Viaggi e geografia

A Collection of Short Volume on the City of London and Its People

Various · 1951 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.66 | $383.19 | ¥61,199)

London, The Corporation of London; , 1951-1953. Leather. A smartly bound collection of seven short volumes on the city of London and its people, with illustrations, bound into one volume. Seven volumes bound into one. Illustrated throughout. This volume contains a collection o...

The Victoria Nyanza

Paul Kollmann · 1899 · Rooke Books

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

London, Swan Sonnenschein & Co. 1899 . First edition. Cloth. The first English translation of Paul Kollmann's ethnographic work on Victoria Nyanza, or Lake Victoria, at a time when it was under partial German colonial rule in the late 19th century. The first English editi...

Adventures in Nyassaland: A Two Years&Apos; Struggle with Arab Slave Dealers in Central Africa

L. Monteith Fotheringham · 1891 · Rooke Books

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

London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington , 1891 . First edition. Cloth. A vanishingly scarce first edition of this account of L. Monteith Fotheringham's two-year fight against the slave trade in central Africa, funded by the government as a response to David Livi...

The Ways of the South Sea Savage

Robert W. Williamson · 1914 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)

London, Seeley, Service, & Co. Limited. 1914 . First edition. Cloth. An excellent example of Robert Williamson's account of his travels across the South Sea islands, the first edition of the work, illustrated with photographs and a folding map. The first edition. A bright...

A Narrative of Missionary Enterprises in the South Sea Islands

Rev. John Williams · 1840 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, John Snow, 1840 . Leather. An early edition of Rev. John Williams' account of his missionary work in the South Sea Islands in Polynesia, where he spent much of the 1830s. The twenty-sixth thousand. First published in 1837.Illustrated with a frontispiece, a folding...

Uganda and Its Peoples

J. F. Cunningham; Sir Harry Johnston · 1905 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.78 | $244.45 | ¥39,040)

London, Hutchinson & Co. 1905 . First edition. Cloth. A scarce, first edition of J. F. Cunningham's richly illustrated study on the people of Uganda. The first edition. An insightful study into the anthropology of Uganda and its people, deeply looking into the Indigenous ...

History of Corea, Ancient and Modern: With Description of Manners and Customs, Language and Geography

Rev. John Ross · 1879 · Rooke Books

£850.00 (€1,019.01 | $1,123.16 | ¥179,375)

Paisley, J. and R. Parlane, 1879 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the first history of Korea written in a European language, as recorded by one of the founders of Korean Protestantism, Rev. John Ross. The scarce first edition.Collated, illustrated with a frontispie...

History of the Conquest of Peru

William H. Prescott · 1850 · Rooke Books

£230.00 (€275.73 | $303.91 | ¥48,537)

London, Richard Bentley, 1850 . Leather. An attractively bound example of the two volume sixth edition of William H. Prescott's classic account of the clash of empires in Peru, and of the destruction of the Inca. The sixth edition of this work, complete in two volumes.In ...

Ceylon, an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical

Sir James Emerson Tennent · 1859 · Rooke Books

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

London, Longman, Green, Longman, & Roberts, 1859-1860 . Cloth. Illustrated with folding maps, present here are early editions of Sir James Emerson Tennent's two volume study of Ceylon, and its history, geography, and topography. Complete in two volumes.Volume I is present...

The History of London, Containing an Account of the Origin of the City; Its State Under the Romans, Saxons, Danes, and Normans; Its Rise and Progress to Its Present State of Commercial Greatness

Rev. Henry Hunter · 1811 · Rooke Books

£1,400.00 (€1,678.37 | $1,849.91 | ¥295,441)

London, John Stockdale, 1811. First edition. Leather. The first edition of Henry Hunter's scarce detailed illustrated study of London, being the very scarce 'one volume' edition, in contemporary calf boards. The first edition, being the very scarce 'one vol...

The World of London (la Societe de Londres)

Count Paul Vasili · 1885 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1885. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this commentary on London society from Count Paul Vasili who wrote on numerous European cities. First edition. A collection of letters about London, providing information on...

Picturesque Sketches of London Past and Present

Thomas Miller · 1852 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Office of the National Illustrated Library, 1852. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated volume exploring the past and present of London city streets from Thomas Miller. Illustrated with a frontispiece, title vignette, fifteen plates, and numerous in-text images. Collated co...

2vols the Heart of London; the London Year: A Book of Many Moods

H. V. Morton · 1926 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Metheun & Co. Ltd. 1926 . Cloth. A smart two-volume collection of H. V. Morton's illustrated celebrations of London"s people, places, and seasons, complete with the very scarce original unclipped dust wrappers. In the publisher's original cloth bindings.Compl...

The London Pleasure Gardens of the Eighteenth Century

Warwick Wroth; Arthur Edgar Wroth · 1896 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Macmillan and Co. Ltd. 1896. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of Warwick Wroth"s richly illustrated history of London"s eighteenth-century pleasure gardens, with colour plates. In the publisher's original cloth binding. This volume is a first edition. This v...

Austral Africa, Losing It or Ruling It

John Mackenzie · 1887 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1887 . First edition. Cloth. Illustrated throughout, this is an attractive example of the two volume first edition of John Mackenzie's defence of the rights of African peoples to their lands. The first edition of this work...

London: Being a Complete Guide to the British Capital

John Wallis · 1810 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1810 . Leather. Handsomely bound in half calf, this is the third edition of John Wallis's uncommon early 19th century guide to London. The third edition of this work, which is uncommon in all editions.A practical handbook intended for v...

Our Own Country: Descriptive, Historical, Pictorial

Anonymous · 1879 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, Cassell, Petter, Galpin, 1879-1883 . First edition. Leather. The complete six volume first edition of this delightful and informative study of Great Britain, beautifully illustrated throughout with plates and vignettes. The first complete six volume first edition of th...

Literary Landmarks of London

Laurence Hutton · 1885 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1885. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition literary guidebook to London, written by American essayist and critic Laurence Hutton. First edition. In the original cloth binding.A charming biographical and topographical guide to London, describing...

Routledge&Apos;S Guide to London and Its Suburbs: Comprising Descriptions of All Its Points of Interest

George Frederick Pardon · 1866 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.81 | $218.02 | ¥34,820)

London, George Routledge & Sons, 1866. Cloth. A scarce new edition of this detailed travel guide to London from Routledge, with a folding map and numerous plates. New edition, revised and improved. Scarce work. Illustrated with a folding map to the front of the text, a frontis...

London Route Maps: Coronation Day June 2nd, 1953

1953 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Automobile Association, 1953. Paperback. A very scarce copy of this official route map for the city on London during the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. Very scarce work. One of the official route maps for the city of London during the coronation of Elizabeth II as q...