Storia regionale e locale

The Antarctic

H. G. R. King · 1969 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Blandford Press, 1969. First edition. Cloth. A wonderful first edition detailing the scientific efforts ongoing on this fascinating region, inscribed by the author and profusely illustrated. Harry G. R. King (1921-2013) was Librarian at the Scott Polar Research Institu...

The Road to Lamaland Impressions of a Journey to Western Thibet

Martin Louis Alan Gompertz · 1926 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1926. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Gompertz's impressions on Tibet, documented during his travels. Illustrated throughout. The first edition of this work.An intriguing travel work on Western Tibet, an entertaining yet educationa...

Dacca

B. C. Allen · 1912 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.85 | $171.78 | ¥27,434)

Allahabad, The Pioneer Press, 1912. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this primary source for Dhaka in the early twentieth century, illustrated with a folding map. The first edition of this work.A very scarce work.A travel work exploring Dhaka at the beginni...

A Journey from Madras Through the Countries of Mysore, Canara, and Malabar

Francis Buchanan · 1807 · Rooke Books

£4,400.00 (€5,274.86 | $5,813.99 | ¥928,530)

London, T Cadell and W Davies, 1807. First edition. Leather. A very smart, first edition set of this important survey of India in the late eighteenth century. A comprehensive study, which looks at topography, history, antiquities and religion of South India. Illustrated with a...

Tropical Africa

Henry Drummond · 1891 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1891. Leather. A handsomely bound edition of this travel work with many illustrations and a folding plate by noted Scottish evangelist and biologist. Fourth edition, completing twenty fifth thousand. In a handsome full morocco binding by George Ro...

Wanderings and Adventures in the Interior of Southern Africa

Andrew Steedman · 1835 · Rooke Books

£995.00 (€1,192.84 | $1,314.75 | ¥209,974)

London, Longman and Co, 1835. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this work detailing nineteenth century travel in South Africa. Illustrated, with six plates and a large folding map of South Africa to volume I. Eight plates to volume II. Illustrations to this work of ...

Harmsworth Atlas and Gazetteer: 500 Maps in Colour, with Commercial Statistics and Gazetteer Index of 105,000 Names

0 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.83 | $191.60 | ¥30,599)

London, Carmelite House [Amalgamated Press], c1910. First edition. Leather. The first edition of a charming atlas with numerous colour maps illustrating the globe before the First World War, an excellent source for historians. The first edition of The Harmsworth Atlas and Gaze...

The Modern History of Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa: A Select and Annotated Bibliography

Harold G. Marcus · 1972 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

Stanford, California, Hoover Institution Press, 1972. First edition. Cloth. A scholarly bibliography on the modern history of the Horn Africa, hoped to be a great benefit for fellow and future researchers in African studies. The Modern History of Ethiopia and the Horn of Afric...

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

Eliot Warburton · 1845 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.83 | $191.60 | ¥30,599)

London, Henry Colburn, Publisher , 1845. Cloth. The complete third edition of Eliot Warburton's account of his travels in Greece, Turkey, Syria, Palestine and Egypt. Third edition. Complete in two volumes. In the original cloth binding.An account of the travels of Irish ...

Gleanings, Pictorial and Antiquarian, on the Overland Route.

W. H. Bartlett [William Henry Bartlett] · 1851 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, Hall, Virtue & Co. 1851 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of William Henry Bartlett"s illustrated antiquarian survey of Mediterranean sites connected with the eastern routes. In the publisher's original blind stamped cloth binding, bound by Westleys & Co.Â...

The New England Quarterly a Historical Review of New England Life and Letters

Various · 1990 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

Boston, The New England Quarterly Inc. 1990-1991. Paperback. A selection of three works from 'The New England Quarterly&apos. These works are from September 1990, June 1991 and September 1991. All contain scholarly articles on the history and life of New England settlers ...

North American Bows, Arrows and Quivers

Otis Tufton Mason · 1893 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

[Washington], [The Smithsonian Institution], [1893]. Disbound. A fascinating work on North American bows, arrows and quivers. An excerpt from the Smithsonian Report of 1893, this article itself is complete. With sixty two plates and accompanying descriptions, plates numbered 6...

Emigrant Life in Kansas

Percy G. Ebbutt · 1886 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London, Swan Sonneschein and Co. 1886. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of Percy G Ebbutt's 'Emigrant Life in Kansas', an account of his time spent in America. First edition. An fascinating work of American history from the nineteenth century, written by Pe...

The Arctic Crusoe a Tale of the Polar Seas

Percy B. St. John · 1885 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.68 | $363.37 | ¥58,033)

London , Charles H. Clarke, c1856. Cloth. A tale inspired by Robinson Crusoe, and informed by the Polar expeditions of Franklin and Parry. Wants front board reattaching professionally but an extremely scarce title. Would make a nice copy once done. Dating from Copac. In a gree...

Nordpolfahrten Fridtjof Nansen&Apos;S Seiner Vorganger Und Nachfolger

W C Drogger and N Rolfsen · 1902 · Rooke Books

£99.99 (€119.87 | $132.12 | ¥21,101)

Berlin, Schreiter'sche Verlagsbuchahandlung, 1902. Cloth. Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen's journeys to Greenland and the North Pole, chronicled with thorough background information and illustrated with plates of relevant individuals, arctic scenes, and polar maps...

The Southern Ice-Continent

Erich Von Drygalski; M. M. Raraty [trans.] · 1989 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

Bluntisham; Alburgh, Bluntisham Books; Erskine Press, 1989. First edition. Cloth. Handsome first English edition on Drygalski's perilous polar expedition at the beginning of the twentieth century. First edition of the English translation.In publisher's original cloth...

Konstantinopel Und Das Westliche Kleinasien

Karl Baedeker · 1905 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.81 | $218.02 | ¥34,820)

Leipzig , Karl Baedeker , 1905. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this Baedeker volume, with the publisher's censorship slip warning travellers to hide the book from authorities. The first edition of this Baedeker guide to Constantinople and Asia Minor. In the or...

The Other Side of the Lantern: An Account of a Commonplace Tour Round the World

Sir Frederick Treves · 1906 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Cassell & Company, Limited, 1906. Cloth. The popular edition of this important account of an around the world tour undertaken by British surgeon Sir Frederick Treves. Popular edition, second impression. Illustrated with forty plates. Collated complete. This volume reco...

Egypt

R. Talbot Kelly · 1903 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.80 | $224.63 | ¥35,875)

London, Adam & Charles Black, 1903. Cloth. A lovely copy of R. Talbot Kelly's beautifully illustrated and descriptive account of Egypt in the late nineteenth century. The second edition. Published the year after the first.Bound in the publisher's bright blue decorati...

Testament to the Bushmen

Laurens van der Post; Jane Taylor · 1984 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

London, Viking, 1984. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this study of the Kalahari Bushmen from South African writers Laurens van der Post and Jane Taylor, signed by both authors. First edition. Signed and inscribed by both authors to the title page, dated 23...