Viaggi e geografia

Spitzbergens Natur Und Geschichte

Gunnar Holmsen · 1912 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

Berlin, Verlag Nordland , 1912. Cloth. A lovely guide to Spitsbergen, with illustrations and maps in German. In German. This volume gives a detailed account of the nature and history of the island with numerous illustrations and maps and a guide for tourists to the area. Gunn...

T.H. Huxley&Apos;S Diary of the Voyage of H.M. S. Rattlesnake

T. H. Huxley; Julian Huxley · 1935 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London , Chatto & Winduss, 1935. First edition. Cloth. A fascinating diary of anthropologist and biologist T. H. Huxley from his voyage of H. M. S. Rattlesnake, with plates. A first edition copy of this work. This volume contains Thomas Henry Huxley's diary of his voyage ...

The History of Cheltenham and Its Environs: Including an Inquiry Into the Nature and Properties of the Mineral Waters, &C. &C. &C. And a Concise View of the County of Gloucester

[Thomas Frognall Dibdin] · 1803 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

Cheltenham, H. Ruff, 1803. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of one of Thomas Frognall Dibdin's important histories, an interesting study of Cheltenham. The first edition.Thomas Frognall Dibdin's extensive history and study of Cheltenham, and its natural minera...

One Hundred Years&Apos; History of Broadmead Sunday School One Hundred Years&Apos; History of Bristol Friends&Apos; First-Day (Boys) School

1901 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

Bristol, Young & Humphreys; F. R. Hemmings, 1901-10. First edition. Cloth. Two topographical studies on schools in Bristol, both volumes published on the school's centenary, complete with illustrations. Two charming topographical appreciations on schools in Bristol.Both o...

The Stranger&Apos;S Guide Through Cheltenham; Containing an Account of Its Mineral Waters; with Descriptions of the Various Pump Rooms, Public Institutions, and Places of Fashionable Amusement. And an Account of the Principal Places in the Environs; with Maps of the Town and Surrounding Country, and Seventeen Superior Wood Engravings.

Henry Davies · 1834 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

Cheltenham, H. Davies, Montpellier Library, 1834. Cloth. The second edition of Davies's guide to Cheltenham, with folding maps. In a quarter cloth binding with paper boards. Ink inscription to the paste down, dated 1934. Ink inscription to first blank page, dated 1836. Fu...

An Historical and Descriptive Account of the Coast of Sussex

J. D. Parry · 1833 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

Brighton, Wright & Son, 1833. First edition. Leather. A lovely first edition of this guide to the coast of Sussex by J. D. Parry, complete with all engravings. J. D. Parry's guide to the coast and the watering places of Sussex, including Brighton, Eastbourn, Hastings, St....

A New Map of the River Thames from Thames Head to London

Henry Taunt · 1878 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)

London, Taunt & Co. c1878. Cloth. The fifth edition of Henry Taunt's detailed map on the journey of the River Thames, illustrated throughout with folding maps and tipped in original photographs. A delightful and comprehensive map of the River Thames, from the Thames head ...

Windsor

Sir Richard Rivington Holmes · 1908 · Rooke Books

£47.00 (€56.35 | $62.10 | ¥9,918)

London, A. & C. Black, 1908. Cloth. A bright copy of this topographical work on the British town of Windsor, beautifully illustrated throughout with colour plates. A fascinating historical and topographical work on the British town of Windsor, located near London along the Riv...

Views in Suffolk, Norfolk, and Northamptonshire

E.W. Brayley · 1806 · Rooke Books

£118.00 (€141.46 | $155.92 | ¥24,901)

London, Vernor, Hood and Sharpe, etc. 1806. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this beautifully illustrated topographical work on Suffolk, Norfolk, and Northamptonshire. A fascinating topographical work on Suffolk, Norfolk, and Northamptonshire, illustrative of the w...

The Baths of Absalom: A Footnote to Froude

James Pope-Hennessy · 1954 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

London, Allan Wingate, 1954. First edition. Cloth. An excellent copy of the scarce first edition of James Pope-Hennessy's observations on to a visit to the West Indies, in the original dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of this scarce work from British biog...

