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George the Third His Court and History

[John Galt] · 1820 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Henry Colburn and co, 1820. First edition. Leather. An uncommon first edition work regarding the life and court of George III of England. With a frontispiece and nine plates in volume I, a frontispiece and seven plates to volume II. Collated, complete.An interesting l...

Illusion: 1915

H. M. Tomlinson · 1929 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, William Heinemann, 1929. Cloth. A limited edition of this brief account of the First World War from battle, signed and numbered by anti-war writer Henry Major Tomlinson. This is a brief account of the author's wartime experiences.Written by H. M. Tomlinson (1873-1...

Things Japanese Being Notes on Various Subjects Connected with Japan

Basil Hall Chamberlain · 1905 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.87 | $151.96 | ¥24,268)

London, John Murray, 1905. Cloth. Basil Hall Chamberlain's immensely popular Japanese encyclopedia, looking at the history of Japan. Illustrated with a folding map. A popular encyclopaedia on Japan, written in an accessible informal tone. This work went through many editi...

Savage Africa: Being the Narrative of a Tour in Equatorial Southwester and Northwestern Africa

William Winwood Reade · 1864 · Rooke Books

£2,200.00 (€2,637.43 | $2,907.00 | ¥464,265)

New York, Harper and Brothers, 1864. First edition. Leather. Theodore Roosevelt's first edition copy of this narrative of a tour in equatorial, southwestern and northwestern Africa by W Winwood Reade. Rebacked, with the original boards preserved. The first American editi...

Social England: A Record of the Progress of the People

H. D. Traill; J. S. Mann · 1902 · Rooke Books

£695.00 (€833.19 | $918.35 | ¥146,666)

London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, Cassell & Company, Ltd. 1902. Fine Binding. A wonderful finely bound six volume collection of this history of progress in England across twelve books, with colour plates and folding maps. This work details the improvements made to the count...

Japan

Vilhelm Rasmussen · 1903 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.75 | $58.14 | ¥9,285)

Not Stated, Det Nordiske Forlag, 1903. Leather. A thorough descriptive account of Japanese culture in the Danish language. Wilhelm Rasmussen (1869-1939) was a Danish author. This work details Japan, Japanese culture and people.With an illustrated title page, and a number of bl...

A History of the English-Speaking Peoples

Winston Churchill · 1975 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Cassell and Company LTD, 1975-77. Cloth. Two smart later edition volumes of Winston Churchill's important history of Britain. In two volumes, being Volumes II and III of a total of four volumes.In the original unclipped dustwrappers.Volume II is the fifth edition,...

Society of the Mayflower Descendents in the State of Illinois

The Society of the Mayflower Descendents in the State of Illinois · 1900 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.56 | $495.51 | ¥79,136)

Chicago, The Society of the Mayflower Descendents in the State of Illinois , 1900. First edition. Fine Binding. A very scarce, first publication by The Society of the Mayflower Descendents in the State of Illinois. From the library of 'Mr Paul Blatchford', the grands...

Les Vies Des Hommes Illustres Grecs Et Romains, Comparees L&Apos;Une Avec L&Apos;Autre Par Plutarque de Chaeronee

Plutarch; Jacques · 1621 · Rooke Books

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

Geneve, Jacob Stoer, 1621. Leather. A complete French set of Plutarch's noted collection of biographies on Greek and Roman men. Complete in two volumes.In French.Plutarch's 'Lives of the Noble Greeks and Roman's, commonly called Parallel Lives or Plutarch&a...

Service and Sport in the Sudan a Record of Administration in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan

D. C. E. F. Comyn · 1911 · Rooke Books

£200.00 (€239.77 | $264.27 | ¥42,206)

London, John Lane, the Bodley Head, 1911. First edition. Cloth. A complete first edition of this account of the author's time working in Sudan, illustrated throughout with plates and folding maps. The first edition of this work.An account of the author's experiences ...

A Modern History, from the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon

John Lord · 1857 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

Philadelphia, Charles Desilver, 1857. Leather. A concise work discussing modern history, looking into the past few hundred years. A concise look at modern history, specifically from the time of Luther, up to the fall of Napoleon.This work was written for use in schoolsWritten ...

