Storia regionale e locale

The Fracture of Meaning: Japan&Apos;S Synthesis of China from the Eighth Through the Eighteenth Centuries

David Pollack · 1986 · Rooke Books

£79.00 (€94.71 | $104.39 | ¥16,671)

New Jersey, Princeton University Press, 1986. Cloth. A fascinating exploration into Japan's synthesis of China, in a scarce and well-preserved dust wrapper. This work closely explores the historical relationship between Japanese culture and Chinese civilization, looking a...

Le &Apos;Francais&Apos; Au Pole Sud, Journal de L&Apos;Expedition Antarctique Francaise 1903-1905

Jean-Baptiste Charcot; A. Matha; J. J. Rey · 1906 · Rooke Books

£400.00 (€479.53 | $528.54 | ¥84,412)

Paris, E. Flammarion, 1906. Leather. A French work on the 1903-05 Antarctic Expedition led by Jean-Baptiste Charcot, illustrated with detailed folding maps. In the original French.Recounting the 1903-1905 French expedition to the Antarctic, an adventure led by Jean-Baptiste Ch...

Riviera Polaire: Images Recueillies Sur la Cãƒâ´Te Nord-Est Du Groenland

Ernst Hofer · 1957 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Bern, Kummerly and Frey Berne, 1957. First edition. Hardback. A stunning collection of photographs in both colour and black and white taken of the Polar Riviera, with text in the French language. From the library of Eric Kenneth Prentice Back.  Kenn Back was a British meteoro...

Circumpolar Arctic Flora

Nicholas Polunin · 1959 · Rooke Books

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

Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1959. Cloth. A scarce and richly illustrated work 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 cover...

A Tourist in Africa

Evelyn Waugh · 1960 · Rooke Books

£76.00 (€91.11 | $100.42 | ¥16,038)

London, Chapman & Hall LTD, 1960. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition of Evelyn Waugh's seminal travel work about his 1959 tour of East Africa, illustrated throughout, The first edition of this work.In the original unclipped dustwrapper.'A Tourist in Africa&...

Aegypten in Bild Un Wort

Georg Ebers · 1880 · Rooke Books

£975.00 (€1,168.86 | $1,288.33 | ¥205,754)

Stuttgard Und Leipzig, Stuttgart und Leipzig Eduard Hallberger, 1880. Cloth. A beautifully bound travel work looking at Egypt during the late nineteenth century. In the original blue quarter roan, maroon cloth sides. With the spines panelled in gilt, large arabesque panels gil...

A Series of Adventures in the Course of a Voyage Up the Red-Sea, on the Coasts of Arabia and Egypt; and of a Route Through the Desarts of Thebais, Hitherto Unknown to the European Traveller, in the Year M. Dcc. LXXVII

Eyles Irwin · 1780 · Rooke Books

£2,250.00 (€2,697.37 | $2,973.06 | ¥474,817)

London, J. Dodsley, 1780. First edition. Leather. A very smart first edition of Eyles Irwin's account of his exciting voyage up the Red Sea, illustrated throughout with folding maps. The first edition of this work.Half-title is present.Illustrated with three folding maps,...

Feudal and Modern Japan

Arthur May Knapp · 1898 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, Duckworth and Company, 1898. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this detailed and fascinating study on Modern and Feudal Japan, illustrated with many beautiful plates. The first edition of this work. Complete in two volumes. This detailed work is an authoritati...

Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty&Apos;S Government

James Richardson · 1853 · Rooke Books

£2,500.00 (€2,997.08 | $3,303.40 | ¥527,574)

London, Chapman and Hall, 1853. First edition. Leather. A smartly bound first edition set of James Richardson's narrative of his mission to central Africa. An association copy, owned by the author's nephew. With an inscription to the title page, 'A Goodsir nephe...

Narrative of a Residence in Algiers

Filippo Pananti; Edward Blaquiere · 1830 · Rooke Books

£2,400.00 (€2,877.20 | $3,171.27 | ¥506,471)

London, Henry Colburn, 1830. Leather. A very smart and extremely scarce copy of Filippo Pananti's captivating narrative of his residency in Algiers, following his kidnapping by barbarous pirates. An important edition, with prefatory notes of a political context regarding ...

