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The Sweet Shop: A Handbook for Retail Confectioners

Charles Vernon · 1939 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd. 1939 . First edition. Cloth. A first edition, third impression of this richly illustrated 1939 manual offering practical, technical, and business guidance for confectioners and sweet shop owners. In the publisher's original cloth bind...

The Free Customs, Benefits and Priviledges of the Copy-Hold Tenants of the Manors of Stepny and Hackny, in the County of Middlesex, Within This Composition. Before Which Is Prefixed an Abstract, or Brief Relation of the Assurance Given by the Right Honourable Thomas Lord Wentworth, Lord of Both the Said Manors, Unto His Lordships Said Tenants (Within This Composition) for the Ratifying and Perpetual Establishing of the Same.

None stated · 1675 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.36 | $726.75 | ¥116,066)

London, Henry Twyford, 1675. Leather. A seventeenth century account of the rules and customs for the land owning tenants of the Stepney and Hackney manors, and extension of the original sixteenth century work, bound in half morocco. A seventeenth century extended edition of th...

The Builder, an Illustrated Weekly Magazine

H. H. Statham [ed.] · 1887 · Rooke Books

£1,900.00 (€2,277.78 | $2,510.59 | ¥400,956)

London, Office, 1887-1890 . Cloth. An impressive six volume run of the incredibly popular 'Builder' magazine, an illustrated architectural monthly publication exploring all feats of design and architecture. An impressive set of six volumes of the important architectu...

1809 la Marche Sur Vienne

L'Colonel Edmond Ferry · 1909 · Rooke Books

£249.00 (€298.51 | $329.02 | ¥52,546)

Paris, Librairie Militaire R. Chapelot , 1909. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this very scarce account of the Battle of Aspern-Essling in Vienna, bound in crushed half morocco with the original covers bound in, and adorned with a folding map. The first edition.A ...

A Collection of Works on South-West Asia and International Relations

Various · 1957 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, Rupert Hart-Davis; Longmans, Green & Co.; Hodder and Stoughton; Gerald Duckworth & Co. Ltd.; John Murray; Faber and Faber, 1957-1978. First edition. Cloth. A smart collection of twelve volumes of studies on South-West Asia and international relations with regards to in...

Idle Women

Susan Woolfitt · 1947 · Rooke Books

£69.00 (€82.72 | $91.17 | ¥14,561)

London, Ernest Benn, Limited, 1947. Cloth. A smart first edition of this scarce study of the challenges and dangers inexperienced trainee boatwomen faced during the war effort. First edition. Scarce work. Illustrated with a frontispiece and mapped endpapers. A celebration of t...

The Campaign of 1815 Ligny: Quatre-Bras: Waterloo

William O'Connor Morris · 1900 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, Grant Richards, 1900. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this detailed military history of the efforts undertaken during the Waterloo Campaign. First edition. Illustrated with four maps, three of which are folding. A detailed historical account of The Water...

Histoire de L"Empire de Russie Sous Pierre le Grand; Siecles de Louis XIV Et de Louis XV

Voltaire [Francois-Marie Arouet] · 1815 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.42 | $654.07 | ¥104,460)

Paris, Pierre Didot, 1815 . Leather. Early 19th century editions of two historical works by Voltaire, discussing the Russian Empire, Peter the Great, Louis XIV and Louis XV. In the original French.Two works are present here: 'Histoire de l"Empire de Russie sous Pierre le ...

Die Befreiungskriege 1813-1815: Ein Strategischer Uberblick

V. Caemmerer · 1907 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Berlin, Ernst Seigfried Mittler und Sohn, 1907. Cloth. A smart copy of this detailed history of the Wars of Liberation, in the original German. German. Uncommon work. With a folding map to the rear. Collated complete. A detailed and comprehensive strategic study of the German ...

The History of the Discovery and Conquest of America

Wm. Robertson; Dugald Stewart · 1844 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

Halifax, William Milner, 1844. Leather. A smartly bound copy of this detailed history of the conquest of America, from Scottish historian William Robertson. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece, title vignette, and two folding maps. Collated complete. A detailed and compre...

The Palestine Campaigns

Sir Archibald P. Wavell · 1941 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Constable & Company Limited, 1941. Cloth. Sir Archibald P. Wavell's military study on the campaigns in Palestine, complete with folding maps. In the original unclipped dust wrapper.A military work on the Palestine campaigns and the lessons to be learnt, an officia...

Carnet de Campagne D&Apos;Un Officier Prussien (1813-1814)

Captain von Columb; Minart [Trans.] · 1914 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)

Paris, Berger-Levrault, 1914. Cloth. A very scarce, smartly bound copy of this account from Captain von Colomb, a Prussian officer involved in partisan warfare during the Napoleonic Wars, with map illustrations. Handsomely bound in half cloth with marbled paper boards.This vol...

Wellington: His Comrades and Contemporaries

Major Arthur Griffiths · 1897 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, George Allen, 1897 . First edition. Cloth. A richly illustrated tribute to Wellington by Crimean War veteran and historian Major A. G. F. Griffiths, offering a compelling portrait of the Duke and his contemporaries, with 31 plates, a map of Belgium, and fold-out facsim...

Drink in 1914-1922: A Lesson in Control

Arthur Shadwell · 1923 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1923. Cloth. A very smart copy of this in-depth analysis of alcohol regulations in Britain and assessing their effectiveness during and after World War I. In the publisher's original red cloth binding.This volume offers an in-depth analysi...

Hastings of Bygone Days and the Present

Henry Cousins · 1911 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

Hastings, F. J. Parsons, Ltd. 1911. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this profusely illustrated historical work on Hastings by Henry Cousins, smartly rebound. Rebound in sage green cloth, with gilt cloth titles to front board and spine, made from the original publish...

Plays of Euripides: Hecuba, Medea, Alcestis, with Short English Notes for the Use of Schools

Various · 1864 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Oxford, John Henry and James Parker, 1864-1865. Leather. A very scarce copy of three of Euripides" most enduring tragedies in one volume: Hecuba, Medea, and Alcestis, in the original Greek with English notes for the use of schools. Bound in half calf binding with marbled paper...

A Narrative of the Political and Military Events of 1815

James M'Queen [James MacQueen] · 1816 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.84 | $178.38 | ¥28,489)

Glasgow, Printed for the Author, by E. Khull & Co; John Smith and Son, 1816 . First edition. Leather. Illustrated with two folding maps, this is the scarce first edition of James MacQueen's detailed account of the political developments and military actions of 1815 The ve...

English Merchants&Apos; Marks: A Field Survey of Marks Made by Merchants and Tradesmen in England between 1400 and 1700

F. A. Girling · 1964 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

London, Oxford University Press, 1964. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first trade edition of this survey of English merchants' marks from 1400-1700. The first trade edition. First published as a limited edition in 1962 by Lion and Unicorn Press. With the publisher's...

Wine Into Worlds: A History and Bibliography of Wine Books in the English Language

James M. Gabler; Maynard A. Amerine · 1985 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Baltimore, Bacchus Press Ltd. 1985. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this comprehensive history and bibliography of wine books in the English language. First edition. With a frontispiece. The most complete and comprehensive reference on wine books, containing inf...

The English Abigail

Dorothy Margaret Stuart · 1946 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London, Macmillan & Co Ltd, 1946. First edition. Leather. The first edition of Dorothy Margaret Stuart's illustrated historical account of English 'Abigail's', or hand maids, in an excellent crushed half morocco binding. The first edition. Illustrated with...