Storia

Legends and Stories of Italy for Children

Amy Steedman · 1909 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, T. C. & E. C. Jack, 1909. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this charming work of legends and stories, exploring the historical tales of Italy, with a frontispiece and numerous colourful plates throughout. The first edition of the work. In publisher's ori...

Memoires Militaires Et Politiques Du General Lloyd

Henry Lloyd · 1801 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

Paris, Magimel, 1801 . First edition. Leather. Illustrated with folding maps, this is the first French language translation of Welsh soldier Henry Lloyd's 17th century discussion of his own life and of military strategy. The scarce first French language translation of Llo...

Cotswold Characters

John Drinkwater · 1921 · Rooke Books

£124.00 (€148.66 | $163.85 | ¥26,168)

New Haven, Yale University Press, 1921. First edition. Leather. A morocco-bound first edition copy of this series of Cotswold sketches by John Drinkwater. First edition. In a handsome binding of full crushed morocco, with raised bands and gilt detailing.John Drinkwater offers...

La Mort de la Reine (Les Suites de L&Apos;Affaire Du Collier)

Frantz Funck-Brentano · 1901 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

Paris, Librairie Hachette et Cie, 1901. Leather. A smartly bound history of the Diamond Necklace Affair following the death of Marie Antoinette, in the original French. French. Illustrated with a frontispiece, eight plates, and one in-text image. Collated complete. A detailed ...

The History of Torquay

J. T. White · 1878 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

Torquay, The "Directory" Office, 1878. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of this history of the seaside town of Torquay, with illustrations throughout. First edition. Scarce work. Illustrated with a frontispiece and fifteen plates, one of which is folding. Collated ...

Ilkley: Ancient & Modern

Rev. Robert Collyer; J. Horsfall Turner · 1885 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

Otley, Wm. Walker & Sons, Printers, &c. 1885. Cloth. A smart copy of this illustrated history of Ilkley, with chapters on geology, botany, fauna, and prehistoric remains. With eighty illustrations. A detailed history of Ilkley is a spa town and civil parish in the City of Brad...

Letters of Lady Rachel Russell; from the Manuscript in the Library at Woburn Abbey

Lady Rachel Russell · 1809 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, J. McCreery, 1809. Leather. The seventh edition of this collection of the correspondences of Lady Rachel Russell, with portraits. Seventh edition. With a portrait frontispiece of Lady Rachel Russell, one portrait plate of Lord William Russell, and one plate of the fami...

C. Iulii Caesaris Quae Extant. Ex Emendatione Ions. Scaligeri

C. Iulii Caesaris [Julius Caesar]; Ios. Scaligeri [Joseph Scaliger] · 1635 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€899.12 | $991.02 | ¥158,272)

Lugduni Batavorum , Ex Officina Elzeviriana , 1635 . First edition. Vellum. The important first Elzevir edition of the surviving works of Julius Caesar, written in Latin with the emendations of Joseph Scaliger. The first edition, first impression. Bound in full vellum.Register...

Thessaloniki 1913 + 1919

Yannis Constantinidis; Daniel Baud-Bovy. · 1989 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Macedonia, Folklife and Ethnological Museum, 1989. First edition. Paperback. A vanishingly scarce first edition, this work vividly documents a turning point in the city of Thessaloniki"s history (1912–1919) through Daniel Baud-Bovy"s evocative photography. In the publisher&ap...

Zwei Revolutionen

F. C. Dahlmann · 1853 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

Leipzig, Weidmannsche Buchhandlung, 1853. Leather. Two leather bound volumes of Dahlmann's histories of the English and French revolutions, in the original German. German. Complete in two volumes. A pair of histories of the English and French revolutions, which, though of...

Map of the Province of South Australia

Office of the Surveyor General; W. G. Harris [Compiler] · 1862 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€407.60 | $449.26 | ¥71,750)

London, R. K. Burt, 1862 . Disbound. A very scarce and very large folding map depicting the province of South Australia as is was in 1862, compiled from official surveys in the office of the Surveyor General. A large folding map of the Province of South Australia, 1862. Measur...

Life and Times of Sir Robert Peel

W. Cooke Taylor · 1846 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Peter Jackson, Late Fisher, Son, & Co. 1846. Leather. A smart collection of three volumes (of four) of W. Cooke Taylor"s early biography of Sir Robert Peel, chronicling the life and reforms of the influential British statesman, in a smart half-calf binding. Bound in ha...

The History and Survey of London and Its Environs

Lambert. B · 1806 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.47 | $594.61 | ¥94,963)

London, T. Hughes, 1806. First edition. Leather. The complete four volume first edition of Lambert's illustrated history of London and its surroundings, with this being a fantastic extra illustrated copy, in contemporary half calf bindings. The first edition.A heavily ext...

History of the United Parishes of St Giles-in-the Fields and St. George, Bloomsbury, Combining Strictures on Their Parochial Government, and a Variety of Information of Local and General Interest

Rowland Dobie · 1834 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.83 | $191.60 | ¥30,599)

London, Henry Bickers, 1834. Leather. A very scarce historical study of the parishes of St. Giles-in-the-Fields and St. George Bloomsbury, bound in half calf. The second edition.Illustrated with a folding plan frontispiece. A very scarce historical study of the parishes of St...

The Book of the Westminster Hospital Bazaar, May 1905

Various · 1905 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1905. Cloth. A very scarce copy of this publication promoting the opening of a bazaar for Westminster Hospital. A very scarce copy of this volume. In the original quarter cloth, with illustrated boards.This work provides details of a bazaar orga...

London Stories

John O'London [ed.] · 1911 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, Not Stated [T. C. & E. C. Jack], 1911. Leather. A complete two-volume illustrated collection of London sketches edited by "John O'London". This set offers a charming collection of London stories, edited by "John O'London", the pseudonym of British writer, edi...

Illustrating the Redecoration of the Chapel

Royal Naval College, Greenwich · 1955 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

Greenwich, Royal Naval College, 1955 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this commemoration of the post-war redecoration of the Royal Naval College Chapel at Greenwich, illustrated with colour plates. A scarce first edition.Originally designed by Sir Christophe...

Jews of Britain: A Series of Biographies

Paul H. Emden; Rev. James Parkes [foreward] · 1943 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Sampson Low, Marston & Co, 1943 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Paul H. Emden's vanishingly scarce collection of biographies of notable Jewish individuals throughout British history. The vanishingly scarce first edition, first impression.Published dur...

London Town: 48 Photogravures and Engravings with Descriptive Letterpress

0 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London, Printing-Craft, Limited , c1920. Cloth. A delightfully illustrated guide to London's monuments and sights, with numerous photogravures and engravings. A vanishingly scarce guide to London, offering a series of descriptions of points of interest, the majority of wh...

My Visit to the Metropolis of the World During the Coronation Year of His Majesty King Edward Viith

1902 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, Eyre and Spottiswoode , 1902. Cloth. A pleasing example of this early Edwardian London travelling diary, with a contemporary silver mechanical pencil. An uncommon souvenir book published in line with the Coronation of King Edward VII. In the original decorative cloth ...