Carte geografiche e topografia

A History of the County of Somerset

R W Dunning · 1974 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.58 | ¥35,863)

London , Oxford University Press, 1974-1985. Cloth. A two volume set of the county history of Somerset Volume III and Volume V covering Kingsbury East, Pitney Somerton, Tintinhull Hundred, Williton and Freemanors hundred. Two volumes of ten, although Somerset is still classed ...

Place-Names of Glengarry and Glenquoich and Their Associations

Edward C. Ellice · 1931 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)

London , George Routledge and Sons, 1931. Cloth. A study of two districts in the Scottish Highlands (Glengarry and Glenquoich) in its scarce dustwrapper. Second and revised edition. Illustrated throughout with numerous plates and folding map to the rear. Including names of mou...

The Story of the Tweed

Sir Herbert Maxwell · 1909 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.19 | ¥36,917)

London , James Nisbet and Company, Limited, 1909. Cloth. The second edition of this uncommon work by Sir Herbert Maxwell. This interesting volume features many illustrations, most notably a photogravure frontispiece of Abbotsford - complete with its original tissueguard - oppo...

Yorkshire Coast and Moorland Scenes

Gordon Home · 1907 · Rooke Books

£79.99 (€95.88 | $105.67 | ¥16,874)

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1907. Cloth. A charming, illustrated, second edition of this reference book of Yorkshire. Painted and described by Gordon Home. From the Preface: "I have endeavoured to give my own impressions of much of the beautiful coast-line, and also some i...

Kelly&Apos;S Directory of Cumberland and Westmorland.

Unnamed · 1935 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.78 | $211.37 | ¥33,753)

London, Kelly's Directories Limited, 1935. First edition. Cloth. A scarce edition of this fascinating directory of services for the Northeast of England; published as part of the renowned Kelly's Directory series. 'Kelly's Directory' was a trade direct...

Une Ville D&Apos;Eaux Anglaise Au Xviiie Sicle la Socit Lgante Et Littraire Bath Sous la Reine Anne Et Sous Les Georges

A. Barbeau · 1904 · Rooke Books

£99.99 (€119.85 | $132.09 | ¥21,094)

Paris, Alphonse Picard & Fils, 1904. Leather. A comprehensive history of the English city of Bath Including chapters on some of the major landmarks, such as Prior Park as well as many personalities connected with the city including writers (such as Jane Austen and Sheridan) an...

The Spas of England and Principal Sea-Bathing Places: Northern Spas, Southern Spas & Midland Spas

A. B. Granville · 1841 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.27 | ¥52,739)

London, Henry Colburn, Publisher , 1841. First edition. Cloth. A scarce complete first edition of this illustrated guide to England's popular spas and sea bathing spots - an interesting look into tourism in 1840s England. First edition. Complete in three volumes, divided...

The Life of the Fields and Richard Jeffries on London

Richard Jeffries [ed. by Samuel J. Looker] · 1944 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.98 | ¥34,808)

London, Lutterworth, 1944-1947. Cloth. Two scarce works on London and the English countryside, written by prominent British nature writer Robert Jeffries. London and The Life of the Fields, two scarce works on British nature written by nature writer and natural historian Richa...

Great Britain

Karl Baedeker · 1901 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.52 | $462.37 | ¥73,835)

Leipsic , Karl Baedeker, Publisher , 1901. Cloth. A lovely turn-of-the-century Baedeker guide to Great Britain, with the vanishingly scarce original dust wrapper. Fifth edition. With the publisher's vanishingly scarce original dust wrapper, unclipped and unpriced. In qui...

Gazetteer of England and Wales: Containing the Statistics, Agriculture, and Mineralogy of the Counties

Thomas Potts · 1810 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

London, Printed for F. C. and J. Rivington, 1810. First edition. Leather. The scarce first edition of this comprehensive topographical reference from Thomas Potts, presented in full polished calf. First edition. Complete in two volumes. Uniformly bound in full polished calf, ...

The Yorkshire Library. A Bibliographical Account of Books on Topography, Tracts of the Seventeenth Century, Biography, Spaws, Geology, Botany, Maps, Views, Portraits, and Miscellaneous Literature, Relating to the County of York.

William Boyne · 1869 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London, Taylor and Co. 1869 . Cloth. A scarce privately printed Yorkshire bibliography, one of 150 copies, with plates and woodcuts. In the publisher's original cloth binding.A scarce copy of this work, being one of one hundred and fifty copies printed for private distrib...

The Gentleman&Apos;S Magazine Library: English Topography XV and XVI (London I and II)

George Laurence Gomme [ed.] · 1904 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Elliot Stock, 1904. Cloth. A neat two-volume set of the English Topography edition of The Gentleman's Magazine Library in the publisher's original half brown cloth.  A two-volume set of the English Topography edition of The Gentleman's Magazine Library ...

Collected 20th-Century Pamphlets on the West End of London

1951 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, C. J. Cousland & Sons Ltd.; John Bartholomew & Sons, 1951-1955. Brochure/Pamphlet. A neat pair of folding maps of the West End of London from the mid twentieth-century, in the original publisher's paper wraps.  In the original publisher's paper wraps. This ...

The People&Apos;S Album of London Statues

Osbert Sitwell · 1928 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)

London, Duckworth, 1928. First edition. Cloth. A nice copy of the first edition of this work, in the publisher's original beige cloth, illustrated with thirty-two full page line drawings by Nina Hamnett The first edition of this work. In the publisher's original bei...

Old Kew, Chiswick and Kensington

Lloyd Charles Sanders · 1910 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,016)

London, Methuen & Co. 1910 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this book on the general history of Kew, Chiswick, and Kensington by Lloyd Sanders. The first edition of this work.A scarce volume, containing a history of the London districts of Kew, Chiswick, and...

London and Its Environs

Karl Baedeker · 1908 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

Leipzig , Karl Baedeker, Publisher , 1908. Cloth. A pleasing London handbook from Karl Baedeker, illustrated with folding maps and plans. Fifteenth revised edition.In the publisher's original cloth binding. Providing a guide to London and its environs through forty-six r...

1917 a Yorkshire Tyke a Dialect Poem

Walter Hampson · 1917 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

Barnsley, Henry Hudson, 1917. Paperback. An incredibly scarce booklet of a wartime poem, written in a transliterated Yorkshire dialect. An incredibly scarce stapled paperback booklet of a poem by Walter Hampson, written entirely in local dialect.Walter Hampson worked, for much...

Handbook to the Environs of London, Alphabetically Arranged Part I. And Part II.

James Thorne · 1876 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

London, John Murray, 1876. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon set, in original red cloth binding, with postcard and letters slotted inside. An uncommon example of this first edition set, complete, at 2 volumes, and in original red cloth binding.Volume I contains, slotted inside...

The Old Court Suburb; or, Memorials of Kensington, Regal, Critical, and Anecdotical

Leigh Hunt · 1855 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

London, Hurst and Blackett, 1855 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this collection of Leigh Hunt's reminisces of Kensington, complete in two volumes.  The first edition of this collection of Leigh Hunt's reminisces of Kensington, complete in two volumes.Â...

The Place-Names of the North Riding of Yorkshire

A. H. Smith · 1928 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

Cambridge, Cambridge at the University Press, 1928. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition copy, in very smart original cloth, with lovely folding map. A very scarce first edition copy of this work.One of the titles produced by the English Place-Name Society - this ...