Viaggi e geografia

The Louvre

Paul G. Konody; Maurice W. Brockwell; T. Leman Hare · 1925 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, T. C. & E. C. Jack LTD, 1925. Cloth. A colourfully illustrated guide to the Louvre and the monumental paintings held in the museum, illustrated in colour throughout. A lovely work on the Louvre, a thorough, comprehensive, and systematic study of the pictures in the gre...

Rand Mcnally Chicago Guide to the City and Environs

Anon · 1919 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

New York & Chicago , Rand McNally & Company, Publishers, 1919. Brochure/Pamphlet. A delightful guide to the city of Chicago, Illinois, also known as the Windy City. Detailing the sites, educational , religious, industrial and notable buildings of the splendid city of Chicago.V...

Parisian Sights and French Principles

James Jackson Jarves · 1853 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Clarke, Beeton, & Co. 1853. Cloth. A travelogue detailing an American's account of his time spent in Paris and France and his impressions of the country, richly illustrated with engravings. A delightful account of Paris and France from the perspective of an Americ...

Scotland Illustrated, in a Series of Eighty Views

Professor Wilson; Various · 1845 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, A. Fullarton, 1845. First edition. Fine Binding. A handsomely bound copy of this work on Scotland, illustrated and in the first edition. Fully illustrated with eighty plates, collated and complete. Including illustrations by John C. Brown, William Brown, Andrew Donalds...

The Beauties of England Displayed

William Toldervy · 1770 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)

London, Not Stated, 1770. Leather. A very scarce topographical study of eighteenth century England, illustrated with charming copper-plate embellishments. This is the very scarce anonymously published work of William Toldervy. First published in 1762 under the title 'Engl...

In Scripture Lands

Edward L Wilson · 1890 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890. First edition. Cloth. The uncommon first edition containing Edward S Wilson's account of his travels in the Holy Land, with one hundred and fifty illustrations from original photographs by the author. Edward L Wilson's tr...

Annals of Christ&Apos;S Hospital from Its Foundation to the Present Time and of the Original Conventual Church of the Grey Friaris

[Edmund Dring] · 1867 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Lothian and Co, 1867. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this beautifully illustrated history of Christ's Hospital, with six photographic plates by Valentine Blanchard. The first edition of this work.A concise history of the Christ's Hospital, London,...

Old London Street Cries and the Cries of to-Day

Andrew W. Tuer · 1885 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)

London, Field and Tuer, 1885. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of this remarkably illustrated historical account of London by Andrew Tuer. The first edition of this remarkable study of the history of London. A valuable record of life in London in thee nineteenth cent...

Early Nineteenth Century Architecture in South Africa

Ronald Lewcock · 1963 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Cape Town, A. A. Balkema, 1963. First edition. Cloth. A first edition illustrated study of colonial nineteenth century architecture in South Africa, beautifully illustrated in colour. The first edition of this work.In the original unclipped dustwrapepr.An extensive study looki...

Oban and the District Around

Alexander Mailer Faichney · 1902 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Not Stated, Not Stated, 1902. Cloth. An illustrated guide to the resort town of Oban from the turn of the twentieth century, illustrated and complete with a number of advertisements. A tourist guide to Oban, situated in the Argyll and Bute area of Scotland, with a horseshoe sh...

London

Walter Besant · 1894 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London , Chatto and Windus , 1894. Cloth. An excellent new edition of this fascinating topographical work on London by Walter Besant, illustrated throughout. A new edition of this work by Walter Besant. A fascinating topographical work on London, detailing the rich antiquities...

Foreign Devils in the Flowery Kingdom

Carl Crow · 1941 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1941. Cloth. An illustrated look into the lives of foreigners in China by Carl Crow, in the scarce unclipped dustwrapper. The second U.K. impression of this work.In the original scarce unclipped dustwrapper.An interesting study into the life of foreign...

A Tale of Flowering Fortunes Annals of Japanese Aristocratic Life in the Heian Period

William H. McCullough; Helen Craig McCullough · 1980 · Rooke Books

£400.00 (€479.46 | $528.46 | ¥84,388)

California, Stanford University Press, 1980. First edition. Cloth. A fine first edition of this beautiful look into the Heian period of Japanese history, illustrated throughout. The first edition of this work.In the original unclipped dustwrapper.Complete in two volume.A detai...

Wanderings and Excursions in North Wales

Thomas Roscoe · 1853 · Rooke Books

£500.00 (€599.33 | $660.57 | ¥105,484)

London, Tilt and Bogue, Simpkin and Co, Orr and Co, 1853. Leather. A beautiful and finely bound copy of Thomas Roscoe's work exploring North Wales at the beginning of the nineteenth century, lavishly illustrated throughout. In a striking fine morocco binding.Illustrated w...

The Literary Ghosts of London. Homes and Footprints of Famous Men and Women

E. Beresford Chancellor · 1933 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Richards, 1933. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of this work exploring the literary history of London, illustrated throughout. The first edition of this work.A scarce work.'The Literary Ghosts of London' delves into the history of London and the ...

General View of the Agriculture of Shropshire; with Observations. Drawn Up for the Considerations of the Board of Agriculture, and Internal Improvement

Joseph Plymley · 1803 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.31 | ¥58,016)

London, Richard Phillips, 1803. First edition. Leather. A well bound first edition of this agricultural work focussing on Shropshire, England, by Joseph Plymley, illustrated with folding plates. The first edition of this work. Illustrated with five folding plates, two maps, an...

Lost London Being a Description of Landmarks Which Have Disappeared

E. Beresford Chancellor · 1926 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Constable and Company Limited; Houghton Mifflin Company, 1926. First edition. Cloth. An intriguing first edition volume detailing London's lost buildings, featuring the artwork of John Crowther. In the late nineteenth century Charles Chadwyck-Healey, a barrister l...

The Itinerary of John Leland the Antiquary

John Leland; Thomas Hearne · 1768 · Rooke Books

£1,490.00 (€1,786.00 | $1,968.50 | ¥314,344)

Oxford, James Fletcher, 1768-69. Leather. The third edition of John Leland's complete itineraries, noting his journeys around England and Wales in the Tudor era, researching into local topography. Illustrated throughout, including with a folding plate. The third edition o...

Hampshire

Telford Varley · 1909 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1909. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing first edition copy of Telford Varley's fascinating history of the county of Hampshire; with copious beautiful illustrations by Wilfrid Ball throughout. Wilfrid Williams Ball was a prolific Victorian an...

Bibliotheca Cantiana: A Bibliographical Account of What Has Been Published on the History, Topography, Antiquities, Customs, and Family History, of the County of Kent

John Russell Smith · 1837 · Rooke Books

£33.00 (€39.56 | $43.60 | ¥6,962)

London, John Russell Smith, 1837. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of John Russell Smith's interesting history of Kent, illustrated with two plates. The first edition of this work. A fascinating and in-depth look at the history of the county of Kent, including info...