Journal D&Apos;Un Voyage a Temboctou Et a Jenne, Dans L&Apos;Afrique Centrale Precede D&Apos;Observations Faites Chez Les Maures Braknas, Les Nalous Et D&Apos;Autres Peuples; Pendant Les Annees 1824, 1825, 1826, 1827, 1828

Rene Caillie · 1830 · Rooke Books

£2,250.00 (€2,697.37 | $2,973.06 | ¥474,817)

Paris, Imprime par Autorisation du Roi a l'Imprimerie Royale, 1830. First edition. Paperback. The first edition of Rene Caillie's influential travel work, documenting his experiences travelling to Timbuktu, and being the first European to leave the city alive. The fi...

The History of Dahomy (Dahomey) an Inland Kingdom of Africa Compiled from Authentic Memoirs

Archibald Dalzel · 1793 · Rooke Books

£4,500.00 (€5,394.75 | $5,946.13 | ¥949,633)

London, T Spilsbury and Son; G and W Nicol, 1793. First edition. Leather. A first edition of Archibald Dalzel's memoirs of his time in Dahomy, Africa. A noted defence of the slave trade, this association copy has been signed from the author's son to his friend Willia...

The Tanganyika Problem an Account of the Researchers Undertaken Concerning the Existence of Marine Animals in Central Africa

J.E.S. Moore · 1903 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.56 | $495.51 | ¥79,136)

London, Hurst and Blackett, Limited, 1903. First edition. Cloth. A presentation copy of this first edition of this profusely illustrated wok on exploration of Tanganyika and marine life, written by J. E. S. Moore, illustrated throughout, including with colour plates and foldin...

Narrative of the Arctic Land Expedition to the Mouth of the Great Fish River, and Along the Shores of the Arctic Ocean, in the Years 1833, 1834, and 1835

George Back · 1836 · Rooke Books

£1,900.00 (€2,277.78 | $2,510.59 | ¥400,956)

London, John Murray, 1836. First edition. Leather. An exquisite first edition, first impression copy of Captain George Back's seminal Arctic travel work. Complete, with all plates. Rebound in a very smart quarter morocco binding. This work is one of the finest nineteenth ...

The Worst Journey in the World

Apsley Cherry-Garrard · 1922 · Rooke Books

£12,900.00 (€15,464.94 | $17,045.56 | ¥2,722,281)

London, Constable and Company Limited, 1922. First edition. Cloth. A unique example of this highly influential and very scarce work regarding Robert Falcon Scott's doomed quest for the South Pole, containing a signed letter from the author and member of the expedition, Ap...

A Woman&Apos;S Winter in Africa a 26,000 Mile Journey

Charlotte Cameron · 1913 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Stanley Paul & Co, 1913. Cloth. A very pleasing copy of this scarce second edition of Charlotte Cameron's travel account of a winter spent in Africa, illustrated throughout. A scarce work. The second edition of this work. An interesting account of Charlotte Camero...

Gazetteer and Business Directory of Ulster County, N.Y. For 1871-2

Hamilton Child · 1871 · Rooke Books

£245.00 (€293.71 | $323.73 | ¥51,702)

Syracuse, Printed At The Journal Office, 1871. Cloth. A very scarce local directory from the late nineteenth century, once being an important business tool for those living in the American county of Ulster. This work now offers a fascinating insight into commerce in American i...

Americans of to-Day and to-Morrow

Albert J. Beveridge · 1908 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

Philadelphia, Henry Altemus Company, 1908. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce copy of this fascinating collection of essays on American history and culture by the Pulitzer Prize recipient Albert Jeremiah Beveridge. Albert Jeremiah Beveridge was a renowned American historian a...

Todos Santos in Rural Tlaxcala a Syncretic, Expressive, and Symbolic Analysis of the Cult of the Dead

Hugo G. Nutini · 1988 · Rooke Books

£78.00 (€93.51 | $103.07 | ¥16,460)

Princeton, Princeton University Press, 1988. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon first edition copy of this fascinating study of All Souls Day, by the renowned professor of anthropology Hugo Nutini. Containing a thorough analysis of the structural and expressive dimensions of th...

Thoughts and Reflections on the Present Position of Europe, and Its Probable Consequences to the United States

Francis J. Grund · 1860 · Rooke Books

£230.00 (€275.73 | $303.91 | ¥48,537)

Philadelphia, Childs & Peterson, Publishers, 1860. Cloth. A fascinating work of history by Francis J. Grund, exploring the link bewteen Europe and the United States of America. Very scarce. An interesting work of world history, explore the current state of Europe in the mid-19...