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The Mediterranean Fleet: Greece to Tripoli the Admiralty Account of Naval Operations April 1941 to January 1943

The Ministry of Information for the Admiralty · 1944 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, His Majesty's Stationery Office , 1944. First edition. Magazine. Account of British naval operations in the Mediterranean during the Second World War. Looking into the British naval operations in the Mediterranean from Greece to Tripoli from 1941 to 1943, the firs...

View of the State of Europe During the Middle Ages

Henry Hallam · 1856 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)

London, John Murray , 1856. Leather. One of Henry Hallam's major works, exploring the history of Europe in the Middle Ages, complete with three volumes in uniform leather bindings. Study of the Middle Ages in Europe by Henry Hallam, the eleventh edition complete in three ...

Rabbits for Profit and Rabbits for Powder

R. J. Lloyd Price · 1888 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

London, Horace Cox, 1888 . Cloth. A very scarce second edition of this work on the various uses of rabbits. Second edition, in cloth binding. Very scarce edition with illustrations.This book summarises the various uses for farming rabbits. Contents include dangers attendant on...

Life in Scotland a Hundred Years Ago As Reflected in the Old Statistical Account of Scotland : 1791-1799

James Murray · 1907 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Paisley , Alexander Gardner , 1907. Cloth. Scarce early edition of this early history of Scotland by James Murray, a bright copy. Second edition, second impression of this work. An early history of Scotland by James Murray, from the 1791-9 old statistical account of every Scot...

Further Letters of Queen Victoria

Mrs. J. Pudney; Lord Sudley [ed.]; Hector Boiltho [ed.] · 1938 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, Thornton Butterworth , 1938. First edition. Cloth. Scarce first edition of this book of Queen Victoria's correspondence from 1841 to 1889. First edition of this work, a scarce copy. A new series of Queen Victoria's correspondence from 1841 to 1889, following ...

La Colonna Del Grande Esercito D&Apos;Austerlitz

F.C. Marmocchi [trans.] · 1840 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)

Firenze, Batelli and Compagni, 1840. Leather. An uncommon Italian translation of this artistic work on the Column of the Grand Army of Austerlitz, illustrated throughout. A artistic history of the Column of the Grand Army of Austerlitz, which now sits in the Place Vendome in P...

The Crossing of Antarctica: The Commonwealth Trans-Atlantic Expedition 1955-58

Sir Vivian Fuchs; Sir Edmund Hillary · 1958 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Cassell, 1958. First edition. Cloth. Vivian Fuchs's account of the Commonwealth Trans-Atlantic expedition, a lovely first edition complete with its unclipped dust wrapper. A remarkable account, recounting of the Commonwealth Trans-Atlantic Expedition of 1955 to 19...

The Campaign in the Crimea: An Historical Sketch

George Brackenbury · 1855 · Rooke Books

£925.00 (€1,108.92 | $1,222.26 | ¥195,202)

London, Paul and Dominic Colnagh, 1855. First edition. Leather. The first and second series of Brackenbury and Simpson's detailed study of the Crimean war, in a smart half morocco binding and illustrated throughout with tinted lithograph plates. The scarce complete first ...

Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa

David Livingstone · 1857 · Rooke Books

£895.00 (€1,072.95 | $1,182.62 | ¥188,871)

London, John Murray, 1857. First edition. Leather. A rebound first edition copy of this important travel work by David Livingstone, complete with illustrations and folding maps. First edition - issue with lithographs facing pages 66 and 225, and no extra leaf after page 8.Illu...

The Boyhood of a Great King, 1841-1858

A. M. Broadley · 1906 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, Harper and Brothers, 1906. First edition. Cloth. The Limited Edition of the first edition of A. M Broadley's biography of his childhood nemesis, Edward VII. Illustrated with eight photogravures, and numerous further plates. The first edition of this Limited Editio...

A Traveller&Apos;S Notes, or Notes of a Tour Through India, Malaysia, Japan, Corea, the Austalian Colonies and New Zealand During the Years 1891-1893

James Herbert Veitch · 1896 · Rooke Books

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

London , James Veitch & Sons, 1896. First edition. Cloth. An impressive first edition copy of James Herbert Veitch's horticultural travels to Asia and Australia, with a folding map and illustrations throughout. This book features Veitch's notes and jottings from his ...

Ex Oriente Salus: A Centenary History of Eastbourne College

V.M. Allom · 1967 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

Sussex, Eastbourne College, [1967]. First edition. Cloth. A lovely copy of the uncommon first edition of this history of Eastbourne College, the college association copy signed by the author. The only edition of this work, dated from same copies on Copac, first edition. An unc...

Nouveaux Dialogues Des Morts

[Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle] · 1687 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

Amsterdam, Abraham Wolfgang, 1687. Vellum. An early edition of Fontenelle's interesting series of imaginary conversations between notable figures across history and mythology. Complete in three parts, with 'Nouveaux Dialogues des Morts' parts I and II, and &apos...

History of Old Sheffield Plate

Frederick Bradbury · 1968 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.84 | $178.38 | ¥28,489)

Sheffield , J. W. Northend , 1968. Leather. A well presented and extensive history of Old Sheffield plate, richly illustrated. This is an extensive history of the highly valued Old Sheffield plated wares. Bradbury traces the origin of the production process and details the wor...

Maples Fine Furnishers a Household Name for 150 Years

Hugh Barty-King · 1992 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London , Quiller Press , 1992. First edition. Cloth. An interesting and insightful history of Maples in a beautifully presented first edition, illustrated copy. The book follows the story of one of the largest furnishing establishments in the world, contributing to the social ...

Das Licht IM Dienste Wissenschaftlicher Forschung

Dr. Med. S. Th. Stein [Sigmund Theodor Stein] · 1877 · Rooke Books

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

Leipzig, Verlag von Otto Spame, 1877. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this illustrated and important guide to the application and role of photography in science and medicine. A scarce work. In the original German.The scarce first edition of Dr. Sigmund Theodore St...

Autour Du Drapeau 1789-1889

Charles Antoine Thoumas · 1889 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

Paris, A. Le Vasseur et cie, 1889. First edition. Leather. A leather bound copy of Thoumas' historical work, which details French military campaigns from 1789-1889, with over two hundred lovely illustrations by Lucien Sergent. First edition. Bound in half crushed-morocco...

The Royal Office of Master of the Horse

M. M. Reese · 1976 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Threshold Books Limited, 1976. First edition. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated first edition of "The Royal Office of Master of the Horse", with 41 colour plates and over 200 further illustrations. In the original, unclipped dust wrapper. A fine first edition of "The Ro...

1985 Royal Mail: The Post Office Since 1840 by M.J. Daunton Foreward by Asa Briggs

M.J. Daunton; Asa Briggs · 1985 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, The Athlone Press, 1985. First edition. Cloth. An extremely smart first edition of M. J. Daunton"s interesting account of the remarkable history of the Post Office. A charming first edition in the original, unclipped dust wrapper. "Royal Mail: The Post Office Since 184...

The Services of the Royal Regiment of Artillery in the Peninsular War 1808 to 1814

Major John H. Leslie · 1908 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, Hugh Rees, Limited , 1908. First edition. Paperback. A report of the Royal Regiment of artillery during the Peninsular War, complete in three chapters, the first edition. The first edition of this uncommon work. Complete in three chapters with continuous pagination, ea...