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Lieve Joris; Stacey Knecht [trans.] · 1992 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.80 | $191.55 | ¥30,589)

London, Macmillan, 1992 . First edition. Cloth. An excellent first UK edition of Lieve Joris' personal account relating to the former Belgian Congo, signed by the author. Bound in the publisher's original cloth, with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. First UK edi...

The Life of Nelson: The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain

Captain A. T. Mahan · 1897 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.25 | $726.58 | ¥116,026)

London, Sampson Low, Marston & Company, Limited, 1897 . First edition. Leather. A first edition complete set of Captain Mahan's important work on the sea power of Great Britain during the time of Lord Nelson. First edition, bound in half morocco with marbled boards. Compl...

A New Map of Northumberland, Divided Into Wards; Exhibiting the Whole of the Turnpike and Cross Roads, the Course of the Rivers, Market and Borough Towns, Parishes, Hamlets, Parks, &C.

John Cary · 1824 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.80 | $191.55 | ¥30,589)

London, G. and J. Cary, 1824 . First edition. Paperback. A very scarce, bright copy of Cary's new map of Northumberland, encased in a slip case. The map is bright, with colour ink, measuring at 23.5" by 14.5". Encased in a slip case. Comprised of a map of Northumberland ...

Sittenbilder Aus Dem Morgenlande

Hermann Vambery · 1876 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

Berlin, Hofmann & Co. 1876. Cloth. A smart copy of this study of the East from Hungarian Turkologist and traveller, Hermann Vambery. In the original German. German. A detailed anthropological study into the East, with chapters on house and home, family life, women, marriage, c...

The Armies of Asia and Europe: Embracing Official Reports on the Armies of Japan, China, India, Persia, Italy, Russia, Austria, Germany, France, and England

Emory Upton · 1878 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

New York, D. Appleton and Company , 1878. Cloth. A detailed commentary on various armies across Asia and Europe from United States Army general, Emory Upton. Printing office copy. A detailed study on the armies of Japan, China, India, Persia, Italy, Russia, Austria, Germany, F...

Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa

David Livingstone · 1857 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.33 | $653.93 | ¥104,424)

London, John Murray, 1857. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this important travel work on South Africa by influential explorer David Livingstone, an illustrated copy in the original cloth binding. First edition - issue with lithographs facing pages 66 and 225, and no...

Persia and Turkey in Revolt

David Fraser · 1910 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.39 | $594.48 | ¥94,931)

Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1910 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of David Fraser's uncommon travel work, based upon his experiences in the region while working as Special Correspondent to The Times. The uncommon first edition of this work.J...

The Mystery Rivers of Tibet

Captain F. Kingdon Ward · 1923 · Rooke Books

£575.00 (€689.22 | $759.61 | ¥121,300)

London, Seeley Service & Co, 1923 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of Franks Kingdon-Ward's study of the people, plants and fauna surrounding the rivers of Tibet. The first edition of this very scarce work. Francis Kingdon-Ward was an English botanis...

Resor I Asien

[Gaspard Theodore Mollien] · 1828 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

Stockholm, Ecksteinska Tryckeriet, 1828 . First edition. Paperback. A very scarce Swedish language collection of six narratives of travels in Asia and the Middle East. A very scarce Swedish language work.A very scarce collection of six accounts of travels and voyages in Asia. ...

The Searcher: A War Play

Velona Pilcher · 1929 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)

London, William Heinemann, 1929. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this wartime play from Velona Pilcher, with twelve wood engravings. First edition. Limited to one thousand copies for sale in the United Kingdom. Illustrated with nine wood engravings, as stated in...

A Year Amongst the Persians: Impressions As to the Life, Character & Thought of the People of Persia, Received During Twelve Months&Apos; Residence in That Country in the Years 1887-1888

Edward Granville Browne; Sir E. Denison Ross · 1926 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.19 | ¥36,917)

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1926. Cloth. Edward Granville Browne's account of his travels across Persia between 1887 and 1888, with a memoir by Sir E. Denison Ross. A new edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding. Illustrated with a po...

Wellington&Apos;S Regiments: The Men and Their Battles from Rolica to Waterloo 1808-1815 Nelson: An Illustrated Story Nelson and Napoleon

Ian Fletcher; Margarette Lincoln [ed]; Pieter Van Der Merwe [ed] · 1994 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)

London, National Maritime Museum; Spellmount , 1994-2005. First edition. Hardback. London: National Maritime Museum; Spellmount , 1994-2005. First edition. Hardback. Fine/Near Fine. 11" by 8.5"; 11.5" by 10"; 11.5" by 9". None stated. Three volumes of handsome first edition wo...

An Historical and Scientific Description of the Mode of Supplying London with Water

William Matthews · 1841 · Rooke Books

£285.00 (€341.61 | $376.50 | ¥60,123)

London, John Weale, 1841 . Cloth. A vanishingly scarce copy of this account of how London was supplied with water in the past, by William Matthews. Second edition. Originally published in 1835 under the title 'An historical and descriptive account of the water works of Lo...

Rambles in the Pyrenees and the Adjacent Districts, Gascony, Pays de Foix & Roussillon

F. Hamilton Jackson · 1912 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)

London, John Murray, 1912 . First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition work examining the Pyrenees and surrounding regions, illustrated throughout by the author himself. The first edition of this work.Frederick Hamilton Jackson describes the Pyrenees, which separates the Ibe...

The Calls of Norfolk and Suffolk

Charles S. Romanes · 1920 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.72 | $77.94 | ¥12,446)

Edinburgh, T. and A. Constable Ltd. 1920 . First edition. Cloth. A signed, limited edition copy of Charles Romanes genealogical study of the Call family. First edition, in the publisher's original red cloth binding. A Limited Edition of only three hundred copies, of which...

The Services of the Royal Regiment of Artillery in the Peninsular War

Major John H. Leslie · 1908 · Rooke Books

£58.00 (€69.52 | $76.62 | ¥12,235)

London; Woolwich, Hugh Rees; The Royal Artillery Institution Printing House, 1908-1912 . First edition. Paperback. A complete set of first editions presenting the services of the Royal Regiment of artillery during the Peninsular War, First edition, in the publisher's orig...

Shakespeare and His Birthplace: Containing a Biography of the Poet, and a Guide to Stratford-Upon-Avon and Its Vicinity

1859 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.34 | ¥28,479)

London , T. Nelson and Sons, 1859. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce Nelson's tourist guide to Shakespeare and his birthplace. The first edition. In the original publisher's binding. Very scarce. The first edition of this travel handbook for Stratford-Upon-Avon pub...

The Parish Register of Wimbledon, Co. Surrey.

None stated · 1924 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,016)

London, Mitchell Hughes & Clarke , 1924. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this register of Wimbledon and Surrey from the sixteenth to nineteenth century in the original cloth. The first edition. This work provides a reference for people who were baptised, married or...

Historia Universal for Cesar Cantu Volumes 1-4 and 6-10

Cesar Cantu; D. Nemesio Fernandez Cuestra · 1880 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)

Madrid, Gaspar Editores , 1880-89. Leather. Eight volumes of illustrated historical works by Cesar Cantu and continued by D. Nemesio Fernandez Cuestra, translated from the original Italian to Spanish and bound in quarter calf. Eight volumes. Complete in ten. Bound in half cal...

Dusklands

J. M. Coetzee · 1974 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.11 | ¥61,177)

Johannesburg , Ravan Press , 1974 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Nobel Prize winning author J. M. Coetzee's debut novel, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapp...