Viaggi e geografia

The History of Tewkesbury

James Bennett · 1830 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Tewkesbury, James Bennett, 1830 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of British printer and book seller James Bennett's history of Tewkesbury, illustrated throughout. The first edition of this work.Collated, illustrated with eight plates. Lacking two plates, being th...

1800 a Tour Round North Wales, Performed During the Summer of 1798

Rev. W. Bingley · 1800 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.34 | $653.96 | ¥104,430)

London, E. Williams; J. Deighton, 1800 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this charming study of North Wales, illustrated with aquatint plates. The scarce complete two volume first edition of this work, describing a tour undertaken by the author in the summer ...

The Ancient City of Canterbury: Mother-City of the Anglo-Saxon Race

Rev. F. W. Farrar; Rev. Charles F. Routledge · 1903 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)

Canterbury, Cross & Jackman, 1903. Cloth. A scarce copy of the history of Canterbury, with many photographs and plans of the city. Scarce work. Dated from attached letter of presentation from the President of the Chamber of Trade for Canterbury. Illustrated throughout with man...

The Sheffield Dialect

Abel Bywater · 1839 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

Sheffield, G. Chaloner, 1839. First edition. Cloth. A smartly bound first edition of this study into the dialect of residents of Sheffield, South Yorkshire. First edition. Scarce work. A detailed study of the dialect in Sheffield, with reference to various conversations, corre...

Welsh Scenery

Captain Batty · 1823 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.75 | $244.41 | ¥39,029)

London, John Murray, 1823. First edition. Leather. A smart first edition copy of this charming work by Robert Batty exploring the beauty of Wales, complete with thirty-five plates, and additional photographs. The first edition of this work.Six original photographs adhered to t...

The History of the City of Glasgow and Suburbs

James Denholm · 1798 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

Glasgow, R. Chapman, 1798 . Leather. The very scarce second edition of James Denholm's detailed history of Glasgow and its suburbs. The very scarce second edition of this work, which was first published in 1797.Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece, folding map, and n...

Wanderings and Excursions in South Wales; Including the Scenery of the River Wye

Thomas Roscoe · 1837 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, C. Tilt, and Simpkin and Co. 1837. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated collection of writings on journeys across South Wales from Roscoe. Dated from the British Library. Illustrated with frontispiece, title vignette, contents vignette, list of plates vignette, and forty-f...

The Sea Dogs: Privateers, Plunder and Piracy in the Elizabethan Age

Neville Williams · 1975 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, Weidenfeld and Nicholson, 1975. First edition. Leather. A very smart first edition of this history of the privateers and pirates in the Elizabethan Age, with illustrations. First edition. Scarce work. Illustrated throughout, with some colour images. A detailed history ...

Excursions in the Counties of Kent, Gloucester, Hereford, Monmouth, and Somerset

J. P. Malcolm · 1814 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Nichols, Son, & Bentley, 1814. Leather. A smart second edition of this illustrated topographical study of some English counties. Second edition. Illustrated with twenty-two plates. Collated complete. A topographical study of some counties in England, with commentary of...

The Upper Thames Valley: Some Antiquarian Notes

Lord Wyfold · 1923 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, George Allen & Unwin, Ltd, 1923. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this very scarce work on the antiquities of the picturesque Upper Thames Valley, by Lord Wyfold. The first edition of this very scarce work in a quarter cloth binding. Library bookplate to t...

Illustrated Travels: A Record of Discovery, Geography and Adventure.

H. W. Bates · 0 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Cassell, Peter, and Galpin, c1868. Leather. Four volumes of work from the 'Illustrated Travels' series bound over two volumes with engravings from drawings by celebrated artists. Three volumes bound over two.In full morocco with gilt lettering and decoration ...

Stalking Big Game with a Camera in Equatorial Africa

Marius Maxwell; Sir Sidney F. Harmer · 1925 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, William Heinemann, 1925. Leather. A smart edition of this work on wildlife photography in equatorial Africa, with folding plates. Illustrated with three large folding monograph plates depicting African elephants, a large folding map of Kenya, and one hundred and nine o...

Le Voyage En Grãƒâ¨Ce Printemps 1939

H. Joannides (ed.) · 1939 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Paris, Cahiers Periodiques, 1939. Magazine. An informative periodical exploring different aspects of Greek history and travel, published in 1939. In paper binding with illustrative design to front and rear covers. This work is a travel periodical entitled Le Voyage en Grèce, ...

The Pleasures of London

Felix Barker; Peter Jackson; Ann Saunders; Denise Silvester-Carr · 2008 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, London Topographical Society, 2008. Cloth. A very smart and bright edition of this memorials of the authors' knowledge of London, with many illustrations. Illustrated throughout with photographs and figures, some of which are in colour. A work based on the persona...

S. Paul&Apos;S Cathedral and Old City Life

W. Sparrow Simpson · 1894 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Elliot Stock, 1894. First edition. Cloth. A scarce study on St. Paul's Cathedral by a Sub-Dean, William Sparrow Simpson, an interesting illustrated history. The first edition of this scarce work.Written by the Sub-Dean of St. Paul's Cathedral, this work explo...

A Collection of Thirty-Six Topographical Plates of Bristol

None · 1940 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.59 | ¥35,865)

Bristol, Cameo Press, c1980. Hardback. A collection of thirty-six detailed plates by Peter Griffin, depicting the beautiful topography and architecture of Bristol. A collection of thirty-six plates of beautifully intricate pencil and ink drawings, each showing Bristol.Presente...

Essex

A. R. Hope Moncrieff · 1909 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1909. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of this beautiful and colourful look at the county of Essex, scarce to see in the original dust wrapper. The first edition.In the original unclipped dust wrapper. A beautiful exploration of...

A Scamper Through the Far East

Major Herbert H. Austin · 1909 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Edward Arnold, 1909 . First edition. Cloth. The uncommon first edition of British Army officer, colonial engineering surveyor and author Herbert Henry Austin's travelogue. The uncommon first edition of this account of the author's journey on the Trans-Siberia...

Newnes&Apos; Motorists&Apos; Touring Guide of the British Isles

0 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London , George Newnes, c1930. Cloth. A detailed guide to the roads of the British Isles, with colour maps and illustrations. An extensive touring guide to the British Isles. This is a complete volume of this touring guide with maps in colour covering the entire road system o...

Cursory Observations on the Churches of Bristol

An Occasional Visitor [Samuel Griffiths Tovey] · 1843 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Bristol, Mirror Office, 1843. Cloth. The second edition of this collection of articles concerned with the churches of Bristol. The second edition of this work. An uncommon copy. Containing essays on the churches of Bristol including Bristol Cathedral, St Mary Redcliff Church, ...