Viaggi e geografia

Unbeaten Tracks

P. E. Barnes · 1927 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Bristol, Western Daily Press, 1927-1931. Cloth. Two neat illustrated volumes of Barnes' rambler's guides to Bristol and the West. Two volumes. Written by P. E. Barnes. Unbeaten Tracks, A Rambler's Guide Around Bristol, Bath and Weston-Super-Mare (1927) A collect...

The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson

James Boswell · 1813 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, T. Cadell, 1813. Cloth. The sixth revised and corrected edition of this tour of the Hebrides. Sixth edition. Revised and enlarged. With portrait frontispiece. Includes some poetical pieces by Dr. Samuel Johnson never before published; a series of conversations, literar...

Highways & Byways in Middlesex; Highways & Byways in Surrey; Highways & Byways in Northumbria; Highways & Byways in Devon & Cornwall; Highways & Byways in Somerset; Highways & Byways in Sussex

Various · 1909 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1909-1928. Cloth. Six volumes from Macmillan's popular, 'Highways & Byways,' topographical series, regarding the regions of England. Six volumes from the popular, 'Highways & Byways', series by Macmillan & Co. All sma...

A Tour Throughout South Wales and Monmouthshire

J. T. Barber · 1803 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, J. Nichols and Son for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1803. First edition. Leather. The first edition of British army officer, artist and philanthropist John Thomas Barber's topographical guide to Monmouthshire and South Wales. The first edition of this work, illustrate...

Wanderings in West Africa from Liverpool to Fernando Po

A F.R.G.S. [Richard Francis Burton] · 1863 · Rooke Books

£3,500.00 (€4,195.91 | $4,624.76 | ¥738,603)

London, Tinsley Brothers, 1863 . First edition. Cloth. An exceptionally bright copy of the two volume first edition of Burton's account of his explorations in West Africa. The first edition of this work by British explorer and writer Sir Richard Francis Burton, who held m...

The Akikuyu: Their Customs, Traditions, and Folklore

Fr. C. Cagnolo · 1933 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

Nyeri , Printed by Akikuyu in the Mission Printing School, 1933 . First edition. Cloth. The first Englsh edition of this interesting account of the life and traditions of the Akikuyu of Kenya by Fr. C. Cagnolo. Account of the Akikuyu Bantu ethnic group native to Central Kenya,...

The Panorama of London, and Visitor&Apos;S Pocket Companion, in a Tour Through the Metropolis

Thomas Allen · 1830 · Rooke Books

£97.00 (€116.29 | $128.17 | ¥20,470)

London, I. T. Hinton, 1830 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of this very scarce illustrated nineteenth century tourist guide to London. Collated, illustrated with seventy five engraved plates by J. Rogers, as called for in the list of illustrations. Lacking all thre...

A Concise New Gazetteer of the World, for the Use of Schools

Christopher Earnshaw · 1824 · Rooke Books

£158.00 (€189.42 | $208.78 | ¥33,343)

London, H. Mozley; G. Cowie and Co, 1824. First edition. Leather. A vanishingly scarce first edition gazetteer of the world, an extensively detailed work complete with seven folding maps. A vanishingly scarce work.The first and only edition.Illustrated with a folding map to th...

Specimens of Gothic Architecture; Selected from Various Ancient Edifices in England: Consisting of Plans, Elevations, Sections, and Parts at Large; Calculated to Exemplify the Various Styles, and the Practical Construction of This Admired Class of Architecture

Augustus Pugin; E. J. Wilson · 1821 · Rooke Books

£695.00 (€833.19 | $918.35 | ¥146,666)

London, M. A. Nattali , 1821-23. First edition. Leather. Augustus Pugin's classic work on Gothic Architecture, consisting of numerous engravings. The first edition. Complete in two volumes. In a quarter morocco binding with a portion of the original spine. Pugin's ex...

