Viaggi e geografia

A Year&Apos;S Housekeeping in South Africa

Lady Barker · 1879 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1879 . Cloth. A bright example of Mary Anne Barker's account of her travels in South Africa. A 'new edition' of Lady Mary Anne Barker's account of her life with her second husband, Frederick Napier Broome.A pleasing copy and rare i...

London in the Nineteenth Century; North of the Thames; South of the Thames

Sir Walter Besant · 1909 · Rooke Books

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

London, Adam & Charles Black, 1909-1912. First edition. Cloth. Three engaging and profusely illustrated works on early twentieth century London by author and historian Sir Walter Besant. Three volumes in the publisher's original cloth bindings, with the original unclipped...

Burmese Vignettes

C. Harcourt Robertson · 1930 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, W. Thacker & Co, 1930 . First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of C. Harcourt Robertson's illustrated collection of sketches about Burmese life, in the very scarce publisher's original glassine. A presentation copy, inscribed to the front free endpaper,...

London of to-Day: An Illustrated Handbook of the Season

Charles Eyre Pascoe · 1890 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.85 | $151.93 | ¥24,261)

London, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, 1890 . Cloth. A smart copy of this scarce 1890 guide to London and the social season, illustrated throughout and with fascinating contemporary advertisements. The sixth annual edition of this scarce title.The work offers a fascinating insig...

Topographical and Statistical Description of the Principality of Wales

G. A. Cooke · 1817 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, c1818. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of this topographical study of North Wales. First edition of the work, in a quarter cloth binding with marbled boards. Dated from reference to ground levelling in 1817, as stated on page 10...

Traditions of Edinburgh

Robert Chambers · 1912 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, W. & R. Chambers, Limited, 1912. Cloth. A new edition of this work on the traditions of Edinburgh by Rocher Chambers will full colour illustrations by James Riddel. A new edition of the work, with a preface written by C. E. S Chambers. In the original publisher's...

Sussex Folk and Sussex Ways: Stray Studies in the Wealden Formation of Human Nature

Reverend John Coker Egerton · 1892 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1892. Cloth. A smart new edition of this work on the history of Sussex and its residents, with illustrations. New edition. Illustrated with frontispiece and three plates. Collated complete. A detailed piece on the history of Sussex and the people livin...

A History of Northumberland in Three Parts

John Hodgson · 1820 · Rooke Books

£530.00 (€635.29 | $700.20 | ¥111,814)

Newcastle, Thomas & James Pigg et al. 1820-1858. First edition. Leather. A smart set of Hodgson's influential work regarding the history of Northumberland, a county in the North East of England. Bound by Root and Son, with binder's stamp to recto of front free endpap...

London Topographical Record

Ann Lorielle Saunders · 1980 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, London Topographical Society, 1980-2001. First edition. Cloth. Four very smart volumes from the London Topographical Records, includes volumes XXIV, XXV, XXVII, and XXVIII only. Four volumes. First edition. Volumes XXIV, XXV, XXVII, and XXVIII only. Illustrated with ma...

Memorials of Temple Bar with Some Account of Fleet Street and the Parishes of St. Dunstan and St. Bride, London

T. C. Noble · 1869 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Diprose & Bateman, 1869. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of this work on historical Temple Bar and Fleet Street, London. First edition. Scarce work. A detailed historical chronicle of Temple Bar, the principal ceremonial entrance to the City of London from...

Sea-Side Walks of a Naturalist with His Children

W. Houghton · 1870 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Groombridge and Sons, 1870. First edition. Cloth. Willian Houghton's charming work on the natural life of the sea-side, a colourfully illustrated first edition. The first edition.A charming work of natural history by naturalist William Houghton, following the auth...

Principal Streets and Places in London and Its Environs, As Divided Into Postal Districts

[Sir Rowland Hill] · 1857 · Rooke Books

£895.00 (€1,072.80 | $1,182.42 | ¥188,817)

London, George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode, 1857. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce important volume of the division of London into postal districts in the Victorian era. The first edition of this scarce work.Illustrated with one folding map, and ten ...

Venice

Dorothy Menpes · 1904 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1904 . First edition. Cloth. A signed, limited edition guide to Venice, beautifully illustrated by Mortimer Menpes. A signed, edition de luxe first edition, number 396 of 500 copies produced, signed by the illustrator Mortimer Menpes to the colo...

Our Village

Mary Russell Mitford; Anne Thackeray Ritchie · 1893 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1893. Cloth. Hugh Thomson's beautifully illustrated edition of the charming topographical study of the English countryside by Mary Russell Mitford. Presentation copy, with a blind stamp to the title page.'Our Village' is a collection of...

The Highlands of Central India: Notes on Their Forests and Wild Tribes, Natural History and Sports

Captain J. Forsyth · 1919 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Chapman and Hall, 1919 . Cloth. A richly illustrated work examining the landscape, wildlife and natural history of central India. Illustrated with six plates, a folding map, and further vignette illustrations. Collated, complete.Arranged in ten chapters, this charming ...

East Africa and Its Big Game

John Christopher Willoughby · 1889 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1889. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this exciting account of a hunting trip across Eastern Africa, illustrated throughout. The first edition of this work, rebacked with the publisher's original pictorial cloth laid down to ...

The Works of Francis Parkman

Francis Parkman · 1912 · Rooke Books

£1,175.00 (€1,408.42 | $1,552.34 | ¥247,889)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1912 . Leather. A beautifully bound twelve volume set of the most important works of American historian Francis Parkman, with each volume retaining the very scarce original dust wrapper. Consisting of:Volume I, The Pioneers of France in the New World,...

Voyage En Angleterre, Pendant Les Annees 1810 Et 1811; Avec Des Observations Sur L&Apos;Etat Politique Et Moral, Les Arts Et la Litterature de Ce Pays, Et Sur Les Moeurs Et Les Usages de Ses Habitants

Louis Simond · 1817 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

Paris, Truettel et Wurtz, 1817. Leather. The second French edition of the vivid travel work of Louis Simond, documenting his explorations across England. Complete with detailed plates. In the original French.The second edition.Complete in two volumes.The travel account of Fren...

Bloomsbury and St Giles&Apos;S Past and Present with Historical and Antiquarian Notices of the Vicinity

George Clinch · 1890 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Truslove and Shirley, 1890. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this illustrated history of Bloomsbury and the surrounding area. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Illustrated with 24 plates including a fr...

A Tour Through the Whole Island of Great Britain

Daniel Defoe; Pat Rogers · 1983 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, The Folio Society , 1983. Cloth. A beautiful Folio Society edition of Daniel Defoe's travel journal of Great Britain in three volume housed in the original slipcase. Folio society edition in three volumes, text edited by GDH Cole reprinted from the 1974 edition. F...