Historie

Joannis de Fordun Scotichronicon, Cum Supplementis Et Continuatione Walteri Boweri

Joannis de Fordun [John of Fordun]; Walteri Boweri [Walter Bower] · 1759 · Rooke Books

£390.00 (€467.47 | $515.25 | ¥82,252)

Edinburgh, Roberti Flaminii, 1759. Leather. A very scarce two volume chronicle of Scottish history, from ancient times to the fifteenth century. In the original Latin.Combining the 'Scotichronicon' of John of Fordun with extensive supplements and continuations by Wal...

La Renaissance: Savonarole - Cesar Borgia - Jules II - Leon X - Michael-Ange Scenes Historiques

Le Comte de Gobineau · 1913 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)

Paris, Plon-Nourrit et Cie, 1913. Leather. Le Comte de Gobineau's study of prominent historical figures from the Renaissance in signed Roger De Coverly & Sons' binding. The seventh edition of this work. In the original French. Written by Joseph Arthur de Gobineau, in...

Robert of Gloucester&Apos;S Chronicle

Thomas Hearne · 1724 · Rooke Books

£440.00 (€527.40 | $581.30 | ¥92,797)

Oxford, Theater, 1724. First edition. Leather. A scarce first edition of this chronicle, transcribed by Thomas Hearne for its historical importance. Two volumes. First edition. Scarce work. A detailed chronicle of British, English, and Norman history written in the mid to late...

Listes Des Titres de Noblesse, Chevalerie Et Autres Marques D&Apos;Honneur

None · 1784 · Rooke Books

£360.00 (€431.51 | $475.61 | ¥75,925)

Bruxelles, Jos. Ermens, 1784. Cloth. A scarce list of the titles of nobility, chivalry, and other marks of honour granted by the Sovereigns of the Netherlands, in the original French language. French language. Scarce work. A list of the titles of nobility, chivalry, and other ...

The Sixty-Eighth Annual Report of the British & Foreign Sailors&Apos; Society 1885-1886 Wales

None · 1886 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.30 | ¥17,927)

London, T. Wilson Booth, 1886. Paperback. A scarce copy of the annual report of the British and foreign Sailors' Society for Wales, covering the year 1885 to 1886. Scarce work. Illustrated throughout. The British and Foreign Sailors' Society's annual report for ...

Discours Sur L&Apos;Histoire Universelle

Jacques-Bengine Bossuet · 1802 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)

Paris, Mme Lamy, 1802. Leather. Bossuet's interesting history of the humankind, illustrated with a frontispiece and in the original Fenech. In the original French.Illustrated with a frontispiece.Jacques-Benigne Bossuet's important 'Speech of Universal History&ap...

Considerations Upon the Expediency and the Means of Establishing a University in the City of New-York

Morgan Lewis; Hugh Maxwell · 1830 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

New York, Privately printed, 1830. First edition. Disbound. A very scarce first edition copy of an address to the citizens of New York, on establishing a university in this city. The first edition of this work, disbound but intact. An address to New York citizens concerning th...

Pomponii Melae de Situ Orbis Libri III

Pomponius Mela · 1748 · Rooke Books

£650.00 (€779.12 | $858.74 | ¥137,087)

Lugduni Batavorum [Lyon], Apud Samuelem Luchtmans et Fil, 1748 . Vellum. The scarce second edition thus of this work by Roman geographer Pomponius Mela, illustrated with a folding map and numerous vignettes. In the original Latin.Illustrated with an engraved title page and fol...

Essais Sur L&Apos;Histoire de France

M. Guizot · 1847 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)

Paris, Charpentier, 1847 . Leather. A collection of essays on the history of France, in the original French. A seventh edition copy. In the original French. This is a collection of essays on the history of France covering the origin of the settlement of the French in Gaul, t...

