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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 ...

History of the 17th (Northern) Division

A. Hilliard Atteridge · 1929 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

Glasgow , Robert Maclehose & Co, 1929. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of the history of 17th Northern Division, with maps. This is an extensive first edition account of the history of the 17th Northern Division which was an infantry division in the British Army, a ...

A Chronicle of England B.C. 55 - A.D. 1485

James E. Doyle · 1864 · Rooke Books

£875.00 (€1,048.98 | $1,156.19 | ¥184,651)

London, Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green. 1864 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of John Doyle's beautifully illustrated history of England in leather binding. First edition of A Chronicle of England B.C. 55 - A.D. 1485 by James E. Doyle in full morocco...

British Antiquities Revived or a Friendly Contest Touching the Soveraignty of the Three Princes of Wales

Robert Vaughan · 1834 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Bala, The Cambrian Press, 1834. Cloth. A 19th century reproduction of the 17th century work concerning the controversy of the primogeniture of the sons of Roderic The Great. A 19th century reproduction of this 17th century work, in the publisher's original cloth binding. ...

History of the 91st Princess Louise&Apos;S Argyllshire Highlanders

Lieut-Col. Percy Groves · 1894 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)

Edinburgh and London, W. & A.K. Johnston, 1894. First edition. Fine Binding. A limited edition copy of this illustrated history of the 91st Princess Louise's Argyllshire Highlanders, beautifully bound in half calf by Bickers & Son and previously owned by Sir William Bass....

History & Campaigns of the Rifle Brigade, Part II: 1809-1813

Colonel Willoughby Verner · 1919 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, John Bale, Sons, 1919. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the second volume of Colonel Willoughby Verner's illustrated history of the Rifle Brigade. The second volume of a two volume work, with this volume covering the history of the Rifle Brigade between ...