Storia regionale e locale

The Crescent and the Cross or, Romance and Realities of Eastern Travel

Eliot Warburton · 1848 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Henry Colburn, 1848. Cloth. A pleasing copy of the two-volume seventh edition of Eliot Warburton's travels in North Africa and the Middle East. The two-volume, seventh edition of Eliot Warburton's The Crescent and the Cross, first published in 1844. In the p...

The Antarctic Regions

Dr Karl Fricker; A Sonnenschein [Trans.] · 1904 · Rooke Books

£149.00 (€178.63 | $196.88 | ¥31,443)

London, Swan Sonnenschein & Co. 1904. Cloth. An early edition of this richly illustrated survey of Antarctic exploration, charting the discoveries and expeditions that shaped knowledge of the southern polar regions. In the publisher's original red cloth binding. The seco...

Travels in the Upper Egyptian Deserts

Arthur E. Weigall · 1909 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1909. First edition. Cloth. The first edition accounting Arthur Weigall's fascinating travels across the upper Egyptian deserts, illustrated with photographs throughout. The first edition.In the publisher's original b...

Le Pays de Rirha Ouargla: Voyage a Rhadames

V. Largeau · 1879 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

Paris , Librairie Hachette et Cie, 1879. Leather. A charming first edition of Victor Largeau's account of his journey to Ghadames, complete with engravings and a folding map. First edition. In a contemporary quarter morocco binding, with pebbled cloth boards. Decorative ...

(1994) the Lost Heart of Asia; (1999) in Siberia; (2006) Shadow of the Silk Road; (2011) to a Mountain in Tibet; (2021) the Amur River between Russia and China.

Colin Thubron · 1994 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, William Heinemann Ltd; Chatto & Windus, 1994-2021. First edition. Cloth. Handsome collection of travel volumes from award-winning British writer Colin Thubron, including four first editions and a number of maps. Lovely collection of five travel volumes by eminent Briti...

On Horseback Through Nigeria or Life and Travel in the Central Sudan

J. D. Falconer · 1911 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1911. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition of Falconer's illustrated travel work, recounting his voyages through Nigeria with thirty-two plates and a folding map. A first edition of J. D. Falconer's account of his voyages through ...

White Africans and Black by Caroline Singer and Cyrus le Roy Baldridge C1940 - Cape Coast - Methodist Book Depot 12. 5" by 9. 5"; 120pp.

Caroline Singer · 0 · Rooke Books

£19.99 (€23.96 | $26.41 | ¥4,218)

Cape Coast, Methodist Book Depot, c1940. Paperback. A profusely illustrated account of travelling through Africa by Cyrus Leroy Baldridge and Caroline Singer. Cyrus Leroy Baldridge was an artist, illustrator, author and adventurer who travelled around the world with the writer...

Croquis D&Apos;Afrique Voyages, Chasses, Peches

Maxime Lefebvre-Despeaux · 1946 · Rooke Books

£330.00 (€395.61 | $436.05 | ¥69,640)

London, Emile Hazan, 1946. Paperback. An extremely scarce work about African travel, hunting and fishing, inscribed by the author. In French. One of fifty hand numbered copies, of which this is number 11. Author's inscription reads: 'With hope that our old friendship...

South with Scott

Rear-Admiral E.R.G.R. Evans · 0 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Collins' Clear-Type Press, c1937. Cloth. An illustrated exciting account of expeditions to the South Pole by Admiral Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans, with folding maps. A later edition of the work.In a decorative blue cloth binding.Illustrated with a coloured...

Japan and the Japanese: A Narrative of the U.S. Government Expedition to Japan, Under Commodore Perry

Robert Tomes · 1859 · Rooke Books

£149.00 (€178.63 | $196.88 | ¥31,443)

London, Trubner and Co. 1859. Cloth. The second edition of this very scarce account of Matthew C. Perry's momentous expedition to Japan. Second edition. A very scarce volume. First published in the U.S. under the title 'The Americans in Japan: An Abridgement of the G...

De Saint-Louis a Tripoli Par le Lac Tchad

P. L. Monteil · 1895 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.79 | $237.85 | ¥37,985)

Paris, Felix Alcan, 1895 . First edition. Leather. Illustrated throughout, this is the entertaining and informative first edition of P. L. Monteil's account of his North African travels. In the original French.The first edition of Lieut.-Colonel P. L. Monteil's accou...

The Voyages of Captain Scott

Charles Turley; Sir J. M. Barrie · 1914 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, John Murray, 1914. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this record of the voyages of British explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott, with illustrations. First edition. Illustrated with a photogravure frontispiece, four coloured plates, one double page plate, t...

The United States Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin: A Personal Narrative

Elisha Kent Kane · 1857 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

Philadelphia; London, Childs & Peterson; Trubner & Co. 1857. Leather. A smartly bound new edition of this account of the expedition to determine the fate of the lost Franklin Northwest Passage expedition. New edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, a folding map, five plates...

Roving Through Southern China

Harry A. Franck · 1925 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

New York, D. Appleton-Century Company, c1935. Cloth. With 171 unusual photographs and a map depicting the route, this scarce edition of 'Roving Through Southern China' is a fascinating perspective of on the country by American travel writer, Harry A. Franck. A later ...

The Far North: Explorations in the Arctic Regions

Elisha Kent Kane · 1886 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

Edinburgh , William P. Nimmo, 1886. Cloth. An illustrated first-hand account of Elisha Kent Kane's thrilling First Grinnell expedition. Undated, dated from institutional copies. Illustrated with four plates. The work of American explorer and medical officer in the America...

Greater Greece and Greater Britain and George Washington the Expander of England

Edward A. Freeman · 1886 · Rooke Books

£118.00 (€141.46 | $155.92 | ¥24,901)

London, Macmillan & Co, 1886 . First edition. Leather. The uncommon first edition of these two historical lectures from celebrated historian Edward A. Freeman, in a full calf prize binding. An uncommon first edition.A charming volume containing two lectures given by English hi...

China

Robert K. Douglas · 1887 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1887. Cloth. A second edition of this detailed study of China and Chinese culture, with a folding map. Second edition, revised. Illustrated with a frontispiece, six plates, numerous in-text images, and a colour folding map to ...

History of the Conquest of Mexico with a Preliminary View of the Ancient Mexican Civilisation, and the Life of the Conqueror Hernando Cortes

William H. Prescott · 1874 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, George Routledge & Sons, 1874. Cloth. A complete three volume set of this history of the conquest of Mexico from American historian William Hickling Prescott. Complete in three volumes. Volume one is illustrated with a frontispiece, a folding map, and one plate. With a...

A Complete History of Algiers

J. Morgan · 1728 · Rooke Books

£390.00 (€467.54 | $515.33 | ¥82,302)

London, J. Bettenham, 1728. First edition. Leather. A scarce history of Algiers, the first edition of this exploration of the country by J. Morgan. The first edition of this scarce work.Volume I only, lacking Volume II. Six pages to the front listing subscribers.This work offe...

Glacier Island: The Official Account of the British South Georgia Expedition 1954-1955

George Sutton · 1957 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1957. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated account of the British South Georgia Expedition of 1954 to 1955. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, four maps, and twenty-one photographs across fourteen plates. Collate...