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Deutsches Land in Afrika

Dr Hermann Thomsen · 1911 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,810)

Munchen, Verlad der Deutschen Alpenzeitung, 1911. First edition. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated account of German settlements and the journey to colonize parts of Africa. With illustrations by Ernst Vollbehr, a famous German travel writer, and painter who visited the German-...

The Eventful Years the Twentieth Century in the Making As Told by Many of Its Makers Being the Dramatic Story of Al That Has Happened Throughout the World During the Most Momentous Period in All History

Various · 1924 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, New York, The Encyclopedia Britannica Company LTD, 1924. First edition. Leather. The fascinating history of the twentieth century, 'These Eventful Years' in two leather bound volumes. First Edition. One of fifteen hundred copied especially bound and numbered....

Charles-Quint Son Abdication Son Sejour Et Sa Mort Au Monastere de Yuste

Francois Mignet · 1854 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

Paris, Paulin, Lheureux, 1854. Leather. An historical and biographical work on Charles V Holy Roman Emperor, focusing from his abdication to his stay and death at the monastery of Yuste. In the original French. This is the second edition of this historical, biographical work. ...

Antonio Perez Et Philippe II

Francois Mignet · 1845 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1845. Leather. A biographical and historical work on Antonio Perez and Philip II of Spain. In the original French. With the bookplate of one Thomas Westwood to the front pastedown. Stamps to the half-title page and to the title page. Stamp to half-tit...

Glimpses of the Wonderful Christmas Annual

1846 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

[London], [Harvey and Darton], [1846]. Cloth. A very scarce illustrated volume of this variety periodical, compiling contemporary wonders and areas of interest. A very scarce variety periodical, including pieces entitled On the Railway & Steamboat; The Falls of Niagara; London...

Travels in America, Performed in the Year 1806

Thomas Ashe · 1809 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, Richard Phillips, 1809 . Leather. The first single-volume edition of Thomas Ashe's lively contemporary account of the American interior and Mississippi Valley. In contemporary diced calf boards, rebacked in later calf, retaining the original endpapers.  First publ...

The War Illustrated: Complete Record of the Conflict by Land and Sea and in the Air, Volumes I and II (September 1939 - July 1940)

Various [ed. by Sir John Hammerton] · 1939 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, The Amalgamated Press, 1939-1940. Leather. A brilliant visual record of the Second World War as key developments unfolded, edited and signed by Harmsworth Encyclopedia creator John Alexander Hammerton. Volumes I and II of the popular series The War Illustrated: Complet...

The English Way: Studies in English Sanctity from St. . Bede to Newman

Maisie Ward [ed.]; M. C. D'arcy; Hilaire Belloc; G. K. Chesterton; Christopher Dawson; et al. · 1933 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London & New York, Sheed & Ward, 1933 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce collection of biographical essays on a range of religious English figures. First edition. Commercially very scarce. In the publisher's original cloth binding. A curious compilat...

2vols in 1 Paris Qui Danse; Ce Qu"on Mange a Paris

Pierre Delcourt; Louis Bloch · 1889 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Paris, A la Librairie Illustree; Librairie Henry du Parc, [1889]. First edition. Leather. The scarce first editions of two engaging studies of Parisian life bound in one volume, offering insight into the dance, food, and drink culture of 19th century Paris. In a contemporary h...

Adventures in Arabia: Among the Bedouins, Druses, Whirling Dervishes, & Yezidee Devil Worshipers

W.B. Seabrook · 1935 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

New York, Blue Ribbon Books, 1935. Cloth. An intriguing travel book telling of the rituals, customs and beliefs Seabrook witnessed while experiencing the hospitality of Bedouin tribes. Adventures in Arabia: Among the Bedouins, Druses, Whirling Dervishes, & Yezidee Devil Worshi...

(1963) the Legacy of Persia; (1965) the Legacy of Islam.

