Viaggi e geografia

London Pictorially Described

John Fletcher Porter · 1893 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, James B. Knapp, 1893. Cloth. A very good copy of the second edition in the publisher's original pictorial cloth, with numerous illustrations of London. The second edition in the publisher's original pictorial cloth.With numerous black and white illustrations ...

Au Bord de la Biãƒâ¨Vre by Alfred Delvau

Alfred Delvau · 1873 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

Paris, Chez René Pincebourde, 1873 . Leather. A lovely copy of the new edition of this Parisian memoir in quarter green morocco with paper-covered marbled boards.  The new edition in quarter green morocco with paper-covered marbled boards. New edition. Preceded by a bibliog...

Rome

M.A.R. Tuker and Hope Malleson · 1905 · Rooke Books

£29.00 (€34.77 | $38.32 | ¥6,120)

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1905. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of a beautifully illustrated study into the iconic Italian capital. The first edition of Rome, a charmingly illustrated study into the iconic city, written by M.A.R. Tuker and Hope Malleson. Illustra...

Halifax and Its Gibbet-Law, Placed in a True Light

William Bentley · 1761 · Rooke Books

£695.00 (€833.19 | $918.35 | ¥146,666)

Halifax, P. Darby for John Bentley, 1761 . Leather. An excellent example of the very scarce second edition of William Bentley's thrilling history of the Halifax Gibbet, a guillotine which decapitated nearly 100 people. The very scarce second edition of this work, which wa...

Eastern Love: Comrade Loves of the Samurai by Saikaku Ebara and Songs of the Geishas; Ninety Short Tales of Love and Women from the Arabic; the Loves of Dasin and Musa-Ag-Amastan from the Tamashek and Camel-Boy Rhythms from the Arabic

E. Powys Mathers [trans.] · 1928 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, John Rodker , 1928. First edition. Leather. A smart morocco-bound volume of Oriental folk tales from E. Powys Mather's limited edition series, 'Eastern Love&apos. Comprising three volumes bound into one, as issued. Volume VII, VIII and IX of this limited edit...

The Life of Mungo Park

1835 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

Edinburgh, Fraser And Co. 1835. First edition. Cloth. - The first edition of the work. In the original brown boards, rebacked with the original spine laid down.  With a frontispiece of Mungo Park, and a folding map of his travels. Collated, complete.Mungo Park was a Scottis...

Italy with Sketches of Spain and Portugal Vathek an Arabian Tale

William Beckford · 1834 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)

Paris, Baudry's European Library , 1834. Leather. A handsomely bound copy of two of Beckford's most influential works. Two works bound in one volume. Baudry's European Library edition. Published the same year as the first edition of 'Italy&apos. Vathek fir...

The Thames About 1750

Hugh Phillips · 1951 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Collins, 1951. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition of Hugh Phillips"s The Thames About 1750, a richly illustrated study recreating the life, commerce, and landscape of the river, housed in the original slipcase. In the publisher's original quarter cloth b...

London and Its Environs Handbook for Travellers

Karl Baedeker · 1955 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

Hamburg, Karl Baedeker, 1955. Cloth. An attractive twenty first edition of this comprehensive guide to London, with 19 maps and plans and illustrations throughout. The revised twenty first edition of the work.In publisher's original red cloth binding, with original very s...

Jones&Apos; Views of the Seats, Mansions, Castles; Wales Illustrated in a Series of Views

John Preston Neale · 1829 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.42 | $654.07 | ¥104,460)

London, Jones & Co , 1829-1830 . First edition. Leather. Illustrated throughout with engraved views by John Preston Neale, present here are four first edition volumes of English topographical and architectural illustration, presenting views of both England and Wales. Four firs...

Small Country Houses of to-Day

Sir Lawrence Weaver · 1922 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London, Offices of "Country Life, 1922. Cloth. The first two volumes of this illustrated study of small English country houses from Country Life. Two volumes of a three volume set, being volumes one and two only. The "Country Life" Library of Architecture Volume one is the thi...

The History and Antiquities of London

Thomas Pennant · 1813 · Rooke Books

£249.00 (€298.51 | $329.02 | ¥52,546)

London, J. Coxhead; B. McMillan, 1813. Leather. Handsomely bound in quarter morocco, this is an impressively illustrated early 19th century history of London, from naturalist Thomas Pennant. First published in 1805, this is the 1813 'New Edition', complete in two vol...

A History of Tong, Shropshire

George Griffiths · 1894 · Rooke Books

£128.00 (€153.45 | $169.13 | ¥27,012)

London, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co, 1894 . Leather. A handsomely bound example of the second edition of George Griffiths' guide to Tong, in Shropshire. Illustrated throughout. The second edition of this work.A local history that explores the parish of Tong, it...

Highways and Byways in the Lake District

A. G. Bradley · 1901 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1901. First edition. Leather. A smart first edition of this illustrated work on the highways and byways to explore around the Lake District in England, with a folding map. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, eight-six in-text imag...

South-West Harbours and Bays for Yachtsman

Eric C. Hiscock · 1939 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, Imray, Laurie, North & Wilson, Ltd. [1939]. First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first and only edition of this Irish sailing guide. Very scarce. The first and only edition. Undated, dated from a copy held at The British Library. In the publisher's original gre...

A Tour in Sutherlandshire

Charles St. John · 1884 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

Edinburgh, David Douglas, 1884 . Leather. Handsomely bound in full calf, this is the second edition of Charles St. John's comprehensive two volume account of field sports and natural history in Sutherland. The second edition of this work, complete in two volumes.The autho...

Ten Months in the Fiji Islands

Mrs. Smythe [Sarah Maria Smythe]; Colonel W. J. Smythe [intro.] · 1864 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€407.60 | $449.26 | ¥71,750)

Oxford and London, John Henry and James Parker, 1864 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of a fascinating account of the Fiji Islands in the mid 19th century, offering an early western perspective prior to significant British colonial governance. A first edition, beaut...

North Borneo; Explorations and Adventures on the Equator

Frank Hatton; Joseph Hatton [ed.]; Sir Walter Medhurst [preface] · 1885 · Rooke Books

£650.00 (€779.24 | $858.88 | ¥137,169)

London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1885 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of the posthumously published memoir of a young British explorer killed in the wilds of Borneo, edited by his own father, and illustrated throughout.  A very scarce fi...

The Prison of Weltevreden; and a Glance at the East India Archipelago

Walter M. Gibson · 1855 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

New York, J. C. Riker, 1855 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the fascinating biography of an American prisoner of the Dutch East Indies in the years leading up to the American Civil War. The first edition.Illustrated with a frontispiece and eleven plates, with furt...

Old Bradford Illustrated

Harry Fieldhouse · 1889 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

Bradford, Percy Lund & Co. The Country Press, 1889 . First edition. Cloth. Illustrated throughout, this is the scarce first edition of Harry Fieldhouse's guide to the history of Bradford, in the very scarce original 1889 dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression o...