Viaggi e geografia

Border Sketches

Emma E. E. Elliot Murray Kynynmond [Emma-Eleanor- Elizabeth Hislop]; Gilbert John Murray Kynynmond Elliot Minto · 1870 · Rooke Books

£1,950.00 (€2,337.38 | $2,576.22 | ¥411,389)

Not Stated, Not Stated, 1870 . First edition. Leather. A signed copy of this very scarce, Limited Edition study of the Scottish borders. A very scarce Limited Edition work, this is copy number three of only twenty-five produced.Inscribed 'Minto' to verso of front fre...

A Journal Written During an Excursion in Asia Minor, 1838

Charles Fellows · 1839 · Rooke Books

£1,595.00 (€1,911.86 | $2,107.22 | ¥336,495)

London, John Murray, 1839 . First edition. Cloth. The illustrated and scarce first edition of Fellows' account of his excavation of ancient Lycian cities in Asia Minor. The scarce first edition of British archaeologist and explorer Charles Fellows' account of his 183...

Topographical and Historical Account of Buckinghamshire

Daniel Lysons; Samuel Lysons · 1806 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Printed for T. Cadell, c1810. Leather. A detailed topographical and historical work dedicated to the county of Buckinghamshire by Samuel and Daniel Lysons. A striking large paper volume detailing the history and topography of Buckinghamshire. Complete in itself. Writte...

The History of Devonshire

Reverend Richard Polwhele · 1797 · Rooke Books

£280.00 (€335.62 | $369.92 | ¥59,071)

London, Cadell, Johnson, and Dilly, 1797 . First edition. Paperback. The scarce first edition of this topographical study of Devonshire from the late eighteenth century. Scarce first edition of The History of Devonshire by Reverend Richard Polwhele.In re-backed cloth backed pa...

The Ordnance Survey Guide to Smugglers&Apos; Britain

Richard Platt · 1991 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Cassell , 1991. First edition. Cloth. Bright first edition of this survey of Britain's smugglers by Richard Platt, complete with unclipped dust wrapper. Richard Platt's fascinating history of the smuggling activities, once a part of life around the varied coa...

Sussex Cricket in the Eighteenth Century

Timothy J. McCann · 2004 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

Sussex, Sussex Record Society, 2004. First edition. Cloth. A fine first edition work on the development of cricket in Sussex in the eighteenth century, an important work on the subject, complete with plates. The first edition of this work.In the original unclipped dust wrapper...

The Place-Names of Sussex

A. Mawer; F. M. Stenton; J. E. B. Gover · 1929 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1929-30. First edition. Cloth. A first edition set of this interesting history of the county of Sussex, a unique history looking at the county though its various place names. The first edition of this work.Complete in two volumes.Part of ...

The Sea-Board and the Down; or, My Parish in the South

[John Wood Warter] · 1860 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, Rivingtons, 1860. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of John Wood Warter's intriguing study on West Tarring in the mid Victorian era. Complete in two volumes.The first edition of this scarce work.A charming topographical history and study on West Tarri...

England: Picturesque and Descriptive

Joel Cook · 1900 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

Philadelphia , Henry T. Coates & Co. 1900. Cloth. Bright first US edition of this work exploring England, complete in two volumes. A survey of England with notes both descriptive and historical, exploring the country from Liverpool through the Welsh Coast, the Scottish border,...

Brighton Views

0 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

Not Stated, Not Stated, c1884. Leather. A nice scrapbook of Brighton, showing a variety of views of the city, including many illustrations of the Pavillion. A charming scrapbook comprising of a plethora of plates and illustrations depicting Brighton, all taken from other works...

A New and Compendious History of the County of Warwick, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time

William Smith · 1830 · Rooke Books

£995.00 (€1,192.67 | $1,314.53 | ¥209,914)

Birmingham, W. Emans, 1830 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of this scarce and richly illustrated study of the history of Warwick, in a bright half morocco signed binding. The scarce first edition of this detailed and illustrated study of the history and topography ...

The History, Topography and Directory of Warwickshire

William West · 1830 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

Birmingham, R. Wrightson, 1830. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this detailed guide to the history of Warwickshire, illustrated with a large folding hand coloured map of the county. The first edition of William West's illustrated study of the history and topo...

An Angler&Apos;S Season

W. Earl Hodgson · 1909 · Rooke Books

£34.00 (€40.75 | $44.92 | ¥7,173)

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1909. First edition. Cloth. A wonderful first edition work by W. Earl Hodgson which gives an account of his experience fishing in Scotland throughout an entire year, with eleven illustrated plates. First Edition. Illustrations include a frontisp...

A Second Edition of the Anecdotes and History of Cranbourn Chase. With Additions and a Continuation of the Said History to Some Extent. To Which Are Added Some Scenes in and Anecdotes of Windsor Forest

William Chafin · 1886 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

London, Privately printed by Lieut.-General Pitt Rivers, 1886. Hardback. A facsimile edition of this historical study of Cranborne Chase, privately printed from the 1818 second edition by Lieutenant General Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers, who in 1880 inherited a large por...

Notes Sur L&Apos;Angleterre

Hippolyte Taine · 1876 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

Paris , Hachette, 1876. Vellum. The fifth edition of this interesting 19-century topographical and cultural England, from the library of Sir Edward Green, 1st Baronet. A fascinating topographical and cultural work on England, including chapters on society, politics, education,...

A Prospect of the Colledges in Cambridge in New England. Enraved by Wm. Burgis in 1726

William Loring Andrews · 1897 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

New York, Dodd, Mead and Company, 1897 . First edition. Cloth. A Limited Edition publication concerning Harvard University in the early eighteenth century, this work is illustrated throughout with charming full plate engravings. A late nineteenth century reprint of a 1726 publ...

Walks in and Around London

Uncle Jonathan · 1884 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, T. Woolmer , 1884. First edition. Cloth. A rare first edition of this scarce work by Uncle Jonathan exploring the city of London, decorated with lovely engravings throughout. A rare first edition of this scarce work, exploring the city of London. Written by 'Uncle...

The Man on the Ice Cap

Nicholas Wollaston · 1980 · Rooke Books

£39.00 (€46.75 | $51.52 | ¥8,228)

London, The Travel and Quality Book Clubs , 1980. First edition. Cloth. A bright first edition of this biography of Arctic explorer Augustine Courtauld, in the unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition of this biography if Augustine Courtauld by Nicholas Wollaston. A bright co...

Monte Carlo Facts and Fallacies

Sir Hiram S. Maxim · 1904 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Alexander Moring Ltd, 1904. First edition. Cloth. A delightful commentary on Monte Carlo at the turn of the twentieth century written by inventor Hiram Maxim, illustrated throughout. With anecdotes on Monte Carlo, comments on luck, a defence of roulette, the games play...

New Amsterdam: Studies, Social and Topographical, of the Town Under Dutch and Early English Rule

J H Innes · 1902 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons , 1902. First edition. Cloth. An exceptional first edition of this account of New Amsterdam, a very scarce copy complete with folding maps and plates. An account of New Amsterdam and its people, with a history of the seventeenth-century D...