Viaggi e geografia

A Sketch of the Parish of Prestbury

George Arnold Osborne · 1998 · Rooke Books

£59.99 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,660)

Macclesfied, The Silk Press, 1998. Cloth. A scarce publishers proof copy of this observational text about Prestbury. This text intended for approval prior to binding, to the attention of Colin Tucker. Prestbury is a village in Cheshire, England. Prestbury is one of the most so...

Later Annals of Natal

Alan F. Hattersley (ed.) · 1938 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.68 | $363.37 | ¥58,033)

London, Longman's, Green and Co. 1938. Cloth. A fascinating study of the Natal provence of South Africa from 1865 to 1900. Compiled and edited by Alan F. Hattersley, a former Professor of History at Natal University College. The book survey's British expansion in Nat...

Kinship and Marriage in Early Arabia

William Robertson Smith ( · 1885 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.31 | $786.21 | ¥125,563)

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1885. First edition. Cloth. A fascinating first edition copy of Smith's study of 'Kinship and Marriage in Early Arabia&apos. An important work, tracing, from an earlier totemist matriarchy that practiced exogamy, the further dev...

England the Photographic Atlas Edited by 2001 - London - Harpercollins 18" by 12. 5"; 775pp.

Richard Atkinson (ed.); Philip Parker (ed.); Ian Harrison (ed.) · 2001 · Rooke Books

£49.99 (€59.93 | $66.05 | ¥10,549)

London, HarperCollins, 2001. First edition. Hardback. A first edition copy of 'England: The Photographic Atlas', containing a collection of stunningly detailed aerial shots of the UK, along with a a road map to the rear. From the same series as 'London: The Phot...

The "Queen" Newspaper Book of Travel a Guide to Home and Foreign Resorts

M Hornsby · 1913 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, Horace Cox, 1913. Cloth. A charming copy of 'The "Queen" Newspaper Book of Travel', in its tenth year, compiled by M Hornsby. Collated, complete with twenty one maps and fifty eight illustrations. From Aberdeen to York this publication reviews destinations an...

Philips&Apos; Cyclists&Apos; Map of the County of Huntingdon Shewing the Main Roads Distinctly Coloured Reduced from the Ordnance Survey

George Philip & Son · 0 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, George Philip & Son, c1895. Cloth. A very scarce cyclists' map of Huntingdon county published by George Philip & Son. George Philip was a prolific publisher of maps and atlases of the counties of England, updating them to include railways and cyclists' routes...

Harbour Accommodation Report

Various · 1884 · Rooke Books

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

London, Henry Hansard, 1884. Cloth. This is a scarce edition of this report by the Harbour Accommodation. Includes part-coloured folding maps and diagrams. Including a scarce folding chart showing the wrecks and casualties on the Coast of Ireland during the five years from Jul...

Welsh Pictures Drawn with Pen and Pencil

Richard Lovett · 1890 · Rooke Books

£37.00 (€44.36 | $48.89 | ¥7,808)

London , Religious Tract Society, 1890. Cloth. A collection of illustrations of Wales. Undated, dated using Copac. In original pictorial cloth binding. Drawings to this work are by a variety of artists. They have been compiled with accompanying writings by Richard Lovett. Rich...

Our Own Country.

Unknown · 0 · Rooke Books

£27.00 (€32.37 | $35.68 | ¥5,698)

London, Paris & New York, Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co, c1890. Cloth. A thoroughly illustrated first two volumes of descriptive, historical and pictorial accounts of Britain. Illustrated frontispieces of the Port of Liverpool and Lichfield Cathedral with numerous illustrations...

A Sketch of the Parish of Prestbury.

George Osborne Yarnold · 1998 · Rooke Books

£34.99 (€41.95 | $46.23 | ¥7,384)

Cheshire , The Silk Press, 1998. Cloth. A scarce edition of this romantic history of this parish in Gloustershire. A limited edition of only seven hundred and fifty copies printed. Thirty-four illustrated plates. The book is a romantic evocation of more chivalrous days, a cele...

