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Carve Her Name with Pride

R. J. Minney · 1956 · Rooke Books

£895.00 (€1,072.80 | $1,182.42 | ¥188,817)

London, George Newnes Limited, 1956. First edition. Cloth. An advance presentation copy of the first edition of R. J. Minney"s celebrated biography of SOE agent Violette Szabo, signed and inscribed by the author and retaining the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publish...

Lawrence and the Arabs

Robert Graves · 1927 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1927. Cloth. Profusely illustrated early edition of the Robert Graves biography on T. E. Lawrence, also known as "Lawrence of Arabia", in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Third impression.In publisher's original cloth binding. With the original ...

Discours Sur L&Apos;Histoire Universelle, a Monseigneur le Dauphin: Pour Expliquer la Suite de la Religion, & Les Changemens Des Empires

Jacques Benigne Bossuet · 1758 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.50 | $495.43 | ¥79,113)

Paris , Christophe David , 1758. Leather. A lovely calf-bound new edition of Jacques Benigne Bossuet's theological discourse, intended for the education of the Dauphine. New edition. Complete in two volumes. In the original French. First published in 1681.Uniformly bound...

Schindler&Apos;S Ark

Thomas Keneally · 1982 · Rooke Books

£795.00 (€952.93 | $1,050.31 | ¥167,720)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1982. First edition. Hardback. An exquisite, signed first edition of Keneally's profound fictionalisation of Oskar Schindler's heroic deeds during the Holocaust. The first edition of Thomas Kenealley's fictionalisation of the life o...

Man and Beast in Eastern Ethiopia

J. Bland-Sutton · 1911 · Rooke Books

£440.00 (€527.41 | $581.30 | ¥92,826)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited , 1911. First edition. Cloth. A smart signed first edition of this copiously illustrated hunting account from John Bland-Sutton. Author's presentation copy, "with John Bland-Sutton's best wishes" inscribed to the title page. First ed...

A History of England

J Franck Bright · 1880 · Rooke Books

£400.00 (€479.46 | $528.46 | ¥84,388)

London, Rivingtons, 1880-82. Leather. An attractive set of Bright's History of England. Volume I and III are third edition. Volume II is fourth edition. Collated: Complete, with 17 folding maps. In a Bickers and Son binding for Maida Vale High School. James Franck bright ...

History of Europe from the Fall of Napoleon in Mdcccxv to the Accession of Louis Napoleon in Mdccclii

Sir Archibald Alison · 1854 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)

London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1854-59. Cloth. A fascinating eight volumes set of the historical work of Sir Archibald, 'History of Europe', in a uniform binding. Eight Volumes of Alison's History of Europe. From the library of the Titley Court Estate. Titl...

Great Domesday Book: The County Edition Domesday Book Studies: Hampsire

Various · 1987 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€407.54 | $449.19 | ¥71,729)

London, Alecto Historical Editions, 1987-9. Cloth. The County Edition of the Domesday book, containing all the information on Hampshire from the original text. Contained in a delightful presentation slipcase. First edition thus. Comprising Domesday Book Studies, Introduction a...

Calcutta University Commission Report Analysis of Present Conditions Vol. I. Part I. Chapters I. -XIII Vol. II. Part I. Chapters XIV. - XX. Vol. III. Part I. Chapters XXI. - XXIX.

Various · 1919 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, Published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1919. First edition. Paperback. A scarce three volumes set of the 'Calcutta University Commission Report' with folding map A lovely three volumes set of this work on Calcutta University. First edition. Very S...

Supplement to the London Gazette

The War Office · 1946 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Published by Authority, 1946-8. First edition. Magazine. A collection of supplements to The London Gazette. An official journal recording the movements of the British government, The London Gazette claims to be the oldest English newspaper. Though it does not have a la...

