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London Pictorially Described

John Fletcher Porter · 1893 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, James B. Knapp, 1893. Cloth. A very good copy of the second edition in the publisher's original pictorial cloth, with numerous illustrations of London. The second edition in the publisher's original pictorial cloth.With numerous black and white illustrations ...

Halifax and Its Gibbet-Law, Placed in a True Light

William Bentley · 1761 · Rooke Books

£695.00 (€833.06 | $918.14 | ¥146,615)

Halifax, P. Darby for John Bentley, 1761 . Leather. An excellent example of the very scarce second edition of William Bentley's thrilling history of the Halifax Gibbet, a guillotine which decapitated nearly 100 people. The very scarce second edition of this work, which wa...

London and Its Environs Handbook for Travellers

Karl Baedeker · 1955 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.29 | ¥17,931)

Hamburg, Karl Baedeker, 1955. Cloth. An attractive twenty first edition of this comprehensive guide to London, with 19 maps and plans and illustrations throughout. The revised twenty first edition of the work.In publisher's original red cloth binding, with original very s...

Highways and Byways in the Lake District

A. G. Bradley · 1901 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1901. First edition. Leather. A smart first edition of this illustrated work on the highways and byways to explore around the Lake District in England, with a folding map. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, eight-six in-text imag...

Unsentimental Journeys: Or, Byways of Modern Babylon

James Greenwood · 1867 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, Ward, Lock, and Tyler, 1867. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this explorative study of London as the "modern Babylon" from journalist James Greenwood. First edition. Later published as Journeys Through London; or, Byways of Modern Babylon. Very sca...

Notes and Narratives of a Six Years&Apos; Mission, Principally Among the Dens of London

R. W. Vanderkiste · 1854 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, James Nisbet and Co. 1854. Cloth. A vivid 19th-century account of London"s poorest districts through Vanderkiste"s missionary encounters and social critique, this book once belonged to philanthropist and banker, Samuel Gurney. On the publisher's original brown clo...

Routledge&Apos;S Guide to London and Its Suburbs: Comprising Descriptions of All Its Points of Interest

George Frederick Pardon · 1866 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.58 | ¥35,863)

London, George Routledge & Sons, 1866. Cloth. A scarce new edition of this detailed travel guide to London from Routledge, with a folding map and numerous plates. New edition, revised and improved. Scarce work. Illustrated with a folding map to the front of the text, a frontis...

Lunch-Time Rambles in Old London

0 · Rooke Books

£280.00 (€335.62 | $369.90 | ¥59,068)

London, The Homeland Association Ltd. c1920. Paperback. A delightful collection of fourteen volumes of these guides to short rambles and walks around the city of London, with illustrations. Fourteen volumes. Scarce works. With illustrations and plans. A collection from the Lun...

Alltagsleben in London: Ein Stizzenbuch & Ein Herbst in Wales: Land Und Leute, Marchen Und Lieder

Julius Rodenberg · 1860 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

Berlin; Hanover, Verlag von Julius Springer; Carl Rumpler, 1860. Cloth. Two very scarce travel works from German Jewish poet and author Julius Rodenberg, in the original German. German. Two volumes bound in one. Written by Julius Rodenberg, a German Jewish poet and author who ...

Gaslight and Daylight, with Some London Scenes They Shine Upon

George Augustus Sala · 1859 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.49 | $495.40 | ¥79,109)

London, Chapman & Hall, 1859. Leather. A scarce copy of George Augustus Sala's collection of descriptive essays on the people and streets of London. An early edition, this work was first published in 1858. Very scarce work. This work is comprised of thirty-four papers, ma...

Great Livery Companies of the City of London

Dennis Flanders; Ian F. Bowater [Foreword] · 1974 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Charles Skilton, 1974. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of Dennis Flanders" finely illustrated survey of the Great Twelve Livery Companies, signed by the author. In the publisher's original cloth binding with gilt.This volume is a first edition.This vol...

La Vie de Londres Cotes Piants

Mars [Maurice Charles Bonvoisin] · 1849 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

Paris, Libraire Plon, c1895. Cloth. A smart copy of this charming work by French caricaturist "Mars", Maurice Bonvoisin, depicting London life with hand-coloured illustrations. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding.This is volume is undated. Dated here using...

Londres Et Les Anglais

William Dumont; Edouard Suger [Editor]; Hugues Le Roux [Preface] · 1908 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

Paris, Librairie Delagrave, 1908. Cloth. A vanishingly scarce twelfth edition, richly illustrated with 80 photogravures, offering a French perspective on the life and customs of early 20th-century London and its inhabitants. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth bin...

The Story of the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith

Sir Nigel Playfair; Arnold Bennett [intro.]; A. A. Milne [epilogue] · 1925 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.79 | ¥37,972)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1925 . First edition. Leather. Vibrantly bound in quarter morocco, this is the illustrated first edition of Nigel Playfair's account of the history of the Lyric Theatre in Hammersmith. The first edition, first impression.Illustrated with a colour ...

Musical Haunts in London

F. G. Edwards · 1895 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.71 | ¥62,232)

London, J. Curwen & Sons, 1895 . First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition of this study of the locations in London associated with music, with a signed loosely inserted letter from the author. The first edition of this work, illustrated with a folding frontispiece, and a s...

A Sketch of the History of Churches in England Applied to the Purposes of the Society for Promoting the Enlargement and Building of Churches and Chapels.

John Brewster · 1818 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, F. C. and J. Rivington, 1818. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this vanishingly scarce treatise on the need to build churches in England, and the history of churches in the country, by John Brewster. The first edition.A vanishingly scarce work.An ecclesiast...

Westmorland, Cumberland, Durham, and Northumberland

T. Rose · 0 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.19 | ¥36,917)

London, H. Fisher, R. Fisher, & P. Jackson, c1835. Leather. A beautifully illustrated guide to the North of England, with detailed plates by Thomas Allom and George Pickering. A selection of the topographical landscapes of Thomas Allom and George Pickering, showing scenes of W...

The Place-Names of Nottinghamshire: Their Origin and Development

Heinrich Mutschmann · 1913 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1913. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this authoritative etymological guide to Nottinghamshire"s place-names, rich with phonological and historical insight. In the publisher's original red cloth binding.This volume is a firs...

In and About Nottinghamshire: A Book for the Young Men and Women of the City and County

Robert Mellors · 1908 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

Nottingham, J. & H. Bell , 1908 . First edition. Cloth. An informative first edition of this guide to Nottinghamshire, covering local history, geography, with practical insights for young residents, richly illustrated with plates. In the publisher's original green cloth b...

Antiquarian and Topographical Cabinet, Containing a Series of Elegant Views of the Most Interesting Objects of Curiosity in Great Britain

1810 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, W. Clarke, 1810. Leather. Two volumes of a ten volume set presenting copperplates of the most elegant and interesting views and objects found across Great Britain. Two volumes, being volumes VII and VIII of a ten volume set. A collection of views across Great Britain, ...