A. J. Arberry; Sir Thomas Arnold; Alfred Guillaume · 1963 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

Oxford, At the Clarendon Press, 1963-1965. Cloth. A scholarly set of two historical works in the Oxford University "Legacy" series, highly illustrated and presented in the original, uniform dust wrappers. Collection comprised of: (1963) The Legacy of Persia by A. J. Arberry; (...

Wilding&Apos;S Directory of Shrewsbury and Surrounding Districts, 1906; 1910; 1916

Anonymous [Longworth Wilding] · 1906 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

Shrewsbury, Longworth Wilding, 1906-1916. Cloth. Three editions within the very scarce series of Wilding's Directories of Shrewsbury and its environs, compiled by Longworth Wilding. Three editions within the very scarce series of Wilding's Directories of Shrewsbury, ...

Directory for the County of Salop, Containing Classified Trade and Commercial Lists of Towns, Parishes, Villages and Hamlets

Frank Porter · 1888 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

Liverpool, Frank Porter, 1888. Cloth. A very scarce directory offering the occupations of residents in the rural county of Salop during late Victorian Britain. The very scarce Directory for the County of Salop, Containing Classified Trade and Commercial Lists of Towns, Parishe...

Worrall&Apos;S Directory of North Wales: Comprising the Counties of Anglesey, Carnarvon, Denbigh, Flint, Merioneth, and Montgomery, with Chester, Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Aberystwyth.

John Worrall · 1874 · Rooke Books

£235.00 (€281.68 | $310.47 | ¥49,578)

Oldham, John Worrall, 1874. Cloth. A very scarce directory for North Wales, containing hundreds of advertisements that will transport the reader to the region in the late Victorian period. The very scarce Worrall's Directory of North Wales: Comprising the counties of Angl...

Diary of the 9th (Q.R. ) Lancers During the South African Campaign, 1899 to 1902.

Bt.-Lieut.-Colonel F. F. Colvin; Captain E. R. Gordon. · 1904 · Rooke Books

£149.00 (€178.60 | $196.85 | ¥31,434)

London, Cecil Roy, 1904. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated Boer War diary of the 9th Queen"s Royal Lancers, complete with a large folding map, presented by the officers of the regiment to one Captain A. A. East as a memento of the South African campai...

Prejudice and Judgement

P. J. Grigg [Sir James Grigg] · 1948 · Rooke Books

£57.00 (€68.32 | $75.30 | ¥12,025)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1948. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition autobiography of WWII Secretary of State for War James Grigg, with dust wrapper. A scarce first edition, with the original decorated dust wrapper, clipped, but with original price remaining. Within, the ...

Official Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue of the Great Exhibition

The Great Exhibition · 1851 · Rooke Books

£1,450.00 (€1,738.05 | $1,915.65 | ¥305,905)

London, Spicer Brothers & W. Clowes & Sons, 1851 . First edition. Cloth. The richly illustrated three volume catalogue of the exhibits of the 1851 Crystal Palace Exhibition, the first in a series of World's Fairs. With a further supplementary volume also present. The firs...

The Delco-Remy Coil Ignition System

Anonymous [Delco-Remy Hyatt Ltd.] · 1937 · Rooke Books

£39.00 (€46.75 | $51.52 | ¥8,228)

London, Delco-Remy Hyatt Ltd. c1937. Brochure/Pamphlet. A very scarce handbook illustrating the principles behind Delco-Remy's new Coil Ignition System, an intriguing piece for looking into the development of motor technology. A very scarce pamphlet and handbook on the De...

The Racing Car: Development and Design

Cecil Clutton, Cyril Posthumus, Denis Jenkinson · 1956 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, B. T. Batsford, 1956. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of an attractive illustrated history on the development of the racing car, including intricate drawings by George A. Oliver. The first edition of The Racing Car: Development and Design, an attractive illustr...

Forty Drawings of Fishes Made by the Artists Who Accompanied Captain James Cook on His Three Voyages to the Pacific

P. J. P. Whitehead · 1968 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), 1968 . First edition. Cloth. A wonderful example of this impressive first edition study of the drawings of fish made by artists accompanying Captain James Cook on his monumental voyages. The first edition of this work, ...