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To the Central African Lakes and Back

Joseph Thompson · 1888 · Rooke Books

£700.00 (€839.06 | $924.80 | ¥147,678)

London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1888 . Leather. An early edition of this important work of exploration from the late nineteenth century bound in leather. Early edition of To the Central African Lakes and Back by Joseph Thomson in half morocco binding with clo...

Tyrol

William Adolf Baillie Grohman · 1908 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1908 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this beautifully illustrated travel guide to Tyrol in the Alps. First edition of Tyrol in the original publisher's cloth binding.Painted by Edward Harrison Compton, and with text by William ...

A History of Booksellers the Old and the New

Henry Curwen · 1873 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1873 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this work on collectors and book sellers in Britain with plates. First edition of A History of Booksellers The Old and The New by Henry Curwen. In the original publisher's cloth binding with decora...

History of Europe from the Commencement of the French Revolution to the Restoration of the Bourbons in Mdcccxv

Archibald Alison · 1849 · Rooke Books

£1,650.00 (€1,977.79 | $2,179.88 | ¥348,099)

Edinburgh; London, William Blackwood and Sons , 1849-1850. Leather. A handsome, fourteen-volume, complete set on the history of Europe, by the nineteenth century historian, Sir Archibald Alison. A new edition. Complete in fourteen volumes. Uniformly bound in full calf, with be...

Travels in the Coastlands of British East Africa and the Islands of Zanzibar and Pemba, Their Agricultural Resources and General Characteristics

William Walter Augustine Fitzgerald · 1898 · Rooke Books

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

London, Chapman and Hall, Ltd. 1898. First edition. Cloth. A first edition work detailing William Fitzgerald's travels in British East Africa, with folding maps and illustrations. The first edition. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. With a portrait...

Authentic Biographical Anecdotes of Joseph Gerrald

'A Friend' · 1795 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.31 | ¥58,016)

London, Daniel Isaac Eaton, 1795 . Cloth. The third edition of this very scarce late eighteenth century work about political reformer Joseph Gerrald, known as one of the Scottish Martyrs. The third edition of this very scarce account of the life of political reformer Joseph Ge...

Tales of Fairy Land; or Legends of the Olden Time

1854 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.31 | ¥58,016)

Halifax, Milner and Sowerby, 1854 . Cloth. A scarce edition of this collection of fairy tales and legends with beautiful engravings. Scarce edition of Tales of Fairy Land; Or Legends of the Olden Time in the original publisher's cloth binding.With only one other edition o...

With the M.T. In Mesopotamia

F. W. Leland · 1920 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,207)

London, Forster Groom & Co. Ltd, 1920. First edition. Cloth. An illustrated first edition of Lieut-Colonel F. W. Leland's experiences with the Mechanical Transport in Mesopotamia. First edition. Illustrated with numerous images on twenty-eight plates and fold-out map. Col...

Battling with Waves and Lawyers: A Genuine History of Perils of the Deep

J. Arbuckle Reid · 1900 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. Ltd, 1900. Cloth. A third, revised and enlarged edition of this illustrated history of the perils of the deep. Third, revised and enlarged edition. Dated from the British Library. Illustrated throughout with sixteen drawings or p...

Belgium Under the German Occupation: A Personal Narrative

Brand Whitlock · 1919 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, William Heinemann, 1919. First edition. Cloth. The first edition in two volumes of this first hand account of Belgium under German occupation by Brand Whitlock. The first edition of this work. Complete in two volumes. Brand Whitlock was an American journalist, ambassad...

Lives of Remarkable Youth

Anonymous · 1831 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1831 . Leather. The scarce second edition of this brief history of the lives of remarkable youth in half morocco binding. Second edition of Lives of Remarkable Youth in half straight grain morocco binding and marbled boards. Illustrat...

Introductory Lectures on Modern History Delivered in Lent Term, Mdcccxlii with the Inaugural Lecture Delivered in December, Mdcccxli

Thomas Arnold · 1874 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1874. Leather. A gorgeous early edition of Thomas Arnold's lectures on modern history in full diced calf binding signed J. O. Wilbee. Sixth edition of English educator and historian Thomas Arnold's eight introductory lectures on moder...

A Thin Ghost and Others

Montague Rhodes James · 1925 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

London, Edward Arnold, 1925. Cloth. An early edition of the third popular short story collection by M. R. James, a brilliant collection of ghosts stories. The fourth impression.A brilliant collection of horror short stories by the renowned author Montague Rhodes James.'A ...

The Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys

Samuel Pepys; Richard Lord BrayBrooke [ed.] · 1914 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, George Allen & Company , 1914. Cloth. An uncommon edition of the important diary of Samuel Pepys complete in four volumes. Uncommon edition in four volumes of the famed diary of Samuel Pepys which he kept from 1659 to 1669.They are recognised to this day as an importan...

The Art of Illuminating As Practised in Europe from the Earliest Times

W. R. Tymms; M. D. Wyatt · 1860 · Rooke Books

£235.00 (€281.68 | $310.47 | ¥49,578)

London, Day and Son, Limited , 1860. Leather. A beautifully illustrated guide to illuminated manuscripts and the process of creation. An early edition. Dated from the British Library. In full crushed morocco binding with gilt detail by Baker & Son. Illustrated by Borders Initi...

The Royal Kalendar: Or, Complete and Annual Register for England, Scotland, Ireland, and America. For the Year 1799

Anonymous · 1799 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, J. Debrett, 1799. Leather. The very scarce 1799 edition of this popular work of British history and genealogy, providing the annual register for England, Scotland, Ireland and America. The very scarce final eighteenth century edition of this work.'The Royal Kalend...

Secret Societies Yesterday and Today

Arkon Daraul · 1966 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London , Frederick Muller, 1966. Cloth. A gripping insight into secret societies across the world, with illustrations. This fascinating volume details the causes of the rise and fall of secret confederacies, and the signs, passwords and secret writings used by such organisatio...

The Romance of Old Belgium: From Caesar to Kaiser

Elizabeth W Champney; Frere Champney · 1915 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1915. First edition. Cloth. A bright copy of this work dedicated to Belgium legends by Elizabeth W. Champney and Frere Champney, the first edition. The first edition of this work. Semi-historical work on Belgium, dedicated to its many legend...

Gemeinfassliche Heilkunde FuãoeâˆR Schiffsoffiziere Nebst Einer Anleitung Zum Gebrauche Der Schiffsapotheken

Heinrich Rohlfs · 1873 · Rooke Books

£88.00 (€105.48 | $116.26 | ¥18,565)

Halle, Hermann Gesenius, 1873 . Cloth. The scarce third edition of this medical advisory book from mid nineteenth century Germany. Third edition of Gemeinfassliche Heilkunde fuÃOeˆr Schiffsoffiziere nebst einer Anleitung zum Gebrauche der Schiffsapotheken by Heinrich Rohlfs.Â...

Where Lion Reign, an Account of Lion Hunting & Exploration in S.W. Abyssinia

Arnold Hodson · 1929 · Rooke Books

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

London, Skeffington & Son, Ltd. 1929 . First edition. Leather. The scarce first edition of this exploration and hunting book in Abyssinia in the early twentieth century. First edition of Where Lion Reign, An Account of Lion Hunting & Exploration in S.W. Abyssinia by Arnold Hod...