Carte geografiche e topografia

London and Middlesex; or, an Historical, Commercial, & Descriptive Survey of the Metropolis of Great-Britain

Edward Wedlake Brayley; Joseph Nightingale; J. Norris Brewer · 1814 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.71 | ¥62,232)

London, J. Harris; Longman and Co; et al, 1814-16. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this impressive study on the topography and history of London and Middlesex, a lavishly illustrated work. The first edition.Four volumes of a total of five, lacking Volume I.Publish...

Facts and Fancies Linked with Folk-Lore About Kilmaveonaig

Christopher I. K. Bowstead · 1915 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Edinburgh, R. Grant & Son, 1915. Cloth. A smart second edition of this collection of historical sketches and folk-lore from Kilmaveonaig, with illustrations. Second edition. Illustrated with frontispiece and twenty-six plates, one of which is folding. Collated complete. A hist...

Peak Scenery, or, Excursions in Derbyshire

E. Rhodes · 1819 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown; et al, 1819. Cloth. A lovely work touring the Peak District, faithfully and charmingly depicted through seven detailed engraved plates. The first edition.Part II only of a total of four parts.Ebenezer Rhodes' popular topograp...

England in 1835: Being a Series of Letters Written to Friends in Germany, During a Residence in London and Excursions Into the Provinces

Frederick von Raumer; Sarah Austin; H. E. Lloyd · 1836 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

Philadelphia, Carey, Lea, and Blanchard, 1836. First edition. Cloth. The first U.S. edition of this uncommon travel work exploring England in 1835, written by German historian Friedrich von Raumer. The first U.S. edition of this uncommon work, originally published in German in...

Scenes in England. For the Amusement and Instruction of the Tarry-at-Home Travellers

Isaac Taylor · 1825 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, John Harris, 1825. Leather. An illustrated travel work for children in which the author, Isaac Taylor, explores England. 'Scenes in England' is an interesting travel work for children, looking at various places around England and Wales, with recommendations o...

A Pilgrimage in Surrey

James S. Ogilvy · 1914 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

London, George Routledge & Sons, 1914. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of James S. Ogilvie's two volume illustrated study of the county of Surrey, and its various towns and villages. Complete in two volumes. Illustrated with forty-seven coloured plates to each vol...

Instructive Rambles Extended, in London and the Adjacent Villages

Elizabeth Helme · 1806 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, J. Harris, 1806. Cloth. An extended edition of this small travel guide to London and the surrounding areas in the early 19th century. The extended edition of this work in a quarter cloth binding. A later, extended edition of this popular tour through London, composed f...

Bristol: As It Was and As It Is a Record of Fifty Years&Apos; Progress

Geoffrey Frederick Stone · 1909 · Rooke Books

£52.00 (€62.33 | $68.70 | ¥10,970)

Bristol, Walter Reid, 1909. Cloth. Uncommon reprint of this pictorial history of Bristol by George Frederick Stone. History of Bristol over fifty years reprinted with additions from the 'Bristol Evening News,' 1908-9. First thus. Illustrated with frontispiece and num...

My Devon Year

Eden Phillpotts · 1904 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Methuen & Co, 1904. Cloth. A second edition of this travelogue of Devon by the English author Eden Phillpotts. A second edition of this interesting travelogue of Devon by English author, poet, dramatist, and friend of Agatha Christie, Eden Phillpotts. With thirty eight...

Unknown Buckinghamshire

Donald Maxwell · 1935 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

London, John Lane at The Bodley Head, 1935. First edition. Cloth. A charmingly illustrated scarce first edition of this work on Buckinghamshire. First edition. Scarce work. Illustrated with colour frontispiece, seven colour plates and thirty-four black-and-white line drawings ...

Bude and Its Borderland

Beatrix F. Cresswell; J. H. Barton · 1911 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,016)

London, Frederick Warne And Co, 1911. Paperback. The third edition of this early twentieth century travel guide to Bude. With a folding map. The third edition of this travel guide to Bude, Cornwall. With a folding map, three plates, and sixteen photographic illustrations, coll...

Views of the Noblemen & Gentlemen&Apos;S Seats, Towns, Castles, Churches, Monasteries, and Romantic Places in North & South Wales

Sir R. Colt Hoare · 1806 · Rooke Books

£330.00 (€395.55 | $435.95 | ¥69,616)

London, J. and J. Boydell; William Miller, 1806. Cloth. A scarce series of forty-eight beautiful engraved plates by Sir Richard Hoare, exploring the seats of North and South Wales. A scarce work.Illustrated with forty-eight plates.Plates 1 to 12 are dated 1792, Plates 13 to 16...

Pleasant Spots and Famous Places

John Alfred Langford · 1862 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

London, William Tegg, 1862. Cloth. John Alfred Langford shares his favourite spots to walk in this very scarce work. A very scarce, little-known work by Birmingham activist and journalist John Alfred Langford. In this joyful book for ramblers, Langford describes pleasant walki...

Unbeaten Tracks Around Bristol, Bath and Western-Super-Mare

P. E. Barnes · 1927 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Bristol, The Western Daily Press, 1927. Cloth. A ramblers guide to the west country, with photographs throughout. This volume is a charming ramblers guide to the unbeaten tracks around Bristol, Bath and Western-Super-Mare by P. E. Barnes which has been reprinted from the Weste...

Frog&Apos;S Cricket Club Devon Tour 1907-1950 a Short History

R. L. Prain · 1951 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

Nottingham, D. H. Vaulkhard Limited, 1951 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition documenting the tour of the Frogs' Cricket Club in the original dust wrapper. First edition of Devon Tour 1907-1950 A Short History by R. L. Prain in the original publisher&apo...

Bridgewater in Brief

T Bruce Dilks · 1927 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

Bridgewater, East Gate Press, 1927. First edition. Paperback. Very scarce first edition of this brief survey of Bridgewater by Thomas Bruce Dilks. Little booklet containing a compressed local history of Bridgewater, no. 2 of the 'Bridgewater Booklets' series. Written...

A Short History of the Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in Norfolk from Knights Hospitallers, 1163, to Ambulance Brigade, 1961

Eric Puddy · 1961 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

Norfolk, G. M. Starling, 1961. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition work on the Order of St. John Hospital by Eric Puddy, inscribed by the author. The first edition of this scarce work.Inscribed by the author to the recto of the front endpaper, 'To G. A. Goleby, w...

The Tourist in Wales, Comprising Views of Picturesque Scenery, Towns, Castles, Antiquities, Seats of the Nobility, Gentry, &C

Anonymous · 1851 · Rooke Books

£325.00 (€389.56 | $429.34 | ¥68,561)

London, George Virtue, 1851. Leather. A scarce and beautifully illustrated insight into the towns and landscape of Wales in the first half of the nineteenth century, with seventy-two engraved plates. Two volumes bound in one, with engraved title page and plates to the start of...

Stanford&Apos;S Map of the River Thames from Richmond to Lechlade

O. M. Watts · 1950 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, Edward Stanford, Ltd. 1950 . Paperback. A scarce large folding colour map of the River Thames published by Edward Stanford Ltd. Stanford's Map of The River Thames From Richmond to Lechlade from 1950 prepared under the supervision of Capt. O. M. Watts. A scarce ed...

Yesterday&Apos;S Yeovil: A Sketchbook of Places Past

Leslie Brooke · 1989 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

Buckingham, Barracuda Books Limited, 1989. First edition. Cloth. A limited edition of this beautifully illustrated book on the history of Yeovil, signed by the author. First edition. Yesterday's Yeovil 1989 has been published in a Limited Edition of which this is number 7...