A Short History of the English People

J. R. Green · 1902 · Rooke Books

£440.00 (€527.41 | $581.30 | ¥92,826)

London , Macmillan and Co. 1902. Fine Binding. A comprehensive history of England from historian John Richard Green. Illustrated edition, edited by Mrs J. R. Green and Miss Kate Norgate. With thirty-one plates (collated complete), many of which are coloured and including two f...

Bishop Burnet&Apos;S History of His Own Time Volumes I - VI

Bishop Burnet · 1823 · Rooke Books

£599.99 (€719.18 | $792.67 | ¥126,579)

Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1823. Leather. A bright, clean complete set of the 1823 edition of Burnet's History of His Own Time. Bound in half-leather and marbled paper-covered boards, with gilt lettering and decoration. With the Suppressed Passages of the First Volume, and ...

Fanfare for Elizabeth

Edith Sitwell · 1946 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1946. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this historical, semi-fictional work on Elizabeth I. This is one of two books written by Sitwell on Elizabeth I, with her later work titled 'The Queens and the Hive&apos. Illustrated, with four ful...

Interest Tables at Five Per Cent

George Oates · 1851 · Rooke Books

£199.99 (€239.72 | $264.21 | ¥42,192)

London, Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1851. Leather. A mathematical, accountancy work regarding interest tables in the nineteenth century. Leatherbound volume with gilt title to the spine. Interest Tables at Five per Cent. In which are shown the interest on any sum from ...

Introductory Lectures on Modern History, Delivered in Lent Term, Mdcccxlii. With the Inaugural Lecture Delivered in December, Mdcccxli

Thomas Arnold · 1842 · Rooke Books

£59.99 (€71.91 | $79.26 | ¥12,656)

London, John Henry Parker, 1842. Leather. A first edition of this Oxford Professor's modern history lectures given in 1841 and 1842. The titlepage has the ink stamps of the Torquay Book Society and Torquay Natural History Society. In a half calf Torquay Library binding, w...

A Circumstantial Narrative of the Campaign in Russia by Eugene Labaume the Campaign of Paris in 1814 by P.F. F.J. Giraud

Eugene Labaume; P F F J Giraud · 1815 · Rooke Books

£260.00 (€311.65 | $343.50 | ¥54,852)

London, Samuel Leigh, 1815. Leather. Two important texts, bound in one, about the Napoleonic wars. Bound in diced claf leather with gilt lettering and decoration. Translated from the French. With Cokayne Frith's armorial nameplate on the front pastedown. The first title c...

The Miscellaneous Writings of John Evelyn Esq. F.R. S

William Upcott · 1825 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)

London, Henry Colburn and Co, 1825. Leather. This text feature all manner of writings by Evelyn including his translation of "Of Liberty and Servitude" and "The Ladies Dressing-Room Unlock'd". Evelyn is mostly known for his diaries or Memoirs, which are largely contempora...

A History of the Early Part of the Reign of James the Second; with an Introductory Chapter. By the Right Hon. Charles James Fox. To Which Is Added an Appendix.

Right Hon. Charles James Fox · 1808 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

London, William Miller, 1808. Leather. An fascinating historical work by Charles James Fox, charting the the beginning of James II's reign over Britain. First edition. Fox was engaged in writting this history for may years, however, he died before it was completed. It was...

Critical and Historical Essays in Two Volumes

Thomas Babington Macaulay · 1909 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London; New York; Bombay; Calcutta, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1909. Leather. A handsomely bound collection of detailed critical and historical essays from Thomas Babington Macaulay. New impression. "Contributed to the Edinburgh Review". Bound in an institutional calf binding by...

A Staff Officer&Apos;S Scrap-Book During the Russo-Japanese War

Sir Ian Hamilton K C B · 1905 · Rooke Books

£300.00 (€359.60 | $396.34 | ¥63,291)

London, Edward Arnold, 1905. Leather. A first-hand account of the Russo-Japanese War, in a charming leather binding. Written by Sir Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton, a senior officer in the British Army. H Today, Hamilton is best known for commanding the Mediterranean Expedition...