The Plight of the Miners a National Danger

John Galsworthy · 1928 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

London , The Coalfields Distress Committee, 1928. Brochure/Pamphlet. A smart pamphlet detailing the plight of the miners. A pamphlet on mining. Reprinted from the Manchester Guardian from October 5th 1928, this article which details the hardships of the miners in the North of...

Anecdote Library & Poetry for Children

None · 0 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)

None, [None Stated], c1850. Leather. The Anecdote Library and Poetry for Children privately bound into one book. Two volumes bound into one. Illustrated with seventy-six plates. The Anecdote Library contains a collection of historical stories including that of Joan of Arc, Can...

The Rivers of Great Britain. Descriptive, Historical, Pictorial. Rivers of the East Coast

Various · 1889 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,709)

London, Cassell & Company, 1889. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this heavily illustrated volume on Great Britain's eastern rivers. In this first edition, various authors included Francis Watt, John Geddie, and Aaron Watson describe the history of Britain's ...

Henry Adams of Somersetshire, England and Braintree, Mass. His English Ancestry and Some of His Descendants

J. Gardiner Bartlett; Charles Edward Banks · 1927 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.20 | ¥36,908)

New York, Privately printed, 1927. Cloth. A limited edition copy of this very scarce illustrated work tracing the genealogy of Henry Adams in England and America. A very scarce work in a cloth binding. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 28 further plates, including portraits,...

An Historical Account of Church-Government, As It Was in Great-Britain and Ireland, When They First Received the Christian Religion

William Lloyd · 1684 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.26 | $726.63 | ¥115,997)

London, Charles Brome, 1684. First edition. Leather. A very scarce 17th century volume on Church Government in Britain and Ireland. A first edition copy of this very scarce work in a full calf binding. Historic ink inscriptions to the rear three blank pages. William Lloyd (162...

Wellington&Apos;S Men Remembered

Janet and David Bronley · 2012 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.30 | ¥17,927)

Yorkshire, Praetorian Press, 2012-2015 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this two volume set documenting the history of Wellington's men, with illustrations and including the two DVDs. First edition of Wellington's Men Remembered by Janet and David Bromley...

Pilgrims in Old Bridgwater

T. Bruce Dilks · 1920 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

Bridgwater, The East Gate Press, 1920. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce first edition of this brief and scarce study of pilgrimage in Bridgwater by Thomas Bruce Dilks. The very scarce first edition of this work in the publisher's original paper wraps. Bookplate to ...

Taunton and Its Townsmen: Interesting Records of the Past, Decade 1784-1793 for the Taunton Courier

G. H. Brocklehurst · 1905 · Rooke Books

£42.00 (€50.34 | $55.49 | ¥8,858)

Not Stated, Not Stated, 1905. Cloth. A very scarce collection of articles, first published in the Taunton Courier, on the history of Taunton between 1784 and 1793. A very scarce volume in the original limp cloth binding. Bookplate to the front paste down. Originally printed in...

Under the Lily and the Rose: A Short History of Canada for Children

Arthur G. Doughty · 1928 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,216)

Ottawa, The Modern Press, 1928 . First edition. Leather. A beautifully bound copy of the very scarce first edition of this illustrated children's guide to Canadian history, in a half morocco Morrell binding. The privately printed first edition of this work, 'offered ...

Journal of Great Deeds

T. P. O'Connor · 1914 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,872)

London , Not Stated, 1914-1915. Leather. A volume of thirty seven weekly issues of the Journal of Great Deeds. T. P. O'Connor was an Irish nationalist politician and journalist who served as a Member of Parliament in the House of Commons for nearly fifty years. He was als...

Records of the 1st Somerset Militia

W. J. W. Kerr · 1931 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)

Aldershot, Gale & Polden, 1931 . Cloth. An interesting volume on the history of the 1st Somerset Militia, with colour plates. The 1st Somerset Militia was an auxiliary military unit in the county of Somerset which was first organised during the Seven Years War and was abolishe...