From Track to Highway a Book of British Roads

G. Gibbard Jackson · 1935 · Rooke Books

£39.99 (€47.94 | $52.84 | ¥8,439)

London , Ivor Nicholson and Watson, 1935. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this examination of the roads and highways of Great Britain. Including monochrome illustrations throughout. With chapters on Roman roads, tolls, and the development of coaches for roads. In a gr...

Alden&Apos;S Oxford Guide

Edward Alden · 1888 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London , Alden & Co. 1888. Cloth. A scarce revised edition of this guide to Oxford. Illustrated throughout with a key-plan of the university and city and numerous engravings. In a cloth binding. Externally, sound with light rubbing and bumping to extremities. Wear to head and ...

The Charm of Oxford

J. Wells · 1921 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London , Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent and Co. 1921. Cloth. An illustrated study of Oxford, with reference details of the many University colleges. Second edition. Illustrated throughout with many tipped-in sketches by W. G. Blackall. In a cloth binding with original dustw...

Middlesex: The Jubilee of the County Council 1889-1939

C. W. Radcliffe · 1939 · Rooke Books

£28.99 (€34.75 | $38.31 | ¥6,118)

London , Evans Brothers, 1939. Cloth. A history of Middlesex County Council, published as a centenary memoir. Illustrated throughout with numerous maps, photographs and a coloured frontispiece. In a red cloth binding. Externally, smart, with just a few marks. Internally, firml...

Knutsford Its Traditions and History with Reminiscences, Anecdotes, and Notices of the Neighbourhood

Henry Green · 1859 · Rooke Books

£99.99 (€119.87 | $132.12 | ¥21,101)

London , Smith, Elder and Co, 1859. Cloth. A topographical study of the town of Knutsford. Containing a history of the town and its development from its first record as Cunetsford in the Domesday Book in 1086, to the time of the book's publication. In a red cloth binding....

Historic Notices, with Topographical and Other Gleanings Descriptive of the Borough and County-Town of Flint

Henry Taylor · 1883 · Rooke Books

£99.99 (€119.87 | $132.12 | ¥21,101)

London , Elliot Stock, 1883. Vellum. A historical look at the Borough and County-Town of Flint. By Henry Taylor, Town Clerk, Clerk to the Borough Magistrates, and Deputy Constable of Flint Castle. With illustrations by Miss Louise Rayner, Mr Randolph Caldecott, and others. In ...

The History of Devonshire Scenery an Essay in Geographical Evolution

Arthur W. Clayden M.A. · 1906 · Rooke Books

£18.99 (€22.77 | $25.09 | ¥4,007)

Exeter; London , James G. Commin; Chatto and Windus, 1906. First edition. Cloth. The History of Devonshire Scenery An Essay in Geographical Evolution by Arthur W. Clayden M.A. With forty-three illustrations, many of which are from black and white photographs. First edition. Wi...

Cheshire Village Memories

Members of the Women's Institute · 1952 · Rooke Books

£39.99 (€47.94 | $52.84 | ¥8,439)

Tilston , The Cheshire Federation of Women's Institutes, 1952. First edition. Cloth. An in-depth study of the history of the villages of Cheshire. First edition. Illustrated throughout, with a map to endpapers. 'Being extracts from seventy-four scrap books of local h...

A History of the County of Somerset

R W Dunning · 1974 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.80 | $224.63 | ¥35,875)

London , Oxford University Press, 1974-1985. Cloth. A two volume set of the county history of Somerset Volume III and Volume V covering Kingsbury East, Pitney Somerton, Tintinhull Hundred, Williton and Freemanors hundred. Two volumes of ten, although Somerset is still classed ...

Place-Names of Glengarry and Glenquoich and Their Associations

Edward C. Ellice · 1931 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London , George Routledge and Sons, 1931. Cloth. A study of two districts in the Scottish Highlands (Glengarry and Glenquoich) in its scarce dustwrapper. Second and revised edition. Illustrated throughout with numerous plates and folding map to the rear. Including names of mou...