Storia regionale e locale

Inaka or Reminiscences of Rokkosan and Other Rocks

The Bell Goat · 1915 · Rooke Books

£5,500.00 (€6,593.58 | $7,267.49 | ¥1,160,663)

Kobe, Kobe Herald, 1915-1924. Cloth. A very scarce collection of recollections regarding the mountains of Rokko-san. Compiled by 'The Bell Goat', a member of the Japan Alpine Club. Comprising of volumes I-XIII and XV-XVIII of this very scarce set. It is extremely sca...

Recherches Historiques Sur Les Maures, Et Histoire de L&Apos;Empire de Maroc

Louis de Chenier · 1787 · Rooke Books

£7,750.00 (€9,290.95 | $10,240.55 | ¥1,635,479)

Paris, Coutres S. Gervais; et al, 1787. First edition. Leather. A lovely first edition of this extensive and intriguing history of Morocco, an in-depth look into the country in the eighteenth century, illustrated with three hand-coloured folding plates. The first edition of th...

Matabele Land and the Victoria Falls

Frank Oates; C G Oates · 1889 · Rooke Books

£3,000.00 (€3,596.50 | $3,964.08 | ¥633,089)

London, Kegan Paul, Trench & Co, 1889. Leather. A profusely illustrated, beautifully bound copy of this scarce and important travelogue regarding South Africa. Taken from the letters and journals of British naturalist, Frank Oates. The second edition of this work. The first ed...

A Pilgrimage to Nejd the Cradle of the Arab Race a Visit to the Court of the Arab Emir and &Apos;Our Persian Campaign&Apos;

Lady Anne Blunt · 1881 · Rooke Books

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

London, John Murray , 1881. Fine Binding. A lovely copy of this travelogue by influential and noted traveller of Arabia and the Middle East, Lady Anne Blunt. The second edition of this work, which has been bound together in a beautiful half morocco binding. Lady Anne Blunt fou...

Ten Years&Apos; Wandering Among the Ethiopians; with Sketches of the Manners and Customs of the Civilized and Uncivilized Tribes, from Senegal to Gaboon

Thomas J. Hutchinson · 1861 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

London, Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 1861. First edition. Cloth. A scarce work of travel writing by Thomas J. Hutchinson, documenting his observations from his time spent in Africa. In the publisher's original cloth binding, this work offers an interesting insight into...

Rides and Studies in the Canary Islands

Charles Edwardes · 1888 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1888. Cloth. An uncommon work of travel writing from the late nineteenth century by the noted writer Charles Edwardes. Profusely illustrated throughout. In the publisher's original cloth binding, this is a desirable work of travel writing from the...

A Gladdening River

D. G. Manuel · 1914 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, A. & C. Black, Limited, 1914. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon first edition copy of this fascinating study of the influence of the 'Young Men's Guild' of the Church of Scotland in the Eastern Himalayas. Featuring a tipped in presentation bookplate to t...

Things Japanese Being Notes on Various Subjects Connected with Japan for the Use of Travellers and Others

Basil Hall Chamberlain · 1927 · Rooke Books

£950.00 (€1,138.89 | $1,255.29 | ¥200,478)

London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner and Co Limited, 1927. Leather. A beautifully bound copy of this fascinating Japanese travel work, signed by the author and with an excellent folding map to the rear of the work. With binder's stamp of Henry Sotheran to recto of front fr...

North the Nature and Drama of the Polar World

Kaare Rodahl · 1954 · Rooke Books

£24.00 (€28.77 | $31.71 | ¥5,065)

London, William Heinemann, 1954. Cloth. Described as 'half an adventure story and half a revelation', Kaare Rodahl's tale of his trip to the North Pole offers interesting insight into the natural and human life at the Pole. Kaare Rodahl took part in the Air Forc...

The Cradle of the North Wind

A S T Godfrey · 1938 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Methuen & Co LTD, 1938. Cloth. Arthur Godfrey's humorous book on his experience on an expedition to the Arctic, filled with anecdotes of isolation in the North. Arthur Godfrey was one of the men who went on the 1935 - 1936 Oxford University Arctic Expedition, bein...

