Viaggi e geografia

The Thames About 1750

Hugh Phillips · 1951 · Rooke Books

£39.00 (€46.75 | $51.52 | ¥8,228)

London, Collins, 1951. First edition. Cloth. A neat first edition of this illustrated history of the River Thames circa 1750. First edition. Illustrated throughout with 258 figures, some of which are full page. A history of the River Thames circa 1750 with details from Woolwic...

Views of Swiss Scenery in the Neighbourhood of the Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Co. &Apos;S Factory and Head Offices at Cham, Switzerland

None · 1893 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

Cham, Switzerland, Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Co. c1890. Cloth. A scarce collection of images from Switzerland near the Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Co. Head Office, with advertisements. Very scarce work. A collection of eighteen coloured plates to show the Swiss scenery around ...

The Bristol Guide; Being a Complete Ancient and Modern History of the City of Bristol: Including a Description of the Interesting Curiosities of Its Vicinity

J. Mathews · 1815 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

Bristol, J. Mathews, 1815. Hardback. An uncommon to see early edition of J. Mathews' interesting guide to Regency era Bristol, complete with the scarce folding map. The third edition, uncommon to see in such an early edition.Illustrated with a scarce folding map to the fr...

Records of Yarlington: Being a History of a Country Village

T. E. Rogers · 1890 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Elliot Stock, 1890. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this genealogical study of Yarlington, Somerset. Signed by the author In an expansion of his lectures delivered in Castle Cary and Wincanton, Thomas Englesby Rogers discusses the historical records Yarlington...

Bemroses&Apos; Guide to Matlock, Bakewell, Chatsworth, Haddon Hall, &C

Alfred Wallis · 1873 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London , Bemrose and Sons , 1873. Cloth. A copy of Bemroses' Guide to Matlock, Bakewell, Chatsworth, Haddon Hall, &c with plates and a folding map. Bemroses' Guide to Matlock, Bakewell, Chatsworth, Haddon Hall, &c edited by Alfred Wallis. This volume is a detailed g...

London Vanished & Vanishing

Philip Norman · 1905 · Rooke Books

£298.00 (€357.20 | $393.70 | ¥62,869)

London, Adam & Charles Black, 1905. Cloth. A signed limited edition study on the beauties of old London by Philip Norman, complete with his colourful illustrations. A limited edition de luxe, limited to 250 copies, of which this is numbered 216.Signed by Philip Norman to the l...

Geographia Antiqua: Being a Set of Maps of Antient Geography, Engraved from Cellarius.

Andreas Cellarius · 1824 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€898.99 | $990.85 | ¥158,227)

London, C. & J. Rivington, 1824. Leather. A 'New Edition' of Cellarius's guide to the ancient world, consisting of thirty-three copper plate double page maps, titled in Latin, and in a lovely half calf binding. Consisting of a double page title page, double page...

In the Byways of West Somerset

Vincent H. Lines · 1930 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

Minehead & Williton, Cox, Sons, & Co. 1930. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce first edition of this volume containing a series of landscape drawings illustrative of West Somerset by Vincent H. Lines. The first edition of this work, a very scarce copy found institutionall...

Unexplored Syria: Visits to the Libanus, the Tulul El Safa, the Anti-Libanus, the Northern Libanus, and the Alah

Richard F. Burton; Charles F. Tyrwhitt Drake · 1872 · Rooke Books

£975.00 (€1,168.69 | $1,288.11 | ¥205,695)

London, Tinsley Brothers , 1872. First edition. Cloth. A first edition work on the exploration of Syria, by the famous explorers, Richard F. Burton and Charles Tyrwhitt Drake. The first edition. Complete in two volumes. In the publisher's original, full, cloth binding. Vo...

Sussex

Wilfrid Ball · 1913 · Rooke Books

£58.00 (€69.52 | $76.63 | ¥12,236)

London , Adam & Charles Black , 1913. Cloth. A bright and charming volume depicting the beauty of Sussex, with colour plates. A reprint copy. Wilfrid Ball was a British Victorian painter of landscapes and marine subjects. Within this volume Ball captures the beauty of the la...

