Viaggi e geografia

Bacon&Apos;S Up-to-Date Pocket Atlas of London

G. W. Bacon · 0 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Edinburgh, G. W. Bacon & Co. Ltd. c1930. Cloth. A smart copy of this pocket atlas of London from American mapmaker and publisher G. W. Bacon. A pocket atlas containing forty-three sheet maps of London and an index map to the sheets. Collated complete. Being a collection of map...

The a-B-C Guide to London

1916 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, E. J. Larby, Ltd. 1916. Cloth. A very scarce copy of the complete edition of the A-B-C Guide to London, with a large folding map. Complete edition, 332nd thousand. Very scarce work. Illustrated throughout with two folding maps. Collated complete. A detailed and compreh...

London and Its Environs in the Nineteenth Century

Thomas H. Shepherd; James Elmes · 1829 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

London, Jones & Co, 1829. First edition. Leather. Beautifully illustrated and charmingly bound, this is the first edition of Shepherd and Elmes' topographical work on London and its surrounding during the Industrial Revolution. The first edition of this work.A fascinating...

London for Dickens Lovers

William Kent · 1935 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1935. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this guide to London for lovers of Charles Dickens, signed by the author. First edition. Signed and inscribed by the author to the front endpaper in presentation to Leonard Jackson, dated 25th May ...

Leicester Square; Its Associations and Its Worthies

Tom Taylor · 1874 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Bickers & Son , 1874. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this illustrated study of Leicester Square in London, with folding plates. First edition. Illustrated with a folding frontispiece, three folding plates, and twelve plates. Collated complete. A detailed and ...

Picturesque London

None Stated · 1920 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, The Anglo-American Oil Co. Ltd. 1920. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce pictorial survey of London, featuring 24 tipped-in colour plates of charming views by Jessie Currie and E. E. Briscoe, published by the Anglo-American Oil Company. In the publisher's ori...

Berkyngechirche Juxta Turrim: Collections in Illustration of the Parochial History and Antiquities of the Parish of Allhallows Barking

Joseph Maskell · 1864 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Bryan Corcoran & Co, 1864. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of Joseph Maskell"s antiquarian study of one of London"s oldest churches, All Hallows by the Tower. A scarce first edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, and one further plate. Collated, compl...

Historical Notices of the Collegiate Church or Royal Free Chapel and Sanctuary of St. Martin-le-Grand 2

Alfred John Kempe · 1825 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green; John Nichols and Son, 1825 . First edition. Hardback. The first edition of this uncommon work on the collegiate church which previously stood at St. Martin's Le Grand. The first edition of this scarce work.The collegia...

Beggars on Horseback; a Riding Tour in North Wales

Martin Ross; E. OE. Somerville · 1895 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

Edinburgh & London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1895. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this unconventional work of travel writing by Martin Ross and E. OE Somerville, with illustrations. First edition, first impression of one thousand five hundred and seventy-five co...

The Old Guild Hall and Prison of Nottingham

J. Potter Briscoe · 1895 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Regent House, Frank Murray, 1895 . First edition. Hardback. A very scarce, limited edition copy of J. Potter Briscoe's account of Nottingham's Old Guild Hall and Prison, signed by the author in a limited run of 50 copies. The first edition, printed in a limited run o...

A Descriptive List of the Mediaeval Dovecotes in Nottinghamshire

J. Whitaker, F.Z.S. · 1927 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

Mansfield, The "Mansfield Reporter" Company, 1927. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition survey of Nottinghamshire"s medieval dovecotes, richly illustrated with 28 plates, with detailed measurements and historical notes. In the publisher's original green cloth bind...

The Bristol Avon & the Salisbury Avon (the Rivers of England Series)

Ernest Walls · 1927 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

Bristol, Arrowsmith, 1927-1929. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing pair of works from the 'Rivers of England' series by Ernest Walls, describing the Bristol Avon and the Salisbury Avon. Two volumes from this 'Rivers of England' series by Ernest Walls. First ...

Lift-Luck on Southern Roads

Tickner Edwardes · 1910 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, Methuen & Co, 1910 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of Ticknor Edwardes early narrative of hitchhiking, with a letter from the author regarding the work loosely inserted. The very scarce first edition, first impression of this work.Loosely inserted i...

Manchester Ship Canal. Engineers&Apos; Reports and Report of the Provisional Committee to the Subscribers to the Guarantee Fund, Submitted to the Meeting, Held on September 26th, 1882, at the Old Town Hall, Manchester

1882 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

Manchester, John Heywood, 1882. First edition. Unbound. The first edition of this very scarce technical report on the engineering behind the Manchester Ship Canal. The first edition of this very scarce work.This pamphlet is a technical report on the work of engineers on the Ma...

The Y.W. C.A. Of Malaya & Singapore Cookery Book

Mrs. A. E. Llewellyn [ed.] · 1951 · Rooke Books

£270.00 (€323.64 | $356.71 | ¥56,962)

Kuala Lumpur, The Y.W.C.A. of Malaya and Singapore, 1951 . Cloth. A wonderful example of this scarce guide to Asian cooking, compiled by the Young Women"s Christian Association. A scarce work.The 1951 sixth edition of Mrs. A. E. Llewellyn's guide to the food of Malaya and...

Fankwei; or, the San Jacinto in the Seas of India, China and Japan

William Maxwell Wood · 1859 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

New York, Harper & Brothers, 1859 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of William Maxwell Wood's fascinating autobiographical account of his travels in Asia aboard the USS San Jacinto. The first edition of this work.William Maxwell Wood offers a detailed travel narra...

The Victoria History of the Counties of England: A History of Sussex Volume

L. F. Salzman [ed.] · 1935 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Oxford University Press, 1935 . Cloth. An in-depth exploration of the region of Sussex from the Roman occupation onwards, including archaeological findings, historical analyses, and fold-out colour maps. In the publisher's original red cloth binding with gilt deco...

Reminiscences of Twenty Years&Apos; Pigsticking in Bengal

Raoul [R. Dubus] · 1893 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.34 | $653.96 | ¥104,430)

Calcutta, Thacker, Spink & Co, 1893 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the first edition of this autobiographical account of twenty years spent pigsticking - hunting wild boar - in Bengal. A very scarce first edition.Inscribed by the author to a front blank ...

The World Atlas of Wine

Hugh Johnson · 1986 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Mitchell Beazley, 1986. Cloth. A very smart third edition of this illustrated world atlas of wine, from expert Hugh Johnson. Third edition, completely revised and extended. Later printing. Illustrated throughout with one hundred and seventy-five maps in colour and nume...

Views of the English Lakes

None · 0 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

Windermere, J. Garnet, c1873. Cloth. A lovely volume looking at the picturesque views of the Lake District, engraved by William Banks. A beautiful volume looking at the picturesque views of the Lake District.Including views of Windermere Lake, Bownes from Belle Isle, Esthwaite...