Storia regionale e locale

Under the African Sun a Description of Native Races in Uganda, Sporting Adventures and Other Experiences

W. J. Ansorge · 1899 · Rooke Books

£210.00 (€251.75 | $277.49 | ¥44,316)

London, William Heinemann, 1899. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this history of Uganda, an enlightening work on the subject by William John Ansorge. Illustrated throughout, including with colour plates. The first edition of this work.Illustrated with a frontispiece...

In Search of the Mahatmas of Tibet

Edwin G. Schary · 1937 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Seeley, Service & Co. LTD. 1937. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Edwin Schary's travel documentation of his journey to Tibet, illustrated throughout. The first edition of this work.A travel work documenting the author's journey through Tibet in 191...

A Narrative of the Expedition Sent by Her Majesty;S Government to the River Niger in 1841. Under the Command of Captain H.D. Trotter

William Allen; T. R. H. Thomson · 1848 · Rooke Books

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

London, Richard Bentley, 1848. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of William Allen and T. R. H. Thomson's work recounting their expedition to the River Niger, illustrated throughout, from the library of Sir Edward B. Buxton. The first edition of this work.Complete in...

Notes from a Diary in Asiatic Turkey

Lord Warkworth; Henry Percy · 1898 · Rooke Books

£875.00 (€1,048.98 | $1,156.19 | ¥184,651)

London, Edward Arnold, 1898. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition of Henry Percy's diaries from his time travelling around Turkey, illustrated throughout, including with a folding map. The first edition of this work.Earl Percy's first hand account of his trav...

Scenes and Services in South Africa

Robert Moffat · 1876 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€899.12 | $991.02 | ¥158,272)

London, John Snow & Co, 1876. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition of Robert Moffat's travel work accounting his time spent in South Africa. The first edition of this work.A look into Robert Moffat's work as a missionary in South Africa throughout the ninetee...

A White Woman Among the Masai

Marguerite Mallett · 1923 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.83 | $191.60 | ¥30,599)

London, T. Fisher Unwin LTD, 1923. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this lavishly illustrated travel account of Marguerite Mallet's experiences with the Maasai people of Africa. The first edition of this work.Marguerite Mallett's travel work, documenting he...

Mendiland Memories Reflections and Anticipations

William Vivian · 1926 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)

London, Henry Hooks, 1926. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of William Vivian's account of his time with the Mendi tribe, illustrated throughout. The first edition of this work.A very scarce work.An insightful look into Mendiland, home of the Mende tribe ...

Along Among the Zulus by a Plain Woman

Charlotte Barter · 1866 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.47 | $594.61 | ¥94,963)

London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1866. First edition. Cloth. A very smart copy of Charlotte Barter's travelogue regarding her time in South Africa. Bookplate to the front pastedown, Philip Scheilling. His inscription to the recto of front endpaper. Seco...

The Okavango River a Narrative of Travel, Exploration, and Adventure

Charles John Andersson · 1861 · Rooke Books

£1,800.00 (€2,157.90 | $2,378.45 | ¥379,853)

London, Hurst and Blackett, 1861. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this nicely rebacked work by Charles John Andersson, a travelogue documenting his experiences in South Africa, and his geographical discoveries about the Okavango River. Illustrated throughout. The ...

Travels Into the Interior of Southern Africa in Which Are Described the Character and the Condition of the Dutch Colonists of the Cape of Good Hope and of the Several Tribes of Natives Beyond Its Limits

John Barrow · 1806 · Rooke Books

£3,600.00 (€4,315.80 | $4,756.90 | ¥759,706)

London, T Cadell and W Davies , 1806. Leather. A good copy of the second, and best edition, of this important African travel work by a founder of the Royal Geographical Society, John Barrow. Being one of the earliest travel works on South Africa available to Europeans. This ed...

With Eastern Merchandise a Landsman&Apos;S Log of Life on Board a Cargo Boat to Malaya, China, Japan Etc.

Francis E. Powell · 1913 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Thomas Murby & Co. 1913. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition copy of Francis E. Powell's 'With Eastern Merchandise&apos. 'A landsman's log of life on board a cargo boat to Malaya, China, Japan etc.' details the adventures of Francis E....

A Year&Apos;S Housekeeping in South Africa

Lady Barker · 1877 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.87 | $145.35 | ¥23,213)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1877. Cloth. Mary Anne Barker's memoir of her life travelling around South Africa. Lady Barker, otherwise known as Mary Anne Barker, moved to New Zealand with her second husband, Frederick Napier Broome, in 1865. Here she became a journalist, bec...

Four Years in Upper Burma

W. R. Winston · 1892 · Rooke Books

£265.00 (€317.69 | $350.16 | ¥55,923)

London, C. H. Kelly, 1892. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing first edition of a missionary's account of Burma following its annexation. Complete with a folding map and plates. An uncommon first edition of this work. In the publisher's cloth binding. Illustrated with...

George Grenfell and the Congo

Sir Harry Johnston · 1908 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London, Hutchinson & Co. 1908. First edition. Cloth. First edition of the first volume of this informative history of prominent Cornish explorer George Grenfell, profusely illustrated with plates and maps. First edition.In publisher's original cloth binding.Volume One of ...

The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia and the Sword Hunters of the Hamran Arabs

Sir Samuel W. Baker · 1894 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.85 | $171.78 | ¥27,434)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1894. Cloth. A lovely new edition of this account from Sir Samuel Baker, chronicling his exploration of the Nile's tributaries in modern day Ethiopia. New edition. First published in 1867.In the publisher's cloth binding. Illustrated with a...

Sketches of Algiers, Political, Historical, and CIVIL

William Shaler · 1826 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

Boston, Cummings, Hilliard, and Company , 1826. First edition. Leather. An uncommon historical, topographical and political survey of early 19th-century Algiers. First edition. Uncommon.Bound in full tree calf, with red morocco spine label. A detailed account of the geograph...

Himalayan Barbary

Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf · 1955 · Rooke Books

£54.99 (€65.92 | $72.66 | ¥11,605)

London, John Murray, 1955. First edition. Cloth. An interesting account of the author's travels with his wife through the Himalayan region, and their anthropological findings. Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf was an ethnologist and a Professor, who spent the majority of his...

Venture to the Interior

Laurens van der Post · 1952 · Rooke Books

£67.00 (€80.32 | $88.53 | ¥14,139)

London, The Hogarth Press and the Book Society, 1952. First edition. Cloth. A very well preserved first edition of this work of travel writing. With a black and white portrait frontispiece. Laurens Jan van der Post, (13 December 1906 – 16 December 1996) was a 20th-century Afr...

Jungle Gods

Carl von Hoffman · 1929 · Rooke Books

£69.99 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,770)

New York, A. L. Burt Company, 1929. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this study of the native religions of Africa from the early twentieth century. First edition. Inscribed by the author to the half title, and signed again on the title page. With numerous photographs...

An Accompaniment to Mitchell&Apos;S Map of the World

Samuel Augustus Mitchell · 1845 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.87 | $151.96 | ¥24,268)

Philadelphia, S. Augustus Mitchell, 1845. Cloth. A companion volume to Mitchell's 'Map of The World&apos. This volume has a wealth of information on varying countries, from individual states of the United States to continents. Written by Samuel Augustus Mitchell, an ...