Storia regionale e locale

With Seaplane and Sledge in the Arctic

George Binney; Professor W. J. Sollas · 1925 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Hutchinson & Co. 1925. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of George Binney's account of his pioneering expeditions to the Arctic, compete with a folding map and plates. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, one folding map, and thirty-nine plate...

North of North Cape: The Arctic Voyages of the Norkap II

Dudley Vaill Talcott · 1936 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, John Lane at The Bodley Head, 1936. First edition. Cloth. A smart first UK edition of this illustrated account of the Arctic Voyages of the Norkap II from American author Dudley Vaill Talcott. First UK edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and thirty-nine plates of ...

W. Holman Bentley the Life and Labours of a Congo Pioneer

H. M. Bentley · 1907 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, The Religious Tract Society, 1907. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition regarding the life of W. Holman Bentley, written by his widow, and with her inscription to the front free endpaper. The first edition of the work. Scarce.Inscribed by the author to the fron...

A Compendious View of the Most Recent and Interesting Travels in Different Parts of the World Europe and Asia

Anon. · 1831 · Rooke Books

£118.00 (€141.46 | $155.92 | ¥24,901)

London, William Darton and Son, 1831. Cloth. The scarce Europe and Asia volume from Darton's Juvenile Cyclopaedia series. Volume two of Darton's Juvenile Cyclopaedia series. Complete in one volume.Scarce.With a frontispiece and extra engraved title page. Collated com...

Peking

Juliet Bredon · 1931 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.79 | $237.85 | ¥37,985)

Shanghai, Kelly and Walsh Limited, 1931. Cloth. The third enlarged and revised edition of this comprehensive travel work, with folding maps and plans. The third edition, revised and enlarged. First published in 1919.Rebound in quarter cloth with marbled boards. Endpapers renew...

Lillibullero or the Golden Road

E. A. T. Dutton [Eric Aldhelm Torlogh Dutton] · 1944 · Rooke Books

£640.00 (€767.25 | $845.67 | ¥135,059)

Zanzibar, Printed Privately, [1944]. First edition. Cloth. A rare to see privately printed limited edition of the first edition of Dutton's account of the Northern Frontier of Kenya. A rarely seen limited edition of the first edition, being number 10 out of 100 copies, pr...

A Trip to Barbary by a Roundabout Route

George Augustus Sala · 1866 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

London, Tinsley Brothers , 1866. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this travelogue, detailing George Augustus Sala's trip to Algiers in the train of Napoleon III. A scarce first edition of this work. In the original cloth binding.This travelogue details a...

The Land of the Nile Springs: Being Chiefly an Account of How We Fought Kabarega

Colonel Sir Henry Colvile · 1895 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Edward Arnold , 1895. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this vivid account of the Unyoro Expedition in Uganda, commanded by Henry Colvile. First edition. In the original cloth binding, with gilt illustration to the front board.Illustrated from sketches by the...

Language Hunting in the Karakoram

E. O. Lorimer · 1939 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1939. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon first edition of this illustrated account of the author's time spent crossing the Karakoram mountain range in Asia in search of different languages. First edition. Uncommon work. Illustrated with a ...

Tropical Africa

Henry Drummond · 1888 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1888. Cloth. Henry Drummond's exhaustive guide to 'Tropical Africa', illustrated with colour folding maps. The tenth thousand of this work. The tenth thousand of Scottish evangelist and biologist Henry Drummond's guide to the A...

Memorials of South Africa

Barnabas Shaw · 1841 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

New York, G. Lane & P. P. Sandford, 1841. First edition. Leather. The first U.S. edition of Barnabas Shaw's look at his time as a missionary in South Africa. The first U.S. edition of this uncommon work.A memoir of Barnabas Shaw's life and work in South Africa.Shaw w...

The American Church and the African Slave Trade. Mr. Jay&Apos;S Speech

John Jay · 1860 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.47 | $594.61 | ¥94,963)

New York, Roe Lockwood & Sons, 1860. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce abolitionist pamphlet by lawyer John Jay. The first edition of this very scarce work.A speech given by John Jay to the New York Diocesan Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Chur...

The Travels of Richard and John Lander Into the Interior of Africa

Robert Huish · 1836 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.80 | $224.63 | ¥35,875)

London, John Saunders, 1836. First edition. Leather. The first edition of Robert Huish's illustrated travel work on the Lander Brothers, following their important exploration of Africa. The first edition.Collated, illustrated with a frontispiece, engraved title, and seven...

Where Three Empires Meet: A Narrative of Recent Travel in Kashmir, Western Tibet, Gilgit, and the Adjoining Countries

E. F. Knight · 1895 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1895. Cloth. A smart new edition of this illustrated study of the author's travels in Asia, from English journalist Edward Frederick Knight. New edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, twenty-six plates, twenty-seven in-text images, and ...

Through the Dark Continent

Henry M. Stanley · 1899 · Rooke Books

£245.00 (€293.71 | $323.73 | ¥51,702)

London, George Newnes, 1899 . Leather. Henry Morton Stanley's thrilling account of his expedition through Africa between 1874 and 1877, richly illustrated throughout, complete with two volumes bound in one. Henry Morton Stanley's account of his expedition through Afr...

The Lycian Shore

Freya Stark · 1956 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, John Murray, 1956 . First edition. Cloth. A profusely illustrated travelogue documenting Freya Stark's time spent in Asia Minor, the first edition, complete with fifty photographs and the original, unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression. In th...

The Rainbow Bridge

Reginald Farrer · 1922 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Edward Arnold and Co, 1922. Cloth. An early edition of this posthumous travelogue from Reginald Farrer, with illustrations. The second impression.In the publisher's original blue cloth binding. Illustrated with a frontispiece, fifteen plates and a folding map to ...

Eothen

Alexander William Kinglake · 0 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, T. Nelson and Sons, c1909. Leather. A smartly bound copy of this very popular work of Eastern travel from writer Alexander William Kinglake. With a frontispiece. A very popular work of Eastern travel in which the author describes a journey he made ten years earlier in ...

Tropical Africa

Henry Drummond · 1908 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1908. Leather. A very smart copy of Henry Drummond's geographical and cultural guide to Africa, with folding maps, bound in full signed morocco by Relfe Brothers. A new edition of this work. In full signed morocco binding by Relfe Brothers, ...

Lehnert & Landrock&Apos;S Guide to Egypt

Hermann Ziock · 1962 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

Cairo, Lehnert & Landrock, 1962. Cloth. A smart guide to the unique country of Egypt, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. With the vanishingly scarce original unclipped dust wrapper. Illustrated with six colour folding plates, twenty-five plates, one of which is in colou...