Storia regionale e locale

Such Is the Antarctic

Lars Christensen; E M G Jayne · 1935 · Rooke Books

£985.00 (€1,180.85 | $1,301.54 | ¥207,864)

London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1935. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition, first impression of Lars Christensen's memoir of a trip to the Antarctic in 1930-1934. Complete with price-clipped dustwrapper.Collated, complete with a frontispiece and forty-four plates...

The Lake Regions of Central Africa a Picture of Exploration

Richard F Burton · 1860 · Rooke Books

£3,500.00 (€4,195.91 | $4,624.76 | ¥738,603)

London, Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts, 1860. Fine Binding. A finely bound copy of the first edition of this account of Richard Burton's tantalising nineteenth century explorations of the African Great Lakes. Charmingly illustrated, with chromoxylographs. In a smart ...

Despatch from His Majesty"S Agent and Consul-General at Cairo

Sir William Garstin · 1904 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, Printed for His Majesty’s Stationery Office, by Harrison and Sons, 1904 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of this detailed official British survey of the Upper Nile, with extensive hydrological data and irrigation planning, illustrated with plates and foldin...

The Mediterranean: Seaports and Sea Routes Including Madeira, the Canary Islands, the Coast of Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia Handbook for Travellers

Karl Baedker · 1911 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

Leipzig, Karl Baedeker, 1911. First edition. Cloth. A first English edition of this Baedeker handbook to the Mediterranean, illustrated throughout with folding plans and maps. The first English edition, originally published in Germany in 1909.In the publisher's original r...

Siwa: The Oasis of Jupiter Ammon

C. Dalrymple Belgrave [Charles Belgrave] · 1923 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, John Lane The Bodley Head, 1923. First edition. Leather. The first edition of a travel account of the fascinating Oasis of Siwa, including a description of its history, landscape, and local peoples, with colour plates. The first edition of Siwa: The Oasis of Jupiter Am...

Adventures in Americana 1492-1897 with Americana Collection of Herschel V Jones: A Check List [1473-1926]

Wilberforce Eames · 1964 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London , Cooper Square Publishers Inc, 1964. Cloth. A three volume set of works on Americana of Herschel V Jones. Americana complete in two volumes with supplementary check list volume issued at a later date. With 300 photographic plates. Herschel V Jones was a publisher of th...

Francis Parkman&Apos;S Works

Francis Parkman · 1899 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1899-1901. Cloth. A five volume collection of works by American historian Francis Parkman, illustrated with frontispiece and plates. New Library edition. Containing volume I (Pioneers of France in the New World), volume II (The Jesuits in Nor...

Bridge of the Brocade Sash Travels and Observations in Japan

Sacheverell Sitwell · 1959 · Rooke Books

£39.99 (€47.94 | $52.84 | ¥8,439)

London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1959. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of Sacheverell Sitwell's observations of Japan. Sir Sacheverell Sitwell, 6th Baronet CH (1897 –1988) was an English writer, best known as an art critic and writer on architecture, particula...

Background of Baobabs

Charles Sweeney · 1973 · Rooke Books

£22.99 (€27.56 | $30.38 | ¥4,852)

London, Constable, 1973. First edition. Cloth. A text exploring the geography and wildlife of the region Darfur and Bahr Ghazal. First edition in unclipped dustwrapper. A baobabs is a species of tree common in Madagascar and Africa. Other common names include boab, boaboa, tab...

The Road to Kabul

Gerald de Gaury; H. V. F. Winstone · 1981 · Rooke Books

£37.99 (€45.54 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)

London, Quartet, 1981. Cloth. A travel anthology about Afghanistan, edited by Gerald de Gaury and H. V. F. Winstone. This volume is an anthology of writing about Afghanistan. Featured writers include Rudyard Kipling, Sir Henry Yule, Lord Curzon and many more. With eight maps a...

Missionary Labours and Scenes in Southern Africa

Robert Moffat · 1842 · Rooke Books

£570.00 (€683.33 | $753.18 | ¥120,287)

London, John Snow, 1842. First edition. Leather. A first edition of Robert Moffat's popular account of his work as a missionary in Africa from the mid-nineteenth century. In a full calf binding, with the fold-out map and colour frontis present. With a fold-out map of Afri...

