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By Authority, the Navy List, Corrected to the 20th December, 1868

[Admiralty] · 1869 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, John Murray , 1869. Hardback. A scarce naval 1869 issue of The Navy List, a comprehensive directory of officers and ships of the Royal Navy. Corrected to the 20th December, 1868.Scarce.In the original paper covered boards. The Navy List, or The Monthly Navy List was an...

The Navy List, Published Quarterly (January-October 1833; January-October 1836; January-October 1844; January-October 1845)

[Admiralty] · 1833 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.20 | $786.08 | ¥125,527)

London, John Murray, 1833-1845. First edition. Leather. A terrific collection of four complete Quarterly Navy Lists, a comprehensive directory of officers and ships of the Royal Navy. Rare to find completed years. This set offers four complete Quarterly Navy Lists, with issues...

The Navy List:

[Admiralty] · 1817 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

London, John Murray, 1817-1845. First edition. Cloth. A scarce selection of issues from this comprehensive naval directory, 'The Navy List', including a rare early example from 1817. Comprising seven monthly issues from The Navy List. The majority of these volumes ar...

The Story of the Guides

Col. G. J. Younghusband · 1911 · Rooke Books

£69.00 (€82.71 | $91.16 | ¥14,557)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1911. Hardback. A lovely half calf prize binding of this illustrated military history. A lovely prize binding of this uncommon shilling edition.Stamped with the gilt crest of St Wilfrid's School, in Seaford. The school taught and housed ...

All About the Merry Tales of Gotham

Alfred Stapleton · 1900 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

Nottingham, R. N. Pearson, 1900 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this fascinating deep-dive into the history of Nottinghamshire folklore, illustrated with black and white original sketches by Harry Packer. The first edition in the publisher's original cloth.Il...

Cadet to Commodore

Albert B. Armitage · 1925 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Cassell & Company, Ltd. 1925 . First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition copy of Albert B. Armitage's account of his time spent in the Merchant Navy during the early twentieth century. The first edition of the work.In the original blue cloth binding. Illustrate...

On the Borders of Pigmy Land

Ruth B. Fisher · 1905 · Rooke Books

£67.00 (€80.31 | $88.52 | ¥14,135)

London, Marshall Brothers, Ltd. 1905 . Cloth. The fifth edition of this illustrated early twentieth century travel journal from colonial missionary Ruth Fisher. The fifth edition of the work. Illustrated with a frontispiece and thirty-two plates. Collated complete.A missionary...

Outlines of Naval Routine

Lieut. Alex. Dingwall Fordyce · 1837 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

London, Smith, Elder & Co, 1837 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of Lieutenant Fordyce's illustrated work on the everyday management of Naval vessels in the 19th century. The scare first edition of this work from Lieutenant Alexander Dingwall Fordyce.The a...

The Handbook of Uganda

H. R. Wallis · 1913 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Government of the Uganda Protectorate by the Crown Agents for the Colonies, 1913 . First edition. Cloth. The vanishingly scarce first edition of H. R. Wallis's illustrated guide to Uganda in the 1910s, intended for the use of British subjects travelling abroad. A ...

Letters from the Far East

Charles Eliot · 1907 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Edward Arnold, 1907 . First edition. Cloth. Interesting illustrated first edition on travels through China and Japan by Sir Charles Eliot, who would later become the British ambassador to Japan, 1919-1925. First edition.In publisher's original blue cloth binding.W...

The Playground of the Far East

Walter Weston · 1918 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)

London, John Murray, 1918. First edition. Cloth. First edition of Walter Weston's second book on mountaineering in Japan, illustrated with numerous plates and two folding maps. First edition.In publisher's original red cloth binding.With the bookplate of Cliff Parfit...

The History of Longleat

Rev. J. E. Jackson [John Edward Jackson] · 1857 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,810)

Devizes , H. Bull, 1857. First edition. Leather. A charming and scarce antiquarian history of Longleat, complete with three engraved plates. The first edition of this scarce work.In a contemporary half calf binding. Sympathetically rebacked and recornered. Bound with the origi...

Memorials of a Beloved Mother: Being a Sketch in the Life of Mrs. Cooper

Charlotte Bickersteth Wheeler · 1853 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Wertheim and Macintosh , 1853 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition copy of this sketch of a mother's life, by Charlotte Bickersteth Wheeler. The very scarce first edition of the work.In a brown cloth binding. Illustrated with a hand coloured frontis...

The Young Man&Apos;S Best Companion

George Fisher · 1813 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

Burslem, J. Tregortha, 1813 . Cloth. Illustrated throughout with engraved plates, this is a fascinating 19th century educational guide for young gentlemen, offering a wealth of instructional information on diverse subjects. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece and title p...

The History of the Ancient Parish of Sandbach, Co. Chester

J. P. Earwaker · 1890 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

London and Redhill, For Private Circulation, 1890 . First edition. Cloth. Scarce limited first edition of Earwaker's detailled illustrated history of Sandbach, including all thirteen townships and the two chapelries of Holmes Chapel and Goostrey. First edition. Scarce. Li...

The Story of France

Mary Macgregor · 1911 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

New York, Frederick A. Stokes Company, c1913. First edition. Cloth. First edition of this delightful children's history of France, profusely illustrated with twenty plates by William Rainey. First edition.In publisher's original blue cloth binding.With illustrated en...

Costumes of the Ancients

Thomas Hope · 1841 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, Henry G. Bohn, 1841. Leather. Uncommon study of the costumes worn in ancient civilisations, profusely illustrated with 321 plates. Uncommon new edition.Complete in two volumes.Bound in half morocco with cloth-covered boards.Volume One features 155 plates with plate 122...

The Golden Bough; a Study in Magic and Religion

Sir James George Frazer · 1950 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1950 . Cloth. A smart copy of the abridged edition of this work on the mysteries of religion and magic. The abridged edition of the work.In publisher's original green cloth binding. With the front of the original dust wrapper pasted to t...

In Forbidden China; the D&Apos;Ollone Mission 1906-1909 China-Tibet-Mongolia

Victome D'Ollone; Bernard Miall [trans.] · 1912 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1912 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition, second impression of this translation of Victome D'Ollone's early twentieth century mission. The first edition, second impression of this translation. Written by Victome D'Ollone,...

Notting Hill in Bygone Days

Florence M. Gladstone · 1924 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, T. Fisher Unwin Ltd. 1924 . First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this historical account of Notting Hill, abundantly illustrated with a frontispiece and 32 plates. The first edition of the work.In publisher's original decorative blue binding.Illustrated w...