Viaggi e geografia

The Story of the Tweed

Sir Herbert Maxwell · 1909 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

London , James Nisbet and Company, Limited, 1909. Cloth. The second edition of this uncommon work by Sir Herbert Maxwell. This interesting volume features many illustrations, most notably a photogravure frontispiece of Abbotsford - complete with its original tissueguard - oppo...

Manuel Du Voyageur: Or, the Traveller&Apos;S Pocket Companion

Madame de Genlis; P.A. Cignani · 1834 · Rooke Books

£83.99 (€100.69 | $110.98 | ¥17,724)

London, Leigh and Son and Baldwin and Cradock, 1834. Leather. The eighteenth edition of this English, French and Italian travel dictionary, which offers an interesting insight into early nineteenth century travel. 'Consisting of Familar Conversations.. with Models of Lett...

Yorkshire Coast and Moorland Scenes

Gordon Home · 1907 · Rooke Books

£79.99 (€95.89 | $105.70 | ¥16,880)

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1907. Cloth. A charming, illustrated, second edition of this reference book of Yorkshire. Painted and described by Gordon Home. From the Preface: "I have endeavoured to give my own impressions of much of the beautiful coast-line, and also some i...

Collection of Plates

Anonymous · 1821 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.83 | $191.60 | ¥30,599)

London, I. Dickinson, 1821. Cloth. A collection of engraved illustrations of life in the countryside. It is unclear which publication these plates were originally featured in, but a pencilled note on the front endpaper states, '28 plates out of 40&apos. In a cloth binding...

Kelly&Apos;S Directory of Cumberland and Westmorland.

Unnamed · 1935 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.81 | $211.42 | ¥33,765)

London, Kelly's Directories Limited, 1935. First edition. Cloth. A scarce edition of this fascinating directory of services for the Northeast of England; published as part of the renowned Kelly's Directory series. 'Kelly's Directory' was a trade direct...

Le Magot de la Chine

Adrien Linden · 1910 · Rooke Books

£57.99 (€69.52 | $76.63 | ¥12,238)

Paris, Librairie Ch. Delagrave, c1889. Cloth. A scarce, presumed first and only edition of this illustrated French children's novel about world travel. Featuring numerous illustrations. The front pastedown has a prize presentation label from the Ecole de Jeunes Filles, ru...

Vegafahrt Um Asien Und Europa

Adolf Erik Nordenskiolds · 1886 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.84 | $178.38 | ¥28,489)

Leipzig, F. W. Brodhaus, 1886. Leather. A very handsome biography of the Finnish explorer's travels, in German. A very handsome biography of the Finnish explorer's travels, in German. In a half-morroco binding with marbled boards and endpapers and gilt lettering and ...

Saint Guilhem le Desert la Vision Romantique

J. J. Bonaventure Laurens · 1980 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

Paris, L'Association des "Amis de Saint-Guilhem-le-Desert, 1980. Paperback. A collection of views of the Saint Guilhem le Desert commune in the south of France. A collection of views of the Saint Guilhem le Desert commune in the south of France. Illustrated throughout wit...

Une Ville D&Apos;Eaux Anglaise Au Xviiie Sicle la Socit Lgante Et Littraire Bath Sous la Reine Anne Et Sous Les Georges

A. Barbeau · 1904 · Rooke Books

£99.99 (€119.87 | $132.12 | ¥21,101)

Paris, Alphonse Picard & Fils, 1904. Leather. A comprehensive history of the English city of Bath Including chapters on some of the major landmarks, such as Prior Park as well as many personalities connected with the city including writers (such as Jane Austen and Sheridan) an...

Narrative of a Journey Through Abyssinia in 1862-3. With an Appendix on "the Abyssinian Captives Question.

Henry Dufton · 1867 · Rooke Books

£1,608.00 (€1,927.72 | $2,124.75 | ¥339,336)

London, Chapman & Hall, 1867 . Leather. An early scarce work on Emperor Tewodros II of Ethiopia, especially concerning the imprisonment of British nationals in Ethiopia during the 1860s. With three fold-out maps. Second Edition. This ethnographic and historical work reflects o...

The Great Metropolis

[James Grant] · 1838 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)

London, Saunders and Otley , 1838. Cloth. A smart second edition of this charming London history from British newspaper editor, James Grant. Second edition. Second series. Complete in two volumes.In the original blind-stamped cloth binding. A well-ranged survey of London&apo...

A New Display of the Beauties of England

Anonymous · 1776 · Rooke Books

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

London, R. Goadby, 1776. Leather. Illustrated throughout with engraved copper plates, this is the third edition of this beautiful topographical study of the most scenic locations in England. The third edition of this work, complete in two volumes.A late 18th century topographi...

The Spas of England and Principal Sea-Bathing Places: Northern Spas, Southern Spas & Midland Spas

A. B. Granville · 1841 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

London, Henry Colburn, Publisher , 1841. First edition. Cloth. A scarce complete first edition of this illustrated guide to England's popular spas and sea bathing spots - an interesting look into tourism in 1840s England. First edition. Complete in three volumes, divided...

The Life of the Fields and Richard Jeffries on London

Richard Jeffries [ed. by Samuel J. Looker] · 1944 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.81 | $218.02 | ¥34,820)

London, Lutterworth, 1944-1947. Cloth. Two scarce works on London and the English countryside, written by prominent British nature writer Robert Jeffries. London and The Life of the Fields, two scarce works on British nature written by nature writer and natural historian Richa...

The Polar Regions

Sir John Richardson · 1861 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.84 | $178.38 | ¥28,489)

Edinburgh, Adam and Charles Black, 1861 . First edition. Cloth. Initially intended to serve as a chapter in the Encyclopaedia Britannica, this is the uncommon first edition of Sir John Richardson's impressive scientific and social history of the Polar regions. An uncommon...

Having Crossed the Channel

X. M. Boulestin · 1934 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1934 . First edition. Cloth. Smart first edition on the restaurant recommendations of prominent chef Marcel Boulestin in France and parts of Europe. First edition.In publisher's original cloth binding.Featuring a colour frontispiece and nume...

Charles Darwin: The Beagle Letters; Charles Darwin&Apos;S Notebooks from the Voyage of the Beagle

Charles Darwin; Frederick Buckhardt; Janet Browne; Gordon Chancellor; John van Wyhe · 2008 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2008; 2009. Cloth. Pristine set of illustrated Cambridge University Press first editions on the letters and notebooks written by Charles Darwin on his famous "Beagle" voyage. Set of two first-edition Cambridge University Press volumes on ...

Great Britain

Karl Baedeker · 1901 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)

Leipsic , Karl Baedeker, Publisher , 1901. Cloth. A lovely turn-of-the-century Baedeker guide to Great Britain, with the vanishingly scarce original dust wrapper. Fifth edition. With the publisher's vanishingly scarce original dust wrapper, unclipped and unpriced. In qui...

Gazetteer of England and Wales: Containing the Statistics, Agriculture, and Mineralogy of the Counties

Thomas Potts · 1810 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Printed for F. C. and J. Rivington, 1810. First edition. Leather. The scarce first edition of this comprehensive topographical reference from Thomas Potts, presented in full polished calf. First edition. Complete in two volumes. Uniformly bound in full polished calf, ...

The Taikan Coronation Number, 1915

1915 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

Osaka , The Taikan Sha & Co. 1915. First edition. Hardback. A vanishingly scarce souvenir publication issued in celebration of the Coronation of Emperor Yoshihito. First edition of this vanishingly scarce album, published as a souvenir for the 1915 coronation of Emperor Yoshih...