Viaggi e geografia

Narrative of a Ten Years&Apos; Residence at Tripoli in Africa: From the Original Correspondence in the Possession of the Family of the Late Richard Tully, Esq. The British Consul, Comprising Authentic Memoirs and Anecdotes of the Reignin Bashaw, His Family, and Other Persons of Distinction; Also, an Account of the Domestic Manners of the Moors, Arabs, and Turks.

The Family of the Late Richard Tully · 1816 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

London, Henry Colburn, 1816 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of this important work comprised of correspondance from the family of Richard Tully, the British consul living in Tripoli in the late eighteenth century, providing incredible insight into the culture there...

Voyage Au Senegal

Jean-Baptiste-Leonard Durand · 1802 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)

Paris, Henri Agasse, 1802. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this insightful travel work on Senegal, written in French by Jean-Baptiste-Leonard Durand. The first edition.The text volume only, without the atlas volume.In the original French.Jean-Baptiste-Leonard Dura...

The Expedition of Colonel Fabvier to Chios, Described in Contemporary Diplomatic Reports

Philip P. Argenti · 1933 · Rooke Books

£370.00 (€443.57 | $488.90 | ¥78,081)

London, John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd, 1933 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of prominent Chiot historian Philip Argenti's account of Colonel Fabvier's attempt to liberate the Greek island of Chios. A very scarce first edition, in the publisher&a...

Between the Woods and the Water

Patrick Leigh Fermor · 1986 · Rooke Books

£79.00 (€94.71 | $104.39 | ¥16,671)

London, John Murray, 1986 . First edition. Cloth. A vibrant first edition of this fascinating and vividly described travel work by Patrick Leigh Fermor, detailing his expedition on foot from the Hook of Holland to Constantinople. The first edition, first impression.In the orig...

Not Wisely But Too Well

Gerald Sparrow · 1961 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

London, George G. Harrap, 1961 . First edition. Leather. The very scarce first edition of British lawyer Gerald Sparrow, in a signed Sangorski & Sutcliffe half morocco binding. A very scarce first edition, first impression.In a signed half morocco binding by Sangorski & Sutcli...

The History of Kirby Underdale

Rev. W. R Shepherd · 1928 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

Batley, J. S. Newsome & Son, 1928-1939. Cloth. A smart complete edition of this history of the village of Kirby Underdale in Yorkshire, England. Complete edition. Containing the original work, supplement, and both appendices. Scarce edition of four volumes bound into one. A de...

Life and Explorations of Fridtjof Nansen

J. Arthur Bain · 0 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

London, Walter Scott, Ltd, c1900. Cloth. A new edition of this illustrated account of the life and travels of Norwegian polymath Fridtjof Wedel-Jarlsberg Nansen. New edition, revised and considerably enlarged. Illustrated with a frontispiece and fourteen plates. Collated compl...

History of Royal Mineral Water Hospital Bath

Randle Wilbraham Falconer; Anthony Beaufort Brabazon · 1888 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

Bath, Royal Mineral Water Hospital; Charles Hallett, 1888. Paperback. A very scarce volume on the Royal Mineral Water Hospital in Bath, offering a concise history of the institution. The third issue of this very scarce work.Illustrated with a frontispiece.A fascinating series ...

Cartularium Prioratus de Colne & Essex Sessions of the Peace 1351, 1377-1379

John L. Fisher; Elizabeth Chapin Furber · 1946 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

Colchester, Wiles & Son Ltd for the Essex Archaeological Soceity, 1946-1953. First edition. Paperback. Two smart first edition volumes from the Original Publications of the Essex Archaeological Society. Two volumes. Scarce works. Volumes one and three of the Essex Archaeologic...

Scotland

A. R. Hope Moncrieff · 1927 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, A. & C. Black, Ltd. 1927. Brochure/Pamphlet. An excellent third edition of this travelogue of Scotland, stunningly depicted in colour by Sutton Palmer and G. F. Nicholls. With the original unclipped dust wrapper. Third edition, revised. With the vanishingly scarce orig...

The Innocents Abroad or the New Pilgrim&Apos;S Progress

Mark Twain [Samuel Clemens] · 1881 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1881. Cloth. A smart copy of this illustrated edition of Twain's humorous chronicles on board the steamship Quaker City. Illustrated with a frontispiece and two-hundred and thirty-three in-text images. A travel book that humorously chronicles what...

The Official Guide to Brentwood Issued by Authority of the Brentwood Urban District Council

0 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Brenwood, The Gazette Press, c1936. Paperback. A very scarce copy of this illustrated guide to Brentwood issued by the district council, with a folding map. Very scarce work. Illustrated with a frontispiece, numerous in-text photographs, and a folding map to the rear. Collated...

Historians&Apos; Guide to Early British Maps

Helen Wallis; Anita McConnell [editors] · 1994 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Offices of the Royal Historical Society , 1994. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this historical guide to early British maps, issued by the Royal Historical Society. First edition. Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks No. 18. A detailed and compr...

The Chip-Chip Gatherers & North of South: An African Journey

Shiva Naipaul · 1973 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, Andre Deutsch, 1973-1978. First edition. Cloth. Two very smart first edition volumes from Indo-Trinidadian and British writer Shiva Naipaul. Two volumes. First edition. Written by Shiva Naipaul, an Indo-Trinidadian and British novelist and journalist. This set contains...

A Tourist&Apos;S Sketch Book of Germany, Italy, Belgium and Austria

'Margherita' · 1887 · Rooke Books

£2,250.00 (€2,697.37 | $2,973.06 | ¥474,817)

Not Stated, None, 1887 . Cloth. A beautiful late nineteenth century sketchbook filled with beautiful line drawings made during a tour of Europe in the August of 1887. A charming volume with fifty-two leaves of sketches, likely the work of 'Margherita', who has signed...

Pacific Island Records Fish Hooks

Harry G. Beasley; Thomas A. Joyce · 1980 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.47 | $594.61 | ¥94,963)

London, John Hewett, 1980. Cloth. A very scarce illustrated limited edition work on the fish hooks used across the Pacific Islands. A very scarce facsimile reprint limited edition of five hundred copies, this copy is out of series.In the original glassine.Originally published ...

Buckinghamshire and Berkshire

G. E. Mitton · 1920 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, A. & C. Black LTD. 1920. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this abundantly illustrated work of British Topography by G. E. Mitton. The first edition of the work.This copy contains a frontispiece and the complete series of 60 watercolour plates created by the E...

A Picturesque Tour in Picturesque Lands

L. G. Seguin · 1881 · Rooke Books

£325.00 (€389.62 | $429.44 | ¥68,585)

London, Strahan and Company, 1881 . First edition. Vellum. The scarce and attractively bound bound first edition of this limited edition travelogue from Lisbeth Seguin, beautifully illustrated throughout. A scarce first edition.A limited edition work, with this being no. 169 o...

Black&Apos;S County Maps of Scotland: Renfrew

None stated · 1847 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

Edinburgh, A. & C. Black, [1847]. Cloth. A very scarce pocket sized folding map of Renfrew from Black's 'County Maps of Scotland' series. From the 'Black's County Maps of Scotland' series. In the publisher's original cloth. This pocket size...

From Capetown to Ladysmith

G. W. Steevens [George Warrington] · 1900 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

Edinburgh, William Blackwood and Sons, 1900. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Steeven's travel work documenting his travels and observations of South Africa during the Second Boer War, with a folding map of 'The Seat of War&apos. The first edition, first im...