Storia regionale e locale

Letters from the Far East

Charles Eliot · 1907 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Edward Arnold, 1907 . First edition. Cloth. Interesting illustrated first edition on travels through China and Japan by Sir Charles Eliot, who would later become the British ambassador to Japan, 1919-1925. First edition.In publisher's original blue cloth binding.W...

The Playground of the Far East

Walter Weston · 1918 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.47 | $594.61 | ¥94,963)

London, John Murray, 1918. First edition. Cloth. First edition of Walter Weston's second book on mountaineering in Japan, illustrated with numerous plates and two folding maps. First edition.In publisher's original red cloth binding.With the bookplate of Cliff Parfit...

Liberia

Sir Harry Johnston; Dr. Otto Stapf · 1906 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, Hutchinson and Co. 1906. First edition. Cloth. A richly illustrated historical, cultural and topographical study of Liberia, complete with colour plates and folding maps. First edition. Volume I only of this two-volume work. Rebacked, with the original cloth to the boa...

Nearest the Pole: A Narrative of the Polar Expedition of the Peary Arctic Club in the S.S. Roosevelt, 1905-1906

R. E. Peary · 1907 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Hutchinson and Co. 1907. First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of this work, being a thorough historical account of Robert Peary's 1905-1906 polar expedition, illustrated with many photographs. The first UK edition of this work.In the original cloth binding. ...

Mind over Matter: The Epic Crossing of the Antarctic Continent

Ranulph Fiennes · 1993 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, Sinclair-Stevenson, 1993. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this illustrated account of the expedition across the Antarctic undertaken by Ranulph Fiennes, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author to the title page. Illustrated with tw...

In Darkest Africa

Henry M. Stanley · 1890 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

London, Sampson, Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1890. First edition. Cloth. The first trade edition of this monumental African travel work by Henry M. Stanley, a illustrated account complete with folding maps and plates. The first trade edition.Complete in two volumes.Volum...

Between the Woods and the Water: One Foot to Constantinople from the Hook of Holland: The Middle Danube to the Iron Gates

Patrick Leigh Fermor · 1986 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London , John Murray, 1986. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition of Patrick Leigh Fermor's sequel to his travel series, narrating his journey on foot from the Hook of Holland to Constantinople. The first edition, first impression. With the publisher's ori...

Japan: The Pocket Guide

Japan Travel Bureau · 1953 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

Tokyo , Japan Travel Bureau , 1953. Cloth. A very smart postwar pocket guide to visiting Japan, complete with the very scarce dust wrapper and many photographs. The third edition. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper (unpriced).This travel guide offers a p...

Bhowani Junction; Far, Far the Mountain Peak; Fandango Rock; the Venus of Konpara; to the Coral Strand

John Masters · 1954 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.79 | $237.85 | ¥37,985)

London, Michael Joseph, 1954-1962. First edition. Cloth. A wonderful set of five novels by John Masters; all first editions in the original dust wrappers. The first edition, first impressions of these five works in the publisher's original cloth bindings, with the origina...

Capetown to Kafue

H. J. Taylor · 1916 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, Joseph Johnson, [1916]. Cloth. A smart travel work by H. J. Taylor, recounting his travels across South Africa, complete with plates. H. J. Taylor's account of his journey of eighteen thousand miles, from Cape Town to Kafue.This work offers a vivid account of life...

Touring Libya: The Western Provinces

Philip Ward · 1967 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, Faber and Faber, 1967. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this near fine guidebook of Libya compiled from the author's three years of travel. The first edition of this work.In the publisher's unclipped dust wrapper. An informative travel work of Tripo...

Plant-Hunting in China: A History of Botanical Exploration in China and the Tibetan Marches

E. H. M. Cox · 1945 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, Collins, 1945. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated botanical work on China from Scottish horticulturalist E. H. M. Cox. First edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, twenty-four plates, and three maps. Collated complete. The author&...

A Short Guide to the American Antiquities in the British Museum

Mr T. A. Joyce [prepared] · 1912 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, British Museum , 1912. Brochure/Pamphlet. An uncommon guide to the American antiquities and archaeological items held at the British Museum, illustrated throughout. An uncommon work acting as a guide to the antiquities of native American antiquities held at the British...

Iraq: Land of Two Rivers

Gavin Young · 1980 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Collins, 1980. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this fascinating work of travel writing on Iraq, with numerous photographs. First edition. Illustrated throughout with colour photographs and maps. A portrait of a fascinating country, following an itinerary...

Oriental Life an Account of Past and Contemporary Conditions and Progress in Asia, Excepting China, India and Japan

Ethlyn T. Clough [ed] · 1910 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

Detroit , Bay View Reading Club, 1910. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this historical and contemporary account of the conditions and progress in Asia, edited by Ethlyn T. Clough. The first edition. Uncommon. In the publisher's original cloth. This work feature...

Twenty Years in Persia: A Narrative of Life Under the Last Three Shahs

John G. Wishard · 1908 · Rooke Books

£155.00 (€185.82 | $204.81 | ¥32,710)

New York, Fleming H. Revell Company, 1908 . First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated account of the author's experiences in Persia, with historical commentary. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, thirty images across twenty-three plates,...

Congres International Des Orientalistes: Rendu de la Premiere Session. Paris - 1873. Tomes I Et II.

Congres des Orientalistes de Marseille · 1876 · Rooke Books

£625.00 (€749.27 | $825.85 | ¥131,893)

Paris, Maisonneuve, 1876 . Leather. The very scarce publication of volumes I and II of the International Congress of Orientalists. In the original French, but with examples of text in Chinese, Akkadian, Egyptian Hieroglyphs and Arabic.Volumes I and II of the publication of the...

A Tourist in Africa

Evelyn Waugh · 1960 · Rooke Books

£76.00 (€91.11 | $100.42 | ¥16,038)

London, Chapman & Hall, Ltd. 1960 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Evelyn Waugh's travel book about his time in Africa, with illustrations and in the original dust wrapper. First edition, in the publisher's original blue cloth binding with the original, u...

Manners & Customs of the Afghans

Mohammed Ali · 1958 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

Lahore, Punjab Educational Press, 1958 . First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this very scarce 1950's study of life in Afghanistan, authored by a history professor at Kabul University. Illustrated with sixteen photographic plates.This very scarce work presents a...

Argonauts of the Western Pacific

Bronislaw Malinowski; Sir James George Frazer · 1953 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd. 1953. Cloth. A smart fourth impression of this illustrated work on the Western Pacific. Scarce fourth impression, originally published 1922. Illustrated with sixty-five images on plates, five maps, three tables, and two in-text figures. Coll...