Carte geografiche e topografia

St. Kilda Past and Present

George Seton · 1878 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.78 | $211.37 | ¥33,753)

Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1878. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated work by George Seton exploring the history of St. Kilda The first edition.A charming topographical work on the archipelago St. Kilda, in the Outer Hebrides of Sc...

Black&Apos;S Picturesque Guide to the English Lakes

1841 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)

Edinburgh , Adam and Charles Black, 1841. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this classic guide to England's lakes, in the publisher's original cloth. The very scarce first edition of this work. In the publisher's original cloth backed boards,...

On the Landed Property of England, an Elementary and Practical Treatise

Mr. Marshall [William Marshall] · 1804 · Rooke Books

£585.00 (€701.21 | $772.82 | ¥123,410)

London, G. and W. Nicol; G. and J. Robinson et al, 1804 . First edition. Leather. An excellent example of the very scarce first edition of Mr. Marshall's practical and informative guide to the purchase, improvement and management of landed estates. The very scarce first e...

Vestiges of Antiquity

T. Hastings · 1813 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€898.98 | $990.80 | ¥158,218)

London, Murray; Lloyd; Hatchard; et al, 1813. First edition. Hardback. A scarce study on the antiquities of Canterbury, the first edition of this striking work illustrated with detailed engravings. The first edition of this scarce work.An impressive study on the antiquities of...

History of Royal Mineral Water Hospital Bath

Randle Wilbraham Falconer; Anthony Beaufort Brabazon · 1888 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

Bath, Royal Mineral Water Hospital; Charles Hallett, 1888. Paperback. A very scarce volume on the Royal Mineral Water Hospital in Bath, offering a concise history of the institution. The third issue of this very scarce work.Illustrated with a frontispiece.A fascinating series ...

Scotland

A. R. Hope Moncrieff · 1927 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

London, A. & C. Black, Ltd. 1927. Brochure/Pamphlet. An excellent third edition of this travelogue of Scotland, stunningly depicted in colour by Sutton Palmer and G. F. Nicholls. With the original unclipped dust wrapper. Third edition, revised. With the vanishingly scarce orig...

The Official Guide to Brentwood Issued by Authority of the Brentwood Urban District Council

0 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

Brenwood, The Gazette Press, c1936. Paperback. A very scarce copy of this illustrated guide to Brentwood issued by the district council, with a folding map. Very scarce work. Illustrated with a frontispiece, numerous in-text photographs, and a folding map to the rear. Collated...

Buckinghamshire and Berkshire

G. E. Mitton · 1920 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, A. & C. Black LTD. 1920. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this abundantly illustrated work of British Topography by G. E. Mitton. The first edition of the work.This copy contains a frontispiece and the complete series of 60 watercolour plates created by the E...

Historical Notices of the Collegiate Church or Royal Free Chapel and Sanctuary of St. Martin-le-Grand, London

Alfred John Kempe · 1825 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green; John Nichols and Son, 1825. First edition. Hardback. A scarce illustrated work on the collegiate church which previously stood at St. Martin's Le Grand. The first edition of this scarce work.Sixteen pages of adverts to...

Ashford and Alfred News

1855 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

Ashford, Henry Igglesden, 1855-57. Unbound. Two very scarce issues of a Kent-based newspaper, a charming look at life in Victorian England. Two very scarce Victorian newspapers for the town of Ashford in Kent, one of the newspapers is a broadside. The 'Alfred' in the...

Statement, Showing the Termini, the Length, and the Gauge or Sectional Dimensions of the Ancholme Navigation, and of the Drains and Sand Pools Kept in Repair by the Ancholme Commissioners; and Also Showing the Dimensions of the Banks of the Navigation, and of the Upland Drains

Adam Smith · 1858 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

Hull, W. R. Goddard, 1858. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Adam Smith's detailed geographical work on the River Ancholme. The first edition of this very scarce work on the River Ancholme, a seventeen mile long river in Lincolnshire. This work details the geogr...

The History & Description of the Town and Borough of Ipswich

G. R. Clarke · 1830 · Rooke Books

£220.00 (€263.70 | $290.63 | ¥46,411)

Ipswich; London, Hurst, Chance & Co; S. Piper, 1830. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this illustrated and uncommon history on Ipswich. The first edition of this uncommon work.An expansive topographical work that examines the history of Ipswich, as well as the vill...

Rural Studies with Hints for Country Places

[Donald Grant Mitchell] · 1867 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.32 | ¥23,205)

New York, Charles Scribner & Co, 1867. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Donald Grant Mitchell's charming volume on the beauties of the country, signed by Mitchell. The first edition, first issue, with the final leaf of the preface numbered 'iv&apos.Author&a...

Winkles&Apos;S Architectural and Picturesque Illustrations of the Cathedral Churches of England and Wales

Benjamin Winkles: Thomas Moule · 1836 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.19 | $786.03 | ¥125,519)

London, Effingham Wilson; Tilt and Bogue, 1836-1842 . First edition. Leather. The complete three volume first edition of Winkles's celebration of the architecture of England and Wales, illustrated throughout. The first edition of this work, complete in three volumes. Volu...

The English Lakes

Wm. T. Palmer · 1908 · Rooke Books

£64.00 (€76.71 | $84.55 | ¥13,501)

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1908. Cloth. A smart second edition of this brightly illustrated work on the English lakes. Second edition. Illustrated with seventy-five colour plates. Collated complete. A charming guide to the English lakes with descriptions of excursions aro...

Furness Abbey

R. O'Neill Pearson · 1907 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

Ulverston, James Atkinson, 1907. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce essay on Furness Abbey, by R. O'Neill Pearson, the first edition of this work, signed by the author. The first edition of this very scarce work.Signed by the author to the recto of the front endpaper.R. ...

A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland

Doctor Samuel Johnson · 1775 · Rooke Books

£485.00 (€581.34 | $640.71 | ¥102,314)

Dublin, A. Leathley; J. Exshaw; H. Saunders; D. Chamberlain; et al, 1775. Leather. An unauthorised Dublin edition of this popular travel work by Samuel Johnson, complete in two volumes bound in one. An unauthorised Dublin edition of this work, published in the same year as the...

A Tour in Scotland

1790 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.27 | ¥52,739)

London, Benjamin White, 1790. Leather. The fifth edition of this detailed and illustrated travel work of Scotland by the Welsh naturalist Thomas Pennant, complete in three volumes. The fifth edition of this three-volume work in half calf bindings, with marbled boards and end p...

London Underground Booklets

Charles White · 1915 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.19 | $786.03 | ¥125,519)

London, Underground Railways; General Omnibus Company, 1915-16. Cloth. Twelve very scarce booklets promoting London and the city's surrounding areas, illustrated pamphlets produced by the Underground and the LGOC. A collection of twelve very scarce promotional travel book...

Local Records; or, Historical Register of Remarkable Events, Which Have Occurred in Northumberland and Durham, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, and Berwick-Upon Tweed

John Sykes · 1833 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.82 | $171.74 | ¥27,424)

Newcastle, John Sykes, 1833. Cloth. An expanded edition of this detailed topographical study on Northern England by John Sykes. Complete in two volumes.An extensive study by John Sykes on Northumberland, Durham, Newcastle, and Berwick-Upon Tweed. Sykes explores the local recor...