Storia regionale e locale

Oyster Bibliography, Extracted from &Apos;Report of the Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries&Apos;

Anonymous · 1894 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

Washington, Government Printing Office, 1894 . Cloth. A unique volume featuring a bibliography of publications about Oysters, drawn from an 1894 publication by the U.S. Commission of Fish and Fisheries. Extracted from the 1894 publication 'U.S. Commission of Fish and Fish...

Through Masai Land

Joseph Thomson · 1885 · Rooke Books

£650.00 (€779.24 | $858.88 | ¥137,169)

London, Sampson, Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1885. First edition. Leather. The first edition of Joseph Thomson's recollections of his travels through Africa, including meeting the Maasai tribe, an illustrated work. The first edition.Illustrated with a frontispiece, ...

History of the Conquest of Peru 1524-1550

William Hickling Prescott · 1957 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

Mexico City , Limited Editions Club [at Imprenta Nuevo Mundo], 1957. Leather. A terrific limited copy of this classic history by William H. Prescott, produced for the Limited Editions club and signed by the printer and illustrator. This edition limited to 1500 copies signed by...

Lamuriac and Other Sketches

Ruby Cromer · 1927 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.87 | $145.35 | ¥23,213)

London, Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1927. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of sketches from British writer Ruby Cromer, with the scarce original unclipped dust wrapper. First edition. With the vanishingly scarce original unclipped dust wrapper. A collectio...

The Orientalist; or, Letters of a Rabbi

James Noble · 1831 · Rooke Books

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

Edinburgh; London, Oliver & Boyd; Simpkin & Marshall, 1831. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce travel work by James Noble, told through letters by a fictional Rabbi, the first edition, signed by the author. A very scarce first edition.Signed by the author to the half-title, "...

The Great Frontier

Walter Prescott Webb · 1953 · Rooke Books

£34.00 (€40.76 | $44.93 | ¥7,175)

London, Secker and Warburg , 1953. First edition. Cloth. The uncommon first UK edition of this classic history of the post-Civil War West by Walter Prescott Webb. The uncommon first UK edition of this work. In the publisher's original clipped dust wrapper. From Walter P...

Savage Sudan

Abel Chapman · 1921 · Rooke Books

£325.00 (€389.62 | $429.44 | ¥68,585)

London, Gurney and Jackson, 1921. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the first work of natural history on Sudan, by Abel Chapman, a smart and illustrated volume. The first edition.A travel work exploring Sudan by Abel Chapman, in which he explores the natives of the co...

Letters of Travel

Rudyard Kipling · 1920 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1920. First edition. Cloth. A smart copy of this first edition travel journal from Rudyard Kipling's experiences in America, Canada, and Egypt. First edition, first impression. Containing a series of letters from the author's travel...

Philosophy East and West: A Quarterly Journal of Oriental and Comparative Thought

Various · 1968 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

Honolulu, Hawaii, University of Hawaii Press, 1968-69. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce selection of volumes from this quarterly journal that promotes academic literacy on non-Western traditions of philosophy. First editions. Six very scarce volumes from 'Philosop...

Travels Through Part of Africa, Syria, Egypt, and Arabia, Into Abyssinia

James Bruce · 1839 · Rooke Books

£68.00 (€81.52 | $89.85 | ¥14,350)

London, Scott, Webster, and Geary, 1839 . Cloth. A mid-nineteenth century edition of James Bruce of Kinnaird's account of his travels in North Africa in search of the source of the Nile. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece and title page.First published in 1805, in ...

A New Theory of the Two Hemispheres: Whereby It Is Attempted to Explain, on Geographical and Historical Facts, the Time and Manner in Which America Was Peopled.

George Alexander Thompson · 1815 · Rooke Books

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

None stated , None stated, 1815. First edition. Disbound. A vanishingly scarce article on how America became populated, by George Alexander Thompson, from 'The Pamphleteer' periodical. The first edition. Taken from volume 5, no. 10 of 'The Pamphleteer&apos.A van...

Japan and China: Their History, Arts and Literature

Captain F. Brinkley · 1903 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.31 | $786.21 | ¥125,563)

London, T. C. and E. C. Jack, 1903-1904. Cloth. An attractive limited Library Edition of Captain F. Brinkley's historical, artistic and literary study of Japan and China, with colour plates. The library edition of this series, being a limited edition of 500 copies for the...

Among the Bantu Nomads

J. Tom Brown; A. R. Radcliffe-Brown · 1926 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.42 | $654.07 | ¥104,460)

London, Seeley, Service & Co Limited, 1926. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this uncommon study on the Bechuana, an illustrated work in the original very scarce dust wrapepr. The first edition of this uncommon work.In the original very scarce unclipped dust wrapper....

The Dragon Book

E. D. Edwards · 1943 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)

London, William Hodge & Company, 1943. Cloth. A smart later edition of this detailed work on Chinese customs, signed by the author. Later edition. Signed by the author to the front endpaper dated 1944. Illustrated throughout. A treasure chest of gems from Chinese literature to...

Bright Journey

August Derleth · 1940 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.43 | ¥10,129)

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this history of the pioneer Middle West, Hercules Dousman, from American author August Derleth, signed to the half title. First edition. Signed by the author to the half title. Spannin...

A Handbook for Travellers in India, Burma and Ceylon Including All British India, the Portuguese and French Possessions, and the Indian States

1933 · Rooke Books

£650.00 (€779.24 | $858.88 | ¥137,169)

London, John Murray, 1933. Cloth. A smart fourteenth edition of this detailed travel guide to India, Burma, and Ceylon, with maps and plans. Fourteenth edition. Illustrated with eighty-five maps, thirty-five of which are folding, many in-text images, and a folding map to the r...

From New York to Delhi, by Way of Rio de Janeiro, Australia and China

Robert B. Minturn, Jr. · 1858 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

New York, D. Appleton & Co, 1858 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Robert Bowne Minturn Jr.'s account of his voyages around the world. The first edition of this work.Illustrated with a folding map frontispiece.Minturn was an American shipping magnate of the fir...

Table Mountain Guide: Walks and Easy Climbs on Table Mountain and Devil&Apos;S Peak

1944 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

Cape Town, Stewart Printing Co. Ltd. 1944. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this detailed guide to climbing Table Mountain in Cape Town, with plates and maps. First edition. Illustrated with twenty-eight pages of plates and two folding maps. Collated complete. Wi...

Botha Treks

Lt.-Col. H. F. Trew · 1936 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, Blackie & Son Limited, 1936. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated collection of personal stories of General Louis Botha and his treks across Africa. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and seven plates. Collated complete. A collect...

In Arabian Nights: A Caravan of Moroccan Dreams

Tahir Shah · 2008 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

New York, Bantam Books, 2008. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this illustrated travel book by Anglo-Afghan author Tahir Shah. First edition. Scarce work. Illustrated throughout. A travel book immediately following the author's previous book The Cakiph&...