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Remaines Concerning Britaine

William Camden · 1637 · Rooke Books

£555.00 (€665.25 | $733.24 | ¥117,051)

London, Thomas Harper for John Waterson, 1637. Leather. An early edition of William Camden's historical and cultural essays, an important source on the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. An early edition of this work.'Remaines Concerning Britaine' is a collect...

Dacca

B. C. Allen · 1912 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.82 | $171.75 | ¥27,417)

Allahabad, The Pioneer Press, 1912. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this primary source for Dhaka in the early twentieth century, illustrated with a folding map. The first edition of this work.A very scarce work.A travel work exploring Dhaka at the beginni...

Organization How Armies Are Formed for War

Colonel Hubert Foster · 1913 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.29 | ¥52,726)

London, Hugh Rees, LTD. 1913. Cloth. A very scarce second edition of this detailed work on how armies are formed to go into war, written by the British Army officer Hubert Foster. The second edition of this work.A very scarce work.A detailed military work describing the proces...

The Historie of France the Four First Books

La Popeliniere · 1595 · Rooke Books

£9,800.00 (€11,746.73 | $12,947.23 | ¥2,066,849)

London, John Windet, 1595. First edition. Leather. An exceedingly scarce, first English edition of Lancelot Voisin de la Popeliniere's controversial history of France. With the illustrated title page, as called for. Lancelot Voisin de la Popeliniere was a Protestant autho...

Historie de Russie

Pierre Charles Levesque · 1782 · Rooke Books

£500.00 (€599.32 | $660.57 | ¥105,451)

Paris, Debure, 1782. First edition. Leather. The first edition of Pierre Charles Levesque's noted history of Russia. Written using primary sources acquired during his seven years living in Russia. The first edition. In the original French. Illustrated, with a folding map ...

Letters on Cavalry Letters on Infantry

Prince Kraft Zu Hohenlohe Ingelfingen; N. L. Walford · 1889 · Rooke Books

£360.00 (€431.51 | $475.61 | ¥75,925)

Woolwich, Royal Artillery Institution, 1889. Cloth. An uncommon collection of letters written by the Prussian general Prince Kraft Zu Hohenlohe Ingelfingen, illustrated with three folding maps. An uncommon work. A collection of letters looking at the German military and infant...

The Miners in Crisis and War a History of the Miners&Apos; Federation of Great Britain (from 1930s Onwards)

R. Page Arnot · 1930 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

London, George Allen and Unwin LTD, c1961. Leather. The third installment of R. Page Arnot's comprehensive series on the History of the Miner's Federation of Great Britain. Arnot's 'The Miners In Crisis and War' presents the history of the Miners'...

A New Genealogical, Historical, and Chronological Atlas; Being a Complete Guide to History, Both Ancient and Modern, Exhibiting an Accurate Account of the Origin, Descent, and Marriages of All the Royal Families, from the Beginning of the World to the Present Time

C. V. Lavoisne; C. Gros · 1807 · Rooke Books

£1,200.00 (€1,438.37 | $1,585.38 | ¥253,084)

London, J. Barfield, 1807. First edition. Leather. A collection of atlas inspired maps that show the genealogical and history of the world, organised in hand-coloured easy to read plates. The first edition of this work. A scarce work. With thirty-five hand-coloured double page...

A Narrative of the Loss of the H.M. S. Royal George, of 108 Guns, Sunk at Spithead, August 29th, 1782; with a Concise Account of the Colonel Pasley&Apos;S Operations on the Wreck in 1839 & 1840

1840 · Rooke Books

£585.00 (€701.21 | $772.87 | ¥123,378)

Portsmouth, John Miller, 1840. Leather. A very scarce copy of this interesting and concise history of the H.M.S. Royal George, bound with wood from the ship to the boards. A very scarce work. Bound with wooden boards, the wood taken from the H.M.S Royal George. A work accounti...

A Journey from Madras Through the Countries of Mysore, Canara, and Malabar

Francis Buchanan · 1807 · Rooke Books

£4,400.00 (€5,274.04 | $5,813.04 | ¥927,973)

London, T Cadell and W Davies, 1807. First edition. Leather. A very smart, first edition set of this important survey of India in the late eighteenth century. A comprehensive study, which looks at topography, history, antiquities and religion of South India. Illustrated with a...

Roll of King Richard II. , Containing the Armorial Ensigns of the Barons and Knights of England, Commencing A.D. 1377, Collated and Emblazoned from the Original M. Ss. Roll, by Messrs. A.R. Harrison and Sons.

