Viaggi e geografia

The English Lakes

Wm. T. Palmer · 1908 · Rooke Books

£29.99 (€35.95 | $39.62 | ¥6,327)

London , Adam and Charles Black, 1908. Cloth. The English Lakes painted by A. Heaton Cooper and described by Wm. T. Palmer. Illustrated with seventy five plates in colour from watercolours. Second edition. Alfred Heaton Cooper (1863 - 1929) is a highly acclaimed Victorian arti...

Folk-Lore, Old Customs and Tales of My Neighbours

Fletcher Moss · 1898 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)

Didsbury, Fletcher Moss, 1898. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon signed first edition of this fascinating work on English folk-lore of Didsbury near Manchester. An uncommon signed first edition of this fascinating work on English folk-lore of Didsbury near Manchester. With man...

Historical Records of Bisley with Lypiatt Gloucestershire

Mary A. Rudd · 1937 · Rooke Books

£99.99 (€119.85 | $132.10 | ¥21,095)

Gloucester, John Jennings, 1937. Cloth. A scarce copy of these historical records compiled by Mary A. Rudd. Illustrated throughout with numerous plates, many of which are folding. In a cloth binding. Externally sound. Some light discolouration to the front board and splitting ...

Paterson&Apos;S Roads Being an Entirely Original and Accurate Description of All the Direct and Principal Cross Roads in England and Wales with Part of the Roads of Scotland

Edward Mogg · 0 · Rooke Books

£264.00 (€316.45 | $348.78 | ¥55,696)

London, Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans etc. c1830. Cloth. An nice, clean copy of Edward Mogg's 'Paterson's Roads', a comprehensive look at the roadways of Great Britain. Eighteenth edition, with appendix. A book detailing descriptions of roads in...

Selection of Japanese Bird and Flower Illustrations

0 · Rooke Books

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

Kyoto, Not Stated, c1900. Paperback. A selection of beautiful Japanese colour woodblock designs. A selection of beautiful Japanese colour woodblock designs. Each illustration is on a single page, though every gathering remains uncut so there is an image to every recto and vers...

Fridtjof Nansens Saga

Jon Sorensen · 1939 · Rooke Books

£33.99 (€40.74 | $44.91 | ¥7,171)

Hamburg , Hoffmann und Campe Verlag, 1939. Cloth. A biography of Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen. In German. Illustrated with many photographs. Fridtjof Nansen (10 October 1861 – 13 May 1930) was a Norwegian explorer, scientist, diplomat, humanitarian and Nobel Peace Prize ...

Scenes de la Vie Future

Georges Duhamel · 1937 · Rooke Books

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

Paris , Artheme Fayard & Cie, 1937. Paperback. A contemporary illustrated edition of this French work from Georges Duhamel - an unflattering account of his trip to the U.S. at the end of 1929. "Printed for the Book of Tomorrow Collection". No. 139. First published in 1930. In ...

Imperial Pilgrimage

Robert Byron · 1937 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Westminster, London Transport, 1937. First edition. Paperback. First edition of this interesting and resourceful illustrated guide to London's imperial sights from prominent travel writer Robert Byron. First edition.Publisher's original paperback.Illustrated with a p...

Barthomley: In Letters from a Former Rector to His Eldest Son

Rev. Edward Hinchcliffe · 1856 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1856 . First edition. Cloth. A scarce detailed epistolary parish history of Barthomley, illustrated with seven tinted plates. In the publisher's original cloth binding with blind stamping. First edition.A very scarce copy of th...

A Little Tour in France

Henry James · 1900 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

London, William Heinemann, 1900. Vellum. A lovely and uncommon limited edition, bound in full Japanese vellum, and full of charming illustrations. A lovely and unusual limited edition copy of this work.One of only 150 copies bound in full Japanese vellum, of which this is numb...

A Brief Historical Sketch of Bristol, with the New Picture of Clifton, and Stranger&Apos;S Guide

John Morgan · 1851 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

Bristol, H. & A. Hill, 1851. Cloth. A very scarce illustrated title of two works, bound in one on the history of Bristol and Clifton. A very scarce title of 2 historical works, bound in one, as issued.Bound in original brown cloth, with gilt lettering to the front board. Featu...

A Camera on Unknown London

E. O. Hoppe · 1936 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, J. M. Dent and Sons Limited, 1936. First edition. Cloth. A lovely copy of the first edition of this book on London quirks and curiosities in the original cloth, with sixty photographic plates. The first edition in the publisher's original cloth. With sixty black a...

A History of the Town and Parish of Nantwich, of Wich-Malbank, in the County Palatine of Chester

James Hall · 1883 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€407.54 | $449.19 | ¥71,729)

Nantwich, Printed for the Author, 1883 . First edition. Cloth. A scarce privately printed first edition of Hall"s authoritative history of Nantwich, complete with engraved plates and a criticism pamphlet inscribed by the author. In the publisher's original green cloth bin...

The History of the Parishes of Whiteford, and Holywell

Thomas Pennant · 1796 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, B. and J. White, 1796 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of this beautifully illustrated study of two parishes local to Thomas Pennant, the author best known for his 'History of Quadrupeds&apos. The first edition of this delightfully illustrated historica...

A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland

Samuel Johnson · 1775 · Rooke Books

£1,450.00 (€1,738.05 | $1,915.65 | ¥305,905)

London, W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1775. First edition. Leather. A handsome example of the first edition, first issue of this popular travel work by Samuel Johnson, providing an account of his tour of the Hebrides with James Boswell. The first edition, first issue: with errata ...

The Town; Its Memorable Characters and Events. Volume the First the Town; Its Memorable Characters and Events. Volume the Second

Leigh Hunt · 1848 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Smith, Elder, and Co. 1848. First edition. Cloth. A handsome, two volume first edition set of Leigh Hunt's illustrated work. A handsome two volume set, comprising a first edition of this 1848 work.In original, elegantly decorated red cloth, both volumes boast a mo...

A London Reverie

J.C. Squire (intro.) · 1928 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.83 | $171.75 | ¥27,426)

London , Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1928. Cloth. A fantastic first edition of this collection of illustrations by artist Joseph Pennell, with a coloured frontispiece and 55 further plates. The first edition of the work.In publisher's original decorative brown cloth bindin...

Wonderful London Volume I & II

[St. John Adcock] · 0 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

[London], [The Fleetway House], c1926. Leather. Lovely half-morocco essay collection from various significant writers on the subject of London. With over 1200 in-text and full-page photographs. Bound in half morocco with red cloth boards.Including Volume I and II of the three-...

Holmes&Apos;S Great Metropolis: Or, Views and History of London in the Nineteenth Century. Being a Grand National Exhibition of the British Capital, with Historical and Topographical Notices of Each Place

William Gray Fearnside [ed.]; Thomas Harrel [ed.] · 1851 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

London, Thomas Holmes , 1851. Cloth. A smartly rebound copy of 'Holmes's Great Metropolis', featuring fifty finely engraved views of the city"s principal landmarks and architecture. Rebound in a modern green textured cloth binding.Undated, dated from a copy held...

With My Wife Across Africa by Canoe and Caravan

Colonel J.C.B. Statham · 1924 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. Ltd. [1924]. Cloth. A fascinating autobiographical account of a Colonel's trip to Africa with his wife, with a frontispiece and 19 double sided plates. In publisher's green cloth binding. Dated from the British Library....