Viaggi e geografia

Blenheim Woodstock, &C. Their Story and Some of the Scenes Around Them

Henry W. Taunt · 1914 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

Oxford, Henry W. Taunt & Co. 1914. Cloth. A smart third edition of this illustrated guide to the author's journey around Blenheim Woodstock and the surrounding areas. Third edition, enlarged. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece, eleven plates, and over fifty in-text ...

Pacific Island Records Fish Hooks

Harry G. Beasley; Thomas A. Joyce · 1980 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)

London, John Hewett, 1980. Cloth. A scarce illustrated limited edition work on the fish hooks used across the Pacific Islands. A very scarce facsimile reprint limited edition of five hundred copies, this copy is out of series.In the original glassine.Originally published in 19...

Tourist and Traveller&Apos;S Guide to the Roads of England and Wales, and Part of Scotland

George Carrington Gray · 1824 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Sherwood, Jones, and Co, 1824. First edition. Leather. The first edition of George Carrington Gray's uncommon guide to Britain through it's roads, illustrated with many plates. The first edition of this uncommon work.A comprehensive guide to the roads through...

The Country Sketch Book of Pastoral Scenes and Memorable Places

January Searle; [George Searle Phillips] · 1851 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Partridge & Oakey, [1851]. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce topographical study of Lincolnshire, a charming work by George Searle Phillips. A first edition of this very scarce work.Bound without the title page, publication information from Jisc from a copy held at t...

Ordnance Survey: Contoured Road Map of Stratford-on-Avon and District

0 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Not Stated , Authority of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries , c1930. Brochure/Pamphlet. A pleasing twentieth-century fold-out road map of Stratford-on-Avon, from the Ordnance Survey. The popular edition. With the original price of 2/6 to the front cover. A very scarce...

A Handbook of Tropical Gardening and Planting with Special Reference to Ceylon

H. F. Macmillan · 1914 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

Colombo, H. W. Cave & Co. 1914. Cloth. A smart second edition of this illustrated handbook to tropical gardening from British botanist Hugh Fraser Macmillan, with letters from the author tipped in. Second edition. With two letters tipped in at page 552, one of which is signed ...

Darstellung Der Rumãƒâ¤Nischen Sprache

Theodor Gartner · 1904 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

Halle , Max Niemeyer , 1904 . First edition. Leather. A first edition copy of Theodor Gartner's study on the Romanian language, smartly bound in quarter calf. The first edition.Bound in quarter calf with cloth to the boards.Scarce work.Written in the original German by Pr...

Hand Coloured Lithograph of the Lateran Obelisk in Rome for a Zograscope

None · 1400 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

Not Stated, Collection des Prospects, c1770. Unbound. A unique print for a zograscope, showing the Lateran Obelisk as it stands in Rome, a beautifully hand-coloured print. A fascinating and beautifully hand-coloured print made for a Zograscope, a type of optical viewer which w...

Kelly & Walsh&Apos;S Hand-Book of the Japanese Language for the Use of Tourists and Residents

Kelly & Walsh · 1904 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Yokohama, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Singapore, Kelly & Walsh, 1904. Cloth. An early twentieth-century guide to using conversational Japanese, for tourists and residents. An uncommon work in the publisher's original limp cloth binding. An early twentieth-century guide, for tour...

A Bibliographical Account of the Principal Works Relating to English Topography

William Upcott · 1818 · Rooke Books

£390.00 (€467.48 | $515.24 | ¥82,278)

London, Richard and Arthur Taylor, 1818. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of William Upcott's important bibliography, in which he documents work published relating to English topography. The first edition, one of two hundred and fifty copies of the standard paper e...

A Letter in Praise of Verona [1489]

Bernardino Barduzzi; Betty Radice [trans.] · 1974 · Rooke Books

£425.00 (€509.43 | $561.48 | ¥89,662)

Verona, Officina Bodoni, 1974 . First edition. Hardback. A fine example of this limited edition of a rare contemporary description of the city of Verona in the fifteenth century. A limited edition work, with this being number 102 of 150 numbered copies produced. Retaining the ...

The Album of London Views

None · 0 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Charles, Reynolds & Co, c1900. Cloth. A charming Victorian souvenir collection of views from the city of London, England. A Victorian souvenir collection of views. Containing twenty images of the city of London, England, across fifteen pages including a panorama of the...

A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland

Samuel Johnson · 1775 · Rooke Books

£320.00 (€383.57 | $422.76 | ¥67,510)

London, W. Strahan; and T. Cadell, 1775 . First edition. Leather. The first edition, second issue of this popular travel work by Samuel Johnson, providing an account of his tour of the Hebrides with James Boswell. The first edition, second issue, with six line errata. With the...

A New and Complete History of the County of York

Thomas Allen · 1828 · Rooke Books

£370.00 (€443.50 | $488.82 | ¥78,059)

London, I. T. Hinton, 1828-31. First edition. Leather. An illustrated history of the county of York, the first edition of this detailed work by Thomas Allen. The first edition of this work. The octavo issue, also published in a quarto issue.Complete in six volumes. A detailed...

The Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales

John Marius Wilson · 1874 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.31 | ¥58,016)

Edinburgh, A. Fullarton & Co, 1874. Leather. The complete two-volume set of John Wilson's comprehensive topographical dictionary of England and Wales, illustrated throughout. An early edition of this two-volume set in uniform half calf bindings, with marbled end papers an...

Picturesque Europe: The Continent Volume Three

None stated · 0 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, Cassell and Company Limited, c1880. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated work depicting the natural beauty of Europe, in the original cloth. Volume three only. Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece, an engraved title page, numerous vignettes and full page monochrome i...

Pictorial History of South Africa

1938 · Rooke Books

£33.00 (€39.56 | $43.60 | ¥6,962)

London, Odhams Press Ltd. 1938. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this vastly illustrated history of South Africa. First edition. Illustrated throughout with black-and-white photographs and diagrams, many of which are full page. A detailed historical account of th...

The Survey of London

Sir Walter Besant · 1906 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, Adam & Charles Black, 1906-1925. Cloth. A four volume set of this survey of London through the ages, from English historian, Sir Walter Besant. Four volumes of a ten volume set. From the Survey of London series. Written by Sir Walter Besant, an English novelist and his...

Great Western Suburban Services

Thomas B. Peacock · 1948 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Essex, Published by the Author, 1948. Cloth. A smart copy of this detailed history of the Great Western Suburban Services in the London District, with illustrations and maps. Illustrated with nineteen plates and two folding maps to the rear. Collated complete. A history of the...

A Historical and Descriptive Account of All Saints&Apos; Church

T. Sopwith · 1826 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

Newcastle, Edward Walker, 1826 . First edition. Hardback. A signed copy of the very scarce first edition of Thomas Sopwith's illustrated guide to All Saints Church, Newcastle. The first edition of this scarce work.Inscribed by the author to the half title with 'Sir C...