Storia regionale e locale

Narrative of an Expedition to the East Coast of Greenland Sent by Order of the King of Denmark, in Search of the Lost Colonies Under the Command of Captain W a Graah.

Captain W A Graah · 1837 · Rooke Books

£895.00 (€1,072.95 | $1,182.62 | ¥188,871)

London, John W Parker, 1837. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first English edition of this work on Arctic exploration. Collated: Complete with folding map of Greenland. With 16 pages of publisher's advertisements to the rear. A detailed account of the expedition of Wilhelm...

Trails of the Hunted

James L. Clark · 1929 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, Chatto and Windus, 1929. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of Clark's study of African, Asian and North American animals, illustrated with photographic plates. First Edition. Featuring a photographic frontispiece. 'With forty-seven plates&apos. James L. C...

Livre D&Apos;or de la Mission Du Lessouto - Soixante-Quinze Ans de L&Apos;Histoire D&Apos;Une Tribu Sud-Africaine 1833-1908

M. A. Boegner · 1912 · Rooke Books

£156.00 (€187.02 | $206.13 | ¥32,921)

Paris , Maison des Missions Evangeliques, 1912. Leather. A French work chronicling the history of the tribes of Basutoland, now Lesotho, from a missionary viewpoint With a Preface by M. A. Boegner. With numerous in-text photograph illustrations, with a fold-out map to the rear...

Eskimoleben

Fridtjof Nansen · 1903 · Rooke Books

£74.99 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,825)

Leipzig und Berlin, Georg Heinrich Meyer, 1903. Paperback. A book on the life of Eskimos by Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen. In German Blackletter script. With decorative head and tail pieces and a number of in-text illustrations. In original pictorial paper wraps. External...

A Training School for Elephants

Sophy Roberts · 2025 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, Doubleday, 2025 . First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this illustrated blend of travel and history in author Sophy Roberts' second novel. The first edition of the work.In the original white cloth binding. In the original unclipped wrapper.The author&apos...

The Lake Regions of Central Africa: A Picture of Exploration Vol II

Richard F. Burton · 1860 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€899.12 | $991.02 | ¥158,272)

London, Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts , 1860. First edition. Cloth. The second volume of Richard F. Burton's explorations of East Africa, documenting largely uncharted lakes and regions at the time. Volume II only.The first edition, second issue, with folding map b...

Cosmopolis Nothing If Not Critical Empire

Don DeLillo; Robert Hughes; Gore Vidal · 2003 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, Picador; Collins Harvill; Andre Deutsch, 2003; 1990; 1987. First edition. Cloth. An engaging and varied collection of American novels, accompanied by a book of literary criticism from Australian-born critic Robert Hughes. A collection comprised of 2 American novels, an...

In Darkest Africa or, the Quest Rescue and Retreat of Emin Governor of Equatoria

Henry M. Stanley · 1890 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.31 | $786.21 | ¥125,563)

London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, 1890. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing first edition of Henry M. Stanley's illustrated account of his successful, but damning Emin Pasha Relief Expedition. The first edition. Complete in two volumes. In the publisher&ap...

Tokyo Vignettes

Zoe Kincaid · 1933 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)

Tokyo , The Sanseido Co. Ltd , 1933. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon volume of Tokyo reminiscences and observations, written by journalist and critic Zoe Kincaid and illustrated throughout. First edition. An uncommon volume. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth ...

My Life with the Eskimo

Vilhjalmur Stefansson · 1924 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

New York, The Macmillan Company, 1924. Cloth. A smart new and cheaper US edition of this insightful account from Arctic explorer and ethnologist Vilhjalmur Stefansson. New and cheaper edition. Scarce edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, sixty plates, and two folding maps ...

Under the Pole Star: The Oxford University Arctic Expedition 1935-6

A. R. Glen; N. A. C. Croft · 1937 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Methuen Publishers, 1937. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this travel account of the Oxford University expedition to the Polar regions of 1935 to 1936. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, forty-seven plates, seventeen maps, four diagrams in t...

Narrative of Travels and Discoveries in Northern and Central Africa

Major Denham; Captain Clapperton; Doctor Oudney · 1826 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.56 | $495.51 | ¥79,136)

London, John Murray, 1826. Leather. The second edition of this important narrative regarding the Bornu Mission, an expedition which aimed to find the source of the Niger. The second edition, and first octavo edition of the work. First published in quarto earlier the same year....

Ophidia Taprobanica or the Snakes of Ceylon

Frank Wall · 1921 · Rooke Books

£1,150.00 (€1,378.66 | $1,519.57 | ¥242,684)

Colombo, H. R. Cottle, 1921 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the very scarce first edition of physician and herpetologist Frank Wall's study of the snakes of Sri Lanka. A very scarce first edition.Inscribed by the author to a front blank, 'Ethel,...

Travels and Discoveries in North and Central Africa. Including Accounts of Timbukto, Sokoto, and the Basins of the Nigar and Benuwe.

Henry Barth · 1890 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, Ward, Lock and Co. Limited, 1890. Cloth. Henry Barth's illustrated travelogue of his time in North and Central Africa from the Minerva Library of Famous Books. The Minerva Library of Famous Books. Illustrated with a frontispiece, numerous woodcut vignettes, and se...

Africa&Apos;S Dome of Mystery

Eva Stuart-Watt · 1929 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Marshall, Morgan & Scott, Ltd. 1929. Cloth. A brightly illustrated interesting account of the Wachagga people of Kilimanjaro from Eva Stuart-Watt. Illustrated with a colour frontispice, thirty-five plates, numerous in-text images, and a folding map to the rear. Collate...

Things Chinese or Notes Connected with China

J. Dyer Ball · 1904 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, John Murray, 1904. Cloth. The fourth edition of this study of China from Hong Kong scholar and author James Dyer Ball. Fourth edition, revised and enlarged. Based on the author's own experiences living in China for almost forty years, this work explores almost eve...

Ismalia: A Narrative for the Expedition to Central Africa for the Suppression of the Slave Trade Organized by Ismail, Khedive of Egypt

Sir Samuel W. Baker · 1886 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1886. Leather. A smartly bound copy of this account of English explorer Sir Samuel White Baker's expedition to Central Africa, with maps and illustrations. Illustrated with a frontispiece, a folding map, and forty-five plates. Collated c...

The Dorp and the Veld; or, Six Months in Natal

Charles Barter · 1852 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, William S. Orr and Co., 1852. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce account of the author's time spent in Natal. The first edition of this very scarce work.A travel work accounting the author's six months spent in Natal, South Africa. T...

An Account of Travels Into the Interior of Southern Africa

John Barrow · 1804 · Rooke Books

£270.00 (€323.68 | $356.77 | ¥56,978)

London, A. Strahan for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1804. First edition. Leather. An illustrated account of John Barrow's time in South Africa, the first edition, Volume II only. The first edition of this uncommon work.Volume II only, lacking Volume I. Illustrated with a fol...

The Children of Madagascar

Herbert F. Standing · 1887 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, The Religious Tract Society, 1887. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Herbert F. Standing's Madagascan travel work, written whilst he was a missionary. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, seven plates, and numerous in-text images. Collated comp...