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British Husbandry; Exhibiting the Farming Practice in Various Parts of the United Kingdom

John French Burke; Cuthbert W. Johnson; The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge · 1837 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

London, Baldwin and Craddock, 1837 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of volume II of this highly informative and detailed guide to farming and agriculture in nineteenth century England. The first edition of volume II only of a three volume work. Volume I was publishe...

Life of Clarendon; the History of the Rebellion and CIVIL Wars in England

Edward Earl of Clarendon · 1760 · Rooke Books

£390.00 (€467.47 | $515.25 | ¥82,252)

Oxford, At the Clarendon Press, 1760-1807 . Leather. A uniformly bound edition of Edward Hyde's first hand account of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, present alongside his two volume biography. Eight volumes of works from statesman, lawyer, diplomat and historian Edward H...

The Officers and Nurses of Evacuation Eight

Arthur M. Shipley; Agnes T. Considine · 1929 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)

New Haven, Yale University Press, 1929. First edition. Cloth. A lovely copy of this very scarce supplement volume, offering personal accounts of Evacuation Hospital No. 8 during WWI. The first edition of this very scarce work.With the original unclipped dust wrapper (unpriced)...

Les Huguenots: Leurs Colonies, Leurs Industries, Leurs Eglises

Samuel Smiles · 1870 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,635)

Paris, Librairie de Joel, 1870. Cloth. A smart copy of this French translation of Smiles' historical study of the Huguenots in England and Ireland. French. A detailed historical study of the settlements, churches, and industries of the Huguenots, a religious group of Fren...

Murray&Apos;S Handbook for Travellers in New Zealand

F. W. Pennefather · 1893 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,216)

London, John Murray, 1893 . First edition. Cloth. A richly illustrated handbook for visitors of New Zealand, complete with numerous folding maps to accompany a plethora of information on the geography, history and people of the country. First edition. Bound in the publisher&ap...

New Zealand: The Land of Health, Wealth and Prosperity

Captain Ashby · 1889 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)

London, S. Riorden, 1889 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce nineteenth-century work presenting the history and advantages to living in New Zealand, with the intent to encourage more settlers. First edition.Bound in the publisher's pictorial boards. Scarce work.The auth...

Journal of a Ten Months&Apos; Residence in New Zealand

Richard A. Cruise · 1823 · Rooke Books

£575.00 (€689.22 | $759.66 | ¥121,269)

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1823 . First edition. Leather. A leather-bound first edition of this brilliant journal documenting the author's view of  New Zealand, from the perspective of a Richard A. Cruise, the captain of a convict ship headed for Aust...

Station Life in New Zealand

Lady Barker [Mary Anne Barker] · 1870 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.29 | ¥52,726)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1870 . First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of this insightful collection of letters from Mary Anne Barker, detailing her time spent living in New Zealand on a sheep station in the mid nineteenth century. First edition. In the publisher's...

The African Witch

Joyce Cary · 1936 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.84 | $151.93 | ¥24,254)

London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1936. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Joyce Cary"s third novel, set in Nigeria in the interwar period, and in the original dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression.  In the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper...

Boswell: The English Experiment 1785-1789

Irma S. Lustig [ed.]; Frederick A. Pottle [ed.] · 1986 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

New York, McGraw-Hill Book Company , 1986. First edition. Cloth. A fine first printing containing James Boswell's diaries from 1785-1789. The first edition, first printing. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. A selection of entries from Scottish b...

A History of Norfolk (the Victoria History of the Counties of England)

H. Arthur Doubleday; William Page [ed.] · 1901 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)

Westminster , Archibald Constable and Company Limited , 1901-1906. First edition. Cloth. A smart copy of this Norfolk Victoria County History, illustrated with plates and folding maps. The first edition. Complete presently in two volumes (one of the dormant counties not curren...

A General History of the Quadrupeds

Thomas Bewick · 1791 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.13 | ¥61,162)

Newcastle Upon Tyne, S. Hodgson, R. Beilby, & T. Bewick, 1791 . Leather. The second edition, noted for being much larger and more illustrated, of Thomas Bewick's celebrated work, 'A History of Quadrupeds&apos. A second, much larger and improved edition, published jus...

Orden, and, Der Bunte Rock

1933 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,635)

Koln; Munchen, Waldorf-Astoria-Zigarettenfabrik; Haus Neuerburg, 1933. Paperback. Two German volumes showcasing the cigarette cards produced by Waldorf-Astoria-Zigarettenfabrik and Haus Neuerburg, two leading German cigarette manufacturers. In the original German.Two volumes s...

James Phillips, Jr.

Walter De Blois Briggs · 1935 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)

San Francisco, Privately Published; Walter De Blois Briggs, 1935. Cloth. A limited edition, illustrated biography on the life of a Scottish born distinguished business man, written and privately printed by his grandson Walter De Blois Briggs. A limited edition, being one of on...

Souvenir of Butlin&Apos;S Holiday Camp Skegness

Butlin's · 0 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)

None stated, Butlin's, c1950. Paperback. A very scarce souvenir from the Butlin's holiday camp in Skegness, an interesting piece of British history, with photographs and colour plates throughout. A very scarce booklet. Illustrated with monochrome photographs, two co...

Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland

Various · 1880 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€898.98 | $990.86 | ¥158,177)

Edinburgh , Neill and Company , 1880-1914. First edition. Cloth. An impressive collection of proceedings from the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, with illustrations throughout. Comprising thirty-five volumes relevant to the years 1880-1914, or sessions 101-134. In the pub...

History of the Conquest of Peru 1524-1550

William Hickling Prescott · 1957 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)

Mexico City , Limited Editions Club [at Imprenta Nuevo Mundo], 1957. Leather. A terrific limited copy of this classic history by William H. Prescott, produced for the Limited Editions club and signed by the printer and illustrator. This edition limited to 1500 copies signed by...

The Last Million

Ian Hay [Major General John Hay Beith] · 1918 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1918. First edition. Cloth. The final of three volumes of this good humoured account of army life from British soldier Major General John Hay Beith. First edition. A collection of the author's good-humoured accounts of army life, describing w...

The Four Horsemen Ride

Trooper" [H. L. Hall]; General Sir Hubert Gough · 1935 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,709)

London, Peter Davies, 1935. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon first edition of this illustrated collection of reminiscences from the First World War. First edition. Uncommon work. With the front panel of the original dust wrapper pasted to the front free endpaper. Illustrated ...

John Aubrey&Apos;S Wiltshire

John Aubrey · 1984 · Rooke Books

£34.00 (€40.75 | $44.92 | ¥7,171)

Wiltshire , Punch Bowl Press, 1984. Paperback. A delightful copy of this very scarce limited work, comprising extracts of Wiltshire as described by English antiquary John Aubrey. Number thirty-five out of sixty copies produced by the Punch Bowl Press. A very scarce work.In the...