Viaggi e geografia

Guide to London; It Isn&Apos;T Far from London; London from the Bus-Top

H. V. Morton; S. P. B. Mais; Lucy Masterman · 1937 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Methuen & Co. Ltd; The Richards Press; Dennis Dobson, 1937; 1948; 1951. First edition. Cloth. Lovely collection of London guidebooks, each illustrated, with map endpapers, from various eminent writers. Bound in the publisher's original cloth. With dust wrappers. I...

London Is London; Fashion in London; the Savoy of London

D. M. Low [Ed.]; Barbara Worsley-Gough; Compton Mackenzie; Various · 1949 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.85 | $171.78 | ¥27,434)

London, Chatto & Windus; Alan Wingate; George G Harrap & Co. Ltd. 1949-1953. First edition. Cloth. A  three-volume collection of illustrated first editions celebrating mid-century London, from its poetry and post-war fashion to the history of the iconic Savoy Hotel, with thei...

A Journey from Aleppo to Jerusalem, at Easter, a D. 1697

Henry Maundrell · 1823 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, C. & J. Rivington, 1823. Leather. Henry Maundrell's classic travel journal, recounting his journey from Aleppo to Jerusalem, in a tree calf binding. An attractively bound early 19th century example of this often reprinted travel classic, originating from the diary...

Fire Down Below

William Golding · 1989 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London , Faber & Faber, 1989. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the gripping third novel of the sea trilogy by acclaimed writer Sir William Golding, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition of the work.In publisher's original blue cloth. In the o...

Round London: An Album of Pictures from Photographs of the Chief Places of Interest in and Round London

None Stated · 1896 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London, George Newnes Limited , 1896. Cloth. A descriptive album of London's chief places of interest, this being a particularly scarce edition issued across twelve parts. This edition complete in twelve parts, in the original wraps. All parts are preserved in the publish...

Letters from Italy and Switzerland & Letters of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy from 1833 to 1847

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy · 1890 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Longmans, Green & Co. 1890-1891. Leather. A smartly bound collection of letters from German composer and writer Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy. Two volumes. The collected letters of Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, widely known as Felix Mendelssohn, a German comp...

Panama and What It Means

John Foster Fraser · 1913 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, Cassell and Company, 1913. First edition. Cloth. An insightful travelogue by John Foster Fraser concerning his trip to Panama. First edition containing frontispiece. The first edition of John Foster Fraser's trip to Panama, published by Cassell and Company in 1913...

Samurai Trails a Chronicle of Wanderings on the Japanese High Road

Lucius Swift Kirtland · 1918 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1918. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this charming account of Kirtland's journey through the Japanese highroads, with a photographic frontispiece and numerous plates throughout. The first edition of this work. Scarce. In the ...

Sylva Britannica; or, Portraits of Forest Trees

Jacob George Strutt · 1830 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)

London, For the Author, by Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1830 . Leather. Illustrated with fifty plates on India paper, this is the first quarto edition of Jacob George Strutt's celebration of the greatest 19th century trees in England and Scotland. First publishe...

A Bibliographical, Antiquarian, and Picturesque Tour in the Northern Counties of England and in Scotland

Thomas Dibdin · 1838 · Rooke Books

£3,200.00 (€3,836.26 | $4,228.36 | ¥675,295)

London, For the Author by C. Richards, 1838. First edition. Leather. The very scarce three volume extra-illustrated large paper edition of Dibdin's final work, illustrated throughout with engraved plates, and in sumptuous Riviere morocco bindings. The first edition of Eng...

Life and Explorations of Fridtjof Nansen

J. Arthur Bain · 1898 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, The Walter Scott Publishing Co. 1898. Cloth. A richly illustrated biography of Nobel laureate and Arctic explorer, Fridtjof Nansen, detailing his polar expeditions, scientific pursuits, and legacy. In the original green cloth binding.This copy is undated. Dated here us...

In Darkest Africa, or the Quest Rescue and Retreat of Emin, Governor of Equatoria

Henry M. Stanley · 1890 · Rooke Books

£345.00 (€413.60 | $455.87 | ¥72,805)

London, Sampson Low, Martson, Searle and Rivington, 1890. First edition. Leather. The richly illustrated two volume first edition of Stanley's account of his African exploration and expeditions, in a handsome half morocco binding. The two volume first trade edition of Wel...

The Rural Economy of the Southern Counties; Comprizing Kent, Surrey, Sussex; the Isle of Wight; the Chalk Hills of Wiltshire, Hampshire & C. And Including the Culture and Management of Hops, in the Districts of Maidstone, Canterbury, and Farnham.

William Marshall · 1798 · Rooke Books

£475.00 (€569.45 | $627.65 | ¥100,239)

London, G. Nicol, 1798 . First edition. Leather. A smartly bound copy of William Marshall's topographical work exploring the agricultural practices in Britain's southern counties, illustrated with two folding maps. The first edition. Complete in two volumes. Bound in...

A Travelling Dictionary: Or, Alphabetical Tables

Daniel Paterson · 1792 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, T. N. Longman, 1792 . Leather. A charmingly bound example of the sixth edition of Daniel Paterson's informative guide to the distances between the 'principal cities, borough, market, and sea-port towns, in Great Britain&apos. The sixth edition of this work.A ...

The Little Guides from Methuen & Co. Ltd.

Various · 1920 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1920-1933. Cloth. A collection of eight volumes from the popular series of illustrated guidebooks "The Little Guides". Eight volumes. From "The Little Guides" series, a popular series of illustrated, regional guidebooks published by Methuen & Co. Ltd...

Old Humphrey&Apos;S Walks in London and Its Neighbourhood

Old Humphrey [George Mogridge] · 1843 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, The Religious Tract Society , 1843. Cloth. A charming copy of George Mogridge's walks through London, published under his popularly used pen-name "Old Humphrey". This work offers a series of walks through London and its surrounding areas, as told through the eyes ...

A Walk from London to Fulham

Thomas Crofton Croker; T. F. Dillon Croker [editor] · 1860 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, William Tegg, 1860. Cloth. An illustrated copy of this historical account of the author's observations during a journey from London to Fulham. Illustrated throughout. Intended to preserve the memory of places that may soon be lost due to urban development, this ac...

A Wanderer in London

E. V. Lucas · 1914 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1914. Leather. A leather bound seventeenth edition of this tour of London during the interwar period, with colour plates. Seventeenth edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, fifteen colour plates, and thirty-six monotone plates. Collated com...

The Rural Economy of Glocestershire; Including Its Dairy: Together with the Dairy Management of North Wiltshire; and the Management of Orchards and Fruit Liquor, in Herefordshire

William Marshall · 1796 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€899.12 | $991.02 | ¥158,272)

London, G. Nicol, 1796. Leather. The second edition of William Marshall's work on 18th century agricultural practices in Gloucestershire and Herefordshire, in a fantastic contemporary half calf binding. The second edition.Folding map of Gloucestershire to Volume I. Collat...

The Metropolitan Borough of Shoreditch: The Official Guide

Shoreditch Borough Council · 1951 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

Cheltenham, Ed. J. Burrow and Co. Ltd , 1951. Cloth. A very scarce post-WWII guide to the borough of Shoreditch, previously owned by the Mayor and Mayoress of the district. The eighth edition, being the first to be published since the war. A very scarce mid-19th century guide...