Carte geografiche e topografia

The Windsor Guide: Containing a Description of the Town and Castle; the Present State of the Paintings and Curiosities in the Royal Apartments; an Account of the Monuments, Painted Windows, &C. In St George&Apos;S Chapel; with the Foundation of the Royal College of St George, and of the Order of the Garter: Also, a Description of the Lodges, Parks, and Forest. To Which Is Added, a Brief Account of Eton

1819 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

Windsor , Printed and sold by Knight & Son, 1819. Paperback. A new edition of this pocket sized guide to the town and castle of Windsor. A new edition of this work. A charming pocket sized guide to Windsor, with chapters containing much useful information on the town of Windso...

Around the Ancient City: Six Circular Tours in Angus and Mearns

D. H. Edwards · 0 · Rooke Books

£47.00 (€56.34 | $62.09 | ¥9,915)

Brechin, D. H. Edwards, c1910. Cloth. A scarce second edition of this illustrated historical guide to various districts of Forfar and Kincardineshire. Second edition. Scarce work. Dated from the British Library. Illustrated throughout with many in-text and full-page illustrati...

Summer Tours in Scotland Glasgow to the Highlands

David MacBrayne · 1896 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

Glasgow , David MacBrayne, 1896 . Cloth. A new edition copy of this guide to Scotland, with maps and illustrations. A new edition of Summer Tours in Scotland Glasgow to the Highlands, with time tables and list of fares by David MacBrayne's Royal Mail Steamers "Columba" an...

The County Series

Various · 1921 · Rooke Books

£490.00 (€587.33 | $647.32 | ¥103,369)

London, John Lane the Bodley Head, 192. First edition. Cloth. A scarce larger set of the Bodley Head's series of uniform books concerned with the beauties of English counties, all first editions. Twelve uniform volumes from the Bodley Head's 'The County Series&a...

The Brighton Road: Old Times and New on a Classic Highway

Charles G. Harper · 1892 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1892. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of George Harper's self-illustrated travelogue describing his journey from London to Brighton. Charles George Harper describes his journey from London to Brighton Pavilion in this first edition. With num...

James Fawn & Son&Apos;S Plan of Bristol

James Fawn & Son · 0 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)

Bristol, James Fawn & Son, c1890. Cloth. Very scarce large folding plan of Bristol in colour. New and revised edition. Dated via Jisc. Found institutionally only at the Brunel University London Library and the University of Manchester Library. Featuring an alphabetical Index a...

Welsh Folk Customs

Trefor M. Owen · 1959 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

Cardiff, National Museum of Wales, 1959. Cloth. A guide to Wales and its customs, as published by the Welsh Folk Museum. Published for the Welsh Folk Museum. Illustrated with sixteen plates to the rear. Collated complete. A detailed cross-section of Welsh folk life, with speci...

The Bristol Brewery Georges & Co. Ltd. Founded 1788. Souvenir Book

1938 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.19 | ¥36,917)

Bristol, W. B. Harris Printing Company LTD; The Bristol Brewery Georges & Co. LTD, 1938. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition illustrated souvenir book celebrating the one-hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the Bristol Brewery Georges & CO. LTD. A very scarce fir...

Handbook for Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, and Huntingdonshire

- · 1895 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

London, John Murray, 1895. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this travel guide to Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, and Huntingdonshire, produced by London-based publisher John Murray. A very scarce volume, with ten maps, including five folding maps. The first edition of t...

Hampshire

Telford Varley · 1909 · Rooke Books

£56.00 (€67.12 | $73.98 | ¥11,814)

London, Adam & Charles Black, 1909 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this lovely illustrated topographical study of Hampshire with colour plates. First edition of Hampshire in the original publisher's pictorial cloth binding. Painted by Wilfrid Ball and descri...

Cambridge

Mildred Anna Rosalie Tuker · 1907 · Rooke Books

£68.00 (€81.51 | $89.83 | ¥14,345)

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1907 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this beautifully illustrated study of Cambridge and its history. First edition of Cambridge by Mildred Anna Rosalie Tuker in the original publisher's cloth binding. A lovely and densely ill...

Kent

W. Teignmouth Shore · 1907 · Rooke Books

£77.00 (€92.30 | $101.72 | ¥16,244)

London , Adam & Charles Black , 1907. First edition. Cloth. A bright first edition copy of this extensively illustrated guide to Kent. A first edition copy. This is a charming guide to the county of Kent by W. Teignmouth Shore and with paintings by W. Biscombe Gardner. The vo...

Taunton Improvement and Market Act & Taunton Town and Market Improvement

None · 1847 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

Taunton, Parliamentary Agents, 1847-1849. Paperback. An original bill and act taken to the House of Lords regarding the borough of Taunton in the county of Somerset. Scarce works. Two volumes. Scarce works. Original act taken to the House of Lords for the better management of ...

Ward, Lock & Co. &Apos;S Pictorial and Descriptive Guides

None · 1910 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.29 | ¥17,931)

London, Ward, Lock and Co. Limited, 1910-1950. Cloth. Six very neat volumes of illustrated guides to areas of the U.K. Six volumes. From Ward, Lock & Co. Guide to The Cotswolds, 1910 With fifty illustrations on plates, four fold-out maps three of which are in colour, and one p...

Select Illustrated Topography of Thirty Miles Round London

William Edward Trotter · 1839 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)

London , Simpkin Marshall & Co, 1839. Cloth. A copy of Select Illustrated Topography of Thirty Miles Round London, by Edward William Trotter. Select Illustrated Topography of Thirty Miles Round London, comprising views of various places within this circuit with topographical a...

Tourist&Apos;S Guide to Penzance

J. H Hancock · 1875 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

Penzance, F. Rodda, 1875. First edition. Hardback. A first edition copy of this guide to Penzance. A first edition copy of this Tourist's Guide to Penzance, published by F. Rodda. This tourist guide explores Lands' End, Logan Rock, St. Michael's Mount, Kynance ...

Pitminster: Past and Present

Robert Dunning · 2000 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

Pitminster , The Friends of Pitminster Church , 2000. First edition. Paperback. Very scarce first limited edition of Robert Dunning's local history of Pitminster. First edition of Robert Dunning's illustrated history of the village of Pitminster in Somerset. A very s...

The Land of the Broads

Ernest R. Suffling · 1892 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

Essex, Benjamin Perry, 1892. Cloth. A second illustrated edition of this guide to the Norfolk and Suffolk Broads, with a folding map. A second, illustrated edition of this work. The Land of the Broads is a practical and illustrated guide to the extensive district of the Broad...

In the Shadow of Cairngorm Chronicles of the United Parishes of Abernethy and Kincardine

William Forsyth · 1999 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

Scotland, Lynwilg Press; Bothan Publications, 1999. Cloth. A smart facsimile of William Forsyth's important topographical studies on the Cairngorms, an illustrated volume looking at the beauty of the mountains. In the original unclipped dust wrapper.A facsimile of William...

The Royal Palaces, Historic Castles and Stately Homes of Great Britain

John Geddie · 1913 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

Edinburgh, Otto Schulze and Company , 1913. First edition. Leather. A scarce first edition work on the historic palaces, castles and stately homes of Great Britain, bound in half morocco by Otto Schulze. The scarce first edition. Dated from the British Library. In a smart half...