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Middle Temple Records Minutes of Parliament

Charles Henry Hopwood · 1903 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.56 | $495.51 | ¥79,136)

London, Published by Order of The Masters of The Bench, 1903-05. Cloth. A smart five volume set of works by Charles Henry Hopwood offering an insight into the prestigious legal organisation Middle Temple from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century. Five volumes. Uniformly bou...

Words of Wellington the Duke- Waterloo- the Ball

Sir William Fraser · 1902 · Rooke Books

£47.00 (€56.35 | $62.10 | ¥9,918)

London, John C Nimmo, 1902. Cloth. A scarce work of military history profusely illustrated throughout with numerous depictions of the Duke of Wellington. New edition. Each of the illustrations in this work have been reproduced from rare and authentic engravings by Mr Joseph Gr...

From the Limbo of the Past. Famous Fights for English Liberty

J. Scott Harston · 1916 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

Hongkong, Printed by The South China Morning Post, 1916-17. Hardback. A two volume set of works by J. Scott Harston being an interesting work of British legal history. Two volumes. In a uniform half paper vellum binding, with paper covered boards. Each volume features an ink i...

Souvenir de la Bretagne

Unamed · 1881 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

Unamed, Unamed, c1881. Cloth. A very scarce french souvenir from Bretagne or Brittany being a large folding plate depicting the local dress. Illustrated by L Caradec. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Undated, dated from the ink inscription to the front pastedown...

A History of the Southern Railway Compiled from Various Sources

C. F. Dendy Marshall · 1936 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London; Edinburgh, The Southern Railway Company, 1936. Cloth. A history of the Southern Railway, written by an authority in the field C. F. Dendy Marshall. The work is illustrated with numerous plates and an additional two folding plates, and is in excellent condition. A inter...

Insitutions Militaires de la France Avant Les Armees Permanentes Suivies D&Apos;Un Apercu Des Principaux Changements Survenus Jusqua Nos Jours Dans la Formation de L&Apos;Armee

Edgard Boutaric · 1863 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

Paris, Henri Plon, 1863. Leather. A French work on the history of military institutions within France, written by the historian Edgard Boutaric. In the original French. This work is an interesting look at the various military institutions that were in place and use before the ...

The Life and Letters of Admiral Dewey from Montpelier to Manila

Adelbert M. Dewey · 1899 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

New York, The Woolfall Company, 1899. First edition. Leather. A first edition copy is this fascinating biography of the only recipient of the highest possible rank in the United States Navy, Admiral of the Navy George Dewey. The rank of the 'Admiral of the Navy' is e...

American Secretaries of the Navy

Paolo E. Coletta · 1980 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

Annapolis, Naval Institute Press, 1980. Cloth. A two volume set of works being a comprehensive list of the Secretaries of the U. S. Navy, illustrated throughout. A extensive work of naval history documenting the multiple Secretaries of the Navy across two centuries. Lacking th...

Historical Memoirs of My Own Time.

N. Wiliam Waxall · 1818 · Rooke Books

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

London, T Cadell and W. Davies, 1818. Leather. Three volumes of Nathaniel William Wraxall's memoirs of life in the late eighteenth century. The third edition of this work. This corrected edition was published in 1818, after Wraxall had suspended the sale of his memoirs (o...

Richmond Its People and Its Story

Mary Newton Stanard · 1923 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott Company, 1923. First edition. Cloth. A fascinating single volume work on the history of Richmond, examining the capital city's past from the Colonial Period to the war between the states, and the following reconstruction. This text was writt...

Egypt and Mohammed Ali or Travels in the Valley of the Nile

James Augustus St John · 1834 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)

London, Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown Green and Longman. 1834. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this scarce travel work on Egypt by British journalist, author and traveller James Augustus St John. To Volume II the pages xxii-xix have been mistakenly bound in backwards...

