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Introductory Studies in Theosophy

Adelaide Gardner · 1948 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

London, The Theosophical Publishing House, 1948 . First edition. Paperback. The uncommon first edition of this introduction to the tenets of Theosophy, by writer and lecturer Adelaide Gardner. The uncommon first edition of this introduction to Theosophy by an important member ...

The Spider&Apos;S Web

Theodore H. Savory · 1952 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd, 1952. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this study on spiders by Theodore H Savory, with colour illustrations. The first edition. Part of the 'Wayside and Woodland Series&apos.Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece, monochr...

The Coldstream Guards

G. Davies; Lieutenant-Colonel Sir John Ross-of-Bladensburg; · 1924 · Rooke Books

£280.00 (€335.67 | $369.98 | ¥59,088)

Oxford, Oxford at the Clarendon Press; Oxford University Press, 1924-1929. First edition. Cloth. Five smart first edition volumes on the Coldstream Guards, the oldest continuously serving regular regiment in the British Army. Five volumes of a six volume set. Lacking The Colds...

Histoire de L&Apos;ãƒâ‰Cole Spãƒâ©Ciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr

Un Ancien Saint-Cyrien · 1893 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

Paris, Librairie Ch. Delagrave, 1893 . Leather. An extremely scarce, second edition of this interesting work on Saint-Cyr French military academy, written by a previous officer of the school. Second edition. First published in 1886. Bound in a smart quarter calf with marbled b...

The After-War Settlement & Employment of Ex-Service Men in the Overseas Dominions

Sir Rider Haggard [H. Rider Haggard] · 1916 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, The Royal Colonial Institute, 1916 . First edition. Hardback. The first edition of this uncommon report from adventure novelist H. Rider Haggard, concerning the 'After-War Settlement & Employment of Ex-Service Men in the Overseas Dominions&apos. The uncommon first...

With the Boer Forces

Howard C. Hillegas · 1987 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

Melville, Scripta Africana, 1987. Cloth. An excellent limited edition copy of this illustrated facsimile, offering insights into the Second Boer War. No. 218 of 1000 limited edition copies of this work in the publisher's original full leatherette binding with the original...

A History of the Royal Foundation of Christ&Apos;S Hospital

Rev. William Trollope · 1834 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, William Pickering, 1834 . First edition. Leather. An attractively bound first edition of William Trollope's historical study, illustrated throughout. A beautifully bound first edition.Illustrated with a frontispiece and eight plates. Collated, lacking one plate, w...

First Aid and Nursing for Gas Casualties (Air Raid Precautions Handbook No. 2)

Home Office (Air Raid Precautions Department) · 1939 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1939. Paperback. The third edition of this Air Raid Precautions Handbook, offering a fascinating insight into nursing during the Second World War. An uncommon work in the publisher's original paper wraps. The third edition in ...

Vanished Towers and Chimes of Flanders

George Wharton Edwards · 1916 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

Philadelphia, Penn Publishing Company, 1916. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this beautiful collection of images commemorating the lost Flemish architecture of the First World War. First edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, pictorial title page,...

History of the Second World War

Major-General S. Woodburn Kirby; Major L. F. Ellis; Michael Howard · 1957 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.66 | $383.19 | ¥61,199)

London, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1957-1970. First edition. Cloth. A smart four volume set of this historical study on the Second World War, with the original dust wrappers. Four volumes from the History of the Second World War series. First edition. This set inclu...

History of the United Netherlands; the Rise of the Dutch Republic; the Life and Death of John of Barneveld

John Lothrop Motley · 1867 · Rooke Books

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

London, John Murray, 1867-1874 . First edition. Leather. A trio of these historical sets by John Lothrop Motley, each complete in itself, uniformly bound in half calf. A collection of historical works by John Lothrop Motley, each uniformly bound in half morocco with marbled bo...

Clouds in the East: Travels and Adventures on the Perso-Turkoman Frontier

Valentine Baker · 1876 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, Chatto and Windus, 1876 . Cloth. The second edition of Valentine Baker's uncommon account of her travels on the Perso-Turkoman frontier. The second edition of this uncommon work, published in the same year as the first edition.The author describes his adventures i...

Through the Unknown Pamirs: The Second Danish Pamir Expedition 1898-99

O. Olufsen · 1904 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.79 | $237.85 | ¥37,985)

London, William Heinemann, 1904 . First edition. Cloth. A bright first edition of Danish explorer Ole Olufsen's account of the Second Danish Pamir Expedition. The first edition of this work.Illustrated with sixty full page and vignette illustrations, and with two folding ...

A Census of British Newspapers and Periodicals 1620-1800

R. S. Crane; F. B. Kaye · 1966 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Holland Press, 1966 . Cloth. A very smart reprint of this census of British newspapers and periodicals from 1620 to 1800, compiled by Crane and Kaye. In the publisher's original cloth binding with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. Reprint. First edition publis...

Fors Clavigera Letters to the Workmen and Labourers of Great Britain

John Ruskin · 1871 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

Kent , George Allen , 1871-1874. Cloth. A collection of letters written by John Ruskin aimed at the working class. Four volumes only.First series without indices. Fors Clavigera is a series of letters written by John Ruskin aimed at the working class. It deals with understand...

Histoire de Charles XII

Voltaire · 1824 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.83 | $191.60 | ¥30,599)

London , S. Low , 1824. Leather. The history of Charles XII by French philosopher Voltaire. First published in 1731. A historical work in two volumes. Handsomely bound in a decorative calf binding. Written by the French historian, philosopher, and writer. This is a history of ...

King George V. And His Empire with a Complete Map of the World, British Possessions and Dependencies of the Crown

0 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

London, Charles Taylor, c1915. Cloth. A smart and scarce copy of this account of the empire of King George V, with an atlas of the British possessions. Scarce work. Illustrated with portrait frontispiece, one coloured map, and over two hundred and fifty black-and-white photogr...

The Saxons in England. A History of the English Commonwealth Till the Period of the Norman Conquest

John Mitchell Kemble · 1849 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)

London, Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1849 . First edition. Cloth. A comprehensive work on the Saxons in England, complete in two volumes. First edition in the publisher's original cloth binding. Complete in two volumes. Written by English scholar and historian, Joh...

Notes on the Birds of Kent

R. J. Balston; C. W. Shepherd; E. Bartlett · 1907 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.36 | $726.75 | ¥116,066)

London, R. H. Porter, 1907 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of this vibrantly illustrated ornithological study of the birds of Kent, in a half morocco signed binding. Only three-hundred copies of this first edition were produced.Illustrated with a photographic front...

A Text Book of Punjab Agriculture

Sir William Roberts; S. B. S. Katar Singh · 1947 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Lahore , Civil and Military Gazette Ltd, 1947. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce work on Punjab agriculture by Sir William Roberts and S. B. S. Katar Singh, with maps and diagrams. The first edition. Scarce. In the publisher's original cloth. Illus...