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Handbook for Justices of the Peace in Ireland Under the New Summary Jurisdiction, Petty Sessions&Apos;, and Collection of Fines and Penalties&Apos; Acts, 14 & 15 Victoria, to Which Is Added the New Law, Under Lord Campbell&Apos;S Acts, for the Better Prevention of Offences, and Administration of Justice in Criminal Cases, 14 & 15 Victoria, Caps. 19 & 100 with an Appendix, Containing the New Law of Evidence, Under 14 & 15 Vict. , Cap. 99, Etc. And a Copious Analytical Index

1852 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

Dublin, V. Delany and Son, 1852. First edition. Cloth. Very scarce first edition of this book concerning Irish jurisdiction in the original cloth binding. The first edition of this work, a very scarce volume. Containing a handbook of the jurisdiction of justices of the peace i...

The Providence Plantations for Two Hundred and Fifty Years. An Historical Review of the Foundation, Rise and Progress of the City of Providence.

Welcome Arnold Greene · 1886 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

Providence, J. A. & R. A. Reid, Publishers and Printers, 1886 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated historical review on the 250th anniversary of the settlement in Providence. First edition of The Providence Plantations for Two Hundred and Fifty Years. ...

Manchoukuo, Jewel of Asia

D. M. B. Collier; Lt.-Col. C. L'E. Malone · 1963 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, George Allen & Unwin, 1963 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of D. M. B. Collier and C. l'Eestrange Malone's study of the history of Manchuokuo, or, the State of Manchuria, in the early twenty first century. Discussing the early foreign influences of ...

The Gild Merchant a Contribution to British Municipal History

Charles Gross · 1967 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

Oxford, Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1967. Cloth. A lovely modern reprint of this important Victorian study on British municipal history, uncommon to see in the original dust wrappers. Complete in two volumes.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.A reprint of this important...

The Island Race

Timothy Baker; Winston Churchill · 1964 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Cassell & Co. 1964. Cloth. The first edition of this colourfully illustrated an abridgment on Sir Winston Churchill's four volume history of Britain and its former colonies. The Island Race is an abridgement by Timothy Baker of the four volumes of A History of the...

Decoration Tibetaine

Jecques Bacot · 1914 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

Paris, Librairie des Arts Decoratifs; A. Calavas, c1927 . Cloth. Illustrated with a number of plates, six of which are in colour, this is a bright early twentieth century study of Tibetan artworks. In the original French, with an introductory essay by Jacques Batot.A fascinati...

The Eagle Ironworks Oxford the Story of W. Lucy and Company Limited

P. W. S. Andrews; Elizabeth Brunner · 1965 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London , Mills & Boon, 1965. First edition. Hardback. A lovely first edition copy of this history of W. Lucy and Company, with a typed letter from the company and many illustrations. A first edition copy of this work. This volume is the history of W. Lucy & Co, which is an im...

English Poor Law History: Part II: The Last Hundred Years

Sidney Webb; Beatrice Webb · 1929 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

Great Britain, Private Subscription Edition, 1929. Cloth. A signed limited edition work on economics and the English Poor Laws, a brilliant work by the couple Sidney and Beatrice Webb, signed by both authors. A limited edition, limited to four hundred numbered copies from 51 t...

Current Affairs No. 41 Germany&Apos;S New Order

Dr. R. Aris · 1943 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London , Army Bureau of Current Affairs, 1943. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. An interesting and restricted pamphlet on Germany's New Orders issued by the Army Bureau of Current Affairs. A deeply interesting pamphlet published by the Army Bureau of Current Affairs on G...

El Alamein to the River Sangro

Field Marshal The Viscount Montgomery of Alamein · 1942 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, Hutchinson & Co. c1948. Cloth. Account of wartime operations during the Second World War by Bernard Law Montgomery of Alamein, a bright copy. Telling of the eighth army's operations in the Mediterranean, from El Alamein in 1942, to the Sangro River in Italy in 194...

With the Flag to Pretoria: A History of the Boer War of 1899-1900

H. W. Wilson · 1900 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London, Harmsworth Brothers, Limited, 1900-1901. First edition. Cloth. Two volumes in the first edition of H. W. Wilson's history of the Boer War written very soon after the events had taken place. First editions of the first two volumes of H. W. Wilson's history of ...

The O&Apos;Donoghue

Charles Lever · 1845 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

Dublin, William Curry, Jun. And Company. 1845 . First edition. Leather. A first edition in leather binding of Charles Lever's Irish Literature novel. First edition, first impression, in half calf binding of The O'Donoghue by Charles Lever with illustrations.The O&ap...

L&Apos;Antisemitismo E le Scienze Moderne

Cesare Lombroso · 1894 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

Torino-Roma , L. Roux e C. 1894. First edition. Paperback. First edition of this Cesare Lombroso's nineteenth century study into antisemitism, a scarce work. The first edition of this work, in the original Italian. A scarce work. Cesare Lombroso's study into antisemi...

The History of Maidstone

J.M. Russell · 1881 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.87 | $151.96 | ¥24,268)

Maidstone, William S. Vivish, 1881. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this work on the history of Maidstone, the largest town in Kent county, illustrated throughout. A fascinating nineteenth-century work on the history of Maidstone, the largest town in Kent, England...

The Life and Times of Francis the First, King of France

James Bacon · 1830 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, Edward Bull, 1830. Leather. A complete two-volume second edition of the scarce biography of King Francis I of France by James Bacon. A biography of Francis I of France, King of the country from 1515 until his death in 1547. A study of his life and times, with insight i...

History of Brighthelmston or Brighton As I View It and Others Knew It, with a Chronological Table of Local Events

John Ackerson Erredge · 1862 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.83 | $191.60 | ¥30,599)

Brighton , E. Lewis , 1862 . First edition. Leather. A very smartly bound book on the History of Brighton. This interesting book considers the history of Brighton. The book first considers the Romans in Brighton and the Norman Conquest and also details the history of Churches ...

John Blades Currey 1850-1900 Fifty Years in the Cape Colony

John Blades Currey; Phillida Brooke Simons [ed.] · 1986 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Houghton, The Brenthurst Press , 1986. First edition. Cloth. A splendid large paper, limited edition copy of John Blades Currey's memoirs of his experiences in South Africa, adorned with striking colour plates. Limited edition of this work, one of eight hundred and fifty ...

The Mint

T. E. Lawrence · 1955 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.66 | $383.19 | ¥61,199)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1955. First edition. Leather. A limited edition copy of T. E. Lawrence's autobiographical account on his time in the Royal Air Force, bound in quarter-leather on cloth boards. First Edition, Limited Edition, being No. 901 of two-thousand copies. Bo...

Romans Nationaux

Erckmann-Chatrian · 1875 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

Paris, J. Hetzel & Cie, 1875. Leather. A wonderfully illustrated collection of Erckmann-Chatrian's historical works, bound in a full-calf prized binding for Wimbledon School. Early 'Edition Illustree' by various different artists, including Riou, Fuchs, and Schu...

Article XI from the Edinburgh Review, Volume XXXII (Campaign of 1813)

1819 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

Edinburgh, Archibald & Constable , 1819. Leather. A handsomely bound copy of this article extract from 'The Edinburgh Review' offering a critique of works published about the 1813 Campaign in Saxony. A fascinating article extract from The Edinburgh Review, Volume XX...