Viaggi e geografia

Wick, a Contribution to the History of Hove

Charles Thomas-Stanford · 1923 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

Hove, Combridges, 1923. First edition. Cloth. A scarce history of a farm in Hove, an interesting and concise work by Charles Thomas-Stanford, the first edition in the original dust wrapper. The first edition of this scarce work.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.A monograp...

Mid-Sussex Through the Ages

Albert H. Gregory · 1938 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

Haywards Heath, Charles Clarke Ltd. 1938 . Paperback. A detailed exploration of the Mid-Sussex region, its towns and its history, accompanied by numerous black-and-white illustrations. In the publisher's original paper wraps. This edition offers an in-depth exploration of...

History of Brighthelmston or Brighton As I View It and Others Knew It

John Ackerson Erredge · 1862 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.87 | $151.96 | ¥24,268)

Brighton, E. Lewis "Observer" Office, 1862 . First edition. Cloth. An excellent example of the first edition of John Ackerson Erredge's informative and personal account of Brighton's transformation into a fashionable Victorian era seaside resort town. The first editi...

A Collection of Volumes on French Wines and Dining in France

Various · 1967 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.84 | $178.38 | ¥28,489)

London; New York; Paris, Cassell & Company, Limited; Tom Stacey; Quadrangle Books; Peter Owen; Davis-Poynter Limited; Simon and Schuster; CBS Editions; F, 1967-1995. First edition. Cloth. London; New York; Paris: Cassell & Company, Limited; Tom Stacey; Quadrangle Books; Peter ...

A Collection of Works on Port and Oporto

Valente-Perfeito; Sarah Bradford; Elaine Sanceau et al · 1948 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London; Oporto, Macmillan; British Association; Cassell et al , 1948-1991. First edition. Hardback. A delightful selection of titles centring around port, including its history and industry, as well as a guide to the products of Oporto. This set offers seven volumes, all of wh...

The Moselle

Charles Tower · 1913 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Constable & Company, 1913. First edition. Cloth. A characterful copy of this finely illustrated travelogue, capturing the picturesque charm and rich culture of the Moselle River region. In the publisher's original cloth binding with illustrations to spine and fron...

Blue Trout and Black Truffles: The Peregrinations of an Epicure

Joseph Wechsberg · 1953 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Victor Gollancz, 1953. Cloth. A scarce edition of this captivating travelogue, memoir, and celebration of "haute cuisine" of Europe in the mid twentieth-century. In the publisher's original blue cloth binding. This edition is a 1953 reprint. In this edition, Wechs...

Delicious Food for India: A Hostesses Notebook

Marie Edwards · 1935 · Rooke Books

£155.00 (€185.82 | $204.81 | ¥32,710)

Calcutta; London, Thacker, Spink & Co; W. Thacker, 1935 . First edition. Cloth. The vanishingly scarce first edition of Marie Edward's guide to hosting in colonial India, aiming to combine British culinary traditions with local Indian ingredients. The first edition of thi...

Culinary Jottings: A Treatise in Thirty Chapters on Reformed Cookery for Anglo-Indian Exiles

Wyvern" [Colonel Arthur Robert Kenney-Herbert] · 1891 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)

Madras, Higginbotham and Co, 1891 . Cloth. An excellent example of the sixth edition of this collection of articles about cooking in India by Arthur Robert Kenney-Herbert. The sixth edition of this work, which was first published in 1878.As well as serving in the British India...

The Complete Indian Housekeeper & Cook

F. A. Steel; G. Gardiner · 1904 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, William Heinemann, 1904 . Cloth. The 'New and Revised Edition' of Flora Annie Steel and Grace Gardiner's colonial domestic manual intended to guide British women in managing households in British India. First published in 1898, this is the December 1904 ...

L&Apos;Ermite Du Chimboraco Ou Les Jeunes Voyageurs Colombiens

C. H. De Mirval [Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Champagnac] · 1850 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

Paris , P. C. Lehuby, 1850. Hardback. A strikingly bound copy of Mirval's novel about two men and their travels through the Americas, intended as a travel manual for young people, bound in a gilt cartonnage binding. An early edition, first published in 1837. In the origi...

Paterson&Apos;S Roads, Being an Entirely Original and Accurate Description of All the Direct and Principal Cross Roads in England and Wales

Edward Mogg · 1829 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Longman, Orme, Brown et al, 1829. Leather. The eighteenth edition of this popular account of the roads of Britain in the 1820's, illustrated with a large number of folding maps. The 1829 printing of the eighteenth edition of 'Paterson's Roads', the ...

A Perambulation of Kent: Conteining the Description, Hystorie, and Customes of That Shire

William Lambarde · 1826 · Rooke Books

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

Chatham, W. Burrill; Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1826 . Vellum. Beautifully bound in full vellum, this is a wonderful extra illustrated example of William Lambarde's enduringly popular county history of Kent. First published in 1576, Lambarde's work was the first publ...

A New Topographical, Historical, and Commercial Survey of the Cities, Towns, and Villages, of the County of Kent

Charles Seymour · 1776 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)

London, Printed for the Author, 1776 . First edition. Leather. A wonderful example of the first edition of Charles Seymour's comprehensive gazetteer of the geography, history and commercial state of Kent in the late eighteenth century. The uncommon first edition of this w...

An Historical and Descriptive Account of the Town of Lancaster

Christopher Clark · 1807 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Lancaster; London, C. Clark; T. Ostell, 1807. First edition. Hardback. A scarce history of Lancaster, the first edition of this descriptive account. The first edition of this scarce work. A concise history of Lancaster, a city with a long and vivid history. Including a brillia...

The History and Antiquities of the Castle and Town of Arundel

M. A. Tierney · 1834 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.79 | $237.85 | ¥37,985)

London, G. and W. Nicol, 1834. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this uncommon history on the market town Arundel, complete with plates. The first edition.An uncommon work.Complete in two volumes.An insightful exploration of the market town and civil parish Arundel,...

Voyages and Discoveries of the Companions of Columbus

Washington Irving · 1831 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London, John Murray, 1831 . First edition. Leather. The first UK edition of Washington Irving's historical account of the explorers of the Americas that followed on from Christopher Columbus. The first UK edition of this work, the publication of which actually preceded th...

Handbook for Cardiff & District Prepared for the Use of the British Association

Ivor James [editor] · 1891 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

Cardiff, Daniel Owen and Company, Limited, 1891. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated handbook for Cardiff and the surrounding area. First edition. Illustrated with a folding map frontispiece and two folding plates, one of which is an advertisement t...

A Handbook for Travellers in Durham and Northumberland

1890 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, John Murray, 1890 . Cloth. A new edition of Murray's popular handbook, this volume pertaining to Durham and the surrounding area, complete with five maps, two of which are folding. A new edition, carefully revised. Bound in the publisher's red cloth. Illustra...

The History of the Borough and County of the Town of Poole

H. P. Smith · 1948 · Rooke Books

£118.00 (€141.46 | $155.92 | ¥24,901)

Poole, J. Looker, LTD, 1948-51. First edition. Leather. A leather bound first edition work exploring the history of Poole, an extensively illustrated volume complete as two volumes bound in one. The first edition.Complete as two volumes in one.An uncommon work.Smartly rebound ...