Carte geografiche e topografia

4 Vols in 1 Somerset Guides: Glastonbury, Wells and Bath

John Davis; [John Clark] · 1778 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.31 | $786.21 | ¥125,563)

Glastonbury; Bristol; Shepton Mallet; Bath, J. Wakefield; Mary Bryan and Co.; W. J. Quartley; Meyler and Son; J. Salmon; W. Handcock, 1778-1821. Leather. Four separately published West Country topography works bound in one volume, offering guides to Glastonbury, Wells Cathedra...

Cotswold Characters

John Drinkwater · 1923 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

New Haven, Yale University Press, 1923. Hardback. A presentation copy of John Drinkwater's charming rural sketches, with two wood engravings by Paul Nash. The author's presentation copy of the second impression of this work.  In the publisher's original speckle...

The Works of the Late Edward Dayes

Edward Dayes · 1805 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

London, Mrs. Davis; et al, 1805. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this posthumously published collection of the popular works of Edward Dayes, illustrated throughout with his engravings. The first edition of this work. Illustrated with a frontispiece, engraved title ...

A Collection of Forty-Eight Views of Noblemen&Apos;S and Gentlemen&Apos;S Seats, Towns, Castles, Churches, Monasteries, and Romantic Places in North and South Wales

1806 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, John and Josiah Boydell, 1806. Cloth. Sir Richard Hoare's beautifully drawn views of the seats of the noblemen of Wales, presented here in forty-eight engraved views. Collated, complete with forty-eight engraved plates, principally from drawings by Sir Richard Col...

Pamphlets on Lustleigh and Bovey Tracey

Cecil Torr · 1923 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.83 | $191.60 | ¥30,599)

London, Cambridge University Press; William Brendon and Son. Brochure/Pamphlet. A set of five scarce pamphlets on Devon's towns of Lustleigh and Bovey Tracey inside the Dartmoor National Park in Devon, England in the publisher's original paper wraps. Five pamphlets o...

The Rural Economy of Yorkshire Comprizing the Management of Landed Estates, and the Present Practice of Husbandry in the Agricultural Districts of That County.

[William] Marshall · 1796 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, G. Nicol, 1796. Leather. A pleasing two-volume, second edition of Marshall's economic overview of the county of Yorkshire. An appealing second edition of this seminal work on land management in eighteenth century Britain, by William Marshall. (ESTC T123051) First ...

London; Being an Accurate History and Description of the British Metropolis and Its Neigbourhood, to Thirty Miles Extent, from an Actual Perambulation in Five Volumes

David Hughson · 1805 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.56 | $495.51 | ¥79,136)

London , J. Stratford, 1805-09. Cloth. A set of London and its Neighbourhood by David Hughson. Five of the complete six volumes. Collated complete in themselves. The set consists of volumes I, III, IV, V, V and VI, and is missing volume II. With black and white illustrations a...

A Pictorial and Descriptive Guide to: Bridport Ilfracombe Cromer Penmaenmawr Paignton Eastbourne Newquay

Various · 0 · Rooke Books

£99.99 (€119.87 | $132.12 | ¥21,101)

London, Ward, Lock and Co. c1940. Cloth. A collection of seven local guide books for southern England and Wales. Including: A Pictorial and Descriptive Guide to Bridport, West Bay, and South-West Dorset, Including Beaminster, Charmouth, Lyme Regis, Abbotsbury, Dorchester, Weym...

Selected R.A. C. County Road Map & Gazetteer England and Wales

R.A.C. · 1920 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

Cheltenham, J. Burrow, c1920. Paperback. A nine volume set of R.A.C county road map and gazetteers. Published in various editions and runs from the 1920s through to the 1930s. Undated but adverts indicate the range of these volumes to be between 1928 and 1935. Volumes include:...

The Torrington Diaries in Four Volumes

C Bruyn Andrews · 1970 · Rooke Books

£280.00 (€335.67 | $369.98 | ¥59,088)

London, Methuen And Co Ltd, 1970. Cloth. A re-printed set of The Torrington Diaries. Complete in four volumes. Containing the tours through England and Wales of the Hon. John Byng (Later Fifth Viscount Torrington) between the years 1781 and 1794. Edited, with an Introduction, ...

