Viaggi e geografia

Modern London: Being the History and Present State of the British Metropolis

1805 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.80 | $224.63 | ¥35,875)

London, Printed for Richard Phillips , 1805. Cloth. A scarce edition of Richard Phillips' topographical work of London, with its history, antiquities, architecture, and more. An early edition of this work, originally published in 1804. A remarkable topographical work of ...

Caledonian Sketches; or, a Tour Through Scotland

John Carr · 1809 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

New York, Inskeep & Bradford, 1809. Leather. An uncommon work detailing the author's travels through Scotland in 1807. Sir John Carr (1772-1832) was a British travel writer and barrister. He also published works on his travels in France, the Baltic, Holland and Ireland.Th...

Hill and Valley, or Hours in England and Wales

Catherine Sinclair · 1838 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

Edinburgh, William Whyte , 1838. First edition. Leather. A scarce first edition copy of this pleasing travel book on England and Wales by Catherine Sinclair. The first edition of this scarce work by Catherine Sinclair. A fascinating travelogue recollecting Sinclair's tou...

Miscellanea Scotica

Various · 1818 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

Glasgow, John Wylie & Co. 1818. Cloth. Volume I of the Miscellanea Scotica, comprising four volumes regarding Scottish history bound as one, covering the Picts, historic conflicts between clans, and the massacre of Glencoe. A set of reprints of earlier works eventually running...

Belford Regis; or, Sketches of a Country Town

Mary Russell Mitford · 1835 · Rooke Books

£995.00 (€1,192.84 | $1,314.75 | ¥209,974)

London, Richard Bentley, 1835. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Mary Russell Mitford's charming topographical work on Reading, lightly veiled as 'Belford Regis&apos. The first edition of this work.Complete in three volumes.Half-title present to Volume I.A B...

Bonnie Scotland

A. R. Hope Moncrieff · 1912 · Rooke Books

£69.00 (€82.72 | $91.17 | ¥14,561)

London, A. & C. Black, 1912. Cloth. An ode to the beauty of Scotland and it's wonderful scenery, illustrated with stunning colour plates. A charming topographical study on Scotland, looking at the picturesque landscapes of the country, both rural and city scenes.Illustrat...

The Akamba in British East Africa

Gerhard Lindblom · 1920 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

Uppsala, Applebergs Boktryckeri Aktiebolag, 1920. Brochure/Pamphlet. An expanded dissertation on the subject of the Kamba tribe in Kenya, with the study understaken between 1910 and 1912. Written by Gerhard Lindblom (1887-1969), a Swedish ethnographer and author of the princip...

The Immortal Isles

Seton Gordon · 1926 · Rooke Books

£47.00 (€56.35 | $62.10 | ¥9,918)

London, Williams & Norgate, 1926. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this beautifully and colourfully illustrated work looking into the beauty of the Hebrides islands. The first edition of this work.A charming topographical work on the Hebrides.Illustrated with a colou...

Voyage Dans Les Trois Royaumes D&Apos;Angleterre D&Apos;Ecosse Et D&Apos;Irlande

Chantreau · 1792 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

Paris, Briand, 1792. Cloth. A charmingly bound, two volumes of this travel work written by French author, Chantreau, regarding his trip to England, Scotland and Ireland in the eighteenth century. In the charming original cloth bindings, with floral motifs blind stamped to the ...

Richmond on the Thames

Richard Garnett · 1906 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Seeley and Co, 1906. Cloth. A charmingly illustrated guide to Richmond on Thames, written by the scholar and librarian Richard Garnett. In the publisher's original cloth binding. This is a re-issue of the original 1896 edition. With a frontispiece, and three plate...

Regional Architecture of the West of England

A. E. Richardson; C. Lovett Gill · 1924 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Ernest Benn, Limited, 1924. First edition. Cloth. An in-depth look at the architecture found in the West of England, written by A. E. Richardson and C. Lovett Gill. Illustrated profusely throughout. The first edition of this work. This work looks in detail in to the ar...

History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Suffolk

William White · 1855 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

Sheffield, Robert Leader, 1855. Cloth. The second edition of this thorough work regarding the history of Suffolk, handsomely rebound with gilt detail to the spine. The second edition of the work. Rebound in cloth with gilt detail to the spine. Lacking the folding map, as is ex...

London in the Time of the Tudors London in the Time of the Stuarts

Walter Besant · 1903 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.80 | $224.63 | ¥35,875)

London, Adam & Charles Black, 1903-4. First edition. Cloth. Two illustrated works looking at the history of London during the Tudor and Stuart eras, written by Walter Besant, with two folding maps. The first edition of these works. In two volumes. Part of the ten volume '...

The History and Antiquities of Tewkesbury

W. Dyde · 1798 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)

Tewkesbury, Printed by the Editor; and sold by G. Wilkie, 1798. Leather. A fascinating work on the history of the town and civil parish Tewkesbury, in Gloucestershire, England, by William Dyde. A second edition copy. Featuring a list of subscribers to the front of the work. Co...

Our Village

Mary Russell Mitford · 1910 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1910. Cloth. A charmingly illustrated edition of Mary Russell Mitford's best known work, 'Our Village&apos. 'Our Village' is a collection of rural sketches, showing life in the British countryside. The series is based upon...

Welsh Scenery. From Drawings

Captain Batty · 1823 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

London, John Murray, 1823. First edition. Leather. A beautifully illustrated collection of illustrations of Welsh scenes, drawn by Robert Batty. The first edition of this work. This collection of Robert Batty's illustrations include plates if Abergavenny Castle, Hay, Harl...

A Topographical Dictionary of England

Samuel Lewis · 1831 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.56 | $495.51 | ¥79,136)

London, S. Lewis and Co. 1831. First edition. Leather. The first edition of Lewis's monumental four-volume topographical dictionary of England, providing a richly detailed record of England's towns, parishes and counties, illustrated with forty-five maps. Rebound in ...

The Great Houses of Nottinghamshire and the County Families

Leonard Jacks · 1881 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Nottingham, W. and A. S. Bradshaw, 1881 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of this contemporary record of Nottinghamshire"s great houses, their interiors and the county families who inhabited them. In the publisher"s original cloth binding, sympathetically r...

The &Apos;Contour&Apos; Road Book of England

Harry R. G. Inglis · 1630 · Rooke Books

£88.00 (€105.50 | $116.28 | ¥18,571)

London; Edinburgh, Gall and Inglis, c1900. Leather. A lovely full-morocco book of early road maps for the North and South-East of England. In the publisher's original, red, full-morocco soft covers.   Featuring 1630 maps and plans, including a folding map to the rear.  ...

Seen from a Windmill a Norfolk Broads Revue

Drew Miller · 1935 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Heath Cranton Limited, 1935. First edition. Hardback. A first edition series of social snapshots from Miller's life, with scarce original dust wrapper. A first edition in the scarce unclipped dust wrapper. In original publisher's binding. Illustrated, featuri...