Viaggi e geografia

Medical Guide to the Hot Mineral Baths of Bath, with Extracts from the Report of the Special Commission of the Lancet

Anonymous · 1901 · Rooke Books

£36.00 (€43.16 | $47.57 | ¥7,597)

Bath, Herald Office, 1901. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this medical guide to the mineral baths of Bath in England, illustrated throughout. The first edition of this work. A useful guide to the mineral baths in Bath, England, which have long been used for their m...

Isis and Thamesis

Alfred J Church · 1886 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London, Seeley and Co, 1886. First edition. Cloth. An extremely bright, first edition copy of Alfred J Church's sentimental journey along the Thames from Oxford to Henley. Twelve illustrations and numerous vignettes throughout. A very attractive copy of this delightful bo...

A Picturesque Guide to Bath, Bristol Hot-Wells, the River Avon and the Adjacent Country; Illustrated with a Set of Views, Taken in the Summer of 1792

Ibbetson, Laporte, J Hassell · 1793 · Rooke Books

£600.00 (€719.30 | $792.82 | ¥126,618)

London, Hookham and Carpenter, 1793. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this guide to Bath, Bristol Hot-Wells, The River Avon and the adjacent countryside. Illustrated, with many aquatint plates. Sixteen plates total, according with the list to the rear by John Hasse...

A Journey to Beresford Hall the Seat of Charles Cotton Esq the Celebrated Author and Angler

W Alexander · 1841 · Rooke Books

£1,450.00 (€1,738.31 | $1,915.97 | ¥305,993)

London, John Russell Smith, 1841. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce work relating to Charles Cotton the famous angler, depicting a facsimile letter written by William Alexander regarding Beresford Hall, Charles Cotton's residence. In the publishe...

London (Illustrated) a Complete Guide to the Places of Amusements, Objects of Interest, Parks, Clubs, Markets, Docks, Principal Railway Routes, Leading Hotels, and Also a Director, in a Concise Form of First Class Reliable Houses in the Various Branches of Trade

1879 · Rooke Books

£1,200.00 (€1,438.60 | $1,585.63 | ¥253,235)

London, Henry Herbert and Co, 1879. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of the 1879 edition of this interesting guide to London, illustrated throughout with chromolithograph borders, and contemporary photographs. The first edition of this work. A very scarce work...

Indexes to the County Visitations in the Library at Middle Hill. 1840. And to a Few Others in the Harl. Mss. British Museum, the Bodleian Library, and Queen&Apos;S College, Oxford.

Sir Thomas Phillpps · 1841 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)

Middle Hill, Typis Medio-Montainis Impressit C. Gilmour, 1841. Leather. A very scarce work of British heraldry being a extensive index of county visitations. This copy has been handsomely rebound in a quarter morocco binding. With the bookplate of Sir George John Armytage, Bar...

County Town Backs and Fronts in Kennelsford

Lynton Lamb · 1950 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1950. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this work British topography by the noted artist and author Lynton Lamb. First edition. In the publisher's original cloth binding, held in the original unclipped dustwrapper. A work by the ar...

Twenty-Five Great Houses of France

Sir Theodore Andrea Cook; W. H. Ward · 1916 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, Country Life, 1916. Cloth. A nicely bound copy of Theodore Cook's extensive look at the great houses of France, illustrated profusely throughout. This work discusses the beautiful great houses in France, such as Mont St. Michel, Pierrefonds, Chateau Gaillard, Loch...

Marshall&Apos;S Select Views in Great Britain, &C. &C.

1825 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)

London, W. Marshall, 1825. Leather. A very scarce copy of this heavily illustrated work on the prominent views and scenery in Great Britain. A very scarce work. Incomplete, being Volume IV of a total of four volumes. An interesting work on a selection of picturesque views in G...

Topographical Botany: Being Local and Personal Records Towards Shewing the Distribution of British Plants Traced Through the 112 Counties and Vice-Counties of England, Wales, and Scotland

Hewett Cottrell Watson · 1883 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

London, Bernard Quaritch, 1883. Cloth. The second edition of Hewett Watson's interesting guide to the different plants that grow throughout Britain, illustrated with a folding map. The second edition of this work. This work is a thorough guide to the plants to be found ar...

