Viaggi e geografia

Picture of Edinburgh: Containing a Description of the City and Its Environs

J. Stark · 1823 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

Edinburgh , John Fairbairn , 1823. Leather. A charming pocket book containing the history, antiquities and excursions to be found in Edinburgh, with engraved plates throughout. The third edition of this work. In full calf binding. Illustrated with a frontispiece and fourteen...

Rhodesia of to-Day: A Description of the Present Condition and the Prospects of Matabeleland & Mashonaland

E. F. Knight [Edward Frederick Knight] · 1895 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1895. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Knight's interesting study into the culture and politics of Zimbabwe in the late nineteenth century. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding.Illustrated...

London

Walter Besant · 1894 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1894. Cloth. A smart new edition of this fascinating topographical work on London by Walter Besant, illustrated throughout. New edition. Illustrated throughout with one hundred and twenty-five images. A fascinating topographical work on London, detaili...

India District Gazetteers

Various · 1903 · Rooke Books

£2,500.00 (€2,997.08 | $3,303.40 | ¥527,574)

Allahabad; Calcutta; Bombay, Pioneer Press; Thacker, Spink & Co; Superintendent Government Printing; Bengal Secretariat Book Depot; Times Press, 1903-67. Cloth. A twenty four volume set of various gazetteers of districts in India, a fascinating and illustrated exploration of t...

The History and Directory of Walsall, Containing Its Antiquities, and a Modern Survey of Its Improvements, a Description of Its Public Edifices, and an Enumeration of Its Local and Commercial Advantages

Thomas Pearce · 1813 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

Birmingham, Thomson and Wrightson, 1813. First edition. Leather. A very scarce first edition topographical history on the English market town Walsall, illustrated with a folding frontispiece. The first edition of this very scarce work.A topographical study on the history and a...

Harvest of Journeys and Sea and Islands

Hammond Innes · 1960 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

London, Collins, 1960-67. First edition. Cloth. Two first edition works by Hammond Innes, describing his journeys and trips, illustrated with photographs and in the original unclipped dust wrappers. The first edition. Two volumes. Illustrated with thirty-nine monochrome and ...

The Manchester Guide. A Brief Historical Description of the Town of Manchester and Salford, the Public Buildings, and the Charitable and Literary Institutions

1804 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

Manchester, Joseph Aston, 1804. First edition. Leather. The scarce first edition of this guide to Manchester and Salford, providing an interesting insight into the cities in the Georgian era. The first edition of this scarce work.Illustrated with a folding map to the frontispi...

The Landscape Annual for 1831: The Tourist in Italy

Thomas Roscoe · 1831 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, Robert Jennings and William Chaplin, 1831 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of this travel work on Italy by Thomas Roscoe, illustrated with detailed engravings by Samuel Prout. The first edition of Thomas Roscoe's description of his travels in Italy.The ...

Old and New Hull: A Series of Drawings of the Town of Kingston-Upon-Hull

T. Tindall Wildridge · 1884 · Rooke Books

£390.00 (€467.54 | $515.33 | ¥82,302)

Hull, M. C. Peck & Son, 1884 . First edition. Leather. The very scarce first edition of Thomas Tindall Wildridge's beautifully illustrated historical study of Hull in the nineteenth century. The first edition of this very scarce work.The work of Hull based librarian, ant...

A Tour Through Belgium, Holland, Along the Rhine and Through the North of France

James Mitchell · 1816 · Rooke Books

£445.00 (€533.48 | $588.01 | ¥93,908)

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1816 . First edition. Hardback. The very scarce first edition of this account of the European travels of James Mitchell. The first edition of this very scarce work. A second edition, also very scarce, was published three years lat...

Introducing Greece

Francis King [ed] · 1956 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London , Methuen and Co Ltd , 1956. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this work on Greece, edited by Francis King and with photographic plates. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Illustrated with a monoc...

The Heart of London and in London&Apos;S by-Ways

Walter Jerrold · 1924 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Blackie & Son Limited, [1924-25]. First edition. Cloth. Two first edition works on London with colour illustrations by E. W. Haslehust, in their original dust wrappers. The first edition. Two volumes. Part of the 'Beautiful England' series. Illustrated by ...

Local & Literary Account of Leamington, Warwick, Stratford, Coventry, Kenilworth, Hagley, the Leasowes, Birmingham and the Surrounding Country

Mr. Pratt [Samuel Jackson Pratt] · 1814 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

Birmingham, Lewis Thomson, 1814 . Leather. Mr. Pratt's very scarce and charmingly illustrated study of various English towns. Prolific English poet, dramatist and novelist Mr. Samuel Jackson Pratt offers a 'local and literary' guide to 'Leamington, Warwick,...

An Historical and Topographical Account of the Town and Parish of Rochdale, in Lancashire; and Also of the Parochial Chapelry of Saddleworth, in the County of York

James Butterworth · 1828 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)

Manchester, W. D. Varey, 1828 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of James Butterworth's very scarce guides to Rochdale and Saddleworth. James Butterworth's guides to Rochester and Saddleworth are individually paginated, with each part bearing an engraved front...

Early English Voyagers; or the Adventures and Discoveries of Drake, Cavendish, and Dampier

Anonymous · 1889 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Edinburgh , T. Nelson and Sons, 1889. Leather. An illustrated work on the voyages and discoveries of the noted English voyagers Drake, Cavendish and Dampier, in a full calf prize binding. Reprint. First published in 1886. In a full calf prize binding from 'Archbishop Ten...

The Overlanders of &Apos;62

Mark Sweeten Wade; John Hosie · 1931 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

Victoria, Charles F. Banfield, 1931. First edition. Cloth. A first edition history of the 1862 Overlanders, an interesting piece of Canadian history, complete with illustrations. The first edition.An interesting study on the 'Overlanders of 1862', a group of about 25...

The Wye

A. G. Bradley · 1910 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1910. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this colourfully illustrated on the River Wye, with a folding map. First edition. From the Rivers of England series. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, twenty-three colour plates, and a f...

Cathedrals

None Stated · 1926 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, The Great Western Railway, 1926. Cloth. A delightful guide to British Cathedrals, with illustrations and maps. Includes the vanishingly scarce original unclipped dust wrapper. Second edition, second impression. First published 1924. With the vanishingly scarce original...

Burmese Vignettes

C. Harcourt Robertson · 1930 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

London, W. Thacker & Co, 1930. First edition. Cloth. Cecil Harcourt Robertson's own copy of the first edition of his illustrated collection of sketches about Burmese life. The author's own copy of this delightful first edition.Initially appearing in the Madras Mail b...

In and Around the Grand Canyon the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River in Arizona

George Wharton James · 1900 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1900. Cloth. An illustrated account of George Wharton James' exploration of the Colorado River, in the original pictorial cloth. In the publisher's original light blue pictorial cloth. With a frontispiece, illustrated title page, v...