Viaggi e geografia

A History of the Cheltenham Training Colleges (St. Paul and St. Mary)

Canon W. E. Beck · 1947 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

Bath, Dawson & Goodall Limited, 1947. First edition. Cloth. A vanishingly scarce first edition history of what is today known as the University of Gloucestershire, an illustrated work by Canon W. E. Beck. A vanishingly scarce work.Only one record of this work being held instit...

Ancient Deeds Belonging to the Corporation of Bath XIII-XVI Cent

Rev. C. W. Shickle · 1921 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

Bath, Bath Records Society, 1921. First edition. Leather. The first edition of Rev. Shickle's signed Limited Edition study of the ancient deeds of bath between the twelfth and sixteenth century. The signed, Limited Edition first edition of Reverend C. W. Shickle's st...

Haunts of Ancient Peace

Alfred Austin · 1908 · Rooke Books

£97.00 (€116.29 | $128.17 | ¥20,470)

London , Adam & Charles Black , 1908. Cloth. A charmingly illustrated copy of Alfred Austin's Haunts of Ancient Peace. Haunts of Ancient Peace is a volume written by Alfred Austin that celebrates British countryside.Alfred Austin was an English poet and writer who was app...

Some Account of the Manor of Apuldrefield in the Parish of Cudham, Kent

G. Steinman Steinman · 1851 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, J. B. Nichols and Son, 1851. First edition. Cloth. An association copy of G. Steinman Steinman's very scarce study of this Kent manor house, with detailed pedigrees of the Apuldrefields. The first edition of this scarce work from author, biographer and book collec...

Our Philadelphia

Elizabeth Robins Pennell · 1914 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Philadelphia and London, J. B. Lippincott Company, 1914. First edition. Cloth. A first edition topographical work on the city of Philadelphia, including history and memories of Elizabeth Robins Pennell while she lived there, with lovely illustrations by her husband Joseph Penn...

A Bristol Printing House Spoken of in Several Fragments

Edward Everard · 2007 · Rooke Books

£280.00 (€335.67 | $369.98 | ¥59,088)

London, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent, & Co. c1903. Cloth. A scarce, fascinating work on Edward Everard's Printing Works, a Bristol-based historical printing press designed in the Art Nouveau style. A fascinating historical and topographical work on the Bristol-based ...

Happy England

Marcus B. Huish · 1904 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.87 | $145.35 | ¥23,213)

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1904. First edition. Cloth. A colourfully illustrated work on the life of Helen Allingham, including her topographical and artistic studies of England, written by Marcus B. Huish. First Edition, second printing. In the publisher's original...

La Bretagne

M. Jules Janin · 1862 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

Paris, Ernest Bourdin, 1862. Leather. A historical travelogue of Brittany in the original French, the second revised edition of this work embellished with lovely illustrations. A large paper volume exploring the French historical country of Brittany, the second revised edition...

Country Life, Volume XII

Various · 1902 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London, George Newnes, 1902. Cloth. Volume XII of the quintessential English magazine, 'Country Life', with numerous articles and illustrations about life in the British countryside. A British weekly magazine discussing all sorts of topics relating to the rural life,...

From the Collection of the Late Lord Dewar Famous Coaching Inns

None · 0 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, John Dewar & Sons, LTD.; Gilbert Whitehead & Co Ltd, c1910. Cloth. A colourfully illustrated collection of the coaching scenes of John Maggs, a picturesque depiction of the country across a couple of centuries with a focusing on famous coaching inns. A beautiful collec...

Berlin Und Umgebung

Karl Baedeker · 1908 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

Leipzig, Karl Baedeker, 1908. Cloth. A smart Baedeker travel guide to Berlin in the original German, complete with folding maps. The fifteenth edition.In the original German language. Illustrated with five maps, six plans and fourteen floor plans. Collated, complete. In a ful...

Babes in the African Wood

The Hon. R. Gorell Barnes · 1911 · Rooke Books

£79.00 (€94.71 | $104.39 | ¥16,671)

London, Longmans, Green & Co. 1911 . First edition. Cloth. A fascinating first edition celebration of a summer spent hunting big game in Africa. Illustrated with contemporary photographs, and a large folding map. The first edition of this British lawyer and judge's accoun...

Wanderings and Excursions in South Wales

Thomas Roscoe · 1862 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Henry G. Bohn, 1862 . Cloth. A richly illustrated topographical work by Thomas Roscoe exploring South Wales in the early-mid nineteenth century. An excellent copy of this successful work. Covering such picturesque areas as Ross, Plinlimmon, Hafod, Aberystwith, Chepstow...

The History of Taunton in the County of Somerset

Joshua Toulmin; James Savage [ed.] · 1822 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

Taunton, John Poole, 1822. Leather. Illustrated with engraved folding plates, this is an impressively detailed historical study of a Somersetshire town. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece and two folding illustrated plates.An extensive study of the history of the Somers...

Among the Eskimos of Labrador: A Record of Five Years&Apos; Close Intercourse with the Eskimo Tribes of Labrador

S. K. Hutton · 1912 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.81 | $218.02 | ¥34,820)

London, Seeley, Service & Co. Limited, 1912 . First edition. Cloth. A first edition detailing the author's time amongst the Eskimo tribes of Labrador, from the library of an Antarctic explorer. Detailing the day-to-day lives and habits of the Eskimo people encountered by ...

The History and Antiquities of the Abbey Church of St. Peter, Westminster

Edward Wedlake Brayley · 1818 · Rooke Books

£245.00 (€293.71 | $323.73 | ¥51,702)

London, J. P. Neale, 1818. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this illustrated history into the architecture and antiquities of Westminster Abbey, a wonderful work on the important landmark. The first edition of this work.Volume I only out of a total of II volumes. V...

Islands of Enchantment, Many Sided Melanesia

Florence Coombe · 1911 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1911. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this work on the South West Pacific islands by Florence Coombe. This work includes the islands of Southern Melanesia (New Hebrides and Banks Islands) as well as the islands of Central Melanesia (Torr...

Cathedrals of Southern France; Cathedrals of Northern France

Francis Miltoun · 0 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, T Werner Laurie, c1904. First edition. Cloth. A charming two volume set from Francis Miltoun's 'Cathedral Series', in decorative cloth binding. A lovely two volume set from Francis Miltoun's Cathedral Series. Including 'Cathedrals of Southern F...

A Picturesque Tour of the River Thames in Its Western Course

John Fisher Murray · 1853 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, Henry G. Bohn, 1853. Cloth. A fascinating account of the surroundings of the River Thames, richly illustrated with wood cuts. An excellent account of the River Thames estuary, including detail on Richmond, Windsor and Hampton Court Palace.Written by Irish humourist and...

The Scenery and Antiquities of Ireland

N. P. Willis; J. Stirling Coyne · 1842 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.31 | $786.21 | ¥125,563)

London, George Virtue, 1842. Leather. A beautifully illustrated ode to the picturesque scenery of Ireland, a lavishly illustrated work with over one-hundred plates, in a Zaehnsdorf binding/ Complete in two volumes.Bound by Zaehnsdorf.An extensive study of the beautiful scenery...