Travels in South Africa Undertaken at the Request of the London Missionary Society Being a Narrative of a Second Journey in the Interior of That Country

John Campbell · 1822 · Rooke Books

£1,150.00 (€1,378.66 | $1,519.57 | ¥242,684)

London, Francis Westley, 1822. First edition. Leather. A beautifully illustrated travel work from the nineteenth century on South Africa by missionary and traveller, John Campbell. With the bookplate of one John Ward to the recto of front endpaper, probably Reverend John Ward,...

An Embassy from the East-India Company of the United Province, to the Grand Tartar Cham, Emperor of China

Jan Nieuhof; John Ogilby [Trans.] · 1972 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.81 | $218.02 | ¥34,820)

Menston; Harrogate, Scolar Press Limited; Palmyra Press, [1972] . Cloth. A smart folio facsimile of the first English edition of Nieuhof's celebrated illustrated account of the Dutch East India Company's embassy to Qing China. In the publisher"s original pale blue cl...

The Missionary Societies of Great Britain

The Rev. W. A. Scott Robertson · 1873 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, John and Charles Mozley, [1873]. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce copy of this first edition clerical record, detailing contemporary Church missions and those involved. A very scarce first edition, with only one record on Jisc. An ex library copy, with infrequent li...

The Playbill the Empire Theatre the Old Maid the Playbill Group Theatre Productions Windsor Theatre the Playbill Biltmore Theatre Brother Rat the Playbill Cort Theatre Room Service the Playbill Group Theatre Productions Belasco Theatre the Playbill Belasco Theatre Golden Boy the Playbill Longacre Theatre Till the Day I Die

1935 · Rooke Books

£215.00 (€257.75 | $284.09 | ¥45,371)

New York, Playbill, 1935-1939. First edition. Magazine. A collection of seven richly illustrated issues of the popular Playbill magazine. A collection of smart and scarce issues of The Playbill. From the theatrical collection of Clive Hirschhorn, theatre critic for the Sunday ...

La Pittura Cinese

Alberto Giuganino · 1959 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.78 | $244.45 | ¥39,040)

Libreria Dello Stato, Istituto Poligrafico Dello Stato, 1959. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition of this Italian title, volume two of which is filled with striking colour plates. Very smart copies of this first edition Italian work, complete in the two volumes presen...

The Cripple Creek District Gold Fields

Unknown · 1903 · Rooke Books

£396.00 (€474.74 | $523.26 | ¥83,568)

Colorado Springs, Railroad View Publishing Co. 1903. Brochure/Pamphlet. An early photobook of the richest gold fields in Colorado history, a valuable historical source for those wishing to learn more about nineteenth century gold mining. The Cripple Creek District Gold Fields,...

The Near East, Palestine and the Sahara

William Miller; Frederick Treves; Rosita Forbes · 1898 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)

London, T. Fisher Unwin; Smith, Elder & Co.; Cassell & Co. 1898-1921. Cloth. A group of travelogues on the Balkans, Palestine, and the Sahara, including numerous illustrations, folding maps, and intriguing insights into Near East cultures and landscapes. An attractive group of...

A Catalogue of the Chinese Translation of the Buddhist Tripitaka, the Sacred Canon of the Buddhists in China and Japan

Bunyiu Nanjio · 1975 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

San Francisco , Chinese Materials Center, Inc. 1975. Leather. A lovely facsimile of this rare and seminal bibliography compiled by Japanese schoalr Bunyiu Nanjio, collecting the Chinese translations of the Buddhist Tripitaka A pleasing facsimile of this important reference, th...

In Old Ceylon

Reginald Farrer · 1908 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.78 | $244.45 | ¥39,040)

London, Edward Arnold , 1908. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing first edition of this illustrated survey of Sri Lanka, formerly known as Ceylon. A vivid account by British horticulturist, Reginald Farrer. First edition.In the publisher's cloth binding. Illustrated with a ...

Desert, Marsh and Mountain: The World of a Nomad

Wilfred Thesiger · 1979 · Rooke Books

£69.00 (€82.72 | $91.17 | ¥14,561)

London, Collins, 1979. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of an illustrative and retrospective account of Thesiger's career as an explorer across the Arabian Peninsula, and what he has learnt. The first edition of Desert, Marsh and Mountain: The World of a Nomad, an ...