Storia regionale e locale

Across Coveted Lands, or, a Journey from Flushing (Holland) to Calcutta, Overland

A. Henry Savage Landor · 1902 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€407.60 | $449.26 | ¥71,750)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1902. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Arnold Henry Savage Landor's brilliant travel work recounting his expedition overland to India, complete with many plates. The first edition.Complete in two volumes.An exciting travel work...

Boyd Alexander&Apos;S Last Journey

Boyd Alexander; Herbert Alexander · 1912 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Edward Arnold, 1912. First edition. Cloth. The harrowing diary of Lieutenant Boyd Alexander's last journey through Africa, illustrated throughout and including a memoir by his brother, Herbert Alexander. The harrowing diary of Lieutenant Boyd Alexander's last...

Black Mist

Attilio Gatti · 1933 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, Hutchinson & Co. 1933. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce travelogue of Africa by Italian explorer Attilio Gatti. The first edition of this scarce work. A travelogue of Africa by Attilio Gatti, Italian born explorer who travelled extensively around ...

Yakusu" the Very Heart of Africa

H. Sutton Smith · 1911 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London & Edinburgh, Marshall Brothers, Limited, 1911. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of H. Sutton Smith's illustrated study on the Yakusu mission in the Congo, complete including a folding map. The first edition.A detailed account of the mission of Yakusu in the ...

Missions to the Niger

E. W. Bovill [ed.] · 1964 · Rooke Books

£280.00 (€335.67 | $369.98 | ¥59,088)

Cambridge, The Hakluyt Society by Cambridge University Press, 1964-1966. Cloth. A comprehensive set by The Hakluyt Society regarding missions to the Niger, in four volumes and in the original unclipped dust wrappers. No. CXXIII for 1964 and nos. CXXVIII-CXXX for 1966, Missions...

The Crossing of Antarctica: The Commonwealth Trans-Atlantic Expedition 1955-58

Sir Vivian Fuchs; Sir Edmund Hillary · 1958 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Cassell, 1958. First edition. Cloth. Vivian Fuchs's account of the Commonwealth Trans-Atlantic expedition, a lovely first edition complete with its unclipped dust wrapper. A remarkable account, recounting of the Commonwealth Trans-Atlantic Expedition of 1955 to 19...

Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa

David Livingstone · 1857 · Rooke Books

£895.00 (€1,072.95 | $1,182.62 | ¥188,871)

London, John Murray, 1857. First edition. Leather. A rebound first edition copy of this important travel work by David Livingstone, complete with illustrations and folding maps. First edition - issue with lithographs facing pages 66 and 225, and no extra leaf after page 8.Illu...

A Traveller&Apos;S Notes, or Notes of a Tour Through India, Malaysia, Japan, Corea, the Austalian Colonies and New Zealand During the Years 1891-1893

James Herbert Veitch · 1896 · Rooke Books

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

London , James Veitch & Sons, 1896. First edition. Cloth. An impressive first edition copy of James Herbert Veitch's horticultural travels to Asia and Australia, with a folding map and illustrations throughout. This book features Veitch's notes and jottings from his ...

Trekking the Great Thirst: Travel and Sport in the Kalahari Desert

Arnold W. Hodson · 1914 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London; Leipzig, T. Fisher Unwin, 1914. Cloth. A fascinating recollection of the author's time travelling the Kalahari Desert in southern Africa, illustrated with folding maps and photographs. The third impression of this work, which was first published in 1912. It covers...

Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa; Including a Sketch of Sixteen Years&Apos; Residence in the Interior of Africa

David Livingstone · 1857 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)

London, John Murray, 1857. First edition. Cloth. A rebound first edition copy of David Livingstone's travelogue through South Africa, with a folding frontispiece, illustrations, and a folding map. First edition, rebound in blue cloth. Illustrated with a folding frontispi...

Southern Lights: The Official Account of the British Graham Land Expedition

John Rymill; A Stephenson; Hugh Robert Mill · 1939 · Rooke Books

£37.00 (€44.36 | $48.89 | ¥7,808)

London, The Travel Book Club, 1939. Cloth. An early edition of John Rymill's account of the British Graham Land Expedition, illustrated with a folding map and plates. The British Graham Land Expedition took place to Antarctica between 1934 and 1937; led by Rymill, they su...

Fridtjof Nansen&Apos;S &Apos;Farthest North&Apos;: Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship Fram 1893-96 and of a Fifteen Months&Apos; Sleigh Journey

Fridtjof Nansen · 1898 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, George Newnes, 1898. Leather. The second edition of Nansen's account of his extraordinary Fram expedition of 1893, two volumes in one. The second edition of this work by Fridtjof Nansen. Complete in two volumes bound in one, with half title. Comprising the story ...

Men Against the Arctic: The Adventures of Men Who Live and Die in the Polar Regions

Frank Illingworth · 1949 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

Bath , Venturebooks Limited , 1949. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce volume dedicated to Polar explorers, by Frank Illingworth, a bright copy in the unclipped dust wrapper. Frank Illingworth explores the story of the people who has battled against the har...

Macquarie Island

J. S. Cumpston · 1968 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

Australia, Antarctic Division, Department of External Affairs, 1968. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition detailing the rich history, nature and geography of Macquarie Island, complete with illustrations and an unclipped dust wrapper. Located between New Zealand an...

The Wonderland of Big Game: Being an Account of Two Trips Through Tanganyika and Kenya

A Radclyffe Dugmore · 1925 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Arrowsmith , 1925. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated travel book concerning the hunting of big game. The first edition of this travel work by Arthur R. Dugmore, American naturalist and wildlife photographer. An account of two African trips rec...

Far Away Up the Nile

John G. Millais · 1924 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

London, Longmans, Green and Co, 1924. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Millais' beautiful study into the River Nile, a lavishly illustrated work following the River along its course. The first edition of this work.An explorative work of the River Nile, taking th...

The Life and Travels of Mungo Park, Also, an Original Account of the Progress of African Discovery from the Death of Park Till the Year 1838; Incidents of Travel in Egypt, Arabia, Petraea, and the Holy Land; Incidents of Travel in Greece Turkey Russia and Poland; Travels in the Burman Empire; Travels in Hindustan and China

J L Stephens; Howard Malcom; Mungo Park · 1838 · Rooke Books

£590.00 (€707.31 | $779.60 | ¥124,507)

Edinburgh, William and Robert Chambers, 1838-1840. First edition. Leather. Five volumes bound in one containing travelogues by J L Stephens and Howard Malcom, as well as an autobiographical work by Mungo Park. Exploring Asia, as well as some parts of Egypt and Europe. An excel...

The Antarctic Problem

E. W. Hunter Christie · 1951 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, George Allen & Unwin Ltd. 1951. Cloth. A compelling historical and political study concerning ownership of certain parts of Antarctica, complete with an unclipped dust wrapper. This work outlines the history of the ownership of Antarctica, as well as the contemporary d...

Antarctic World

John Euller · 1960 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, Abelard-Schuman, 1960. First edition. Cloth. A superior copy of John Euller's interesting study on Antarctica. Credited for being fast-paced and past-packed. With the original dustwrapper, which is clipped to the top of the flyleaf. A price of 15/ net is still pre...

The Vast Sudan

A Radclyffe Dugmore · 1924 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

London, Arrowsmith, 1924. First edition. Cloth. A bright, first edition copy of Major Dugmore's recollections of his time in Sudan. This book accompanied his film of the same name. Illustrated with a frontispiece, folding map, and forty-four plates.Collated, complete.With...