Carte geografiche e topografia

Select Illustrated Topography of Thirty Miles Round London; Comprising Views of Various Places Within This Circuit

William Edward Trotter · 1839 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)

London, Simpkin, Marshall and Co. 1839. Leather. A morocco-bound copy of this richly illustrated survey of London from William Edward Trotter, with engraved plates and a folding map. An early edition of this work, with one copy held at Bishopsgate Institute dated 1838. Bound ...

Malvern and Its Environs, or Handbook to Malvern

Rev. J. Webster · 1858 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

London, Thomas Hartley and Hamilton, Adams & Co. 1858 . First edition. Cloth. First edition in the publisher's original green embossed cloth binding, featuring one monochrome frontispiece illustration of Malvern Abbey Church from 1858. First edition of Rev. J. Webster&apo...

Bronte Moors & Villages from Thornton to Haworth

Elizabeth Southwart · 1923 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

London, John Lane at The Bodley Head, 1923. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this brightly illustrated travel work on the moors and villages of Bronte Country. First edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and thirty-five plates, many of which are highlighted...

Chichester&Apos;S Picture Map of London; Chichester&Apos;S Map and Guide of London; London Pocket Atlas and Guide; "Geographia" London Street Guide with 4 Maps: As Used for over 26 Years by Metropolitan & City Police, Taxi-Drivers, Etc.

1937 · Rooke Books

£159.00 (€190.58 | $210.05 | ¥33,542)

Edinburgh; London, Geographia" Ltd; John Bartholomew and Son Ltd; Francis Chichester, 1937-1950. Paperback. A smart collection of London guides, including two Chichester volumes, a "Geographia" and a London Pocket Atlas. A charming selection of London guides. Two of these vol...

Bradford in a Teddy Bear

0 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

Bradford, Not Stated, c1900. Paperback. A very scarce copy of this charming concertina of photographs of Bradford, bound in a card teddy bear design. Very scarce work. A delightful souvenir collection of illustrations of important views of Bradford, a city in West Yorkshire, E...

The World of London (la Societe de Londres)

Count Paul Vasili · 1885 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1885. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this commentary on London society from Count Paul Vasili who wrote on numerous European cities. First edition. A collection of letters about London, providing information on...

The London Pleasure Gardens of the Eighteenth Century

Warwick Wroth; Arthur Edgar Wroth · 1896 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, Macmillan and Co. Ltd. 1896. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of Warwick Wroth"s richly illustrated history of London"s eighteenth-century pleasure gardens, with colour plates. In the publisher's original cloth binding. This volume is a first edition. This v...

Literary Landmarks of London

Laurence Hutton · 1885 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1885. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition literary guidebook to London, written by American essayist and critic Laurence Hutton. First edition. In the original cloth binding.A charming biographical and topographical guide to London, describing...

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

George Frederick Pardon · 1866 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.98 | ¥34,808)

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...

London Route Maps: Coronation Day June 2nd, 1953

1953 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

London, Automobile Association, 1953. Paperback. A very scarce copy of this official route map for the city on London during the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. Very scarce work. One of the official route maps for the city of London during the coronation of Elizabeth II as q...

London&Apos;S Countryside

Edric Holmes · 1927 · Rooke Books

£88.00 (€105.48 | $116.25 | ¥18,564)

London, Robert Scott, 1927. First edition. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated first edition of this work on the countryside around London, with the scarce dust wrapper. First edition. With the vanishingly scarce original unclipped dust wrapper. Illustrated throughout with over o...

Kenna&Apos;S Kingdom: A Ramble Through Kingly Kensington

R. Weir Brown · 1881 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, David Bogue, 1881. Cloth. A very scarce copy of this Very scarce work. The original publisher's compliments ink stamp to the front free endpaper. With a frontispiece. A charming volume exploring Kensington, written originally as random jottings following rambles a...

The Rural Economy of the West of England: Including Devonshire; and Parts of Somersetshire, Dorsetshire, and Cornwall. Together with Minutes in Practice

William Marshall · 1796 · Rooke Books

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

London, G. Nicol, 1796. First edition. Leather. The first edition of William Marshall's work on 18th century agricultural practices in the West of England, in a fantastic contemporary full calf binding. The first edition.Illustrated with a folding map frontispiece to &apo...

Flower of Cities: A Book of London

Various · 1949 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

London, Max Parrish, 1949. First edition. Cloth. A lovely illustrated ode to London from various eminent writers including John Betjeman, Elizabeth Bowen and Leonard Woolf. First edition.With the original unclipped dust wrapper.A delightful work made up of twenty-two writers&a...

London Pictures Drawn with Pen and Pencil

The Rev. Richard Lovett · 1890 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.19 | ¥36,917)

London, The Religious Tract Society , 1890. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing first edition copy of this richly illustrated London 'Pen and Pencil' travel book. First edition. In the publisher's decorative cloth binding. Illustrated throughout with engravings, ...

Somerset House Past and Present

Raymond Needham; Alexander Webster · 1905 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1905. First edition. Cloth. A vanishingly scarce first edition of history tracing Somerset House"s transformation from Tudor palace to neoclassical landmark, with illustrations. In the publisher"s original red cloth binding with illustrative gilt. This...

Peak Scenery, or Excursions in Derbyshire

E. Rhodes · 1818 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, For The Author; Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme et al, 1818-1822. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the first three parts of this delightful work regarding the scenery of the county of Derbyshire, written by artist and topographer, Ebenezer Rhodes. Parts I, II and ...

3 Vols Happy England; Highways and Hedges; Gardens of England

Marcus B. Huish; Herbert A. Morrah; E. T. Cook · 1903 · Rooke Books

£280.00 (€335.62 | $369.90 | ¥59,068)

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1903-1911. First edition. Cloth. A lovely three-volume first edition set of works celebrating the beauty, charm, and rural spirit of Edwardian England with charming illustrations throughout. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth bindi...

London City

Sir Walter Besant · 1910 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.34 | ¥28,479)

London, Adam & Charles Black, 1910. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Walter Besant's vivid history of London as it was in the nineteenth century, an illustrated work in the original dust wrapper. The first edition.In the original scarce unclipped dust wrapper.A ...

A Chronological History of Somerset Nos. 21 & 22

W. G. Willis Watson · 1925 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Folk Press Ltd. 1925 . Cloth. An exceptionally scarce two-in-one volume from the Somerset Folk Series, charting the county"s history through centuries of key events, illustrated with two folding maps. Two volumes, bound as one, in a deep red cloth. This volume consists...