Viaggi e geografia

Chateau Nairac - Barsac Sauternes & Programme Des Expositions de la Fete Du Soleil

Various · 1992 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

Perigueux, L'Imprimerie Fanlac, 1992. Hardback. A very smart guide to the Chateau Nairac on the occasion of the Festival of the Sun, 1992, in the original French. French. Scarce work. Produced on the occasion of the Festival of the Sun, September 12th 1992, this booklet c...

Etablissements Jean-Pierre Moueix

1987 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

Libourne , Etablissements Jean-Pierre Moueix, 1987. Cloth. A very scarce history of the Etablissements Jean-Pierre Moueix Bordeaux negociant house, in the original French with English translations. French and English. Very scarce work. Illustrated with colour photographs and f...

G.H. Mumm & Co. 1827

1948 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

Paris, E. Desfosses-Neogravure, 1948. Paperback. A very scarce copy of this illustrated study to the G. H. Mumm & Cie champagne house. Very scarce work. Illustrated with forty-nine photographs and a map of the region. A fascinating study of the G. H. Mumm & Cie, a Champagne ho...

Le Medoc: Vines & Vinegrowers

Rene Pijassou; Jill Faucher [translator] · 1990 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

Bordeaux, L'Horizon Chimerique, 1990. First edition. Cloth. A smart first UK edition of this study on the wines and wine-makers of the Medoc, with photographs throughout. First UK edition. Illustrated with a collection of black-and-white photographs. A detailed study into...

Vineyard of Morocco

1958 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

Morocco, Kingdom of Morocco Ministry of Agriculture, 1958. Paperback. A smart copy of this very scarce guide to the vineyards of Morocco, with a folding map. Very scarce work. Illustrated with photographs throughout and a folding map to the rear. Collated complete. A detailed ...

The Natural History of Selborne

Gilbert White; Grant Allan · 1902 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)

London, John Lane the Bodley Head, 1902. Leather. A smart edition of the important work of natural history by Gilbert White, an illustrated work bound by Riviere. Bound by Riviere.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and many full-paged and in-text illustrations. Collated, complet...

Royal Commission on Water Supply. Report of the Commissioners.

1869 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)

London, George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode, 1869. First edition. Leather. The very scarce report by the Royal Commission on Water Supply for London, an insight into the sanitation and health of the Victorian Metropolis, complete with all plates. A very scarce work, th...

Pubs: A Collection of Hotel, Inn, and Tavern Signs in Great Britain and Ireland, to Which Are Added a Few Foreign Cafe Signs

G. A. Tomlin · 1922 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Spottiswoode, Ballantyne & Co. 1922. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this scarce compilation of the pub signs in Great Britain and Ireland. First edition. Scarce work. An extensive range of pub and tavern signs, offering a glimpse into British culture th...

The Rivers of Great Britain: Descriptive, Historical, Pictorial

Various · 1889 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, Cassell & Company, Limited, 1889-1897. First edition. Cloth. Two smart volumes exploring the rivers of the East, South, and West of Great Britain, with illustrations throughout. First edition. Each volume is illustrated with a frontispiece and numerous in-text images. ...

London Docks. An Act to Consolidate and Amend the Several Acts for Making the London Docks.

Doringtons and Jones, House of Common · 1828 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

London, George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, 1828 . First edition. Unbound. Illustrated with a folding colour map, this is a very scarce legal act aiming to consolidate existing legislation relating to the London Docks. A very scarce 1828 act, being 9 Geo. IV. Sess. 1828The London ...

Paterson&Apos;S Roads, Being an Entirely Original and Accurate Description of All the Direct and Principal Cross Roads in England and Wales

Edward Mogg · 1824 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, Longman, Hurst et al, 1824 . First edition. Leather. A wonderful example of the seventeenth edition of this popular account of the roads of Britain in the 1820's, illustrated with folding maps. The 1824 printing of the seventeenth edition of 'Paterson's ...

An Album of Postcards of Early Twentieth Century Wiltshire

Anonymous · 1904 · Rooke Books

£950.00 (€1,138.89 | $1,255.29 | ¥200,478)

Swindon; Dundee; Reigate, Tomkins & Barret; Valentine & Sons; Frith's et al, 1904-1937 . Hardback. A fascinating album of over ninety early twentieth century postcards of the Wiltshire towns of Calne and Melksham. A wonderful album of eighty-four postcards, with a further...

A Perambulation of Kent: Conteining the Description, Hystorie, and Customes of That Shyre

William Lambarde · 1596 · Rooke Books

£1,500.00 (€1,798.25 | $1,982.04 | ¥316,544)

London, Edmund Bollifant, 1596 . Vellum. The second edition of William Lambarde's enduringly popular county history of Kent, the first county history ever published. The second edition of this work, which was first published in 1576.This 1596 edition is the first edition ...

Barber&Apos;S Picturesque Illustrations of the Isle of Wight Comprising Views of Every Object of Interest on the Island Engraved from Original Drawings Accompanied by Historical and Geographical Descriptions

Thomas Barber · 1834 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, Simpkin & Marshall, [1834]. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this visual study on the beauty of the Isle of Wight by Thomas Barber with his detailed engravings throughout, and bound in half calf. The first edition. Illustrated with a folding monochrome fro...

Geographia" Visitors&Apos; Guide to London Special Festival of Britain Edition & Festival Plan of London

1951 · Rooke Books

£78.00 (€93.51 | $103.07 | ¥16,460)

London, Geographia" Ltd. 1951. Paperback. A scarce special festival of Britain edition of the "Geographia" Visitors' Guide to London with a folding Festival Plan. Very scarce. Special Festival of Britain Edition. A guide to the city of London, containing details of each o...

The Cyclist&Apos;S Companion and Road Guide for London District

J. Henry Iles · 1898 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Iliffe & Son, 1898. Paperback. A very scarce copy of this road map and guide to London for cyclists in 1898. Very scarce work. A charming road guide for cyclists traveling in and around London, with thirteen sectional maps and notices for places worth seeing. Providing...

Everest Pioneer: The Photographs of Captain John Noel

Sandra Noel; Brian Blessed · 2003 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

Gloucestershire, Sutton Publishing, 2003. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of photographs from British mountaineer Captain John Noel, signed by his daughter Sandra. First edition. Signed by the author to the title page, dated 2004. Illustrated wit...

Galignani&Apos;S New Paris Guide or Stranger&Apos;S Companion

Anonymous · 1829 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

Paris, A. and W. Galignani, 1829. Leather. An 1829 example of Galignani's richly illustrated guide to early nineteenth century Paris, illustrated throughout with engraved plates and folding maps. The sixteenth edition of Galignani's guide.Illustrated with sixteen pla...

Impressions of Mexico with Brush and Pen

Mary Barton · 1911 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Methuen & Co, 1911 . First edition. Cloth. The vanishingly scarce first edition of Mary Barton's beautifully illustrated account of her time in Mexico, with tipped in colour plates. The very scarce first edition, first impression.Illustrated with a frontispiece an...

Rough Islanders or the Natives of England

Henry Woodd Nevinson · 1930 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, George Routledge & Sons Ltd, 1930. First edition. Cloth. A first edition presentation copy of Henry Woodd Nevinson's exploration of the culture, life and society in England, with illustrations by his son, and inscribed by the author. The first edition.The author&a...