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Waterloo: A Story of the Hundred Days

MM. Erckmann-Chatrian · 1872 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London , Smith, Elder & Co. 1872. Leather. A lovely leather bound volume on the history of the Hundred Days during the Napoleonic Wars. This volume is a translation from French of the story of the Hundred Days which is also known as the War of the Seventh Coalition which marke...

Egypt After the Pharaohs 332 Bc-Ad 642 from Alexander to the Arab Conquest

Alan K Bowman · 1986 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London , British Museum Publications, 1986. First edition. Cloth. A wonderful review copy of this fascinating history of Egypt, with illustrations throughout. A first edition copy. With a slip stating this is a Review Copy for the publication 15 September 1986, from British M...

Black Mist

Attilio Gatti · 1933 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, Hutchinson & Co. 1933. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce travelogue of Africa by Italian explorer Attilio Gatti. The first edition of this scarce work. A travelogue of Africa by Attilio Gatti, Italian born explorer who travelled extensively around ...

The Portraiture of William Harvey

Geoffrey Keynes · 1949 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.56 | $50.21 | ¥8,019)

London, Royal College of Surgeons of England, 1949. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of Keynes's study of the different portraits of the renowned physician William Harvey. The first edition in the publisher's original cloth binding. 32 plates. Collated complete....

The Second World War

Winston S. Churchill · 1948 · Rooke Books

£625.00 (€749.27 | $825.85 | ¥131,893)

London, Cassell & Co. Ltd. 1948-54. First edition. Cloth. A first edition set of William Churchill's groundbreaking memoirs regarding the Second World War. The first edition. In the publisher's full cloth binding with gilt lettering. All but volume six have their ori...

Short Histories of the Territorial Regiments of the British Army, Including the Names of the Officers and Soldiers Who Have Won the Victoria Cross, or the Distinguished Conduct Medal

R. de M. Rudolf · 1905 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, His Majesty's Stationery Office; Harrison and Sons; Wyman and Sons; Oliver and Boyd; E. Ponsonby, 1905. Cloth. An important historical reference work on the British Army, providing a history of the many territorial regiments of the county. An extensive study into ...

Memoirer Af Sir Hudson Lowe, Angaende Napoleons Fangenskap Pa St Helena

Sir Hudson Lowe · 1831 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

Orebro, Tryckt hos N.M. Lindh, 1831. First edition. Hardback. A smart copy of the scarce first Swedish edition of Sir Hudson Lowe's account of his time as Napoleon's jailer on St. Helena. The scarce first Swedish language translation of the memoirs of Sir Hudson Lowe...

Napoleon at St. Helena, 1815-1821

Frederic Masson; Louis B. Frewer [trans.] · 1949 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

Oxford, Pen-in-Hand, 1949. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this detailed and illustrated historical account of the final years of Napoleon Bonaparte's life, between 1815 and 1821. The first edition, first impression of Louis B. Frewer's translation of Fred...

The Makers of Venice Doges, Conquerors, Painters and Men of Letters

Mrs Oliphant · 1905 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London , Macmillan and Co. 1905. Leather. A lovely leather bound and fascinating history of Venice, with illustrations throughout. The Makers of Venice Doges, Conquerors, Painters and Men of Letters explores the significant characters and families that formed Venice, including...

History of Newcastle and Gateshead

Richard Welford · 1884 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London , Walter Scott, 1884-1885. First edition. Cloth. Two smart volumes that detail the local history of Newcastle and Gateshead from the 14th to the 16th Century. Two first editions volumes of the History of Newcastle and Gateshead, complete in three volumes. Volumes one an...

An Anthology, Letters by May Chesshire to Llewelyn Powys

Miss May Chesshire; Diana Harding [ed.] · 1937 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.56 | $50.21 | ¥8,019)

Horsham, Sussex, Stuart Guthrie, 1937. First edition. Cloth. The uncommon first limited edition of this anthology of letters from May Chesshire to Llewelyn Powys. First limited edition of An Anthology, Extracts from Letters written by May Chesshire a West Country Poet to Llewe...

The Truth Respecting the Revolution Which Broke out in Paris, in the Month of July, 1830; Its Causes and Its Consequences

1831 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, M. Alexandre , 1831. First edition. Disbound. A very scarce pamphlet translated from the French, concerning the 1830 Revolution in Paris. The first edition of this work. A very scarce pamphlet containing a discussion concerning the Revolution of 1830 in Paris, also kno...

Yakusu" the Very Heart of Africa

H. Sutton Smith · 1911 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London & Edinburgh, Marshall Brothers, Limited, 1911. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of H. Sutton Smith's illustrated study on the Yakusu mission in the Congo, complete including a folding map. The first edition.A detailed account of the mission of Yakusu in the ...

The Monthly Army List for May, 1908

War Office · 1908 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London , War Office , 1908. First edition. Cloth. A smart and fascinating copy of The Monthly Army List for May, 1908. A first edition copy of The Monthly Army List for May 1908, published by the War Office. This volume contains different officers within the army and their dif...

The Dreadnought, Submarines, Torpedo Boat Destroyers, Etc.

1906 · Rooke Books

£1,750.00 (€2,097.96 | $2,312.38 | ¥369,302)

Not Stated, Not Stated, c1906. Fine Binding. A handsomely bound and very scarce commemorative work on the Dreadnought, British submarines, and torpedo destroyers, with numerous colourful tipped-in plates. A beautifully bound early twentieth-century commemorative work on Britis...

Missions to the Niger

E. W. Bovill [ed.] · 1964 · Rooke Books

£280.00 (€335.67 | $369.98 | ¥59,088)

Cambridge, The Hakluyt Society by Cambridge University Press, 1964-1966. Cloth. A comprehensive set by The Hakluyt Society regarding missions to the Niger, in four volumes and in the original unclipped dust wrappers. No. CXXIII for 1964 and nos. CXXVIII-CXXX for 1966, Missions...

The Chronological Historian

W. Toone · 1828 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1828. Leather. A fascinating historical and referential work about the ecclesiastical, naval, civil, and military history in Great Britain, complete in two volumes. A comprehensive, early nineteenth century referential work about ...

Time Table of Modern History A.D. 400-1870

M. Morison · 1908 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Archibald Constable and Company, Ltd. 1908 . Cloth. The scarce second edition of Morison's brief time table of modern history. Second edition of Time Table of Modern History A.D. 400-1870 by M. Morris. Brief history of a vast time period organised by place in ta...

The History of England from the Accession of James the Second

Thomas Babington Macaulay · 1854 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.68 | $363.37 | ¥58,033)

London , Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans , 1854-1861. Cloth. A smart complete five volume set of Macaulay's renowned history of England. A complete five volume set of Macaulay's esteemed History of England. Tenth Edition.Thomas Babington Macaulay was a British hi...

Batsfords&Apos; British Cities

Bryan Little; John Rogers; R. L. P. Jowitt; M. Jowitt; Tudor Edwards; William Townsend · 1950 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London , B. T. Batsford, 1950-1952. First edition. Cloth. Seven, first edition illustrated volumes from Batsfords' British Cities Series. Seven first edition volumes from the Batsfords' British Cities series. Canterbury, written by William Townsend was first publish...