Viaggi e geografia

A Naturalist in Western China: With Vasculum, Camera, and Gun, Being Some Account of Eleven Years&Apos; Travel, Exploration, and Observation in the More Remote Parts of the Flowery Kingdom

Ernest Henry Wilson; Charles Sprague · 1977 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1977 . Cloth. A complete set of second editions of this illustrated travelogue of Ernest Henry Wilson's explorations of the plant life in China. The second editions, originally published in 1913.In the original green cloth bindings.Volume I is i...

The Moon of the Fourteenth Night

Eustache de Lorey; Douglas Sladen · 1910 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Hurst & Blackett, Ltd. 1910. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce illustrated first edition tracing and retelling the life of French diplomat Edouard Valmont. A very scarce illustrated first edition fictionalised biography title, exploring the life of French diplomat Ed...

Journal of a West India Proprietor, Kept During a Residence in the Island of Jamaica.

Matthew Gregory Lewis · 1834 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.31 | $786.21 | ¥125,563)

London, John Murray, 1834. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this contemporary account of plantation life in Jamaica during the final years of slavery in the British Caribbean. In a smart later half morocco binding with brown cloth boards. First edition.A journal d...

The Complete English Traveller; or, a New Survey and Description of England and Wales

Nathaniel Spencer [Robert Sanders] · 1772 · Rooke Books

£650.00 (€779.24 | $858.88 | ¥137,169)

London, J. Cooke, 1772. Leather. A handsome early edition of Robert Sander's extensive topographical survey of England and Wales, complete with engraved plates and maps. Second edition. First published the year prior. Bound in modern quarter morocco with marbled boards, ...

Highways and Byways in Sussex in Three Volumes

E. V. Lucas · 1937 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1937. Cloth. A three volume set of the Highways and Byways guide to Sussex. First published as three volumes in 1937 although originally published as a single volume. Complete in three volumes. Illustrated throughout by Frederick L Griggs. E.V. Lucas ...

Middlesex and Hertfordshire Notes and Queries

Anon · 1895 · Rooke Books

£99.99 (€119.87 | $132.12 | ¥21,101)

London , Hardy and Page, 1895. First edition. Cloth. A copy of the Notes and Queries on the history, landmarks and persons of interest relevant to Middlesex and Hertfordshire, which borders the greater London area. Includes several plates and in-text illustrations throughout. ...

My Liverpool

Frank Shaw · 1971 · Rooke Books

£23.99 (€28.76 | $31.70 | ¥5,063)

London, Wolfe Publishing Ltd, 1971. First edition. Cloth. An interesting work on Liverpudlian life and history. First edition. Frank Shaw was an authority on Liverpool and the life of the people in Liverpool post war. With numerous illustrations. In a paper covered binding wit...

Pietro&Apos;S Pilgrimage

Wilfrid Blunt · 1953 · Rooke Books

£24.99 (€29.96 | $33.02 | ¥5,274)

London, James Barrie, 1953. First edition. Cloth. A fascinating copy of 'Pietro's Pilgrimage; A Journey to India and back at the beginning of the Seventeenth Century', by Wilfrid Blunt. Wilfrid Blunt was a poet and author who travelled widely through the Middle ...

The Lake Counties the King&Apos;S England Cumberland and Westmorland

Arthur Mee · 1947 · Rooke Books

£44.99 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1947. Cloth. An interesting book on the topography of the Lake Counties. Illustrated with sepia frontispiece and further illustrations including folding map. Part of the Series "The King's England", county by county covering 10,000 towns, vil...

Essex and Sugar Historic and Other Connections

Frank Lewis · 1976 · Rooke Books

£29.99 (€35.95 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London and Chichester, Phillimore & Co. Ltd, 1976. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of Frank Lewis' 'Essex and Sugar&apos. "A significant addition to the published history of Essex, this book is, at the same time, an important contribution to the history of the ...

British Cities Series Salisbury and York

R. L. P. Jowitt and John Roders · 1951 · Rooke Books

£24.99 (€29.96 | $33.02 | ¥5,274)

London, B. T. Batsford, 1951. First edition. Cloth. Two volumes from the British Cities series on the historic towns of Salisbury and York. First editions. Illustrated with many monochrome photographic plates, and maps of the cities. Including chapters on Salisbury Cathedral, ...

The Geology of the Country Around Bridport and Yeovil

Vernon Wilson, Welch, Green · 1971 · Rooke Books

£49.99 (€59.93 | $66.05 | ¥10,549)

London, Her Majesty's Stationary Office, 1971. First edition. Cloth. A geological survey of the land around the Dorset coast. First edition, second impression. Illustrated throughout with numerous plates, including one folding map. In an orange cloth binding with original...

A Survey of the City of Worcester

Valentine Green · 1764 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.80 | $224.63 | ¥35,875)

Worcester, J. Butler, 1764. Leather. An uncommon Eighteenth Century study of Worcester. A lovely work of topography. With pull out illustrations, throughout, this early work is an informed and detailed survey and history, tracing the city from its time under Roman and Saxon ru...

Picturesque Views on and Near the Eastern Coast of England

James Stark; J.W. Robberds · 1834 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Moon, Boys, and Graves, 1834. Leather. A uncommon illustrated book of scenes from the eastern coast of England. Containing thirty-six plates of notable landmarks and cities. These include Norwich (pictured here from Butter Hills), as well as Hinby's Gardens in Tho...

Excursions in the County of Essex Comprising a Brief Historical and Topographical Delineation of Every Town and Village

Thomas Kitson Cromwell · 1819 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1819. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this illustrated travel and topographical guide to Essex. The second volume only. Lacking volume I. First edition of this volume. Illustrated throughout. Lacking 'Remains of ...

Cameleon Sketches

John Timbs · 1828 · Rooke Books

£770.00 (€923.10 | $1,017.45 | ¥162,493)

London, For the Author, 1828. Leather. A scarce work of topography, exploring the city of London. Presentation copy, inscribed "With the Authors best compliments". All of Timbs works are rare and this is considered the hardest to find of all. With original printers' error...

Our Own Country; Various Articles and a Scrapbook of English Places

Anonymous · 1881 · Rooke Books

£49.99 (€59.93 | $66.05 | ¥10,549)

London , Cassell and Co et al, c1924. Leather. A fascinating collection of "Our Own Country" periodicals dating from approximately 1881 to 1882, bound together with scrapbook pages of illustrations of English views and landmarks. With various ink inscriptions of one Irene M Ha...

Monumental Inscriptions in the Parish Church of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire

Reverend Beaver H. Blacker (ed.) · 1877 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.87 | $145.35 | ¥23,213)

London, Privately Printed, 1877. Cloth. A scarce privately-printed work on the inscriptions of the parish church of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. The monument inscriptions were transcribed in this text by the Irish Anglican priest and historian Beaver Henry Blacker. Whilst he i...

A History of the Parish of Penn: In the County of Buckingham

J Gilbert Jenkins · 1935 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, The Saint Catherine Press, 1935. Cloth. An interesting volume on the history of Penn, a picturesque village positioned on the beautiful Chiltern Hills in the county of Buckinghamshire. Whilst the Parish of Penn was settled relatively late and not included within the Do...

Voyages and Travels in All Parts of the World Volume III

F. B. Maggs · 1951 · Rooke Books

£155.00 (€185.82 | $204.81 | ¥32,710)

London, Maggs Bros, 1951. First edition. Cloth. The third volume of F.B. Maggs' 'Voyages and Travels', in a very attractive cloth binding. Meticulously cataloguing works dealing with travel and exploration, with numerous attractive facsimiles and detailed histor...