Viaggi e geografia

The Bornu Sahara and Sudan

Sir Richmond Palmer · 1936 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, John Murray , 1936. First edition. Leather. One of 500 copies of Robert Palmer's extensive study of Bornu people, illustrated with plates and a folding map. First edition, limited to 500 copies. Bound in half calf by Period Bookbinders, Bath, with their label to ...

Sidelights on Chinese Life

Rev. J. Macgowan · 1907 · Rooke Books

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

London , Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. 1907 . First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of Macgowan"s richly illustrated account of Chinese customs, social life, and everyday culture in late Qing China. In the publisher's original cloth binding. First edition.The w...

London; Being an Accurate History and Description of the British Metropolis and Its Neigbourhood, to Thirty Miles Extent, from an Actual Perambulation in Five Volumes

David Hughson · 1805 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.50 | $495.43 | ¥79,113)

London , J. Stratford, 1805-09. Cloth. A set of London and its Neighbourhood by David Hughson. Five of the complete six volumes. Collated complete in themselves. The set consists of volumes I, III, IV, V, V and VI, and is missing volume II. With black and white illustrations a...

A Pictorial and Descriptive Guide to: Bridport Ilfracombe Cromer Penmaenmawr Paignton Eastbourne Newquay

Various · 0 · Rooke Books

£99.99 (€119.85 | $132.10 | ¥21,095)

London, Ward, Lock and Co. c1940. Cloth. A collection of seven local guide books for southern England and Wales. Including: A Pictorial and Descriptive Guide to Bridport, West Bay, and South-West Dorset, Including Beaminster, Charmouth, Lyme Regis, Abbotsbury, Dorchester, Weym...

Selected R.A. C. County Road Map & Gazetteer England and Wales

R.A.C. · 1920 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

Cheltenham, J. Burrow, c1920. Paperback. A nine volume set of R.A.C county road map and gazetteers. Published in various editions and runs from the 1920s through to the 1930s. Undated but adverts indicate the range of these volumes to be between 1928 and 1935. Volumes include:...

The Torrington Diaries in Four Volumes

C Bruyn Andrews · 1970 · Rooke Books

£280.00 (€335.62 | $369.92 | ¥59,071)

London, Methuen And Co Ltd, 1970. Cloth. A re-printed set of The Torrington Diaries. Complete in four volumes. Containing the tours through England and Wales of the Hon. John Byng (Later Fifth Viscount Torrington) between the years 1781 and 1794. Edited, with an Introduction, ...

Derbyshire Record Society Collection

Maxwell Craven; J. V. Beckett; J. E. Heath; Dorothy M. Nolan; Wilfrid J. Watkinson; Philip Riden; Pamela Kettle; Philip Riden. · 1990 · Rooke Books

£99.99 (€119.85 | $132.10 | ¥21,095)

Chesterfield , Derbyshire Record Society, 1990 - 1995. Cloth. A collection of referential works from the Derbyshire Record Society collection, complete with their original dustwrappers. Volume XV 'Chesterfield Parish Register 1601-35&apos. Volume XVII 'A Derbyshire A...

The Home Counties Magazine Devoted to the Topography of London, Middlesex, Essex, Herts, Bucks, Berks, Surrey and Kent

W. Paley Baildon (Ed) · 1909 · Rooke Books

£47.99 (€57.52 | $63.40 | ¥10,124)

London, George Bell and Sons, 1909. Vellum. A topographical periodical, dedicated to the counties surrounding London. Volume XI. Illustrated throughout with many monochrome plates. A lovely work of local history, for those with an interest in the South East of England. Bound i...

India Sunday School Journal.

Various · 1896 · Rooke Books

£79.99 (€95.88 | $105.68 | ¥16,875)

Unknown, Unknown, 1896-1900. Leather. A scarce and curious collection of passages from the India Sunday School Journal. Engraved illustrated plate of Robert Raikes, the founder of Sunday schools and an illustrated plate of a black and white photograph appealing for famine char...

