Viaggi e geografia

Spanish Pictures Drawn with Pen and Pencil

[Samuel Manning] · 1874 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, Religious Tract Society, c1870. Cloth. An historical, illustrated work on Spain. This work is a partial travel work, partial history of Spain. It is illustrated throughout with numerous vignettes and plates drawn by the author. The work is undated, dated using Copac an...

Northumberland: Yesterday and Today

Jean F. Terry · 1913 · Rooke Books

£29.99 (€35.95 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Andrew Reid & Company, Limited, 1913. Cloth. This is a charming edition of this text on the local history of Northumberland. Featuring a pictorial endpaper map of Northumberland. Northumberland is the northernmost ceremonial county and a unitary district in North East ...

Historical and Topographical Collections Relating to the Early History of Parts of South Somerset

John Batten · 1894 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

Yeovil, Whitby and Son, 1894. Cloth. An illustrated topographical history of South Somerset. Covering a number of areas of South Somerset including: Barwick, Chilton Cantelo, Sutton Bingham, East Coker, Brympton, Houndston, Preston and Limington. In a cloth binding. Externally...

Guide to the Highlands of Scotland, Following the Principal Motor, Railway and Steamer Routes, and Indicating the Chief Tours from Each Centre

Anon · 0 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, c1920. Cloth. A Guide to the Highlands of Scotland. With eight district maps and plans of Aberdeen, Inverness and Oban. Fifty illustrations. Ninth edition - revised. In a decorative red cloth binding with black lettering to the spine and board...

North Italian Folk Sketches of Town and Country Life

Mrs Comys Carr · 1878 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London , Chatto and Windus, 1878. Cloth. A topographical study of life in Northern Italy from Mrs Comys Carr. Illustrated with ten coloured plates and vignettes by Randolph Caldecott. Including chapters on Genoa, the Apennines, La Fantesca, and more. Limited to four hundred co...

Bly Market. Moving Pictures of a Market Day

Bernard Gilbert · 1924 · Rooke Books

£39.99 (€47.94 | $52.84 | ¥8,439)

London, Cecil Palmer, 1924. First edition. Cloth. A limited, first edition of Gilbert's entertaining description of a market day with a fold-out map. Bound in quarter cloth. Of this Edition de Luxe of 'Bly Market' one thousand copies have been printed, of which ...

Somersetshire Worthies

Edward T D Foxcroft · 0 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

Frome, W.C. & J Penny, c1880. Hardback. A scarce Frome printing of this work by Edward Foxtrot. Containing short biographies of notable residents of Somerset. Printed in the West Country town of Frome, this volume is a lovely work of British topography. The previous owners boo...

Billeder Af Livet Paa Island, Islandske Sagaer: Images of Life on the Island Icelandic Sagas

Fr. Winkel Horn · 1871 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

Copenhagen, C. A. Reitzels Forlag, 1871. First edition. Leather. A scarce first edition of this work on Icelandic life, in Danish. A scarce copy of this work on Icelandic life, in Danish. The first edition of 1871. With a colour foldout map Frontispiece. Frederik Winkel Horn (...

Osaka Sketches

Glenn Shaw · 1929 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

Kanda, The Hokuseido Press, 1929. First edition. Cloth. A scarce richly illustrated first edition of this work offering vivid impressions of 1920s Osaka from an American writer embedded in pre-war Japanese urban life, complete with the very scarce original slipcase. In the pub...

The Lower Amazon; a Narrative of Explorations in the Little Known Regions of the State of Paraãƒâoeã‚â, on the Lower Amazon

Algot Lange; Frederick S Dellenbaugh [intro.] · 1914 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

New York and London, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1914 . First edition. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated example of the first edition of Algot Lange's discussion of his travels and excavations in Para - a state in northern Brazil - in the early 1900s. The first edition.Illus...

Topographical and Statistical Descriptions of the Counties of Stafford, Salop, and Derby

G.A. Cooke · 0 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.81 | $218.02 | ¥34,820)

London, Sherwood, Jones, and Co. c1830. Cloth. Three volumes bound into one, providing a topographical and statistical description of the counties of Stafford, Salop, and Derby. Three volumes in one.Topographical and statistical descriptions of the counties of Stafford, Salop,...

The West End of Yesterday & Today

E. Beresford Chancellor · 1926 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, The Architectural Press, 1926. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this London history, in original blue cloth binding, with many monochrome plate illustrations. A smart first edition copy of this local history, in original blue cloth binding, with gilt lette...

A History of the Town and Parish of Nantwich, of Wich-Malbank, in the County Palatine of Chester

James Hall · 1883 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€407.60 | $449.26 | ¥71,750)

Nantwich, Printed for the Author, 1883 . First edition. Cloth. A scarce privately printed first edition of Hall"s detailed history of Nantwich, complete with engraved plates. In the publisher's original green cloth binding.First edition. Illustrated with ten engraved pla...

Fleet Street in Seven Centuries

Walter George Bell; William Purdie Treloar [foreword] · 1912 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons, Ltd. 1912 . First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this abundantly illustrated historical account of the significance of Fleet Street. The first edition of the work.In publisher's original red cloth binding.Illustrated with a frontispi...

Le Guide de Londres

F. Colsoni; Walter H. Godfrey · 1951 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

Cambridge, London Topographical Society, 1951. Cloth. A facsimile of this unique work on the topography of London in the Stuart era, with a letter from with a letter from Sir Edmond de Beer, editor, collector, bibliophile and president of the London Topographical Society editi...

The Marygold by Temple Bar

F. G. Hilton Price · 1902 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Bernard Quaritch, 1902. Cloth. A limited edition of this illustrated history of 1 Fleet Street and the banking house of Child & Co. written by antiquarian and bank partner Frederick George Hilton Price. Rebound in a smart green cloth binding. A limited edition, being ...

Great Britain: Handbook for Travellers

Karl Baedeker · 1927 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

Leipzig , Karl Baedeker, Publisher , 1927. Cloth. A Baedeker handbook to Great Britain, offering a series of routes, maps and plans, many of which are folding. Eighth revised edition.In the original red cloth binding. Offering ninety routes exploring all over Great Britain, o...

The Cyclist&Apos;S Route Map of England and Wales

None · 0 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Bazaar Exchange & Mart Office , c1920. Cloth. An uncommon cyclist's route map for England and Wales from Bazaar Exchange. An uncommon large fold-out map of England and Wales for cyclists. With relevant advertisements printed to the reverse side of the map. "Revis...

A New Map of the River Thames, from Thames Head to London, (on a Scale of Two Inches to a Mile,) from Entirely New Surveys Finished During the Summer of 1878, Combined with Guides Giving Every Information Required by the Tourist, the Oarsman, and the Angler

Henry W. Taunt · 1879 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

Oxford , Henry W. Taunt and Co. 1879. Cloth. The third edition of Henry W. Taunt's popular guide to the River Thames, illustrated with his distinctive photographs. The third edition of this illustrated guide to the River Thames. In the publisher's original cloth bin...

Holmes&Apos;S Great Metropolis: Or, Views and History of London in the Nineteenth Century. Being a Grand National Exhibition of the British Capital, with Historical and Topographical Notices of Each Place

William Gray Fearnside [ed.]; Thomas Harrel [ed.] · 1851 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, Thomas Holmes , 1851. Cloth. A pleasing copy of 'Holmes's Great Metropolis', a beautifully illustrated history of London's points of interest. Second edition. Originally published in 1838 under the title 'The History of London', with thirt...