Viaggi e geografia

The Gorilla Hunters

Robert Michael Ballantyne · 1914 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

London, Thomas, Nelson and Sons, 1914. Cloth. A beautifully colour illustrated edition of Ballantyne's popular adventure novel set in Africa, and the sequel to 'The Coral Island&apos. A new edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and seven colour plates. Col...

Historical Notices of the Collegiate Church or Royal Free Chapel and Sanctuary of St. Martin-le-Grand, London

Alfred John Kempe · 1825 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green; John Nichols and Son, 1825. First edition. Hardback. A scarce illustrated work on the collegiate church which previously stood at St. Martin's Le Grand. The first edition of this scarce work.Sixteen pages of adverts to...

Men of Nottingham and Nottinghamshire: Being Biographical Notices of Five Hundred Men and Women

Robert Mellors · 1924 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Nottingham, J. & H. Bell, 1924. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this very scarce collection of biographical sketches of the men and women of Nottingham. First edition. Very scarce. Biographical sketches of five hundred men and women who were born, worked, lived,...

Hagar and Co. &Apos;S Commercial Directory of the Market Towns in Lincolnshire

1849 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)

Nottingham, Hagar and Co; Stevensons, 1849. Cloth. A very scarce commercial directory for Lincolnshire, an extensive volume on the businesses of the county in the Victorian era. A very scarce work.Original front wrap is bound in.An extensive commercial directory for the market...

The History and Antiquities of the Cathedral Church of Lincoln: Illustrated by a Series of Engravings

Charles Wild; John Britton [ed.] · 1837 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)

London, H. G. Bohn, 1837 . Cloth. An extra-illustrated copy of the scarce second edition of this detailed study of the history and antiquities of Lincoln Cathedral, also known as Lincoln Minster. A scarce work.The second edition.By Charles Wild, a watercolour artist who specia...

Ashford and Alfred News

1855 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

Ashford, Henry Igglesden, 1855-57. Unbound. Two very scarce issues of a Kent-based newspaper, a charming look at life in Victorian England. Two very scarce Victorian newspapers for the town of Ashford in Kent, one of the newspapers is a broadside. The 'Alfred' in the...

Statement, Showing the Termini, the Length, and the Gauge or Sectional Dimensions of the Ancholme Navigation, and of the Drains and Sand Pools Kept in Repair by the Ancholme Commissioners; and Also Showing the Dimensions of the Banks of the Navigation, and of the Upland Drains

Adam Smith · 1858 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

Hull, W. R. Goddard, 1858. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Adam Smith's detailed geographical work on the River Ancholme. The first edition of this very scarce work on the River Ancholme, a seventeen mile long river in Lincolnshire. This work details the geogr...

The History & Description of the Town and Borough of Ipswich

G. R. Clarke · 1830 · Rooke Books

£220.00 (€263.74 | $290.70 | ¥46,427)

Ipswich; London, Hurst, Chance & Co; S. Piper, 1830. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this illustrated and uncommon history on Ipswich. The first edition of this uncommon work.An expansive topographical work that examines the history of Ipswich, as well as the vill...

Pullen&Apos;S Kent Argus for the Isle of Thanet and the Eastern Division of the County

1889 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Not Stated, Not Stated, 1889. Unbound. A very scarce issue of Victorian era newspaper or Kent, mostly focusing on the east of the county. A very scarce broadsheet newspaper from Kent, this issue being for Saturday 30th March, 1889. This newspaper contains a wide selection of ...

Rural Studies with Hints for Country Places

[Donald Grant Mitchell] · 1867 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.87 | $145.35 | ¥23,213)

New York, Charles Scribner & Co, 1867. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Donald Grant Mitchell's charming volume on the beauties of the country, signed by Mitchell. The first edition, first issue, with the final leaf of the preface numbered 'iv&apos.Author&a...

A Concise Description of the English Lakes, and Adjacent Mountains

Jonathan Otley · 1837 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

Keswick, By the Author; Simpkin and Marshall; Arthur Foster, 1837 . Cloth. The sixth edition of Jonathan Otley's informative guide to the Lake District and surrounding mountains. The sixth edition of this work, which was first published in 1823.Illustrated with a partiall...

Egyptian Archaeology: The Bulletin of the Egyptian Exploration Society

Various · 1991 · Rooke Books

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

London, The Egyptian Exploration Society, 1991-2021. Cloth. A vast collection of issues of Egyptian Archaeology: The Bulletin of the Egyptian Exploration Society, a full-colour magazine. Fifty-eight issues bound in six volumes. With two copies of No. 30 Spring 2007 and skippin...

Dweller in Mesopotamia: Being the Adventures of an Official Artist in the Garden of Eden

Donald Maxwell · 1921 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, John Lane, 1921. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this heavily illustrated work by Donald Maxwell on his time in Mesopotamia, with stunning coloured plates depicting the beautiful region. The first edition. Illustrated by the author with a colour frontispiec...

The Grand Cascapedia River: A History.

Hoagy B. Carmichael · 2006 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

Far Hills, New Jersey, Meadow Run Press, 2006 . First edition. Leather. A signed presentation copy of the first edition of Hoagy Carmichael's illustrated study of the Cascapedia River. A signed presentation of the first volume only of a two volume work.Inscribed by author...

Unto the Hills and Hills and Glens

Brenda G. Macrow · 1947 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

Edinburgh, Oliver and Boyd, 1947-9. First edition. Cloth. Two works of prose and verse by Brenda G Macrow on the hills and glens of Scotland, with beautiful photographs by Robert M. Adam and in the original dust wrappers with 'Hills and Glens' being a first edition. ...

Ducatis Leodiensis: Or, the Topography of the Ancient and Populus Town and Parish of Leeds & Loidis and Elmete; or, an Attempt to Illustrate the Districts Described in Those Words by Bede; and Supposed to Embrace the Lower Portions of Aredale and Wharfdale, Together with the Entire Vale of Calder in the County of York

Ralph Thoresby · 1816 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)

Leeds, Robinson, Son, and Holdsworth, 1816. Leather. Two historical topographical works on the town and parish of Leeds and the vales of Aredale, Wharfdale, and Calder. Two volumes. This set includes: Ducatis Leodiensis: Or, the Topography of the Ancient and Populus Town and P...

An Historical Guide to Leeds and Its Environs; with a Plan of Leeds, View of the Town Hall &C. &C.

T. Fenteman · 1858 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

Leeds, T. Fenteman & Sons, 1858. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this very scarce historical guide to the city of Leeds. First edition. Very scarce. With a frontispiece and a folding plan to the rear. Collated complete. A detailed historical guide to the city of Leeds...

Winkles&Apos;S Architectural and Picturesque Illustrations of the Cathedral Churches of England and Wales

Benjamin Winkles: Thomas Moule · 1836 · Rooke Books

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

London, Effingham Wilson; Tilt and Bogue, 1836-1842 . First edition. Leather. The complete three volume first edition of Winkles's celebration of the architecture of England and Wales, illustrated throughout. The first edition of this work, complete in three volumes. Volu...

The English Lakes

Wm. T. Palmer · 1908 · Rooke Books

£64.00 (€76.73 | $84.57 | ¥13,506)

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1908. Cloth. A smart second edition of this brightly illustrated work on the English lakes. Second edition. Illustrated with seventy-five colour plates. Collated complete. A charming guide to the English lakes with descriptions of excursions aro...

Observations on Several Parts of the Counties of Cambridge, Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex

William Gilpin · 1809 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)

London, T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1809 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of William Gilpin's beautifully illustrated account of his travels in England and Wales, with a number of aquatint plates. The first edition of this work from English artist, Church of Engla...