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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...

Panorama de la Bataille de Waterloo

Louis Dumoulin · 1912 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

Bruxelles , E. Desaix, [1912]. Paperback. An oblong series of twelve panoramic illustrations of the battle of Waterloo by Louis Dumoulin. An uncommon work. The French publication of this souvenir of the Battle of Waterloo, containing a series of paintings by Louis Dumoulin, pa...

The Campaigns of Napoleon Bonaparte 1796-1797

Colonel G. J. Fiebeger · 1911 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

West Point, U. S. Military Academy Printing Office, 1911. First edition. Cloth. An informative work on the military campaigns of Napoleon Bonaparte, printed on behalf of the U. S. Military Academy, with six folding maps to the rear of text. First and only edition. Illustratio...

Au Couer de L&Apos;Afrique (1868-1871)

George Schweinfurth · 1877 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

Paris , Hachette, 1877. Vellum. a A fascinating memoir of the voyages of German botanist, George Schweinfurth, to Africa from 1868 to 1871. He accompanied German geographer Friedrich Rohlfs on this journey, and traveled to the Libyan Desert, Egypt, and the Arabian Desert. Tra...

A Cavalry Officer in the Corunna Campaign 1808-1809

Captain Gordon; Colonel H.C. Wylly · 1913 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, John Murray, 1913. First edition. Cloth. The journal of nineteenth-century British Cavalry Officer, Captain Alexander Gordon, complete with illustrations and a folding map. Presenting the detailed and compelling journal of nineteenth-century British cavalry officer, Ca...

The United Service Institution Record No. 7: The Twenty Sixth Annual Report of the Council

Anonymous · 1857 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, United Service Museum, 1857 . Brochure/Pamphlet. A very scarce pamphlet being the notes from the twenty-sixth annual meeting of the United Service Institution. Founded as the Naval and Military Museum in 1831 by the Duke of Wellington, this museum was established as a ...