Rooke Books: British History
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Defence of the Realm Act in Ireland
Dublin, Committee of Public Safety, 1915. Brochure/Pamphlet. A nice copy of this very scarce pamphlet, questioning the use of DORA in Ireland during the First World War. Very scarce work.A pamphlet looking into the Defence of the Realm Act (DORA) that was put in place during World War One. The Act gave the British government extraordinary emergency powers during the War. In Ireland the Act was applied in a harsher manner, used to institute martial law.Though the implication of the Act was felt in Ireland, it was later significant expanded upon after the 1916 Easter Rising. In the original paper wraps. Externally, the outer leaves are a little discoloured with some spots. Faint pencil mark to the front wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with a few odd spots. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .
-- Boeknummer: 776P41
GBP 165.00 [Appr.: EURO 193.75]
Catalogus: British History
Trefwoorden: dora defence of the realm act ireland irish defence of the realm act world war one easter rising None
Description of the Banquet Given in Honour of Sir Robert Peel
Glasgow, John Smith and Son , 1837. Cloth. A very scarce account of the banquet in honour of Sir Robert Peel's election as Lord Rector of the University of Glasgow. Detailing the proceedings at the election and inauguration; the addresses of various public bodies; and reports of the speeches at the dinner. With a list of the noblemen and gentlemen who attended. Featuring six engraved plates to the rear, including a folding plate depicting the view of the Grand Banqueting Hall. Rebacked in a calf binding, with the original pictorial paper covered boards. Externally, boards are a trifle rubbed with some wear and marks. Internally, firmly bound and bright, with only the odd spot and handling mark Good . Ill.: None. Good/Very Good Indeed.
Boeknummer: GEN23-B-9
GBP 395.00 [Appr.: EURO 463.75]
Catalogus: British History
Trefwoorden: Robert Peel Lord Rector University of Glasgow Lord Rector None
The English Revolution
None, None, 1863. Cloth. A very scarce handwritten school essay on the English Revolution , a neatly written volume delving into the Civil War. A very scarce handwritten essay on the English Revolution, the text beginning 'Previously to the French Revolution, the English revolution was the greatest event in Europe&apos. Neatly written on faintly lined paper.'Emmeline' written in pencil to the verso of the front endpaper, written in the same hand as the essay.Throughout the essay there are the occasional corrections written in another ink, presumably a teacher marking the essay.Occasionally dated throughout the text, the earliest date being October 11th (1862), and the latest being 26th March 1863 in Emmeline's hand, and 30th March 1863 in the teacher's hand.Bookplate of Egerton Parker to the front paste down. Parker was a teacher and house master at Hereford Cathedral School for over twenty years. Generally known as Ege Parker, he was passionate about the study of history. In the original cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. Spine is a little faded, with minor fading to the head of the front board. Minor marks and a little rubbing to the boards and spine. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Small patch of lifting to the head of the spine. Bookplate to the front paste down. Rear endpaper is detaching to the tail. Doodle to the recto of the rear endpaper. A few pages to the rear have been excised. Internally, generally firmly bond. Pages are a little age-toned and clean with a few spots. Faint tide mark to the margin of the first few pages. Good . Ill.: None. Good .
Boeknummer: 848P4
GBP 650.00 [Appr.: EURO 763.25]
Catalogus: British History
Trefwoorden: The English Revolution essay revolution history essay charles i None
First Report from Select Committee on Metropolis Improvement; with the Minutes of Evidence
London, Not Stated, 1840. First edition. Leather. A very scarce work, detailing a meeting between the committee responsible for the development of London in the nineteenth century, illustrated with eight folding hand-coloured plates. A very scarce work.Illustrated with eight hand-coloured folding plans.Collated, complete.Rebound in a half calf binding with marbled paper to the boards.A report on the committee that was dedicated to the improvement of London, during a century which saw a great amount of growth and development within the capital city.It was during this century that it became an important global city, becoming the largest city in the world from about 1825. Rebound in a half calf binding with marbled paper to the boards. Externally, boards detached but present. Minor rubbing and discolouration to the boards and spine. Loss to the head of the spine, with a much smaller amount of loss to the tail of the spine. Light bumping to the extremities. Some loss of leather. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and generally clean with some spots. Plates with a small amount of edge wear. Good Only . Ill.: None. Good Only .
