Historie

The British Tocsin; or, Proofs of National Ruin

1795 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,799)

London, Daniel Isaac Eaton, 1795. Disbound. A very scarce pamphlet attacking the government and monarchy of England at the end of the eighteenth century, the anonymous author believing the country was on the verge of ruin. The third edition of this very scarce work.A pamphlet ...

Confessions of an Incurable Collector

Desmond Coke · 1928 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,816)

London, Chapman and Hall, 1928 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Desmond Coke's illustrated account of a life spent collecting. Illustrated throughout, and with a significant number of additional images tipped in by a prior owner. The first edition of this work...

The Manuscripts of Henry Savile of Banke

Andrew G. Watson · 1969 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

London, The Bibliographical Society, 1969 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Andrew G. Watson's analysis of the manuscript collection of Henry Savile of Banke, in the scarce original glassine. The first edition of this work.Illustrated with three plates, and two...

The Birds of Somersetshire

Cecil Smith · 1869 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

London, John Van Voorst , 1869. First edition. Cloth. A first edition ornithological work into the birds of Somerset. The first edition of this work.Contemporary ink inscription dated 1870 to the front endpaper. In the publisher's original cloth binding.A comprehensive s...

Excavations at Ur: Abstract of a Lecture by Mr. C. Leonard Woolley Delivered 15th May, 1928

C. Leonard Woolley · 1928 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

London , Cambridge University Press , 1928. Paperback. An intriguing abstract of a lecture by archaeologist Charles Leonard Woolley on one of his excavations at Ur. Reprinted from the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society.In the publisher's wraps.An abstract of a lecture b...

Gombo Zhebes: Little Dictionary of Creole Proverbs, Selected from Six Creole Dialects

Lafcadio Hearn · 1885 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.29 | ¥52,726)

New York, Will H. Colman, 1885 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Lafcadio Hearn's guide to Creole dialect, idioms and proverbs, published early in his career, and prior to his ventures in Japan. The first edition of this work, only the second work Hearn publish...

The Chindit War: The Campaign in Burma, 1944

Shelford Bidwell · 1979 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.20 | ¥36,908)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1979. First edition. Leather. A finely bound first edition of this illustrated account of the Chindit War, bound by Maltbys of Oxford. First edition. Illustrated with sixteen plates and many in-text figures. Collated complete. A detailed commentar...

Readings for the Young from the Works of Sir Walter Scott

Sir Walter Scott · 1851 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)

Edinburgh, Adam and Charles Black, 1851. Cloth. A smart copy of this illustrated collection of writings by Sir Walter Scott, for the consideration of young people. Illustrated with a frontispiece and twelve plates. A collection of writings from Sir Walter Scott, a Scottish poe...

The Pastime of People, or, the Chronicles of Divers Realms; and Most Especially of the Realm of England

John Rastell; Thomas Frognall Dibdin [ed.] · 1811 · Rooke Books

£525.00 (€629.29 | $693.60 | ¥110,724)

London, F. C. and J. Rivington; T. Payne; Wilkie and Robinson; et al, 1811. Leather. A very smart facsimile of this sixteenth century chronicle of English history, by John Rastell. Complete with eighteen charming woodcuts. A faithful facsimile of a work which was originally pu...

The Vanishing Fleets

Roy Norton · 1908 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)

New York , D. Appleton and Company , 1908. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce work depicting the author's thoughts and warnings on the state of United States' navy defences pre-World War I. A first edition of this very scarce work.Illustrated with monochrome frontis...

A Collection of Extracts Handwritten between July 1937 and April 1940

1940 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.78 | $211.38 | ¥33,744)

None, None, 1940 . First edition. Leather. A remarkable collection of handwritten notes surrounding various topics, bound in quarter morocco. Bound in quarter morocco with marbled boards.A collection of extracts and notes from various works, handwritten, between July 1937 and ...

The Annual Register, or a View of the History, Politics, and Literature

Edmund Burke [Ed.] · 1772 · Rooke Books

£795.00 (€952.92 | $1,050.31 | ¥167,668)

London, J. Dodsley , 1772-1780. Leather. A collection of seven volumes of the Annual Register documenting the history, politics and literature from 1767 to 1774. Bound in full calf. Comprised of seven volumes of The Annual Register, the long-standing reference work which was ...

Merchant Adventurers 1914-1918

F. A. Hook · 1920 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)

London, A. & C. Black, 1920 . First edition. Cloth. An uncommon, first edition of this work exploring the input of merchant adventurers during the First World War, by F. A. Hook. First edition. Uncommon work.Bound in the publisher's original blue cloth. This informative w...

The History of the Duke of Cornwall&Apos;S Light Infantry 1914-1919

Everard Wyrall · 1932 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,872)

London, Methuen & Co. LTD, 1932 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this historical work on the Duke of Cornwall's light infantry between 1914 and 1919, with illustrations and folding maps. First edition. Bound in the publisher's original cloth. Lacking the ...

Loyalties Mesopotamia 1914-1917

Arnold T. Wilson · 1930 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

Oxford; London, Oxford University Press Humphrey Milfrod, 1930. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Arnold Wilson's insightful first-hand account of action in Mesopotamia during the First World War. The first edition of this work.Arnold Wilson's account of his...

Arabian Society at the Time of Muhammad. Parts I and II.

Pringle Kennedy · 1926 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,963)

Calcutta and Simla, Thacker, Spink & Co, 1926 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of Pringle Kennedy's history of Arabian society. The very scarce first edition of British author and barrister Pringle Kennedy's discussion of Arabia in the days of Mu...

The Arabs in Tripoli

Alan Ostler · 1912 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)

London, John Murray, 1912 . First edition. Cloth. A publisher's presentation copy of the uncommon first edition of Alan Ostler's account of the Arab camps at the beginning of the Tripoli campaign. The uncommon first edition of this work.With the blind stamp 'wit...

Letters Written by the Late Right Honourable Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield

Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield; Mrs. Eugenia Stanhope · 1803 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)

London, J. Nichols and Son, 1803 . Leather. The twelfth edition of the letters between an eighteenth century Earl and his illegitimate son, providing fascinating insight into the personal lives of the British aristocracy at the time, and their social attitudes. The complete fo...

River Gardens; Being an Account of the Best Methods of Cultivating Fresh-Water Plants in Aquaria, in Such a Manner As to Afford Suitable Abodes to Ornamental Fish, and Many Interesting Kinds of Aquatic Animals.

H. Noel Humphreys · 1857 · Rooke Books

£345.00 (€413.53 | $455.80 | ¥72,762)

London, Sampson Low, Son, & Co. 1857. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce work on river gardens by H. Noel Humphreys, with beautiful colour plates. The first edition of this scarce work. In the publisher's original gilt cloth, re-backed. Illustrated w...

The China Clippers

Basil Lubbock · 1914 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,709)

Glasgow, James Brown & Son, 1914. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated historical work on shipping. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, twenty-one images across sixteen plates, and ten plans. Collated complete. A detailed historical comme...