Historie

The Earls of Kildare and Their Ancestors: From 1057 to 1773

The Marquis of Kildare · 1862 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.74 | $251.02 | ¥40,072)

Dublin, Hodges, Smith & Co , 1862. Cloth. A smart presentation copy of this impressive historical dive into the earls of Kildare, with two folding genealogical charts. A scarce presentation copy of this edition.With a blind stamp bearing "Presented by the Publishers" to the fr...

Cacus and Marsyas in Etrusco-Roman Legend

Jocelyn Penny Small · 1982 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

Princeton, Princeton University Press, 1982. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this interesting work, examining representations of the mythological figures Cacus and Marsyas in classical art. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth bindin...

English Wayfaring Life in the Middle Ages (Xivth Century)

J. J. Jusserand; Lucy Toulmin Smith (trans.) · 1891 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1891. Cloth. A very smart copy of this illustrated work on the ordinary traveller during the Middle Ages, translated from the French. The eighth edition of this work, in the publisher's original cloth binding.Undated, dated from a copy held at the...

Egypt of the Pharaohs: An Introduction

Sir Alan Gardiner · 1961 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

Oxford, Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1961. Cloth. A smart corrected edition of this illustrated introduction to the Egypt of the Pharaohs, with the original price-clipped dust wrapper. First published 1961, corrected edition issued later that same year. Illustrated with a fr...

City Directory and Diary 1946

City Press · 1945 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)

London, City Press, 1945. Cloth. A rare 1946 directory for the city of London, providing a glimpse into city life post World War Two through numerous advertisements and diary entrees. A city directory for the year 1946. Illustrated throughout with monochrome advertisements. Di...

In the Name of the Bodleian and Other Essays

Augustine Birrell · 1905 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

London, Elliot Stock, 1905. First edition. Cloth. An intriguing collection of essays on the Bodleian Library, its founder Sir Thomas Bodley, and other important figures. The first edition.In the publisher's original cloth binding. With a page of publisher's advertise...

At Aboukir and Acre: A Story of Napoleon&Apos;S Invasion of Egypt

G. A. Henty · 1899 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.30 | ¥17,927)

London, Blackie & Son Limited, 1899. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated historical account of Napoleon's invasion of Egypt from English war correspondent George Alfred Henty. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, seven plates, and three plans. Coll...

Vie Privee Du Marechal de Richelieu

[Louis-Francois Faur] · 1791 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,472)

Paris, Buisson, 1791. First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this semi-fictionalised biography on Cardinal Richelieu, an intriguing work in the original French. The first edition.In the original French.Complete in three volumes.A semi-fictionalised biography on the lif...

Note of an English Republican on the Muscovite Crusade

Algernon Charles Swinburne · 1876 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,635)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1876. First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this political essay by Algernon Charles Swinburne, in which he attacks the politics of Thomas Carlyle. The first edition of this lesser known work by poet Algernon Charles Swinburne, an essay in whi...

An Illustrated Guide to the Federated Malay States

Cuthbert Woodville Harrison [ed.] · 1920 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,216)

London, The Malay States Information Agency, 1920. Cloth. An early twentieth century travel guide to the Federated Malay States, now Malaysia, with illustrations throughout. The third edition of this scarce work in the publisher's original cloth binding. Stamp in blind to...

Initiation, Human and Solar

Alice A. Bailey · 1933 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,453)

London, John M. Watkins, 1933 . Cloth. An exceptionally bright edition of Alice Ann Bailey's guide to initiation within Theosophy. First published in 1922, this is an early 1930s UK edition of Alice Bailey's first work.Alice Ann Bailey was a Theosophist and a writer ...

The Western Front: Then and Now

1938 · Rooke Books

£34.00 (€40.75 | $44.92 | ¥7,171)

London, George Newnes, Limited, 1938. First edition. Cloth. A smart copy of this vastly illustrated account of the Western Front as it was during the First World War and as it is now. First edition. Illustrated throughout. The war-time photographs were supplied by the Imperial...

A Saharan Venture

Donald R. G. Cameron · 1928 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

London, Edward Arnold & Co, 1928. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce work recounting the author's expedition across the Sahara. The first edition of this scarce work.Presentation copy, with a stamp to the title page. A vivid travel work recounting Dona...

Punch

Various · 1894 · Rooke Books

£12,500.00 (€14,983.07 | $16,514.32 | ¥2,636,286)

London, Punch Office, 1894-1914. Leather. A brilliant continuous run of 'Punch', from the magazine's first issue, up to the end of the 1914, a fantastic run of this satirical and illustrated magazine. An impressive continuous run of 'Punch', from Volum...

Report on the Salvation Army Colonies in the United States and at Hadleigh, England, with Scheme of National Land Settlement

H. Rider Haggard · 1905 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,816)

London, His Majesty's Stationery Office; Darling & Son; et al, 1905. First edition. Paperback. A scarce first edition of this insightful report by H. Rider Haggard exploring the work of the Salvation Army. The uncommon first edition, published for His Majesty's Stati...

Dictionaire Historique Et Critique. Tome II: D-L; Tome III: M-S

Mr. Pierre Bayle · 1720 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.29 | ¥52,726)

Rotterdam, Michel Bohm, 1720 . Leather. Volumes II and III of the third edition of this important and extensive French dictionary, in smart full calf bindings. In the original French.Two volumes only of the four volume third edition of this work. Present here is volume II, con...

Council of State Debates: Volume III, Nos 14-42. With Three Index Volumes.

Council of State · 1922 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

Delhi, Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1922-1923 . First edition. Leather. An impressive volume including twenty-eight numbers of the 'Council of State Debates' discussing the governance of India in 1922 and 1923. The various sessions of the 'Council ...

Cairo: How to See It

Alexander Cury · 1932 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

London, Luzac & Co. 1932. Paperback. The thirteenth edition of this scarce travel guide to the city of Cairo, with illustrations and maps. Thirteenth edition. Scarce work. Illustrated with a frontispiece, ninety in-text diagrams and photographs, with a folding map to the rear....

Bonnie Prince Charlie: A Life

Peter Pininski · 2010 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)

Gloucestershire, Amberley, 2010. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this biography of Bonnie Prince Charlie, Prince Charles Edward Stuart, with illustrations. Signed and inscribed by the author. First edition. Signed and inscribed by the author to the title page, r...

The Queen&Apos;S Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Lieutenant-Colonel H. D. Chaplin · 1964 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

Maidstone, The Regimental Museum Committee , 1964 . First edition. Cloth. An uncommon first edition of H. D. Chaplin's study of the Queen's own Royal West Kent regiment, in the original dust wrapper. First edition, in the publisher's original cloth, with the ori...