Historie

De la Prostitution Dans la Ville D&Apos;Alger Depuis la Conquete

Edouard A. Duchesne · 1853 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

Paris, Baillière, Garnier Frères, 1853. Leather. An interesting copy of Edouard Duchesne's account of prostitution in French-occupied Algiers. A fascinating insight into attitudes towards gender, race and sex in colonial territories and a widely referenced text in many ...

Monarchs of Merrie England

Roland Carse · 0 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

Leeds and London, Alf Cooke, c1910. Paperback. A Heath Robinson illustrated complete four volume set of these historical poetry works by Roland Carse. The complete four volume set.In the original paper wrap bindings.Humourous rhymes of historical times.Including:Vol I: William...

General View of the Agriculture and Mineralogy, Present State and Circumstances of the County Wicklow

Robert Fraser · 1801 · Rooke Books

£380.00 (€455.49 | $502.03 | ¥80,168)

Dublin, Graisberry & Campbell, 1801 . First edition. Leather. Illustrated with a folding hand coloured map, this is the scarce first edition of Robert Fraser's survey of the Irish county of Wicklow in the late 18th century. The scarce first edition of this work, 150 copie...

The Southern Ice-Continent

Erich Von Drygalski; M. M. Raraty [trans.] · 1989 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

Bluntisham; Alburgh, Bluntisham Books; Erskine Press, 1989. First edition. Cloth. Handsome first English edition on Drygalski's perilous polar expedition at the beginning of the twentieth century. First edition of the English translation.In publisher's original cloth...

The Navy List, Corrected to the 20th March, 1840 & 20th March, 1843

Admiralty · 1840 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, John Murray, 1840-1843. First edition. Cloth. Two very scarce monthly issues of The Navy List, a comprehensive naval directory listing officers, ships, ports and stations. Two very scarce issues of The Navy List.Includes lists corrected to the 20th March, 1840 and corr...

Memoirs of the Reign of King George III

Horace Walpole [ed. by Denis Le Marchant] · 1845 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Richard Bentley, 1845. Cloth. The posthumously published memoirs of King George III's early reign from the original manuscripts, written by the youngest son of Robert Walpole, Britain's first Prime Minister. Memoirs of the Reign of King George III, first publ...

A Brief History of Dairy Education at Home and Abroad, from 1832-1892

Alexander Holmes · 1892 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

Middlesbrough , Jordison & Co. Ld. 1892. First edition. Cloth. A vanishingly scarce copy of the first edition of this history of dairying with a contemporary signed letter from Alexander Holmes. In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding with pictorial paper boards...

Picture of the Coronation of Queen Victoria

1838 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)

London, Orlando Hodgson, c1838 . Paperback. A very scarce copy of this collection of coloured illustrations of the coronation of Queen Victoria. A very scarce work, with no copies held institutionally. Published by Orlando Hodgson.In the original paper wraps.A collection of c...

History of Scotland Volume I, III and V

Patrick Fraser Tytler Esq. · 1845 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)

Edinburgh, William Tait, 1845. Leather. An uncommon selection of volumes of the 3rd, 1845 edition, bound in handsome, decorative full calf. A smart 3 volume set of works from the full 7 volume work.Bound in full calf, with delicately tooled gilt decoration to spine, marbled en...

An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord 1948

Joseph Whitaker · 1947 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Whitaker, 1947 . First edition. Leather. Beautifully illustrated with vibrant colour maps, this is the first edition of Whitaker's 1948 annual, handsomely bound in half morocco. The first edition of this post-war almanack, offering a guide to England for the year ...

The Letters of Junius Volumes I & II

Junius · 1806 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, J. Wright, 1806. Leather. Smart full-calf set of the anonymous letters of Junius, which famously critiqued the government of King George III. Complete in two volumes.Bound in brown full calf.Featuring six monochrome portrait plates to Volume I and seven to Volume II. C...

St. Pancras Church and Parish

Charles E. Lee; John Summerson [Foreword] · 1955 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, St. Pancras Parochial Church Council , 1955 . First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this concise history of St Pancras Church and its parish by noted London historian Charles E. Lee, signed and dated by the author to the title page. In the publisher's ori...

Wildlife of Britain; English Rivers and Canals; English Inns

F. Fraser Darling; Frank Eyre; Charles Hadfield; Thomas Burke · 1943 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Collins , 1943-1947. Hardback. A charming trio of books from Collins' 'Britain in Pictures' series, each complete with the original dust wrapper. Three volumes from this popular 'Britain in Pictures' series.From the library of M. G. Jackson, wi...

Poems

James Blyth; Eva Dobell [foreword]; William Curran Reedy [appreciation] · 1944 · Rooke Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

London, The Favil Press, 1944. First edition. Paperback. An uncommon paperbound volume of poetry published in memoriam of James Blyth. An uncommon volume of poetry published in memoriam of James Blyth, the British writer and soldier who was tragically killed in battle at 17 ye...

Down Our Way in War Time

Two of Us · 1916 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Arthur H. Stockwell, [1916] Undated, dated from a cop. Hardback. London: Arthur H. Stockwell, [1916] Undated, dated from a copy held by the British Library. Hardback. Very Good. 7.5" by 5". None. An incredibly scarce copy of this wartime title, a compelling look into t...

Once Upon a Time in Palmers Green (1990) Fond Memories of Winchmore Hill (1990) Southgate: A Glimpse Into the Past (1993)

Alan Dumayne · 1990 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Self-Published [Alan Dumayne], 1990-1993. Cloth. A fine three-volume set of illustrated historical studies of North London by Alan Dumayne, signed by the author to the title pages. In the publisher's original cloth with the original bright, unclipped dust wrappers...

Konstantinopel Und Das Westliche Kleinasien

Karl Baedeker · 1905 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,810)

Leipzig , Karl Baedeker , 1905. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this Baedeker volume, with the publisher's censorship slip warning travellers to hide the book from authorities. The first edition of this Baedeker guide to Constantinople and Asia Minor. In the or...

1917 on the Irishmen Executed in Dublin a Poem

Albert Clement White · 1917 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

London, Hendersons, 1917. First edition. Paperback. An incredibly scarce copy of a poem, and social commentary piece, on the political state of early 20th Century Ireland. An incredibly scarce first edition of this publication by writer Albert White.White also published a coup...

The Bugler Boy and Other Rhymes

T. L. Morrison · 1915 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

Aberdeen, Aberdeen Daily Journal" Office, 1915. Paperback. An incredibly scarce volume of wartime poetry whose initial profit went to sending chocolate to soldiers while away. An incredibly scarce volume of wartime poetry by T. L. Morrison. In original illustrated paper cover...

Munitions: A Poem

pseud. Junius Redivivus · 1915 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.34 | $653.96 | ¥104,430)

Birmingham, Cornish Brothers, 1915. Paperback. A very scarce and mysterious poem written by the anonymous Junius Redivivus, calling the British to rally against the Kaiser during the First World War. A very scarce poem on Britain and the First World War, written by the mysteri...