Viaggi e geografia

Our Lady of Batersey the Story of Battersea Church and Parish Told from Original Sources

John George Taylor · 1925 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

Chelsea, George White, 1925. First edition. Leather. An uncommon signed first edition, bound in full morocco, and gifted to contender to the French Royal legacy 'Princess Francoise de Bourbon-Orleans&apos. An uncommon first edition, bound in full black morocco.A presentat...

London and Its Environs in the Nineteenth Century; Metropolitan Improvements; or London in the Nineteenth Century: Displayed As a Series of Engravings

James Elmes · 1829 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)

London, Jones & Co. 1829-1830. Leather. Two richly illustrated topographical studies of London, complete with engravings by Thomas H. Shepherd. Two lavishly illustrated volumes on London and its topography, displayed in a series of engravings of the new buildings, improvements...

Le Bas Du Pavãƒâ© Parisien; Petitis Mãƒâ©Tiers Parisiens

Guy Tomel · 1894 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Paris, G. Charpentier et E. Fasquelle; Librairie Charpentier et Fasquelle, 1894; 1898. Cloth. Delightfully illustrated insight into the streets of 1890s Paris from Guy Tomel and Maurice Martin. Scarce. In publisher's original binding.In two volumes, consisting of:Le Bas d...

Washi: The World of Japanese Paper

Sukey Hughes · 1978 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

Tokyo, New York and San Francisco, Kodansha International, 1978. First edition. Cloth. A delightful and in-depth text on the process and history behind Japanese paper, washi. First edition in original publisher's binding. With unclipped dust wrapper.Featuring beautiful ti...

London and Its Environs

Karl Baedeker · 1923 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

Leipzig , Karl Baedeker, Publisher , 1923. Cloth. A classic guidebook to London from reputable German publisher, Karl Baedeker. Illustrated with many folding maps and plans. Eighteenth revised edition. In the publisher's cloth binding. Providing fifty-two routes explori...

Newton Nottage and Porthcawl (from Prehistoric Times to 1950)

Leonard S. Higgins · 1968 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

Llandysul, Gomerian Press, 1968 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of this charming work of local history, with a signed letter from the author to the dedicatee of this work, British zoologist and geographer H. J. Fleure. The very scarce first edition, first...

Historical Notices of Shipley, Saltaire, Idle, Windhill, Wrose, Baildon, Hawksworth, Eccleshill, Calberley, Rawdon and Horsforth

J. Horsfall Turner · 1985 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

Leeds, MTD Rigg, 1985. Cloth. A fine 1980s facsimile edition of a 1901 historical study of the region surrounding Bradford, with a loosely inserted original signed letter from the author, J. Horsfall Turner. First published in 1901, this is a 1985 facsimile of J. Horsfall Turn...

The Royal Cabinet Album: Staffordshire

0 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, R. B. & P. c1900. Cloth. A very scarce copy of this delightful souvenir concertina book of monochrome illustrations of Staffordshire. Very scarce work. The Royal Cabinet Album series. A souvenir collection of illustrations of important views of Staffordshire, from the ...

The Wonders of Trees, Plants, and Shrubs, Recorded in Anecdotes

Joseph Taylor · 1823 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.31 | ¥58,016)

London, William Darton, 1823 . Leather. Beautifully illustrated with engraved plates of plants, this is an early edition of Joseph Taylor's scarce study of trees, plants and shrubs. The later 1823 issue of this work, dated via the plates. This volume was first published i...

Two Months in the Highlands, Orcadia, and Skye

Charles Richard Weld · 1860 · Rooke Books

£475.00 (€569.36 | $627.54 | ¥100,210)

London, Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1860 . First edition. Leather. An exceptional signed presentation copy of the first edition of this study of the Scottish highlands by Charles Richard Weld, illustrated with chromolithographic plates. Inscribed by the author to the...

Gothic Wanderings in Somerset

Freda Derrick · 1930 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Simpkin Marshall Ltd. 1930. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of sketches from across Somerset by English writer Eleanor Freda Derrick. First edition. With the scarce original unclipped dust wrapper. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece a...

Sunshine and Rain in Uganda Adela

Adela M. Day · 1932 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

London, East Africa, 1932. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce account of life in Uganda, from the point of view of a wife of a travelling surveyor, in the vanishingly scarce original dust wrapper. The first edition.In the publisher's original cloth wit...

Bibliotheca Gloucestrensis

John Washbourn [Ed.] · 1825 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

Gloucester , Printed for the Editor , 1825 . Leather. An early edition of John Washbourn's Bibliotheca Gloucestrensis, collecting documents published on the subject during the Civil War. Bound in full straight grain morocco. Second edition. Originally published in 1823 in...

Crags and Craters

William Dudley Oliver · 1896 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1896 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce, first edition of this illustrated travel work on the French volcanic island of Reunion. The first edition. Bound in the publisher's cloth. Illustrated with twenty-six illustrations, a frontispiece a...

Some Account of the Hospital and Parish of St. Giles in the Fields, Middlesex

John Parton · 1822 · Rooke Books

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

London, Luke Hansard and Sons, 1822. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this very scarce topographical account of St. Giles in the Fields and its hospital by John Parton, bound in half calf. The first edition. Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece, vignettes an...

New Album of London Views

0 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, Not Stated, c1880. Paperback. A souvenir concertina book of monochrome illustrations of London views. A delightful collection of illustrations of important views of London, from the Houses of Parliament and Westminster Abbey to the Crystal Palace and the Albert Memoria...

London Scenes

Hellmuth Weissenborn · 2001 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

Herefordshire, The Whittington Press, 2001. Hardback. A very pleasing limited edition copy of this collection of wood engravings from visual artist Hellmuth Weissenborn. Limited to three hundred copies, of which this is number fifty. Illustrated with ten wood engravings of pos...

The New Complete, and Universal History, Description, and Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster

Society of Gentlemen; William Thornton; George Smith; Alex. Townsend et al. · 1784 · Rooke Books

£590.00 (€707.21 | $779.47 | ¥124,472)

London, Alex. Hogg, 1784. First edition. Leather. Illustrated throughout with engraved plates, this is the scarce first edition an impressive and comprehensive topographical and historical study of London. A scarce first edition.An impressive late eighteenth-century survey tha...

London and Its Environs: Handbook for Travellers

Karl Baedeker · 1900 · Rooke Books

£68.00 (€81.51 | $89.84 | ¥14,346)

Leipsic, Karl Baedeker, 1900. Cloth. A smart twelfth revised edition of this illustrated travel guide to London from Baedeker, with folding maps. Twelfth revised edition. Illustrated with a folding map frontispiece, four folding maps and plans, and numerous in-text plans and f...

A Pictorial and Descriptive Guide to the Thames & a Pictorial and Descriptive Guide to London

Various · 1937 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Ward, Lock and Co. Limited, c1930-1937. Cloth. A delightful set of topographical works regarding London and the River Thames, with folding maps and illustrations. Four volumes. A collection of topographical works on London and the River Thames, containing four volumes ...