Storia

The Romance of Canada

Herbert Strang [ed.] · 1910 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, Henry Frowde & Hodder & Stoughton, 1910 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of this charmingly illustrated children's history of Canada, retaining parts of the vanishingly scarce dust wrapper. The very scarce first edition of this work.With the r...

Napoleon

John Lord · 1906 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Arthur L. Humphreys , 1906. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing first edition of this scarce debate concerning Napoleon's morality and services to France. First edition. In the publisher's original gilt-decorated cloth binding. This volume contains a brief, but ...

B.I. Centenary 1856-1956

George Blake · 1956 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

London, Collins, 1956. First edition. Cloth. London: Collins, 1956. First edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good Indeed. 8.5" by 6.5". Multiple plate photographs, including of ships such as Cape of Good Hope (1856-1859), and portraits of Sir William Mackinnon, Chairman 1856-93 and Sir...

Loving

Henry Green · 0 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

London, The Hogarth Press, Henry Green. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this novel by Henry Green following the happenings of an Irish country house during the Second World War. The scarce first edition, first impression. In the publisher's original clot...

Japan: The Pocket Guide

Japan Travel Bureau · 1953 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

Tokyo , Japan Travel Bureau , 1953. Cloth. A very smart postwar pocket guide to visiting Japan, complete with the very scarce dust wrapper and many photographs. The third edition. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper (unpriced).This travel guide offers a p...

The Works of John Lothrop Motley

John Lothrop Motley · 1903 · Rooke Books

£1,495.00 (€1,791.99 | $1,975.10 | ¥315,399)

London, John Murray, 1903-1904 . Leather. A beautiful nine volume Zaehnsdorf bound set of the historical works of American author and diplomat John Lothrop Motley. Complete in nine half calf volumes, in signed bindings by Zaehnsdorf for A. C. M. Cluro & Ce.An uncommon set.The ...

Farm and Cottage Inventories of Mid-Essex 1635-1749

Francis W. Steer [ed] · 1950 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Essex, The Essex County Council, 1950. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this interesting account of seventeenth and eighteenth century furniture and belongings in Essex. The first edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, monochrome vignettes, two folding plat...

Materials for the History of Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury

James Craigie Robertson [ed] · 1875 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

London, Longmans & Co, 1875-1885. First edition. Cloth. A seven volume set of historical works on the medieval Archbishop Thomas Becket, collected from old manuscripts. The first edition.A complete seven volume set. Part of the 'Rerum Britannicarum Medii Aevi Scriptores, ...

An Ancient Manuscript of the Eighth or Ninth Century: Formerly Belonging to St. Mary&Apos;S Abbey, or Nunnaminster, Winchester.

Walter De Gray Birch · 1889 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Simpkin and Marshall , 1889. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this translation of an ancient manuscript from the eighth or ninth century. First edition. With a folding frontispiece, being a facsimile of the original manuscript. Collated complete. The...

Domesday and Feudal Statistics

A. H. Inman · 1900 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Elliot Stock, 1900. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this uncommon study of the Domesday, by A. H. Inman. The first edition of this work.An uncommon work.Presentation copy, with a stamp to the head of the title.A. H. Inman's study on the Domesday, presen...

1957 Margaret the First: A Biography of Margaret Cavendish Duchess of Newcastle 1623-1673

Douglas Grant · 1957 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

London, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1957. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this biography on Margaret the First by Douglas Grant, in the original vanishingly scarce dust wrapper and previously owned by the author, with a letter addressed to him. The first edition. Previously ...

Punch&Apos;S Pocket-Book Containing a Calendar, Cash Account, Diary and Memoranda

1877 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Punch Office, 1877-1879. First edition. Leather. A pleasing pair of morocco-bound Punch Pocket-Books, containing a calendar, humorous short stories and more. First editions. Both bound in the original full red morocco, with a working wallet-style closure that closes th...

Old Flanders; or, Popular Traditions and Legends of Belgium

Octave Delepierre · 1845 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

London, T. C. Newby, 1845. First edition. Leather. A very scarce first edition of this collection of legends from Belgium, in two volumes. Complete in two volumes. First edition. Very scarce. A collection of the popular traditions and legends of Belgium, including: Antigon or ...

Lettres En Partie Inedites de Madame Roland (Mademoiselle Phlipon) Aux Demoiselles Cannet Suivies Des Lettres de Madame Roland a Bosc Servan, Lanthenas, Robespierre, Etc. Et de Documents Inedits Avec Une Introduction Et Des Notes Par C.A. Dauban

Madame Roland; C. A. Dauban [intro.] · 1867 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

Paris , Henri Plon, 1867. Leather. A valuable selection of the famous letters from French revolutionary and writer, Madame Roland. Complete in two volumes. Uniformly bound in quarter crushed morocco. With a tissue-guarded portrait frontispiece to Volume I.Madame Roland was a h...

Bhowani Junction; Far, Far the Mountain Peak; Fandango Rock; the Venus of Konpara; to the Coral Strand

John Masters · 1954 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)

London, Michael Joseph, 1954-1962. First edition. Cloth. A wonderful set of five novels by John Masters; all first editions in the original dust wrappers. The first edition, first impressions of these five works in the publisher's original cloth bindings, with the origina...

Nordic Twilight

E. M. Forster · 1940 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1940. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. The first edition of this Macmillan War Pamphlet containing E. M. Forster's important statement of his belief in the British effort during the Second World War. The first edition of the work. One o...

Dress Worn by Gentlemen at His Majesty&Apos;S Court and on Occasions of Ceremony

H. Graham Bennet [ed.] · 1903 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Harrison & Sons, 1903 . Cloth. A scarce 'new edition, revised and enlarged' of this illustrated account of the clothing worn by gentlemen in British courts. A scarce work, 'collected from official sources with the sanction of the Lord Chamberlain&apos.Il...

Ten Chapters 1942 to 1945

B. L. Montgomery; Winston Churchill · 1946 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Hutchinson and Co, 1946. First edition. Leather. A unique British history of the Second World War, as told in chapters by a senior Army Officer and facsimile prints of Winston Churchill's own impressions. The first edition. In the publisher's original morocco...

The History of the Rebellion and CIVIL Wars in England

Edward Earl of Clarendon · 1826 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

Oxford, The Clarendon Press, 1826 . Leather. A complete collection of the new edition of Edward, Earl of Clarendon's important historical work surrounding the English civil wars. A new edition. Complete in eight volumes. Uniformly bound in full calf. An important historic...

The Greville Memoirs

Charles C. F. Greville; Henry Reeve · 1875 · Rooke Books

£650.00 (€779.13 | $858.74 | ¥137,130)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co, 1875-87. First edition. Leather. A first edition set of Greville's monumental series of journals, an in-depth look at the reigns of three monarchs. The fifth edition of Volumes I, II, and III, the first edition of Volumes IV to VIII.Comple...