Pharmacopoeia Homoepothica

F F Quin · 1834 · Rooke Books

£5,750.00 (€6,893.29 | $7,597.83 | ¥1,213,420)

London, Veneunt Apud S Highley, 1834. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce, first edition copy of the first systematic work on homeopathy published in England. A presentation copy, presented from the author to his pupil and friend, John Calthorp Williams. Interleaved throughout...

The Problem of the Army

L S Amery · 1903 · Rooke Books

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

London, Edward Arnold, 1903. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this work on the Army by Leopold Amery. This work is an expansion on Amery's articles on the conduct of the Second Boer War for The Times. Signed by Amery to the front endpaper, 'H A Sa...

Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the State of New York One Hundred and Twenty-Fourth Annual Communication May, 1905

1905 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.87 | $151.96 | ¥24,268)

New York, Press of J. J. Little & Co, 1905. Paperback. A 1906 edition of this work looking into the proceedings of the Grand Lodge of New York, and of the Freemasons in the US, illustrated with two plates. The 1906 edition of the proceedings of the Grand Lodge of New York, whi...

History of Royal Arch Masonry at Whitby from 1782 to 1898, with a Brief Sketch Relating to the Origin of the Degree

Egbert Fox-Thomas · 1898 · Rooke Books

£480.00 (€575.44 | $634.25 | ¥101,294)

Whitby; London, Horner and Son; George Kenning, 1898. Cloth. An author's presentation copy of this very scarce work on Freemasonry in Whitby by Egbert Fox-Thomas, illustrated. Author's presentation copy, with 'With the Author's fraternal regards' to th...

Anton Mariae Gratiani a Burgo S. Sepulchri Epis Copi Amerini de Bello Cyprio Libri Quinq Juxta Exemplar Romae Impressum

Antonio Maria Graziani · 1624 · Rooke Books

£4,300.00 (€5,154.98 | $5,681.85 | ¥907,427)

[Basel], Not Stated, 1624. Leather. A very scarce Latin work looking at the history of Cyprus during the Venetian rule in the fifteenth and sixteenth century, written by Antonio Maria Graziani. Illustrated with an architectonic engraved title page. A very scarce work. Not seen...

Great Brittans Little Calendar: Or, Triple Diarie, in Rememberance of Three Daies. Diuided Into Three Treatises. 1. Britanniae Vota: Or God Saue the King: For the 24. Day of March, the Day of His Majesties Happy Proclamation 2. Caesaries Hostes: Or, the Tragedy of Traytors: For the Fift of August, the Day of the Bloudy Gowries Treason, and of His Highnes Blesses Preseruation. 3. Amphitheatrum Scelerum: Or, the Transcendent of Treason: The Day of a Most Admirable Deliuerance of Our King, Queene,

Samuel Garey · 1618 · Rooke Books

£2,800.00 (€3,356.73 | $3,699.81 | ¥590,883)

London, John Beale; Henry Fetherstone; John Parker, 1618. Disbound. A very scarce work by Samuel Garey discussing three important days in the life of James I, his coronation, and two attempts on his life. A very scarce work, last seen at auction in 2002. A very scarce work. On...

Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa: Performed Under the Direction and Patronage of the African Association, in the Years 1795, 1796 and 1797 [with] the Journal of a Mission to the Interior of Africa, in the Year 1805

Mungo Park · 1799 · Rooke Books

£4,400.00 (€5,274.86 | $5,813.99 | ¥928,530)

London, Bulmer and Co; Murray, 1799-1815. First edition. Leather. The first edition of these important African travel works based on Mungo Park's missions. Park's writings and journals became an immediate success and a staple in Africana and travel literature. A set,...

Correspondence of Lieut-General the Hon Sir George Cathcart Kcb Relative to His Military Operations in Kaffraria

Sir George Cathcart · 1857 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.66 | $383.19 | ¥61,199)

London, John Murray, 1857. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this military work regarding George Cathcart's experiences in Kaffraria and the Kaffir War. In a lovely full calf binding. Adorned with maps indicating various boundaries. This work is from the corres...

Lettsom His Life, Times, Friends and Descendents

James Johnston Abraham · 1933 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, William Heinemann, 1933. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing first edition copy of this fascinating biographical study of the renowned English physician and philanthropist John Coakley Lettsom. Lettsom was a quaker, physician and philanthropist known for his abolitionist ...