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London&Apos;S Countryside
Edric Holmes · 1927 · Rooke Books
£88.00 (€105.50 | $116.28 | ¥18,571)
London, Robert Scott, 1927. First edition. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated first edition of this work on the countryside around London, with the scarce dust wrapper. First edition. With the vanishingly scarce original unclipped dust wrapper. Illustrated throughout with over o...
Kenna&Apos;S Kingdom: A Ramble Through Kingly Kensington
R. Weir Brown · 1881 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)
London, David Bogue, 1881. Cloth. A very scarce copy of this Very scarce work. The original publisher's compliments ink stamp to the front free endpaper. With a frontispiece. A charming volume exploring Kensington, written originally as random jottings following rambles a...
The Rural Economy of the West of England: Including Devonshire; and Parts of Somersetshire, Dorsetshire, and Cornwall. Together with Minutes in Practice
William Marshall · 1796 · Rooke Books
£495.00 (€593.42 | $654.07 | ¥104,460)
London, G. Nicol, 1796. First edition. Leather. The first edition of William Marshall's work on 18th century agricultural practices in the West of England, in a fantastic contemporary full calf binding. The first edition.Illustrated with a folding map frontispiece to &apo...
Flower of Cities: A Book of London
Various · 1949 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)
London, Max Parrish, 1949. First edition. Cloth. A lovely illustrated ode to London from various eminent writers including John Betjeman, Elizabeth Bowen and Leonard Woolf. First edition.With the original unclipped dust wrapper.A delightful work made up of twenty-two writers&a...
London Pictures Drawn with Pen and Pencil
The Rev. Richard Lovett · 1890 · Rooke Books
£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)
London, The Religious Tract Society , 1890. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing first edition copy of this richly illustrated London 'Pen and Pencil' travel book. First edition. In the publisher's decorative cloth binding. Illustrated throughout with engravings, ...
The City of London: A Book Reprinted from the Special Number of the Times
The Times · 1927 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)
London, The Times Publishing Company Limited, 1927. Cloth. A highly illustrated volume on the city of London, from The Times, the first edition in book form. First edition in this form, originally published in The Times newspaper. Illustrated with a frontispiece, eleven plates...
Southern India
F. E. Penny · 1914 · Rooke Books
£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)
London, A. & C. Black, 1914 . First edition. Cloth. A superb first edition of this colourfully illustrated account of Southern India in the early twentieth century, illustrated by Lady Lawley, with descriptions by F. E. Penny. The first edition of this scarce work.In the publi...
Will Someone Lead Me to a Pub?: Being a Note Upon Certain of the Taverns, Old and New, of London
Thomas Burke · 1936 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)
London, George Routledge & Sons, Ltd. 1936. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this charming ode to London taverns, accompanied by Frederick Carter"s characterful illustrations. In the publisher's original cloth binding.This volume is a first edition.Thi...
Somerset House Past and Present
Raymond Needham; Alexander Webster · 1905 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)
London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1905. First edition. Cloth. A vanishingly scarce first edition of history tracing Somerset House"s transformation from Tudor palace to neoclassical landmark, with illustrations. In the publisher"s original red cloth binding with illustrative gilt. This...
A History of London, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time
John William Abbott · 1821 · Rooke Books
£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)
London, A. K. Newman and Co, 1821 . Hardback. A very scarce and highly detailed history of the city of London, offering a narrative survey of the city"s development. A very scarce work, first published the year prior. Very scarce in all editions.Illustrated with a portrait fro...
Peak Scenery, or Excursions in Derbyshire
E. Rhodes · 1818 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)
London, For The Author; Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme et al, 1818-1822. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the first three parts of this delightful work regarding the scenery of the county of Derbyshire, written by artist and topographer, Ebenezer Rhodes. Parts I, II and ...
The Makers of Venice: Doges, Conquerors, Painters, and Men of Letters
Mrs. Oliphant; Margaret Oliphant · 1887 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)
London, Macmillan and Co. 1887. First edition. Leather. The first edition of Margaret Oliphant's history of the city of Venice, illustrated throughout, bound by Suttaby. The first edition.Bound by Suttaby.'The Makers of Venice' is a study into the people who mak...
3 Vols Happy England; Highways and Hedges; Gardens of England
Marcus B. Huish; Herbert A. Morrah; E. T. Cook · 1903 · Rooke Books
£280.00 (€335.67 | $369.98 | ¥59,088)
London, Adam and Charles Black, 1903-1911. First edition. Cloth. A lovely three-volume first edition set of works celebrating the beauty, charm, and rural spirit of Edwardian England with charming illustrations throughout. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth bindi...
Leading Events in the History of the Port of Bristol
W. N. Reid; W. E. Hicks · 1877 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)
Bristol, W. C. Hemmons, 1877. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this detailed and locally published work on history of the Port of Bristol, illustrated with a folding map. In the publisher's original cloth binding with blind stamping. This copy is a first edition. ...
A Description of Modern Birmingham; Whereunto Are Annexed, Observations Made During an Excursion Round the Town, in the Summer of 1818, Including Warwick and Leamington.
Charles Pye · 1820 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)
Birmingham , W. Talbot, [1820] . First edition. Leather. The first edition of Charles Pye's very scarce "Description of Modern Birmingham", giving insight into the bustling city in the summer of 1818. The first edition.Very scarce work. Bound in half calf with marbled pa...
London City
Sir Walter Besant · 1910 · Rooke Books
£135.00 (€161.84 | $178.38 | ¥28,489)
London, Adam & Charles Black, 1910. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Walter Besant's vivid history of London as it was in the nineteenth century, an illustrated work in the original dust wrapper. The first edition.In the original scarce unclipped dust wrapper.A ...
A Chronological History of Somerset Nos. 21 & 22
W.â¯G. Willis Watson · 1925 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)
London, Folk Press Ltd. 1925 . Cloth. An exceptionally scarce two-in-one volume from the Somerset Folk Series, charting the county"s history through centuries of key events, illustrated with two folding maps. Two volumes, bound as one, in a deep red cloth. This volume consists...
Tours in Wales
Thomas Pennant · 1810 · Rooke Books
£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)
London, Wilkie and Robinson, 1810 . Leather. The first two volumes of Thomas Pennant's beautifully illustrated account of his late 18th century travels in Wales, with numerous plates, the majority of which are folding. Present here are volumes I and II only of a three vol...
The Salisbury Guide, Giving an Account of the Antiquities of Old Sarum
James Easton · 1805 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)
Salisbury, J. Easton, 1805 . Leather. Charmingly illustrated with folding plates, present here is James Easton's uncommon guide to early 19th century Salisbury. The twenty-third edition of this uncommon work.Illustrated with a folding map frontispiece, and three further p...
The Beauties of Wiltshire
John Britton · 1801 · Rooke Books
£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)
London, J. D. Dewick; Vernor and Hood, 1801 . First edition. Leather. Beautifully illustrated throughout with engraved plates, this is the first edition of antiquary John Britton's study of Wiltshire's history, in handsome straight-grain morocco bindings. The scarce ...