Illustrations of British History, Biography, and Manners, in the Reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary, Elizabeth, & James I, Exhibited in a Series of Original Papers, Selected from the Mss. Of the Noble Families of Howard, Talbot, and Cecil; Containing Among a Variety of Interesting Pieces, a Great Part of the Correspondence of Elizabeth and Her Ministers with George, Sixth Earl of Shrewsbury, During the Fifteen Year Sin Which Mary, Queen of Scots, Remain in His Custody. With Numerous Notes and

Edmund Lodge · 1838 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.47 | $594.61 | ¥94,963)

London, John Chidley , 1838. Leather. A three volume set works exploring the history of Britain under several monarchs, bound in an attractive half calf binding. Complete in 3 volumes. Second edition, with additions, revised and corrected. In an attractive uniform half calf bi...

Memoirs of the Life and Times of Sir Christopher Hatton, K.G. , Vice-Chamberlain and Lord Chancellor to Queen Elizabeth. Including His Correspondence with the Queen and Other Distinguished Persons

Harris Nicolas · 1847 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)

London, Richard Bentley, 1847. Leather. An uncommon first edition copy of Sir Harris Nicolas's biography of Sir Christopher Hatton in an attractive polished calf binding with marbled endpapers and textblock. Sir Christopher Hatton was an English politician, Lord Chancello...

Scottish Exhibition of National History, Art and Industry Glasgow (1911)

Various; John Glaister · 1911 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.87 | $151.96 | ¥24,268)

Glasgow, Edinburgh and London, Dalross Limited, 1911. First edition. Cloth. A comprehensive study of the Scottish Exhibition held in Glasgow in 1911. Written across two volumes, this work explores Scottish history, art and industry. With a foreword by the Scottish Fellow of th...

In Dwarf Land and Cannibal Country a Record of Travel and Discovery in Central Africa

A B Lloyd · 1899 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)

London, T Fisher Unwin, 1899. First edition. Cloth. Albert Lloyd's tales of being a missionary for four years in Central Africa, signed by the author to the recto of front endpaper. Albert Lloyd was a missionary sent to Central Africa. This book documents his four years o...

Stalking Big Game with a Camera in Equatorial Africa

Marius Maxwell · 1925 · Rooke Books

£380.00 (€455.56 | $502.12 | ¥80,191)

London, William Heinemann, 1925. Cloth. Marius Maxwell's 'Stalking Big Game With A Camera In Equatorial Africa' beautifully illustrated and very scarce with the dust wrapper with photographic plates throughout, including large folding plates. Reprint by The Medi...

D&Apos;Un Regard L&Apos;Autre Histoire Des Regards Europeens Sur L&Apos;Afrique L&Apos;Amerique Et L&Apos;Oceanie

Zeno Bianu; Monique Jeudy-Ballini et al. · 2006 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.43 | ¥10,129)

Paris, Musee de Quai Branly, 2006. First edition. Hardback. A look into the history of European views on Africa, America and Oceania. With examples of work held at the Musee de Quai Branly-Jacques Chirac, a French museum featuring the indigenous art and cultures of Africa, Asi...

Great Masters of Ukiyoe School: Calendar for 1913

T. Hasegawa · 1912 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.47 | $594.61 | ¥94,963)

Tokyo, T. Hasegawa, 1912 . Paperback. A very scarce copy of this Hasegawa book-form calendar for 1913, richly illustrated throughout with colour woodblock reproductions after seven major masters of ukiyo-e. In the publisher's original pictorial paper wraps, sewn in the Ja...

The Book of Italy

Raffaello Piccoli · 1912 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

New York, Frederick A. Stokes Company, c1916. First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first U.S. edition of this First World War compilation of Italian and British artists, writers and musicians in support of the war effort. Very scarce first U.S. edition. In the publisher'...

A Short History of the Saracens

Ameer Ali Syed [Syed Ameer Ali] · 1899 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London; New York, Macmillan and Co. Limited; The Macmillan Company, 1899. Cloth. A copy of the scarce first edition of this cultural and religious history, illustrated throughout, with folding plates. A copy of the scarce first edition. Illustrated throughout, featuring a mono...