Boeknummer: 713P17
GBP 750.00 [Appr.: EURO 880.5]
Catalogus: British History
Trefwoorden: First Report From Select Committee on Metropolis Improvement metropolois mintues committee metropolois london england None
Handwritten Early Victorian Account Book
London, Jn. Williams, 1828-68. Leather. A handwritten ledger for a Regency through to Victorian business. With later additions in another hand by a Miss M. Devenish. Written in two columns, containing addresses of customers (or suppliers) and amounts paid. Including date headings to each entry. Bookplate of JN. Williams, Stationer and Patenter of Improved Account Books to front pastedown. Unfortunately, the business is unclear as the writing has faded in places. In a reverse calf binding. Externally, worn, with some rubbing and wear to the extremities. Splitting to the leather in a couple of places. Hinges are very tender. Internally, binding strained in places, with a few pages to the rear detached due to tender joint. Pages are bright, and quite clean, with just a few instances of foxing. Fair . Ill.: None. Fair .
Boeknummer: LTH26-A-8
GBP 325.00 [Appr.: EURO 381.75]
Catalogus: British History
Trefwoorden: Leather Victorian Buisness JN. Williams Victorian None
Henry Herbert Wills Physics Laboratory
Bristol, University of Bristol, 1927 . First edition. Paperback. The University of Bristol's very scarce publication celebrating the formal opening of the Henry Herbert Wills Physics Laboratory on October 21st, 1927. Illustrated with seven tipped in photographic plates, and five vignette floor plans. Collated, complete.This impressive laboratory was opened by the Nobel Prize winning father of nuclear physics, Sir Ernest Rutherford, in October of 1927, and was funded by Bristolian businessman and philanthropist Henry Herbert Wills, a member of the Wills tobacco family.Along with his brother Sir George Alfred Wills, he was responsible for the building of the impressive neo-gothic Wills Memorial Building, a landmark building of Bristol University, in memory of his father, opened in 1925. In the publisher's original paper covered wraps. Externally, exceptionally bright. Light shelf wear to back strip tail. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally clean and bright, with the odd area of light spotting. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .
Boeknummer: 831F23
GBP 140.00 [Appr.: EURO 164.5]
Catalogus: British History
Trefwoorden: Henry Herbert Wills physics bristol university ernest rutherford physics None
The King&Apos;S Jubilee Speeches, Together with the Primate&Apos;S Address in St. Paul&Apos;S
London, The Morning Post, 1935 . Leather. A delightful limited edition released in commemoration of the King's Jubilee in 1935. Containing all four speeches delivered by the King in honour of the Jubilee: his Majesty's reply to the Loyal Messages from the Three Fighting Services, the Primate's Address in St. Paul's, the Premier's Broadcast, and the Addresses from both Houses of Parliament and congratulatory speeches by Empire Representatives.Loosely inserted is a newspaper clipping from the year this was published, announcing and advertising this work. Illustrated with a frontispiece of St. Paul's Cathedral. A limited edition of one hundred copies, this being number nine. In a quarter crushed morocco binding. Externally generally smart; some rubbing to the spine in places and general wear to the boards and extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .
Boeknummer: 805R45
GBP 85.00 [Appr.: EURO 100]
Catalogus: British History
Trefwoorden: George VI Jubilee British Royal Family Jubilee Speeches Jubilee None
A List of Eton College for 1885-1891
Eton, R. Ingleton Drake, 1885-1891. Leather. A collection of registers of Eton students between 1885 and 1891. Nineteen volumes bound in one. Containing the Michaelmas School-Time, Lenten School-Time and Midsummer School-Time registers for each academic year. In a half-calf binding with marbled boards. Externally, sound, though with rubbing. Hinges are strained. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with just some odd instances of spotting. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .
