Storia regionale e locale

A Pilgrimage to the Temples and Tombs of Egypt, Nubia, and Palestine, in 1845-6

Mrs. [Isabella Frances] Romer · 1846 · Rooke Books

£2,300.00 (€2,757.31 | $3,039.13 | ¥485,368)

London, Richard Bentley, 1846. First edition. Cloth. A lovely example of this work of travel writing by Mrs. Romer in which she discusses a religious pilgrimage through Africa. Very scarce. First edition (Copac). Complete in 2 volumes, uniformly bound in the publisher's o...

Foods and Feeling Habits of the Pedi with Special Reference to Identification, Classification, Preparation and Nutritive Value of the Respective Foods

P. J. Quin · 1959 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Johannesburg, Witwatersrand University Press, 1959. First edition. Cloth. An interesting first edition copy of this work of anthropology documenting the food and eating habits of local groups living in South Africa. First edition. An exploration of the diet and food habits of ...

My Sudan Year

E S Stevens · 1912 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.80 | $224.63 | ¥35,875)

London, Mills and Boon, 1912. First edition. Cloth. A scarce travelogue by Ethel Stefana Stevens regarding her time in the Sudan during her career as an anthropologist. The first edition of this work. In the publisher's original binding. Profusely illustrated, with forty ...

The American Revolution Volume I

George Otto Trevelyan · 1917 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

New York, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1917. Leather. A fascinating study of the American Revolution by George Otto Trevelyan, in a lovely half crushed morocco binding with cloth covered boards and attractive marbled endpapers. Whilst primarily remembered for his biography of his ...

Key Environments Galapagos Sahara Desert Madagascar Amazonia Antarctica Red Sea Western Mediterranean Malaysia

Various · 1984 · Rooke Books

£700.00 (€839.18 | $924.95 | ¥147,721)

Oxford , Pergamon Press, 1984-1988. First edition. Cloth. A lovely complete eight volume set of the 'Key Environment Series' published in collaboration with the 'International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources&apos. The 'Key Environment...

A Yorkshireman Abroad or Under the Southern Cross 35,000 Miles in Six Months

E. J. Smith · 1915 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, John Long, 1915. Cloth. A scarce second edition signed copy of this early twentieth century volume of travel writing. Profusely illustrated throughout with photographs taken by the author whilst on the trip. Second edition, published the same year as the first edition....

Sassa Yo Yassa Japanische Tanze

Bernhard Kellermann · 1926 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Berlin, Paul Cassirer Verlag, c1912. Leather. A charmingly illustrated book about Japanese dances and culture. Written in the original German. A book about Japanese dances, and culture in Japan. Some of the dances described in this book are 'Der Tanz des Waschebleichens&a...

Scott of the Antarctic

Reginald Pound · 1968 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, World Books, 1968. Cloth. A moving biography about the ill-fated Antarctic explorer Robert Falcon Scott. Captain Scott led two expeditions to the Antarctic in his lifetime, the 'Discovery Expedition, which was a large-scale expedition to carry out scientific and g...

To Abyssinia Through an Unknown Land an Account of a Journey Through Unexplored Regions of British East Africa by Lake Rudolf O the Kingdom of Menelek

Captain C H Stigand · 1910 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)

London, Seeley and Co. 1910. First edition. Cloth. Chauncey Stigand's account of his time in British East Africa with the King's African Rifles. "To Abyssinia Through an Unknown Land" is Chauncey Hugh Stigand"s accounts of his traveling to East Africa in 1901 with th...

Travels in South Africa Undertaken at the Request of the Missionary Society

John Campbell · 1815 · Rooke Books

£1,400.00 (€1,678.37 | $1,849.91 | ¥295,441)

London, Black and Parry et al. 1815. First edition. Leather. A comprehensive and fascinating work on missionary John Campbell's travels in South Africa. The first edition of this work. Campbell was heavily involved with the abolition of the slave trade. Illustrated, a fro...

Smalcaldensis Geographia Antiqua

Christophori Cellarii [Christoph Cellarius], [ed. by Samuel Patrick] · 1764 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)

London, J. & T. Pote et al. 1764. Leather. A fascinating dive into ancient maps of the world from a reputable German historian, with numerous folding maps, enlarged by Samuel Patrick. The enlarged fifth edition of Smalcaldensis Geographia Antiqua (The Ancient Geography of Smal...

Atlas of Sierra Leone

Anonymous [Survey and Lands Department Sierra Leone] · 1953 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)

Freetown, Survey and Lands Department Sierra Leone, 1953. First edition. Paperback. The first edition of a very scarce official atlas of Sierra Leone, showcasing the political and physical state of the West African nation before its independence. The first edition of the Atlas...

A Selection of Contemporary Chinese Paintings

Sun Jie; Hsu Menghsiung [trans]; Various · 1981 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Beijing, Zhaohua Publishing House, 1981. First edition. Cloth. A richly colour illustrated first edition work, with passages in Chinese and English. A very smart and richly illustrated first edition title.Featuring twenty-two double-sided unlisted colour plates, one single-sid...

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

Sir William Garstin · 1904 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London, Printed for His Majesty’s Stationery Office, by Harrison and Sons, 1904 . First edition. Leather. A substantial first edition official survey of the Upper Nile, richly illustrated with plates and folding plans, offering insight into irrigation and engineering in Egypt...

Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in Africa

Hugh Murray · 1832 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

Edinburgh , Oliver and Boyd , 1832. Leather. A pleasing second edition of this history of Africa and African expeditions, illustrated with charming vignettes and a folding map. Second edition, revised.Bound in later quarter calf, with cloth boards. Renewed endpapers. Folding ...

A Black Byzantium: The Kingdom of Nupe in Nigeria

S. F. Nadel · 1961 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London; New York; Toronto, Published for the International African Institute by the Oxford University Press, 1961. Cloth. Insightful anthropological glimpse into the Nupe people of Nigeria following research conducted by Siegfried Frederick Nadel in the 1930s, illustrated with...

An Alphabetical Index to the Chinese Encyclopaedia, Ch&Apos;in Ting Ku Chin T&Apos;U Shu Chi Ch&Apos;Eng

Lionel Giles · 1911 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

British Museum; London, Printed by the Order of the Trustees of the British Museum; Longmans and Co.; Asher and Co.; Henry Frowde; Bernard Quaritch, 1911. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition reference title, compiled by acclaimed sinologist, philosopher and trans...

The Heart of Libya: The Siwa Oasis, Its People, Customs and Sport

G.E. Simpson · 1929 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

London, H.F. & G. Witherby, 1929 . First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of this illustrated travel account of the culture, nature, and customs of Libya. The first edition.In publisher's original green cloth binding.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and 11 plate...

Exploration of the Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia. The Sources, Supply, and Overflow of the Nile; the Country, People, Customs, Etc.

Sir Samuel Baker · 1869 · Rooke Books

£124.00 (€148.66 | $163.85 | ¥26,168)

Hartford , O. D. Case & Co. 1869. Cloth. A scarce Hartford edition of this illustrated account from Sir Samuel Baker, chronicling his exploration of the Nile tributaries in modern-day Ethiopia. The second O.D. Case edition (Hartford, Connecticut), published the same year as th...

Stirring Adventure in African Travel Great Explorers - Hunting Exploits - Shipwreck - Captivity - Bombardment

Charles Bruce · 1899 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

Edinburgh, W. P. Nimmo, Hay, & Mitchell, 1899. Leather. A new edition of Charles Bruce's dramatic nineteenth-century account of exploration in Africa. A later edition of the work, first published for W. P. Nimmo in 1880. Bruce produced a string of adventure novels for the...