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The Annals of Hampstead

Thomas J. Barratt · 1912 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1912. First edition. Cloth. A complete limited edition set of Barratt's beautifully illustrated history of Hampstead, signed by the author. The first edition, first impression of this three-volume set, one of 550 limited edition copies in t...

1816 a Historical Account Interspersed with Biographical Anecdotes of the House of Saxony, Tracing the Decent of the Present Royal and Ducal Branches; and Containing a Memoir of the Life of His Serene Highness Leopold George Christian Frederic, Duke of Saxony

Frederic Shoberl · 1816 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)

London, Ackermann, 1816. First edition. Leather. A handsome copy of the first edition of this historical collection of anecdotes and memoirs on the Duke of Saxony (Leopold George Christian Frederic) bound in full calf. Bound in full calf with gilt decoration to the spine. A co...

Sinbad of the Coast Guard

George F. Foley · 1945 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

New York, Dodd, Mead & Company, 1945. First edition. Cloth. A scarce signed first edition recounting the true story of Sinbad, the celebrated canine mascot of the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Campbell, illustrated throughout by by official Coast Guard Artist, George Gray.  In the p...

The Diary of a Dead Officer: Being the Posthumous Papers of Arthur Graeme West

Arthur Graeme West; [C. E. M. Joad] · 1918 · Rooke Books

£325.00 (€389.56 | $429.37 | ¥68,565)

London, At the Office of The Herald, 1918. First edition. Hardback. Very scarce first edition of the posthumous First World War diary of writer and pacifist Arthur Graeme West. Very scarce first edition.In publisher's original paper-backed boards.The posthumous First Worl...

The New Present State of Great-Britain

None Stated [William Knox] · 1776 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

London, J. Almon, 1776. Hardback. A scarce copy of the 'New Present State', a British history offering an important record of the government, inhabitants, trade and customs of the period. The second edition of The New Present State. Anonymously published (though cred...

Expedition Zu Den Zentralafrikanischen Kivu-Pygmã¤En [Expedition to the Central African Kivu Pygmies]

Peter Schumacher · 1949 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

Brussels, Institut Royal Colonial Belge; Koninklijk Belgisch Koloniaal Instituut Brussel, 1949. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing two-volume set of Peter Schumacher's fascinating expedition to the Central African Kivu Pygmies, heavily illustrated with plates. Complete in t...

The French Colonial Venture

Constant Southworth · 1931 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, P. S. King & Son, 1931. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of a comprehensive dive into the trade and geography of the Third French Republic, including folding plates of statistics to the rear. The first edition of The French Colonial Venture, written by historian...

Die Bubi Auf Fernando Poo; Kordofan

Carl Meinhof; Günter Tessmann · 1916 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Hamburg; Hagen and Darmstadt, Friederichsen; Folkwang Verlag, 1916-1923. First edition. Cloth. The first editions of two German studies on Africa written towards the end of their colonial history, one on Bantu tribes and the other on Kordofan in Sudan. The first editions of tw...

Voyages D&Apos;Antenor En Grã¨Ce Et En Asie, Avec Des Notions Sur L&Apos;ã‰Gypte: Manuscrit Grec Trouve a Herculanum Tome Premier, Tome Second, Tome Troisiã¨Me

E. F. Lantier · 1801 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

Paris, F. Buisson, 1801. Leather. A scarce, three-volume French translation of the supposed ancient voyages of Antenor, discovered by Étienne-François de Lantier. A pleasing fourth edition of Étienne-François de Lantier's popular fictional voyage, originally published in ...

The Man of Egypt

Clayton Sedgwick · 1913 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1913 . First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition copy of this illustrated account of twentieth century Egypt by Clayton Sedgwick. The first edition.In the publisher's original decorative brown cloth binding.Illustrated with a frontispiece, a...

Loyalties Mesopotamia 1914-1917 a Personal and Historical Record and Mesopotamia 1917-1920 a Clash of Loyalties a Personal and Historical Record

Lt. Col. Sir Arnold T. Wilson · 1930 · Rooke Books

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

Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1930-1931. First edition. Cloth. A scarce, two-volume signed set of Sir Arnold T. Wilson's military memoires from his time serving in Mesopotamia. A scarce, two-volume signed first edition of Sir Arnold Talbot Wilson's account of Brit...

Her Privates We

Private 19022 [Frederic Manning] · 1930 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Peter Davies, 1930 . Cloth. Fascinating early edition of the highly regarded First World War story from Australian author and poet Frederic Manning. Early edition, reprinted in the same month as the first edition.In publisher's original cloth binding.Fictional acc...

Fairs, Past and Present a Chapter in the History of Commerce

Cornelius Walford · 1883 · Rooke Books

£49.99 (€59.92 | $66.04 | ¥10,546)

London, Elliot Stock, 1883. Leather. A comprehensive history of British fairs. Cornelius Walford (1827–1885), was an English writer on insurance. In a cloth binding. Exernally, smart, though with some rubbing. Internally, firmly bound. Front hinge slightly strained. Pages are ...

T. LIVII Patavini Historiarum Libri, Qui Supersunt Omnes Et Deperditorum Fragmenta. Ex Recensione Arn. Drakenborchii Ad Codicum Bambergensis Et Vindobonensis Fidum Passim Reficta a Ioanne Theophilo Kreyssig.

Various · 1840 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

Oxonii, Impensis D. A. Talboys, 1840-1841. Leather. A complete four volume set of the histories of Titus Livius of Patavinus, reviewed and rewritten, in the original Latin. Latin. Complete in four volumes. The histories of Titus Livius, known in English as Livy, a Roman histor...

A Bibliography of Regimental Histories of the British Army

Arthur S. White; Field Marshal Sir Gerald W. R. Templer · 1965 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,207)

London, The Society for Army Historical Research, 1965. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this historical record of the regiments in the British Army. First edition. A bibliography for students of military history compiled from records held in the War Office Libra...

Sloop of War; Command a King&Apos;S Ship; in Gallant Company; the Inshore Squadron

Anthony Kent [Douglas Reeman] · 1972 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Hutchinson & Co. Ltd, 1972-78. First edition. Cloth. Four first edition copies of Anthony Kent's exciting maritime novels, each with their original dust wrapper. The first editions. Each volume is bound in the original cloth, with the publisher's unclipped du...

Europe and the French Imperium 1799-814

Geoffrey Bruun · 1938 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,810)

New York, Harper & Brothers , 1938. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition of this historical study of the French Imperium by Geoffrey Bruun, in the original and rare dust wrapper. Geoffrey Bruun's study of the FRench revolution, analysing a European political syste...

Combined Operations 1940 - 1942

1943 · Rooke Books

£37.00 (€44.35 | $48.88 | ¥7,806)

London, His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1943. First edition. Paperback. A lovely first edition of this study into the combined operations of Britain during World War Two, in particular between the years 1940 and 1942. The first edition of this work.An interesting study i...

The Birds of Africa - Volume II

Emil K Urban [ed.]; C Hilary Fry [ed.]; Stuart Keith [ed.] · 1986 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, Academic Press, 1986. First edition. Cloth. The second volume of this enormously significant ornithological work on Africa, illustrated in colour by Martin Woodcock. This is the second volume only, of what went on to become an eight volume series. This volume is titled...

Histoire Generale de Dauphine

Nicolas Chorier · 1661 · Rooke Books

£1,400.00 (€1,678.12 | $1,849.60 | ¥295,357)

Grenoble, Philippes Charvys, 1661. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this monumental history of Dauphine, the first of it's kind, here in the original French. The first edition of this work.In one volume, a second volume being published later in 1672.In the ori...