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Charles Knight [ed.] · 1841 · Rooke Books

£149.00 (€178.63 | $196.88 | ¥31,443)

London, Charles Knight and Co. 1841-1844. First edition. Leather. The complete first edition of this heavily illustrated history of London by Charles Knight. First edition. Complete in six volumes. Uniformly bound in straight-grain morocco.Illustrated throughout the set with ...

Londoniana

Edward Walford · 1879 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Hurst and Blackett, Publishers , 1879. Cloth. A first edition two-volume collection of historical anecdotes and facts about London, from Edward Walford. The first edition. Complete in two volumes. In the original cloth bindings.  These volumes provide a charming seri...

Traits and Stories of Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese, Wine Office Court, Fleet Street

Thomas Wilson Reid [ed.] · 1882 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Beaufoy A. Moore , 1882. First edition. Paperback. The very scarce first edition of this charming record of Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese, an old London pub known for its literary patrons. A very scarce first edition of this British history.In the publisher's original s...

The Worshipful Company of Musicians

1905 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, Issued by the Livery Club of the Company for Private Circulation, 1905. Cloth. A scarce second edition of this illustrated commentary on the Worshipful Company of Musicians. Second edition, privately published. Very scarce work. With the original compliments of the Pre...

The Sovereign for 1841

Suttaby & Co · 1841 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, Suttaby & Co; Simpkin, Marshall & Co, 1841 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of the scarce 1841 edition of this illustrated almanac, in a handsome straight grain morocco binding with a pencil inserted in a special pocket. A delightful mid 19th century pocket ...

The Right Hon. Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield, K.G. , and His Times

Alexander Charles Ewald · 1882 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, William Mackenzie, 1882. Cloth. A four volume set exploring the life of former Prime Minister and influential Conservative politician, Benjamin Disraeli, illustrated throughout. Four volumes, lacking volume three. This work is complete in two volumes, but typically bou...

Egypt

R. Talbot Kelly · 1903 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.80 | $224.63 | ¥35,875)

London, Adam & Charles Black, 1903. Cloth. A lovely copy of R. Talbot Kelly's beautifully illustrated and descriptive account of Egypt in the late nineteenth century. The second edition. Published the year after the first.Bound in the publisher's bright blue decorati...

Testament to the Bushmen

Laurens van der Post; Jane Taylor · 1984 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

London, Viking, 1984. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this study of the Kalahari Bushmen from South African writers Laurens van der Post and Jane Taylor, signed by both authors. First edition. Signed and inscribed by both authors to the title page, dated 23...

Discovery II in the Antarctic

John Coleman-Cooke · 1963 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)

London, Odhams Press Ltd. 1963. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated account of the author's experiences on the Discovery II as part of a voyage to the Antarctic, with a handwritten letter signed by the author. First edition. With a handwritten ...

Uganda for a Holiday

Sir Frederick Treves · 1910 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Smith, Elder and Co. 1910. Cloth. A smart early impression of this illustrated travelogue from prominent British surgeon, Sir Frederick Treves. The second impression of this work. In the original cloth binding. Illustrated with photographs by the author in the form o...

The Roquefort Adventure

Henri Pourrat; Mary Mian [Translator] · 1955 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

Roquefort , Societe Anonyme des Caves, 1955 . First edition. Paperback. A smart limited edition, L"Aventure de Roquefort is Henri Pourrat"s celebration of the "king of cheeses", complete with striking colour plates. In the publisher's original paper vellum wraps, with fly...

The Whispering Land; Catch Me a Colobus; My Family and Other Animals

Gerald Durrell · 1961 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)

London, Rupert Hart-Davis; Collins; Heinemann/Octopus , 1961-1981 . First edition. Cloth. A pleasing trio of works by British naturalist Gerald Durrell, including his popular autobiography 'My Family and Other Animals&apos. Comprising the first editions of 'The Whisp...

Four Non-Fiction Works by John Buchan

John Buchan · 1928 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, Thomas Nelson and Sons LTD; Hodder and Stoughton LTD; Peter Davies, 1928-37. First edition. Cloth. A smart set of four first edition historical works by John Buchan, illustrated, including with a folding map. A set of four non-fiction works by John Buchan.This set pres...

The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Grecians, and Macedonians

M. Rollin [Charles Rollin] · 1826 · Rooke Books

£995.00 (€1,192.84 | $1,314.75 | ¥209,974)

London, Baynes and Son, 1826. Leather. A smartly bound sixteenth edition of Charles Rollin's noted historical study of the ancient world, bound in full calf. The sixteenth edition, revised and corrected and illustrated with nineteen new plates. A eight volume complete se...

Forty Years in a Moorland Parish: Reminiscences and Researches in Danby in Cleveland

Rev. J. C. Atkinson · 1891 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1891. Cloth. A special illustrated edition of this semi-autobiographical history of Danby, North Yorkshire. An illustrated edition, being the first with special full-page plates. In the original cloth binding. Collated, complete with illustrations a...

The Salisbury Guide; or, an Account, Historical and Descriptive, of the Objects of Interest in Salisbury and Its Neighbourhood

J. B. · 1848 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

Salisbury, W. B. Brodie and Co. 1848. Cloth. A very scarce historical guide to Salisbury, with engraved plates. First edition. A very scarce volume. Rebacked with the original cloth laid down.Illustrated with a frontispiece, three plates and numerous vignettes. Collated, comp...

Russia

D. Mackenzie Wallace · 1877 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London, Cassell Petter & Galpin, 1877. Cloth. The fifth edition of Donald Mackenzie Wallace's historical study of Russia, bound in the publisher's original decorative cloth. Complete in two volumes. Fifth edition. Each volume is illustrated with a colour folding map ...

Elements of Logick; or a Summary of the General Principles and Different Modes of Reasoning

Levi Hedge · 1831 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.84 | $178.38 | ¥28,489)

Boston, Hilliard, Gray, Little, and Wilkins, 1831. First edition. Leather. Levi Hedge's treatise on the philosophy of logic, bound in full calf. The stereotype edition. Bound in full contemporary calf. A treatise on the philosophy of logic from a professor in the field,...

Japan

David Murray · 1906 · Rooke Books

£149.00 (€178.63 | $196.88 | ¥31,443)

London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1906. Leather. A prize-bound copy of this historical account of Japan"s geography, people, and culture. Sixth edition. In full calf prize binding, with gilt dentelles. With the prize bookplate of Gillingham Grammer School to the front free endpaper.Th...

A Circumstantial Narrative of the Campaign in Russia

Eugene Labaume · 1814 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.42 | $654.07 | ¥104,460)

London, Samuel Leigh; W. Clowes, 1814. First edition. Leather. The first edition in English of this insightful description of Napoleon's invasion of Russia, illustrated with folding maps. The first edition in English.Illustrated with a folding map to the frontispiece, and...