Viaggi e geografia

Die Erde in Vorstellungswelt Und Kulpraktiken Der Sudanischen Volker

Jurgen Swernemann · 1968 · Rooke Books

£36.00 (€43.15 | $47.56 | ¥7,595)

Berlin , Dietrich Reimer Verlag , 1968. First edition. Paperback. First edition of this German study of spiritual and cultural practices of the people of Sudan by Jurgen Zwernemann, complete with dust wrapper. A study in practices of the people of the Sudan by Jurgen Zwerneman...

The Town; Its Memorable Characters and Events

Leigh Hunt · 1848 · Rooke Books

£325.00 (€389.56 | $429.37 | ¥68,565)

London, Smith, Elder, & Co. 1848. First edition. Fine Binding. The first edition of Leigh Hunt's charming illustrated two volume topographical study of English towns, handsomely bound in half morocco by H. Sotheran & Co. Leigh Hunt's charming and humorous collection ...

Data Regarding the Ethnography of Umboi and the Siassi Islands

Tibor Bodrogi · 1969 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

Budapest, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 1969. Brochure/Pamphlet. A scarce essay on the ethnography of Umbo and the Siassi Islands. A scarce essay on the data on the ethnography of Umboi and the Siassi Islands, which are located in North East New Guinea, by Tibor Bodrogi of th...

Two Happy Years in Ceylon

C. F. Gordon Cumming [Constance Gordon-Cumming] · 1893 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1893 . Cloth. A smart copy of Constance Gordon-Cumming's account of two years spent alongside her brother in late nineteenth century Ceylon. Illustrated by the author herself. An early edition of this work, published the year after the first. Firs...

Scenes and Sights in Town and Country

0 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Joseph Toulson, c1890. Cloth. Very scarce volume descriptive of scenes and sights in town and country, a bright copy. Descriptive of picturesque scenes, places, buildings, interest, &c. in the United Kingdom. A very scarce volume adorned with numerous engravings throug...

Ceramique de L&Apos;Asie Centrale

N. Bourdoukoff · 1904 · Rooke Books

£1,200.00 (€1,438.39 | $1,585.37 | ¥253,163)

St. Petersburg, Manufacture des Papiers de l'Etat, 1904. Paperback. A very scarce French and Russian study on the artistic ceramics of central Asia, beautifully exampled through colourful plates. A vanishingly scarce work. In parallel text in French and Russian. Title in ...

A Village on the Thames Whitchurch, Yesterday and to-Day

Sir Rickman J. Godlee · 1926 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, George Allen & Unwin, Ltd, 1926. First edition. Cloth. A collection of articles on the local history of Whitchurch, written by the well-regarded surgeon Sir Rickman Godlee. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bookplate to the front paste down. Photographic ...

Among the Primitive Bakongo: A Record of Thirty Years&Apos; Close Intercourse with the Bakongo and Other Tribes of Equatorial Africa, with a Description of Their Habits, Customs, & Religious Beliefs

John H. Weeks · 1914 · Rooke Books

£220.00 (€263.70 | $290.65 | ¥46,413)

London, Seeley, Service & Co, 1914 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of John H. Weeks's study of the Kongo people, illustrated throughout. The first edition of this scarce work, which describes the lives and culture of Bakongo, also known as the Kongo peopl...

Souvenir Album Watkins Glen N.Y.

0 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

New York, Wittemann Brothers, c1882. Cloth. A scarce and wonderful souvenir album depicting the beauty of Watkins Glen in New York State. A smart Souvenir Album of Watkins Glen, a state park in New York State. The album depicts the city of Watkins and Seneca Lake and the water...

A History of the County of Dorset

R. B. Pugh · 1968 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London , Oxford University Press , 1968. Cloth. A very smart volume on the history of the county of Dorset, with a folding map. This volume contains a history of the county of Dorset, volume III and is part of The Victoria History of the Counties of England which is edited by ...

La Decoration Marocaine

Joseph de la Neziere · 1924 · Rooke Books

£9,800.00 (€11,746.85 | $12,947.17 | ¥2,067,496)

Paris, Librairie des Arts Decoratifs, 1924. Cloth. A vanishingly scarce portfolio volume by Joseph de la Neziere, comprising of fifty-four plates showing the beauties of the various decorations to be found in Morocco. A vanishingly scarce work. Only six records of this book be...

List of Travels and Tours in Scotland 1296 to 1900

Sir Arthur Mitchell · 1902 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

Edinburgh, Not Stated, 1902. Cloth. A vanishingly scarce limited edition copy of this reference guide to Scottish travel writing. A vanishingly scarce edition. Limited to 125 copies. Reprinted from Vol. XXXV. of the Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. Reboun...

Illustrated Letters to My Children from the Holy Land: Eastern Manners and Customs Depicted in a Series of Sketches from Life

Henry A. Harper · 0 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, The Religious Tract Society , c1880. Cloth. Sketches illustrative of Palestine's social life and customs by artist Henry A. Harper. Dated from Jisc. An uncommon volume. A series of letters illustrative of Bible stories, written from the author's own observati...

Cambridge

M. A. R. Tuker · 1907 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1907 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this colourfully illustrated work on Cambridge, part of the A. and C. Black topographical series. This work examined the origin of the University of Cambridge, the development of it's colleg...

A Hand-Book of the Peak of Derbyshire and to the Use of the Buxton Mineral Waters

William Henry Robertson · 1886 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

Buxton, C. F. Wardley, 1886. Cloth. An interesting handbook of The Peak of Derbyshire, with a folding map of Buxton to the front of the volume. An eleventh edition copy of A Hand-Book of the Peak of Derbyshire and to the use of The Buxton Mineral Waters, by William Henry Rober...

Companion Into Gloucestershire

R. P. Beckinsale · 1939 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Methuen & Co. 1939. First edition. Cloth. Scarce first edition of this guide to Gloucestershire by R. P. Beckinsale, complete with unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition of this work, a scarce copy. A charming guide to Gloucestershire, exploring its beautiful scener...

The Natural History of Selbourne

Gilbert White; Grant Allen [ed.] · 1900 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

London, John Lane the Bodley Head, 1900. Cloth. A early twentieth century impression of this classic work of natural history of Selborune, illustrated throughout. The Natural History of Selbourne was originally published in 1789 and is a comprehensive guide to the plants, anim...

The Charm of the English Village

P H. Ditchfield · 1908 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London , B. T. Batsford, 1908. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition copy celebrating the Charm of The English village. The picturesque villages and countryside of England is celebrated within this lovely volume. Illustrating and capturing the homely hamlets, villages, ...

Appendicia Et Pertinentiae; or, Parochial Fragments of West Tarring

John Wood Warter · 1853 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

London, Francis and John Rivington , 1853. First edition. Cloth. An interesting work regarding the parish of West Taring, notably containing a life of Thomas A Becket. With a leaf of publisher's advertisements to the rear of the work. The first edition of the work, in the...

Glimpses of the History of Painswick with a Bibliography of Its Literature

F. A. Hyett · 1928 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Gloucester, John Bellows, 1928. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce work of local history, exploring the small Cotswolds civil parish of Painswick, and its surrounding area. The scarce first edition of F. A Hyett's study of the history of the Cotswolds ...