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A New and Complete System of Practical Husbandry: Vol. I

John Mills · 1762 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, R. Baldwin, W. Johnston, S. Crowder, T. Longman, J. Coote, J. Hinxman, W. Nicoll, and S. Davis. 1762 . First edition. Leather. The first volume of John Mill's informative guide to husbandry and the improvement of one's estate, the first edition, illustrated w...

The War Against Japan

Major-General S. Woodburn Kirby · 1957 · Rooke Books

£850.00 (€1,019.01 | $1,123.16 | ¥179,375)

London, Her Majesty's Stationery Office , 1957-1969. First edition. Cloth. An excellent, first edition set of Major-General Woodburn Kirby's official history of the War against Japan, each volume richly illustrated and with its original, unclipped dust wrapper. First...

Deutschlands Armee in Feldgrauer Kriegs-Und Friedens-Uniform

Julius Ottomar Hermann Freiherr von der Osten-Sacken · 1916 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.56 | $495.51 | ¥79,136)

Berlin, P. M. Weber, 1916. Cloth. A scarce German study on the feldgrau military uniforms introduced in 1915, complete with colour plates. A scarce work.In the original German.Complete as three booklets in one cloth folder.Illustrated with thirty-three colour plates. Collated,...

Biblioteca de Autores Espanoles: Fray Jeronimo de Mendieta, Historia Eclesiastica Indiana

Jerónimo de Mendieta; Francisco de Solano y Perez-Lila [intro.] · 1973 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

Madrid, Ediciones Atlas, 1973. Leather. A two-volume facsimile of Jerónimo de Mendieta's 'Historia Eclesiastica Indiana' in the original Spanish, with a detailed introduction, from a series on Spanish authors. A two-volume set in the publisher's original q...

The Bridge at Andau

James A. Michener · 1957 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London, Secker & Warburg, 1957 . Cloth. A smart example of the first UK edition of James Michener's detailed contemporary account of the Hungarian Revolution. The first UK edition, first impression.In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.American author Ja...

Final Report No. 46, Item No. 22: Feldmuhle Papier Und Zellstoff Werke A.G. : Reisholz Works

Allan C. Hill; W. Boyd Campbell · 1945 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, British Intelligence Objectives Sub-Committee, 1945. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A report on the Reisholz branch of Feldmühle paper and pulp works, by the British Intelligence Objectives Sub-Committee. A scarce work in the publisher's original paper wraps. ...

Gobierno de Los Regulares de la Amãƒâ©Rica

Pedro Jose de Parras · 1783 · Rooke Books

£1,200.00 (€1,438.60 | $1,585.63 | ¥253,235)

Madrid, Joachin Ibarra, 1783. First edition. Vellum. The first edition of this important Spanish study of the missionary work in the Americas. The first edition.Complete in two volumes.In the original Spanish.Half-title is present to each volume.A brilliant exploration of the ...

Recherches Sur Les Monuments Qu&Apos;on Peut Attribuer Aux Six Premiãƒâ¨Res Dynasties de Manãƒâ©Thon

M. le Vicomte Emmanuel de Rougé · 1866 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

Paris, Imprimerie Imperiale, 1866. First edition. Leather. A very scarce copy of Emmanuel de Rougé's research into monuments attributed to the first six dynasties of Manetho's 'Aegyptiaca&apos. A very scarce work in a half morocco binding with marbled boards an...

Yuchikusaizo-Kogyokufu: The Early Chinese Jades in the Collection of the Late Riichi Uyeno

Dr. Kosaku Hamada · 1926 · Rooke Books

£1,400.00 (€1,678.37 | $1,849.91 | ¥295,441)

Kyoto, BunseidoÃÂOe‚ , 1926 . First edition. Cloth. The vanishingly scarce first edition of Dr. Hamada's very important and highly collectible work on early Chinese jade. Richly illustrated, and complete in two volumes. With the contents and list of plates in English,...

Flint Chips: A Guide to Pre-Historic Archaeology

Edward T. Stevens · 1870 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)

London, Bell and Daldy, 1870. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this illustrated guide to pre-historic archaeology from English curator Edward T. Stevens. First edition. Very scarce. With a frontispiece and numerous in-text images. A detailed and comprehensi...

Royal Commission St. Louis International Exhibition 1904: The British Section

Sir Isidore Spielmann · 1906 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)

Stationer's Hall, London, The Royal Commission , 1906. Cloth. A smart copy of this historical account of the British exhibition at the St. Louis World's Fair of 1904. Illustrated with a frontispiece and four hundred and fifty-two figures in text, some of which are fu...

Bath Under Two Aspects

1886 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

Bath , The Herald Office , 1886. Brochure/Pamphlet. A very scarce pamphlet discussing the degeneration and regeneration of Bath's architecture, reprinted from the 'Bath Herald&apos. A very scarce pamphlet. Reprinted from the Bath Herald of the same year. In the publ...

Retrospect Reminiscences and Impressions of a Hunter-Naturalist in Three Continents 1851-1928

Abel Chapman · 1928 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Gurney and Jackson, 1928. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated account of the life and work of naturalist Abel Chapman. The first edition of this work.A lovely volume of reminiscences of hunter-naturalist Abel Chapman, who is remembered for havin...

The Army List for October 1842 by Authority

The War Office · 1842 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, The War Office, 1842. Paperback. A smart copy of the annual British Army List for the year 1842, as of October that year. The official annual British Army List for October 1942. An annual printing from the War Office containing lists of all members of the British Army ...

Anecdotes Secrettes Pour Servir a L&Apos;Histoire Galante de la Cour de Pekin

[Gabriel-Charles de Lattaignant] · 1746 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

Pekin; [Paris], Not Stated, 1746. First edition. Leather. A very scarce French work on court life, by Lattaignant. The first edition of this very scarce work.In French.'Anecdotes Secrettes Pour Servir a l'Histoire Galante de la Cour de Pekin' offers anecdotes on...

Album of Photographic Images of Drawings

Anonymous · 1816 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

None, None, c1870 . Leather. A smart album featuring eleven photographs of sketches of British towns, and one photograph of Belfast. An attractive cloth binding, with 'Photographic Album' in gilt to the front board.Present in this work are: a photograph of an 1816 sk...

Domesday Studies: Papers Read at the Novocentenary Conference of the Royal Historical Society

J. C. Holt [editor] · 1987 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

Suffolk, The Boydell Press, 1987. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated papers on the study of the Domesday Book, from the Royal Historical Society. First edition. Illustrated with eight plates of images and sixteen maps. Collated complete. A collecti...

Within the Rim and Other Essays

Henry James · 1918 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

London, W. Collins Sons & Co, 1918 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this collection of essays, published late in the career of the celebrated novelist Henry James, and concerning the First World War. The first edition of this work.A collection of five essays from J...

William S. Churchill with Companion Volumes.

Martin Gilbert; Rudolph S. Churchill · 1966 · Rooke Books

£895.00 (€1,072.95 | $1,182.62 | ¥188,871)

London, William Heinemann, 1966-1982. First edition. Cloth. A first edition set comprising of the first four volumes of the official biography on Winston Churchill, with ten volumes of the companion volumes, with a signed set of letters by the author Martin Gilbert. All first ...

The Borough of Bury St Edmunds: A Study in the Government and Development of a Monastic Town

M. D. Lobel [Mary Doreen Lobel] · 1935 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1935. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce historical work by Mary Doreen Lobel, on the town of Bury St Edmunds. The first edition. Illustrated with two folding maps to the rear. Collated, complete. A very scarce historical wor...