Historie

The Man of Feeling

Henry Mackenzie; Brian Vickers · 1967 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

London, Oxford University Press, 1967 . Cloth. The revised edition of The Man of Feeling by Henry Mackenzie with the original dust wrapper. Revised modern edition of Henry Mackenzie's The Man of Feeling, originally published in 1771. This text is based from the second cor...

Practical Illustrations of Rhetorical Gesture and Action, Adapted to the English Drama

Henry Siddons · 1807 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.29 | ¥52,726)

London, Richard Phillips, 1807 . First edition. Leather. Illustrated with sixty-six engraved plates, this is the scarce first edition of Henry Siddons guide to gesture in theatrical performance. The scarce first edition of English actor and theatrical manager Henry Siddons&apo...

The Tiger Kills and the Tiger Triumphs

Sir Claude Auchinleck · 1944 · Rooke Books

£79.00 (€94.69 | $104.37 | ¥16,661)

London , His Majesty's Stationary Office, 1944-1946. First edition. Paperback. A fascinating two volume set detailing various World War Two campaigns of Indian Divisions within the British Army, with illustrations throughout. Two first edition volumes detailing the campai...

Marmorum Oxoniensium Inscriptiones Graecae Chandleri Exemplar Editae

Gulielmo Roberts · 1791 · Rooke Books

£230.00 (€275.69 | $303.86 | ¥48,508)

Oxonii , E. Typographeo Clarendoniano , 1791. Brochure/Pamphlet. A very scarce copy of this volume detailing marble inscriptions in Latin and Greek. This is a very scarce copy of Marmorum Oxoniensium Inscriptiones Graecae Chandleri Exemplar, or Oxonian Marble Inscriptions in G...

The Bookman Illustrated History of English Literature

Thomas Seccombe; W. Robertson Nicoll · 1906 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1906. Cloth. A lovely and in-depth work looking into the vast history of English literature and its development across the centuries, illustrated. Complete in two volumes.'The Bookman Illustrated History of English Literature' is a richl...

London to Ladysmith Via Pretoria

Winston Spencer Churchill · 1900 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.20 | ¥36,908)

London, Longmans Green, and Co, 1900 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Winston Churchill's account of his personal experiences during the Second Boer War, illustrated with folding maps, and in the publisher's original cloth. The first edition, first impres...

Great Englishmen of the Sixteenth Century

Sidney Lee · 1904 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

London , Charles Scribner's Sons , 1904. Leather. A smart copy of Great Englishmen of the Sixteenth Century, considering the likes of Shakespeare and Francis Bacon. This is a smart copy of Great Englishmen of the Sixteenth Century, written by Sidney Lee who was an English...

The Unknown War the Eastern Front 1914-1917

The Rt. Hon. Winston S. Churchill · 1941 · Rooke Books

£320.00 (€383.57 | $422.77 | ¥67,489)

London , Macmillan and Co. 1941. Cloth. The final volume in Churchill's The World Crisis Series. This is the sixth volume in Churchill's World Crisis Series, which is Churchill's account of the Frist World War published between 1923-1931. The series is analytica...

A History of English Lottery: Now for the First Time Written

John Ashton · 1893 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

London, The Leadenhall Press , [1893]. Cloth. An interesting history of National Lottery by John Ashton rebound in modern cloth. A fascinating history of National Lottery, from 1569 to the end of nineteenth century, the first such work. Dated from a copy held at the British Li...

Tales of the Century or Sketches of the Romance of History between the Years 1746 and 1846

John Sobieski; Charles Edward Stuart · 1851 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.33 | $653.97 | ¥104,397)

Edinburgh, Martin and Company, 1851. Leather. A lovely copy of a very scarce early edition the Sobieski Stuart's unusual historical work, providing dubious evidence of their relationship to Scotland's Bonnie Prince Charlie. A very scarce early edition of this histori...

The Story of Nell Gwyn and the Sayings of Charles the Second

Peter Cunningham · 1927 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

London, Privately Printed for the Navarre Society Limited , 1927. Leather. Peter Cunningham's illustrated biographical work of Eleanor Gwyn, mistress to King Charles II. Eleanor Gwyn was an actress, celebrity figure of the Restoration period, known long-time mistress to K...

Historical Manuscripts Commission. Fifteenth Report, Appendix, Part II. The Manuscripts of J. Eliot Hodgkin, Esq. , F.S. A. , of Richmond, Surrey

Various; J. Eliot Hodgkin; John Cordy Jeaffreson · 1897 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.84 | $151.93 | ¥24,254)

London, Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1897. Vellum. An important reference work on the impressive manuscript collection of J. Eliot Hodgkin, with Hodgkin's bookplate to the front paste down. An interesting reference work on the historical manuscripts owned by J. Eliot Hodgkin, a...

Hymns and Prayers for Use at the Marriage of Michael Hornby and Nicolette Ward at St Margaret&Apos;S Church Westminster

Charles Harry St. John Hornby · 1928 · Rooke Books

£390.00 (€467.47 | $515.25 | ¥82,252)

Chelsea, Ashendene Press, 1928. First edition. Paperback. A scarce booklet prepared and printed for the wedding of Michael Hornby and Nicolette Ward. Prepared by St. John Hornby for the wedding of his son Michael, printed in an edition of about two-hundred and fifty copies, mo...

The Free Men of Charlwood

Ruth Sewill; Elisabeth Lane · 1951 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

Not Stated , Rose Garland Press , 1951. First edition. Cloth. Scarce first edition of this historical work on the village and civil parish of Charlwood, complete with unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition of this work, a scarce copy. Tracing the history of Charlwood from i...

Haslemere in History; Haslemere 1850-1950

G. R. Rolston · 1956 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,036)

London , Published by the author , 1956-1964. First edition. Cloth. An insightful and smart two volume set of the history of the small Surrey town Haslemere with detailed illustrations and folding plates. This is a two volume set of the History of Haslemere a small country tow...

The Cherokee Story

John Parris · 1950 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)

Asheville, The Stephens Press, 1950. First edition. Paperback. An uncommon work by John Parris which celebrates the Cherokee people and their history through a collection of stories, with full-page illustrations throughout the text. Early edition, no edition remarks but most l...

Georgian Cabinet Makers C. 1700-1800

Ralf Edwards and Margaret Jourdain · 1962 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.30 | ¥17,927)

London , Country Life , 1962. Cloth. A stunning new and revised edition of Georgian Cabinet Makers written by one the leading authorities on the subject, with many illustrations. This is the new and revised edition of Georgian Cabinet Makers. The Eighteenth Century was the gol...

English Social History

G.M. Trevelyan · 1945 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1945. First edition. Fine Binding. The first edition, third impression of this illustrated social history of England by G.M. Trevelyan, handsomely bound in half calf by Morrell. A fascinating work of the social history of England by G.M. Trevel...

The Crown of Wild Olive: Four Lectures on Industry and War

John Ruskin · 1895 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

London, George Allen, 1895. Cloth. A bright copy of this ninth edition group of lectures no industry and war by John Ruskin. A ninth edition of this work, originally published in 1866. Containing four lectures discussing work, traffic, war, and the future of England. With an a...

Aux Pays de Napoleon L&Apos;Italie 1796-97-1800

Jean de Metz · 1911 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

Grenoble, Jules Rey, 1911. First edition. Leather. A beautifully illustrated work on Napoleon's experiences in Italy, presented in a half- morocco binding with a range of illustrations throughout text. First Edition, in the original French.Rebound in half-crushed morocco ...