Storia regionale e locale

In Borneo Jungles Among the Dyak Headhunters

William O. Krohn · 1927 · Rooke Books

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

London, Gay and Hanncock, 1927. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon work on the Borneo Jungles by William Krohn, complete with illustrations, and the scarce to see dust wrapper. The first edition of this uncommon work.In the original very scarce price-clipped dust wrapper.An evo...

Some Experiences of a New Guinea Resident Magistrate

Captain C.A.W. Monckton · 1921 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, John Lane, The Bodley Head Ltd, 1921. Cloth. The second edition of this illustrated first-hand account of explorer and magistrate Captain C.A.W. Monckton during his time spent in New Guinea. A fascinating first hand account of explorer and magistrate Captain Arthur Whi...

With the Abyssinians in Somaliland

Major J. Willes Jennings; Christopher Addison · 1905 · Rooke Books

£380.00 (€455.56 | $502.12 | ¥80,191)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1905. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this fascinating and scarce ethnographical travel narrative to Abyssinia, or modern Ethiopia, illustrated throughout. A very interesting travel narrative of Major J. Willes Jennings and Christopher ...

Trading Life in Western and Central Africa

John Whitford · 1967 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.43 | ¥10,129)

London, Frank Cass & Co. 1967. Cloth. Second edition of this travelogue of Western and Central Africa by John Whitford. Second edition of this work, originally published in 1877. With a new introduction by A. G. Hopkins. narrating of John Whitford's experiences in Western...

In Nach Und Eis Die Norwegische Polarexpedition 1893-1896

Fridtjof Nansen · 1897 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.78 | $244.45 | ¥39,040)

Leipzig , F. A. Brockhaus, 1897. First edition. Cloth. Two wonderful volumes that detail the famous 1893-1896 Fram polar Expedition, with folding maps and illustrations. Two volumes of In Nach und Eis Die Norwegische Polarexpedition, The Norwegian Polar Expedition 1893-1896, w...

A Century in the Pacific

James Colwell; W.H. Fitchett [intro.] · 1914 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

Sydney, William H. Beale, 1914. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this in-depth study of nineteenth-century developments in the South Pacific, particularly in South Asia, Australia, and the Pacific Islands. A fascinating and comprehensive study of the nineteenth-centu...

China: Its State and Prospects

W. H. Medhurst · 1838 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.47 | $594.61 | ¥94,963)

London, John Snow, 1838. First edition. Cloth. The first printing of this fascinating exploration of China and its future developments, complete with illustrations including a hand coloured frontispiece. The first edition, first printing.Illustrated with a hand-coloured fronti...

In Wildest Africa

C. G. Schillings · 1907 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

New York and London, Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1907. First edition. Cloth. A striking first edition copy of this profusely illustrated African travel work by Carl Georg Schillings, complete with the examples of his early wildlife photography. The first edition of this work...

Efter Hval I Sydhavet

Ernst Hova · 1929 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

Oslo, Fabritius & Sonners Forlag, 1929. First edition. Cloth. A scarce account of whaling voyages in South Georgia and Scotia in the Norwegian language, illustrated with photographs. Written by Ernst Hova, a Norwegian writer. Illustrated with photographs throughout. In the Nor...

Uganda to Khartoum: Life and Adventure on the Upper Nile

Albert B. Lloyd · 1911 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.43 | ¥10,129)

London, T. Fisher Unwin , 1911. Cloth. The third impression of this illustrated travelogue of Africa by Albert B. Lloyd. The third impression of this work, originally published in 1906. A geographical account of the author's exploration of Africa from Uganda to Khartoum, ...

Turkey

Robert Boulanger; Margaret Case [trans.] · 1960 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

Paris, Hachette, 1960. First edition. Cloth. A first Hachette edition of this guide to Turkey, with numerous maps and complete in its dust wrapper. The first edition of one of Hachette world guides  under the direction off Francis Ambriere, this volume is an extensive guide to...

Arabia and the Isles

Harold Ingrams · 1946 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, John Murray , 1946. Cloth. An early printing of this fascinating travel book, exploring the history of Arabia and its people by Harold Ingrams. An early printing of 1946 of this travel book by Harold Ingrams, British colonial administrator, best known for negotiating a...

Through the Heart of Africa

Frank H. Melland; Edward H. Cholmeley · 1912 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Constable & Company LTD, 1912. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this entertaining illustrated account of Melland and Cholmeley's account of their voyage through Africa on bicycle. The first edition of this work.Frank Melland and Edward Cholmeley's a...

Au Pole Antarctique

Otto Nordenskjol; Charles Rabot · 1904 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.78 | $244.45 | ¥39,040)

Paris, Ernest Flammarion, 1904. Leather. A beautifully bound illustrated account of polar exploration, translated into French and illustrated throughout. Otto Nordenskjold (1869-1928) was a Finnish-Swedish polar explorer and geologist remembered for leading in the 1901-1904 Sw...

Charcot Et Les Explorations Polaires

Henri Kubnick · 1940 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

Paris, Maison Mame , 1940. Hardback. A scarce early edition of this volume documenting Charcot's polar expeditions, richly illustrated. An early edition of this work, originally published in c1938. The French edition and a scarce copy.Detailing Jean Baptiste Charcot'...

Queer Things About Japan

Douglas Sladen · 1904 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Anthony Treherne & Co. Limited, 1904. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated copy of Douglas Sladen's study on Japan, illustrated with eight lovely colour plates. The second impression of this work, published in the same year as the first.An extensive study into Japan a...

Les Races Jaunes Les Celestes

Edmond Plauchut · 1898 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

Paris, Schleicher Freres, 1898. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this French travel work on China, an interesting and vivid depiction of the country. Illustrated with colour plates. The first edition of this work.In the original French.Edmond Plauchut's explor...

Two Undergraduates in the East

W. Carey Jeffries · 1914 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, Sports and Spotsmen, LTD, 1914. First edition. Cloth. The illustrated first edition of this travel account of time spent in the East, signed by the author. The first edition of this work.Signed by the author to the reverse of the title page, 'wish best wishes, fro...

New Japan, the Land of the Rising Sun

Samuel Mossman · 1873 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)

London, John Murray, 1873. First edition. Cloth. The rare first edition of this beautiful work looking at Japan in the mid-nineteenth century, illustrated with a colour folding map. The first edition of this work.In the original publisher's boards. Rather hard to find in ...

Uganda and Its Peoples

J. F. Cunningham · 1905 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€407.60 | $449.26 | ¥71,750)

London, Hutchinson & Co, 1905. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this highly illustrated study on the native people of Uganda, illustrated throughout with portraits. The first edition of this work.Hard to find in this condition. An insightful study into the anthropolo...