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Life of Admiral Viscount Exmouth
Edward Osler · 1835 · Rooke Books
£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)
London, Smith, Elder & Co, 1835 . First edition. Leather. The illustrated first edition of this biography of the Royal Navy officer Admiral Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth. A first edition.This work is a biography of Edward Pellew, the first Viscount Exmouth. Pellew was a ...
A View of England Towards the Close of the Eighteenth Century
Fred. Aug. Wendeborn · 1791 · Rooke Books
£550.00 (€659.36 | $726.75 | ¥116,066)
London, G. G. J. and J. Robinson, 1791. First edition. Leather. The complete and very scarce two volume first edition of Wendeborn's English language translation of his discussion of England in the last decades of the 18th century. The very scarce first English language e...
A Letter to Sir William Garrow, His Majesty"S Attorneyãâ¢ãâãâGeneral, on His Proposed Bill for Regulating the Practice of Surgery Throughout the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
James Hamilton · 1818 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)
London, [The Pamphleteer], 1818 . Unbound. The very scarce second edition of James Hamilton's argument against Sir William Garrow's proposed bill to standardize surgical practices throughout the UK. The second edition of this very scarce work.First published the year...
Ask the Fellows Who Cut the Hay
George Ewart Evans · 2010 · Rooke Books
£290.00 (€347.66 | $383.19 | ¥61,199)
Suffolk, Full Circle Editions, 2010. First edition. Hardback. A very smart first illustrated edition of this important work on folklore from Welsh writer George Ewart Evans, signed by the author and illustrator. Originally published in 1956, this is the first edition with wate...
Le Livre En Italie: A Travers Les Siecles
Leo S. Olschki · 1914 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)
Florence, Imprimerie Juntine, 1914. Cloth. A smartly bound copy of this history of the book in Italy from the fifteenth to the nineteenth century, in the original Italian. Italian. With a colour frontispiece and eighty-six plates, two of which are in colour. Collated complete....
Witch Hill; Cowards: The True Story of the Men Who Refused to Fight
Marcus Sedgwick · 2001 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)
London, Orion ChildrenÂs Books; Hodder ChildrenÂs Books, 2001-2003. First edition. Paperback. Signed by the author, this two-volume set includes first editions, a haunting young adult novel with author illustrations, and a compelling nonfiction account of WWI conscientious o...
The Records of Woolwich District
W. T. Vincent · 1890 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)
Woolwich, J. P. Jackson; J. S. Vincent, [1890]. First edition. Leather. A historical account of Woolwich, being a collection of historical records collected and presented by William Thomas Vincent, bound in half calf. The first combined edition. Also published as a series of s...
Napoleon&Apos;S Invasion of Russia
Hereford B. George · 1899 · Rooke Books
£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)
London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1899. First edition. Cloth. A scarce history of Napoleon's invasion of Russia, complete with folding maps. First edition of this scarce work. In the publisher's original red cloth. Illustrated with a coloured map frontispiece and four furth...
The Social History of the People of the Southern Counties of England in Past Centuries; Illustrated in Regard to Their Habits, Municipal Bye-Laws, CIVIL Progress, Etc.
George Roberts · 1856 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)
London, Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts , 1856. First edition. Cloth. A fascinating social history of south England told through various archival records. First edition. In a full cloth library rebinding, with gilt text to the spine. This history of south England ...
Japan: Its Land, People and Culture
Japanese National Commission for Unesco · 1958 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)
Tokyo, Printing Bureau, Ministry of Finance , 1958. Cloth. A substantial guide to the history and culture of Japan from the Japanese National Commission for Unesco. First edition. In full cloth binding. Covering all aspects of Japanese life together with its geographical, hi...
William Shakespeare: A Documentary Life
S. Schoenbaum · 1975 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)
Oxford, The Clarendon Press, 1975. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Schoenbaum's definitive, document-based portrait of Shakespeare"s life, illustrated throughout with folding plates The first edition of this work.An in-depth chronological documentary presentati...
La Vie de Mon Pãâ¨Re
Restif de la Bretonne; Henri D'Almeras · 1910 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)
Paris, Louis Michaud , 1910 . Paperback. An illustrated edition of Restif de La Bretonne"s La vie de mon père, offering an annotated glimpse into 18th-century French life and morality. In the publisher's original pictorial paper wraps.This copy is undated. Dated here u...
1815 Waterloo
Henry Houssaye; Arthur Emile Mann [Translator], A. Euan-Smith [Editor] · 1900 · Rooke Books
£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)
London, Adam & Charles Black, 1900. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce, first English edition of Houssaye"s detailed chronicle of Waterloo, handsomely bound red cloth, and complete with three fold-out colour campaign maps. In the publisher's original red cloth binding wi...
The Wonderful Week
C. S. Forester · 1927 · Rooke Books
£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)
London, John Lane The Bodley Head, 1927 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this early novel from author C. S. Forester, an entertaining mystery that differs in tone and subject from his later and better-known works. The first edition, first impression.A thrilling mys...
The Vegetation of Nigeria: Descriptive Terms
Forest Department Nigeria · 1948 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)
Lagos, Government Printer, 1948 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce mid 20th century account of the forestry and vegetation of Nigeria, issued by the government, and with illustrations throughout. The first edition of this vanishingly scarce publication from the Forest Depar...
Annals of the Peninsular Campaigns
Thomas Hamilton; Frederick Hardman · 1849 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)
London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1849. Cloth. A smart new edition of this study of the Peninsular War, and the individual campaigns of different nations. New edition, revised and augmented. A detailed record of the events of the Peninsular War, fought in the Iberian Peninsu...
The Winchester Psalter
Francis Wormald · 1973 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)
London, Harvey Miller; Medcalf Ltd. 1973 . First edition. Cloth. A very smart, first edition thus, of this authoritative study by Francis Wormald presents the Winchester Psalter, one of 12th-century England"s most important illuminated manuscripts, richly illustrated with colo...
2vols White Wines and Cognac; Natrual Red Wines
H. Warner Allen · 1951 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)
London, Constable, 1951-1952 . First edition. Cloth. A scarce two volume set of first editions by Britain's most prolific wine journalist, offering a rich, anecdotal exploration of wines and cognac. In the publisher's original blue cloth binding.Both volumes are firs...
The World of Wine
David McCormack; Seymour Britchky · 1986 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)
Toronto, Discovery Books, 1986. First edition. Cloth. A smart scarce first edition of this volume, detailing the world of wine, accompanied by rich colour illustrations and maps throughout. In the publisher's original brown cloth binding. With the publisher's origina...
Athenian Letters: Or, the Epistolary Correspondence of an Agent of the King of Persia, Residing at Athens During the Peloponnesian War
1800 · Rooke Books
£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)
Basil and Strasburgh, James Decker and F. G. Levrault, 1800. Cloth. A smartly bound complete three volume set of this new edition of this epistolary work written during the Peloponnesian War. Complete in three volumes. New edition. A collaboratively produced work of Ancient Gr...