Viaggi e geografia

Hertford County Records Sessions Roll and Books

W. J. Hardy · 1905 · Rooke Books

£390.00 (€467.48 | $515.24 | ¥82,278)

Hertford, C. E. Longmore, 1905-39. Cloth. A very scarce collection of the county records of Hertfordshire from between 1581 until 1894. Situated just north of London, Hertfordshire is a historic county of England, with its development tied with London's. It was the site o...

The Case for Town Planning

Henry R. Aldridge · 1916 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, The National Housing and Town Planning Council, 1916. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition work by Henry R. Aldridge on the history and methods of town planning in Britain, illustrated throughout. A very scarce first edition.An immense manual to be used in...

Portrait of Series by Robert Hale

Various · 1963 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.34 | $653.96 | ¥104,430)

London, Robert Hale Limited , 1963-69. First edition. Cloth. A lovely and scarce set of sixteen topographical works on Great Britain from the charming 'Portrait of' series by Robert Hale. A miscellany of first editions and early printings A lovely and scarce set of s...

Autumns in Argyleshire with Rod and Gun

A. E. Gathorne-Hardy · 1900 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Longmans, Green and Co, 1900. Cloth. The second edition of Alfred Gathorne-Hardy's memoir recounting his hunting trips to Argyll, illustrated throughout by Archibald Thorburn. The second edition of this work, published in the same year as the first edition.A colle...

Wanderings East of Suez

Frederic Courtland Penfield · 1907 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, George Bell and Sons, 1907. First edition. Cloth. A handsomely bound first edition work on exploration in Asia. 'East is east, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet, Till Earth and Sky stand presently at God's great judgment Seat.' Presenting ...

Stalks in the Himalaya

E. P. Stebbing · 1912 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, John Lane the Bodley Head, 1912. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Edward Percy Stebbing's descriptive account of his time spent hunting in the Himalayas, illustrated throughout. The first edition of this work.An extensive and vivid hunting work on the sp...

Wanderings and Excursions in North Wales

Thomas Roscoe · 1836 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, Tilt; Washbourne; and Sikpin and Co, 1836. Leather. A lavishly illustrated topographical tour of North Wales by Thomas Roscoe, a lovely work complete with forty-seven plate. A detailed travel journal, written during the author's long excursions through North Wales...

The British Isles Depicted by Pen and Camera

Anon · 1905 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Paris, New York and Melbourne, Cassell and Company Limited, c1905. Leather. A beautiful illustrated account of Britain in the early twentieth century, covering all corners of the United Kingdom. Covering all corners of the United Kingdom, including Dartmoor, London, Gl...

Twelve Sketches of Scenery and Antiquities on the Line of the Great North of Scotland Railway

George Reid · 1883 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

Edinburgh, David Douglas, 1883. First edition. Cloth. A charming consisting of twelve detailed sketches of the impressive architectural sites to be found along the course of the Scottish Railway. The first edition of this work, with twelve plates, each retaining the original t...

The Romano-British City of Silchester

Frederick Davis · 1898 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, William Andrews & Co, 1898. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of Frederick Davis' study of Silchester, his presentation copy to Charles Hawskley. A first edition of this scarce work.The author's presentation copy, inscribed by him to the title pa...

How Paris Amuses Itself

F. Berkeley Smith · 1903 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

New York and London, Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1903. Cloth. A delightful account of Parisian life, illustrated with photographs and drawings. Containing details of the cabarets, circuses, bars and shows of Paris, as well as the boulevards, Montmartre and eateries.Written by F. ...

The Lake District, a Landscape History

W. H. Pearsall · 1973 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Collins, 1973. First edition. Cloth. A smart, illustrated first edition of this work regarding the Lake District, in a bright dust wrapper. This work provides a thoughtful account of the natural and human history of the Lake District and its surroundings.Written by Eng...

Saunterings in and About London

Max Schlesinger; Otto Wenckstern [trans.] · 1853 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.75 | $244.41 | ¥39,029)

London, Nathaniel Cooke, 1853. First edition. Cloth. The illustrated English translation of the travelogue of a German visiting London in the mid nineteenth century. The first English language edition of this work, originally written and published in German.Illustrated with wo...

Curiosities of Great Britain. England & Wales Delineated, Historical, Entertaining & Commercial, Alphabetically Arranged

Thomas Dugdale; William Burnett · 0 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

London, John Tallis, c1830. Leather. A three volume topographical work exploring Great Britain, illustrated with plates and maps and presented in a contemporary leather binding. Written by Thomas Dugdale, antiquarian and cartographer active in the first half of the nineteenth ...

The Gentleman&Apos;S Magazine Library

George Laurence Gomme · 1891 · Rooke Books

£200.00 (€239.73 | $264.23 | ¥42,194)

London, Elliot Stock, 1891-1902. Cloth. A set of topographical volumes on England, containing a series of articles from the 'Gentleman's Magazine&apos. A series of the topographical pieces that originally appeared in the 'Gentleman's Magazine' from 173...

Wanderings and Excursions in North and South Wales

Thomas Roscoe · 1836 · Rooke Books

£420.00 (€503.44 | $554.88 | ¥88,607)

London, Tilt and Bogue; Simpkin and Co; Orr and Co, 1836-37. First edition. Leather. Nicely bound first edition copies of Thomas Roscoe's travel journals about his time in Wales, illustrated throughout with many plates and folding maps. The first edition of these works.Co...

Tunbridge Wells

Margaret Barton · 1937 · Rooke Books

£52.00 (€62.33 | $68.70 | ¥10,970)

London, Faber and Faber , 1937. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this excellent illustrated work on the town of Tunbridge Wells by Margaret Barton. The first 1937 edition of this historical work by Margaret Barton. An excellent volume defined by the author a...

Observations on Several Parts of the Counties of Cambridge, Norfolk, Suffolk, and Essex Observations on the River Wye

William Gilpin · 1800 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.34 | $653.96 | ¥104,430)

London, T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1800-09. First edition. Leather. A Sotheran bound collection of two topographical studies by William Gilplin, a beautiful work with his original landscape paintings shown in aquatint plates throughout. In a Sotheran binding.Two volumes bound in...

The Visitation of London in the Year 1568 Taken by Robert Cooke

Robert Cooke; Joseph Jackson Howard; George John Armytage · 1869 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, The Harlein Society, 1869. Leather. A scarce 1568 heraldic visitation of London taken by Robert Cooke, a reprint bound in leather and marbled boards. A scarce volume comprising the heraldic visitation of London in 1568, taken by Robert Cooke. Heraldic visitations were ...

Paris Et Versailles IL Y a Cent Ans

Jules Janin · 1874 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

Paris, Libraire de Firmin Didot Freres, 1874. Leather. A Gilbert & Field bound history of Paris and Versailles during the eighteenth century, in the French language. A thorough examination of life in Paris during the late 1700s.In the original French.Written by Jules Gabriel J...