Histoire Generale Des Voyages, Ou Nouvelle Collection de Toutes Les Relations de Voyages Par Mer Et Par Terre. Volume Nine, Part Three and Four

Antoine Francois Prevost, Abbe Prevost · 1697 · Rooke Books

£708.00 (€848.77 | $935.52 | ¥149,409)

La Haye, Pierre de Hondt, c1749. Leather. One volume exploring China and Tibet, with engravings and maps, from Abbe Prevost extensive Histoire Generale des Voyages. Volume Nine, Parts Three and Four. Part Three: Description de la Tartarie Orientale et du Tibet. Part Four: Voya...

List of Publications of the Bureau of American Ethnology with Index to Authors and Titles

Smithsonian Institution · 1962 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

Washington, Smithsonian Institution, 1962. Paperback. A list of the publications from the Bureau of American Ethnology. With an Index to the Authors and titles. This work is revised to include publications up until December 31 1961. The Bureau of American Ethnology was establi...

Petticoat Pilgrims on Trek

Mrs Fred Maturin [Sylvia Maturin] · 1909 · Rooke Books

£47.99 (€57.53 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

London , George Bell and Sons, 1909. Cloth. The diary of Sylvia Maturin, documenting her travels through South Africa. With a striking frontispiece of the author. A scarce colonial edition "issued for circulation in India and the Colonies only". In a full cloth binding. Extern...

The Call of the Dark Continent

F D Walker · 1912 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London , Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society, 1912. Cloth. A handsome second edition of F D Walker's The Call of the Dark Continent. With 24 plates. F D Walker describes his journey to Africa on a missionary progress. In a cloth binding. Externally, smart with light bum...

Fridtiof Nansen 1861-1893

W C Brogger and Nordahl Rolfsen · 1896 · Rooke Books

£39.00 (€46.75 | $51.53 | ¥8,230)

London , Longmans, Green and Co. 1896. Cloth. An illustrated biography of the Norwegian explorer Fridtiof Nansen. Covering Nansen's early life and two major expeditions crossing Greenland and in search of the North Pole. Translated by William Archer. WIth original publish...

Thinking Black 22 Years without a Break in the Long Grass of Central Africa

D. Crawford · 1914 · Rooke Books

£29.99 (€35.95 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London , Morgan and Scott Ltd. 1914. Cloth. A copy of Thinking Black by D. Crawford. Second Edition (24th Thousand). With numerous illustrations. D. Crawford was a missionary who spent 22 years in Africa spreading the Gospel. This work covers his experiences during that time. ...

Journals of the Military Expedition of Major General John Sullivan Against the Six Nations of Indians in 1778 with Records of Centennial Celebrations

Frederick Cook · 1887 · Rooke Books

£300.00 (€359.65 | $396.41 | ¥63,309)

New York, Knapp Peck and Thomson Printers, Auburn. 1887. First edition. Cloth. The journals of the 1779 Sullivan-Clinton Expedition. This military expedition was a campaign during the American Revolutionary War against Loyalists and the four Amerindian nations of Iroquois whic...

From Hausaland to Egypt, Through the Sudan

H. Karl W. Kumm · 1910 · Rooke Books

£228.00 (€273.33 | $301.27 | ¥48,115)

London , Constable and Co, 1910. First edition. Cloth. A first edition and presentation copy of Kumm's account of his African travels. Featuring numerous illustrations - some coloured - including a portrait frontispiece. With an embossed stamp to the titlepage reading &ap...

On Peak, Pyramid and Prairie Travel Scenes and Stories in Europe, Africa and America

Fred A. Rees · 0 · Rooke Books

£100.00 (€119.88 | $132.14 | ¥21,103)

London, Arthur H. Stockwell, c1916. Cloth. A book on Travel Scenes and Stories in Europe, Africa and America by Fred A. Rees. With portrait frontispiece and seven pages of illustrations. There is an author's facsimile signature to the frontispiece. An interesting travel w...