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John Gould the Bird Man

Gordon C. Sauer · 1982 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, Henry Sotheran Limited , 1982 . First edition. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated first edition of this biographical work on John Gould, one of the most distinguished ornithologists of the nineteenth century. First edition of the work, in the publisher's original gr...

The Making of Buffalo Bill a Study in Heroics

Richard J. Walsh; Milton S. Salsbury · 1928 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

Indianapolis, The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1928. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this detailed biography on the life of American showman Buffalo Bill. The first edition.An entertaining biography on the life and career of Buffalo Bill.Buffalo Bill was an American showm...

1872 Fasti Monastici Aevi Saxonici or an Alphabetical List of the Heads of Religious Houses in England Previous to the Norman Conquest, to Which Is Prefixed a Chronological Catalogue of Contemporary Foundations

Walter De Gray Birch · 1872 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London , Taylor and Co. 1872. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce signed first edition of this short history of religious houses in England. First edition. Very scarce. Signed by the author. With the author's compliments to front free endpaper. Dedication name has been ex...

1936 a Short Account of East Budleigh and Hayes Barton Birthplace of Sir Walter Ralegh

Walter Scutt · 1936 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Cranford Budleigh Salterton, Hand-press at Cranford Budleigh Salterton, 1936. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce signed copy of this historical study of East Budleigh and Hayes Barton. The first edition. Very scarce. Private press, signed by the author. This is one of 150...

The Gold-Headed Cane

William MacMichael · 1919 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Humphrey Milford, 1919. Cloth. A smart reprint of the second edition of this celebrated work from MacMichael. Reprint of the second edition, originally published in 1828. With illustrated frontispiece and many in-text images. A celebrated autobiography of the gold-head...

Polydori Vergilii Vrbinatis Historiae Libri Vigintiseptem

Polydore Vergil · 1570 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€899.12 | $991.02 | ¥158,272)

Basileae, Thomam Guarinum, 1570 . Hardback. A very scarce copy of the twenty-seventh book of Polydore Vergil's history of England. Vergil began composing this history of England at the encouragement of Henry VII. Three editions were published between 1534 and 1555, with e...

The Travels of Richard and John Lander, Into the Interior of Africa, for the Discovery of the Course and Termination of the Niger; from Unpublished Documents in the Possession of the Late Capt. John William Barber Fullerton, Employed in the African Service

Robert Huish · 1836 · Rooke Books

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

London, John Saunders, 1836. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Robert Huish's illustrated travel work on the Lander Brothers, following their important exploration of Africa. The first edition.Illustrated with a frontispiece, engraved title, one map, and six plat...

Deerhurst: A Parish of the Vale of Gloucester

George Butterworth · 1888 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

Tewkesbury, William North, 1888. Cloth. An early edition of this uncommon and illustrated history and description of the church, priory and chapel of Deerhurst in Gloucestershire. An early edition of this uncommon work in the publisher's original cloth binding. A comprehe...

Memoirs of the Protector, Oliver Cromwell, and of His Sons, Richard and Henry

Oliver Cromwell · 1822 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1822. Leather. An uncommon biography on the controversial figure Oliver Cromwell, an illustrated memoir written by one of his descendents. The third edition of this uncommon work.Complete in two volumes.An interesting work explori...

The History of the Rebellion and CIVIL Wars in England

Edward Hyde; Earl of Clarendon · 1707 · Rooke Books

£425.00 (€509.50 | $561.58 | ¥89,688)

Oxford, Printed at the Theater, 1707. Leather. An early set of Edward Hyde's important first-hand account of the English Civil War, a fundamental resource on the subject. Bound in five volumes.An incomplete set, the work lacking Volume I Part II, consisting of Books IV an...

Suffolk in the Nineteenth Century: Physical, Social, Moral, Religious and Industrial.

John Glyde, Jun. · 1856 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Simpkin, Marshal, and Co, [1856]. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition copy of this historical work by John Glyde, Jun. The scarce first edition of this work.Undated. Dated from copies found in the British Library.In the publisher's original cloth. This ...

Memorials of Old Middlesex

J. Tavenor Perry · 1909 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Bemrose & Sons Limited, 1909. First edition. Cloth. A comprehensive documentation of the history of Middlesex, compiled by John Tavenor-Perry. A first edition of the work by John Tavenor-Perry, in publisher's original red binding with gilt detail of the Middlesex ...

The English Works of Giles Fletcher, the Elder

Giles Fletcher, the Elder; Lloyd E. Berry · 1964 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

Madison, The University of Wisconsin Press, 1964. First edition. Cloth. A smart collection of the works in English of Giles Fletcher the Elder, a new critical edition with annotations by Lloyd E. Berry. The first edition thus, being the first time Fletcher's English work ...

Cassell&Apos;S History of the United States: Volume III

Edmund Ollier · 1877 · Rooke Books

£47.00 (€56.35 | $62.10 | ¥9,918)

London, Cassell, Petter, & Galpin, 1877. Leather. Volume III of Cassell's series concerning the history of the United States, illustrated throughout. Volume III of a three-volume set in a half morocco binding. An extensive and detailed history of the United States written...

The Complete Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds, First President of the Royal Academy, with an Original Memoir, and Anecdotes of the Author

Sir Joshua Reynolds · 1824 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Thomas M'Lean [McLean], 1824 . First edition. Paperback. A three volume edition of the complete works of English portrait painter Joshua Reynolds, who in 1768 became the first president of the Royal Academy of Arts. A first edition thus, in three volumes, and with...

Aucassin and Nicolete

Harold Child [translator] · 1911 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1911. Cloth. A very smart translated edition of the classical French tale of Aucassin and Nicolete, with colour illustration. Translated from the French language. Illustrated with coloured frontispiece and five coloured plates with tissue guards...

Histoire D&Apos;Un Conscrit de 1813

Erckmann-Chatrian · 1900 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

Paris, Biblioteque d'Education et de Recreation, c1880. Leather. A collection of testimonies from the time of Napoleon, written in the French language. French language. Forty-second edition. Scarce edition. A collection of testimonies from the time of Napoleon's retu...

Histoire Gãƒâ©Nãƒâ©Rale,Physique Et Civile de L&Apos;Europe

M. Le Comte de Lacépède · 1826 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€899.12 | $991.02 | ¥158,272)

Paris, Cellot, Mame et Delaunay-Vallee, 1826. First edition. Leather. A first of this attractive leather bound set in which the Count of Lacépède's offers a chronological survey of Europe between the fifth and eighteenth centuries. Uncommon in a complete set. A complete...

Von Einer Milden Stiftung Trajan&Apos;S, Vorzuglich Nach Inschriften

Friedrich August Wolf · 1808 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Berlin, Realschulbuchhandlung, 1808. Hardback. A first edition copy of this lecture by Friedrich August Wolf, read to the Berlin Academy of Sciences, to celebrate the King's birth. The first edition of this very scarce work in the original boards. Ink inscription to the f...

Chapters from Family Chests

Edward Walford · 1887 · Rooke Books

£67.00 (€80.32 | $88.53 | ¥14,139)

London, Hurst and Blackett, 1887 . First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition of this two volume historical work by editor and historian Edward Walford. The two volume first edition of this work by the prolific biographer Edward Walford, a British magazine editor who special...