The Visitors&Apos; Guide to Broadway (Worcestershire)

S. E. Davis · 1906 · Rooke Books

£39.00 (€46.75 | $51.52 | ¥8,228)

Evesham, W. & H. Smith, Ltd. 1906 . First edition. Paperback. The scarce first edition of this pocket travel guide to Broadway, Worcestershire, with illustrations. First edition of The Visitors' Guide to Broadway (Worcestershire) by S. E. Davis in the original publisher&a...

The Tourist in Spain, Granada

Thomas Roscoe · 1835 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

London, Robert Jennings and Co. 1835 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of this travel guide to Grenada, as part of a set on travelling in Spain from the early nineteenth century. First edition of The Tourist in Spain, Granada by Thomas Roscoe in the original publishe...

Arbroath and Its Abbey, or, the Early History of the Town and Abbey of Aberbrothock

David Miller · 1860 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

Edinburgh, Thomas G. Stevenson, 1860 . First edition. Leather. The scarce first edition of David Miller's study of the Scottish town of Arbroath, its Abbey and surroundings. Illustrated with a frontispiece of Arbroath Abbey Church.An informative mid nineteenth century stu...

The Early Art of the West Riding of Yorkshire

Barbara D. Palmer · 1990 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)

Michigan, Medieval Institute Publications Western Michigan University, 1990. First edition. Paperback. An interesting first edition study on the ancient art of the West Riding of Yorkshire, inscribed by the author. The first edition.Signed by the author to the title page, &apo...

Owen&Apos;S New Book of Roads: Or, a Description of the Roads of Great Britain

William Owen · 1782 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Printed for W. Owen, 1782. Hardback. The third edition of this very scarce late eighteenth century guide to the roads of Great Britain, illustrated with a folding map. The third edition of W. Owen's guide to the roads of Grea Britain. Very scarce in all contempora...

Winter Sports in Switzerland

E. F. Benson · 1913 · Rooke Books

£285.00 (€341.62 | $376.52 | ¥60,126)

London, George Allen & Company LTD, 1913. First edition. Cloth. An interesting volume on the popular winter sports of Switzerland, a lavishly illustrated volume with colour and monochrome plates. The first edition of this scarce work.Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, sev...

Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England. ) an Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire

1912 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, His Majesty's Stationery Office; Wyman and SOns; Oliver and Boyd; E. Ponsonby, 1912-13. First edition. Cloth. A first edition complete two volume set studying the beautiful antiquities of Buckinghamshire, a lavishly illustrated work. First edition. Complete in two...

Savage Abyssinia

James E. Baum · 1928 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Cassell and Company, 1928. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this uncommon ethnographical and topographical work on Abyssinia, or modern day Ethiopia. A fascinating and detailed ethnographical and topographical work on Abyssinia, or modern day Ethiopia, in Afr...

Reconnoitring in Abyssinia: A Narrative of the Proceedings of the Reconnoitring Party, Prior to the Arrival of the Main Body of the Expeditionary Field Force.

Colonel Henry St. Clair Wilkins · 1870 · Rooke Books

£425.00 (€509.43 | $561.48 | ¥89,662)

London, Smith, Elder & Co, 1870 . First edition. Hardback. A smart copy of the scarce first edition of H. St. Clair Wilkins's account of the rescue mission and punitive expedition carried out in 1868 by the armed forces of the British Empire against the Ethiopian Empire. ...

The Chelsea Society Annual Reports 1927-1966

The Chelsea Society · 1928 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

London, The Chelsea Society, 1928-1967. First edition. Cloth. Scarce collection of continuous thirty-eight numbers in three volumes of the Chelsea Society reports from 1928 to 1967. The first edition of this work. Comprising numbers I-XXXVIII of 'The Chelsea Society'...