Viaggi e geografia

Kelly&Apos;S Directory of Berkshire and Oxfordshire. With New Maps.

ed. A. Lindsay Kelly · 1899 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, Kelly's Directories Limited, 1899. Cloth. A very scarce 1899 edition of Kelly's Directory covering Berkshire and Oxfordshire, with a large folded map. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Stamped to the fore edge to distinguish the parts on Berkshi...

The History, Directory, and Gazetteer, of the County Palatine of Lancaster

Edward Baines · 1824 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.81 | $211.42 | ¥33,765)

Liverpool, Wm. Wales & Co, 1824-1826. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this impressively detailed two volume early nineteenth century directory of Lancaster and its surroundings. An extensive and informative directory of Lancaster by Edward Baines, the editor and p...

Worthies of Buckinghamshire and Men of Note of That County

Robert Gibbs · 1888 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

Alyesbury, Robert Gibbs, 1888. First edition. Cloth. An interesting first edition copy of this biography of men of note of Buckinghamshire. A first edition copy of Worthies of Buckinghamshire and Men of Note of that County by Robert Gibbs. The aim of this volume was to collec...

Kenya Mountain

E. A. T. Dutton; Hilaire Belloc [Intro.] · 1930 · Rooke Books

£575.00 (€689.33 | $759.78 | ¥121,342)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1930 . Cloth. The second edition of Dutton's account of his ascent of Mount Kenya in 1926, signed by the author and illustrated throughout. A signed presentation copy of the second edition of E.A.T. Dutton's account of his trip up Mount Kenya i...

British West Africa, Its Rise and Progress

Major A. F. Mockler-Ferryman · 1900 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Swan Sonnenschein, 1900 . Cloth. The second edition of this detailed study of the relationship between Britain and West Africa in the nineteenth century. Illustrated throughout, this work is scarce in all editions. The second edition of British Army Major Augustus Ferr...

Sporting Life on the Norwegian Fjelds, with Jottings on Sport in Norway

I. A. Friis; W. G. Lock · 1878 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

Woolwich, The Translator, 1878 . First edition. Cloth. Illustrated with a folding chromolithograph map, this is the scarce first edition of Lock's translation of this guide to sports in Norway. The scarce first edition of W. G. Lock's English language translation of ...

With Lawrence in Arabia

Lowell Thomas · 0 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Hutchinson & Co. c1925. Cloth. Early edition of this celebrated work that inspired the award-winning film and created the legend of Lawrence of Arabia, by Thomas Lowell. The fifth edition of this work. A classic by Lowell Thomas responsible for publicising and inspirin...

Sur L&Apos;Eau

Guy de Maupassant · 1899 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

Paris, Paul Ollendorff, 1899. Fine Binding. A handsomely bound copy of Guy de Maupassant's 'Sur l'Eau', a travel diary inspired by the author's real life travels on the Cote d'Azur. A compelling work by Guy de Maupassant, inspired by his real-life...

The Margate R.N. L. I Station and Its Lifeboats from 1860

A. P. Walters · 1997 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

Berkshire , Axxent, 1997. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition, illustrated copy of The Margate R. N. L. I Station and its Lifeboats from 1860. A first edition copy of The Margate R. N. L. I Station and its Lifeboats from 1860. Margate is in the North East corner of the...

British Association Excursions, Bristol

British Association · 1898 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.84 | $178.38 | ¥28,489)

Bristol, W. C. Hemmons, 1898. First edition. Cloth. A collection of seventeen booklets from the British Association excursions guides to Bristol and neighbourhood. First edition of this work. Seventeen of eighteen booklets in the original publisher's cloth casing, contain...

A Monograph of the British Lichens: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Species in the Department of Botany, British Museum; Parts I & II

Annie Lorrain Smith · 1918 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, Trustees of the British Museum, 1918-1926. Cloth. A two volume set of A. L. Smith's study of British lichens with beautiful monochrome plates. Complete set of Annie Lorrain Smith's catalogue of British lichens including illustrations. Volume I is the second e...

The Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales

John Marius Wilson · 1873 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)

Edinburgh, Glasgow, London, Dublin, A. Fullarton & Co. 1873. Leather. An early edition of John Wilson's descriptive topographical dictionary of England and Wales, accompanied by illustrations. Complete in two volumes. A substantial topographical and referential work on E...

A Topographical History of Surrey

Edward Wedlake Brayley; Gideon Mantell · 1850 · Rooke Books

£260.00 (€311.70 | $343.55 | ¥54,868)

London, G. Willis, 1850. Leather. A lavishly illustrated descriptive history of Surrey, an extensive work on the county by Edward Wedlake Brayley. Complete in five volumes.An immense topographical history of the county of Surrey, looking into the rich history and geography of ...

Rouen Illustre

F. Bouquet · 1886 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

Rouen, E. Auge, 1886. Cloth. The second edition of this 19th century illustrated work on the history of the French city of Rouen, in the original French. A fascinating illustrated history of the French city of Rouen, the capital of the northern region of France known as Norman...

Notes or Jottings About Aldeburgh, Suffolk, Relating to Matters Historical, Antiquarian, Ornithological, and Entomological

Nicholas Fenwick Hele · 1890 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Ipswich, S. & W. J. King, 1890. Cloth. An uncommon second edition study on the coastal town Aldeburgh, in Suffolk, an interesting work by Nicholas Fenwick Hele. The second edition of this uncommon work.A charming topographical work on Aldeburgh, a coastal town in Suffolk. In ...

A Pilgrimage in Surrey

James S. Ogilvy · 1914 · Rooke Books

£118.00 (€141.46 | $155.92 | ¥24,901)

London, George Routledge and Sons, 1914 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of James S. Ogilvie's two volume illustrated topographical study of the county of Surrey, and its various towns and villages. Illustrated throughout with the colour plates drawn by the autho...

Portishead Parish History

Eve Wigan · 1932 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

Taunton, Barnicott and Pearce , 1932. First edition. Cloth. A lovely copy of this very scarce volume concerning the history of the parish of Portishead. First edition of this work. Eve Wigan's very scarce history of the parish of Portishead, with chapters from prehistoric...

The &Apos;Passer by&Apos; in London

W. S. Campbell · 1908 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, Chapman and Hall , 1908. First edition. Cloth. Bright first edition of this volume celebrative of London architecture and history by W. S. Campbell. The first edition of this work. A tribute to Wren Gibbons and John Stow, celebrating London's beautiful architectur...

Irish Bogs Sport and Country Life in the Irish Free State

J. W. Seigne · 1928 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. LTD. 1928. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated volume looking into the sports of hunting and fishing in the Irish Free State during the interwar period, an interesting sporting work. The first edition of this work.An exp...

Antiquities of Chester

J. S. Prout [John Skinner Prout] · 1839 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.66 | $383.19 | ¥61,199)

London, Ackermann & Co, 1839 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of this scarce collection of lithographic plates depicting picturesque views of Chester in the first half of the nineteenth century. The scarce first edition of this charming collection of illustrated pla...