Viaggi e geografia

The &Apos;Abers&Apos; and &Apos;Invers&Apos; of Scotland

Erskine Beveridge · 1923 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.84 | $178.38 | ¥28,489)

Edinburgh, William Brown, 1923. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this study of place names across Scotland, this is the author's own copy. First edition. Scarce work. The author's own copy with his bookplate to the front pastedown. Later passed down thr...

Sketches and Travels in London, Ballads, the Fatal Boots, and Cox&Apos;S Diary, a Little Dinner at Timmins&Apos;S: And the Bedford-Row Conspiracy

William Makepeace Thackeray · 1856 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Bradbury & Evans, 1856. First edition. Leather. A volume of four popular works by Thackeray bound in one volume, three being first editions. A volume of four works by Thackeray bound in one volume, containing novellas and poems, three of the works are first editions.Wi...

City of Nottingham Education Committee. The Advance Club Souvenir of a Summer Holiday in Paris, 1925; and in Lucerne, 1926.

City of Nottingham Education Committee · 1925 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

Nottingham, None, 1925-1926 . Paperback. Two very scarce works, consisting of the itinerary of the Nottingham Education Committee's summer holidays in the mid 1920s to Paris and Lucerne, and with many original photographs. Two very scarce works, with a wealth of original ...

Lincolnshire Notes and Queries, a Quarterly Journal

Ernest L. Grange [ed.]; Rev. J. Clare Hudson [ed.] · 1889 · Rooke Books

£1,750.00 (€2,097.96 | $2,312.38 | ¥369,302)

Horncastle, W. K. Morton, 1889-1915 . First edition. Vellum. The first thirteen volumes of informative quarterly journal 'Lincolnshire Notes and Queries', in full vellum bindings. The first edition of volumes I to XIII of this journal on Lincolnshire. A total of XXIV...

Kingstoniana: Being Historical Gleanings and Personal Recollections

Alderman John Symons · 1889 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

Hull, The Eastern Morning News Company, Limited, 1889. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce work on Kingston-upon-Hull, the first edition of this illustrated work by John Symons. The first edition of this very scarce work.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and nineteen plates.A c...

The Fens and Floods of Mid-Lincolnshire; with a Description of the River Witham, in Its Neglected State Before 1762, and Its Improvements Up to 1825

James Sandby Padley · 1882 · Rooke Books

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

Lincoln, C. Akrill, 1882. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce topographical survey of Lincolnshire, by James Sandby Padley, illustrated with folding maps. The first edition of this very scarce work.'The Fens and Floods of Mid-Lincolnshire' is ...

The Birmingham Daily Post and Journal

1871 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

Not Stated, Not Stated, 1871. Paperback. A scarce newspaper for Birmingham, containing a wealth of news and notices for the area, an interesting insight into Victorian Birmingham. A scarce Birmingham based broadsheet newspaper, being Vol. XVII, No. 4,108, for Saturday 16th Sep...

Ramesses II

T. G. H. James · 2002 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

Italy, White Star, 2002. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this detailed historical work on Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses the Great. First edition. Illustrated throughout with a double-page folding spread to the front of the text and many colour images. Collated compl...

Bodiam Castle, Sussex

The Marquis Curzon of Kedleston; George Curzon · 1926 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1926. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated history of the impressive fourteenth century Bodiam Castle. The first edition.A detailed history of Bodiam Castle, the fourteenth century moated castle in East Sussex.The castle was built ...

A Tour in Scotland and Voyage to the Hebrides

Thomas Pennant · 1776 · Rooke Books

£1,495.00 (€1,792.25 | $1,975.44 | ¥315,489)

London, Benj. White; Benjamin White, 1776. Leather. Thomas Pennant's expansive travel works exploring the beauties of Scotland and the Hebrides, illustrated throughout. Complete in three volumes.Volume I is the fourth edition, Volume II the second, and Volume III the firs...

Bath and Bristol, with the Counties of Somerset and Gloucester

John Britton · 1829 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, Jones and Company, 1829. First edition. Leather. An uncommon volume by John Britton, in which he explores the history of Bath and Bristol, an illustrated first edition. The first edition of this uncommon work.Illustrated with a frontispiece, an engraved title, and twen...

New Picture of Dublin: Comprehending a History of the City

John James M'Gregor [John James McGregor] · 1821 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.81 | $211.42 | ¥33,765)

Dublin, Johnston and Deas, 1821 . First edition. Leather. A very scarce and charmingly illustrated early nineteenth century guide to Dublin, providing also an account of the history of the city. The very scarce first edition of this work.Author John James McGregor provides an ...

Southwell (Nottinghamshire): A Concise Guide for Visitors

Various · 0 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

Derby and Cheltenham, The New Centurion Publishing and Publicity Co. c1960. Brochure/Pamphlet. A smart fourth edition of this very scarce local guide to Southwell in Nottinghamshire, England. Fourth edition. Very scarce. Illustrated throughout. A local guide to Southwell, a mi...

Pilgrimages to Old Homes Mostly on the Welsh Border

Fletcher Moss · 1903 · Rooke Books

£96.00 (€115.09 | $126.85 | ¥20,259)

Didsbury, Published by the Author, 1903-1910. First edition. Cloth. Three smart volumes from this charming travel book exploring old homes, with a letter signed by the photographer. Three volumes. Volumes one, four, and five only. First edition. With a letter enclosed to volum...

Indian Embers

Lady Lawrence [Rosamund Napier] · 1949 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)

Oxford, George Ronald, 1949 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Lady Lawrence's biography of the life of her husband, Sir Henry Staveley Lawrence, a governor of Bombay in the 1920s. The first edition, first impression, in the publisher's original clipped dus...

Notes Sur L&Apos; Angleterre

H. Taine · 1872 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

Paris, Hachette, 1872. Leather. The third edition of this French work by Hippolyte Taine featuring his observations on England, bound in full calf. The third edition. Bound in full calf. Written in French. This work was written by French historian and philosopher Hippolyte ...

Tales of Old Travel

Henry Kingsley · 1882 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1882. Leather. An illustrated new edition of Kingsley's Tales of Old Travel, re-narrated. New edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and seven plates, lacking the plate facing page 44. A collection of re-narrated stories of travelers f...

Memoirs and Reminiscences, Volume II

Sir John Gilbert Kotze; B. A. Tindall [ed.] · 1949 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

Cape Town, Maskew Miller, 1949 . First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of the second volume of South African legal figure Sir John Gilbert Kotzé. The posthumously published second volume of Kotze's memoirs, edited and prepared for publication by B. A. Tindall.In th...

Jarrolds&Apos; Illustrated Guide to Wells-Next-the-Sea

1894 · Rooke Books

£370.00 (€443.57 | $488.90 | ¥78,081)

London, Jarrold & Sons, 1894 . First edition. Paperback. An extremely scarce example of this work on Wells-Next-The-Sea, with illustrations from Arthur Rackham as one of his earlier commercial commissions. First edition. Bound in the publisher's original paper wraps. This...

Illustrative Papers on the History and Antiquities of the City of Coventry

Thomas Sharp; William George Fretton · 1871 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)

Not Stated, Printed for the Subscribers, 1871. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce study on the antiquities of Coventry, an illustrated work by Thomas Sharp. A very scarce work.The first edition thus, printed from the collection of Thomas Sharp's largely unpublished docum...