A Compendious History of Sussex, Topographical, Archaeological, and Anecdotical.

Mark Antony Lower · 1870 · Rooke Books

£126.00 (€151.05 | $166.49 | ¥26,590)

Lewes, Geo. P. Bacon, 1870. First edition. Leather. An uncommon first edition copy of this fascinating historical, topographical, archaeological, and anecdotal study of Sussex by Mark Antony Lower. Mark Antony Lower was a Sussex historian renowned for founding the 'Sussex...

Survey of London Parish of St James Westminster South of Piccadilly, North of Piccadilly

F H E Sheppard · 1960 · Rooke Books

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

London, Athlone Press University of London, 1960-63. First edition. Cloth. Four volumes of the famed research project, 'The Survey of London&apos. With illustrations and plans depicting the Parish of St James and Westminster, specifically the South and North of Piccadilly...

Historical Richmond

Edwin Beresford Chancellor · 1885 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, George Bell and Sons, 1885. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of Edwin Beresford Chancellor's first work 'Historical Richmond', published when the author was only seventeen years old. This copy is not a Subscriber's Edition Copy; it is lack...

A Winter in Algeria 1863-64

Mrs G. Albert Rogers [Ellen M. Rogers] · 1865 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)

London, Sampson Low, Son, And Marston, 1865. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this highly influential Victorian travel guide, complete with six monochrome illustrations. The first edition. Scarce. Collated complete, with six full page monochrome illustrations. The wo...

The Present State of the Cape of Good-Hope or a Particular Account of the Several Nations of the Hottentots Together with a Short Account of the Dutch Settlement at the Cape Written Originally in High German by Peter Kolben Done Into English by Mr Medley

Peter Kolben; Mr Medley · 1731 · Rooke Books

£2,750.00 (€3,296.79 | $3,633.74 | ¥580,331)

London, W Innys, 1731. First edition. Leather. One of the earliest and prominent eighteenth century works on the Cape of Good-Hope, the first edition of this work in English. First thus, the first English edition of this work originally written by Peter Kolben in High German a...

The Salopian

Anonymous · 1907 · Rooke Books

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

Shrewsbury, L. Wilding, 1907-1919 . First edition. Cloth. A substantial eight volume collection of "The Salopian," recording Shrewsbury School"s literature, sport and daily life from the years 1907-1919. The official magazine of Shrewsbury School, providing a detailed contempo...

A Flora of Shropshire

W. A. Leighton · 1841 · Rooke Books

£995.00 (€1,192.84 | $1,314.75 | ¥209,974)

Shrewsbury; London, John Davies; John Van Voorst, 1841 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of Leighton"s Flora of Shropshire, an exceptional presentation copy to John F. M. Dovaston, enriched with botanical correspondence and manuscript records with an early reference ...

An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of Oxford

Anonymous; The Royal Commission on Historical Monuments · 1939 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.84 | $178.38 | ¥28,489)

London, His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1939. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition, heavily illustrated with folding maps of Oxford, and with original dust wrapper. A first edition. Illustrated heavily throughout, featuring a monochrome frontispiece, twelve monoc...

A Collection of the Acts of Parliament Now in Force for Regulating the Turnpike Roads

Anonymous · 1831 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, George Eyre and Andrew Spottiswoode, 1831 . Leather. An uncommon early 19th century guide to contemporary legislation regarding Acts of Parliament about turnpike roads. An uncommon work. A collection of parliamentary acts regarding the operation of  toll-funded roads ...

The Roman Wall, and Illustrations of the Principal Vestiges of Roman Occupation in the North of England

Henry MacLauchlan · 1857 · Rooke Books

£795.00 (€953.07 | $1,050.48 | ¥167,768)

London, Printed for private distribution, 1857 . First edition. Leather. A signed presentation copy from the Duke of Northumberland of the very scarce first edition of Henry MacLauchlan's illustrated survey of Roman remains in northern England. The first edition of this w...