Viaggi e geografia

Harrod&Apos;S Royal Despatch of Great Britain and Ireland

N/A · 1908 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, Harrod's, Limited, 1908. Cloth. This uncommon volume contains a wealth of statistical information on every city, town, and village in Britain and Ireland These despatches published by Harrod's offer a wealth of historical information including details about t...

A Pilgrimage in Surrey

James S. Ogilvy · 1914 · Rooke Books

£112.00 (€134.25 | $147.97 | ¥23,629)

London , George Routledge and Sons , 1914. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this two volume set of a topographical tour through Surrey, with illustrations. A first edition set. A complete two volume set of A Pilgrimage in Surrey which gives a guide to many of the...

Views of Paris

0 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

Paris , Vallardi, c1820. Leather. A very scarce album of views in Paris, including forty one views. A very scarce volume of Views in Paris, published by Vallardi in Paris. With forty one views in Paris, including views of Palais des Tuileries, Place de Louis XV, Palais de Lou...

Pitminster: Past and Present

Robert Dunning · 2000 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

Pitminster , The Friends of Pitminster Church , 2000. First edition. Paperback. Very scarce first edition of this book of the local history of Pitminster by Robert Dunning. First edition of Robert Dunning's illustrated history of the village of Pitminster in Somerset. A v...

The Royal Yacht Britannia: Inside the Queen&Apos;S Floating Palace

Brian Hoey · 1995 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Patrick Stephens Limited, 1995. First edition. Cloth. A first edition on this guide to the H.M.Y. Britannia, signed by the author, with an inscription from the Principal Medical Officer. First edition. Signed by the author. Inscription signed by "Nigel" the Principal M...

Wanderings and Excursions in South Wales with the Scenery of the River Wye

Thomas Roscoe · 1854 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Henry G Bohn, 1854. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this fascinating travelogue of South Wales by Thomas Roscoe adorned with charming engravings, complete with folding map. The first edition of this successful work, published the year following the 'Wan...

Pilgrimages to Old Homes Mostly on the Welsh Border

Fletcher Moss · 1903 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

The Old Parsonage, Didsbury, Fletcher Moss, 1903 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this history of old homes in Britain with a signed letter by the author. First edition of Pilgrimages to Old Homes Mostly on the Welsh Border by Fletcher Moss in the original publishe...

Wild Sports and Natural History of the Highlands

Charles St. John; Sir Herbert Maxwell · 1919 · Rooke Books

£46.00 (€55.14 | $60.77 | ¥9,705)

London, T. N. Foulis, 1919. Cloth. Charles St. John's lovely topographical exploration of the Scottish Highlands, looking into the striking nature and popular sporting activites. A beautiful topographical exploration of the Scottish Highlands.In this volume, first publish...

Birket Foster&Apos;S Pictures of English Landscape

Birket Foster; Tom Taylor · 1881 · Rooke Books

£220.00 (€263.70 | $290.65 | ¥46,413)

London, George Routledge and Sons, 1881. Vellum. Myles Birket Foster's picturesque ode to English rural scenes, the limited edition engraved on India proof paper by the Brother Dalziels. A beautiful collection of Myles Birket Foster's illustrations of English landsca...

Scenes in Europe, for the Amusement and Instruction of Little Tarry-at-Home Travellers

Rev. Isacc Taylor · 1820 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)

London, J. Harris and Son , 1820. Leather. Isaac Taylor's popular European travel guide for children, with numerous illustrations and a folding map. The scarce third edition. Rebacked in quarter morocco with the original card boards. With a folding colour map and eighty-f...

A Bibliography of British Railway History

George Ottley · 1983 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1983. Cloth. The second edition of this bibliography of British railways and their history. Second edition. First published 1965. Includes: a summary table of classifications, bibliography, first Schedule of Railways Act (1921), li...

Magna Britannia; Being a Concise Topographical Account of Several Counties of Great Britain. Containing Cambridgeshire.

Daniel Lysons; Samuel Lysons · 1808 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

London, T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1808. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the Lysons' brothers' brilliant topographical exploration of Cambridgeshire, compete with detailed plates and maps. The first edition.Volume II Part I only, containing Cambridgeshire.Pu...

Lares and Penates; or, Cilicia and Its Governors; Being a Short Historical Account of That Province from the Earliest Times to the Present Day; Together with a Description of Some Household Gods of the Ancient Cilicians, Broken Up by Them in Their Conversion to Christianity, First Discovered and Brought to This Country by the Author

William Burckhardt Barker; William Francis Ainsworth · 1853 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Ingram, Cooke, & CO, 1853. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of William Burkhard Barker's history of Cilicia, illustrated with a folding map and many beautiful engravings. The first edition of this work.An interesting history of Cilicia, looking into the peo...

London &. C. Actually Survey&Apos;D: And a Prospect of London and Westminster

William Morgan; Ralph Hyde [ed.] · 1977 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

Lympne Castle, Kent, Harry Margary, in Association with Guildhall Library London, 1977 . Cloth. The very scarce 1977 facsimile edition of cartographer William Morgan's notable 1682 'Map of the Whole of London&apos. Morgan was the step-grandson of notable cartographer...

Chronicle of the Coach: Charing Cross to Ilfracombe

John Denison Champlin Jr. · 1887 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

New York, Charles Scribners Sons, 1887. Cloth. An amusing chronicle of John Denison Champlin Jr.'s stagecoach trip from London to Devon. With a map, an itinerary, and 75 delightful illustrations by Edward L. Chichester. An amusing chronicle of John Denison Champlin Jr.&ap...

Thackeray in the United States 1852-3, 1855-6

James Grant Wilson · 1904 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

New York, Dodd, Mead and Company , 1904. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this smart, two-volume, work regarding William Makepeace Thackeray's connections with the United States. The American first edition. In the publisher's original full cloth binding ...

The Baths of Absalom a Footnote to Froude

James Pope-Hennessy · 1954 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Allan Wingate, 1954 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this travel journal from the mid twentieth century in the original dust wrapper. First edition of The Baths of Absalom A Footnote to Froude by James Pope-Hennessy in the original publisher's c...

The New British Traveller; or, Modern Panorama of England and Wales

James Dugdale · 1819 · Rooke Books

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

London, J. and J. Cundee, 1819. Leather. James Dugdale's brilliant topographical and historical study of the counties of England and Wales, lavishly illustrated throughout. Complete in four volumes.Volume I illustrated with a frontispiece, engraved title page, one folding...

A Voyage to North America and the West Indies in 1817

E. Montule · 1821 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€407.54 | $449.19 | ¥71,729)

London, Richard Phillips, 1821 . First edition. Leather. The first English language edition of Montule's account of his 1817 travels in the West Indies and North America, illustrated throughout. The first edition thus, being the first English language edition of this work...

Unconquered Abyssinia As It Is to-Day

Charles F. Rey · 1923 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, Seeley, Service & Co, 1923 . First edition. Leather. The scarce first edition of Charles F. Rey's discussion of Abyssinia in the first part of the twentieth century, illustrated throughout and with a folding map. The scarce first edition of Charles F. Rey's d...