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The Diaries of Captain Robert Scott

Captain Robert Scott · 1968 · Rooke Books

£590.00 (€707.31 | $779.60 | ¥124,507)

Tylers Green, University Microfilms LTD, 1968. Cloth. A smart facsimile of the journals kept by Robert Falcon Scott on the fateful Terra Nova expedition. Complete in six volumes.A smart facsimile of the diaries of explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott.Robert Falcon Scott was a ...

Family Quartette

Cosmo W. H. Rawlins · 1962 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.75 | $58.14 | ¥9,285)

Somerset , Privately Printed , 1962. First edition. Cloth. A privately printed account of four families, represented by the author's four grandparents. The first edition of this uncommon work. With the original unclipped dust wrapper. A charming 'quartette' of...

American Encroachments on British Rights; or, Observations on the Importance of the British North American Colonies

Nathaniel Atcheson · 1808 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, The Pamphleteer, 1808 [1815]. Disbound. Two scarce pamphlets, disbound but complete, about naval relations between Britain and the North American Colonies. Two scarce articles from The Pamphleteer, disbound, but complete. First part dated 1808, London. 'NO.XI. Pam...

The Times

Thomas Barnes [ed.]; John Thadeus Delane [ed.] · 1813 · Rooke Books

£285.00 (€341.67 | $376.59 | ¥60,143)

London, Times Newspaper, 1813-1872 . Unbound. Fourteen very scarce issues of 'The Times' newspaper, with issues here dating from between 1813 and 1872. Containing issues of the daily broadsheet from No. 8,840, Saturday February 20th 1813, to No. 27,437 Wednesday Sept...

From Carolingian to Gothic: Four Centuries of Medieval Manuscripts from an English Private Collection

2005 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London , Bernard Quaritch Limited, 2005. Paperback. A very scarce Bernard Quaritch catalogue detailing a series of medieval manuscripts from private collections, in superb condition. The first edition of this very scarce work.In the publisher's original dust wrapper.This ...

La Guerre Fatale: France-Angleterre

Capitaine Danrit · 1901 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

Paris , Ernest Flammarion , 1901-2. First edition. Cloth. The first two volumes of Capitaine Danrit's heroic war novel surrounding a swift invasion and conquest of England by France, with the original wraps bound in. The first edition. Bound in full cloth with the origina...

The Cruise of the &Apos;Alerte&Apos;: The Narrative of a Search for Treasure on the Desert Island of Trinidad

E. F. Knigh · 1890 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co, 1890 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the very scarce first edition of Edward Frederick Knight's account of his voyage to Trinidade. The scarce first edition of this work, signed to the recto of the frontispiece '...

Aspects of Egypt: Some Travels in the United Arab Republic

Ethel Mannin · 1964 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.56 | $50.21 | ¥8,019)

London, Hutchinson and Co , 1964. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing copy of Ethel Mannin's first-hand accounts of modern Egypt, with photographs throughout. The first edition. In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. A personal book containing a blend of ...

Scrapbook of Newspaper Clippings About Kaiser Wilhelm II and World War One

Various · 1895 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

Various, Various, 1895-1925. Hardback. A unique scrapbook, containing clippings relating to the life and reign of Wilhelm II, a fascinating insight into international politics before, during, and after the First World War. A unique and very scarce scrapbook, containing a wealt...

A Book of Earnest Lives

W. H. Davenport Adams · 1889 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Swan Sonnenschein & Co. 1889. Cloth. W. H. Davenport Adams' collection of biographies of inspiring people, including William Wilberforce, Lady Mary Montagu and John Howard. The third edition of this uncommon work in the publisher's original cloth binding, wit...

The Compleat Naturalist: A Life of Linnaeus

Wilfrid Blunt · 1971 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Collins, 1971. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this beautifully illustrated biography of Carl Linnaeus, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author to the title page, dated 1973. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, reverse of the fronti...

A Century of Excavation in the Land of the Pharaohs

James Baikie · 1927 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, The Religious Tract Society , 1927. Cloth. A bright copy of this historical account dedicated to the pioneering archaeologists of Ancient Egypt. In the original cloth binding. Undated, dated from a copy held at the British Library.An insightful study of the major wond...

The Concept of Mental Maturity

T. H. Pear · 1944 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

Manchester, The Manchester University Press, 1944 . Paperback. British psychologist Tom Hatherley Pear's vanishingly scarce essay on the mental maturity of youth, from the library of science-fiction author Brian Aldiss. A vanishingly scarce work, reprinted from the '...

Survey of India: General Reports from 1916 to 1922

Colonel Sir S. G. Burrard; Colonel C. H. D. Ryder · 1902 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)

Calcutta, At The Photo-Litho Office, 1902-22 . First edition. Cloth. An exceptionally scarce collection of Surveys of India from the early twentieth century, profusely illustrated with folding maps. Very scarce work. Bound in the publisher's original quarter cloth with p...

A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland with Descriptive and Historical Letterpress

The Rev. F. O. Morris [ed.] · 1880 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€899.12 | $991.02 | ¥158,272)

London, William Mackenzie , 1880. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated series describing the history and design features of the county seats, adorned with colour plates to each volume. A wonderfully illustrated series exploring the county seats of noblemen and gentlemen of Great B...

Under the Pole Star: The Oxford University Arctic Expedition 1935-1936

A. R. Glen; N. A. C. Croft · 1937 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, Methuen Publishers, 1937. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this travel account of the Oxford University expedition to the Polar regions of 1935 to 1936. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, forty-seven plates, seventeen maps, four diagrams in t...

Kong Georg I Prins Af Danmark

Walter Christmas · 1913 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Copenhagen, Nordisk Forlag, 1913. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this scarce memorial to King George I, Prince of Denmark, in the original Danish. Danish. First edition. Scarce work. Illustrated with four colour plates and many in-text and full-page black-and-white i...

Across England in a Dog-Cart: From London to St. David&Apos;S and Back

James John Hissey · 1891 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.56 | $50.21 | ¥8,019)

London, Richard Bentley and Son, 1891. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated travel guide across England in a Dog-Cart. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, fifteen plates, and a fold out map to the rear. Collated complete. A chronicle of a...

Bankers, Bones & Beetles: The First Century of the American Museum of Natural History

Geoffrey Hellman · 1969 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

New York, The Natural History Press, 1969. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated work on the American Museum of Natural History, with the compliments of the author. First edition. With a tipped in typed card which reads "With the compliments of Geoffr...

History of the Names of Men, Nations, and Places. In Their Connection with the Progress of Civilization.

Eusebius Salverte; Rev L. H. Mordacque [Trans] · 1862 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.83 | $191.60 | ¥30,599)

London, John Russell Smith, 1862-4. First edition. Cloth. The first UK translated edition of Salverte's interesting history of civilisation, in two volumes. The first translated edition.An uncommon work.  A two volume, complete set. In the publisher's original clo...