with the original bright, unclipped dust wrappers. A set of five first edition Paul Theroux novels in the publisher"s original cloth with the o...

A Book of London English 1384-1425

Various [eds. by R.W. Chambers and Marjorie Daunt] · 1967 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1967. Cloth. An intriguing collection of documents and writings from Medieval Londoners, edited by literary scholars Marjorie Daunt and R.W. Chambers. A Book of London English 1384-1425, edited by literary scholars Marjorie Daunt and R.W. Chambers, a f...

Regimental History the Roya; Hampshire Regiment Volume Three 1918-1954

David Scott Daniell · 1955 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.73 | $77.96 | ¥12,451)

Aldershot, Gale & Polden Limited, 1955. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this historical account of the British military, with a frontispiece, 3 plates and an abundance of maps, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition of the work.In publisher&ap...

The Great River: The Story of a Voyage on the Yangtze Kiang

Gretchen Mae Fitkin · 1922 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

Shanghai , North-China Daily News and Herald, Ltd , 1922. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this uncommon account of a voyage down the Yangtze River, illustrated with photographs throughout. First edition. Uncommon. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Il...

Ghenko: The Mongol Invasion of Japan

Nakaba Yamada · 1916 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, Smith, Elder, & Co. 1916. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first UK edition of this important history of the Mongol invasion of Japan, with plates and maps. First UK edition. Very scarce work. Illustrated with a frontispiece, fifteen plates, and five maps, three of ...

Market Harborough and Inside the Bar

G. J. Whyte-Melville · 1900 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Ward, Lock & Co. [1900]. Leather. The new edition of G. J. Whyte-Melville's two most popular stories, Market Harborough and Inside the Bar, in half blue morocco with marbled boards and endpapers. The new edition of G. J. Whyte-Melville's Market Harborough and...

Lost in the Arctic: Being the Story of the &Apos;Alabama&Apos; Expedition, 1909-1912

Ejnar Mikkelsen · 1913 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.81 | $211.42 | ¥33,765)

London, William Heinemann, 1913. First edition. Cloth. The illustrated first UK edition of this record of some of the Greenland expeditions of Danish polar explorer Ejnar Mikkelsen. First UK edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, sixty-three plates, and a large folding map ...

The First Crossing of Greenland

Fridtjof Nansen; Hubert Majendie Gepp [trans.] · 1898 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1898 . Leather. A calf-bound copy of this remarkable account from Fridtjof Nansen of the first crossing across Greenland's inland ice. A new impression of this work. Bound in half calf, with marbled paper covered boards and endpapers.Illu...

Northern Lights: The Official Account of the British Arctic Air Route Expedition 1930-1931

F. Spencer Chapman · 1932 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1932. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated record of the British Arctic Air Route Expedition of 1930 to 1931. First edition. Illustrated with sixty-four plates and four folding maps. Collated complete. A detailed commentary, ...

When the Going Was Good

Evelyn Waugh · 1946 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, Duckworth, 1946. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this anthology of four travel books from English author Evelyn Waugh. First edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and one folding map. Collated complete. An anthology of four travel books offerin...

Seven Pillars of Wisdom

T. E. Lawrence · 1935 · Rooke Books

£490.00 (€587.43 | $647.47 | ¥103,404)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1935 . First edition. Cloth. A wonderful example of the first trade edition of T. E. Lawrence's account of his experiences during the First World War, illustrated throughout, and in the original dust wrapper. The first trade edition, first impressio...

A Collection of Works on Westminster Abbey

Francis Bond J. T. Micklethwaite W. J. Loftie et. al. · 1882 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)

London, Chatto and Windus; Seeley and Co.; Smith, Elder and Co. et. al. 1882-1937. Cloth. A terrific selection of works on the Westminster Abbey, including architectural and historical surveys from J. T. Micklethwaite, Arthur Penrhyn Stanley and others. This set offers ten vol...

London Directory of 1677: The Oldest Printed List of the Merchants and Bankers of London

1878 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.75 | $58.14 | ¥9,285)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1878. Cloth. A smart copy of this reproduction of the rare original directory of London for the year 1677. A historical reproduction of a rare original document listing the merchants and bankers of London from the year 1677. Presented here to provide i...

The Streets of London: Anecdotes of Their More Celebrated Residents

John Thomas Smith; Charles Mackay [editor] · 1861 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Richard Bentley, 1861. Cloth. A scarce new edition of this fascinating history of London and its celebrated residents from English antiquarian John Thomas Smith. New edition. Scarce work. A historical compilation of stories and anecdotes of notable figures who lived on...

Georgian Furniture: Victoria & Albert Museum

Ralph Edwards [introduction] · 1947 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

London, Victoria & Albert Museum; The Ministry of Education, 1947 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this catalogue of Georgian furniture held at the Victoria and Albert Museum, with a letter from the author to Ambrose Heal, the chairman of the 'Heal's&apos...

The Annals of Hampstead

Thomas J. Barratt · 1972 · Rooke Books

£138.00 (€165.44 | $182.35 | ¥29,122)

London, Lionel Leventhal Limited , 1972. Cloth. An excellent limited edition set providing the history, literary associations and topography of Hampstead. One of the 350 standard limited edition copies (out of 500 total). Complete in three volumes. In the original cloth bindi...

Modern History of the City of London: A Record of Municipal and Social Progress from 1760 to the Present Day

Charles Welch · 1896 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Blades East and Blades , 1896. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this charmingly illustrated history of 18th and 19th-century London. First edition. In the original cloth binding. With publisher's errata slip bound in before page 1. A comprehensive...