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Lives of Eminent Anglo-Saxons

1850 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, The Religious Tract Society, [1850]. Cloth. Biographies of eminent Anglo-Saxons forming a pocket sized early history of Great Britain. Containing a series of biographies from the sixth century in Britain, illustrative of the progress of religion and letters among the e...

Sketch of the Reformation in England

Rev. I. J. Blunt · 1838 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London , John Murray , 1838. Cloth. A third, corrected edition of this history of the Reformation in England. A third, corrected edition. Sketch of the Reformation in England is written by the Rev. I. J. Blunt and explores the fascinating and remarkable events of the reformat...

A History of the English-Speaking Peoples: The Birth of Britain

Winston S. Churchill · 1956 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, Cassell and Company, 1956. Cloth. A lovely copy of the first volume of Churchill's work on Britain and its former colonies. The first of four volumes on British history by Winston Churchill. Churchill offers a survey of British history from Caesar's invasion ...

The Duke of Reichstadt (Napoleon the Second)

Edward de Wertheimer · 1905 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London and New York, John Lane The Bodley Head; John Lane Company, 1905 . Cloth. The first English translation of this biography of Napoleon II with many illustrations. First English translation of The Duke of Reichstadt (Napoleon the Second) by Edward de Wertheimer in the ori...

Let Us Understand Russia

Olga Svir · 1965 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

New York, All-Slavic Publishing House, 1965. First edition. Cloth. This uncommon volume provides an incisive record of Russian rulers between the ninth and twentieth centuries. Comprised of thirty three chapters, Olga Svir's work offers a concise outline of Russian rulers...

A History of the Bristol Royal Infirmary

G. Munro Smith · 1917 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

Bristol, J. W. Arrowsmith Ltd. 1917. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this uncommon history of Bristol Royal Infirmary, with numerous illustrations. The first edition of this uncommon work in the publisher's original cloth binding. Ink inscription to the fron...

Campaigns of King William and the Duke of Marlborough

Brigadier-General Richard Kane · 1747 · Rooke Books

£1,975.00 (€2,367.69 | $2,609.69 | ¥416,783)

London, J. Millan, 1747 . Leather. The very scarce second edition of Brigadier General Richard Kane's illustrated account of the military campaigns of King William III. The second edition of this very scarce work. It was first published in 1745 under the title 'Campa...

Ancestral Stories and Traditions of Great Families Illustrative of English History

John Timbs · 1869 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London, Griffith and Farran, 1869. First edition. Leather. A Bayntun bound first edition of this fascinating history of English families and ancestral homes. Exploring English social history through a study of English families and their ancestral homes and traditions. Featurin...

Letters of Travel

Rudyard Kipling · 1920 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1920. First edition. Cloth. A bright copy of this first edition travel journal from Rudyard Kipling's experiences in America, Canada, and Egypt. The first edition, first impression of this work.Containing a series of letters from celebrated autho...

South with Scott

Rear-Admiral E. R. G. R. Evans · 1921 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, Collins' Clear-Type Press, 1921. Leather. A very neat early edition of this exciting account of expeditions to the South Pole. Early edition. With a portrait frontispiece. Includes a fold-out map to illustrate journeys of the Western Geological Parties. An account...

The Second World War by Winston S. Churchill

Sir Winston S. Churchill · 1949 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Cassell, 1949-1967. Cloth. Three volumes of memoirs from Sir Winston Churchill that cover the period over the Second World War. Three volumes. The memoirs of Sir Winston Churchill a British statesman, soldier, and writer who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingd...

Programme of Ceremonies at the Opening of the Sennar Dam

None · 1926 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

None, None, 1926. Cloth. An original booklet detailing the programme of events at the opening of the Sennar Dam in Sudan. Scarce work. The original booklet issued to F. Newhouse in January of 1926 detailing the order of events and arrangements for the opening ceremony of the S...

Catalogue of the Library of John Dobson, Esq. , of Richmond

Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge · 1889 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, Dryden Press: J. Davy and Sons, 1889 . Leather. A very scarce catalogue from 1889 from a Sotheby auction rebound in leather. Catalogue of the Library of John Dobson, Esq. of Richmond, (Formerly of Manchester) consisting of early and rare theology, an extensive and valu...

A Complete History of England, by Question and Answer, from the Invasion of Julius Caesar, to the Beginning of the Year 1788. Extracted from the Most Celebrated English Historians, Particularly Rapin, Tindal, Hume, and Smollet; and Calculated for the Instruction and Entertainment of the Youth of Both Sexes

Anonymous · 1788 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

London, S. Crowder, 1788. Leather. A scarce history of England comprising of a series of thoughtful questions and answers that span the history of the country, illustrated throughout. The fourth edition of this scarce work.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and ten plates.ESTC c...

Historical Record of the Twenty-Sixth or Cameronian Regiment

Thomas Carter [Ed.] · 1867 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Byfield, Stanford, & Co., 1867. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this scarce work on the Cameronian Regiment of the Scots Army. With three colour plates A first edition of this scarce work on the Cameronian Regiment of the Scots Army. With three colour plates, ...

The History of England from the Accession of James the Second

Lord Macaulay · 1883 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, Longmans, Green, Reader, & Dyer , 1883. Cloth. A complete, two-volume, new edition of Lord Macaulay's famous 'History of England&apos. A scarce new edition, complete in two volumes. Uniformly bound in the publisher's original full cloth binding. Lord Mac...

London Past and Present

Malcolm C. Salaman; Charles Holme [ed.] · 1916 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, The Studio, 1916. First edition. Leather. The first edition of Malcolm C. Salaman and Charles Holme's pictorial history of London in a smart full morocco binding. The first edition of this work.Illustrated with eight coloured plates, two folding plates, a double p...

A Vertebrate Fauna of Argyll and the Inner Hebrides

John Alexander Harvie-Brown; Thomas Edward Buckley · 1892 · Rooke Books

£245.00 (€293.71 | $323.73 | ¥51,702)

Edinburgh, David Douglas, 1892. First edition. Cloth. An interesting work about the animals of Argyll and the Inner Hebrides. With 15 illustrations and a colour folding map. A fascinating work about the animals of Argyll and the Inner Hebrides by naturalists John Alexander Har...

The Romance of the Last Crusade with Allenby to Jerusalem

Vivian Gilbert · 1925 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

New York, D. Appleton and Company, 1925. Cloth. An account of General Allenby's campaign in Jerusalem during the First World War, in the scarce dustwrapper. A 1925 edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original scarce and unclipped ...

London Gunners the Story of the H.A. C Siege Battery in Action

W. R. Kingham · 1919 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.56 | $50.21 | ¥8,019)

London , Methuen & Co , 1919. First edition. Cloth. A fascinating military history, in its first edition and with folding maps and plates. A first edition copy of this military history telling the story of the London Gunners and of the H.A.C Siege Battery in Action during the ...