Carte geografiche e topografia

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...

Blackwall Tunnel

Sir Benjamin Baker · 1891 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.42 | $654.07 | ¥104,460)

London, Jas. Truscott & Son, 1891. Brochure/Pamphlet. A fascinating report on the construction of Blackwall Tunnel, which opened in 1897 and remains today the busiest crossing of the River Thames. This work consists of once confidential documents accompany the Report of the Br...

Country Sketches for City Dwellers

Mrs. Willingham Rawnsley [Alice Julia Rawnsley] · 1908 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1908 . First edition. Cloth. An attractively bound first edition study of the English countryside, illustrated throughout with the charming colour plates of the author. The first edition of this beautifully illustrated celebration of the English...

Edinburgh: Ordnance Survey Sheet 74

1945 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

Chessington, Ordnance Survey, 1945 . Cloth. A very scarce large colour map of Midlothian and Edinburgh, published by the Ordnance Survey in 1945. A very scarce 1945 Ordnance Survey map of Edinburgh, Sheet 74 of the Ordinance Survey's 'One Inch Map of England and Wale...

Map of England and Wales

None · 0 · Rooke Books

£99.00 (€118.68 | $130.81 | ¥20,892)

Oxford, The Chart Publishing Co. c1920. Cloth. Two bright and large maps of England and Wales printed by G. W. Bacon and Co. With one map covering northernmost England and the main roads out of London, and the other south England and Wales, with a table of distances by road.Ma...

How to See Bristol (with Map) a Guide for the Excursionist, the Naturalist, and the Archaeologist

J F Nicholls · 1893 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

Bristol, J W Arrowsmith, 1893. Cloth. A very scarce copy of this guide to Bristol, bound in with the original wraps and complete with its folding map of the city. The sixth edition of this work, a very scarce volume in all editions. A charming guide to Bristol for excursionist...

Bath Characters or Sketches from Life

Peter Paul Pallet · 1807 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, G Wilkie and J Robinson, 1807. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce first edition copy of Peter Pallet's series of satirical dialogues mocking Bath and those that stay there. From the library of Thomas Fuller, a Bath born architect. With his bookplate to the fr...

A History of Aylesbury with Its Borough and Hundreds, with the Hamlet of Walton, and the Electrical Division

Robert Gibbs · 1885 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

Aylesbury , Privately Printed by the Author , 1885. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition of this historical and topographical work of Aylesbury by Robert Gibbs. The first and only edition of this extensive work by Robert Gibbs, exploring the history and topography ...

Holidays in Home Counties

Edward Walford · 1884 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.84 | $178.38 | ¥28,489)

London, W.H. Allen & Co. 1884. Cloth. A handsomely bound, very scarce copy of this work on travels in Great Britain, written by Edward Walford. A charming work on travels locally in Great Britain. Including chapters on Chiswick, Burnham Thorpe (birthplace of Vice Admiral Horat...

Scotland&Apos;S Industrial Souvenir a Pictorial Descriptions of the Principal Cities & Places of Historical, Industrial, & General Interest in Scotland

Alan J. Woodward · 1905 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€899.12 | $991.02 | ¥158,272)

London, Bemrose & Sons, 1905. Cloth. A charming volume on industrial Scotland, an interesting work on the beauties of the country, illustrated with colourful plates throughout. A very scarce work. With important Chromolithographs documenting the industrial history. In colours ...

Eastern England from the Thames to the Humber

Walter White · 1865 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.83 | $191.60 | ¥30,599)

London, Chapman and Hall, 1865. First edition. Fine Binding. A handsomely bound, first edition copy of 'Eastern England' by Walter White, in full calf. Two volumes in one. A handsomely bound, first edition set of these books on eastern English topography. Two volumes...

A Pictorial and Descriptive Guide to Hereford, Worcester, the New Forest and the Thames

Anonymous · 1919 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Melbourne and Toronto, Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, 1919-1927. Cloth. A delightful set of topographical works regarding English regions in the south, illustrated and complete with folding maps. Volume I, 'Hereford and the Wye Valley', is a revised sixth edition,...

Yseldon: A Perambulation of Islington

Thomas Edlyne Tomlins · 1858 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, James S Hodson , 1858. First edition. Cloth. The first large paper edition of this excellent work on Islington by Thomas Tomlins. The first enlarged edition of this volume of 1858. An excellent topographical essay by Thomas Edlyne Tomlins looking at the antiquities of...

Picturesque Edinburgh

1905 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.56 | $50.21 | ¥8,019)

Edinburgh, Sands & Co, 1905. Cloth. A scarce work pondering the beauty of Edinburgh, illustrated with lovely colour plates. A scarce work.'Picturesque Edinburgh' looks at the beautiful picturesque scenes across Edinburgh, highlighting the monuments and beauty of the ...

Quinze Jours a Londres a la Fin de 1815

Auguste Defauconpret · 1816 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

Paris, Alexis Eymery, 1816. Leather. The first edition of this Frenchman's impressions of London in the nineteenth century. Former owner's stamp to the front pastedown, M.A. Stamp depicts a coronet.  Inscription to the half title in French.This work is in French.Wit...

Looking Back on London

Dorothy Hood · 1933 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, Ivor Nicholson , 1933. First edition. Cloth. A superior first edition in the very scarce, unclipped wrappers of this fantastic work exploring London and its history by Dorothy Hood. With a tipped in letter by a member of the prolific Athenaeum. The first edition of thi...

Travels in the Western Hebrides; from 1782 to 1790

John Lane Buchanan · 1793 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.56 | $495.51 | ¥79,136)

London, G. G. J. and J. Robinson, 1793. Leather. A smart full leather binding of this uncommon travelogue detailing the Western Hebrides, penned by John Lane Buchanan. This work details the author's travels between 1782 and 1790, and describes the geography, politics, cus...

Geology of Clydesdale and Arran; Embracing Also the Marine Zoology and the Flora of Arran

James Bryce · 1859 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Glasgow, Richard Griffin and Company, 1859. Cloth. A zoological and geological exploration of these counties of Scotland, complete with a full colour frontispiece. This work explores the geological scape of the Isle of Arran and Clydesdale, now Lanarkshire. It also contains no...

The Statistical Account of Elginshire

The Ministers of the Respective Parishes · 1842 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

Edinburgh & London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1842. Cloth. The new statistical account for the county of Elginshire in Scotland, complete with a map. This statistical work explores the topography, natural history, civil history, population, industry and parochial economy of ...

Islands of the West

Seton Gordon · 1933 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.84 | $178.38 | ¥28,489)

London, Cassell and Company LTD, 1933. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this well illustrated study into the Celtic fringe of Britain. The first edition of this work.In the original unclipped dustwrapper.'Islands of the West' looks at the beauty of the Brit...