Viaggi e geografia

England&Apos;S Topographer: A New and Complete History of the County of Kent

W. H. Ireland [William Henry Ireland] · 1828 · Rooke Books

£380.00 (€455.49 | $502.03 | ¥80,168)

London, G. Virtue, 1828-1830. First edition. Leather. The first edition of W. H. Ireland's study of the history and topography of the county of Kent. Illustrated with a folding map and 124 further beautifully engraved plates. The complete four volume first edition of Engl...

Round the Coast: An Album of Pictures from Photographs of the Chief Seaside Places of Interest in Great Britain and Ireland

1895 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, George Newnes, 1895. First edition. Leather. First edition of this photo album of the most beautiful coastal towns and places of Great Britain and Ireland. First edition of this work. Exploring coastal towns of Britain through as series of black and white photographs a...

A History of Rochester

Frederick Francis Smith · 1928 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, The C. W. Daniel Company , 1928. First edition. Cloth. First edition of this history of Rochester, Kent, complete with its vanishingly scarce dust wrapper. History of the ancient town of Rochester by Frederick Francis Smith, illustrative of the important part played in...

Picturesque Westminster, Being a Collection of Sketches Illustrating Historic Landmarks and Places of Interest in the Ancient City of Westminster

Walter Emden · 1902 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Carl Hentschel Ltd. 1902. First edition. Cloth. A series of sketches illustrative of Westminster, a scarce first edition portfolio. Exploring landmarks and places of interest in Westminster, arranged and produces by Walter Emden in 1902, year of the Coronation of King ...

Illustrative Papers on the History and Antiquities of the City of Coventry

Thomas Sharp; William George Fretton [ed.] · 1871 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.50 | $495.43 | ¥79,113)

Birmingham, Printed for the Subscribers, 1871 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition thus of Thomas Sharpe's privately printed study of Coventry, updated and revised by schoolmaster William George Fretton. William George Fretton's very scarce printing of...

The Victoria History of the County of Warwick

Various; William Page (Ed); H. Arthur Doubleday (Ed); L. F. Salzman (Ed) · 1904 · Rooke Books

£1,250.00 (€1,498.32 | $1,651.42 | ¥263,711)

London, Archibald Constable and Company Limited; Dawsons of Pall Mall; Oxford University Press, 1904-69. First edition. Cloth. The very scarce complete volume work containing an expansive history on the history of Warwick, including topography, social and political history, an...

Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely

Rev. E. Conybeare · 1910 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Macmillan, 1910 . First edition. Cloth. The Limited Edition first edition of topographical study of Cambridge and Ely, illustrated throughout and with folding maps from F. L. Griggs. The first edition of this study of the highways and byways of Ely and Cambridge. The L...

The Life of Samuel Johnson & the Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides

James Boswell · 1897 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Bliss Sands & Co. 1897. Leather. A handsomely bound, illustrated copy of this infamous biography of English writer Samuel Johnson, written by James Boswell. A smart copy of this noted biography of eighteenth-century English writer, Samuel Johnson, whose most notable wo...

Black&Apos;S Guide to Devonshire

1870 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Edinburgh, A & C Black, c1876. Cloth. A smart 1870s traveller's guide book to Devonshire, illustrated with three folding maps. A delightful illustrated traveller's guide to late nineteenth century Devonshire, one of many popular travel guide book's published by ...

Wanderings and Excursions in North and South Wales, Including the Scenery of the River Wye

Thomas Roscoe · 1836 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.26 | $726.63 | ¥116,033)

London, C. Tilt, and Simpkin Co. 1836-37. First edition. Leather. A beautifully illustrated first edition guide to the natural scenery of North and South Wales, written by Thomas Roscoe with illustrated plates. First edition, complete two volume set. In a quarter morocco bindi...

The History of India

The Hon. Mountstuart Elphinstone · 1843 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

London, John Murray, 1843. Cloth. The scarce second edition of Mountstuart Elphinstone's fascinating and incredibly detailed 'The History of India', complete in two volumes, with one folding map. First published in 1841, this is the scarce second edition. '...

London City: Its History - Streets- - Traffic - Buildings - People

W. J. Loftie · 1891 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, The Leadenhall Press, 1891. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this charming volume dedicated to Victorian London, richly illustrated by W. Luker Jr. The first edition of this work exploring the history, antiquities, topography, and cultural aspects of the city...

Salt Water Fishing in Southern Africa

Charles Horne · 1961 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Cape Town, Howard Timmins, 1961. Cloth. A smart, illustrated work on salt water fishing in South Africa, written by fishing expert Charles Horne and enclosed in the original pictorial dust wrapper. A fascinating work on salt water fishing in South Africa, including chapters on...

Our Village

Mary Russell Mitford · 1893 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1893. Cloth. A bright copy of Mary Russell Mitford's noted sketches of rural life, illustrated by Hugh Thomson. A bright copy of this work by Mary Russell Mitford, comprising a collection of sketches depicting rural life in Victorian England. n e...

Risby

A. F. Webling · 1945 · Rooke Books

£58.00 (€69.52 | $76.63 | ¥12,236)

Leicester, Edmund Ward, 1945. First edition. Cloth. A lovely descriptive history of Risby, a small village in Suffolk, with illustrations by Sidney T. Beeson. Complete with a smart dust wrapper. This work contains chapters on the church and churchyard, Hengrave Hall and Risby,...

An Arctic Safari, with Camera and Rifle in the Land of the Midnight Sun

Richard L. Sutton · 1933 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.74 | $58.13 | ¥9,283)

London, Henry Kimpton, 1933. Cloth. A very scarce early edition of this prominent American dermatologist's account of a winter spent hunting in the Arctic with his daughter. A very scarce early edition of this work from American dermatologist, photographer and big game hu...

The Cruise of the Midge

Anonymous [Michael Scott] · 1836 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

Edinburgh; London, William Blackwood and Sons; T Cadell , 1836. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this description of the cruise of the Midge in two volumes. The first edition of this work, reprinted from Blackwood's Magazine with additions and corrections, compl...

Paris Herself Again in 1878-9

George Augustus Sala · 1880 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)

London and New York, Remington and Co.; Scribner and Welford, 1880. Cloth. A bright fifth edition of George Augustus Sala's literary travelogue of Paris, richly illustrated throughout the text. An ode to the author's love for the city of Paris at the time of the Fren...

The Arcturus Adventure: An Account of the New York&Apos;S Zoological Society&Apos;S First Oceanographic Expedition

William Beebe · 1926 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

New York and London, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1926. First edition. Cloth. A colourful first edition describing the author's ocean expedition to the Galapagos, from the library of author Paul Gallico. Beebe's second expedition to the Galapagos was travelled in the st...

Antiquarian and Topographical Cabinet

Various · 1807 · Rooke Books

£480.00 (€575.36 | $634.15 | ¥101,265)

London, W. Clarke; J. Carpenter; H. D. Symonds, 1807-11. First edition. Cloth. A first edition collection of wonderfully engraved plates accompanied by letterpress relating to the architecture and landscape of Great Britain. With engravings of such beautiful spots as Okehampto...