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The Cinema in Education Being the Report of the Psychological Investigation Conducted by Special Subcommittees Appointed by the Cinema Commission of Enquiry Established by the National Council of Public Morals

James Marchant · 1925 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.78 | $211.38 | ¥33,744)

London, George Allen and Unwin, 1925. First edition. Cloth. A superb first edition copy of this uncommon title of this study on the psychology of cinema in education, in the extremely scarce dustwrapper. The first edition of this work, an uncommon title.An interesting study ed...

The Prisoner of Ham

Frederic T Briffault · 1846 · Rooke Books

£625.00 (€749.15 | $825.72 | ¥131,814)

London, T C Newby, 1846. First edition. Cloth. A scarce, first edition of this work detailing Napoleon III's attempt to seize power in 1840, and his subsequent capture and imprisonment in the fortress of Ham. A presentation copy with inscription to the recto of front past...

Queer Things About Japan

Douglas Sladen · 1904 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

London, Anthony Treherne & Co. Limited, 1904. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated copy of Douglas Sladen's study on Japan, illustrated with eight lovely colour plates. The second impression of this work, published in the same year as the first.An extensive study into Japan a...

Les Races Jaunes Les Celestes

Edmond Plauchut · 1898 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)

Paris, Schleicher Freres, 1898. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this French travel work on China, an interesting and vivid depiction of the country. Illustrated with colour plates. The first edition of this work.In the original French.Edmond Plauchut's explor...

Two Undergraduates in the East

W. Carey Jeffries · 1914 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,036)

London, Sports and Spotsmen, LTD, 1914. First edition. Cloth. The illustrated first edition of this travel account of time spent in the East, signed by the author. The first edition of this work.Signed by the author to the reverse of the title page, 'wish best wishes, fro...

New Japan, the Land of the Rising Sun

Samuel Mossman · 1873 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,816)

London, John Murray, 1873. First edition. Cloth. The rare first edition of this beautiful work looking at Japan in the mid-nineteenth century, illustrated with a colour folding map. The first edition of this work.In the original publisher's boards. Rather hard to find in ...

Uganda and Its Peoples

J. F. Cunningham · 1905 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€407.54 | $449.19 | ¥71,707)

London, Hutchinson & Co, 1905. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this highly illustrated study on the native people of Uganda, illustrated throughout with portraits. The first edition of this work.Hard to find in this condition. An insightful study into the anthropolo...

The Plans of War the General Staff and British Military Strategy C 1900-1916

John Gooch · 1974 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,635)

London, Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1974. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition copy of this comprehensive study on General Staff and the evolution of military strategy prior to the First World War. The first edition of this work. A comprehensive and thorough study co...

Army Records Society

Various · 1985 · Rooke Books

£260.00 (€311.65 | $343.50 | ¥54,835)

London, The Bodley Head, Sutton Publishing, The History Press, Boydell Press, 1985-2021. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition eighteen volume set comprising records of the army throughout the years. First editions stated, comprising eighteen volumes with narratives...

British Antarctic Survey Air Operations Manual

D. N. Rowley · 1976 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.82 | $171.75 | ¥27,417)

Not Stated, British Antarctic Survey, 1976. Paperback. A very scarce aircraft manual, printed for use in polar research aircrafts and polar bases. Printed by and for the British Antarctic Survey, the UK's national polar research facility, which has five polar research sta...

The Mint a Day-Book of the R.A. F. Depot between August and December 1922 with Later Notes by 352087 a/C Ross

T. E. Lawrence · 1955 · Rooke Books

£210.00 (€251.72 | $277.44 | ¥44,290)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1955. First edition. Cloth. The first edition in original dustwrapper of T. E. Lawrence's memoirs of his time as an enlisted man in the Royal Air Force. First trade edition.In 1924, Lawrence enlisted in the British Royal Air Force. This volume compr...

Pagan and Christian Rome

Rodolfo Lanciani · 1892 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,872)

London, Macmillan and Company, 1892. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this intriguing work on the rise of Christianity within Rome, illustrated throughout. The first edition of this work.Lanciani's look into the history of Rome during the rise of Christianity wi...

Checkmate Fighting Tradition in Central Persia

F. A. C. Forbes-Leith · 1927 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

London, George G. Harrap & Company LTD. 1927. First edition. Cloth. A nice example of the first edition of this detailed account of life and work in Persia at the beginning of the twentieth century, illustrated throughout. The first edition of this work.'Checkmate' i...

An Account of a Copper Table

Philip Carteret Webb · 1760 · Rooke Books

£440.00 (€527.40 | $581.30 | ¥92,797)

London, Anon, 1760. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce, first edition of this historical and paleographic study regarding a copper table discovered in Heraclea, Magna Graecia. This work refers to a tablet discovered in 1732 near Heraclea in the bay of Tarentum in Magna Gr...

The Tailed Head-Hunters of Nigeria an Account of an Official&Apos;S Seven Years&Apos; Experiences in the Northern Nigerian Pagan Belt, and a Description of the Manners, Habits, and Customs of the Native Tribes

Arthur John Newman Tremearne · 1912 · Rooke Books

£200.00 (€239.73 | $264.23 | ¥42,181)

London, Seeley, Service & Co. Limited, 1912. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Tremearne's detailed travel work about his time in Northern Africa, illustrated throughout including with a folding map. The first edition of this work.'The Tailed Head-Hunters of...

Mendiland Memories Reflections and Anticipations

William Vivian · 1926 · Rooke Books

£200.00 (€239.73 | $264.23 | ¥42,181)

London, Henry Hooks, 1926. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this first-hand account of the Mendi tribe at the beginning of the twentieth century, illustrated throughout. The first edition of this work.A very scarce work.An insightful look into Mendiland, ho...

France Son Histoire

George Montorgueil · 1901 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,963)

Paris, Boivin et Cie, 1901. Cloth. A French work on the history of France, written for children, illustrated beautifully and lavishly throughout in colour In the original French.Illustrated with forty-seven pages of full paged coloured illustrations, and nine pages with in-tex...

The Chronicles and Memorials of Great Britain and Ireland During the Middle Ages

Various · 1859 · Rooke Books

£975.00 (€1,168.68 | $1,288.12 | ¥205,630)

London, Longman & Co, 1859-79. Leather. A collection of sixteen volumes of the influential and monumental 'Rolls Series', detailing the Medieval history of Britain. Sixteen volumes of the 'Rolls Series', the major collection of British and Irish historical ...

The Turkish Empire: The Sultans, the Territory, and the People

[Thomas Milner] · 1876 · Rooke Books

£220.00 (€263.70 | $290.65 | ¥46,399)

London, The Religious Tract Society, 1876. Cloth. A very scarce new edition of this fascinating and extensively detailed look into the history of the Turkish Empire, illustrated with a folding map. A very scarce work. An in-depth work discussing the history of the Turkish Empi...

Some Thoughts Upon a Bill for General Naturalization: Addressed to Those of All Denominations Who Act Upon Whig-Principles.

1751 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.39 | $594.52 | ¥94,906)

London, M. Cooper, 1751. First edition. Disbound. An incredibly scarce first edition of this pamphlet discussing the abandoned 1751 bill of general naturalization. The first edition of this work. An incredibly scarce work. Collated, complete. ESTC citation number T66805. An in...