Viaggi e geografia

The Flight of the Dragon

Laurence Binyon · 1935 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, John Murray, 1935. Cloth. An uncommon reprint of this essay collection regarding Chinese and Japanese art by Laurence Binyon. This work explores Asian art, including chapters on colour, movements in art, art and life, the relation of man to nature, technique and the dr...

The Stranger&Apos;S Guide Through the City of York and Its Cathedral

1832 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

Stonegate , Bellerby's New Circulating Library , 1832. Paperback. An unusually bright copy of this scarce illustrated guide through York and its cathedral. The fourth edition. The fourth edition, enlarged, of this little guide for visitors of York, with a special focus on...

Mongolia Hunter

Patrick J Steward · 1986 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

Santa Fe , Shikar Publishing Company, 1986 . First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition, limited and signed, of this volume containing the history and customs in Mongolia, the complete story of hunting. The first edition of this work, limited to one thousand and five hundred...

Man and Beast in Eastern Ethiopia

John Bland-Sutton · 1911 · Rooke Books

£525.00 (€629.30 | $693.60 | ¥110,759)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1911. First edition. Cloth. Bland-Sutton's journal of his time hunting in Eastern Ethiopia, signed by him to the title page. The first edition of this work.Signed by the author to the title page, 'To Miss M. Phillips, a surgical nur...

Kelly&Apos;S Map of the Suburbs of London

Anonymous · 1897 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

London, Kelly's Directories Limited, c1900. Leather. A superior copy of this Victorian map detailing London and its surroundings. Kelly's Directories Ltd. was established to function as a trade directory registering local trade owners. It remains an important record ...

Chinese Jade Throughout the Ages a Review of Its Characteristics Decoration Folklore and Symbolism

Stanley Charles Nott · 1936 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, B. T. Batsford LTD, 1936. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this beautiful study of the history of Chinese Jade, illustrated with bright colour plates throughout. The first edition of this work.A fascinating study of Chinese Jade and it's development thro...

An Comann Under the Microscope

Laura Hart; Joanna Hooi · 2008 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

Glasgow, University of Strathclyde, 2008-9. First edition. Paperback. Two very scarce first edition thesis studies on the topography of Scotland, illustrated throughout. Very scarce works.The first editions of these works.Two topographical thesis studies on small towns in Scot...

This Unknown Island

S. P. B. Mais · 1932 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

London, Putnam, 1932. First edition. Leather. A beautifully bound first edition of S. P. B. Mais' charming look at the topographical scenes of Britain. The first edition of this work.In a signed binding by Leighton Straker.A charming topographical work on England, looking...

The Universal Gazetteer: Or, a Description of the Several Empires, Kingdoms, States, Provinces, Countries, Cities, Towns, Seas, Lakes, Rivers, Mountains, Volcanoes, &C in the Known World. Together with an Account of the Extent, Produce, Revenue, Forces, Trade, Manufactures, Religions, &C. Of the Several Countries; and of the Battles, Sieges, and Other Transactions That Have Rendered Them Remarkable.

1759 · Rooke Books

£1,400.00 (€1,678.12 | $1,849.60 | ¥295,357)

Dublin, Peter Wilson, 1759. Leather. The second edition of this extensive Irish gazetteer, illustrated with four large detailed folding maps. The second edition of this work.ESTC citation number T199589.Illustrated with four folding maps.The maps depict Europe, Asia, Africa, a...

Kent

W. Teignmouth Shore · 1907 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1907. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this beautifully illustrated guide to Kent, England, illustrated lavishly in colour throughout. The first edition of this work.A charming and insightful study into the county of Kent, England, an ...

Buckinghamshire and Berkshire

G. E. Mitton · 1920 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, A. & C. Black LTD, 1920. First edition. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated first edition of Black's topographical work on Buckinghamshire and Berkshire, illustrated with lavish colour plates. The first edition of this work.A charming work looking into the topography...

Illustrations of the Natural Scenery of the Snowdonian Mountains: Accompanied by a Description, Topographical and Historical, of the County of Caernarvon

Harry Longueville Jones · 1829 · Rooke Books

£300.00 (€359.60 | $396.34 | ¥63,291)

London, Charles Tilt, 1829. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated topographical work on the Snowdonian mountains in Wales, illustrated with sixteen lithograph plates. The first edition of this work. Illustrated with a lithograph frontispiece, and fifteen ...

Jerusalem Twelve Views of the Old City

J Benor-Kalter · 1926 · Rooke Books

£600.00 (€719.20 | $792.68 | ¥126,581)

Jerusalem, Pro Jerusalem Society, 1926. Cloth. A scarce photographic portfolio depicting Jerusalem in the 1920s. Comprising of 12 photogravure plates taken by J Benor Kalter Held in the original cloth portfolio with ribbon ties in-tact. Twelve plates total, with two title leav...

The Indian Foreign Office Its Properties and Art Objects

R. D. Sathe · 1995 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

India, Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, 1995. Cloth. A scarce work looking at the properties and art owned by the Ministry of External Affairs on India, both in India and abroad. Illustrated in colour throughout. A scarce work. Held in the original unclipped ...

A Series of Views Taken on the Spot Intended to Illustrate Charles Cotton&Apos;S Work Entitled, the Second Part of the Complete Angler

Frederick Manning [Editor] · 1866 · Rooke Books

£950.00 (€1,138.73 | $1,255.08 | ¥200,421)

London, Truscott Son & Simmons, 1866. First edition. Cloth. A presentation copy of this collection of drawings depicting Charles Cotton's home of Beresford Hall, and several other famed locations noted in his 'Complete Angler&apos. Given from the editor's niece ...

Warwickshire Delineated Being a Concise Historical and Topographical Description of That Interesting County

Francis Smith · 1820 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.79 | $211.38 | ¥33,755)

Southam, By The Author, 1820. Cloth. The second edition of this fascinating topographical work regarding Warwickshire, complete with a detailed folding map. Uncommon. Collated complete with a folding map of Warwickshire, a title page vignette of Leamington and a plate of Warwi...

An Old Shropshire Oak

John Wood Warter; Richard Garnett · 1886 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

London, Kegan Paul, Trench, & Co, 1886. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the first two volumes of John Wood Warter's work on his native county Shropshire. The first edition of this work. Incomplete in two volumes out of a total of four volumes. Volumes two and t...

Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England) an Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London Volume II. West London. Excluding Westminster Abbey

Anonymous · 1925 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1925. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this fascinating exploration of the rich and diverse architecture found in the west of London; volume II of a set of five works surveying the art, buildings and monuments througho...

Portraits in Suffolk Houses (West)

Edmund Farrer · 1908 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.59 | ¥35,865)

London, Bernard Quaritch, 1908. Cloth. A limited edition large paper copy of Edmund Farrer's interesting look at the portraits found in important houses in West Suffolk, illustrated throughout. A limited edition work, of which four-hundred were printed on small paper, and...

A Flora of Hertfordshire

Alfred Reginald Pryor; Benjamin Daydon Jackson; John Hopkinson · 1887 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Gurney & Jackson, 1887. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this work on the flora of Hertfordshire, written by Alfred Pryor, illustrated with a coloured folding map. The first edition of this work. This work looks a the flora and plants that can be found growin...