Viaggi e geografia

Recollections of an Excursion to the Monasteries of Alcobaca and Batalha

William Beckford · 1835 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.80 | $224.63 | ¥35,875)

London, Richard Bentley, 1835 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of this autobiographical work from the author of 'Vathek', offering an account in letters of his travels to two monasteries in Portugal. The first edition of this work.Structured in a series of...

My Wanderings. Being Travels in the East

John Gadsby · 1868 · Rooke Books

£69.00 (€82.72 | $91.17 | ¥14,561)

London, A. Gadsby, 1868-1869 . Leather. A two volume edition of John Gadsby's account of his travels, illustrated with a folding map to volume I. The scarce 1868-1869 two volume 'Stereotype Edition' of this work, with volume II being an Appendix volume, and volu...

Richmond Park, Extracts from the Records of Parliament and of the Corporation of London

Sir Thomas James Nelson · 1883 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.84 | $178.38 | ¥28,489)

London, Blades, East & Blades, 1883 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce illustrated work on Richmond Park, featuring extracts from the parliamentary records. A scarce first edition work. Illustrated with double-page frontispiece and five plates. Collated, ...

Lincoln&Apos;S Inn Fields and the Localities Adjacent

Charles William Heckethorn · 1896 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Elliot Stock, 1896 . First edition. Cloth. Charmingly illustrated throughout, this is the first edition of Charles William Heckethorn's engaging history of Lincoln"s Inn Fields. The first edition of this work.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and numerous vignette ...

Lester&Apos;S Illustrations of London

Thomas Lester · 1818 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.84 | $178.38 | ¥28,489)

London, T. Lester, 1818 . First edition. Cloth. Illustrated with sixty plates, this is the very scarce first edition in book form of Thomas Lester"s delightful illustrated study of London. The very scarce first edition in book form of this work, which was initially issued in p...

Wilson&Apos;S Description of the New Royal Exchange, Including Historical Notices

Effingham Wilson · 1844 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Effingham Wilson, 1844. First edition. Cloth. A publisher's presentation copy of this scarce account of the rebuilt Royal Exchange building in London, a symbol of the city's commercial strength. A scarce first edition.Stamped 'Presented by the Publisher&...

The Story of the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith

Sir Nigel Playfair; Arnold Bennett [intro.]; A. A. Milne [epilogue] · 1925 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.79 | $237.85 | ¥37,985)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1925 . First edition. Leather. Vibrantly bound in quarter morocco, this is the illustrated first edition of Nigel Playfair's account of the history of the Lyric Theatre in Hammersmith. The first edition, first impression.Illustrated with a colour ...

Musical Haunts in London

F. G. Edwards · 1895 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, J. Curwen & Sons, 1895 . First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition of this study of the locations in London associated with music, with a signed loosely inserted letter from the author. The first edition of this work, illustrated with a folding frontispiece, and a s...

Cripplegate: One of the Twenty-Six Wards of the City of London

Sir John James Baddeley · 1921 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, Printed for Private Circulation, 1921 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated history of the ward of Cripplegate, with a signed letter from the author. The first edition of this work, with a signed letter from the author, and a presentation bookpl...

Bloomsbury and St. Giles; Mayfair and Belgravia

George Clinch · 1890 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.81 | $211.42 | ¥33,765)

London, Truslove and Shirley, 1890-1892 . First edition. Leather. Two large paper, limited edition works by George Clinch, examining the history of four London areas, and illustrated throughout. Present here are:The very scarce large paper limited edition of the first edition ...

Mayfair and Belgravia

George Clinch · 1892 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, Truslove & Shirley, 1892 . First edition. Leather. A charming and impressively illustrated limited edition study of the history of the London districts of Mayfair and Belgravia. The very scarce large paper limited edition of the first edition of this work, numbered 17 ...

India

Flora Annie Steel · 1917 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, A. & C. Black, 1917 . Cloth. Mortimer Menpes' beautifully illustrated travel work on India, with striking colour plates showcasing the country throughout the work. The fourth impression of this work, which was first published in 1905.Mortimer Menpes presents a bea...

A Collection from the Mediaeval Towns Series

Various · 1899 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. 1899-1926. Cloth. A smart collection of nine historical studies of town across Europe from the Mediaeval Towns Series. Nine volumes. Mediaeval Towns series. A collection of detailed histories of the origins of important towns across Europe and th...

My Three Inns

John Fothergill · 1951 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Reader's Union: Chatto and Windus, 1951. Cloth. A very smart Reader's Union edition of Fothergill's reminiscences from the inter-war period, with illustrations. Reader's Union edition, not for sale to the general public. With the vanishingly scarce ...

A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy

Laurence Sterne · 1926 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1926. Cloth. A smart illustrated copy of this picaresque novel from Anglo-Irish writer Laurence Sterne, the first edition with illustrations from McGuinness. The first edition with illustrations from McGuinness. Illustrated with a colour fron...

A Collection of Booklets on Nottinghamshire

Various · 1921 · Rooke Books

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

Nottingham, Various, 1921-2005. Paperback. A charming collection of twenty-five scarce booklets on Nottinghamshire, the local areas, and their history. Twenty-five volumes. Many scarce works. A collection of booklets, many of which contain illustrations, on Nottinghamshire, a ...

A Sketch of the History of Churches in England Applied to the Purposes of the Society for Promoting the Enlargement and Building of Churches and Chapels.

John Brewster · 1818 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, F. C. and J. Rivington, 1818. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this vanishingly scarce treatise on the need to build churches in England, and the history of churches in the country, by John Brewster. The first edition.A vanishingly scarce work.An ecclesiast...

Japanese Gardens

Mrs. Basil Taylour · 1928 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, Methuen & Co, 1928 . Cloth. Beautifully illustrated throughout with tipped in colour plates, this is a wonderful and insightful guide to the gardens of Japan. First published in 1912, this is the second edition of this work.Mrs. Basil Taylour offers an early 20th-centu...

Spain in a Two-Seater

Halford Ross · 1926 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

New York, Brentano's, 1926 . First edition. Cloth. Delightfully illustrated throughout, this is the first US edition of Halford Ross's very scarce account of his travels across Spain. The first US edition, first impression of this work, which is vanishingly scarce in...

Redland Chapel and Redland

H. J. Wilkins · 1924 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

Bristol, J. W. Arrowsmith Ltd, 1924. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this local history of Redland and Redland Chapel in Bristol. First edition. Very scarce work. With a frontispiece and two plates. Collated complete. A charming local history of Redland, a...