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A Short History of the World

H. G. Wells · 1922 · Rooke Books

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

London, Cassell and Company, Ltd. 1922 . First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of H. G. Wells"s "A Short History of the World", a richly illustrated condensation of his Outline of History tracing human civilisation from its origins to the modern age. In the publisher&ap...

London: Vanished and Vanishing

Philip Norman · 1905 · Rooke Books

£299.00 (€358.40 | $395.02 | ¥63,080)

London, Adam and Charles Black , 1905. First edition. Cloth. A signed limited edition volume exploring London's fading historic architecture, complete with colour plates. Edition de Luxe, limited to two hundred and fifty copies, of which this is number 188.Signed by the a...

History of the Oxfordshire Regiment of Militia (Fourth Battalion Oxfordshire Light Infantry) 1778-1900 Including the Diary of Lieut. -Col. Thomas Mosley Crowder, 1852-1885.

Lieut.-Col. Frank Willan · 1900 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

Oxford, Horace Hart, 1900. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this very scarce illustrated history of the Oxfordshire Regiment of Militia, signed by the author. First edition. Very scarce work. Signed and inscribed by the author to the front free endpaper, in presentatio...

Short Studies on Great Subjects

James Anthony Froude · 1906 · Rooke Books

£298.00 (€357.20 | $393.70 | ¥62,869)

London, Longmans, Green & Co. 1906-1909. Leather. A complete four volume collection of the historical studies and essays by James Anthony Froude, uniformly bound in full calf. Complete in four volumes. New impression. First published between 1867 and 1882, this is a collection...

4 Vols in 2 Lives of the Lindsays; or, a Memoir of the Houses of Crawford and Balcarres

Alexander Crawford Lindsay; Colin Lindsay; Hugh Lindsay · 1840 · Rooke Books

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

London, Wigan, 1840 . First edition. Leather. A smartly bound set of first editions in half morocco, this set contains four volumes, bound as two, tracing the Lindsay family"s legacy. Bound in half morocco with marbled paper boards.First edition.This a s smart four-volume set ...

Antiquarian Notes, Historical, Genealogical, and Social (Second Series)

Charles Fraser Mackintosh · 1897 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

Inverness, A. & W. Mackenzie, 1897 . First edition. Leather. A scarce first edition of the second series of this detailed parish-by-parish survey of Inverness-shire, preserving Highland history, genealogy, and tradition, in the publisher"s original quarter roan with cloth boar...

13 Vols History of Europe from the Commencement of the French Revolution to the Restoration of the Bourbons in Mdcccxv

Sir Archibald Alison · 1853 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.31 | ¥58,016)

Edinburgh; London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1853-1856. Cloth. A ninth-edition set of Sir Archibald Alison"s monumental History of Europe, spanning the French Revolution through Waterloo, offering a chronicle of war, politics, and empire in twelve volumes plus index. In the ...

English Goldsmiths and Their Marks: A History of the Goldsmiths and Plate Workers of England, Scotland, and Ireland

Sir Charles James Jackson · 1921 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited , 1921. Cloth. The second edition of this substantial history of English goldsmiths, copiously illustrated with facsimile marks. The second edition, revised and enlarged. In the original cloth binding. A thorough history of the goldsmiths and ...

Nearest the Pole: A Narrative of the Polar Expedition of the Peary Arctic Club in the S.S. Roosevelt, 1905-1906

R. E. Peary · 1907 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Hutchinson and Co. 1907. First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of this work, being a thorough historical account of Robert Peary's 1905-1906 polar expedition, illustrated with many photographs. The first UK edition of this work.In the original cloth binding. ...

Miniatures: Illuminations of Nisami&Apos;S "Hamsah

E. Yu. Yusupov [Editor]; Fazila Suleimanova [Preface] · 1985 · Rooke Books

£37.00 (€44.35 | $48.88 | ¥7,806)

Tashkent, Fan" Publishers of the Uzbeck, 1985. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition, this volume showcases centuries of illuminated manuscripts inspired by Nizami Ganjavi"s Hamsah, the Persian literary masterpiece.  In the publisher's original green cloth bind...

With the Boers in the Transvaal and Orange Free State in 1880-1

Charles L. Norris-Newman · 1882 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Wm H. Allen and Co. 1882. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this contemporary account of the Transvaal, the Orange Free State and the First Boer War. First edition. Rebacked with the original boards and spine laid down.With forty-eight pages of publisher'...

Correspondence Respecting Abyssinians at Jerusalem 1850-1867

1868 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Harrison and Sons, 1868. Brochure/Pamphlet. A very scarce parliamentary report on the Abyssinians and their church at Jerusalem between 1850 and 1867. Very scarce work. A parliamentary report on the organisation of the Abyssinian church in Jerusalem during the British ...

Visitation of England and Wales

Joseph Jackson Howard; Frederick Arthur Crisp · 1895 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)

Not Stated, Privately Printed, 1895-1902. Vellum. The third, fourth, and tenth volumes of this monumental heraldic study from Howard and Crisp, signed limited edition copies. The first editions of three volumes from this impressive thirty-five volume limited edition work, publ...

Johnson&Apos;S England: An Account of the Life & Manners of His Age

A. S. Turberville [editor] · 1952 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1952. Cloth. Two volumes of the corrected edition of this study on the England of Samuel Johnson's time, with illustrations. Complete in two volumes. Later edition, with corrections. Volume one is illustrated with a frontispiece and eighty images ...

A Chronicle of England B.C. 55 - A.D. 1485

James E. Doyle · 1864 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

Londo, Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts & Green, 1864. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this beautifully illustrated history of England by James E. Doyle, with colour illustrations and bound in the original decorative cloth. The first edition. In the publisher's...

New View of London; or, an Ample Account of That City, in Two Volumes, or Eight Sections. Being a More Particular Description Thereof Than Has Hitherto Been Known to Be Published of Any City in the World

Edward Hatton · 1708 · Rooke Books

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

London , Printed for R. Chiswell, a and J. Churchill, T. Horne, J. Nicholson, and R. Knaplock, 1708. First edition. Leather. A very scarce complete first edition of Edward Hatton's important history of London, complete with large folding plans of the city. The first editi...

The Seven Shaikhdoms: Life in the Trucial States Before the Federation of the United Arab Emirates

Ronald Codrai · 1990 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Stacey International, 1990. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated history of life in the Trucial States before the federation of the UAE. First edition. Illustrated throughout. An exploration of life prior to the development of the United Arab...

Secret History of the English Occupation of Egypt: Being a Personal Narrative of Events

Wilfrid Scawen Blunt · 1922 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1922. First edition. Cloth. A first US edition of this historical account of the events surrounding the English occupation of Egypt from English writer Wilfrid Scawen Blunt. First US edition. With a frontispiece. A historical account focused on the p...

Literary Associations with the Middle Temple

John Mahan Gover · 1935 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.34 | $653.96 | ¥104,430)

London, Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, 1935 . First edition. Paperback. A signed presentation copy of the vanishingly scarce first edition of this study of the literary figures associated with the Middle Temple. A signed presentation copy of this very scarce work.Inscribed to the fr...

The Royal Kalendar and Court and City Register for England, Scotland, Ireland, and the Colonies

None stated · 1856 · Rooke Books

£285.00 (€341.62 | $376.52 | ¥60,126)

London, R. & A. Suttaby, 1856. First edition. Leather. A scarce volume of the 'Royal Kalendar', an annual publication providing historical insight into the government of the nineteenth century. The first edition, being a scarce volume from the year 1856. In the publi...