Carte geografiche e topografia

The Marn&Apos;LL Book; Some Particular History, Some General Topography, a Number of Photographs, and Some Maps, of the Blackmore Vale

Anonymous · 1952 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

Gillingham, Dorset, The Blackmore Press, 1952. First edition. Cloth. A charming first edition study of the Dorsetshire parish of Marnhull, and the surrounding Blackmore Vale. The first edition of this topographical study of the Blackmore Vale of North Dorset, in the publisher&...

The Scouring of the White Horse; or, the Long Vacation Ramble of a London Clerk.

Thomas Hughes · 1859 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Cambridge, Macmillan and Co. 1859. First edition. Leather. The first edition of Hughes's popular work concerning the Uffington White Horse, with lovely illustrations by Richard Doyle. The first edition of this work, in a half calf binding. Bookplate to the front paste dow...

Leading Events in the History of the Port of Bristol

W. N. Reid; W. E. Hicks · 1877 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

Bristol, W. C. Hemmons; W. and F. Morgan, 1877. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon first edition work focusing on the Port of Bristol and its history, an interesting work illustrated with a folding plate. The first edition of this uncommon work.A collection of articles by W. N....

The Cheltenham Literary Annual. A Gift-Book and Remembrancer.

William Byrne; S. H. Bradbury; Rev. F. J. Perry; et al · 1857 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Cheltenham, Not Stated, 1857. Cloth. A lovely literary annual on the subject of the town of Cheltenham. In original cloth binding. All edges gilt. Frontispiece depicts 'Cheltenham in the Olden Time' by W. Willis. A collection of literature on the town of Cheltenham f...

Kelly&Apos;S Directory of Cumberland and Westmorland

A. Lindsay Kelly [ed.] · 1925 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.87 | $151.96 | ¥24,268)

London, Kelly's Directories LTD , 1925. Cloth. Informative topographical study of Cumberland and Westmorland by Kelly's Directories, complete with coloured map. Kelly's directory for Cumberland and Westmorland. Including every parish in the counties and providin...

Westmorland, Cumberland, Durham, and Northumberland the Counties of Chester, Derby, Leicester, Lincoln, and Rutland

T. Rose; T. Noble · 1832 · Rooke Books

£440.00 (€527.49 | $581.40 | ¥92,853)

London, H. Fisher, R. Fisher, & P. Jackson; Fisher, Son & Co, 1832-36. Leather. Two beautiful topographical works looking at the Midlands and Northern Counties of England, complete with over one hundred plates across these two volumes. Four volumes bound in one, with three vol...

A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland

Samuel Johnson · 1775 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

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, published in the same year as the first London edition. Published in the same year of the first London edition, this...

The Vicinity of Leamington

1844 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

Leamington, W. Reeve , c1844. Cloth. A fascinating mid nineteenth century topographical guide to Leamington and its surrounding areas, illustrated and including a large folding map. A delightful topographical guide to Leamington, as well as the neighbouring towns of Warwick, C...

Views in Suffolk Norfolk and Northamptonshire Illustrative of the Works of Robert Bloomfield to Which Is Annexed a Memoir of the Poet&Apos;S Life

E. W. Brayley · 1806 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.81 | $211.42 | ¥33,765)

London, Vernor, Hood and Sharpe, 1806. First edition. Leather. A handsomely rebound copy of this highly illustrative guide to the works of Robert Bloomfield. The first edition of the work. With the bookplate of one Christopher Harrison to the front pastedown. With an engraved ...

Domesday Book in Relation to the County of Sussex

W. D. Parish · 1886 · Rooke Books

£67.00 (€80.32 | $88.53 | ¥14,139)

Sussex, H. Wolff, 1886. Cloth. Domesday Book for Sussex for the Sussex Archaeological Society, edited by W. D. Parish and complete with a facsimile of the original record. A complete topographical work on Sussex from the Domesday Book, edited by W. D. Parish for the Sussex Arc...

Views of Westerham and District

0 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

Westerham, J. A. Hughes , c1900. Cloth. A very scarce collection of images of Westerham, a town in the Sevenoaks district of Kent. A very scarce work. With seventeen monochrome photographic illustrations of Westerham and the surrounding areas. Westerham is a town in Sevenoaks,...

Unknown Sussex

Donald Maxwell · 1923 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, John Lane The Bodley Head, 1923. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of this illustrated work on Sussex. With publisher's advertisements to the rear of the work. The first edition of the work. Profusely illustrated throughout in colour. An excellent w...

The Thames Valley from Cricklade to Staines: A Survey of Its Existing State and Some Suggestions for Its Future Preservation

The Earl of Mayo; S. D. Adshead; Patrick Abercrombie · 1929 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, University of London Press, 1929. First edition. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated first edition survey of the Thames Valley from Cricklade to Staines, with plates and colour folding maps. First edition, uncommon. This beautifully illustrated study of the Thames Valley ...

Motor Trips out of Bristol

1922 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Bristol, J. W. Arrowsmith, [1922]. First edition. Paperback. A lovely copy of this very scarce first edition illustrated guide to motor trips out of Bristol. A very scarce work, held institutionally by one library only. Dated from the copy at the British Library, first and onl...

Londres Et Ses Environs, Ou Guide Des Voyageurs

M.D.S.D.L [Alphonse de Serres de la Tour] · 1788 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.84 | $178.38 | ¥28,489)

Paris, Chez Buisson, 1788. First edition. Leather. Illustrated with five folding plates, this is a charming and scarce French language guide to the London of the late eighteenth century. In the original French.Volume I only of Alphonse de Serres de la Tour's scarce two vo...

Harrow in Prose & Verse

George Townsend Warner · 1913 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1913. First edition. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated copy of prose and verse from alumni and notable figures associated with Harrow School, with tipped-in colour plates. First and only edition.A comprehensive history of Harrow School, along with ...

The London Year: A Book of Many Moods

H. V. Morton · 1926 · Rooke Books

£36.00 (€43.16 | $47.57 | ¥7,597)

London, Methuen & Co. 1926. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this fascinating work of British topography, narrating of what one could do during a year in the city of London, beautifully decorated by A. E. Horne. Journalist and travel author H. V, Morton takes his rea...

Guide to the English Lakes of Cumberland and Westmorland

Adam and Charles Black · 1873 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Adam and Charles Black , 1873. Paperback. An early printing in the original publisher's wraps of Black's guide to the English lakes of Cumberland and Westmorland. An Adam and Charles Black's guide to the Lake District of Cumbria, proposing various itiner...

Black&Apos;S Picturesque Guide to the English Lakes Including an Essay on the Geology of the District

Adam and Charles Black; John Phillips · 1850 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Adam and Charles Black , 1850. Cloth. The fifth edition of Black's guide to the English lakes, adorned with lovely plates in black and white, and complete with two folding maps. The fifth edition of this work. An Adam and Charles Black's guide to the English ...

Hampshire

Rev Telford Varley · 1909 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Adam and Charles Black , 1909. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this volume tracing the history of the English county of Hampshire, depicted with some lovely coloured plates. The first edition, first impression of this work. A lovely copy exploring the So...