[A. P. Harrison] · 1848 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

Unamed, A. P Harrison and Son, 1848. Cloth. A very scarce work of British armorial history compiled and edited by A. P Harrison and Son. Undated, dated using Copac. Rebound in a quarter cloth binding, with marbled paper covered boards. Bound with numerous additional blanks to ...

Boswell in Holland 1763-1764 Including His Correspondence with Belle de Zuylen (Zelide)

Frederick A Pottle (Ed) · 1952 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)

London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1952. Vellum. A vellum bound deluxe edition of this work by James Boswell, with an introduction by Frederick A. Pottle. An excellent example of this work, this being a deluxe edition bound in a quarter vellum binding with cloth covered boards. Li...

Les Trois Couleurs France, Son Histoire Par G. Montogueil Image Par Job

G. Montorgueil · 1900 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.78 | $211.38 | ¥33,744)

Paris, Charavay, Martin, editeurs, 1900. Cloth. A profusely illustrated work, written in the original French by Georges Montorgueil. In the publisher's original cloth binding. In the original French. With the previous owners ink inscription to the front endpaper that read...

Modern Practical Farriery; a Complete to All That Relates to the Horse. Its History, Varieties, and Uses- Breaking, Training, Feeding, Stabling, and Grooming- How to Buy, Keep, and Treat a Horse in Health and Disease, Etc. , Etc. Forming a Complete System of the Veterinary Art, As at Present Practised at the Royal Veterinary College, London.

W. J. Miles; J. I. Lupton · 0 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)

London, William Mackenzie, c1880. Leather. An unusually attractive copy of this copiously illustrated copy of this fascinating study of modern veterinary practices, primarily focusing on the management of horses. The first section of this work examines the history of the horse...

K. Waliszewski · 1893 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

Paris, E. Plon, Nourrit et cie, 1893. First edition. Leather. A first edition copy of this fascinating study of the life of Catherine II by Kazimierz Waliszewski, in an half crushed morocco signed Mudie binding. Kazimierz Waliszewski was a notable Polish author, renowned for h...

Histoire Des Revolutions D&Apos;Angleterre Depuis le Commencement de la Monarchie

Pierre-Joseph of Orleans · 1729 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€407.54 | $449.19 | ¥71,707)

The Hague, Isaac van der Kloot, 1729. Leather. A French work on the history of English Revolutions, written by the French historian Pierre-Joseph of Orleans. With a frontispiece. Complete, being three volumes bound as one. In the original French. This is a new, revised, and co...

Geschichte Derm Stadt Rom IM Mitteldalter Von V Bis Zum XVI Jahrhundert

Ferdinand Gregorovius · 1913 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

Berlin, JG Cottasche Buchhandlung, 1913-22. Cloth. Ferdinand Gregorovius' monumental eight volume work of the history of Rome in the Middle Ages, written in the original German. Complete in eight volumes. In the original German. 'Geschichte Derm Stadt Rom im Mittelda...

Relation de Voyage a la Recherche de la Perouse, Fait Par Ordre de L&Apos;Assemblee Constituant, Pendant Les Annees 1791, 1792, Et Pendant la 1st Et la 2nd Anee de la Republique Francoise

La Billardiere · 1791 · Rooke Books

£1,400.00 (€1,678.10 | $1,849.60 | ¥295,264)

Paris, H. J. Jansen, c1800. Leather. Labillardiere's account of his time on the voyage in search of Jean de le Perouse's lost expedition. In two volumes. This work looks at the mysterious disappearance of the French naval officer Jean de le Perouse, who vanished on a...

Histoire Du Commerce Et de la Navigation Des Anciens. Par M. Huet, Ancien Eveque D&Apos;Avranches, Sous-Precepteur de Feu Monseigneur le Dauphin, & L&Apos;Un Des Quarante de L&Apos;Academie Francoise. Troisieme Edition.

Pierre Daniel Huet · 1727 · Rooke Books

£345.00 (€413.53 | $455.80 | ¥72,762)

Paris; Bruxelles, Chez Antonine-Urbain Coustelier; Chex Jean Leonard, 1727. Leather. A very scarce work of French history by the scholar and churchman Pierre Daniel Huet. A lovely example of this work ancient history, extensively compiled and written by Huet. Third edition. In...

Rope Yarns from the Old Navy

Caspar F. Goodrich · 1931 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

New York, The Naval History Society, 1931. First edition. Hardback. A lovely first limited edition copy of this fascinating naval reminiscences by Rear-Admiral Caspar F. Goodrich, published by the Naval History Society. The Naval History Society (the American equivalent of the...