Carte geografiche e topografia

Glimpses of the History of Painswick with a Bibliography of Its Literature

F. A. Hyett · 1928 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Gloucester, John Bellows, 1928. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce work of local history, exploring the small Cotswolds civil parish of Painswick, and its surrounding area. The scarce first edition of F. A Hyett's study of the history of the Cotswolds ...

Picturesque Westminster, Being a Collection of Sketches Illustrating Historic Landmarks and Places of Interest in the Ancient City of Westminster

Walter Emden · 1902 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Carl Hentschel Ltd. 1902. First edition. Cloth. A series of sketches illustrative of Westminster, a scarce first edition portfolio. Exploring landmarks and places of interest in Westminster, arranged and produces by Walter Emden in 1902, year of the Coronation of King ...

Wanderings and Excursions in North and South Wales, Including the Scenery of the River Wye

Thomas Roscoe · 1836 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.36 | $726.75 | ¥116,066)

London, C. Tilt, and Simpkin Co. 1836-37. First edition. Leather. A beautifully illustrated first edition guide to the natural scenery of North and South Wales, written by Thomas Roscoe with illustrated plates. First edition, complete two volume set. In a quarter morocco bindi...

Portrait of Series by Robert Hale

Various · 1963 · Rooke Books

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

London, Robert Hale Limited , 1963-69. First edition. Cloth. A lovely and scarce set of sixteen topographical works on Great Britain from the charming 'Portrait of' series by Robert Hale. A miscellany of first editions and early printings A lovely and scarce set of s...

Autumns in Argyleshire with Rod and Gun

A. E. Gathorne-Hardy · 1900 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Longmans, Green and Co, 1900. Cloth. The second edition of Alfred Gathorne-Hardy's memoir recounting his hunting trips to Argyll, illustrated throughout by Archibald Thorburn. The second edition of this work, published in the same year as the first edition.A colle...

Wanderings and Excursions in North Wales

Thomas Roscoe · 1836 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, Tilt; Washbourne; and Sikpin and Co, 1836. Leather. A lavishly illustrated topographical tour of North Wales by Thomas Roscoe, a lovely work complete with forty-seven plate. A detailed travel journal, written during the author's long excursions through North Wales...

Twelve Sketches of Scenery and Antiquities on the Line of the Great North of Scotland Railway

George Reid · 1883 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

Edinburgh, David Douglas, 1883. First edition. Cloth. A charming consisting of twelve detailed sketches of the impressive architectural sites to be found along the course of the Scottish Railway. The first edition of this work, with twelve plates, each retaining the original t...

The Romano-British City of Silchester

Frederick Davis · 1898 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, William Andrews & Co, 1898. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of Frederick Davis' study of Silchester, his presentation copy to Charles Hawskley. A first edition of this scarce work.The author's presentation copy, inscribed by him to the title pa...

Curiosities of Great Britain. England & Wales Delineated, Historical, Entertaining & Commercial, Alphabetically Arranged

Thomas Dugdale; William Burnett · 0 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)

London, John Tallis, c1830. Leather. A three volume topographical work exploring Great Britain, illustrated with plates and maps and presented in a contemporary leather binding. Written by Thomas Dugdale, antiquarian and cartographer active in the first half of the nineteenth ...

Tunbridge Wells

Margaret Barton · 1937 · Rooke Books

£52.00 (€62.34 | $68.71 | ¥10,974)

London, Faber and Faber , 1937. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this excellent illustrated work on the town of Tunbridge Wells by Margaret Barton. The first 1937 edition of this historical work by Margaret Barton. An excellent volume defined by the author a...

The Visitation of London in the Year 1568 Taken by Robert Cooke

Robert Cooke; Joseph Jackson Howard; George John Armytage · 1869 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, The Harlein Society, 1869. Leather. A scarce 1568 heraldic visitation of London taken by Robert Cooke, a reprint bound in leather and marbled boards. A scarce volume comprising the heraldic visitation of London in 1568, taken by Robert Cooke. Heraldic visitations were ...

The Stranger&Apos;S Guide Through the City of York and Its Cathedral

1832 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

Stonegate , Bellerby's New Circulating Library , 1832. Paperback. An unusually bright copy of this scarce illustrated guide through York and its cathedral. The fourth edition. The fourth edition, enlarged, of this little guide for visitors of York, with a special focus on...

Kelly&Apos;S Map of the Suburbs of London

Anonymous · 1897 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)

London, Kelly's Directories Limited, c1900. Leather. A superior copy of this Victorian map detailing London and its surroundings. Kelly's Directories Ltd. was established to function as a trade directory registering local trade owners. It remains an important record ...

An Comann Under the Microscope

Laura Hart; Joanna Hooi · 2008 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

Glasgow, University of Strathclyde, 2008-9. First edition. Paperback. Two very scarce first edition thesis studies on the topography of Scotland, illustrated throughout. Very scarce works.The first editions of these works.Two topographical thesis studies on small towns in Scot...

This Unknown Island

S. P. B. Mais · 1932 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

London, Putnam, 1932. First edition. Leather. A beautifully bound first edition of S. P. B. Mais' charming look at the topographical scenes of Britain. The first edition of this work.In a signed binding by Leighton Straker.A charming topographical work on England, looking...

Kent

W. Teignmouth Shore · 1907 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1907. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this beautifully illustrated guide to Kent, England, illustrated lavishly in colour throughout. The first edition of this work.A charming and insightful study into the county of Kent, England, an ...

Buckinghamshire and Berkshire

G. E. Mitton · 1920 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, A. & C. Black LTD, 1920. First edition. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated first edition of Black's topographical work on Buckinghamshire and Berkshire, illustrated with lavish colour plates. The first edition of this work.A charming work looking into the topography...

Illustrations of the Natural Scenery of the Snowdonian Mountains: Accompanied by a Description, Topographical and Historical, of the County of Caernarvon

Harry Longueville Jones · 1829 · Rooke Books

£300.00 (€359.65 | $396.41 | ¥63,309)

London, Charles Tilt, 1829. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated topographical work on the Snowdonian mountains in Wales, illustrated with sixteen lithograph plates. The first edition of this work. Illustrated with a lithograph frontispiece, and fifteen ...

Warwickshire Delineated Being a Concise Historical and Topographical Description of That Interesting County

Francis Smith · 1820 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.81 | $211.42 | ¥33,765)

Southam, By The Author, 1820. Cloth. The second edition of this fascinating topographical work regarding Warwickshire, complete with a detailed folding map. Uncommon. Collated complete with a folding map of Warwickshire, a title page vignette of Leamington and a plate of Warwi...

An Old Shropshire Oak

John Wood Warter; Richard Garnett · 1886 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

London, Kegan Paul, Trench, & Co, 1886. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the first two volumes of John Wood Warter's work on his native county Shropshire. The first edition of this work. Incomplete in two volumes out of a total of four volumes. Volumes two and t...