Viaggi e geografia

Around the Coasts of Arabia

Ameen Rihani · 1930 · Rooke Books

£650.00 (€779.13 | $858.74 | ¥137,130)

London, Constable & Co Ltd, 1930 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Ameen Rahini's travel book from the early twentieth century with illustrations. The first edition of Around the Coasts of Arabia by Ameen Rihani in the original publisher's cloth binding.Wi...

A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland

Samuel Johnson · 1775 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

Dublin, A. Leathley; J. Exshaw; H. Saunders; D. Chamberlain; et al, 1775. Leather. An unauthorised Dublin edition of this popular travel work by Samuel Johnson, published in the same year as the first London edition. Published in the same year of the first London edition, this...

The Vicinity of Leamington

1844 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

Leamington, W. Reeve , c1844. Cloth. A fascinating mid nineteenth century topographical guide to Leamington and its surrounding areas, illustrated and including a large folding map. A delightful topographical guide to Leamington, as well as the neighbouring towns of Warwick, C...

Sweet Hampstead

Caroline A. White · 1900 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

London, Elliot Stock, 1900 . First edition. Cloth. A illustrated first edition of Caroline White's book about Hampstead. First edition in original publisher's binding of C. A. White's book on Hampstead, its history and its modern form. In green cloth with gold e...

A Topographical Dictionary of England, Comprising the Several Counties, Cities, Boroughs, Corporate, and Market Towns, Parishes, and Townships, and the Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, and Man, with Historical and Statistical Descriptions: And Embellished with Engravings of the Arms of the Cities, Boroughs, Bishoprics, Universities, and Colleges; and of the Seals of the Various Municipal Corporations

Samuel Lewis · 1849 · Rooke Books

£690.00 (€827.07 | $911.59 | ¥145,569)

London, S. Lewis and Co. 1849. Cloth. Samuel Lewis's extensive topographical dictionary of England in four uniform, large paper volumes. Samuel Lewis was the editor and publisher of this topographical dictionary of England, containing a precise and correct description of ...

Views in Suffolk Norfolk and Northamptonshire Illustrative of the Works of Robert Bloomfield to Which Is Annexed a Memoir of the Poet&Apos;S Life

E. W. Brayley · 1806 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.79 | $211.38 | ¥33,755)

London, Vernor, Hood and Sharpe, 1806. First edition. Leather. A handsomely rebound copy of this highly illustrative guide to the works of Robert Bloomfield. The first edition of the work. With the bookplate of one Christopher Harrison to the front pastedown. With an engraved ...

The American City: Literary Sources and Documents

Graham Clarke · 1997 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

East Sussex, Helm Information Ltd. 1997. First edition. Cloth. A lovely collection of literary source material regarding the history and cultural development of the American city, illustrated throughout. A fascinating and very comprehensive collection of literary source materi...

The Norfolk & Norwich Hospital 1700 to 1900

Sir Peter Eade · 1900 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Jarrold & Sons, 1900. First edition. Cloth. Sir Peter Eade's fascinating illustrated history of the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital from 1700 to 1900, signed by the author and presented to noted physician Sydney Monckton Copeman. A compelling and rich history of the ...

My African Journey

Winston Spencer Churchill · 1908 · Rooke Books

£775.00 (€928.96 | $1,023.88 | ¥163,501)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1908 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Winston Churchill's account of his 1907 five month long trip to in East Africa. Illustrated throughout with photographic plates. The first edition of Winston Churchill's first hand accoun...

Domesday Book in Relation to the County of Sussex

W. D. Parish · 1886 · Rooke Books

£67.00 (€80.31 | $88.52 | ¥14,135)

Sussex, H. Wolff, 1886. Cloth. Domesday Book for Sussex for the Sussex Archaeological Society, edited by W. D. Parish and complete with a facsimile of the original record. A complete topographical work on Sussex from the Domesday Book, edited by W. D. Parish for the Sussex Arc...

Views of Westerham and District

0 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

Westerham, J. A. Hughes , c1900. Cloth. A very scarce collection of images of Westerham, a town in the Sevenoaks district of Kent. A very scarce work. With seventeen monochrome photographic illustrations of Westerham and the surrounding areas. Westerham is a town in Sevenoaks,...

Unknown Sussex

Donald Maxwell · 1923 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, John Lane The Bodley Head, 1923. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of this illustrated work on Sussex. With publisher's advertisements to the rear of the work. The first edition of the work. Profusely illustrated throughout in colour. An excellent w...

In Darkest Africa, or, the Quest, Rescue, and Retreat of Emin, Governor of Equatoria

Henry M. Stanely · 1890 · Rooke Books

£580.00 (€695.22 | $766.26 | ¥122,362)

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890 . First edition. Cloth. The first US trade edition of Henry Stanley's account of his exploration of Africa and the expedition for the relief of Emin Pasha, bound in pictorial cloth and illustrated throughout. The first US trade...

Roman Lancashire

W. Thompson Watkin · 1883 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

Liverpool, Printed for the Author, 1883 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of this study of the Roman involvement in Lancashire. In the publisher's original cloth, and illustrated with two folding maps. The very scarce first edition of this work from Br...

Cambridge: Described and Illustrated

Thomas Dinham Atkinson; John Willis Clark · 1897 · Rooke Books

£149.00 (€178.60 | $196.85 | ¥31,434)

London, Macmillan and Company , 1897. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this work concerning the historical town and university of Cambridge. The first edition of this work, looking at the historic university city of Cambridge. With notes on its early history from its...

A History of York Minster

G.E. Aylmer; Reginald Cant · 1979 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1979. Cloth. A flawless copy of this history of York Minster, a presentation copy from the Dean & Chapter of York, enclosed in the original dust wrapper. A fascinating and comprehensive history of York Minster, a cathedral and metro political church of...

Thackeray in the United States

James Grant Wilson · 1904 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Smith, Elder & Co. 1904. First edition. Cloth. Group of two volumes of James Grant Wilson's account of William Makepeace Thackeray's travels in America, a bright first UK edition. The first UK edition of this work, complete in two volumes. Preceded by the US ...

Our Village

Mary Russell Mitford; Anne Thackeray Ritchie · 1910 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1910. Cloth. A colourfully illustrated edition of Mary Russell Mitford's work with charming depictions of English country life by Alfred Rawlings and Hugh Thomson. A fascinating compilation of sketches depicting life in the English countryside. T...

Highways and Byways in Berkshire

James Edmund Vincent · 1906 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1906. First edition. Leather. An excellent first edition of James Edmund Vincent's work on Berkshire, illustrated throughout. Detailing the Thames, the Berkshire Downs, Abingdon, the Northern side of the Vale, Wallingford and Windsor, as...

From the Collection of the Late Lord Dewar Famous Coaching Inns

None · 0 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.83 | $171.75 | ¥27,426)

London, John Dewar & Sons, LTD.; Gilbert Whitehead & Co Ltd, c1910. Cloth. A colourfully illustrated volume containing a variety of the coaching scenes of John Maggs, a picturesque depiction of the country across a couple of centuries with a focusing on famous coaching inns. A...