Storia regionale e locale

The Polar Record

1963 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)

London , Cambridge University Press , 1963-2003. First edition. Paperback. The Polar Record is a fascinating journal which explores the latest development in Arctic and Antarctic research. The first edition. The Polar Record is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal coveri...

Border Wars of Texas Being an Authentic and Popular Account, in Chronological Order, of the Long and Bitter Conflict Waged between Savage Indian Tribes and the Pioneer Settlers of Texas

James T. de Shields; Matt Bradley [ed.] · 1912 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.56 | $495.51 | ¥79,136)

Tioga, The Herald Company, 1912. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this history of conflicts between Native Americans and Texan settlers, illustrated throughout. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Illustrated wi...

Ranching with Roosevelt

Lincoln A. Lang · 1926 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott Company, 1926. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this history of Theodore Roosevelt"s ranching days in the Badlands of western North Dakota. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with pictorial...

In the Polar Regions or, Nature and Natural History in the Frozen Zone with Anecdotes and Stories of Adventure and Travel

Anonymous · 1894 · Rooke Books

£37.00 (€44.36 | $48.89 | ¥7,808)

London, T. Nelson and Sons, 1894. Cloth. A scarce illustrated account of polar expeditions, with anecdotes of adventure, travel, and nature in the frozen regions. Illustrated with a frontispiece and sixteen plates, with many in-text images. Collated complete. Accounts of exper...

The Traveller for Whom the World Is a Playground

Various · 1900 · Rooke Books

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

London, Geo. Newnes, LTD., 1900-02. Leather. A very scarce illustrated travel magazine from the beginning of the twentieth century, a total of seventy-eight issues exploring the globe. A very scarce set, only held at four institutions; the University of Oxford, National Librar...

Keramic Art of Japan

George A. Audsley; James L. Bowes · 1881 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Henry Sotheran, 1881 . Cloth. The second edition of this vibrantly illustrated celebration of Japanese ceramics, by George A. Audsley and James L. Bowes. The second edition of this work, first published in 1875. In the bright publisher's original cloth binding.Rar...

Two Journeys to Japan. 1856-7.

Kinahan Cornwallis · 1859 · Rooke Books

£4,900.00 (€5,874.28 | $6,474.67 | ¥1,034,045)

London, Thomas Cautley Newby, 1859. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of Sir Kinahan Cornwallis's account of his travels in Japan in the late 1850s, beautifully illustrated by the author himself with hand coloured lithographs. An exceptionally scarce and orig...

Jerusalem

0 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

Not Stated , Not Stated , c1950. Cloth. A very scarce collection of colour prints depicting life in Jerusalem. Very scarce. No publishing details present. In original red cloth portfolio binding. With captions in English, French and German. With thirty colour plates depicting ...

A Bird&Apos;S-Eye View of Picturesque India

Sir Richard Temple · 1898 · Rooke Books

£475.00 (€569.45 | $627.65 | ¥100,239)

New York, The New Amsterdam Book Co. 1898. First edition. Cloth. A very smart scarce edition of this illustrated travel guide to India. First U.S. edition. Scarce work. Illustrated with frontispiece, thirty-one plates, and a folding map to the front of the text. Collated compl...

Some Impressions of the United States

Edward A. Freeman · 1883 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London, Longmans Green and Co. 1883. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this nineteenth century work of Americana. by Liberal politician Edward A Freeman. The first edition of the work. With publisher's advertisements to the rear dated September 1882. Written ...

The Essential Kafir

Dudley Kidd · 1904 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1904. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this serious travel work on the Kafir, with illustrations throughout. First edition. Illustrated with one hundred photographic plates and a folding map to the rear. Collated complete. A seriou...

The Communist Insurrection in Malaya 1948-1960

Anthony Short · 1975 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London, Frederick Muller Limited, 1975. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon first edition study on the communist uprisings of Malaysia the post-War country. The first edition of this uncommon work.In the original price-clipped dust wrapper.A major and important study on the 1948...

The Old Merchants of New York City

Walter Barrett · 1863 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.73 | $77.96 | ¥12,451)

New York, Carleton, 1863. Cloth. The first series of Walter Barrett's history of the old merchants of New York City. The first series of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding. Binder's label of Geo. W. Alexander to the rear paste down. The first se...

The Canary Islands

Florence Du Cane · 1911 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London , Adam & Charles Black , 1911 . First edition. Cloth. A charming illustrated guide to the exotic Canary Island by the Du Cane sisters. A first edition copy. A charming guide to the stunning Canary Islands by sisters Florence and Ella Du Cane.Ella Du Cane was a British ...

The Icelandic Jaunt a Study of the Expeditions Made by Morris to Iceland in 1871 and 1873

John Purkis · 1962 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London , William Morris Society, 1962. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A smart limited edition copy of this work on the travels of William Morris to Iceland. A limited edition copy, limited to 750 copies. This work is a study of the trip William Morris took to Iceland in 18...

The Cape Peninsula

Rene Juta · 1910 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1910. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this delightful illustrated volume exploring the Cape Peninsula by Rene Juta and W Westhofen, a bright copy. The first edition of this work. Exploring the history and scenery of the beautiful peni...

On the Outskirts of Empire in Asia

The Earl of Ronaldshay · 1904 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)

Edinburgh and London , William Blackwood and Sons, 1904. First edition. Cloth. A first edition, signed copy of On the Outskirts of Empire in Asia, with illustrations. A first edition copy. Signed by the author to the half title page, but has been covered by black marker pen. ...

On the Threshold of Central Africa: A Record of Twenty Years&Apos; Pioneering Among the Barotsi of the Upper Zambesi

Francois Coillard; Catherine Winkworth Mackintosh [translator] · 1897 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1897. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of Coillard's accounts of his expeditions from Banyai to Barotsi and Sefula. First edition. Signed by the author to the front free endpaper, reading 'from the author&apos. Illustrated th...

In the Grip of the Nyika Further Adventures in British East Africa

Lieut.-Col. J. H. Patterson · 1910 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.87 | $151.96 | ¥24,268)

London , Macmillan and Co. 1910. First edition. Cloth. A first edition, third impression copy of Lieut.-Col. J. H. Patterson's In the Grip of The Nyika, with illustrations. A first edition, third impression copy of this work, reprinted in December 1910. In the Grip of The...

Travels in Upper and Lower Egypt, Undertaken by Order of the Old Government of France

C. S. Sonnini · 1800 · Rooke Books

£485.00 (€581.43 | $640.86 | ¥102,349)

London, J. Debrett, 1800. First edition. Leather. A smart English edition of Sonnini's vividly detailed travel work on his time spent in Egypt, a lovely illustrated edition with a cloth-backed folding map. The first English edition of this work published in one volume. A ...