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Britain&Apos;S Industrial Future, Being the Report of the Liberal Industrial Inquiry

The Liberal Industrial Inquiry · 1928 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Ernest Benn Limited, 1928. First edition. Paperback. A first edition of this historically significant report by the Liberal Industrial Inquiry on Britain's industrial future. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original paper wraps. Commonly cal...

Calendar of the Manuscripts of the Marquis of Bath Preserved at Longleat, Wiltshire (Historical Manuscripts Commission)

Various · 1904 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, His Majesty's Stationary Office, 1904-1908. First edition. Cloth. A very smart set of historical papers recorded from the collections held by the Marquess of Bath. First edition of three volumes out of the five. From the Historical Manuscripts Commission (HMC), a...

Echoes of Old County Life, Being Recollections of Sport, Politics, and Farming in the Good Old Times

J. K. Fowler · 1892 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, Edward Arnold, 1892. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this charming collection of reminiscences of life in Aylesbury, adorned with illustrations. The first edition of this work.In the publisher's original cloth binding. With a frontispiece portrait, two...

The Morning Herald

1814 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Not Stated, 1814-21. Unbound. Two issues of the very scarce broadsheet 'The Morning Herald', one of the issues largely covering the death of Caroline of Brunswick. Two very scarce issues of 'The Morning Herald', for Monday 31st October 1814, and Tue...

Authentic Papers Relating to the Expedition Against Carthagena: Being the Resolutions of the Councils of War; Both of Sea and Land-Officers

Anonymous · 1744 · Rooke Books

£345.00 (€413.60 | $455.87 | ¥72,805)

London, L. Raymond, and sold by J.M. 1744 . First edition. Unbound. The first edition of this very scarce work concerning the Navy's unsuccessful attack on Cartagena, in Colombia. The first edition of this very scarce work.This volume concerns the unsuccessful Royal Navy ...

Two Addresses Delivered at the Dedication of a New Transmitter of Radio Free Europe Beamed to Hungary

Frederic R. Dolbeare; Gyula Dessewffy · 1951 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Stamford, The Overbrook Press, 1951. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A very scarce program and record of the two addresses spoken at the ceremony inaugurating the new service of Radio Free Europe for Hungary. First edition. Limited to three hundred copies. A program and reco...

Froissart in Britain

Henry Newbolt; Jean Froissart · 1900 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, James Nisbet & Co Limited, 1900. First edition. Leather. The first edition of Henry Newbolt's illustrated work on 'Froissart's Chronicles', detailing the hundred year war, in a half calf prize binding. The first edition. Illustrated with a monochro...

When London Burned: A Story of Restoration Times and the Great Fire

G. A. Henty · 0 · Rooke Books

£37.00 (€44.36 | $48.89 | ¥7,808)

London, Blackie and Son Limited , c1920. Cloth. A pleasing copy of this gripping historical adventure novel set during the Great Fire of London, by prolific author G. A. Henty. A later impression of this work.In the publisher's original blue decorated cloth. This histori...

The Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay

George Otto Trevelyan · 1876 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.68 | $363.37 | ¥58,033)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co , 1876. First edition. Leather. An attractive first edition set containing the biography of Lord Macaulay and his correspondence, in pleasing full tree calf binding. The first edition. Complete in two volumes. In the full tree calf binding with...

Egyptian Mummies, Egyptian Medicine, & Tutankhamun&Apos;S Egypt

Barbara Adams; Carole Reeves; Frances Welsh · 1988 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

Bucks, Shire Publications, 1988-1993. Paperback. Three smart volumes of historical and archaeological commentary on ancient Egypt, with illustrations. Three volumes. Illustrated throughout. This set contains: Egyptian Mummies, 1988. Second edition. A concise history of the dev...

Egypt & Mesopotamia and Greece & Rome

R. J. Unstead · 1977 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1977. First edition. Hardback. Two smart first edition volumes of these illustrated historical and archeological commentaries on ancient lands. Two volumes. First thus. Very scarce works. Illustrated throughout with many colour figures. Written ...

The Way of the Cross

V. Doroshevitch [Vlas Mikhailovich Doroshevich]; Stephen Graham · 1916 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1916. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of the English translation of Doroshevich's account of the sufferings of Russian refugees in World War I. The first edition of this scarce translated work in the publisher's original...

The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison

Joseph Addison; Thomas Tickell [ed.] · 1805 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.79 | $237.85 | ¥37,985)

London, Vernor and Hood; John Walked; Cuthell and Martin; et al, 1805 . Leather. The first five volumes only of this six volume illustrated edition of the collected works of Joseph Addison, comprising of his best known literary works. Presents I-V only of a six volume edition ...

A History of Egyptian Archaeology

F. Gladstone Bratton · 1967 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Robert Hale, 1967. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of F. Gladstone Bratton's illustrated work on the history of ancient Egyptian archaeology, in the original dust wrapper. The first edition. Illustrated with forty monochrome photographs, monochrome vignet...

Pharaohs and Mortals

Torgny Save-Soderbergh · 1963 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.56 | $50.21 | ¥8,019)

London, Robert Hale Limited, 1963. First edition. Cloth. The very smart first UK edition of this vivid portrait of ancient Egypt, covering a rich variety of subjects and illustrated throughout. The first UK edition, translated from the Swedish by Richard E. Oldenburg. In the ...

Le Temple de Dandara

Francois Daumas · 1970 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

Paris, Le Caire, 1970. Paperback. A smart work on the temple complex of Dendera, with numerous photographic illustrations. In the original French. French. Issues by the Ministry of Culture. With fifty-six plates containing numerous photographic images of the complex. Collated ...

Where Three Empires Meet: A Narrative of Recent Travel in Kashmir, Western Tibet, Gilgit, and the Adjoining Countries

E. F. Knight · 1905 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1905. Cloth. A smart new impression of this illustrated travelogue with a folding map. New impression. Illustrated with a frontispiece, one folding map, twenty-six plates, and twenty-seven in-text images. Collated complete. A detailed travelogu...

Chartered Surveyors, the Growth of a Profession

F. M. L. Thompson · 1968 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

London, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1968. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this detailed history on the profession of chartered surveyors, a Zaehnsdorf bound copy illustrated with colour plates. The first edition, first impression.Smartly bound by Zaehnsdorf.Illustrate...

With Seaplane and Sledge in the Arctic

George Binney; Professor W. J. Sollas · 1925 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Hutchinson & Co, 1925. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of George Binney's account of his pioneering expeditions to the Arctic, compete with a folding map and plates. The first edition.George Binney's account of his pioneering expeditions to the Arctic...

The Art of Heraldry; Explaining the Origin and Use of Arms and Armorial Bearings

Anonymous · 1834 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

London, Harding and King, 1834 . Cloth. A lovely example of this very scarce study of the origins, significance, and application of heraldic symbols. A very scarce work.With a small number of vignette woodcuts illustrating the symbols described.This volume discusses how herald...