Handbook of the British Flora, a Description of the Flowering Plants and Ferns Indigenous to, or Naturalised in the British Isles; Illustrations of the British Flora, a Series of Wood Engravings, with Dissections, of British Plants

George Bentham · 1937 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Kent , L. Reeve & Co. Ltd, 1937. Cloth. A lovely copy of Bentham's British flora handbook with its illustrated companion. Original publisher's cloth bound copy of George Bentham's Handbook of the British Flora, first published in the early nineteenth century. Th...

Appendicia Et Pertinentiae; or, Parochial Fragments of West Tarring

John Wood Warter · 1853 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Francis and John Rivington , 1853. First edition. Cloth. An interesting work regarding the parish of West Taring, notably containing a life of Thomas A Becket. With a leaf of publisher's advertisements to the rear of the work. The first edition of the work, in the...

Captain James Cook: The Greatest Discoverer

Various · 2008 · Rooke Books

£32.00 (€38.36 | $42.28 | ¥6,753)

Australia , Hordern House , 2008. Cloth. A near fine copy of this catalogue showcasing antiquities relating to voyager James Cook for sale at Hordern House in Australia. A detailed catalogue showcasing antiquities relating to voyager James Cook for sale at Hordern House in Aus...

Metropolitan Improvements London and Its Environs in the Nineteenth Century

James Elmes · 1827 · Rooke Books

£235.00 (€281.73 | $310.52 | ¥49,592)

London, Jones & Co, 1827-29. First edition. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated work on the blooming of London in the first half of the nineteenth century, a first edition, with two works bound in one. A first edition.Two volumes in one, including 'London and its Environs in...

Domesday Book in Relation to the County of Sussex

W. D. Parish · 1886 · Rooke Books

£58.00 (€69.53 | $76.64 | ¥12,240)

Sussex , H. Wolff, 1886. Cloth. Domesday Book for Sussex edited by W. D. Parish, containing a facsimile of the original record. A complete topographical work on Sussex from the Domesday Book, edited by W. D. Parish for the Sussex Archaeological Society. Historical and topograp...

Tunbridge Wells, and Its Neighbourhood, Illustrated by a Series of Etchings and Historical Descriptions

Paul Amsinck · 1810 · Rooke Books

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

London, William Miller , 1810. First edition. Leather. First edition of this large paper volume dedicated to Tunbridge Wells and its neighbourhood, adorned with etchings by Letitia Byrne. First edition of this work. A large paper volume exploring the hamlet of Tunbridge Wells,...

An Historical and Descriptive Account of the Coast of Sussex

J. D. Parry · 1833 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

Brighton; London, Wright & Son; Longman & Co, 1833. Leather. A large paper first edition copy of Parry's lovely descriptive history of the coast of Sussex, an extra illustrated copy. The first edition, a large paper copy.This volume has been extra illustrated by a prior o...

Antiquarian Jottings Relating to Bromley, Hayes, Keston, and West Wickham in Kent

George Clinch · 1889 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

Surrey, Printed for the Author by Addiscombe, 1889. First edition. Cloth. A charming antiquarian study of anecdotes relating to the history of various towns in Kent. The first edition of this work. The first edition of George Clinch's antiquarian study of various Kentish ...

The New Album of Brighton Views

John E. Stafford · 0 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

Brighton, Not Stated , c1900. Brochure/Pamphlet. A very scarce book containing a series of views of Brighton by John E. Stafford. A very scarce volume, containing a large folding sheet illustrative of twenty-four places of interest in Brighton, including West-Pier, Hotel Metro...

Tales of Swordfish and Tuna

Zane Grey · 1927 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.84 | $178.38 | ¥28,489)

London, Hodder & Stoughton Limited, 1927. First edition. Cloth. A first edition work by Zane Grey, relating the author's experiences fishing for swordfish and Tuna in Canada, with numerous illustrated plates and in-text illustrations by Frank E. Phares. First Edition. Il...