New Light on Ancient Egypt

Gaston Maspero; Elizabeth Lee [trans.] · 1909 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1909 . Cloth. An exceptionally bright copy of an early impression of the English language edition of Maspero's study of ancient Egypt. The third impression of Elizabeth Lee's English language translation of French Egyptologist Gaston Maspero ...

Miscellaneous Works in Verse and Prose, of the Late Right Honourable Joseph Addison; Remarks on Several Parts of Italy, &C.

Joseph Addison; Mr Tickell [ed] · 1736 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)

London, J. and R. Tonson, 1736. Leather. Four smart full calf volumes of the works of Joseph Addison, featuring his miscellaneous works in three volumes, and the fifth edition of his Italian travelogue. Four 1736 volumes of the works of English essayist, poet, playwright and p...

England Described: Being a Concise Delineation of Every County in England and Wales; with an Account of Its Most Important Products; Notices of the Principal Seats; and a View of Transactions CIVIL and Military &C.

John Aikin · 1818 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Printed for Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1818. Leather. A concise account of England and Wales by John Aikin illustrated with a large folding map in colour. Originally published as 'England Delineated' in 1788; this edition first thus under new title. Containin...

Black Mist

Attilio Gatti · 1933 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, Hutchinson & Co. (Publishers) Ltd. 1933 . First edition. Cloth. The uncommon first edition of this travel exploration work in Africa from the early twentieth century. The first edition of Black Mist by Attilio Gatti in the original publisher's cloth binding. An u...

The Idyllic Avon, Being a Simple Description of the Avon from Tewkesbury to Above Stratford-on-Avon, with Songs & Pictures of the River and Its Neighbourhood.

John Henry Garrett · 1906 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)

New York; London , G. P. Putnam's Sons , 1906. First edition. Leather. A first edition copy of this interesting topographical work regarding the River Avon, bound in beautiful half morocco by Maltbys. The first edition. Rebound in a neat half morocco binding by Maltbys of...

Picturesque Europe

1892 · Rooke Books

£1,350.00 (€1,618.42 | $1,783.84 | ¥284,890)

London, Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co. [1892-7]. Cloth. An impressive large set dedicated to the beauty of Europe, stunningly and richly illustrated by a variety of talented artists. Complete with two volumes dedicated to the British Isles and three volumes on the Continent. La...

The Coming of the Maori

Te Rangi Hiroa [Sir Peter Buck] · 1970 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Wellington, Maori Purposes Fund Board, 1970. Cloth. An early edition of this illustrated ethnographical study of the Maori people, written by Sir Peter Buck, also known as Te Rangi Hiroa. A fascinating and detailed ethnographical study of the Maori people, including chapters o...

Tales of the North American Indians

Barbara Hawes · 1853 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.68 | $363.37 | ¥58,033)

London, Jarrold and Sons, c1853. Cloth. The second edition of Barbara Hawes's fascinating historical account of the lives of Native Americans. With an illustrated frontispiece.A fascinating volume consisting a series of anecdotes about the lives of the native populations ...

Pleasant Days in Pleasant Places

Edward Walford · 1896 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, W. H. Allen, c1885. Leather. A smart Relfe Brothers bound topographical exploration of Britain, a charming illustrated work. In a signed binding by the Relfe Brothers, a smart prize binding for Gainsborough Grammar School, with their prize label to the recto to the fro...

The Making of Northern Nigeria

Captain C. W. J. Orr · 1911 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1911. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition study on the influence of British government in Nigeria, complete with folding maps. The scarce first edition of this work.Illustrated with a colour folding map to the frontispiece, one colou...

A Historical Tour Through Pembrokeshire

Richard Fenton · 1903 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

Brecknock, Davies & Co. 1903. Cloth. Enlarged second edition of this topographical work on Pembrokeshire by Richard Fenton, complete with all plates and maps. Topographical and historical work on Pembrokeshire by Richard Fenton. Second enlarged edition with additional notes by...