Viaggi e geografia

Northern France Handbook for Travellers

Karl Baedeker · 1909 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

Leipzig, Karl Baedeker Publisher, 1909 . Cloth. An excellent example of Karl Baedeker's handbook to Northern France, complete with numerous folding maps and plans. The fifth edition of Baedeker's handbook for Northern France. Bound in the publisher's iconic red...

A Tour to Scarborough in 1803

W. Hutton · 1817 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, Nichols, Son, and Bentley, 1817. Leather. A scarce topographical history of Scarborough by William Hutton, the second edition, complete with a frontispiece. A scarce work.The second edition.By the significant topographical history William Hutton, this volume is focused...

London

A. R. Hope Moncrieff · 1910 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, A. & C. Black, Ltd. 1910. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this brightly illustrated guide to the city of London. First edition. Illustrated with thirty-two colour plates. Collated complete. A charming guide to the city of London, with chapters on the cit...

Chester

Francis R. G. Duckworth · 1910 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London, A. & C. Black, Ltd. 1910. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this brightly illustrated guide to Chester, England. First edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, nineteen colour plates, and a folding plan to the rear. Collated complete. A charming ac...

Bartholomew&Apos;S New Reduced Survey

0 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.87 | $145.35 | ¥23,213)

Edinburgh, John Bartholomew & Co, c1920. Paperback. A set of seven colourful folding maps, depicting detailed dissections of England, for tourists and cyclists. Seven folding maps from 'Bartholomew's New Reduced Survey' series.In the original slipcase, in a good...

History of Wardley Hall Lancashire and Its Owners in Bygone Days

Henry Vaughan Hart-Davis · 1908 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

Manchester and London, Sherratt & Hughes, 1908. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this very scarce historical account of the medieval Wardley Hall in Lancashire, bound in full crushed morocco, being a very scarce extra illustrated edition. The first edition. Illust...

The Thames and Its Tributaries

Charles Mackay · 1840 · Rooke Books

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

London, Richard Bentley, 1840. First edition. Leather. Charles MacKay's very scarce study of the River Thames, the first edition of this illustrated history. The first edition.A very scarce work.Complete in two volumes.A sweeping history of the River Thames, tracing the r...

Memorials of Manchester Streets

Richard Wright Procter · 1874 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

Manchester, Thomas Sutcliffe, 1874 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Richard Wright Procter's illustrated history of Manchester throughout history. The first edition in book form.'Memorials of Manchester Streets' explores the history of Manchester, lo...

Lancashire Stories: Containing All That Appeals to the Heart and Imagination in the Lancashire of to-Day and of Many Yesterdays

Frank Hird · 1912 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, T. C. and E. C. Jack , 1912-1913. First edition. Leather. The scarce two volume first edition of this fascinating collection of anecdotes about historical Lincolnshire, illustrated throughout. The scarce first edition, complete in two volumes.With vignette illustration...

Ancient Halls in and About Halifax

Arthur Comfort · 1913 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.81 | $218.02 | ¥34,820)

Halifax, Halifax Courier Limited, 1913. Hardback. A limited edition, very scarce collection of wood engravings depicting the architecture of Halifax, signed by the artist. A limited edition, with this being number 32 out of only 75 copies printed. This is the first edition in ...

English Records on Shivaji (1659-1682)

B. G. Paranjpe · 1931 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.47 | $594.61 | ¥94,963)

Poona, Shiva Charitra Karyalaya , 1931. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce historical work discussing the life and rule of the Shivaji, the seventeenth century Indian ruler, compiled from official records and references. The first edition of this very scarce work.Illustrated ...

Bengal: Past and Present (Journal of the Calcutta Historical Society)

Various · 1907 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

Calcutta, The Calcutta General Printing Company, at the Edinburgh Press, 1907-08. Hardback. The first two volumes of the Calcutta Historical Society's journal, comprising of four illustrated issues. Two volumes of 'Bengal: Past and Present (Journal of the Calcutta Hi...

In Darkest Africa, or the Quest Rescue and Retreat of Emin, Governor of Equatoria

Henry M. Stanley · 1890 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Sampson Low, Martson, Searle and Rivington, 1890 . Cloth. The second volume of the fourth edition of Stanley's account of his African exploration and expeditions, illustrated with plates and folding maps. The second volume only of the two volume fourth edition, pu...

My African Journey

Winston Spencer Churchill · 1908 · Rooke Books

£700.00 (€839.18 | $924.95 | ¥147,721)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1908. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Winston Churchill's account of his five month long trip to East Africa, in the vibrant original illustrated cloth binding. The first edition in book form, first published in 'The Strand&ap...

The Picture of Paris: Before & After the Revolution

Louis Sebastien Mercier; Wilfrid Jackson; Emilie Jackson [translator] · 1929 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, George Routledge & Sons, 1929. First edition. Cloth. A smart copy of the first translated edition of this historical study on Paris, inscribed by the translator to the half title. First translated edition. Inscribed by the translator to the half title, with an inscript...

Lovell&Apos;S Canadian Dominion Directory for 1871

John Lovell · 1871 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)

Montreal, John Lovell, 1871. Leather. A very scarce directory for Canada, an interesting reference work on the country, produced by John Lovell. A very scarce work.An extensive directory for Canada, exploring the names of professional and business men, other inhabitants, citie...

The Bombay Almanack and Directory for 1867 and 1868

Bombay Gazette · 1867 · Rooke Books

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

Bombay, The "Bombay Gazette" Press, 1867-1868 . First edition. Cloth. Two vanishingly scarce consecutive editions of the 'Bombay Almanack and Directory', offering insight into life in the city in 1867 and 1868. Two very scarce first edition volumes, being the 'B...

The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester

George Ormerod · 1819 · Rooke Books

£1,350.00 (€1,618.42 | $1,783.84 | ¥284,890)

London, Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, and Jones, 1819. First edition. Leather. The limited large paper edition of George Ormerod's impressive history of Cheshire, an illustrated work complete with hand-coloured plates. The first edition of this work, the striking la...

Letters from Italy and Switzerland

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy; Lady Wallace [trans.] · 1862 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, and Green, 1862. Leather. The second edition of this collection of letters by renowned German composer Felix Mendelssohn. The second edition. In a half crushed morocco binding.Felix Mendelssohn was a German composer and conductor of t...

The River of London

Hilaire Belloc · 1912 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, T. N. Foulis, 1912. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition of this beautifully colour illustrated work on the river Thames in London by the noted writer, historian and former politician, Hilaire Belloc. The first edition, first impression dated December 1912....