Storia regionale e locale

Three Visits to Madagascar During the Years 1853-1854-1856

William Ellis · 1858 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

London, John Murray, 1858. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this fascinating illustrated travelogue regarding the treatment of Christians in Madagascar during the nineteenth century. The first edition, first impression.A vivid travel work on Madagascar, written by ...

Sittenbilder Aus Dem Morgenlande

Hermann Vambery · 1876 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Berlin, Hofmann & Co. 1876. Cloth. A smart copy of this study of the East from Hungarian Turkologist and traveller, Hermann Vambery. In the original German. German. A detailed anthropological study into the East, with chapters on house and home, family life, women, marriage, c...

Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa

David Livingstone · 1857 · Rooke Books

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

London, John Murray, 1857. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this important travel work on South Africa by influential explorer David Livingstone, an illustrated copy in the original cloth binding. First edition - issue with lithographs facing pages 66 and 225, and no...

Persia and Turkey in Revolt

David Fraser · 1910 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.47 | $594.61 | ¥94,963)

Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1910 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of David Fraser's uncommon travel work, based upon his experiences in the region while working as Special Correspondent to The Times. The uncommon first edition of this work.J...

The Mystery Rivers of Tibet

Captain F. Kingdon Ward · 1923 · Rooke Books

£575.00 (€689.33 | $759.78 | ¥121,342)

London, Seeley Service & Co, 1923 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of Franks Kingdon-Ward's study of the people, plants and fauna surrounding the rivers of Tibet. The first edition of this very scarce work. Francis Kingdon-Ward was an English botanis...

Resor I Asien

[Gaspard Theodore Mollien] · 1828 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Stockholm, Ecksteinska Tryckeriet, 1828 . First edition. Paperback. A very scarce Swedish language collection of six narratives of travels in Asia and the Middle East. A very scarce Swedish language work.A very scarce collection of six accounts of travels and voyages in Asia. ...

A Year Amongst the Persians: Impressions As to the Life, Character & Thought of the People of Persia, Received During Twelve Months&Apos; Residence in That Country in the Years 1887-1888

Edward Granville Browne; Sir E. Denison Ross · 1926 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1926. Cloth. Edward Granville Browne's account of his travels across Persia between 1887 and 1888, with a memoir by Sir E. Denison Ross. A new edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding. Illustrated with a po...

In the Polar Regions or, Nature and Natural History in the Frozen Zone

Anonymous · 1886 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, T. Nelson and Sons, 1886. Cloth. A scarce illustrated account of polar expeditions, with anecdotes of adventure, travel, and nature in the frozen regions. Illustrated with a frontispiece and fifteen plates, with many in-text images. Collated complete. Accounts of exper...

Pioneer Days in the Black Hills

John S. McClintock · 1938 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)

South Dakota, John S. McClintock, 1938 . First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition documenting the Black Hills gold rush of 1876 and the years following, by one of the partakers, John S. McClintock. First edition, in the publisher's original red cloth binding. Written ...

A Tourist in Africa

Evelyn Waugh · 1960 · Rooke Books

£36.00 (€43.16 | $47.57 | ¥7,597)

London, Chapman & Hall, 1960. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated travel journal from Evelyn Waugh, with the original price clipped dust wrapper. First edition. Illustrated with frontispiece and nine plates. Collated complete. Waugh's final tra...

The Memorial Edition of the Works of Sir Richard Burton

Sir Richard Burton; Isabel Burton · 1893 · Rooke Books

£2,700.00 (€3,236.85 | $3,567.68 | ¥569,780)

London, Tylston and Edwards, 1893-94. Cloth. A striking illustrated set of the collected works of noted traveller Sir Richard Burton, a complete set edited by his wife. Complete in seven volumes.The 'Memorial Edition' of Sir Richard Burton's collected works.Rich...

Die Nordpolarreisen Adolf Erik Nordenskjold&Apos;S 1858 Bis 1879

Adolf Erik Nordenskjold · 1880 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

Leipzig, F U Brockhaus, 1880. First edition. Leather. The scarce first German edition of this work concerned with the Polar travels of Adolf Erik Nordenskjold. The first German edition, translated from the English edition. A scarce work. Concerned with the polar travels of Ad...

Neues Land Vier Jahre in Arktischen Gebieten

Kapitan O. Sverdrup · 1903 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.78 | $244.45 | ¥39,040)

Leipzig , F. A. Brockhaus, 1903. First edition. Cloth. A complete two volume set of this work on Arctic exploration, with maps and plates. A complete two volume set. First edition copies. In the original German. Captain O. Sverdrup was a Norwegian sailor and Arctic explorer...

Hausaland or Fifteen Hundred Miles Through the Central Soudan

Charles Henry Robinson · 1897 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London , Sampson Low, Marston & Company , 1897. Cloth. A new edition copy of this travel volume on the Soudan, with a folding map and illustrations. A new edition copy. Hausaland or Fifteen Hundred Miles Through the Central Soudan is written by the Rev. Charles Henry Robinson...

Discovery of Lakes Rudolf and Stefanie

Lieut. Ludwig Von Hohnel · 1894 · Rooke Books

£900.00 (€1,078.95 | $1,189.23 | ¥189,927)

London , Longmans, Green and Co. 1894. First edition. Cloth. A complete two volume set of Discovery of Lakes Rudolf and Stefanie, being the First UK edition. A complete two volume set, being the first UK Edition. Discovery of Lakes Rudolf and Stefanie is a narrative of Count ...

A Bachelor Girl in Burma

G. E. Mitton · 1907 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.36 | $726.75 | ¥116,066)

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1907. First edition. Cloth. An entertaining travelogue about early twentieth century Burma, with ninety five photographic plates. Interspersed with interesting snippets of history and insights into the lives of Burmese women, Geraldine Edith Mit...

Across Africa

Verney Lovett Cameron · 1877 · Rooke Books

£695.00 (€833.19 | $918.35 | ¥146,666)

London, Daldy, Isbister & Co, 1877 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of English explorer Verney Lovett Cameron's account of his African travels, illustrated throughout. Cameron was the first European to cross equatorial Africa from sea to sea, in 1875.The first ed...

The Dominion of Canada with Newfoundland and an Excursion to Alaska

Karl Baedeker · 1922 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

Leipzig, Karl Baedeker , 1922. Cloth. Fourth revised edition of Karl Baedeker's travel guide to Canada, Newfoundland and Alaska, enclosed in the scarce dust wrapper. The fourth edition of this work, revised and augmented. Karl Baedeker's travel guide to Canada with n...

Zulu Journal: Field Notes of a Naturalist in South Africa

Raymond B. Cowles · 1959 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

Berkley and Los Angeles, University of California Press, 1959. First edition. Cloth. An illustrated first edition of this anthropological study of Zulu customs, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author. Illustrated with a map to the front and thirty-two plates...

Africa&Apos;S Dome of Mystery

Eva Stuart-Watt · 1929 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London and Edinburgh , Marshall, Morgan & Scott, 1929. Cloth. A smart and interesting account of the Wachagga people of Kilimanjaro, with illustrations. Africa's Dome of Mystery comprises the first descriptive history of the Wachagga people of Kilimanjaro, their evangelis...