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The Officers and Nurses of Evacuation Eight: With a Complete Roster of All Those Who Served with the Unit

Arthur M. Shipley; Agnes T. Considine · 1929 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)

New Haven, Yale University Press, 1929. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce supplement volume to Frederick A. Pottle's history of Evacuation Hospital No. 8, established in WWI. The first edition of this very scarce supplement volume. With the original unclipped dust wrapp...

Reminiscences of Kenwood and the Northern Heights

Sir Arthur Crosfield · 1925 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Country Life Ltd, 1925. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated historical work on Kenwood and Hampstead Heath by Sir Arthur Henry Crosfield. The very scarce first edition. Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece and fourteen monochrome plates. C...

Handwritten Notes on the Severn Tunnel

[John Hawkshaw] · 1873 · Rooke Books

£1,400.00 (€1,678.12 | $1,849.60 | ¥295,357)

None, None, c1886 . Brochure/Pamphlet. A very scarce booklet of handwritten notes regarding the construction of the Severn Tunnel, written by the engineer of the tunnel, Sir John Hawkshaw, alongside a hand-drawn plan of a nearby spring affecting the area of construction. A boo...

The Barber of Putney

J. B. Morton · 1934 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, Philip Allan & Co. Ltd, 1934. Cloth. The first revised edition of J. B. Morton's semi autobiographical novel about his experiences during World War One. The first revised edition. First published in 1919. In the publisher's original cloth. This war novel was ...

The First Hundred Thousand: Being the Unofficial Chronicle of a Unit of "K(I)" & Carrying on - After the First Hundred Thousand

Ian Hay [Major General John Hay Beith] · 1915 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

Edinburgh & London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1915-1917. First edition. Cloth. Two smart first edition volumes of this good humoured account of army life from British soldier Major General John Hay Beith. Two volumes. First edition. With a colour frontispiece to volume one. ...

The Island of Formosa Past and Present: History, People, Resources, and Commercial Prospects. Tea, Camphor, Sugar, Gold, Coal, Sulphur, Economical Plants, and Other Productions

James W. Davidson · 2005 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Taipei , SMC Publishing Inc. 2005. Cloth. An attractive new edition of James W. Davidson's comprehensive history of the short-lived Republic of Formosa. A new edition of this work. First published by Macmillan in 1903. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wra...

Fifty Years Ago

Sir Walter Besant · 1888 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1888. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this historical study of Britain in 1837 by the novelist and historian Sir Walter Besant. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, a title page vignette, forty-seven plates and numerous in-text...

The Voyage of the Challenger

Herbert Swire; Major Roger Swire; G. Herbert Fowler · 1938 · Rooke Books

£680.00 (€815.09 | $898.38 | ¥143,459)

London, The Golden Cockerel Press, 1938. Cloth. A limited edition of Herbert Swire's insightful first hand account of the Challenger expedition, colourfully illustrated by the author. A limited edition of three hundred copies by the Golden Cockerel Press, this copy is num...

Bookplates: Being a Lecture Delivered to the Print Collectors&Apos; Club on Wednesday November 18th, 1925

J. F. Badeley · 1927 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Print Collectors' Club, 1927. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of J. F. Badeley's limited edition lecture on the history of bookplates, illustrated throughout and with three original plates. No. 132 of 500 copies.'Being a Lecture Delivered to the ...

Lawrence of Arabia Memorial

Various · 1935 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Not Stated, Not Stated, 1935 . First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A fine example of this pamphlet discussing plans for the memorial bust of T. E. Lawrence, which was unveiled at St. Paul's Cathedral the following year. The first edition of this work. A single sheet of pape...

Hamlet&Apos;S Divinity and Other Essays

Christopher Devlin; C. V. Wedgwood · 1963 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1963. First edition. Hardback. A lovely first edition copy of this scarce collection of essays on religious and historical themes by Christopher Devlin, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. A first edition of this scarce work in the publisher&apos...

A Service of Celebration and Thanksgiving in Honour of the 100th Birthday of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother

None stated · 2000 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, Barnard & Westwood Ltd, 2000. First edition. Paperback. A vanishingly scarce order of service for the exclusive 100th birthday celebration of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, held at St Paul's Cathedral. The sole edition. In the original publisher's paper c...

Tales About Travellers: Their Perils, Adventures, and Discoveries

Thomas Bingley · 1840 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Charles Tilt, 1840. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition volume of stories about great adventurers by Thomas Bingley, complete with plates. The first edition of this scarce work, the red cloth variant. 'Tales About Travellers' offers exciting tales of...

The Naval Annual; Brassey&Apos;S Naval Annual; Brassey&Apos;S Naval and Shipping Annual

Viscount Hythe [ed.]; John Leyland [ed.] · 1914 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

London, Williams Clowes and Sons, 1914-1948. First edition. Cloth. Eight scarce volumes of the informative periodical The Naval Annual, started by Thomas Brassey. Eight scarce volumes uniformly bound in the publisher's original blind-stamped cloth binding. Previous owner&...

Cycling Road Book Compiled for the Use of Cyclists and Pedestrians

Charles Spencer · 1897 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Cycling" Offices, 1897 . Cloth. A smart example of Charles Spencer's very scarce guide to cycling on the roads of Great Britain, 'compiled for the use of cyclists and pedestrians&apos. A very scarce revised edition of the author's vanishingly scarce 1884...

Memoir of Sir James David Marwick

John Gray McKendrick [John Gray M'Kendrick] · 1909 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

Glasgow, James Maclehose and Sons, 1909 . First edition. Cloth. A signed copy of the vanishingly scarce memoirs of James David Marwick, who served as Town Clerk of Glasgow for thirty-one years, during which time the entire city was transformed. The very scarce first edition.In...

The British Cyclopaedia of Arts and Sciences, Literature, History, Geography, Law and Politics, Natural History and Biography

Charles Frederick Partington · 1835 · Rooke Books

£950.00 (€1,138.73 | $1,255.08 | ¥200,421)

London, Orr and Smith , 1835-1838. First edition. Leather. The scarce complete ten volume first edition of Charles Frederick Partington's richly illustrated encyclopaedia of natural history, the arts, biography and geography. The first edition, complete in ten volumes. Th...

London Gunmakers: Historical Data on the London Gun Trade in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

Nigel Brown · 1998 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.59 | ¥35,865)

London, Christie, Manson and Woods Ltd, 1998. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this intriguing history of London gunmakers. The first edition, first impression of this work. Signed by the author to the half title. With the publisher's original unclipped dus...

Between the Woods and the Water: One Foot to Constantinople from the Hook of Holland: The Middle Danube to the Iron Gates

Patrick Leigh Fermor · 1986 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London , John Murray, 1986. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition of Patrick Leigh Fermor's sequel to his travel series, narrating his journey on foot from the Hook of Holland to Constantinople. The first edition, first impression. With the publisher's ori...

The Honourable Artillery Company 1537-1926

G. Goold Walter; Earl of Denbigh and Desmond · 1926 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, John Lane at The Bodley Head, 1926. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this illustrated history of the Honourable Artillery Company of the British Army. First edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, three colour plates, forty black-and-white plates, and ...