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War No. 96 the Road to Rangoon

None · 1945 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, Army Bureau of Current Affairs, 1945. Brochure/Pamphlet. A scarce issue of War, a fortnightly pamphlet for authorised personnel. Scarce work. Illustrated with three maps. A fortnightly pamphlet issued to the British Army during the Second World War to promote discussio...

Shaw on Stalin

George Bernard Shaw · 1941 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, The Russia Today Society, 1941. First edition. Paperback. A scarce first edition pamphlet by George Bernard Shaw in which he supports the ideals and actions of Joseph Stalin. The first edition of this scarce work, this edition limited to 100,000 copies.A fascinating pa...

Queen Charlotte&Apos;S Letter to King George IV

Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel · 1820 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, Limbird, 1820. Brochure/Pamphlet. This published letter provides fascinating insight into the marriage of Queen Caroline and George IV in the early nineteenth century. This interesting letter Queen Caroline wrote to King George IV in 1820 provides insight into the coup...

The Liverpool Review: The First Fifty Years of the Diocese of Liverpool, 1880-1930: Vol. V, No. 7

Various; Rev. Dr. Charles Budden [ed.] · 1930 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Liverpool, The Liverpool Diocesan Publishing Co. 1930. Paperback. The very scarce Diocesan Jubilee number of The Liverpool Review, illustrated throughout, with a letter from the Diocesan publicity board. A very scarce work in the publisher's original paper wraps. Loosely ...

Les Eloges Des Hommes Scavans

M. De Thou, Antoine Teissier · 1696 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)

Utrecht, Francois Halma, 1696. Leather. Second revised editions of this collection of essays on learned men, in the original French. Complete in two volumes. In the original French.The second, revised edition. These volumes are collections of praise of learned men, with a su...

Un Vignoble Bordelais Aux Xviiith, Xixth Et Xxth Siecles Monographie Du Domaine de Ronillon a Loupiac (Gironde)

Georges Bord · 1924 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

Bordeaux, Revue Meridionale, 1924 . First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A first and very scarce history of the Rondillon Vineyard. A history of the Bordeaux vineyard of the Rondillon estate in Loupaic in the XVIII, XIX and XX centuries. The Rondillon estate create wines popular...

Letter of J P Kennedy to His Constituents, Citizens of the Fourth Congressional District in the State of Maryland, on the Principles and Value of the Protective System

John Pendleton Kennedy · 1842 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

Baltimore, Not Stated , 1842 . First edition. Disbound. A very scarce American Congressional Speech from John Pendleton Kennedy of Maryland The first and only edition of this work. A very scarce copy, rarely seen in commerce and only found institutionally in nine libraries inc...

Les Vies Des Hommes Illustres de Plutarque

Plutarch; Mr. Dacier · 1735 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)

Amsterdam, Zacharie Chatelain, 1735. Leather. A complete set of ten scarce volumes of the lives of illustrious men by Plutarch, with remarks and critiques from Mr. Dacier. French language. Complete set of ten volumes. French language. Scarce collection. Written by Plutarch, a ...

Good Old Somersets: An &Apos;Old Contemptible&Apos; Battalion in 1914

Brian Gillard · 2004 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

Leicester, Matador, 2004. Paperback. A scarce work on the 1st Battalion Somerset Light Infantry from August to December of 1914. Scarce work. Illustrated with twenty-two figures and nine maps both in-text and full-page. A detailed account of the actions taken by the 1st Battal...

The Popish Damnable Plot Against Our Religion and Libertes Fairly Laid Open Discover"D in the Breviats of Threescore and Four Letters and Papers of Intelligence Past Betwixt the Pope, Duke of York, Cardinal Norfolk, Cardinal Cibo, Cardinal Barbarina, Nuntio and Internuncio for the Pope in Italy, France and Flanders, and the Lord Arundel, Mr. Coleman, Mr. Cooke, Mr. Conne. And Also the Said Mr. Coleman, Albany, Sr. German, Lybourn, Sheldon, Throgmorton, and Several Others. As They Were Drawn Up b

[Ezerel Tonge]; [Israel Tonge] · 1680 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)

London, R. Janeway, 1680. Disbound. A very scarce contemporary pamphlet, condemning the fictitious Popish Plot and those involved. Very scarce.ESTC citation number R28265. This is the variant with 'Sr. Germain's' to page 6 line 13, and 'French Kings' t...

An Introduction to the Hanuman Dhoka

Institute of Nepal and Asian Studies · 1975 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Nepal, Institute of Nepal and Asian Studies , 1975. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A first edition copy of this introduction to The Hanuman Dhoka. A scarce pamphlet published by the Institute of Nepal and Asian Studies based at the Tribhuvan University in Nepal. A first ed...

Colours of War: War Art 1939-45

Alan Ross; Kenneth Clark · 1983 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1983 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Alan Ross's study of the art of the Second World War, in the original dust wrapper. First edition of Colours of War: War Art 1939-45 by Alan Ross in the original publisher's cloth binding and un...

Bishop Burnet&Apos;S History of His Own Time

Gilbert Burnet · 1725 · Rooke Books

£490.00 (€587.43 | $647.47 | ¥103,404)

London, Company of Booksellers, 1725-34. Leather. An early revised edition of Gilbert Burnet's influential history, reflecting on events of historical importance during his life, an illustrated set of six volumes. Complete in six volume.ESTC citation number T14875.Volumes...

The History of the Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert&Apos;S) 1919-1945

George Molesworth · 1951 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

Somerset, Regimental Committee, 1951. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of his interesting volume covering the history of the Somerset Light Infantry between 1919 and 1945. With six plates, and thirty folding maps. A first edition of his interesting volume covering the his...

The Historical Register, Containing an Impartial Relation of All Transactions, Foreign and Domestick. With a Chronological Diary of All the Remarkable Occurrences, Viz. Births, Marriages, Deaths, Removals, Promotions, &C. That Happen&Apos;D in This Year

1722 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London, H. Meere, 1722-24. Leather. Two detailed volumes of 'Historical Register', noting all of the important events from the years 1722 and 1724. ETSC citation number T154299 and T154302.Two volumes of 'The Historical Register', for the years 1722 and 172...

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...