Storia regionale e locale

Belden the White Chief or Twelve Years Among the Wild Indians of the Plains from the Diaries and Manuscripts of George P Belden

George P Belden and James S Brisbin (Editor) · 1870 · Rooke Books

£300.00 (€359.65 | $396.41 | ¥63,309)

Cincinnati and New York, C F Vent, 1870. Cloth. An interesting study on the Native Americans of the plains. Written from George P Belden's manuscripts and diaries as he lived with the 'Plains Indians&apos. This work discusses the culture, experiences, conduct, hierar...

The Pilgrim Fathers

W.H. Bartlett · 1853 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London , Arthur Hall, Virtue annd Co, 1853 . Cloth. A history of American pilgrims by W.H. Bartlett. Dealing with the founders of New England under the reign of James I, the work contains twenty-eight engravings on steel, and thirty-two woodcuts, including plates. In decorativ...

The Basutos the Mountaineers and Their Country

Sir Godfrey Lagden · 1909 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London, Hutchinson & Co, 1909. Cloth. This is a scarce two volume set of this work on South African people of the Bantu Stock, formally ruled by the English. Complete in two volumes with 70 illustrations and 9 maps . 'Being a narrative of events relating to the tribe from...

Histoire Impartiale Des Evenemens Militaires Et Politiques de la Derniere Guerre

Pierre de Longchamps · 1785 · Rooke Books

£200.00 (€239.77 | $264.27 | ¥42,206)

Paris, Chez le Veuve Duchesne, 1785. First edition. Leather. A three volume first edition set of French language books, detailing the impact of the American Revolution in 'the four parts of the world&apos. A three volume first edition set of French language books, detaili...

Vogue Lace Card

1963 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

Tokyo, Nihon Vogue, 1963. Unbound. An incredibly scarce set of Japanese crochet patterns, in original coloured folding wallet. An incredibly scarce publication of Japanese crochet patterns.Stored in original colour folding wallet. 45 patterns and instructions, missing numbers ...

Arctic Explorations: The Second Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin

Elisha Kent Kane · 1867 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, T. Nelson and Sons, 1867. Cloth. A smart illustrated first-hand account of the second Grinnell expedition to discover explorer Sir John Franklin, led by senior medical officer Elisha Kent Kane. New edition. First published in two volumes in 1856. In the original gilt-...

Japanese Chronological Tables, Showing the Date, According to the Julian or Gregorian Calendar, of the First Day of Each Japanese Month from Tai-Kwa 1st Year to Mei-Ji 6th Year (645 A.D. To 1873 A.D. )

William Bramsen · 1880 · Rooke Books

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

Tokio, Seishi Bunsha , 1880. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce reference regarding Japanese chronology and calendars. The first edition of this very scarce volume.In the original cloth binding. With two folding tables. Collated, complete. Spanning 645 A....

Travellers&Apos; Tales and Travels in West Africa

The Travellers Club [eds. by Frank Herrmann and Michael Allen]; Mary Kingsley [intro. by Sara Wheeler] · 1999 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Castlereagh Press; Folio Society, 1999-2007. Cloth. A fine set on travel and exploration, including one containing numerous tales across the globe and another influential for transforming perceptions of indigenous peoples in West Africa. The first edition Travellers&ap...

Talking Drums of Africa

J. F. Carrington · 1949 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

London, The Carey Kingsgate Press, 1949. First edition. Cloth. Illustrated first edition of John F. Carrington's significant work on the talking drum form of communication in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. First edition.In publisher's original cloth binding. W...

Ten Years in Equatoria and the Return with Emin Pasha

Major Gaetano Casati · 1891 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London, Frederick Warne and Co. 1891. First edition. Cloth. The complete first English edition of this illustrated travelogue from Gaetabi Casati, chronicling his explorations of South Sudan. The first English edition. Complete in two volumes.In the original cloth binding.Illu...

Missionary Travels in Central Africa

F.S. Arnot · 1914 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

Bath, Office of "Echoes of Service, 1914 . First edition. Cloth. An illustrated first edition of this travelogue by English missionary, exploring Central Africa. The first edition of the work.In publisher's original green cloth binding. Illustrated with a frontispiece, 1...

Discourses on Several Subjects

Samuel Seabury · 1815 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)

Hudson, William E. Norman, 1815 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce two volume first edition of the collected discourses of Samuel Seabury, in which he writes on a variety of theological subjects from his Episcopalian perspective. The first edition of this work, complete i...

My Own People

Rev. Hugh Francis Blunt · 1921 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

Manchester, The Magnificat Press, 1921. First edition. Cloth. An incredibly scarce volume of poetry by Catholic priest and apologist of Irish descent, Hugh Francis Blunt. An incredibly scarce first edition.In very smart original binding, with gilt lettering and motif to the fr...

The Christian&Apos;S Pocket Library

John Stanford · 1796 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)

New York, T. & J. Swords, 1796-1800 . First edition. Cloth. The complete and very scarce first edition of John Stanford's two volume Christian miscellany, containing a variety of prose and verse devotional pieces. The very scarce first edition of this work, complete in tw...

Old Korea: The Land of Morning Calm

Elspet Keith Robertson Scott · 1946 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, Hutchinson and Co. 1946. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this beautifully illustrated book depicting Korean life and culture, with colour prints by Scottish artist Elizabeth Keith. First edition. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. S...

The Eastern Wonderland: Pictures of Japanese Life

D.C. Angus · 1889 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, Cassell and Company, Limited, c.1889. Cloth. A fascinating narrative teaching children about Japanese life and culture, looking at periods both before and after the Meiji Restoration. The second edition of D.C. Angus's The Eastern Wonderland, published by Cassell ...

Farthest North: Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship Fram 1893-96 and of a Fifteen Months&Apos; Sleigh Journey by Dr. Nansen and Lieut. Johansen with an Appendix by Otto Sverdrup Captain of the Fram

Fridtjof Nansen · 1897 · Rooke Books

£490.00 (€587.43 | $647.47 | ¥103,404)

Westminster , Archibald Constable and Company, 1897. First edition. Cloth. The complete first English edition of this riveting first-hand account detailing Fridtjof Nansen's Fram expedition. Profusely illustrated throughout. The first English edition. Complete in two volu...

Egypt and the Sudan

Karl Baedeker · 1914 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

Leipzig , Karl Baedeker, Publisher , 1914. Cloth. A very smart Baedeker handbook covering routes across Egypt and Sudan. The seventh edition of this Baedeker traveller's handbook. This was also the second Egypt volume to feature Sudan in the title. In the publisher'...

Yun-Nan: The Link between India and the Yangtze

Major H. R. Davies · 1909 · Rooke Books

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

University Press, Cambridge, 1909 . First edition. Cloth. Illustrated throughout with photographic plates, this is the first edition of Davies's geographical and ethnographical study of the Chinese province of Yunnan. A first edition, first impression.Henry Rodolph Davies...

An Immigrant in Japan

Theodate Geoffrey [Dorothy Godfrey Wayman] · 1926 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

Boston and New York, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1926. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this very scarce account of the author's residency in Japan, with illustrations. First edition. Very scarce work. Illustrated with a frontispiece and twenty-nine images acr...