Carte geografiche e topografia

Walks in and Around London

Uncle Jonathan · 1884 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, T. Woolmer , 1884. First edition. Cloth. A rare first edition of this scarce work by Uncle Jonathan exploring the city of London, decorated with lovely engravings throughout. A rare first edition of this scarce work, exploring the city of London. Written by 'Uncle...

Scotland Illustrated, in a Series of Eighty Views

Professor Wilson; Various · 1845 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, A. Fullarton, 1845. First edition. Fine Binding. A handsomely bound copy of this work on Scotland, illustrated and in the first edition. Fully illustrated with eighty plates, collated and complete. Including illustrations by John C. Brown, William Brown, Andrew Donalds...

The Beauties of England Displayed

William Toldervy · 1770 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.47 | $594.61 | ¥94,963)

London, Not Stated, 1770. Leather. A very scarce topographical study of eighteenth century England, illustrated with charming copper-plate embellishments. This is the very scarce anonymously published work of William Toldervy. First published in 1762 under the title 'Engl...

Annals of Christ&Apos;S Hospital from Its Foundation to the Present Time and of the Original Conventual Church of the Grey Friaris

[Edmund Dring] · 1867 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Lothian and Co, 1867. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this beautifully illustrated history of Christ's Hospital, with six photographic plates by Valentine Blanchard. The first edition of this work.A concise history of the Christ's Hospital, London,...

Oban and the District Around

Alexander Mailer Faichney · 1902 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

Not Stated, Not Stated, 1902. Cloth. An illustrated guide to the resort town of Oban from the turn of the twentieth century, illustrated and complete with a number of advertisements. A tourist guide to Oban, situated in the Argyll and Bute area of Scotland, with a horseshoe sh...

Wanderings and Excursions in North Wales

Thomas Roscoe · 1853 · Rooke Books

£500.00 (€599.42 | $660.68 | ¥105,515)

London, Tilt and Bogue, Simpkin and Co, Orr and Co, 1853. Leather. A beautiful and finely bound copy of Thomas Roscoe's work exploring North Wales at the beginning of the nineteenth century, lavishly illustrated throughout. In a striking fine morocco binding.Illustrated w...

General View of the Agriculture of Shropshire; with Observations. Drawn Up for the Considerations of the Board of Agriculture, and Internal Improvement

Joseph Plymley · 1803 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.68 | $363.37 | ¥58,033)

London, Richard Phillips, 1803. First edition. Leather. A well bound first edition of this agricultural work focussing on Shropshire, England, by Joseph Plymley, illustrated with folding plates. The first edition of this work. Illustrated with five folding plates, two maps, an...

The Itinerary of John Leland the Antiquary

John Leland; Thomas Hearne · 1768 · Rooke Books

£1,490.00 (€1,786.26 | $1,968.83 | ¥314,434)

Oxford, James Fletcher, 1768-69. Leather. The third edition of John Leland's complete itineraries, noting his journeys around England and Wales in the Tudor era, researching into local topography. Illustrated throughout, including with a folding plate. The third edition o...

Hampshire

Telford Varley · 1909 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1909. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing first edition copy of Telford Varley's fascinating history of the county of Hampshire; with copious beautiful illustrations by Wilfrid Ball throughout. Wilfrid Williams Ball was a prolific Victorian an...

Recollections of Old Country Life Social, Political, Sporting, & Agricultural

J. K. Fowler · 1894 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co, 1894. Cloth. A signed limited edition copy of J. K. Fowler's work on life in Buckinghamshire, illustrated throughout. Author's presentation copy. A limited edition work, a large paper copy, of which only seventy-five were printed. Thi...

A Short History and Description of Bow Church, Cheapside. Compiled by Arthur Wollaston Hutton, M.A. , Rector

Arthur Wollaston Hutton · 1908 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Elliot Stock, 1908. Paperback. A very scarce work of local history. In this work Arthur Wollaston Hutton offers a history and description of Bow Church located in Cheapside. A very scarce work of local history. This work is a short history and description of Bow Church...

An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of Cambridge

1959 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

England, Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, 1959. Cloth. A profusely illustrated work on the history of the monuments in Cambridge, illustrated with numerous plates and folding plates. In two volumes. These volumes offer a comprehensive look at the history of Cambridge,...

New Remarks of London: Or, a Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster, of Southwark and Part of Middlesex and Surrey Within the Circumference of the Bills of Mortality

the Company of Parish-Clerks · 1732 · Rooke Books

£425.00 (€509.50 | $561.58 | ¥89,688)

London, E Midwinter, 1732. Leather. A geographical survey of London and its surrounding areas, compiled by the company of Parish-Clerks. A fascinating eighteenth century survey of London. This work discusses the value of various rectories and vicarages, the rebuildings of chur...

A Pictorial and Descriptive Guide to the English Lake District with an Outline Guide for Pedestrians. Map of District and Three Section Maps. Upwards of Sixty Illustrations. Nineteenth Edition - Revised.

Unamed · 1924 · Rooke Books

£28.00 (€33.57 | $37.00 | ¥5,909)

London, Ward, Lock and Co, 1924. Cloth. An illustrated guidebook published Ward, Lock and Co, being a guide to the Lake District. Illustrated with numerous maps throughout. Undated, dated using Copac. In the publisher's original red cloth binding. Nineteenth edition, revi...

Recollections of Richmond Its Institutions and Their Development.

Somers T. Gascoyne · 1898 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.87 | $151.96 | ¥24,268)

Surrey, Fredk. W. Dimbleby, [1898]. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition copy of Somers T. Gascoyne recollections of the town of Richmond in south-west London, copiously illustrated throughout. Providing a fascinating insight into the area and its inhabitants in t...

Yorkshire Etchings with Sonnets and Descriptions

Anthony Buckle · 1885 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

Leeds, Richard Jackson, 1885. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first limited edition copy of Anthony Buckle's 'Yorkshire Etchings', copiously illustrated throughout. This edition is limited to five hundred copies, of which this copy is 'No. 2&apos. Supposedly...

Bonnie Scotland

A R Hope Moncrieff · 1904 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.83 | $191.60 | ¥30,599)

London, A & C Black, 1904. First edition. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated, limited edition, work on Scotland. This is the De Luxe edition, limited to five hundred copies. This is number 161. Signed by Hope Moncrieff, the author of the accompanying text to Sutton Palmer's...

The Gull"S Hornbook

T. Decker [Thomas Dekker] · 1812 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.80 | $224.63 | ¥35,875)

Bristol, For J. M. Gutch , 1812. Leather. A smartly bound reprint of Thomas Dekker"s celebrated satire of Jacobean London life, illustrated with engraved letters designed by Edward Bird and Ebenezer Byfield.  In a modern quarter brown morocco binding with cloth boards, endpape...

Shropshire Notes and Queries: A Collection of Literary, Legendary, Antiquarian, Historical, Biographical, and Philological Fragmenta Relating to or Connected with the County of Salop. Volumes I-II, New Series.

Various · 1892 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.84 | $178.38 | ¥28,489)

Shrewsbury , Reprinted from “The Shrewsbury Chronicle. 1892-1893 . Leather. The first two volumes in the New Series of this very scarce periodical, preserving the history, archaeology, folklore, and local tradition of Shropshire. In a contemporary half morocco binding with mar...

Irish Pictures Drawn with Pen and Pencil

Richard Lovett · 1888 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, The Religious Tract Society, 1888. First edition. Cloth. A richly illustrated first edition book of striking Irish landscapes. A charming first edition book of Irish sites and scenes.In the original decorated pictorial boards, in blue variant cloth.Decorated with illus...