Viaggi e geografia

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...

The History and Antiquities of the County of Norfolk: Containing an Account of the Hundred of Forehoe

[Francis Blomefield] · 1781 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)

Norwich, Stevenson and Matchett, [1781]. Leather. Francis Blomefield's detailed history on the Hundred of Forehore, an interesting illustrated topographical work. Illustrated with a frontispiece, and two plates.An extract from Francis Blomfield's important county his...

A Late Sumer, the Memories of E.R. Cartwright

E. R. Cartwright · 1964 · Rooke Books

£37.00 (€44.36 | $48.89 | ¥7,808)

London, The Caravel Press, 1964 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the first edition of E. R. Cartwright's autobiographical account of fourteen years spent in the far east following the First World War. The first edition, first impression, in the publis...

Lhasa and Its Mysteries, with a Record of the Expedition of 1903-1904

L. Austine Waddell · 1905 · Rooke Books

£345.00 (€413.60 | $455.87 | ¥72,805)

London, John Murray, 1905 . Leather. The second edition of Laurence Waddell's richly illustrated account of the British Mission to Lhasa of 1904-1905. The second edition of this work, published the month after the first.Waddell provides an account of the British Mission t...

North Wales; Including Its Scenery, Antiquities, Customs, and Some Sketches of Its Natural History

Rev. W. Bingley · 1804 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.83 | $191.60 | ¥30,599)

London, T. N. Longman, 1804 . First edition. Leather. The two volume first edition of Rev. William Bingley's detailed study of the history, scenery and natural history of North Wales. The two volume first edition of this work.The information the author provides is drawn f...

The Description of Britain

Richard of Cirencester; [Charles Bertram] · 1809 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, J. White and Co, 1809. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of this interesting historical work by Charles Bertram, a forged fourteenth century topographical work complete with folding maps. The first edition.An interesting work, being a forgery by Charles Bertra...

The Counties of Chester, Derby, Leicester, Lincoln, and Rutland, Illustrated

T. Noble; T. Rose · 1836 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.84 | $178.38 | ¥28,489)

London, Paris, and New York, Fisher, Son, & Co., 1836. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this volume exploring the picturesque beauty of various locations in England, with the detailed engravings of Thomas Allom. The first edition, dated to the engraved title.A beauti...

A Memoir of Hawarden Parish, Flintshire, Containing Short Introductory Notices of the Princes of North Wales; So Far As to. Connect, and Elucidate, Distant and Obscure Events.

[Richard Willett] · 1822 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

Chester, J. Fletcher, 1822. First edition. Hardback. A very scarce first edition of this memoir of Hawarden Parish in Flintshire, with a folding map. A first edition of the work. In the original publisher's paper boards. Amateurly rebacked.With a folding map to the front...

A Sketch of Old England from a New England Man

A New England Man [James Kirke Paulding] · 1822 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)

London, Sir Richard Phillips & Co. 1822. Hardback. A very scarce copy of the UK printing of this collection of letters, supposedly written by an American traveller on visiting England. Very scarce. Originally published in New York by Charles Wiley, re-printed in London by Sir ...

A Great Free City: The Book of Silchester

James Thomson · 1924 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. Limited, 1924. Cloth. A smart limited edition set on the ancient history of Silchester, with illustrations throughout. Complete in two volumes. Limited to three hundred and fifty copies, of which this is number two hundred and tw...

York from Its Origin to the End of the 11th Century

George Benson · 1911 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

York, Cooper & Swann, 1911. Cloth. A very scarce historical study of York from the eleventh century, with illustrations. Very scarce work. Illustrated with forty figures and nine folding plates. Collated complete. A comprehensive historical study of York from the eleventh cent...

The Enchanted Road

Donald Maxwell · 1927 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London, Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1927. First edition. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated first edition of this travel tale from Donald Maxwell. First edition. Illustrated throughout with a coloured frontispiece, twenty-five plates, and many in-text images for a total of ninety-nine im...

Beautes de L&Apos;Histoire D&Apos;Angleterre

Pierre Jean Baptiste Nougaret · 1819 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Paris, Le Prier, 1819. Leather. The third edition of Nougaret's charming look at the history of English dress, complete with sixteen plates. The third edition.In the original French. A charming French work on the beauties of English, looking at the fashions of the noble ...

From Paddington to Penzance

Charles G. Harper · 1893 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1893. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this travelogue in which Charles George Harper describes and illustrates is journey from London to Cornwall. A first edition of this travelogue in which Charles George Harper describes and illustrates is j...

The Somerset Coast

Charles G. Harper · 1909 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Chapman & Hall, 1909. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this comprehensive illustrated guide to the Somerset coast. The first edition of this uncommon work in the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Bookplates to the front paste down and fron...

Unknown Sweden

James William Barnes Steveni · 1925 · Rooke Books

£47.00 (€56.35 | $62.10 | ¥9,918)

London, Hurst and Blackett, Limited, 1925. Cloth. A scarce illustrated edition of this detailed guide to Sweden and Scandinavia. Scarce work. Illustrated with frontispiece, forty-six plates, and a folding colour map. Collated complete. A detailed study of Sweden, with referenc...

Neolithic Dew-Ponds and Cattle-Ways

Arthur John Hubbard; George Hubbard · 1907 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1907. Cloth. The second edition of Arthur and George Hubbard's illustrated survey of Neolithic dew-ponds and cattle-ways. The second edition of this work. A fascinating survey of dew-ponds and cattle-ways with chapters on Cissbury Ring and...

Who&Apos;D Marry a Doctor?

Elain Grundy · 1968 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

Christchurch, Whitcombe and Tombs Limited, 1968 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of Elain Grundy's autobiographical account of a year spend in the Chatham Islands. First edition of Who'd Marry a Doctor? A Chatham Islands Casebook by Elain Grundy in th...

Bath & Bristol

Stanley Hutton · 1915 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London , A & C Black , 1915. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this volume on Bath & Bristol with colour plates. A first edition copy. This volume is a rich and detailed guide to the history of the wonderful cities of Bath and Bristol. With twenty colour plates a...

Book of Meavy, Taunton, Sidmouth; Honiton, Nynehead and Creech St Michael

Various · 1977 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.85 | $171.78 | ¥27,434)

Devon; Buckinghamshire, Halsgrove; Barracuda Books, 1977-2006 . First edition. Cloth. A lovely collection of these works on British topography and history with illustrations and in the original dust wrappers. Six volumes from this series on British history and topography from ...