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History of Worksop

Edwin Eddison · 1854 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, Longman and Co, 1854. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Edwin Eddison's very scarce history of Worksop and Sherwood Forest. The first edition of this very scarce work.An insightful history on the Nottinghamshire market town Worksop, as well as an explorat...

Fellwanderer: The Story Behind Guide Books

A. Wainwright · 1966 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Kendal, Westmorland Gazette , 1966. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first‑edition of this personal memoir by A. Wainwright, offering insight into the man and mind behind the legendary Lakeland Pictorial Guides. In the publisher's original yellow cloth binding, com...

The Picturesque St. Lawrence

Clifton Johnson · 1910 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

New York, The Macmillan Company, 1910. First edition. Leather. A richly illustrated volume in Macmillan"s Picturesque River Series, this is a handsomely bound travelogue of Clifton Johnson"s vivid journey along the St. Lawrence River. Bound in a half red morocco binding with m...

Bournemouth: 1810-1910. The History of a Modern Health and Pleasure Resort

Chas. H. Mate; Chas. Riddle · 1910 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

Bournemouth, Messrs. W. Mate & Sons, 1910 . First edition. Cloth. The impressively illustrated first edition of Mate and Riddle's detailed guide to Bournemouth in the 19th century. The first edition.Illustrated with thirty-two plates. Collated, lacking the frontispiece.Ch...

The Early History of the North Riding

William Edwards · 1924 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, A. Brown and Sons, 1924. First edition. Leather. The deluxe edition of William Edwards's impressive history of the North Riding of Yorkshire, wonderfully illustrated with plates and a folding map. The first edition of this history of the North Riding in Yorkshire,...

The Tyrolese Cookery Book

David De Bethel · 1937 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, The Medici Society, Ltd. 1937. Cloth. A smart second impression of this illustrated cookery book inspired by the Tyrol region of the Alps. Second impression, originally published earlier in the same year. Very scarce work. Illustrated throughout. A collection of recipe...

Oxford

Edward Thomas · 1903 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)

London, A. & C. Black, 1903. First edition. Cloth. A colourfully illustrated limited edition de luxe of this narrative history of the city of Oxford. A limited edition de luxe, published alongside the first trade edition, being one of three hundred copies signed by the publish...

Man-Eaters and Other Denizens of the Indian Jungle

Silver Hackle · 1928 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

Calcutta; Simla, Thacker, Spink & Co, 1928. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this anonymously penned reflection on twenty-five years hunting in India. The first edition, in the green cloth variant.This work explores the world of big game hunting in the Indian jungle....

Recipes from Baghdad

Her Majesty the Queen Mother of Iraq [intro.]; May H. Beattie [ed.] · 1946 · Rooke Books

£675.00 (€809.09 | $891.77 | ¥142,404)

Baghdad, The Indian Red Cross, 1946 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce mid 20th century cookery work presenting recipes hailing from Baghdad and Iraq. A vanishingly scarce first edition.With a folding table of weights and measures, and a small number...

The History and Antiquities of the City of Bristol

William Barrett · 1789 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

Bristol; London, William Pine; G. Robinson and Co; et al, 1789. First edition. Leather. The first edition of William Barrett's interesting history of the city of Bristol, an intriguing work with many folding plates. The first edition.Illustrated with one folding map, sixt...

The New History, Survey, and Description of the City and Suburbs of Bristol

W. Matthews · 1793 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

Bristol, W. Matthews, c1898. Cloth. A Victorian facsimile of this late eighteenth century history and guide to Bristol. An unstated c1898 facsimile, dated from Jisc from a copy held at the British Library.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and one folding map. Collated, front en...

Bristol Past and Present

J. F. Nicholls; John Taylor · 1881 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)

Bristol, J. W. Arrowsmith, 1881-81. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated study on the history of Bristol, a detailed examination of the city. The first edition.Complete in three volumes.This set offers a complete local history of Bristol, an intriguing a...

An Exact Survey of the City&Apos;S of London Westminster Ye Borough of Southwark and the Country Near 10 Miles Round London

John Rocque; James Howgego [intro.] · 1971 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

Kent and Chichester, Harry Margary; Phillimore & Co. Ltd. 1971 . Cloth. An fine example of the scarce facsimile edition of John Rocque's incredibly important eighteenth century map of London. The scarce 1971 facsimile of John Rocque"s 1746 map 'An Exact Survey of the...

Queer Things About Japan

Douglas Sladen · 1904 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.83 | $171.75 | ¥27,426)

London, Anthony Treherne & Co. 1904. Cloth. The second impression of Douglas Slade's beautifully and vibrantly illustrated study of Japanese cultural life in the late 19th and early 20th century. The second impression of this work, first published the year prior.An extens...

Norwich Inns

Leonard P. Thompson · 1947 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

Ipswich , W. E. Harrison & Sons Ltd, 1947. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of this uncommon look at the inns and pubs of Norwich, signed by the author. The first edition.Author's presentation copy, inscribed to the recto of the front endpaper, "To Leslie Forse,...

Fifty Years on the Trail

Harrington O'Reilly · 1889 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1889. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce biography on John Young Nelson, an illustrated work on the Wild West, the first U.K. edition. The very scarce first U.K. edition.A biography on John Young Nelson, a frontiersman, scout, and guide in Western Ame...

Views of the Old Halls of Lancashire and Cheshire

N. G. Philips · 1893 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, Henry Gray, 1893. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this highly illustrated study of the old halls of Lancashire and Cheshire. First edition. Illustrated with twenty-eight fine-copper plate engravings, three wood engravings, and a folding table to the front of t...

South Devon Coast;

Charles G. Harper · 1907 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, Chapman and Hall Ltd , 1907-1910. First edition. Cloth. A delightfully illustrated series of English coastal surveys from Charles G. Harper. The first edition, first impressions of these works. In the publisher's original blue cloth bindings. Charles George Harper...

The History of North Wales

William Cathrall · 1828 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

Manchester, J. Gleave and Sons, 1828. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this scarce illustrated history of North Wales, a smart copy in a modern binding. The first edition.A scarce work.Complete in two volumes.A detailed history of North Wales, exploring the country...

Bolton-le-Moors, and the Townships in the Paris

P. A. Whittle · 1855 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

Bolton, John Crompton, 1855 . First edition. Leather. The vanishingly scarce first edition of this account of the history of the civil and ecclesiastical parish Bolton-le-Moors in Lancashire. A very scarce first edition.The work of English antiquarian Peter Armstrong Whittle, ...