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From Printing Office to the Court of St. James: The Boyhood and Manhood of Benjamin Franklin

W. M. Thayer · 1890 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1890 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of William M. Thayer's charming biography of US founding father, Benjamin Franklin. The scarce first edition of this work.Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece and three plates. Collate...

A History of the County of Somerset Volume IV

C. R. Elrington; R. W. Dunning [ed.] · 1978 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

Oxford , Oxford University Press for The Institute of Historical Research , 1978. Cloth. A very smart volume covering the history of Somerset from the popular Victoria County History project. The first edition of Volume IV from The Victoria History of the County of Somerset. I...

The History of England from the Accession of James the Second to the Death of William the Third

Lord Macaulay [Thomas Babington Macaulay] · 1905 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1905. Leather. The fine paper edition of Lord Macaulay's history of England, complete in five uniformly bound volumes. The complete five-volume set of the fine paper edition in a quarter calf binding with cloth boards. Top edge gilt. Alongside Mac...

Celtic Religion in Roman Britain

Graham Webster · 1987 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

Totowa, New Jersey, Barnes & Noble Books , 1987. First edition. Cloth. An informative and important study of the adjustments of Celtic religion under Roman rule, from one of the pre-eminent figures of Roman-British archaeology, Graham Webster. The first US edition. In the publ...

Plant-Hunting in China: A History of Botanical Exploration in China and the Tibetan Marches

E. H. M. Cox · 1945 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Collins, 1945. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated botanical work on China from Scottish horticulturalist E. H. M. Cox. First edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, twenty-four plates, and three maps. Collated complete. The author&...

Adam & Charles Black, 1807-1957: Some Chapters in the History of a Publishing House

Adam and Charles Black · 1957 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Adam & Charles Black, 1957. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this history of the publishing house Adam & Charles Black, from the library of W. A. Foyle at Beeleigh Abbey. The first edition, first impression of this work in the publisher's original cloth ...

A Short Guide to the American Antiquities in the British Museum

Mr T. A. Joyce [prepared] · 1912 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, British Museum , 1912. Brochure/Pamphlet. An uncommon guide to the American antiquities and archaeological items held at the British Museum, illustrated throughout. An uncommon work acting as a guide to the antiquities of native American antiquities held at the British...

Iraq: Land of Two Rivers

Gavin Young · 1980 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Collins, 1980. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this fascinating work of travel writing on Iraq, with numerous photographs. First edition. Illustrated throughout with colour photographs and maps. A portrait of a fascinating country, following an itinerary...

Beyond the Dark Hills

Jesse Stuart · 1938 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

New York, E. P. Dutton, 1938 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the first edition of Jesse Stuart's autobiographical account of his early life in Appalachia. The first edition, first printing of this work.Signed by the author with an inscription to the ...

King&Apos;S Favourites

Francis Bickley · 1910 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1910. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of this illustrated collection of writings on important figures in the lives of British kings. First edition. Scarce work. Illustrated with a frontispiece and eleven plates. Collated complete. A coll...

Chambers&Apos;S Miscellany of Useful and Entertaining Tracts

William Chambers; Robert Chambers · 1874 · Rooke Books

£67.00 (€80.31 | $88.52 | ¥14,135)

London, William and Robert Chambers, c1845-1874. Leather. Four volumes of Chambers's Miscellany of Useful and Entertaining Tracts bound in two volumes. Four volumes bound in two. Volumes I, II, IX, and X only. Illustrated throughout. A collection of short entertaining and...

Real Origin of Government

John Whitaker · 1795 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, John Stockdale, 1795. First edition. Disbound. The first edition of this very scarce pamphlet denouncing the results of the French Revolution, by John Whitaker. The first edition of this very scarce work.An interesting political pamphlet by John Whitaker, expanded from...

Schlachten Des Weltkrieges

Various · 1928 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

Oldenburg, Gerhard Stalling, 1928. Cloth. Two insightful German military volumes exploring the First World War, both volumes illustrated, including with folding maps. In the original German.Two insightful and detailed military works discussing World War One. These two volumes ...

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

James E. Doyle · 1864 · Rooke Books

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

London, Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts & Green, 1864. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this beautifully illustrated history of England. First edition. Illustrated with eighty-one colour illustrations throughout the text. Collated complete. Written initially as ...

Sea Warfare

Rudyard Kipling · 1916 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1916. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this collection of newspaper articles on sea warfare by the celebrated Rudyard Kipling. The first edition.  In the publisher's original cloth. Lacking scarce dust wrapper.This work feature...

Supplement No. 8 - 1979 & 1980 to Pacific Islands Pilot Vol. II & Vol. III

1969 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Not Stated, The Hydrographer of The Navy, 1969. Brochure/Pamphlet. Two ninth edition works to supplement studies on the hydrography of the Pacific Islands. Two volumes. Ninth edition. Supplement No. 8. Volume II is illustrated with four full-page images and two folding charts....

Spectacle de la Nature: Or Nature Display&Apos;D. Being Discourses on Such Particulars of Natural History, As Were Throught Most Proper to Excite the Curiosity, and Form the Minds of Youth.

Mr Humphreys · 1744 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, R. Francklin, 1744. Leather. The sixth edition of this work on natural history, translated from the original French by Mr Humphreys and bound in full calf with copper plates. The sixth edition, corrected. Bound in full calf. Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece a...

The Esoteric Philosophy of Love and Marriage

Dion Fortune [Violet Mary Firth] · 1957 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

London, The Aquarian Press, 1957 . Cloth. The fourth edition of Dion Fortune's scarce guide to esoteric teachings regarding sex, in the very scarce original dust wrapper. The fourth edition of this scarce work, which was first published in 1924.In the very scarce original...

The Colonial Clippers

Basil Lubbock · 1921 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

Glasgow, James Brown & Son, 1921. Cloth. A smart second edition of this illustrated historical work on shipping. Second edition, printed the same year as the first. Illustrated with a frontispiece and fifty-seven plates, some of which are in colour, and four plans. Collated co...

The Last Boer War

H. Rider Haggard · 1899 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co LTD, 1899. First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this insightful history of the First Boer War, a first hand account by H. Rider Haggard. The first edition of this work.In a custom chemise, in a fine condition. A comprehensive ...