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Julia Brewster; Edouard Rod · 1898 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

Paris, Didier; Perrin Et Co , 1898. First edition. Paperback. A fine, first edition copy of Julia Brewster's journal which was printed posthumously. In the original French. Comprising 166 journal entries total. This work contains Brewster's meditations. She was a pro...

Texfake: An Account of the Theft and Forgery of Early Texas Printed Documents

W Thomas Taylor · 1991 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.75 | $58.14 | ¥9,285)

Austin, W Thomas Taylor, 1991. First edition. Cloth. A lovely copy of W Thomas Taylor's work on the history of theft and forgery in Texas, with an introduction by Larry McMurtry. This historic work by W Thomas Taylor details the history of theft and forgery in early Texas...

A Detection of the Love-Letters Lately Attributed in Hugh Campbell&Apos;S Work to Mary Queen of Scots

[George Chalmers] · 1825 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.84 | $178.38 | ¥28,489)

London, John Murray, 1825. Paperback. George Chalmers' very scarce pamphlet attacking Hugh Campbell for passing off fictitious letters between Mary Queen of Scots and Bothwell as real. A very scarce pamphlet.George Chalmers' exposure of Hugh Campbell's plagiaris...

The British Expedition to the Crimea

W. H. Russell · 1858 · Rooke Books

£700.00 (€839.18 | $924.95 | ¥147,721)

London, G. Routledge & Co, 1858. First edition. Leather. The first edition thus of this important source regarding the Crimean War, with illustrations and folding plates. The first edition of this largely expanded work under this title. In 1856 a work with mostly the same cont...

The Gypsy&Apos;S Parson: His Experiences and Adventures

Rev. George Hall · 1915 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Sampson Low, Marston & Co, 1915. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this account of Gypsy life across the United Kingdom. A first edition of this work, illustrated with contemporary photographs.The work of The Reverend George Hall (1863-1918), rector of the paris...

The Jordan and Its Valley, and the Dead Sea

[William Henry Davenport Adams] · 1871 · Rooke Books

£39.00 (€46.75 | $51.53 | ¥8,230)

London, T. Nelson and Sons, 1871. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this charming illustrated account of the Jordan River and Dead Sea. The scarce first edition of this work.A vivid exploration of the Jordan River and the Dead Sea, a concise but charming travel...

From a Hermitage

Patrick Pearse · 1915 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)

Dublin, Irish Freedom Office, 1915. Brochure/Pamphlet. A pamphlet of Patrick Pearse's important articles debating the subject of Irish freedom, a very scarce work published the year before Easter Rising. The very scarce second edition of this work.A pamphlet containing ar...

New and Popular History of England

Robert Ferguson · 1850 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, John Cassell, 1850. Leather. Four volumes of Ferguson's history of England bound together in a single leather-bound volume. A charming pocket-sized history of England. This work begins with the subjugation of Britain by Julius Caesar, following through the Norman ...

An Account of the Preservation of King Charles II

Charles II · 1801 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

Edinburgh, Archibald Constable, 1801. Leather. A new edition of Charles II's account of the Restoration period in English history, an important work illustrated with a frontispiece. A new edition of this work.King Charles II's account of his restoration to the throne...

London to Ladysmith Via Pretoria

Winston Churchill · 1900 · Rooke Books

£700.00 (€839.18 | $924.95 | ¥147,721)

London, Longmans, Green and Co, 1900. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Winston Churchill's volume recounting his personal experiences during the Second Boer War, illustrated with folding maps. The first edition of this work.Half-title is present.Illustrated with...

A Brief and True Report Concerning Williamsburg in Virginia

Rutherfoord Goodwin · 1980 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

Virginia, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation; August and Charles Dietz, 1980. Leather. A near fine 1980 facsimile of this original 1780 work on the history of Williamsburg, Virginia, illustrated with plates and folding plates. A facsimile reprint of the third edition of this...

Stepping Stones to the South Pole

J R Nichol · 1948 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, Angus and Robertson, 1948. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition copy of this survey regarding the Antarctic. Uncommon in such a smart condition.Cited to the flyleaf as being 'this is the complete story of the quest for the South Pole, of the men who ha...

Appearances: Fashion Photography Since 1945

Martin Harrison · 1991 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, Jonathan Cape , 1991. First edition. Cloth. An exciting first edition on the development of post-war fashion by Martin Harrison,, with plenty of photographs. The first edition of this work by Martin Harrison. A very charming volume on the development of post-war fashi...

Seuil L&Apos;Antarctique Croisiere Du "Bougainville" Aux Iles Des Manchots Et Des ãƒâ‰Lãƒâ©Phants de Mer

D René Jeannel · 1941 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

Paris, Éditions du Muséum; Presses Universitaires de France , 1941. First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this uncommon illustrated volume, following the "Bougainville" cruise to the French Periantarctic Islands, illustrated. The first edition of this uncommon work,...

La Colonne de la Grande Armee D&Apos;Austerlitz, Ou de la Victoire, Monument Triomphal Eleve a la Gloire de la Grande Armee Par Napoleon

None · 1871 · Rooke Books

£390.00 (€467.54 | $515.33 | ¥82,302)

Paris, Depot de l'Atlas Geographique, c1833. Cloth. A French engravings study of the commemorate column for the Battle of Austerlitz. In the original French.An artistic account of the Vendome Column, built to commemorate the Battle of Austerlitz. The column was torn down...

The Journal of Rochfort Maguire 1852-1854

Rochfort Maguire, John Bockstoce [ed.] · 1988 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London, The Hakluyt Society , 1988. Cloth. A marvellous set complete in two volumes reporting the journal of Rochfort Maguire on the expedition to Alaska from 1852 to 1854 in the search for John Franklin. Illustrated. The reissue of Rochfort Maguire's journal on his exped...

A Vertebrate Fauna of Lakeland

H. A. Macpherson; R. S. Ferguson · 1892 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

Edinburgh, David Douglas, 1892. First edition. Leather. A leather bound first edition of Macpherson's beautifully illustrated guide to the fauna of the Lake District. The first edition of this work.An exploration of the fauna common in Cumberland and Westmorland, the area...

Present-Day Japan

Augusta M. Campbell Davidson · 1904 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1904. First edition. Cloth. An illustrated first edition early twentieth century travel work on the wonders of Japan. The first edition of this work.A fantasising travel work on Japan at the turn of the century, following the author as she travelled fo...

The Curse of Central Africa

Guy Burrows; Edgar Canisius · 1903 · Rooke Books

£600.00 (€719.30 | $792.82 | ¥126,618)

London, R. A. Everett & Co. LTD, 1903. First edition. Cloth. A lovely copy of Guy Burrows' treatise on the issues faced by Central Africa, including the terror of Leopold II, to whom the work is dedicated. The first edition, fourth impression, of this work.Illustrated wit...

The Uganda Protectorate

Harry Johnston · 1902 · Rooke Books

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

New York, Dodd, Mead, & Company, 1902. First edition. Cloth. Harry Johnston's extensive study on Uganda, its history and people, illustrated in colour throughout with folding maps. The first U.S. edition of this work, published in the same year as the U.K. first, printed ...