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Our Wild Indians: Thirty-Three Years&Apos; Personal Experience Among the Red Men of the Great West

Colonel Richard Irving Dodge; General Sherman · 1882 · Rooke Books

£695.00 (€833.19 | $918.35 | ¥146,666)

Hartford, A. D. Worthington and Company ; et all, 1882. First edition. Leather. A smartly bound first edition copy of an interesting work on Native Americans by an influential colonel of the United States Army. The first edition. Smartly rebound in a modern quarter morocco bi...

A Catechism for the People, Pastor, and Preacher a Reproduction of the Edition Printed at Frankfort-on-Main, in 1553

W. Harry Rylands · 1892 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

Manchester, Holbein Society , 1892. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of a reproduction of the facsimile of the original German edition printed in Frankfort-on-Main. The first edition. Very scarce. A reproduction of A Catechism for the People, Pastor, and Preac...

Un Ete Dans le Sahara

Eugene Fromentin · 1857 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Paris, Michel Levy Freres, 1857. First edition. Leather. A first edition of Fromentin's detailed account of his travels across the Sahara desert, in the original French language. French language. First edition. A charming account of the author's travels through Alger...

On English Surnames As Seen in Groups

C. L. Lordan · 1879 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

London, Houlston & Sons, 1879. Cloth. A signed copy of C. L. Lordan's study on English surnames, with an alphabetical list of examples. The second edition of this work in the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Inscribed by the author to a 'Mr. Eglingt...

Accounts of the Trusts and Funded Property Belonging to Devonshire Monthly Meeting

1861 · Rooke Books

£34.00 (€40.76 | $44.93 | ¥7,175)

London , E. Newman, 1861. First edition. Cloth. Detailed financial accounts from the Devonshire monthly meeting. First edition. Very Scarce. This book is a comprehensive financial report of Devonshire House in 1861. The report was prepared by a committee on the monthly meeting...

Descobertas E Descobridores Diogo Cao

Luciano Cordeiro · 1892 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

Lisboa, Imprensa Nacional, 1892. Vellum. A very scarce Portuguese biography on the important explorer Diogo Cao, an illustrated volume by Luciano Cordeiro. A very scarce work.In the original Portuguese. A concise biography on the fifteenth century explorer Diogo Cao.Cao was o...

Cairo of to-Day: A Practical Guide to Cairo and the Nile

E. A. Reynolds-Ball · 1905 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Adam and Charles Black , 1905 . Cloth. The fourth edition of Eustace Reynolds-Ball's delightfully detailed guide to turn of the century Cairo. The fourth edition of this work, which was first published in 1898.Illustrated with a folding map in a pocket to the rear...

Chitral a Story of a Minor Siege.

Sir George S. Robertson · 1899 · Rooke Books

£96.00 (€115.09 | $126.85 | ¥20,259)

London, Methuen & Co. 1899. Cloth. An illustrated work on the siege at Chitral by Sir George S. Robertson, with a folding map and plans. The second edition of this work. In the publisher's original cloth with a gilt illustration of Chitral and gilt text. With thirty two...

The House of Cornewall

Cecil G. S.; Compton Reade · 1908 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)

Hereford, Jakeman and Carver, 1908. First edition. Leather. A scarce first edition of this work on the family history of the Cornewall family, with illustrations throughout. This work is in attractive half calf binding, with gilt detailing to the spine and bright marble boards...

Airshipwreck

Len Deighton; Arnold Schwartzman · 1978 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.43 | ¥10,129)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1978. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this tribute to airship travel in the twenties and thirties, with the original price-clipped dust wrapper. First edition. Illustrated throughout. A comprehensive historical commentary on air trave...

The Tyke

1926 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.31 | $786.21 | ¥125,563)

Leeds, Leeds University Union, 1926-59. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce to see set of eleven issues from the University of Leeds' rag magazine, all in their original wraps. Eleven issues of the University of Leeds' rag magazine, 'The Tyke&apos.A very sca...

This Is Jerusalem Twelve Miniatures in Color

Theodor F. Meysels · 0 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.56 | $50.21 | ¥8,019)

Tel Aviv, E. J. Herzfelder, c1950. First edition. Paperback. A charming selection of plates depicting Tel Aviv, with commentary by Theodor F. Meysels. In the original landscape portfolio. Disbound, as issued. With an introductory leaflet and twelve tipped in colour plates. Col...

Pirates Highwaymen and Adventurers

Eric Partridge [editor] · 1927 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, The Scholartis Press, 1927. Cloth. A smart early edition of this collection of adventure stories edited by Eric Partridge. Early edition. A collection of thirty-four adventure stories and commentaries on pirates, highwaymen, and explorers. This work includes: Shakespea...

A Collection of Modern Works on the Theme of Sex and Biology

Various · 1963 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London; New York, Asia Publishing House; Tavistok Publications; Andre Dutsch; Macmillan; Peter H. Wyden; Doubleday; Columbia University Press, 1963-1992. First edition. Cloth. A very smart and diverse collection of scientific works on sexual biology in humans and animals. Seve...

Some Passages of the Life and Death of the Right Honourable John Earl of Rochester

Gilbert Burnet; Lord Ronald Gower [ed.] · 1875 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London, Elliot Stock, 1875 . Leather. A late nineteenth century facsimile of a late seventeenth century biography of John, Earl of Rochester. Signed by the editor, Lord Ronald Gower. Inscribed by the editor to a front blank 'To the Rev. John D Hill, from Ronald Gower. 8.6...

Clare College Letters & Documents

J. R. Wardale · 1903 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

Cambridge, Macmillan & Bowes, 1903. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this scarce work on the history of Clare College through letters and documents, inscribed by the editor. The first edition of this scarce work in the publisher's original cloth binding. Insc...

The Dictionary of English History

Sidney J. Low; F. S. Pulling · 1884 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Cassell & Company, 1884 . Leather. A lovely copy of Sidney Low and F.S. Pulling's exhaustive dictionary of English history. A wonderfully detailed work, alphabetically arranged and running from the Treaty of Abbeville to Zululand. British journalist, historian, a...

An Inquiry, Historical and Critical, Into the Evidence Against Mary Queen of Scots

William Tytler · 1790 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, T. Cadell; W. Creech, 1790 . Leather. The two volume fourth edition of William Tytler's defence of Mary Queen of Scots. The two volume fourth edition of this work, first published in 1759.A Scottish lawyer and historical writer, Tytler's defence of Mary is po...

Elephants Arrive at Half-Past Five

Ilka Chase · 1964 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, WH Allen, 1964. First edition. Cloth. A bright first edition of this photo-safari through East Africa by Ilka Chase and Dr Norton Brown. The first edition of this work. By Ilka Chase, American actress, radio host, and novelist, and her husband Norton Brown. A fascinati...

Lettres de Madame de Sevigne, de Sa Famille, Et de Ses Amis

Madame de Sevigne · 1818 · Rooke Books

£650.00 (€779.24 | $858.88 | ¥137,169)

Paris, J. J. Blaise, 1818. Leather. An illustrated set of the letters of Madame de Sevigne, an important resource on French history in the seventeenth century. Nine volumes, of a total of ten, lacking Volume I.In the original French.A collection of the letters written from Mar...