Viaggi e geografia

Adventure in New Zealand from 1839 to 1844. With Some Account of the Beginning of the British Colonization of the Islands.

Edward Jerningham Wakefield; Sir Robert Stout [ed.] · 1908 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

Christchurch, Whitcombe and Tombs, 1908 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Sir Robert Stout's edition of Edward Jerningham Wakefield's account of the early years of British expansion within New Zealand. First published in 1845, this later 1908 edition is th...

Chine

Paul Claudel · 1946 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

Geneva, Albert Skira , 1946 . First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this beautiful volume displaying the photographs of China captured by Helene Hoppenot when sent there alongside her husband, a diplomat. In the original French.The first edition of this work, retainin...

A Pilgrimage in Surrey

James S. Ogilvy · 1914 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€407.54 | $449.19 | ¥71,729)

London, George Routledge and Sons Limited , 1914. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this beautifully illustrated topographical work on Surrey, complete with the very scarce original dust wrappers. The first edition, complete in two volumes. With the vanishingly scarce...

An Interesting Narrative of the Travels of James Bruce, Esq; Into Abyssinia, to Discover the Source of the Nile: Abridged from the Original Work, to Which Is Added Notes and Extracts from the Travels of Dr Shaw, M. Savary, and the Memoirs of Baron de Tott

James Bruce; Samuel Shaw · 1790 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

London, Printed for, and Sold by, All the Booksellers in Town and Country, 1790. Leather. The first abridged edition of this account of James Bruce's travels to confirm the source of the Blue Nile. The first abridged edition, published in the same year as the five-volume ...

London Orbital: A Walk Around the M25

Iain Sinclair · 2002 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Granta Books, 2002. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition, first impression of Iain Sinclair's travelogue. First edition, first impression. A detailed and comprehensive travelogue in which the author describes a series of trips he took tracing the M25, Londo...

Early Glasgow

Sir James D. Marwick; Robert Renwick · 1911 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

Glasgow, James Maclehose and Sons, 1911. First edition. Leather. A striking limited edition volume exploring the history of Glasgow, an illustrated work signed by the publisher. A limited edition, this being one of sixty copies made on handmade paper, signed by the publisher t...

The English Lakes

Wm. T. Palmer · 1908 · Rooke Books

£56.00 (€67.12 | $73.98 | ¥11,814)

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...

History of the Hundred of Carhampton

James Savage · 1830 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

Bristol; London, William Strong; Longman, Rees, orme, Brown, & Green; Nichols and Son, 1830. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this insightful topographical history of Carhampton by James Savage. The first large paper edition.Illustrated with a frontispiece, engraved ...

History of the Church of St. Mary, at Painswick

St. Clair Baddeley · 1902 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

Exeter, William Pollard & Co Ltd, 1902. First edition. Cloth. An interesting history of the Church of St. Mary in Painswick, the first edition, signed by the author. The first edition.Inscribed by the author to the recto of the front endpaper, "Col: R. G. Pearson, a souvenir f...

The Swan and Her Crew, or the Adventures of Three Young Naturalists and Sportsmen on the Broads and Rivers of Norfolk

G. Christopher Davies · 0 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Frederick Warne and Co. c1877. Cloth. A smart copy of this illustrated account of the author's own exploration of the Norfolk broads and rivers. Illustrated with a frontispiece, four plates, and numerous in-text images. Collated complete. A detailed and comprehens...

London Town Past and Present

W. W. Hutchings; Ford Madox Heuffer · 1909 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.31 | ¥58,016)

London, Cassell & Company, Limited, 1909. Leather. A smart first edition set of this detailed history of London, with illustrations throughout. Complete in two volumes. First edition. Each volume is is illustrated with a frontispiece, eleven plates, and numerous in-text images...

Border Incidents

Kenneth Lindley · 1982 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

London, Pointing Finger Press, 1982. Leather. A superb and very scarce limited edition volume of woodcuts by Kenneth Lindley, signed by Lindley. A very scarce limited edition of only fifty copies, this being numbered forty-four.Signed by Kenneth Lindley to the limitation page....

The Story of London

Henry B. Wheatley · 1904 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, J. M. Dent and Co, 1904. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this absorbing history of London from Henry B. Wheatley, complete with folding plates. The first edition.In the publisher's original cloth binding, with gilt detailing to the front board. With a c...

A Project for Improving the Communication between Central Parts of the Metropolis, Situate on Either Side of the Valley of the Fleet, and for Rendering More Available the Sites of the Fleet Prison and Farringdon Market, by the Formation of High Level Streets from Saint Paul&Apos;S Churchyard to Holborn and Fleet Street

Robert Hesketh · 1851 · Rooke Books

£1,250.00 (€1,498.32 | $1,651.42 | ¥263,711)

London, John Weale; Letts, Son & Steer, 1851. First edition. Cloth. A vanishingly scarce volume on city planning for London, the first edition, illustrated with two folding plates. The first edition of this very scarce work, an important volume on the city planning on London, ...

An Account of the Religious Houses, Formerly Situated on the Eastern Side of the River Witham

Rev. Geo. Oliver · 1846 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, R. Spencer, 1846. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this topographical account of the religious houses on the east of the River Witham. First edition. A historical topographical account of the religious houses formerly situated on the Eastern side of the R...

History of the Bishopric of Lincoln

Adam Stark · 1852 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, [1852]. First edition. Cloth. A scarce history of the Bishops of Lincoln by Adam Stark, an expansive work on religion in the county. The first edition of this scarce work.Publisher's presentation copy, inscribed to the head of ...

Longleat 400": An Anniversary During 1980 Commemorating the Completion of Longleat House in 1580. Minutes of the First Meeting.

Marquess of Bath; Lord Christopher Thynne; B. M. Austin; Pam Goodger, et al. · 1978 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

Longleat House, Not Stated, 1978 . Paperback. A very scarce copy of the minutes of the first meeting organising the celebrations intended to commemorate four hundred years since Longleat House was completed. A very scarce copy of the 'minutes of the first meeting concerne...

The History and Antiquities of Richmond, Kew, Petersham, Ham &C.

E. Beresford Chancellor · 1894 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

Richmond, Hiscoke and Son, 1894. Cloth. A smart subscriber's edition of this illustrated historical work, signed by the author. Subscriber's copy number 34. Signed by the author. Illustrated with a folding frontispiece, thirty-five plates, and many in-text images. Co...

The Legacy of Swift, a Bi-Centenary Record of St. Patrick&Apos;S Hospital, Dublin

Maurice James Craig · 1948 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

Dublin, Printed for the Governors at the Sign of the Three Candles, 1948. First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this bicentenary work celebrating a St. Patrick's Hospital in Dublin, founded with money left by Jonathan Swift. The first edition.In the original uncl...

Guatemala: The Land of the Quetzal

William T. Brigham · 1887 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)

London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1887 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first UK edition of William T. Brigham's richly illustrated study of Guatemala. The scarce first UK edition, published in the same year as the US first.William Brigham was an American geologist, ethnologist,...