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Gaudi 1852-1926 Antonio Gaudi I Cornet - a Life Devoted to Architecture

Rainer Zerbst · 1985 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

Koln, Taschen, 1985 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this beautiful and densely illustrated study of the life and work of Gaudi. First edition of Gaudi 1852-1926 Antonio Gaudi i Cornet - A Life Devoted to Architecture by Rainer Zerbst in the original publisher&apos...

Walks in Algiers and Its Surroundings

Lisbeth G. Seguin · 1888 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Chatto & Windus , 1888 . Cloth. An uncommon early edition of this travel journal with maps and illustrations. Early edition of Walks in Algiers and its Surroundings by Lisbeth G. Seguin in the original publisher's cloth binding. An uncommon new edition. A lovely...

Letters of Lady Rachel Russell; from the Manuscript in the Library at Wooburn Abbey. To Which Are Prefixed an Introduction, Vindicating the Character of Lord Russell Against Sir John Dalrymple and the Trial of Lord William Russell for High Treason, Extracted from the State Trials.

Lady Russell · 1801 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London, J. Mawman, 1801. Leather. A collection of correspondence by Lady Russell, with details of the trial of Lord Russell for high treason. Illustrated with three engraved plates with tissue guards. Collated complete. The correspondence of Lady Rachel Russell, an English nob...

The Comic History of Rome

Gilbert Abbot A Beckett · 1852 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.83 | $191.60 | ¥30,599)

London, Bradbury, Evans, and Co. 1852. Cloth. A smart copy of this illustrated comic re-telling of the history of Rome, by Gilbert Abbot A Beckett. Illustrated throughout with ten engravings on steel and many engravings on wood. Collated complete. A lively history of the Roman...

The Duke

Philip Guedalla · 1933 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1933. Leather. Philip Guedalla's witty and animated writing style comes to the fore in this fascinating biography of the Duke of Wellington In this biography of the Duke of Wellington, Philip Guedalla sheds light on Arthur Wellesley's In...

The Royal Green Jackets Chronicle 1971 an Annual Record Volume 6 January to December 1971

1971 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

Winchester, Culverlands Press , 1971. Cloth. A very smart copy of the The Royal Green Jackets Chronicle from 1971, with illustrations. This is a copy of the Annual Record for The Royal Green Jackets from January to December 1971, complied and edited at the Regimental Headquart...

A History of Monmouthshire from the Coming of the Normans Into Wales Down to the Present Time

Joseph Alfred Bradney · 1906 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)

London , Mitchell Hughes & Clarke , 1906. Cloth. A large extensive history of Monmouthshire, focusing on the hundred of Abergavenny, with folding maps and plates. A History of Monmouthshire from the Coming of the Normans into Wales down to the Present Time, being part two of T...

The History and Antiquities of Lambeth

John Tanswell · 1858 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Frederick Pickton, 1858. First edition. Cloth. A charmingly illustrated first edition of this history of Lambeth. First edition. Illustrated with frontispiece, 14 plates and many in-text diagrams and sketches. Collated complete. The history and antiquities of Lambeth, ...

Nonconformity in Taunton

L .E. J. Brooke · 0 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

Taunton, L .E. J. Brooke, c1970. Cloth. A scarce and fascinating local history of nonconformity in Taunton. L. E. J. Brooke was a Somerset journalist and this is a fascinating volume of his research into the history of Taunton, focusing on nonconformity, exploring political an...

Marine Propellers

Sydney W. Barnaby · 1900 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, E. & F. Spon, Ltd, 1900. Cloth. A highly illustrated educational work on marine propellers. Fourth edition. Illustrated throughout with in-text diagrams and seven plates, six of which fold-out. Collated complete. Reviewing the paddle-wheel, the screw, cavitation, and h...

Gypsies of Britain: An Introduction to Their History

Brian Vesey-Fitzgerald · 1944 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Chapman & Hall Ltd, 1944. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this educational work on Gypsy history in Britain. First edition. A review of Gypsy history in Britain including: taboos, marriage, death and burial, fortune-telling, medicine, and gypsies to-day. Wri...

Chats on Old English Tobacco Jars

Reginald Myer · 1929 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd, 1929. Cloth. A very smart collection of essays on old English tobacco jars with a reprint of the book "The Westminster Tobacco Box" 1824. A collection of writings on the old English tobacco jar. Illustrated throughout with 94 illustratio...

Dress Regulations for the Officers of the Army

1883 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)

London, Her Majesty's Stationery Office; W. Clowes & Sons; Harrison & Sons; et al, 1883. First edition. Cloth. A first edition guide to the many dress regulations of the British Army, an informational military volume. The first edition.Army Regulations Volume VII.Adverts ...

Letters Written by the Late Right Honourable Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, to His Son, Philip Stanhope, Esq; Late Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Dresden: Together with Several Other Pieces on Various Subjects

Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield · 1774 · Rooke Books

£1,500.00 (€1,798.25 | $1,982.04 | ¥316,544)

London, J. Dodsley, 1774. First edition. Leather. A lovely first edition, second state, of Philip Dormer Chesterfield's important instructional letters written to his son. The first edition, second state, with 'quia uroit' corrected to 'quia auroit' in...

Across Unknown South America

A. Henry Savage-Landor · 1913 · Rooke Books

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

Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1913. First edition. Cloth. The superb first U.S. edition of Savage-Landor's work exploring his travels in South America, complete with colour plates and folding maps. The first U.S. edition.In the original very scarce unclipped dust wra...

Across Coveted Lands, or, a Journey from Flushing (Holland) to Calcutta, Overland

A. Henry Savage Landor · 1902 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€407.60 | $449.26 | ¥71,750)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1902. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Arnold Henry Savage Landor's brilliant travel work recounting his expedition overland to India, complete with many plates. The first edition.Complete in two volumes.An exciting travel work...

The Quest for Merlin

Nikolai Tolstoy · 1985 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Hamish Hamilton Ltd, 1985. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this work on the mythological figure of Merlin, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust w...

Boyd Alexander&Apos;S Last Journey

Boyd Alexander; Herbert Alexander · 1912 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Edward Arnold, 1912. First edition. Cloth. The harrowing diary of Lieutenant Boyd Alexander's last journey through Africa, illustrated throughout and including a memoir by his brother, Herbert Alexander. The harrowing diary of Lieutenant Boyd Alexander's last...

The Court and City Register for the Year 1756; Rider&Apos;S British Merlin: For the Year of Our Lord 1756

Anonymous · 1756 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)

London, J. Barnes; R. Nutt, 1756. Leather. The very scarce 1756 twentieth edition of the 'Court and City Register', bound with 'Rider's British Merlin' for the same year. Two very scarce 1756 volumes bound in one, with 'Rider's British Merlin...

On the Congo Frontier

E. M. Jack · 1914 · Rooke Books

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

London and Leipsic, T. Fisher Unwin, 1914 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this illustrated exploration book of Congo from the early twentieth century. First edition of On the Congo Frontier by E. M. Jack in the original publisher's blue cloth binding.Â...