Viaggi e geografia

Spas and Health Resorts of the British Isles Their Mineral Waters, Climate, and the Treatment to Be Obtained with a Section on Curative Institutions

Thomas Davy Luke · 1919 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London , A. & C. Black, Ltd. 1919. Cloth. A useful reference book on Spas and Health Resorts of the British Isles. By Thomas Davy Luke, Physician-in-Charge, Peebles Hydropathic Surgeon Lieut.-Commander, R.N.A. Hospital, Feebles. With thirty-two full-page illustrations and a sk...

Missionary Pioneering in Bolivia with Some Account of Work in Argentina

Will Payne and Chas T. W. Wilson · 0 · Rooke Books

£59.99 (€71.91 | $79.26 | ¥12,656)

London , H. A. Raymond, c1904. Cloth. A travel book on Bolivia by Will Payne and Chas T. W. Wilson. With numerous black and white plates. With a fold-out map to the rear of the volume. From the Introduction: "Of all the countries on the face of the earth there are few about wh...

Penelope&Apos;S Irish Experiences

Kate Douglas Wiggin · 1901 · Rooke Books

£44.99 (€53.93 | $59.44 | ¥9,491)

New York, Grosset & Dunlap, 1901. Cloth. A diligent and charming recollection of the travels of three friends throughout Ireland. This lovely edition is typeset with sharp text and broad margins; remains very clean, and is protected by Brodart wraps. Signed by the author and i...

Royal Greenwich

Olive Hamilton; Nigel Hamilton · 1969 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

London, The Greenwich Bookshop, 1969. Cloth. A signed limited edition on this history of Greenwich. With photographs by Stanley Devon and Elizabeth Lewis as well as historical illustrations drawn from archives, galleries and collections throughout Britain. One of a signed and ...

The World of to-Day

Anon · 1911 · Rooke Books

£59.99 (€71.91 | $79.26 | ¥12,656)

Tokyo, The Yurakusha, 1911. Paperback. A fascinating and illustrated hardback on commerce in Japanese, with English translations. This illustrated book, published by the Yurakusha, concerns commercial and industrial interests particular to Great Britain and America, which is i...

The Motoring Encyclopedia

1932 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, The Amalgamated Press, Ltd. c.1932 (Undated, dated from a co. Cloth. London: The Amalgamated Press, Ltd. c.1932 (Undated, dated from a copy held by the British Library). Cloth. Near Fine. 11.5" by 9". Not STated. An incredibly scarce expansive encyclopedia of destinati...

The Conquest of the South Pole; the Conquest of the North Pole

J. Gordon Hayes · 1932 · Rooke Books

£695.00 (€833.07 | $918.19 | ¥146,623)

London, Thornton Butterworth, 1932-1934 . First edition. Cloth. The impressively illustrated first editions of J. Gordon Hayes's accounts of early 20th century Polar exploration, with his study of the North Pole being a signed presentation copy from the author himself. Th...

Administrative County of London Development Plan 1951: Analysis

None Stated; I. J. Hayward · 1951 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London , London City Council, 1951. First edition. Cloth. A detailed and authoritative planning analysis by the London County Council, offering statistical and analytical documentation of London"s first post-war statutory development plan. In the publisher's original gree...

A New Picture of Paris; or, the Stranger&Apos;S Guide to the French Metropolis

Edward Planta · 1827 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€407.54 | $449.19 | ¥71,729)

London, Samuel Leigh, 1827 . Leather. Impressively illustrated with folding maps and engraved views, this is the fifteenth edition of Edward Planta's charming guide to the riches of Paris. The fifteenth edition of this beautiful guide to the city of Paris, after the turmo...

South Bank: Memories of Riverside Lambeth Before the Festival Exhibition

Noel Spencer · 1955 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

Norwich , Norwich Art School, 1955 . First edition. Cloth. An illustrated memoir of Lambeth before the Festival Exhibition, singed by the author and illustrator, and accompanied by a revealing letter attesting to the value of Spencer"s London work. In the publisher's orig...

