Carte geografiche e topografia

Cries of London

Stanford Rayner [intro.] · 1929 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.84 | $151.92 | ¥24,260)

London, The Art Publishing Co. 1929 . First edition. Cloth. Beautifully illustrated with tipped in colour plates, this is the first Stanford Rayner edition of Francis Wheatley's 'Cries of London' series of paintings. The first edition of this work to feature a l...

Flying Visits

Harry Furniss · 1892 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

London, J. W. Arrowsmith, 1892. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of Harry Furniss"s witty and charming travelogue of Britain and Ireland, profusely illustrated by the author. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding.This volume is a first e...

Bartholomew&Apos;S Ordnance Map of Ulverston, Barrow and Its Environs

J. Bartholomew · 0 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, W. H. Smith & Son, c1910. Cloth. A very scarce map of Ulverston, Barrow and its environs from Scottish cartographer John Bartholomew. Very scarce work. A large folding map of Ulverston, a market town and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England and its...

South Hants and Dorset

Wm. Baxter · 1914 · Rooke Books

£37.00 (€44.35 | $48.88 | ¥7,805)

London, Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1914. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this travel guide to South Hants and Dorset, with folding maps. First edition. Thorough Guide Series. Illustrated with a folding map frontispiece and eighteen maps and plans, nine of which are f...

Chapters of Nottinghamshire History

J. Potter Briscoe · 1908 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

Nottingham, Derry & Sons, Ltd, 1908. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of this richly illustrated volume exploring Nottinghamshire"s heritage through detailed local history and topographical insight. In the publisher's original green cloth binding.This volume i...

1936-1981 9 Vols a Collection of Local Interest Book of South England

Various; H. J. Massingham; Dorothy Devenish; Edith Olivier; Godfrey Harrison; H. A. N. Brockman; Nicholas Pevsner; Ida Gandy; John Betjeman; Colin Morris; Peter Drury; Jill Drury; Paul Hyland · 1936 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.79 | ¥37,972)

London; Newton Abbot; Wiltshire, B. T. Batsford Ltd.; B. T. Batsford Ltd; Werner Laurie; George Allen & Unwin Ltd.; Collins; David and Charles; Element Books; Vi, 1936-1981. First edition. Cloth. London; Newton Abbot; Wiltshire: B. T. Batsford Ltd.; B. T. Batsford Ltd; Werner ...

The Manchester Ship Canal. A Reply to Mr. A. Provand&Apos;S Adverse Criticism

1883 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

Manchester, James F. Wilkinson, 1883. First edition. Disbound. The first edition of this very scarce pamphlet supporting the proposed construction of the Manchester Ship Canal. The first edition of this very scarce work.An anonymously penned reply to A. Provand's criticis...

Pictorial Half-Hours of London Topography

1851 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

London, Charles Knight, 1851. Cloth. A scarce illustrated exploration of the best places in London to visit, with detailed engraved plates. A scarce work.A charming topographical work exploring the beauties of London. This volume presents some of the most beautiful places in t...

A Collection from the Whitbread Library

B. Meredith Brown; Brian Hill · 1948 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

London, Whitbread & Co. Ltd. 1948-1949. First edition. Hardback. A collection of four volumes from the Whitbread Library on the inns of Kent, the brewer's art, inn signage, and the inns of sport. Four volumes. The Whitbread Library. The intention of this series is to take...

The Parochial History of Bremhill

W. L. Bowles · 1828 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, John Murray, 1828. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this very scarce topographical history of Bremhill, an illustrated work by the former vicar of the village, William Lisle Bowles. The first edition.A very scarce work.A history of the village and civil par...

The New Forest and the Isle of Wight

C. J. Cornish · 1895 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)

London, Seeley & Co. Limited, 1895. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of these illustrated articles on the New Forest and the Isle of Wight from naturalist Charles John Cornish. First edition of two articles bound into one volume. Illustrated with a frontispiece, seven pla...

Roberti Grosseteste Episcopi Quondam Lincolniensis Epistolae

Robert Grosseteste; Henry Richard Luard · 1861 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.71 | ¥62,232)

London, Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1861. Leather. A volume of the letters by the medieval Bishop of Lincoln, Robert Grosseteste, signed by the editor, Henry Richard Luard. Signed by the editor to the half-title.A collection of the letters written by Robert Grossetes...

Eton of Old, 1811-1822

W. H. Tucker · 1892 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€407.54 | $449.16 | ¥71,725)

London, Griffith Farran Browne & Co. Limited, [1892]. First edition. Leather. A very scarce illustrated look at Eton College from 1811 to 1822, a smartly bound copy. A very scarce work.A charming history of Eton College, looking in particular at the College as it was in 1811 t...

Devonshire & Cornwall Illustrated

J. Britton; E. W. Brayley · 1832 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.05 | ¥50,630)

London, H. Fisher, R. Fisher, & P. Jackson, 1832. First edition. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated topographical study on Devonshire and Cornwall, complete as two volumes bound in one. The first edition of this work.Illustrated with a map, vignette title page, and forty-seven p...

Skelton&Apos;S Engraved Illustrations of the Principal Antiquities of Oxfordshire

Joseph Skelton · 1823 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.33 | $653.93 | ¥104,424)

London, J. Skelton, 1823. First edition. Leather. A large paper copy of the first edition of this impressive collection of fifty engravings of Oxfordshire antiquities. Engraved by the author, Joseph Skelton, after the work of Frederick Mackenzie. The first edition of English e...

Gloucestershire Record Series Volume 20 & 27

C. R. Elrington · 2006 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

Bristol, The Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society, 2006-2013. First edition. Cloth. Two smart first edition volumes from the Gloucestershire Record Series. Two volumes. First edition. An annual hardback volume of records relating to the history of Gloucestershire...

Sketches and Travels in London, Ballads, the Fatal Boots, and Cox&Apos;S Diary, a Little Dinner at Timmins&Apos;S: And the Bedford-Row Conspiracy

William Makepeace Thackeray · 1856 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London, Bradbury & Evans, 1856. First edition. Leather. A volume of four popular works by Thackeray bound in one volume, three being first editions. A volume of four works by Thackeray bound in one volume, containing novellas and poems, three of the works are first editions.Wi...

Lincolnshire Notes and Queries, a Quarterly Journal

Ernest L. Grange [ed.]; Rev. J. Clare Hudson [ed.] · 1889 · Rooke Books

£1,750.00 (€2,097.62 | $2,311.86 | ¥369,175)

Horncastle, W. K. Morton, 1889-1915 . First edition. Vellum. The first thirteen volumes of informative quarterly journal 'Lincolnshire Notes and Queries', in full vellum bindings. The first edition of volumes I to XIII of this journal on Lincolnshire. A total of XXIV...

Kingstoniana: Being Historical Gleanings and Personal Recollections

Alderman John Symons · 1889 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

Hull, The Eastern Morning News Company, Limited, 1889. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce work on Kingston-upon-Hull, the first edition of this illustrated work by John Symons. The first edition of this very scarce work.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and nineteen plates.A c...

The Fens and Floods of Mid-Lincolnshire; with a Description of the River Witham, in Its Neglected State Before 1762, and Its Improvements Up to 1825

James Sandby Padley · 1882 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.33 | $653.93 | ¥104,424)

Lincoln, C. Akrill, 1882. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce topographical survey of Lincolnshire, by James Sandby Padley, illustrated with folding maps. The first edition of this very scarce work.'The Fens and Floods of Mid-Lincolnshire' is ...