Storia regionale e locale

To the Mysterious Lorian Swamp: An Adventurous & Arduous Journey of Exploration Through the Vast Waterless Tracts of Unknown Jubaland

Captain C. Wightwick · 1927 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, Seeley, Service, & Co. Limited. 1927 . First edition. Cloth. A scarce, first edition of this thrilling documentation of Captain Wightwick Haywood's expedition to establish a trade route through the largely unexplored area of the Lorian Swamp in Kenya. The first ed...

The Heart of a Continent: A Narrative of Travels in Manchuria, Across the Gobi Desert, Through the Himalayas, the Pamirs, and Chitral, 1884-1894

Captain Frank E. Younghusband · 1896 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)

London, John Murray, 1896. Cloth. An illustrated travel work by Frank Younghusband, following his decade long exploration of Asia in the late nineteenth century. The third edition, published in the same year as the first. Francis Younghusband's vivid travel account of hi...

Extreme Oriental Mixture

Gilbert Collins · 1925 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1925. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated account of the author's experiences travelling across China. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and twenty plates. Collated complete. A detailed account of the aut...

The North Pole of the Winds

William Herbert Hobbs · 1930 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London , G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1930. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Hobbs's account of his expedition to the North pole. The first edition. This is an account of William Herbert Hobbs's expedition to the North Pole.William Herbert Hobbs was a geologis...

Oriental Series

Alexander Hosie; R. Talbot Kelly; J. D. Rees; F. B. Bradley-Birt · 1910 · Rooke Books

£795.00 (€953.07 | $1,050.48 | ¥167,768)

Boston; Tokyo, J. B. Millet and Company, 1910. Leather. A set of four volumes exploring Asia, a vivid travel work with illustrations to each volume, a scarce limited 'Occidental Edition&apos. Four volumes of a total of twenty-four from the 'Oriental Series', thi...

Bibliotheca Americana: Histoire, Geographie, Voyages, Archeologie, Et Linguistique

Charles Leclerc · 1878 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

Paris, Maisonneuve et Cie. 1878. Leather. A detailed commentary on the two Americas and the Philippine Islands, in the French language. French language. A comprehensive guide to the history, geography, archaeology, and languages of North and South America and the Philippines. ...

Riot and Revolution in Singapore and Malaya 1945-1963

Richard Clutterbuck · 1973 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Faber and Faber Limited, 1973. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon first edition political study on the riots in Singapore and Malaya after the Second World War. The first edition of this uncommon work.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.An interesting study on the st...

The White Spider the Story of the North Face of the Eiger

Heinrich Harrer; Hugh Merrick [translator] · 1979 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London , Granada , 1979 . Cloth. An impressive mountaineering book by Heinrich Harrer, with illustrations. A third impression, in English, translated from the original German by Hugh Merrick. This work provides an insight into rock climbing and mountaineering, telling the sto...

Travels and Researches Among the Lakes and Mountains of Eastern and Central Africa

J. Frederic Elton; H. B. Cotterill [ed.] · 1968 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Frank Cass & Co. 1968. Cloth. A new impression of the travel journals of Frederic Elton, giving an account of his exploration and anti-slave trade work in Africa. A new impression of this uncommon work in the publisher's original cloth binding. Ink inscription to ...

Over African Jungles: The Record from Pen and Camera of a Glorious Adventure over the Big Game Country of Africa, 60,000 Miles by Aeroplane

Martin Johnson · 1935 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Harrap, 1935. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Martin Johnson's account of his explorations of Africa, concerning his intrepid excursions. Richly illustrated with photographs throughout. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original clo...

Handbook of Egyptian Gods and Amulets

R. H. Blanchard · 1909 · Rooke Books

£850.00 (€1,019.01 | $1,123.16 | ¥179,375)

Cairo, Not Stated, 1909 . First edition. Leather. A signed presentation copy of the scarce first edition of R. H. Blanchard, illustrated with images of fifty-four specimens. Inscribed by the author to the front free endpaper 'H. Crookshank Pacha, with compliments of the a...

A Tourist in Africa

Evelyn Waugh · 1960 · Rooke Books

£87.00 (€104.30 | $114.96 | ¥18,360)

London , Chapman & Hall , 1960. First edition. Cloth. A lovely illustrated first edition copy of Evelyn Waugh travel diary from his time in Africa. A lovely first edition, first impression copy of Evelyn Waugh's travel book, A Tourist in Africa. This travel diary of Evel...

The River of the Giraffe

Frank Savile · 1925 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, H. F. & G. Witherby , 1925. First edition. Cloth. The uncommon first edition of this hunting account of South Sudan by Frank Savile. The uncommon first edition of this travelogue of South Sudan by Frank Savile, an account of the desert, stream, and forest big game shoo...

Die Polarlander

Dr Ludwig Mecking · 1925 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

Leipzig , Bibliographisches Institut , 1925. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this German volume exploring polar regions, with some lovely plates and maps. The first edition of this work, compiled by Ludwig Mecking. In the original German. A charming regional study o...

The Guide to Israel

Zev Vilnay · 1964 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.73 | $77.96 | ¥12,451)

Jerusalem, Sivan Press Ltd. 1964. Paperback. A smart seventh edition of this excellent guide to Israel by Zev Vilnay, inscribed to popular American author Paul Gallico. Written by Israeli geographer and author Zev Vilnay, a pioneer in touring and hiking around Israel. He first...

An American Dilemma: The Negro Problem and Modern Democracy

Gunnar Myrdal; Richard Sterner; Arnold Rose · 1944 · Rooke Books

£280.00 (€335.67 | $369.98 | ¥59,088)

New York, Harper & Brothers, 1944. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this important work in the history of race relations in America. The scarce first edition of Swedish economist Gunnar Myrdal's 1944 study of race relations in America. This work was the r...

Genom Bibelns Lander

Axel Mellander · 1902 · Rooke Books

£46.00 (€55.15 | $60.78 | ¥9,707)

Chicago , Sv. Ev. Missions Forbundets Forlag, 1902. Cloth. A German account of Palestine and its surroundings, richly illustrated and in a decorative binding. Describing travels around Palestine, the Holy Land, Egypt and the Middle East; the title translates to 'Through t...

Forty Thousand Against the Arctic

H. P. Smolka · 1938 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, Hutchinson & Co. 1938. Cloth. A compelling insight into Arctic life, illustrated and complete with a very scarce dust wrapper. Penned by H. P. Smolka (1912-1980), a journalist and Soviet agent. This work details his experiences with the Russian Arctic.With fifty-three ...

Circumpolar Arctic Flora

Nicholas Polunin · 1959 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.36 | $726.75 | ¥116,066)

Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1959. Cloth. A scarce and excellently preserved volume on the flora of the polar regions, in a dust wrapper. Written by Nicholas Polunin (1909-1997),an English botanist. This work took near twenty years of preparation, and is the first modern Flora to ...

Handbook of the Southern Nigeria Survey

F G Guggisberg · 1911 · Rooke Books

£1,200.00 (€1,438.60 | $1,585.63 | ¥253,235)

London, W & A K Johnston , 1911. Cloth. A scarce first edition of this topographical study of southern Nigeria, by the Colonial director of the survey, Gordon Guggisberg. Large folding map loosely inserted to the rear. This work was produced for the guidance of Guggisberg&apo...