Viaggi e geografia

Historic Warwickshire

J. Tom Burgess; Joseph Hill · 1893 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

Birmingham; London, The Midland Educational Company; Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co, 1893. Cloth. The second edition of this illustrated late nineteenth century study of the history of Warwickshire. The revised and updated second edition of J. Tom Burgess's illust...

Block Printing & Book Illustration in Japan

Louise Norton Brown · 1924 · Rooke Books

£235.00 (€281.73 | $310.52 | ¥49,592)

London; New York, George Routledge & Sons LTD; E. P. Dutton & CO, 1924. First edition. Cloth. This lovely first edition volume explores the history of art in Japan, highlighted throughout with colour and monochrome plates. The first edition of this work.An academic work explor...

The History of the Town and Port of Faversham, in the County of Kent

Jacob Edward · 1774 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.47 | $594.61 | ¥94,963)

London, Printed for the Author, by J. March, 1774 . First edition. Leather. An extra-illustrated first edition of this late eighteenth century study of a Kent market town, in a smart calf binding and with a large number of engraved copper plate illustrations. The first edition...

Hand Book and Gazetteer of East Africa

1959 · Rooke Books

£37.00 (€44.36 | $48.89 | ¥7,808)

Nairobi, Royal East African Automobile Association , 1959. Cloth. The uncommon first edition of this hand book and gazetteer of East Africa from 1958 to 1959. A useful handbook of East Africa for motorists of 1958-9, with information on motoring and the physical requirements o...

Extended Tape Indicator Map of London

C. Smith & Son · 1902 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.73 | $77.96 | ¥12,451)

London, C. Smith & Son, 1902 . Cloth. A map of London for measuring distances, complete with a tape measure attached. Accompanied by an alphabetical list of streets, public buildings and railways.The map, which is backed on cloth and is in colour, is ruled in quarter-mile squa...

Tape Indicator Map of London

E. J. Larby · 1910 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, C. Smith & Son, 1910 . Cloth. A smart folding map of London printed by C. Smith & Son's, printed in colour for measuring distances. Map measures 36" by 24", is backed on cloth and in colour. Complete with an alphabetical list of seven thousand streets.The map is ...

Northern Germany As Far As the Bavarian and Austrian Frontiers

Karl Baedeker · 1893 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

Leipzig and London, Karl Baedeker, 1893. Cloth. A smart nineteenth century Baedeker guide to Northern Germany, being the eleventh edition. The eleventh edition.Illustrated with thirty-two maps and fifty-six plans. Collated, complete.With an extra loosely inserted map of Munich...

Inland Cruising on the Rivers and Canals of England and Wales

George Westall · 1908 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Lander Westall & Co. 1908. First edition. Cloth. A practical guide to boat cruising, illustrated and complete with a folding map at the start of the work. This work describes boat cruises through the rivers and canals of England, their navigation and distances.Written ...

Half Hours in the Holy Land

Anonymous · 1898 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, James Nisbet & Co. Limited, 1898. Cloth. An excellent retelling of a journey around Palestine taken by Norman Macleod, bound in the lovely bright publisher's cloth. Written by Annie B. Macleod, this work is an abbreviation of the author's father's work, ...

Autumns in Argyleshire with Rod and Gun

A. E. Gathorne-Hardy · 1900 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Longmans, Green and Co, 1900. First edition. Cloth. A nice first edition copy of this charming volume of hunting reminiscences, illustrated throughout. The first edition of this work.A collection of charming hunting reminiscences, recounting thirty years of the author&...

Rambles in Dickens&Apos; Land

Robert Allbut · 1899 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

New York, Truslove, Hanson & Comba, 1899. Cloth. A charming guide to the England of Charles Dickens', illustrated throughout. A delightfully bound guide to London and England from author Robert Allbut, what he terms 'the pilgrim's guide to Dickens' Land - t...

History of George Heriot&Apos;S Hospital, with a Memoir of the Founder. Together with an Account of the Heriot Foundation Schools

William Steven; Frederick W. Bedford · 1859 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

Edinburgh, Bell & Bradfute , 1859. Cloth. A new, enlarged edition of William Steven's study of the history of George Heriot's Hospital. William Stevenson's history of George Heriot's hospital, now a Scottish independent primary and secondary day school in E...

Chinese Architecture

Laurence G. Liu · 1989 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Academy Editions, 1989. First edition. Cloth. A near fine wonderful first edition work on the beautiful architecture in China, a fantastic volume illustrated in colour throughout. The first edition of this work.In the original unclipped dustwrapper.A wonderful artistic...

The Land of Scott: Or, Abbotsford, the Country of the Tweed and Its Tributaries, and St. Mary&Apos;S Loch

1859 · Rooke Books

£58.00 (€69.53 | $76.64 | ¥12,240)

London, T. Nelson and Sons , 1859. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce copy of this topographical work regarding the 'Land of Scott,' with plates and a folding map. The first edition of this topographical work descriptive of Abbotsford, the country of the tweed and i...

The Cathedrals of the United Kingdom: Their History, Architecture, Monuments, and Traditions

Mackenzie Walcott · 1860 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, Edward Stanford, 1860. Cloth. A scarce, second edition copy of Mackenzie Walcott's book on cathedrals in the United Kingdom, in publisher's original decorative cloth binding. A charming, second edition copy of Mackenzie Walcott's book on cathedrals in th...

Original Photographs of Palestine

Chaim Weizmann · 1930 · Rooke Books

£220.00 (€263.74 | $290.70 | ¥46,427)

Rome, Luciano Morpurgo, 1930. Cloth. A collection of photographs showing the beauty of Palestine during the interwar era in Yiddish. An uncommon work.A beautiful collection of photographs of Palestine, showing the developing country during the interwar era.Prefatory material i...

Paris and Its Environs Displayed in a Series of Picturesque Views

L. T. Ventouillac · 1831 · Rooke Books

£325.00 (€389.62 | $429.44 | ¥68,585)

London, Jennings and Chaplin, c1831. Cloth. A charming work consisting of 204 steel engravings of the French capital. A lovely volume consisting of 204 engraved views of Paris, accompanied by descriptive passages.The detailed engravings are the work of Augustus Pugin, an Anglo...

A Pictorial and Descriptive Guide to London and Its Environs

Anonymous · 1919 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, Ward, Lock & Co, 1919. Cloth. A pocket guide to London, with folding maps, photographs, and an index of streets. The scarce 1919 edition of this work, for a time released yearly by the publisher, and the first to be produced following the conclusion of the First World ...

Norfolk Life

Henry Williamson; Lilias Rider Haggard · 1943 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Faber and Faber, 1943. First edition. Cloth. A first edition collaboration, detailing in warm terms the lifestyle of Norfolk in the interwar years. A first edition, first impression of this work, in original unclipped dustwrapper.A collaboration between Henry Williamso...

Tunbridge Wells

Margaret Wells · 1937 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Faber and Faber , 1937. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition copy of this illustrated work exploring the town of Tunbridge Wells by Margaret Barton. The first 1937 edition of this historical work by Margaret Barton. An excellent volume defined by the autho...