Viaggi e geografia

Imperial Album of London Views

Eyre & Spottiswode, Ltd. · 1920 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Eyre & Spottiswode, Ltd. 1920. Cloth. A delightful 1920s album of black-and-white photographs of famous London sights. An album in the publisher's original pebbled cloth binding, with a black-and-white plate inset to the front board. Previous owner's ink insc...

Seaford in Old Picture Postcards

Patricia Berry · 1984 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

Netherlands, European Library, 1984. First edition. Hardback. A very smart first edition of this historical collection of picture postcards from Seaford. First edition. Illustrated with seventy-six photographic postcard style images. Collated complete. A collection of images o...

An Old-Fashioned Journey Through England and Wales

James John Hissey · 1884 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, Richard Bentley and Son, 1884. Cloth. A smart copy of this detailed account of the author's journey through England and Wales. With a frontispiece. A detailed account of the author's own journey through England and Wales by motor, with chapters on Windsor For...

Beautiful British Scenery

T. G. Bonney; Oscar Browning; H. H. S. Pearse; W. Senior; Jas. Grant. · 0 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

London, Charles Taylor, c1900. Cloth. A very scarce collection of illustrations of the British scenery, with descriptions of each area. Very scarce work. Illustrated with a frontispiece, eleven plates, and many wood engravings in-text. Collated complete. A collection of brilli...

Cambridge Described & Illustrated: Being a Short History of the Town and University

Thomas Dinham Atkinson; John Willis Clark · 1897 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Macmillan and Company, Limited, 1897. First edition. Leather. A first edition of this work concerning the historical town and university of Cambridge, with illustrations. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and twenty-eight plates. Collated complete. A detai...

Excursions Through Ireland, Kent and Sussex: Comprising Brief Historical and Topographical Delineations; Together with Descriptions of the Residences of the Nobility and Gentry, Remains of Antiquity, and Other Interesting Subjects of Curiosity Forming a Complete Guide for the Traveller & Tourist.

[Thomas Cromwell] · 1820 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.47 | $594.61 | ¥94,963)

London , Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, [1820]-22. First edition. Leather. Four volumes from Thomas Cromwell's 'Excursions' series, including Kent, Sussex and two volumes in Ireland, illustrated throughout and bound in full straight grain morocco. Four v...

The History and Topography of the County of Essex

Thomas Wright · 1831 · Rooke Books

£260.00 (€311.70 | $343.55 | ¥54,868)

London, George Virtue, 1831-1835. First edition. Leather. A two volume full calf first edition of this history of Essex, with detailed steel engraved plates by W. Bartlett throughout. The first edition of this work, with the first volume published in 1831 and the second volume...

The Beauties of England

[Philip Luckombe] · 1767 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London, L. Davis and C. Reymers, 1767 . Leather. The third edition of English printer and author Philip Luckombe's 'travelling pocket companion' to England. This work presents a 'comprehensive view of the chief villages, market-towns, and cities, antiquitie...

Rome of the Renaissance and to-Day

Sir Rennell Rodd · 1932 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1932. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated commentary on the city of Rome during the Renaissance and in modern times. First edition. Illustrated with frontispiece, fifty-five plates, and a folding map to the rear. C...

Life and Sport in Hampshire

George A. B. Dewar · 1908 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1908. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of this work on the wildlife and sport of Hampshire, with illustrations. First edition. Illustrated with two colour plates, four photogravure plates, and eight black-and-white plates from p...

The Cottage Homes of England

Stewart Dick · 1909 · Rooke Books

£895.00 (€1,072.95 | $1,182.62 | ¥188,871)

London, Edward Arnold, 1909. First edition. Leather. A strikingly bound first edition of this charming work exploring the beautiful architecture found in the English countryside, colourfully illustrated throughout. The first edition of this work.Bound by W. H. Smith and Son LT...

Scottish Loch Scenery

Thomas A. Croal · 1882 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, John Walker, 1882 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this vibrantly illustrated celebration of the Lochs of Scotland. The first edition of this work, with plates after the drawings of Irish-born British watercolour artist, illustrator and engraver Alexander F...

Duncan&Apos;S Itinerary of Scotland: With the Principal Roads to London

1827 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

Glasgow, James Lumsden & Son, 1827 . Hardback. The sixth edition of this informative nineteenth century guide to Scotland, illustrated with two maps. The sixth edition of this work.Collated; illustrated with two hand-coloured maps, one of which is folding. Lacking one map.This...

The General Almanack of Scotland, and British Register for 1810

1810 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

Edinburgh, David Ramsay; Robert Allan; John Watson, 1810 . First edition. Leather. The very scarce 1810 edition of the General Almanack of Scotland. This very scarce and impressively detailed reference work provides information on taxes, stamp duties, fairs, and roads, while a...

Welsh Pictures Drawn with Pen and Pencil

Richard Lovett · 1892 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, The Religious Tract Society, [1892]. Cloth. A lovely volume celebrating the beauties of Wales, an illustrated work with contributions by many authors, edited by Richard Lovett. A beautiful topographical work exploring the scenery of Wales.Each chapter focuses on a diff...

The Pacific Coast Scenic Tour from Southern California to Alaska the Canadian Pacific Railway Yellowstone Park and the Grand Canyon

Henry T. Finck · 1891 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1891. First edition. Cloth. The very scarce to see first U.K. edition of Henry T. Finck's travel work on his tour of the American West Coast, complete with scenic plates. The very scarce first U.K. edition.Illustrated wit...

Indian Reminiscences or, the Bengal Moofussul Miscellany

G. A. Addison · 1837 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.81 | $218.02 | ¥34,820)

London, Edward Bull, 1837 . First edition. Leather. The scarce first edition of this posthumously published work in which a British colonial official discusses his life in India. The scarce first edition of this work.George Augustus Addison worked as Private Secretary to Sir S...

On a Mexican Mustang Through Texas, from the Gulf to the Rio Grande

Alex E. Sweet; J. Armoy Knox · 1905 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1905 . Cloth. A smart copy of this popular work about the life of the late nineteenth century Texas cowboy, illustrated throughout. A smart 'New Impression' of Alexander Sweet and John Knox's account of their travels through Texas follow...

Our Sister Republic: A Gala Trip Through Tropical Mexico in 1869-70

Col. Albert S. Evans · 1870 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

Hartford, Conn, Columbian Book Company, 1870. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of American explorer Albert S. Evans's account of his travel to Mexico. The scarce first edition of this work.Illustrated with a frontispiece and seven plates, alongside numerous ...

History of the City and County of Lichfield, &C.

John Jackson · 1795 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

Lichfield; London, John Jackson; Robinsons, [1795]. First edition. Leather. A very scarce first edition work on the city of Lichfield, Staffordshire, extra-illustrated by a prior owner with folding plates bound in. The first edition of this very scarce work.ESTC citation numbe...