Viaggi e geografia

Algeria: The Topography and History, Political, Social, and Natural, of French Africa

John Reynell Morell · 1854 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Nathaniel Cooke, 1854. First edition. Leather. A lavishly bound first edition of John Reynell Morell's illustrated topographical and historical account of Algeria, beautifully bound in full decorative crushed morocco. The first edition. Illustrated with a monochr...

The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia, and the Sword Hunters of the Hamran Arabs

Sir Samuel W. Baker · 1867 · Rooke Books

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

London, Macmillan and Co. 1867 . First edition. Leather. Samuel Baker's fascinating and vivid account of his time exploring Abyssinia in 1861-2, here in the first edition, superbly bound in half morocco. Bound in a lovely modern half morocco with cloth boards. The first e...

Metropolitan Improvements; or London in the Nineteenth Century

Thos. H. Shepherd; Hames Elmes · 1827 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.47 | $594.61 | ¥94,963)

London, Jones & Co, 1827 . First edition. Leather. Illustrated with eighty engraved plates, this is the first edition of Shepherd and Elmes's illustrated record of the architectural and urban developments transforming London in the early 19th century. The first volume onl...

Souvenir of London

0 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, Exelsior Fine Art Publishing Co. c1900. Cloth. A scarce souvenir photobook of views of London, with important buildings and scenes illustrated. Scarce collection. With twenty-five photographic plates of images. A delightful collection of photographs of London scenes, h...

Unsentimental Journeys: Or, Byways of Modern Babylon

James Greenwood · 1867 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Ward, Lock, and Tyler, 1867. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this explorative study of London as the "modern Babylon" from journalist James Greenwood. First edition. Later published as Journeys Through London; or, Byways of Modern Babylon. Very sca...

A Collection of Historical and Topographical Works on London and the Surrounding Areas

Various · 1946 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.36 | $726.75 | ¥116,066)

London, Phoenix House; Harrap; W. H. Allen; Hutchinson & Co.; Cassell; Macdonald and Evans; Heinemann; John Murray; Bibliophile Books; H, 1946-1984. Cloth. London: Phoenix House; Harrap; W. H. Allen; Hutchinson & Co.; Cassell; Macdonald and Evans; Heinemann; John Murray; Bibli...

Notes and Narratives of a Six Years&Apos; Mission, Principally Among the Dens of London

R. W. Vanderkiste · 1854 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, James Nisbet and Co. 1854. Cloth. A vivid 19th-century account of London"s poorest districts through Vanderkiste"s missionary encounters and social critique, this book once belonged to philanthropist and banker, Samuel Gurney. On the publisher's original brown clo...

Himalaya

Michael Palin · 2004 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 2004. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Michael Palin"s Himalayan travel chronicle, signed by the author and complete with the original unclipped dust jacket. In the publisher's original blue cloth binding.Complete with the origin...

A Private Journal Kept During the Niger Expedition

William Simpson · 1843 · Rooke Books

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

London, John F. Shaw, 1843 . First edition. Cloth. A bright example of the scarce first edition of William Simpson's account of William Allen's anti-slavery expedition and negotiations with Nigerian chiefs. A scarce first edition, in the publisher's original clo...

Greenwich Park: Its History and Associations

A. D. Webster · 1902 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.43 | ¥10,129)

Greenwich, Henry Richardson, 1902. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated local history of Greenwich in London from the Superintendent of Greenwich Park. First edition. Illustrated with a folding map frontispiece and thirty plates. Collated complete. A...

Routledge&Apos;S Guide to London and Its Suburbs: Comprising Descriptions of All Its Points of Interest

George Frederick Pardon · 1866 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.80 | $224.63 | ¥35,875)

London, George Routledge & Sons, 1866. Cloth. A scarce new edition of this detailed travel guide to London from Routledge, with a folding map and numerous plates. New edition, revised and improved. Scarce work. Illustrated with a folding map to the front of the text, a frontis...

Lunch-Time Rambles in Old London

0 · Rooke Books

£280.00 (€335.67 | $369.98 | ¥59,088)

London, The Homeland Association Ltd. c1920. Paperback. A delightful collection of fourteen volumes of these guides to short rambles and walks around the city of London, with illustrations. Fourteen volumes. Scarce works. With illustrations and plans. A collection from the Lun...

Alltagsleben in London: Ein Stizzenbuch & Ein Herbst in Wales: Land Und Leute, Marchen Und Lieder

Julius Rodenberg · 1860 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Berlin; Hanover, Verlag von Julius Springer; Carl Rumpler, 1860. Cloth. Two very scarce travel works from German Jewish poet and author Julius Rodenberg, in the original German. German. Two volumes bound in one. Written by Julius Rodenberg, a German Jewish poet and author who ...

Gaslight and Daylight, with Some London Scenes They Shine Upon

George Augustus Sala · 1859 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.56 | $495.51 | ¥79,136)

London, Chapman & Hall, 1859. Leather. A scarce copy of George Augustus Sala's collection of descriptive essays on the people and streets of London. An early edition, this work was first published in 1858. Very scarce work. This work is comprised of thirty-four papers, ma...

Great Livery Companies of the City of London

Dennis Flanders; Ian F. Bowater [Foreword] · 1974 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, Charles Skilton, 1974. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of Dennis Flanders" finely illustrated survey of the Great Twelve Livery Companies, signed by the author. In the publisher's original cloth binding with gilt.This volume is a first edition.This vol...

La Vie de Londres Cotes Piants

Mars [Maurice Charles Bonvoisin] · 1849 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

Paris, Libraire Plon, c1895. Cloth. A smart copy of this charming work by French caricaturist "Mars", Maurice Bonvoisin, depicting London life with hand-coloured illustrations. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding.This is volume is undated. Dated here using...

Relics and Memorials of London City

J. S. Ogilvy · 1910 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, George Routledge & Sons Ltd. 1910. First edition. Cloth. A richly illustrated first edition of this work, capturing London"s vanishing City in sixty-four charming colour plates by James S. Ogilvy. In the publisher's original cloth binding. This volume is a first ...

The Corporation Plate Insignia of Office of the Cities and Towns of England & Wales

Llewellyn Jewitt; W. H. St. John Hope · 1895 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

London, Bemrose & Sons, Ltd. 1895 . First edition. Cloth. The two volume first edition of Jewitt and Hope's impressive study of plate and regalia, illustrated with vignettes throughout and in the very scarce original dust wrappers. The first edition, complete in two volum...

St. Pancras: Being Antiquarian, Topographical, and Biographical Memoranda, Relating to the Extensive Metropolitan Parish of St. Pancras Middlesex: With Some Account of the Parish from Its Foundation

Samuel Palmer · 1870 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Samuel Palmer , 1870. Leather. The first edition of this comprehensive history and topographical survey of St. Pancras, bound in half crushed morocco. The first edition of this work. Bound in half crushed morocco, with marbled paper covered boards. With a sketched map...

Londres Et Les Anglais

William Dumont; Edouard Suger [Editor]; Hugues Le Roux [Preface] · 1908 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

Paris, Librairie Delagrave, 1908. Cloth. A vanishingly scarce twelfth edition, richly illustrated with 80 photogravures, offering a French perspective on the life and customs of early 20th-century London and its inhabitants. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth bin...