Viaggi e geografia

A Collection of Gloucestershire Antiquities

Samuel Lysons · 1804 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)

London, T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1804. Leather. A strikingly illustrated study on the antiquities of Gloucestershire, including eleven vivid hand-coloured plates. An uncommon work.A monograph on the antiquities found in Gloucestershire.Illustrated with a total of one-hundred a...

Beside the Seaside

Clarkson Rose; W. MacQueen Pope · 1960 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, Museum Press Limited, 1960. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated history of seaside holidays and entertainments, including an array of letters and Christmas cards from the author and his wife. The first edition, first impression.In the original u...

On the Box Seat from London to Land&Apos;S End

James John Hissey · 1886 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.85 | $151.93 | ¥24,261)

London, Richard Bentley & Son, 1886. First edition. Cloth. A charming illustrated travel work, in which James John Hissey gives an account of his journey from London to Land's End. The first edition of this uncommon work in the publisher's original pictorial cloth bi...

A History of Southern Africa

H. E. Pegg · 1949 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1949. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this illustrated history of South Africa. First edition. Illustrated with sixty-four plates and nine maps. Collated complete. A detailed history of South Africa, with chapters on bushmen, the ...

The Striding Dales

Halliwell Sutcliffe · 1929 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Frederick Warne & Co. LTD, 1929. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this sweeping topographical work of the Yorkshire Highlands, beautifully illustrated in colour throughout. The first edition.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.A topographical study on the ...

Yorkshire: Coast and Moorland

Gordon Home · 1904 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1904 . First edition. Cloth. A signed Edition de Luxe of Gordon Home's profusely illustrated work on Yorkshire, illustrated throughout. Number eighty-two of two-hundred copies of this Edition de Luxe produced, signed by the author himself.I...

Sixteen Years in Siberia Some Experiences of a Russian Revolutionist

Leo Deutsch; Helen Chisholm · 1903 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, John Murray, 1903. First edition. Cloth. The first English language edition of the memoir of Leo Deutsch's time spent in exile in Siberia, a fascinating account complete with plates throughout. The first edition of this work in English, translated by Helen Chishol...

An Historical Account of Those Parishes in County of Middlesex

Daniel Lysons · 1800 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, T. Cadell, Jun and W. Davies , 1800. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this topographical study of Middlesex, a continuation of Daniel Lysons' popular work, 'The Environs of London&apos. The first edition of the work. Rebound, with endpapers renewe...

Summer Days in Cattiland

John Horne · 0 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

Edinburgh, John Menzies & Co. Ltd. c1907. Cloth. A scarce collection of short essays on a summer spent in Cattiland, by John Horne. Scarce work. A collection of short writings from the author with chapters including the Genesis of an enthusiasm, annual restoration, roadies, ga...

A Topographical and Historical Account of Linlithgowshire

John Penney · 1832 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

Edinburgh, Stevenson, 1832 . First edition. Cloth. A scarce, first edition of this historical account of Linlithgowshire, West Lothian, by John Penney. First edition, in the publisher's original cloth binding. Scarce. With an engraved title page bearing the date 1831. Wri...

Antiquities & Scenery of the North of Scotland

Charles Cordiner · 1780 · Rooke Books

£425.00 (€509.43 | $561.48 | ¥89,662)

London, Not Stated, 1780. First edition. Leather. A nice first edition copy of Charles Cordiner's topographical exploration of Scotland, complete with illustrations. The first edition.Illustrated with an engraved title, one folding plate, and twenty-one plates.A series of...

Burmese Vignettes

C. Harcourt Robertson · 1930 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, W. Thacker & Co, 1930 . First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of C. Harcourt Robertson's illustrated collection of sketches about Burmese life. A presentation copy, inscribed to the front free endpaper, 'Hazel, with love from Cecil, London, 19/8/30&apo...

Consuetudines Kanciae: A History of Gavelkind and Other Remarkable Customs in the County of Kent

Charles Sandys · 1851 · Rooke Books

£58.00 (€69.52 | $76.63 | ¥12,236)

London, John Russell Smith, 1851. Cloth. A smart copy of this historical exploration of the customs of Kent, with folding plates. Illustrated with a folding frontispiece and three folding plates, one of which is on treated cloth. Collated complete. A detailed history of custom...

The History of Liverpool from the Earliest Authenticated Period

[John Corry]; [Thomas Troughton] · 1810 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)

London, W. Robinson, 1810. Hardback. A very scarce early edition of this illustrated work regarding the history of Liverpool, by Thomas Troughton. Very scarce. With sixty three plates. Lacking the frontispiece, six further plates and the two vanishingly scarce maps. Collated f...

The Isles of Scilly: Their Story, Their Folk and Their Flowers

Jessie Mothersole · 1910 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, The Religious Tract Society, [1910]. First edition. Disbound. The first edition of this work on the Scilly Isles, illustrated and written by Jessie Mothersole. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth. Illustrated by Jessie Mothersole with a full colou...

The Discovery of the Great West: An Historical Narrative

Francis Parkman · 1869 · Rooke Books

£88.00 (€105.48 | $116.26 | ¥18,565)

London, John Murray, 1869 . First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of American historian Francis Parkman's work of American history. The first UK edition of this work, which was first published in Boston earlier the same year.Rebound in full cloth, with endpapers rene...

Liber Scholasticus; or, an Account of the Fellowships, Scholarships, and Exhibitions, at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge

1829 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, C. J. G. and F. Rivington, 1829. First edition. Cloth. A scarce work looking at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, the first edition exploring the two famous institutions. The first edition of this scarce work.An interesting account of the history of the Univers...

The History of the Church and Parish of St. Mary-on-the-Hill Chester Together with an Account of the New Church of St. Mary-without-the-Walls

J. P. Earwaker; Rupert H. Morris · 1898 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Love & Wymans, Limited, 1898. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition work of this lovely work looking at St. Mary-on-the-Hill in Chester, complete with illustrations of the church and parish. The first edition of this scarce work.A study on the charming church an...

The New Guide to Carlisle and Its Neighbourhood

1821 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

Carlisle; London, C. Thurnam; Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy; G. and W. B. Whittaker, 1821. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce guide to the cathedral city Carlisle, an interesting exploration of the city in a time of great growth due to the Industrial Revolution. The first edition...

The North-West Amazons; Notes of Some Months Spent Among Cannibal Tribes

Thomas Whiffen · 1915 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Constable and Comapany, 1915 . First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of Thomas Whiffen's account of his travels among tribes in the North-West Amazon. With a publisher's presentation copy blind stamp to the head of the title page.Thomas Whiffen was a Br...