Carte geografiche e topografia

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...

History of the Foundations in Manchester of Christ&Apos;S College, Chetham&Apos;S Hospital, and the Free Grammar School

Samuel Hibbert · 1834 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London; Manchester, William Pickering; Thomas Agnew and Joseph Zanetti, 1834. Leather. An uncommon topographical work on the history of Manchester by Samuel Hibbert-Ware, this volume focusing on the Manchester Cathedral. An uncommon work.Volume I only of a total of four volume...

Pen and Pencil Pictures of Old Bradford

William Scruton · 1889 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.79 | ¥37,972)

Bradford, Thomas Brear & Co, 1889 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of William Scruton's beautifully selected collection of plates illustrating Old Bradford. The first edition of this work, in a lovely half crushed morocco binding.Illustrated with a frontispiece...

Murder in the Westcountry

Colin Wilson; Various · 1975 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.53 | $63.41 | ¥10,126)

Cornwall, Bossiney Books, 1975. First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this fascinating work looking into different murder cases of the West Country, inscribed by author Colin Wilson. The first edition of this uncommon work.Signed by Colin Wilson to the title page, &ap...

A Topographical and Historical Description of the Parish of Tixall, in the County of Stafford

Sir Thomas Clifford; Arthur Clifford · 1817 · Rooke Books

£875.00 (€1,048.81 | $1,155.93 | ¥184,587)

Paris, M. Nouzou, 1817. First edition. Leather. A scarce first edition history on the civil parish Tixall, and illustrated volume by brothers Thomas and Arthur Clifford. The first edition of this scarce work.A detailed topographical history on the parish of Tixall, a small vil...

Highways and Hedges

Herbert A. Morrah · 1911 · Rooke Books

£47.00 (€56.34 | $62.09 | ¥9,915)

London, Adam and Charles Black , 1911. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this beautifully illustrated work on highways and hedges with paintings by Berenger Benger. The first edition. Illustrated by Berenger Benger with a tipped in colour frontispiece and nineteen ti...

The English Lakes

W. T. Palmer · 1908 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

London, Adam and Charles Black , 1908. First edition. Cloth. The second edition of this beautifully illustrated work on English lakes by artist Heaton Cooper. The second edition. First published in 1905, Illustrated by A. Heaton Cooper with full page map a colour frontispiece...

The Clyde: River and Firth

Neil Munro · 1907 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.74 | $251.00 | ¥40,082)

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1907. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this brightly illustrated work on the River Clyde. Signed presentation copy from both of the illustrators. First edition. Signed presentation copy from both of the illustrators. Illustrated wi...

A Home Tour Through the Manufacturing Districts of England, in the Summer of 1835

Sir George Head · 1836 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

London, John Murray, 1836. First edition. Hardback. A first edition study of the manufacturing cities of Northern England during 1835, an interesting topographical work by George Head. The first edition of this work.This work follows Sir George Head on his tour of the manufact...

Cambridge

M. A. R. Tuker · 1907 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1907. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this colourfully illustrated work on Cambridge, with a folding map. First edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, seventy-six colour plates, and a folding map. Collated complete. A ch...

Honourable and Peculiar Ways

Peh Der Chen; Ernest Bramah [forward] · 1932 · Rooke Books

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

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1932. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this interesting perspective on life in England, in the scarce dust wrapper and signed by the author. Signed by the author to the front free endpaper. The first edition of the work in the scarce original...

Memories of Our Parish (Parish of Reay, Caithness)

Donald Mackay · 1925 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

Dingwall, Ross-Shire Printing & Publishing Co. Ltd. 1925. Cloth. A scarce copy of this collection of written memories of the parish of Reay, Caithness. The author's presentation copy. A very scarce work. With the author's inscription to the front endpaper in presenta...

Tourist&Apos;S Guide to the River Clyde & the Trosachs

None · 0 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

London, Thomas Nelson & Sons, c1900. Cloth. Two tourist's guides from Thomas Nelson and Sons, with many colour views of the areas. Two volumes. Tourist's Guides from Thomas Nelson and Sons. This set includes: Tourist's Guide to The River Clyde from Source to Sea...

History of the County of Fife, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time

John M. Leighton · 1840 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

Glasgow, Joseph Swan, 1840. First edition. Leather. The first edition of John Leighton's history of the historic county Fife, an illustrated work, Volume II of a three volume set. A very scarce first edition.Volume II only, of a total of three.Illustrated with an engraved...

The Short Walks Around Penzance

J. B. Cornish · 1895 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.80 | $191.55 | ¥30,589)

Penzance, Beare and Son, 1895. Paperback. A very scarce copy of this collection of walks around Penzance with a large folding map to the rear. Very scarce. With a folding map to the rear. A collection of twenty-eight charming and enjoyable short walks around Penzance, a town, ...

Islands of the West

Seton Gordon · 1933 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

London, Cassell & Company, Limited, 1933. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this illustrated work on the islands to the West of Scotland, from Seton Gordon. With the original unclipped dust wrapper. First edition. Illustrated with frontispiece and fifty images across fo...

History and Antiquities of the County of Norfolk

[Mostyn John Armstrong] · 1781 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

Norwich, J. Crouse for M. Booth, 1781. Leather. An illustrated volume looking at the history of five of the historical Hundreds of Norfolk, an interesting topographical history by Mostyn John Armstrong. Volume IX only of a total of ten volumes.This volume, from Mostyn John Arm...

1800 a Tour Round North Wales, Performed During the Summer of 1798

Rev. W. Bingley · 1800 · Rooke Books

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

London, E. Williams; J. Deighton, 1800 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this charming study of North Wales, illustrated with aquatint plates. The scarce complete two volume first edition of this work, describing a tour undertaken by the author in the summer ...

The Sheffield Dialect

Abel Bywater · 1839 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)

Sheffield, G. Chaloner, 1839. First edition. Cloth. A smartly bound first edition of this study into the dialect of residents of Sheffield, South Yorkshire. First edition. Scarce work. A detailed study of the dialect in Sheffield, with reference to various conversations, corre...

Welsh Scenery

Captain Batty · 1823 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.75 | $244.40 | ¥39,027)

London, John Murray, 1823. First edition. Leather. A smart first edition copy of this charming work by Robert Batty exploring the beauty of Wales, complete with thirty-five plates, and additional photographs. The first edition of this work.Six original photographs adhered to t...