Derbyshire Record Society Collection

Maxwell Craven; J. V. Beckett; J. E. Heath; Dorothy M. Nolan; Wilfrid J. Watkinson; Philip Riden; Pamela Kettle; Philip Riden. · 1990 · Rooke Books

£99.99 (€119.87 | $132.12 | ¥21,101)

Chesterfield , Derbyshire Record Society, 1990 - 1995. Cloth. A collection of referential works from the Derbyshire Record Society collection, complete with their original dustwrappers. Volume XV 'Chesterfield Parish Register 1601-35&apos. Volume XVII 'A Derbyshire A...

The Home Counties Magazine Devoted to the Topography of London, Middlesex, Essex, Herts, Bucks, Berks, Surrey and Kent

W. Paley Baildon (Ed) · 1909 · Rooke Books

£47.99 (€57.53 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

London, George Bell and Sons, 1909. Vellum. A topographical periodical, dedicated to the counties surrounding London. Volume XI. Illustrated throughout with many monochrome plates. A lovely work of local history, for those with an interest in the South East of England. Bound i...

London Diary

Anonymous · 1951 · Rooke Books

£29.99 (€35.95 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London , Franey and Co. Ltd. 1951. Cloth. An illustrated journal of events within London, and personal diary to the rear. With photographic, cartoon and map illustrations throughout. With a section for anniversaries, notes and a memorandum. In original cloth binding with gilt ...

An Illustrated Itinerary of the County of Lancaster

Cyrus Redding · 1842 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.87 | $151.96 | ¥24,268)

London , How and Parsons, 1842. Cloth. A Nineteenth Century history of Lancaster. With plates throughout, the work offers a unique insight into the city and its namesake county. The work is missing its title page. Rebound in cloth binding. Externally very smart indeed, there i...

The Book of British Topography a Classified Catalogue of the Topographical Works in the Library of the British Museum Relating to Great Britain and Ireland

John P. Anderson · 1881 · Rooke Books

£49.99 (€59.93 | $66.05 | ¥10,549)

London , W. Satchell and Co, 1881. First edition. Cloth. The Book of British Topography. A Classified Catalogue of the Topographical Works in the Library of the British Museum relating to Great Britain and Ireland by John P. Anderson. The Book of British Topography. A Classifi...

Picturesque Middlesex

R H Ernest Hill · 1904 · Rooke Books

£39.99 (€47.94 | $52.84 | ¥8,439)

London , F. E. Robinson & Co. 1904. Cloth. A lovely illustrated guide to the beauty spots and buildings of note in Middlesex. "A volume of sketches by Duncan Moul. With Descriptive Letterpress by R. H. Ernest Hill". Featuring many full page black and white plates of scenic loc...

A Hertfordshire Valley

Scott Hastie and David Spain · 1996 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

Kings Langley, The Alpine Press Ltd, 1996. First edition. Hardback. An illustrated first edition of this local Hertfordshire history. A historical and topographical work on the Gade and Bulbourne Valley in Hertfordshire extending from Tring in the north to Hunton Bridge near W...

New Map of Manchester and District

Abel Haywood and Son · 1912 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

Manchester, Abel Haywood and Son, c1870. Cloth. Abel Haywood and Son's new map of Manchester and District. A charming colour map of Manchester and the surrounding districts c1870. The series of maps and travel guides started when Abel Haywood, who founded series publisher...

Highways and Byways in Somerset and Surrey in Two Volumes

Various · 1912 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1912 - 1935. Cloth. A pair of volumes on the 'Highways & Byways of England&apos. The set consists of: Highways & Byways in Somerset by Edward Hutton with illustrations by Nelly Erichsen, Highways & Byways in Surrey by Eric Parker with il...

The Beauties of England and Wales: Or, Original Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Descriptive

Rev. Joseph Nightingale; Edward Wedlake Braylet et. al. · 1801 · Rooke Books

£1,400.00 (€1,678.37 | $1,849.91 | ¥295,441)

London, Printed for Vernor and Hood, Longman and Rees; J. Harris; Longman and Co.; J. Walker; R. Baldwin et. al. 1801-1814. First edition. Leather. Twelve volumes of this encyclopaedic topographical survey of England and Wales, embellished with engraved plates throughout. Firs...