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India: Its Administration & Progress

Sir John Strachey · 1903 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1903. Cloth. A smart third edition of this detailed historical work on the administration of India. Third edition, revised and enlarged. With a folding map frontispiece. A detailed historical study on the administration of India as part of th...

Aerial Warfare

R. P. Hearne; Sir Hiram Maxim [ed.] · 1909 · Rooke Books

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

London, John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1909 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this discussion of the possibilities of aerial warfare, published prior to the First World War. The scarce first edition of this work, in the striking publisher's original pictori...

The Lonsdale Magazine, or Kendal Repository, for the Year 1822

J. Briggs [ed.] · 1822 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

Kirby Lonsdale, J. Briggs; A. Foster, 1822 . First edition. Leather. The scarce third volume of early nineteenth century periodical 'The Lonsdale Magazine', illustrated with engraved plates. Volume III only of a periodical that only ever reached three volumes, and wa...

The Wars of the &Apos;Nineties: A History of the Warfare of the Last Ten Years of the Nineteenth Century

A. Hilliard Atteridge · 1899 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Cassell & Company, Limited, 1899. Leather. A detailed historical study on the wars and conflicts of the late nineteenth century, with illustrations throughout. Illustrated with a frontispiece and over five hundred images including original sketch-maps and plans. A deta...

With Kitchener to Khartum

G. W. Steevens · 1898 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1898 . Cloth. A detailed account of the campaign in Sudan, known as the Madhist Revolt, or the Second Anglo-Sudan War of 1896-9, illustrated with folding maps. Fifth edition. Bound in the publisher's original pictorial cloth. Written by...

What I Said About the Press

Randolph S. Churchill · 1957 · Rooke Books

£995.00 (€1,192.67 | $1,314.53 | ¥209,914)

London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1957 . Hardback. An amazing assocaition signed presentation copy with a signed letter from W. Somerset Maugham regarding the resulting court case. An amazing association copy of this work from journalist, writer and politician Randolph Churchil...

Warriors of Britain

Walter Richards · 1908 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, Hutchinson & Co. [1908]. Leather. A historical account of the warriors of Britain by Walter Richards, bound in full calf. Reprint. First published in 1894.Bound in full calf by Bicker's & Son with their stamped signature to the front blank. Illustrated with a mono...

My Life and Balloon Experiences with a Supplementary Chapter on Military Ballooning

Henry Coxwell · 1887 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.31 | ¥58,016)

London, W. H. Allen and Co. 1887. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of this autobiographical account of ballooning and military ballooning from Henry Tracey Coxwell. First edition. Scarce work. With a portrait frontispiece. The life and experiences of Henry Tracey C...

A History of Gravesend and Its Surroundings

Alex J. Philip · 1954 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Wraysbury, Published by the author at Laird's Rest, 1954 . Cloth. A very smart, illustrated work on the local history of Gravesend, written by local expert Alex J. Philip. First edition, in the publisher's original green cloth binding. Dated using Jisc, from copies h...

Passage to America

Terry Coleman · 1972 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Hutchinson of London, 1972 . First edition. Cloth. A fascinating look at the millions of people who left the UK to travel to America in the nineteenth century, inscribed by the author. First edition, in the publisher's original bright cloth binding, with the origi...

Oriental Life an Account of Past and Contemporary Conditions and Progress in Asia, Excepting China, India and Japan

Ethlyn T. Clough [ed] · 1910 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

Detroit , Bay View Reading Club, 1910. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this historical and contemporary account of the conditions and progress in Asia, edited by Ethlyn T. Clough. The first edition. Uncommon. In the publisher's original cloth. This work feature...

King&Apos;S Cutters and Smugglers 1700-1855

E. Keble Chatterton · 1912 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)

London, George Allen & Company, Ltd, 1912. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of this history of smuggling between 1700 and 1855, with illustrations throughout. First edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, seven black-and-white plates, and many in-text ...

Twenty Years in Persia: A Narrative of Life Under the Last Three Shahs

John G. Wishard · 1908 · Rooke Books

£155.00 (€185.79 | $204.78 | ¥32,700)

New York, Fleming H. Revell Company, 1908 . First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated account of the author's experiences in Persia, with historical commentary. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, thirty images across twenty-three plates,...

Congres International Des Orientalistes: Rendu de la Premiere Session. Paris - 1873. Tomes I Et II.

Congres des Orientalistes de Marseille · 1876 · Rooke Books

£625.00 (€749.16 | $825.71 | ¥131,856)

Paris, Maisonneuve, 1876 . Leather. The very scarce publication of volumes I and II of the International Congress of Orientalists. In the original French, but with examples of text in Chinese, Akkadian, Egyptian Hieroglyphs and Arabic.Volumes I and II of the publication of the...

The Expansion of England Two Courses of Lectures

Sir J. R. Seeley · 1914 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1914. Leather. A smart Bickers bound edition of these two important lectures on the British Empire and its expansion in the Victorian era. Bound by Bickers for Lancing College.Two lectures of John Robert Seeley discussing the growth of the Br...

The History of the Carriage

Laszlo Tarr; Elisabeth Hoch [Trans.] · 1969 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Vision Press Limited, 1969 . First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this illustrated work on the history of the carriage, by Laszlo Tarr. First edition, in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original, unclipped dust wrapper.This work explores the d...

A Tourist in Africa

Evelyn Waugh · 1960 · Rooke Books

£76.00 (€91.10 | $100.41 | ¥16,034)

London, Chapman & Hall, Ltd. 1960 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Evelyn Waugh's travel book about his time in Africa, with illustrations and in the original dust wrapper. First edition, in the publisher's original blue cloth binding with the original, u...

A Vindication of K. Charles the Martyr, Reason and Judgement, a Letter out of Suffolk

Thomas Wagstaffe; [Robert Sanderson] · 1663 · Rooke Books

£1,275.00 (€1,528.29 | $1,684.45 | ¥268,985)

London, R. Wilkin; [J. W. for Will. Thorne], 1663-1711. Leather. Three very scarce early works bound in one volume, discussing King Charles I, Bishop Robert Sanderson, and Archbishop Sancroft. Three very scarce seventeenth and early eighteenth century works bound in one.This v...

Jambo" or with Jannie in the Jungle

Capt. A. W. Lloyd · 1920 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, African Publications Ltd, 1920 . Leather. The second issue of A. W. Lloyd's scarce collection of illustrations depicting the East Africa campaign of the First World War. The 1920 edition of this work, which was first published in Cape Town in 1917. Referred to as ...

History of the St. George&Apos;S Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of England No. 140

Geo. Benj. Fluke · 1936 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Blackheath Press, 1936. Cloth. A very scarce copy of this history of the St. George's chapter of the Royal Arch Masons of England. Very scarce. Illustrated with a frontispiece and twelve plates. A history of the St. George's Chapter of the Royal Arch Masons o...