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Supplement to the Sources for the History of Education

Supplement to the Sources for the History of Education · 1976 · Rooke Books

£28.00 (€33.56 | $36.99 | ¥5,907)

London, The Library Association, 1976. Cloth. A list of material added to the Libraries of the Institutes and Schools of Education, 1965-1974. Together with works from certain universities, edited by Dr. Higson a fomer librarian at the University of Leicester. In a cloth bindi...

The Complete Book of Fighters an Illustrated Encyclopedia of Every Fighter Aircraft Built and Flown

William Green; Gordon Swanborough · 1994 · Rooke Books

£47.99 (€57.52 | $63.40 | ¥10,124)

London, Salamander Books Limited, 1994. Cloth. A detailed and comprehensive record of every type of fighter aircraft ever flown. A first edition illustrated with colour and black and white illustrations throughout. William Green was an aviation and military author. During serv...

Albanich a History of the Galloway Rifle Volunteers

Ian Devlin · 1996 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

Scotland, G.C. Book Publishers, 1996. First edition. Cloth. A comprehensive and illustrated history of the Galloway rifle volunteers, beginning with the Battle of the Standard 1129 AD. Limited first edition, number three-hundred and sixty-six of the five-hundred that are signe...

Carleton; or, Duty and Patriotism. A Tale of the American Revolution.

John R. Willis, Esq. · 1841 · Rooke Books

£640.00 (€767.14 | $845.53 | ¥135,020)

London, J. Clements, 1841. Paperback. A scarce fictionalised account of 'Carleton's Raid' on the shores of Lake Champlain during the American War of Independence. Published for the Proprietors of the Romancist and Novelist's Library, with 4pp publisher&apos...

Historical Miscellany or, Illustrations of the Most Important Periods in Ancient and Modern History with a Particular Account of the British Constitution and Commerce: Forming a Supplement to Pinnock&Apos;S Grecian, Roman, and English Histories.

William Cooke Taylor · 1829 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Whittaker, Treacher & Co, 1829. First edition. Leather. A first edition of the unusual Historical Miscellany by William Cooke Taylor written before his more famous historical works. William Cooke Taylor, 1800 - 1849, was an Irish writer, journalist, historian and Anti-...

The Empress Alexandra 1872-1918

E M Almedingen · 1961 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)

London, Hutchinson, 1961. Leather. An interesting and thorough historical text regarding Empress Alexandra of Russia. Alexandra was the wife to Nicholas II, the last ruler of the Russian Empire. Known as Alix of Hesse, she was a granddaughter of Queen Victoria of England. Coun...

Les Valois (1293-1589) Heredites, Pathologie, Amours, Et Grandeur

Baron Andre de Maricourt · 1939 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.74 | $58.13 | ¥9,283)

Paris, Editions Emile-Paul Freres, 1939. Leather. A history of the House of Valois from the Baron de Maricourt. In French. The House of Valois was a cadet branch of the Capetian dynasty, succeeding the House of Capet (or "Direct Capetians") as kings of France from 1328 to 1589...

Histoire de la Monarchie de Juillet Volume I to VII

Paul Thureau-Dangin · 1888 · Rooke Books

£199.99 (€239.72 | $264.21 | ¥42,192)

Paris, Librairie Plon, 1888-1897. Cloth. The definitive history of the July Monarchy. Crowned twice by the French Academy in 1885 and 1886 with the Grand Prix Gobert award. The July Monarchy (1830-1848) was a period of liberal monarchy rule of France under Louis-Philippe and w...

L&Apos;Art de Vrifier: Les Dates Des Faits Historiques, Des Inscriptions, Des Chroniques Et Autres Anciens Monuments, Depuis la Naissance de Notre-Seigneur

Francois Clement · 1818 · Rooke Books

£24.99 (€29.95 | $33.02 | ¥5,272)

Paris, Valade, 1818. Leather. An early nineteenth-century historical work from Francois Clement on the dating of historical items and monuments. An early nineteenth-century historical work from Francois Clement on the dating of historical items and monuments. In French. Franco...

Vie de Bianca Cappello

Pierre-Gauthiez · 1928 · Rooke Books

£99.99 (€119.85 | $132.10 | ¥21,095)

Paris, Jules Tallandier, 1928. Leather. A fascinating biography on the life of the Italian noblewoman Bianna Cappello. In French.A 1928 edition of Pierre-Guathiez's 1862 biography of Bianca Cappello, a sixteenth-century Italian noblewoman.Bianca Coppello was the mistress,...

