Viaggi e geografia

A Topographical Dictionary of the United Kingdom

Benjamin Pitts Capper · 1808 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, Richard Phillips, 1808. First edition. Leather. A smart first edition of this topographical dictionary for the UK, with folding maps throughout. First edition. Illustrated with thirty-nine maps and seven folding maps, for a total of forty-six. Collated complete. A topo...

A Pilgrimage in Surrey

James S. Ogilvy · 1914 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, George Routledge & Sons, 1914. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of James S. Ogilvie's two volume illustrated study of the county of Surrey, and its various towns and villages. Complete in two volumes. Illustrated with forty-seven coloured plates to each vol...

Historical and Descriptive Account of British India

Hugh Murray; James Wilson; R. K. Greville et al. · 1832 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)

New York, The Bradley Company, c1901 . Leather. An early twentieth century edition of Hugh Murray's history of British India, with all three volumes bound in one. A handsomely bound history of the history and role of British powers in Indian governance, arranged principal...

Instructive Rambles Extended, in London and the Adjacent Villages

Elizabeth Helme · 1806 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, J. Harris, 1806. Cloth. An extended edition of this small travel guide to London and the surrounding areas in the early 19th century. The extended edition of this work in a quarter cloth binding. A later, extended edition of this popular tour through London, composed f...

The Ports, Harbours, Watering-Places, and Coast Scenery of Great Britain

William Beattie · 1842 · Rooke Books

£325.00 (€389.62 | $429.44 | ¥68,585)

London, George Virtue, 1842 . Leather. A richly illustrated two volume edition of Beattie and Bartlett's study of the coastline of England, illustrated throughout. First published in the late 1830's by William Finden, this 1842 edition is continued by W.H. Bartlett a...

Bristol: As It Was and As It Is a Record of Fifty Years&Apos; Progress

Geoffrey Frederick Stone · 1909 · Rooke Books

£52.00 (€62.34 | $68.71 | ¥10,974)

Bristol, Walter Reid, 1909. Cloth. Uncommon reprint of this pictorial history of Bristol by George Frederick Stone. History of Bristol over fifty years reprinted with additions from the 'Bristol Evening News,' 1908-9. First thus. Illustrated with frontispiece and num...

Views of the Royal Pavilion

John Nash; Gervase Jackson-Stops; Prince of Wales [Foreword] · 1991 · Rooke Books

£37.00 (€44.36 | $48.89 | ¥7,808)

London, Pavilion, 1991. First edition. Cloth. An attractive volume on the history and construction of the Royal Pavilion at Brighton. With a three-page fold-out, found in the unclipped dust wrapper. A first edition of this attractive, heavily illustrated volume on the Royal Pa...

Sweden Through the Eyes of the Artist

Carl G. Laurin · 1920 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

Stockholm, P. A. Norstedt & Soner, 1920 . Cloth. The scarce second edition of this collection of landscape art of Sweden. Second edition of Sweden Through the Eyes of the Artist by Carl G. Laurin in the original publisher's cloth binding. A scarce work, with only five ed...

Voyages of a Modern Viking

Helmer Hanssen; E. R. G. R. Evans · 1936 · Rooke Books

£255.00 (€305.70 | $336.95 | ¥53,813)

London, George Routledge & Sons, Ltd, 1936. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this important memoir from polar explorer Helmer Hanssen, with many illustrations. First edition. Illustrated with frontispiece, five plates, and a map. Collated complete. A memoir of time s...

My Devon Year

Eden Phillpotts · 1904 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, Methuen & Co, 1904. Cloth. A second edition of this travelogue of Devon by the English author Eden Phillpotts. A second edition of this interesting travelogue of Devon by English author, poet, dramatist, and friend of Agatha Christie, Eden Phillpotts. With thirty eight...

Unknown Buckinghamshire

Donald Maxwell · 1935 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, John Lane at The Bodley Head, 1935. First edition. Cloth. A charmingly illustrated scarce first edition of this work on Buckinghamshire. First edition. Scarce work. Illustrated with colour frontispiece, seven colour plates and thirty-four black-and-white line drawings ...

Bude and Its Borderland

Beatrix F. Cresswell; J. H. Barton · 1911 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.56 | $50.21 | ¥8,019)

London, Frederick Warne And Co, 1911. Paperback. The third edition of this early twentieth century travel guide to Bude. With a folding map. The third edition of this travel guide to Bude, Cornwall. With a folding map, three plates, and sixteen photographic illustrations, coll...

Views of the Noblemen & Gentlemen&Apos;S Seats, Towns, Castles, Churches, Monasteries, and Romantic Places in North & South Wales

Sir R. Colt Hoare · 1806 · Rooke Books

£330.00 (€395.61 | $436.05 | ¥69,640)

London, J. and J. Boydell; William Miller, 1806. Cloth. A scarce series of forty-eight beautiful engraved plates by Sir Richard Hoare, exploring the seats of North and South Wales. A scarce work.Illustrated with forty-eight plates.Plates 1 to 12 are dated 1792, Plates 13 to 16...

Pleasant Spots and Famous Places

John Alfred Langford · 1862 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, William Tegg, 1862. Cloth. John Alfred Langford shares his favourite spots to walk in this very scarce work. A very scarce, little-known work by Birmingham activist and journalist John Alfred Langford. In this joyful book for ramblers, Langford describes pleasant walki...

Unbeaten Tracks Around Bristol, Bath and Western-Super-Mare

P. E. Barnes · 1927 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

Bristol, The Western Daily Press, 1927. Cloth. A ramblers guide to the west country, with photographs throughout. This volume is a charming ramblers guide to the unbeaten tracks around Bristol, Bath and Western-Super-Mare by P. E. Barnes which has been reprinted from the Weste...

Pictures from Sicily

[William Henry Bartlett] · 1853 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, Arthur Hall, Virtue, & Co. 1853. First edition. Cloth. The picturesque landscapes of Sicily, and its Grecian, Norman, and Saracenic buildings are captured beautifully captured in this first edition of William Henry Bartlett's work The varied architecture and pictu...

Frog&Apos;S Cricket Club Devon Tour 1907-1950 a Short History

R. L. Prain · 1951 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

Nottingham, D. H. Vaulkhard Limited, 1951 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition documenting the tour of the Frogs' Cricket Club in the original dust wrapper. First edition of Devon Tour 1907-1950 A Short History by R. L. Prain in the original publisher&apo...

Wilts and Dorset Bank Annual

Various; J. Rogers Rees; E. Dartnell [eds.] · 1904 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

Salisbury, Salisbury , 1904-1907 . Leather. A very scarce collection of annuals about Wilts and Dorset rebound in half calf with many illustrations. Four issues of Wilts and Dorset Bank Annual from 1904 to 1907, rebound in half calf and cloth boards. The very scarce annual is...

Le Vieux Paris Reproduction de Monumens Qui N&Apos;Existent Plus Dans la Capitale

F. A. Pernot · 1839 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.56 | $495.51 | ¥79,136)

Paris , Jeanne et Dero-Becker, 1839. First edition. Leather. A French volume of illustrations of the buildings and monuments of Old Paris. A copy of Le Vieux Paris reproduction de monumens qui n'existent plus dans la capitale, Or, Old Paris, reproductions of monuments tha...

Bridgewater in Brief

T Bruce Dilks · 1927 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

Bridgewater, East Gate Press, 1927. First edition. Paperback. Very scarce first edition of this brief survey of Bridgewater by Thomas Bruce Dilks. Little booklet containing a compressed local history of Bridgewater, no. 2 of the 'Bridgewater Booklets' series. Written...