Boeknummer: LTH2-E-11
GBP 99.99 [Appr.: EURO 117.5]
Catalogus: British History
Trefwoorden: Eton School Register Victorian School Lenten None
Lives of Remarkable Youth
London, Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1831 . Leather. The scarce second edition of this brief history of the lives of remarkable youth in half morocco binding. Second edition of Lives of Remarkable Youth in half straight grain morocco binding and marbled boards. Illustrated with four monochrome plates including a frontispiece of a portrait of the Princess Victoria.A very scarce edition. A lovely work from the early nineteenth century telling the histories of children's lives including Edward VI and Lady Jane Grey. In half straight grain morocco and marbled boards. Externally, smart. There is some bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean with the odd spot and light age toning. Very Good . Ill.: Not stated. Very Good .
Boeknummer: 845W41
GBP 90.00 [Appr.: EURO 105.75]
Catalogus: British History
Trefwoorden: Remarkable Youth Second edition Leather binding Scarce Second edition Not stated
Nineteenth Century Personal and Business Expenditure Ledger.
London, Unknown, C1892-1900. Leather. A very scarce personal and business expenditure ledger, estimated to be dated from the years 1892-1900. Although anonymous, this is particularly notable as a document of London businesses in the late Nineteenth Century, many of which have since folded. Featuring longstanding establishments such as Debenhams and Freebody, as well as then-prosperous mainstays of London such as Marshall and Snelgrove of Oxford Street, Hitchcock Williams and Company of St Pauls and Stapley and Smith of London Wall, the ledger conveys a London in which family run, relatively niche, businesses could exist and thrive in the shadow of its most famous monuments and on its busiest streets. Contains bookbinder's label to pastedown. In reverse calf binding. Externally sound with some markings to boards and wear to backstrip and extremities. Internally, the binding is tender and are generally bright and clean throughout. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .
Boeknummer: LTH28-A-2
GBP 125.00 [Appr.: EURO 146.75]
Catalogus: British History
Trefwoorden: Leather Buisness History London Buisness Scarce None
The Prince and Stewart of Scotland and the Stewartry Lands in Ayrshire; the Prince of Wales in Ayrshire
Not Stated, Not Stated, 1926 . Leather. Two very scarce 1926 works concerning Edward VIII's visit to Ayrshire when he was Prince of Wales, together in a half morocco signed binding. Two very scarce works bound together in a half calf signed binding from Maclehose.The first work present - retaining its original paper wraps - is 'The Prince and Stewart of Scotland and the Stewartry Lands in Ayrshire&apos. Illustrated with two plates.The second work is a short pamphlet titled 'The Prince of Wales in Ayrshire', and was reprinted from the Glasgow Register.Both works were published on the occasion of the visit of Edward VIII - then Prince of Wales - to Ayrshire. This was ten years prior to his appointment as King of England, and his subsequent abdication.With the bookplate of Glasgow lawyer and book collector David Murray to the front pastedown, and his inscription to the verso of the front free endpaper. In 1927, Murray presented his personal library of some 15,000 printed books and 200 manuscripts to the University to the University of Glasgow, with many of the works relating to Glasgow and the West of Scotland. In a signed half morocco binding, with cloth covered boards. Fading to back strip, with light rubbing to back strip head and perimeters of front board. Bookplate to front pastedown, inscription to verso of front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. The first work retains its original front and rear paper wraps. Pages clean and bright. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .
Boeknummer: 885F32
GBP 185.00 [Appr.: EURO 217.25]
Catalogus: British History
Trefwoorden: Edward Duke of Windsor david murray Edward VIII prince of wales david murray None
Report from the Select Committee of the House of Lords on the Public Health Acts (Amendment) Bill (H.L. ): Together with the Proceedings of the Committee. Minutes of Evidence. By the Select Committee on the Public Health Acts (Amendment) Bill
London, His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1905. Cloth. A scarce Edwardian report on the Public Health Acts Amendment Bill, containing numerous interview transcripts. 'Ordered, by the House of Commons, to be Printed&apos. With a bookbinder's stamp for W. Easy, London, to the front pastedown. In a Royal College of Surgeons of England Library binding, with occasional ink stamps of the Royal College of Surgeons of England Library. In a cloth binding from the Royal College of Surgeons of England Library. Externally, very smart with slight with wear to head and tail of spine, and marks to front board. Internally, firmly bound. Generally clean, with the odd small spot or mark. Ink date and ink withdrawal stamp to titlepage. Shelfmark label to spine. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .
Boeknummer: GEN9-F-25
GBP 49.99 [Appr.: EURO 58.75]
Catalogus: British History
Trefwoorden: Royal College of Surgeons Easy Edwardian Scarce Easy Report Public Health None
Somersetshire Archaeological & Natural History Society Proceedings
Taunton; Frome, Somersetshire Archaeological & Natural History Society , 1937-1943. Paperback. A three volume set of the proceedings of the Somersetshire Archaeological and Natural History Society. Volumes include: LXXXII for the year 1936 LXXXVI for the year 1940 LXXXVIII for the year 1942. Collated: Complete. With 45 plates three of which are folding. The Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society was founded in 1849 and was one of many similar organisations established during the mid nineteenth century. The society has published an annual journal since 1851 which contains scholarly papers on research into the history, archaeology and ecology of Somerset. In original paper wraps. Externally, slightly worn with edgewear to wraps. Tidemarks to all volumes. Some chipping. Hinges tender. Internally, generally firmly bound although strained in places. Pages cockled, but bright with occasional spots and tidemarks. Good . Ill.: Various. Good .
Boeknummer: SET1-E-3
GBP 70.00 [Appr.: EURO 82.25]
Catalogus: British History
Trefwoorden: Somersetshire Archaeological Natural History Folding Plates Archaeological Archaeology Ecology Various
St. Peter&Apos;S College Register Radley 1847-1923
Oxford , Radleian Society, 1923. Cloth. A fourth edition copy of the St. Peter's College of Radley Register, spanning the dates 1848-1923. Includes a frontispiece, fold-out map of the College grounds and several more plates within. In an armorial cloth binding. Externally, generally smart with some light rubbing to the top and tail of the spine and marks to the boards. Internally, firmly bound, generally bright with some marginal age toning. Clean with just the odd spot. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .
Boeknummer: GEN18-E-3
GBP 24.99 [Appr.: EURO 29.5]
Catalogus: British History
Trefwoorden: Radley Register St Peter's College Reference Register St Peter's College None
The Story of John Howard the Prison-Reformer
London, T. Nelson and Sons, 1891 . Leather. An early edition of this biography of John Howard an early English prison reformer in leather binding. Early edition of The Story of John Howard The Prison-Reformer in full calf binding. Published anonymously. John Howard was an early English prison reformer and philanthropist. He published 'The State of Prisons' in 1777 outlining his experiences in English prisons he visited and gave recommendations. He is responsible for the practice of single-celling in the UK and the United States. Illustrated with a frontispiece. In prize book binding with a prize book plate from 1892 to the first pastedown. In full calf binding. Externally, very smart. There is some minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. There is some light rubbing to the leather in these areas. Prize book plate from 1892 to the first pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean with the odd spot. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .
Boeknummer: 845W34
GBP 90.00 [Appr.: EURO 105.75]
Catalogus: British History
Trefwoorden: John Howard Prison Reform English History Early edition Prison Reform Not Stated
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