Carte geografiche e topografia

Surrey

A. R. Hope Moncrieff · 1906 · Rooke Books

£58.00 (€69.52 | $76.62 | ¥12,235)

London, A. & C. Black, Ltd. 1906. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this volume on Surrey by A. R. Hope Moncrieff, with stunning colour plates by Sutton Palmer. First edition. Illustrated with seventy-five colour plates and a folding map to the rear. Collated complete. ...

England and Wales, from Drawings by J.M. W. Turner

J.M.W. Turner · 0 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

Glasgow, Maclure & Macdonald, c1900 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce volume in which descriptive passages about locations in England and Wales are accompanied by plates from prominent English painter J.M.W. Turner, best known for his violent marine paintings. A single vol...

London Orbital: A Walk Around the M25

Iain Sinclair · 2002 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€407.54 | $449.16 | ¥71,725)

London, Granta Books, 2002 . First edition. Cloth. A signed limited edition of Iain Sinclair's travelogue, with a signed letter from the author to famed science-fiction bibliographer George Locke. A limited edition, with this being number sixty-five of one-hundred signed ...

Domestic Annals of Scotland

Robert Chambers · 1874 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.27 | ¥52,739)

Edinburgh and London, W. & R. Chambers , 1874. Leather. An impressive history of Scotland as it was in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, by the noted publisher Robert Chambers. The third edition of this work.Complete in three volumes.'Domestic Annals of Scotland&ap...

A Cockney in Arcadia

Harry A. Spurr · 1899 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

London, George Allen , 1899. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of this author's story of he and his wife's move from a busy city to a small village by the coast. The first edition of this uncommon work. Illustrated with a frontispiece and twenty eight mon...

Pigot and Co. &Apos;S Royal National and Commercial Directory and Topography

1842 · Rooke Books

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

London, J. Pigot & Co; et al, 1842. Leather. A topographical guide to the counties of England, an expansive work exploring the history of the country, alongside colour folding plates. An interesting and extremely extensive topographical work for the counties of England. Illust...

A Freshwater Yarn

William Brown; Henry Jones; John Robinson · 1888 · Rooke Books

£440.00 (€527.40 | $581.27 | ¥92,821)

London, Elliot Stock, [1888]. Paperback. A very scarce illustrated topographical tale of a trip down the River Avon. A very scarce work.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and twelve plates.A charming and comical tale following a trip down t...

The Official Illustrated Guide to the Great Eastern Railway (Cambridge Line)

George Measom · 1865 · Rooke Books

£280.00 (€335.62 | $369.90 | ¥59,068)

London, C. Griffin and Co, 1865 . First edition. Paperback. A very scarce first edition guide to the Cambridge Line of the Great Eastern Railway, by George Measom. The very scarce first edition of George Measom's guide to the Great Eastern Railway.Rebound, retaining the o...

The Scottish Tourist, and Itinerary; or, a Guide to the Scenery and Antiquities of Scotland and the Western Islands, with a Description of the Principal Steam-Boat Tours

1831 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

Edinburgh, Stirling and Kenney, 1831. Leather. An early edition of this illustrated nineteenth-century guide to Scotland and the Western islands, with folding maps. The fourth edition of this work in a half morocco binding. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece, a further ...

An Essay Towards a History of Hexham

A. B. Wright · 1823 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

Alnwick, W. Davison, 1823. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this uncommon topographical essay on the northern market Town Hexham. The first edition of this uncommon work.A. B. Wright's concise exploration on the history of Hexham.Hexham is a market town in North...

The Clyde: River and Firth

Neil Munro · 1907 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1907. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this brightly illustrated work on the River Clyde, with a folding map. First edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, sixty-six colour plates, and a folding map to the rear. Collated c...

Picturesque Old Bristol

John Taylor · 1885 · Rooke Books

£1,850.00 (€2,217.49 | $2,443.96 | ¥390,270)

Bristol, Frost and Reed, 1885. Leather. A very scarce limited edition study on the beauties of old Bristol, one of one-hundred and twenty-five copies of this illustrated work. A very scarce work.The Unlettered Proof Edition, a limited edition of one-hundred and twenty-five cop...

Voyage to, and Travels Through the Four Principal Islands of the African Seas; Gleanings of a Wanderer, in Various Parts of England, Scotland, & North Wales

J. B. G. M. Bory de St. Vincent · 1805 · Rooke Books

£220.00 (€263.70 | $290.63 | ¥46,411)

London, Richard Phillips, 1805 . First edition. Cloth. Two first edition travelogues bound together, and including the first edition of J. B. G. M. Bory de St. Vincent's very scarce account of the islands of the African Seas. Two first edition works bound together, with i...

The Medway River and Valley: The Story of the Medway, Aspects of Life on the Medway, Journeyings on the Medway

William Coles Finch · 1929 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.78 | $211.37 | ¥33,753)

London, The C. W. Daniel Company, 1929. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated work on the Medway River, with the vanishingly scarce original unclipped dust wrapper. First edition. Scarce work. With the vanishingly scarce original unclipped dust wrappe...

Picturesque Views, and Description of Cities, Towns, Castles, Mansions, Objects of Interesting Features, in Staffordshire and Shropshire

William West · 1830 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

Birmingham, Not Stated, 1830-31. Cloth. A detailed topographical history on Staffordshire and Shropshire, an extensively illustrated work with detailed engravings. Complete with two parts in one. 'Staffordshire' is dated 1830, 'Shropshire' dated 1831. Illu...

Wessex

Clive Holland · 1906 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)

London, Adam & Charles Black , 1906 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this beautifully illustrated work depicting Thomas Hardy's 'Wessex&apos. The first edition. Illustrated by Walter Tyndale with a colour frontispiece , seventy- four colour plates and a ...

Buckingham and Berkshire

G. E. Mitton · 1920 · Rooke Books

£68.00 (€81.51 | $89.83 | ¥14,345)

London, A. & C. Black, Ltd. 1920. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of this colourfully illustrated work on the counties of Buckingham and Berkshire. First edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, fifty-nine colour plates, and a folding map to the rear. ...

Norfolk & Suffolk

W. G. Clarke · 1921 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.53 | $63.41 | ¥10,126)

London, A. & C. Black, Ltd. 1921. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated guide to Norfolk and Suffolk, with a folding map. First edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, thirty-nine colour plates, and a folding map to the rear. Collated complet...

Surrey

A. R. Hope Moncrieff · 1912 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, A. & C. Black, Ltd. 1912. Cloth. A smart reprint of this colourfully illustrated work on Surrey, with a folding map. Reprint, originally published 1906. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, seventy-four colour plates, and a folding map. Collated complete. A comprehe...

Hampshire

Rev. Telford Varley · 1909 · Rooke Books

£33.00 (€39.56 | $43.60 | ¥6,962)

London, Adam & Charles Black, 1909. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this colourfully illustrated work on the county of Hampshire. First edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, seventy-four colour plates, and a folding map. Collated complete. A charming ...