Samuel Johnson and the Age of Travel

Thomas M. Curley · 1976 · Rooke Books

£24.99 (€29.95 | $33.02 | ¥5,272)

Athens, University of Georgia Press, 1976. Cloth. A fascinating study of tourism and travel in the 'Age of Johnson' by Thomas M. Curley. Despite the fact that Samuel Johnson's never strayed more than five hundred miles from his London home, within this text Curl...

London Diary

Anonymous · 1951 · Rooke Books

£29.99 (€35.95 | $39.62 | ¥6,327)

London , Franey and Co. Ltd. 1951. Cloth. An illustrated journal of events within London, and personal diary to the rear. With photographic, cartoon and map illustrations throughout. With a section for anniversaries, notes and a memorandum. In original cloth binding with gilt ...

Character Sketches

Mac [Herbert Wood Mackinney] · 1909 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

Cape Town, Darter and Sons, 1909. Cloth. A scarce edition of this collection of character sketches. With related news articles loosely inserted. Herbert Wood MacKinney, otherwise known as 'Mac', was an English born cartoonist for South African newspaper The Cape Time...

America Illustrated

J David Williams (Editor) · 1883 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

Boston , DeWolfe, Fiske and Company, 1883. First edition. Cloth. An illustrated depiction of the history of America. The first edition of this work. In the original pictorial cloth binding. Loosely inserted are two plates from different works depicting indigenous people of Ame...

Some Church Towers of Somerset with on the Characteristics and Classification of the Church Towers of Somerset

R. P. Brereton · 0 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

London, Harrison and Sons, c1905. Cloth. A collection of plates depicting church towers of Somerset. With a scarce pamphlet on the classification of the church towers. With 69 plates, 9 of which are in the pamphlet. In a cloth binding. Externally, slightly worn with rubbing an...

An Illustrated Itinerary of the County of Lancaster

Cyrus Redding · 1842 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.85 | $151.93 | ¥24,261)

London , How and Parsons, 1842. Cloth. A Nineteenth Century history of Lancaster. With plates throughout, the work offers a unique insight into the city and its namesake county. The work is missing its title page. Rebound in cloth binding. Externally very smart indeed, there i...

The Book of British Topography a Classified Catalogue of the Topographical Works in the Library of the British Museum Relating to Great Britain and Ireland

John P. Anderson · 1881 · Rooke Books

£49.99 (€59.92 | $66.04 | ¥10,546)

London , W. Satchell and Co, 1881. First edition. Cloth. The Book of British Topography. A Classified Catalogue of the Topographical Works in the Library of the British Museum relating to Great Britain and Ireland by John P. Anderson. The Book of British Topography. A Classifi...

Picturesque Middlesex

R H Ernest Hill · 1904 · Rooke Books

£39.99 (€47.93 | $52.83 | ¥8,437)

London , F. E. Robinson & Co. 1904. Cloth. A lovely illustrated guide to the beauty spots and buildings of note in Middlesex. "A volume of sketches by Duncan Moul. With Descriptive Letterpress by R. H. Ernest Hill". Featuring many full page black and white plates of scenic loc...

A Hertfordshire Valley

Scott Hastie and David Spain · 1996 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

Kings Langley, The Alpine Press Ltd, 1996. First edition. Hardback. An illustrated first edition of this local Hertfordshire history. A historical and topographical work on the Gade and Bulbourne Valley in Hertfordshire extending from Tring in the north to Hunton Bridge near W...

New Map of Manchester and District

Abel Haywood and Son · 1912 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

Manchester, Abel Haywood and Son, c1870. Cloth. Abel Haywood and Son's new map of Manchester and District. A charming colour map of Manchester and the surrounding districts c1870. The series of maps and travel guides started when Abel Haywood, who founded series publisher...

Highways and Byways in Somerset and Surrey in Two Volumes

Various · 1912 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1912 - 1935. Cloth. A pair of volumes on the 'Highways & Byways of England&apos. The set consists of: Highways & Byways in Somerset by Edward Hutton with illustrations by Nelly Erichsen, Highways & Byways in Surrey by Eric Parker with il...