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Fifty Amazing Stories of the Great War

Wilfrid Ewart; Sir Philip Gibbs; George Brame; et al. · 1936 · Rooke Books

£46.00 (€55.15 | $60.78 | ¥9,707)

London, Odhams Press Ltd. 1936. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of this illustrated anthology of stories from the First World War. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding. A compelling collection of stories from a variety ...

Boer War Operations in South Africa 1899-1901: Extracts from the Reports of Captain S L&Apos;H Slocum and Captain Carl Reichmann

Captain S. L. 'H Slocum; Captain Carl Reichmann · 1987 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

Mellville, Scripta Africana, 1987. Cloth. A limited edition copy of the facsimile reproduction of this fascinating work on the Boer War in South Africa, with the original slipcase. No. 583 of 1000 limited edition copies of this work in the publisher's original leatherette...

Scenery of the Rhine, Belgium and Holland

Capt. Batty · 1826 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)

London, Robert Jennings, 1826 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Batty's collection of sixty engravings illustrating the Rhine, Belgium and Holland. The first edition of this work.Collated, lacking the frontispiece, but retaining all ...

Moscow Tram Stop: A Doctor&Apos;S Experiments with the German Spearhead in Russia

Dr. Heinrich Haape · 1957 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, Collins, 1957. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this historic account of the Second World War from the viewpoint of Dr. Heinrich Haape. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and sixteen images across ten plates. Collated complete. Dr. Haape'...

The German Spy System from Within

Ex-Intelligence Officer · 1914 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1914. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce first edition of this exciting investigation into the German spy system at the start of the First World War. First edition. Very scarce. A detailed work exploring the spy system in Germany at the start...

Manuale Medicaminum Simplicium Et Commistorum Formulas Continens: In Usum Valetudinarii Bristoliensis Accommodatum

1816 · Rooke Books

£600.00 (€719.30 | $792.82 | ¥126,618)

Bristoliae [Bristol], J. Evans, 1816 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of this very scarce 'materia medica' adapted specifically for the use of Bristolian hospitals. In the original Latin.The very scarce first edition of this medical work, in which pharmaco...

Russia (the Old Regime) 1903-1919 "Personal Recollections" of Madame Olga de Smolianinoff

Madame Olga de Smolianinoff; Madame Honora Bozka · 1935 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

New York , H. C. Brewer Check Company , 1935. Cloth. A very scarce copy of this detailed collection of personal anecdotes of Russia from 1903 to 1919, with illustrations. Very scarce work. Illustrated with twenty-four images. Collated complete. A detailed account of the author...

A Sketch of the Political History of Persia, Iraq and Arabia, with Special Reference to the Present Campaign

A. T. Wilson [attributed] · 1917 · Rooke Books

£7,950.00 (€9,530.72 | $10,504.82 | ¥1,677,685)

Calcutta, Superintendent Government Printing, 1917. Cloth. A scarce copy of this important guide prepared for the Indian Expeditionary Force "D" providing an account of the political and historical context of the British Mesopotamian campaign of the First World War. Scarce wor...

The New Playground, or, Wanderings in Algeria

Alexander A. Knox · 1883 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Kegan Paul, Trench & Co, 1883. Cloth. An uncommon second edition of this exciting travel work by Alexander Knox, exploring Algeria. The second edition of this uncommon work.'The New Playground' is a vividly described travel guide for British people in the lat...

The Complete Works of W.H. Prescott, Edited with the Author"S Latest Corrections by John Foster Kirk

William Hickling Prescott; William Robertson; John Foster Kirk [ed.] · 1887 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.66 | $383.19 | ¥61,199)

London, George Routledge & Sons Ltd. 1887. Leather. The complete works of William H. Prescott, smartly bound by Bayntun in half calf. The complete twelve-volume set of this work in half calf bindings, bound by Bayntun for Charles Lauriat booksellers, with the binder"s stamp an...

Exploration of a Drowned Landscape: Archaeology and History of the Isles of Scilly

Charles Thomas · 1986 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, B. T. Batsford, 1986. First edition. Cloth. A lovely copy of this fascinating work on the archaeology and history of the Isles of Scilly. The first edition, second impression of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original price-clipped d...

The Prince and Stewart of Scotland and the Stewartry Lands in Ayrshire; the Prince of Wales in Ayrshire

Anonymous · 1926 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.78 | $244.45 | ¥39,040)

Not Stated, Not Stated, 1926 . Leather. Two very scarce 1926 works concerning Edward VIII's visit to Ayrshire when he was Prince of Wales, together in a half morocco signed binding. Two very scarce works bound together in a half calf signed binding from Maclehose.The firs...

The Wild Green Earth

Bernard Fergusson · 1946 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Collins, 1946. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this account of the author's second expedition across the River Chindwin, with maps. First edition. Illustrated with frontispiece and four maps. Collated complete. The author's own account of leadi...

Bacon&Apos;S New Map of London and Illustrated Guide

G. W. Bacon & Co · 0 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.81 | $211.42 | ¥33,765)

London, G. W. Bacon & Co , c1920. Cloth. A unique illustrated guide to London produced by G. W. Bacon & Co, with illustrated advertisements and a large scale hand coloured map of London. Illustrated with monochrome illustrated advertisements, a double page map of London depict...

Life in the Far West, or, a Detective&Apos;S Thrilling Adventures Among the Indians and Outlaws of Montana

C. H. Simpson · 1896 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

Chicago, Rhodes & McClure, 1896 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of C. H. Simpson's thrilling Western novel, set in rural Montana, and illustrated throughout. The first edition of this work.Illustrated with thirty-five illustrated plates. Collated, complete.A thr...

Miscellaneous Works of the Late Philip Dormer Stanhope

Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield · 1777 · Rooke Books

£220.00 (€263.74 | $290.70 | ¥46,427)

Dublin, W. Watson; Whitestone; Sleater et al,, 1777 . First edition. Leather. The first Dublin edition of Philip Dormer Stanhope's miscellaneous writings, published shortly after his popular 'Letters' were published. The three volume first Dublin edition of this...

Rochdale Jubilee a Record of Fifty Years Municipal Work 1856 - 1906

Lt Colonel (Alderman) Fishwick [ed] · 1906 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

Manchester , George Falkner & Sons, 1906 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of this historical account of municipal work collected for the Rochdale Jubilee and edited by Henry Fishwick. The first edition. Very scarce.Bound in quarter straight grain morocco. Illustra...

Cripplegate One of the Twenty-Six Wards of the City of London

Sir John James Baddeley · 1921 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Not stated , Printed For Private Circulation , 1921. First edition. Cloth. The history of London's city walls and Cripplegate. The first edition.Very scarce. In the original publisher's cloth. This work explores the history of the Ward of Cripplegate, considered one...

Records of Old Times: Historical, Social, Political, Sporting, and Agricultural

J. K. Fowler · 1898 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.83 | $191.60 | ¥30,599)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1898. Cloth. A very smart limited large paper edition copy of this historical and topographical study from Fowler. Limited to seventy-five copies, one which this is number forty-three. Illustrated with frontispiece and eight illustrations across seven ...

The Last Days of Charles II

Raymond Crawfurd · 1909 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

Oxford, The Clarendon Press, 1909 . First edition. Cloth. A vanishingly scarce first edition of this historical depiction of the last days of Charles II's reign. First edition, in the publisher's original red cloth binding. Very scarce. Written by Sir Raymond Crawfur...