A Sentimental Tour Collected from a Variety of Occurrences, from Newbiggin, Near Penrith, Cumberland, to London, by Way of Cambridge

George Thompson · 1798 · Rooke Books

£650.00 (€779.13 | $858.74 | ¥137,130)

Penrith, printed by Anthony Soulby, for the author, 1798 . First edition. Hardback. A signed presentation copy of the first edition of this very scarce collection of anecdotes regarding travels from Cumberland to London and back again. A very scarce first edition, the only edi...

Westmorland, Cumberland, Durham, and Northumberland

T. Rose · 1832 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, H. Fisher, R. Fisher, & P. Jackson, 1832. Leather. A lovely illustrated tour through Westmorland, Cumberland, Durham and Northumberland, with plates by Thomas Allom and George Pickering. A beautifully illustrated guide to the North of England.Bound in full straight gra...

A London Reverie

J.C. Squire (intro.) · 1928 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London , Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1928. First edition. Cloth. A fantastic first edition of this collection of illustrations by artist Joseph Pennell, with a coloured frontispiece and 55 further plates. The first edition of the work.In publisher's original decorative bro...

The Survey of Cornwall

Richard Carew of Antony; F. E. Halliday (ed.) · 1953 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Andrew Melrose, 1953 . First edition. Cloth. Intuitive 1953 first edition of the famous Richard Carew Survey of Cornwall with ten maps by John Norden. First edition of the 1953 edit by notable academic F. E. Halliday.In publisher's original cloth binding. With unc...

Journeys in Italy

Theophile Gautier; Daniel B. Vermilye [trans.] · 1903 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Hutchinson & Co. 1903. Cloth. A lovely first English language edition copy of Theophile Gautier's journey across Italy, with original photographic plates. A lovely first edition copy, bound in original deep blue cloth.Featuring a striking gilt pictorial motif to f...

The Thames About 1750

Hugh Phillips · 1951 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, Collins, 1951. First edition. Disbound. A first edition of Hugh Phillips"s The Thames About 1750, a richly illustrated study recreating the life, commerce, and landscape of the river, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the original orange cloth binding, compl...

Reliques of Old London Later Reliques of Old London Reliques of Old London Suburbs North of the Thames Reliques of Old London Upon the Banks of the Thames & in the Suburbs South of the River

T.R.Way; H.B. Wheatley, F.S.A. · 1896 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.26 | $726.63 | ¥116,033)

London , George Bell and Sons, 1896-1899. First edition. Vellum. A 4 volume lithographically illustrated limited edition collection of topographical accounts on the lost reliques of London, each signed by the artist. The first editions of this 4 volume set, each limited editio...

Artistic Travel in Normandy, Brittany, the Pyrenees, Spain and Algeria

Henry Blackburn · 1892 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.75 | $244.41 | ¥39,029)

London, Sampson, Low, Marston & Company, 1892 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of this beautifully illustrated travel work from artist Henry Blackburn, providing interesting artistic perspectives, bound in half calf by Potter & Sons. The first edition.Bound by Potte...

Tallis&Apos;S Illustrated London; in Commemoration of the Great Exhibition of All Nations in 1851. Forming a Complete Guide to the British Metropolis and Its Environs

William Gaspey · 1851 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)

London and New York, John Tallis and Company, [1851]. First edition. Leather. The first edition illustrated two volume work from William Gaspey, providing a guide to London and its environs in commemoration of the Great Exhibition, bound in half calf. The first edition.A two v...

London and Its Environs

Karl Baedeker · 1951 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Hamburg , Karl Baedeker , 1951. Cloth. A pleasing edition of this popular Baedeker handbook to London, with the very scarce original dust wrapper. The twentieth revised edition.In the original cloth binding. With the very scarce original dust wrapper. Illustrated with ten map...