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The Gild Merchant

Charles Gross · 1967 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

Oxford, The Clarendon Press, 1967 . Cloth. A smart, modern reprint of the important Victorian study on British municipal history, in the original dust wrapper. Bound in the publisher's original cloth, with the original dust wrappers, which have been clipped. Complete in t...

England&Apos;S Recent Progress: An Investigation of the Statistics of Migrations, Mortality, &C. In the Twenty Years from 1881 to 1901

Thomas A. Welton · 1911 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, Chapman & Hall, Ltd. 1911 . First edition. Cloth. A scarce, first edition of this comprehensive investigation on migration and mortality between 1881 and 1901, by Thomas Welton. First edition, in the publisher's original smart cloth binding. Scarce. With the full ...

A View of the Character and Public Services of the Late John Howard

John Aiken · 1792 · Rooke Books

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

London, J. Johnson, 1792 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of John Aikin's biographical sketch of philanthropist and early English prison reformer John Howard. The first edition of this work.Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece.John Aiken presents an ode to ...

Aubrey House Kensington 1698-1920

Florence M. Gladstone [ed] · 1922 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)

London, Arthur L. Humphreys , 1922. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce work on the history, occupants and architecture of Aubrey House in Kensington, compiled by Florence Gladstone. The first edition.Very scarce.Illustrated with a frontispiece and 24 m...

A Nursery History of England

Elizabeth O'Neill; Mary O'Neill · 1956 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

Edinburgh , Thomas Nelson and Sons ltd , [1956]. Cloth. A charming history of England for children, illustrated throughout with monochrome and full colour plates and in the very scarce original dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth with the vanishingly scarce or...

Annals of the Royal Society Club: The Record of a London Dining-Club in the Eighteenth & Nineteenth Centuries

Sir Archibald Geikie · 1917 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1917. First edition. Cloth. A smart presentation copy of the first edition of this record of events of the London Royal Society Club, with portraits. First edition. With embossed presentation copy stamp to the title page. Illustrated with thi...

Alice&Apos;S Adventures in Westerland

Jim Kline [Ed.] · 1932 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)

Minneapolis , West High Publishing Company, 1932 . First edition. Cloth. An extremely scarce, charming college year book from 1932, interspersed with the students own version of Alice in Wonderland. First edition, in the publisher's original quarter cloth binding with pap...

Nights with an Old Gunner and Other Studies of Wild Life

C. J. Cornish · 1897 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London , Seeley And Co. 1897. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition on wildfowling and wild life written by Charles John Cornish. The first edition. Very scarce.Nights With an Old Gunner and Other Stories of Wild Life is a book that explores the observation of wild...

The Penn Country of Buckinghamshire

1933 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London , Evans Brother Limited , [1933]. First edition. Hardback. A charming book about the history of Penn, a village and civil parish of Buckingham. The first edition. Very scarce.Dated 1933 from a copy held on JISC by the British Library. Handsomely bound in a quarter moroc...

The Blundells of Gt. Linford & Cardington

Joseph Hight Blundell · 1928 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

Newport, Isle of Wight, The County Press, 1928 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce privately printed genealogical study of the history of the Blundell family of Great Linford and Cardington. The first edition of this very scarce work, of which only forty copies were produced...

The History of Merchant-Taylors&Apos; School, from Its Foundation to the Present

Rev. H. B. Wilson · 1814 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, F. C. and J. Rivington; et al, 1814 . Cloth. A scarce documentation of the history of Merchant-Taylors' School, from its foundation up until the time of publishing. In the original quarter cloth binding, with publisher's boards. Second edition of the work. Fi...

Buffalo Bill Bids You Good Bye Farewell

1910 · Rooke Books

£575.00 (€689.23 | $759.66 | ¥121,307)

New York; Cincinnati , I. M. Southern & Co. Publishers, 1910. Paperback. A scarce programme for Buffalo Bill's 1910 farewell tour, an interesting piece of Wild West Americana. A scarce programme for Buffalo Bill's 1910 'Farewell Tour', with his associate Pa...

A Catalogue of Furniture, Pictures, Tapestries, Enamels, China, Ect. At Quenby Hall Leicestershire

None · 1920 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Knight, Frank and Rutley, 1920. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A very scarce 1921 auction catalogue from Quenby Hall. Very scarce. Auction catalogue from 1921 with tipped in purchase slip. Quenby Hall is a Jacobean house noted for its architecture in Leicestershire....

The Original Historical Description of the Monastery Chapel Royal and Palace of Holyroodhouse

Charles Mackie · 1829 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

Edinburgh, Printed for the Booksellers, 1829 . Hardback. A very smart copy of Charles Mackie's richly illustrated study of Edinburgh's Palace of Holyroodhouse. A bright copy of the 'New Edition' of this work, which was first published in 1818.An illustrated...

Manners & Customs of the Afghans

Mohammed Ali · 1958 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

Lahore, Punjab Educational Press, 1958 . First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this very scarce 1950's study of life in Afghanistan, authored by a history professor at Kabul University. Illustrated with sixteen photographic plates.This very scarce work presents a...

Antiquarian and Topographical Remains, of the Most Interesting Objects of Curiosity in Great Britain Consisting of a Series of One Hundred Highly Finished Engravings, Accompanied with Letter-Press Descriptions in Two Volumes

None · 1816 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London , W. Smith and Co, 1816. First edition. Leather. An interesting work on antiquarian and topographical remains in Great Britain published in 1816. Only the first volume of a two. The first edition. This volume charts the discovery of antiquarian and topographical remains...

A Short History of the English People

John Richard Green · 1904 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€407.54 | $449.19 | ¥71,729)

London , Macmillan and Co Limited , 1904. Leather. A handsomely bound 4 volume edition of John Richard Green's A Short History of the People of England. Four volume illustrated edition from 1904 bound in a half calf binding. Illustrations volume one includes one folding m...

A Boke Off Recorde or Register, Containing All the Acts and Doings in or Concerning the Corporation Within the Town of Kirkbiekendall, to Which Are Added the Several Charters Granted by Q. Elizabeth, K. Charles I, and K. Charles II

Richard S. Ferguson · 1892 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

Kendal, T. Wilson, 1892. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this history of Kendal, offering a wealth of information on the historical events of this town. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding. The Cumberland and Westmorland ...

Religion and Social Organization in Central Polynesia

Robert W. Williamson · 1937 · Rooke Books

£58.00 (€69.52 | $76.63 | ¥12,236)

London, Cambridge University Press, 1937. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this work on Polynesian religion by Robert W. Williamson. An uncommon first edition of the work.In the publisher's original cloth.Edited by Ralph Piddington with a preface by Raymond Firth....

History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain

William H. Prescott · 1855 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, George Routledge & Sons, 1855. Leather. A smart copy of volumes one and two of this history of Philip the Second, bound in one volume. Volumes one and two of four only. Bound in one volume. With portrait frontispiece. The history of Philip the Second, King of Spain, wi...