Chronique de la Prise de Constantinople Par Les Francs

Geoffroy de Ville-Hardoin · 1828 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

Paris, Chez Verdiere Libraire, 1828. Cloth. A French history of the fall of Constantinople. Volume 3 of a wider series of French chronicles, though complete in itself. Geoffrey of Villehardouin was a knight and historian who participated in and chronicled the Fourth Crusade. I...

Histoire de la Republique D&Apos;Angleterre Et de Cromwell

M. Guizot · 1854 · Rooke Books

£39.99 (€47.93 | $52.83 | ¥8,437)

Paris, Didier, Libraire-Editeur, 1854. Leather. A history of Cromwell and the Commonwealth of England by France's renowned Francois Guizot. With the pictorial bookplate of Philip A Hurl to the front pastedown. Volume I of two volumes. François Pierre Guillaume Guizot (178...

Lettres Sur L&Apos;Angleterre

A. de Stael-Holstein · 1825 · Rooke Books

£89.99 (€107.87 | $118.89 | ¥18,985)

Paris, Treuttel et Wurtz, 1825. First edition. Leather. The uncommon first edition of de Stael-Holstein's letters concerning political and cultural observations of England. The first edition of this work. An uncommon work. A collection of letters looking at the politics a...

Histoire de France Depuis L&Apos;Origine Jusqu&Apos;a Nos Jours

Emile de Bonnechose · 1859 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Paris, Librairie de Firmin Didot Frres, Fils et Cie, 1859. Leather. A complete set of Emile de Bonnechose's history of France, written in the original French. A leatherbound two volume set of de Bonnechose's Histoire de France. Emile de Bonnechose (1801 - 1875) was a...

Caii Julii Caesaris Et a Hirtii de Rebus a Caesare Gestis Commentarii Cum Fragmentis Accesserunt Indices Locorum Rerumque Et Verborum Omnia Ex Recensione Samuelis Clarke Fideliter Expressa

Julius Caesar; Samuel Clarke · 1750 · Rooke Books

£345.00 (€413.54 | $455.79 | ¥72,784)

Glasgow, In Aedibus Academicis, 1750. Leather. A selection of Julius Caesar's historical writings and memoirs. Comprising of his famous Commentarii de Bello Gallico and De Bello Civili in addition to works attributed to Caesar, of which the authorship is doubted. These ar...

Journal of a Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific Performed in the Years 1819-20 in His Majesty&Apos;S Ships Hecla and Griper Under the Orders of William Edward Parry and Journal of a Second Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific Performed in the Years 1821-22-23 in His Majesty&Apos;S Ships Fury and Hecla Under the Orders of William Edward Parry

William Edward Parry · 1821 · Rooke Books

£1,500.00 (€1,797.99 | $1,981.71 | ¥316,453)

London, John Murray, 1821-1825. Leather. Two accounts of the journeys undertaken by William Edward Parry and his crew in the Arctic. Second edition. Sir William Edward Parry (19 December 1790 – 8 or 9 July 1855) was an English rear-admiral and Arctic explorer, who in 1827 atte...

Eskimo Life

Fridtjof Nansen · 1893 · Rooke Books

£1,750.00 (€2,097.65 | $2,311.99 | ¥369,196)

London, Longmans, Green and Co. 1893. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of this work by Fridtjof Nansen. With 16 plates and woodcuts in the text. Publisher's Catalogue to the rear. Fridtjof Nansen was a Norwegian arctic explorer, scientist, diplomat and humanit...

S&Apos;Nellie&Apos;S Welsh Fairy Tales

Eleanor Boniface · 1929 · Rooke Books

£390.00 (€467.48 | $515.24 | ¥82,278)

Newtown, Welsh Outlook Press, 1929. Cloth. An incredibly scarce volume of charming illustrated Welsh fairytales. A very scarce book of translated Welsh fairy tales retold by Eleanor Boniface, which she recalls being told by her Nurse as a small child.Boniface laments all that ...

The Lands of Silence: A History of Arctic and Antarctic Exploration

Sir Clements R. Markham · 1921 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)

Cambridge , University Press, 1921. First edition. Cloth. A scarce illustrated history of polar exploration, written by eminent geographer and explorer Sir Clements Markham. The first and only edition until Cambridge University Press' 2015 reprint, followed by another mod...

Advance Japan: A Nation Thoroughly in Earnest

J. Morris · 1895 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)

London, W. H. Allen and Co. Limited , 1895. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this comprehensive and illustrated guide to Japan. Very scarce first edition. In the publisher's decorative cloth binding.Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece, forty-sev...