Viaggi e geografia

A History, Military and Municipal, of the Ancient Borough of the Devizes

James Waylen; Henry Bull · 1859 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London, Longman, Brown & Co; Henry Bull, 1859 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this enormously informative study of the history of the medieval borough of Devizes, and its surrounding area. The first edition of this work.Illustrated with a frontispiece and twenty-f...

A Cockney in Arcadia

Harry A. Spurr · 1899 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, George Allen , 1899. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of this author's story of he and his wife's move from a busy city to a small village by the coast. The first edition of this uncommon work. Illustrated with a frontispiece and twenty eight mon...

The Geography, History, and Statistics, of America, and the West Indies

H. C. Carey; J. Lea · 1823 · Rooke Books

£1,975.00 (€2,367.69 | $2,609.69 | ¥416,783)

London, Sherwood, Jones, and Co. 1823 . First edition. Leather. The first UK edition of this comprehensive study of America and the West Indies by H. C. Carey and J. Lea, illustrated with folding maps. The first UK edition. Bound in a very smart half calf with marbled paper-co...

A Popular History of the United States of America

Mary Howitt · 1859 · Rooke Books

£585.00 (€701.32 | $773.00 | ¥123,452)

London, Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts, 1859 . First edition. Leather. A very scarce, first edition of this study of American history, from the discovery of the continent to time of writing, written by Mary Howitt. Complete in two volumes. The first edition. Boun...

The Prospectus and Deed of Settlement of Queen&Apos;S College, Bath

1839 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Longman and Co, 1839. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce prospectus for a planned 'Queen's College' in Bath, a detailed presentation of the college, which never came to be. The first edition of this very scarce work.A prospectus for the proposed Queen&a...

Pigot and Co. &Apos;S Royal National and Commercial Directory and Topography

1842 · Rooke Books

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

London, J. Pigot & Co; et al, 1842. Leather. A topographical guide to the counties of England, an expansive work exploring the history of the country, alongside colour folding plates. An interesting and extremely extensive topographical work for the counties of England. Illust...

Golden Tips. A Description of Ceylon and Its Great Tea Industry.

Henry W. Cave · 1904 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

London, Cassell & Company, 1904 . Cloth. The third edition of Henry W. Cave's detailed description of the tea industry in Sri Lanka. Illustrated with photographic images. The third edition of Henry W. Cave's turn of the century description of the tea industry in Sri ...

Through the Dark Continent, or the Source of the Nile Around the Great Lakes of Equatorial Africa and Down the Livingstone River to the Atlantic Ocean

Henry M. Stanley · 1899 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, George Newnes, 1899. Leather. Henry M. Stanley's thrilling account of travel through Africa in the late 1800s, illustrated throughout. With two volumes bound in one. Henry Morton Stanley's account of his expedition through Africa between 1874 and 1877. First ...

An Artist in Italy

Walter Tyndale · 1913 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, [1913]. First edition. Cloth. The first trade edition of this collection of Walter Tyndale's beautiful colour illustrations, with accounts of his time in Italy. The first trade edition. Published the same year as the limited edition. Illustra...

A Freshwater Yarn

William Brown; Henry Jones; John Robinson · 1888 · Rooke Books

£440.00 (€527.49 | $581.40 | ¥92,853)

London, Elliot Stock, [1888]. Paperback. A very scarce illustrated topographical tale of a trip down the River Avon. A very scarce work.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and twelve plates.A charming and comical tale following a trip down t...

The Official Illustrated Guide to the Great Eastern Railway (Cambridge Line)

George Measom · 1865 · Rooke Books

£280.00 (€335.67 | $369.98 | ¥59,088)

London, C. Griffin and Co, 1865 . First edition. Paperback. A very scarce first edition guide to the Cambridge Line of the Great Eastern Railway, by George Measom. The very scarce first edition of George Measom's guide to the Great Eastern Railway.Rebound, retaining the o...

Cetywayo and His White Neighbours

H. Rider Haggard · 1891 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.87 | $151.96 | ¥24,268)

London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd. 1891 . Cloth. An excellent copy of the fourth edition of this popular non-fiction travel work on South Africa, written by H. Rider Haggard. The fourth edition, with a new introduction. First published in 1882. Bound in the publish...

The Scottish Tourist, and Itinerary; or, a Guide to the Scenery and Antiquities of Scotland and the Western Islands, with a Description of the Principal Steam-Boat Tours

1831 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Edinburgh, Stirling and Kenney, 1831. Leather. An early edition of this illustrated nineteenth-century guide to Scotland and the Western islands, with folding maps. The fourth edition of this work in a half morocco binding. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece, a further ...

The History and Survey of London and Its Environs

B. Lambert · 1806 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.79 | $237.85 | ¥37,985)

London, T. Hughes, 1806 . First edition. Leather. The complete four volume first edition of Lambert's history of London and its surroundings. Illustrated throughout. The four volume first edition of this work, in tree calf bindings.Volume I illustrated with a frontispiece...

Three Days in Delhi (the Capital of India) a Guide to Places of Interest with History and Map

Major H. A. Newell · 1916 · Rooke Books

£58.00 (€69.53 | $76.64 | ¥12,240)

London, Harrison & Sons, Ltd. [1916]. Paperback. The fourth edition of this scarce helpful travel guide for the city of Delhi in India, written by Herbert Andrews Newell. The fourth edition.Illustrated with a folding map to the front. This work was written by Major H. A. Newe...

Letters from Madras During the Years 1836-1839

A Lady [Mrs. Julia Maitland] · 1861 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, John Murray, 1861. Cloth. A smart new edition of this collection of letters from the author's travels in Madras. New edition. Scarce edition. A collection of twenty-seven letters written during the author's travels in Madras, India, now known as Chennai, and ...

Indian Harvest

Pamela Hinkson · 1941 · Rooke Books

£39.00 (€46.75 | $51.53 | ¥8,230)

London, Collins, 1941 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this work documenting the author's travels in India, with illustrations throughout. First edition. Bound in the publisher's original cloth. Very scarce. Written by Irish author, Pamela Hinks...

Industrial Durban: Opportunities at Port Natal

1930 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

Durban, William Brown & Davis, Ltd. [1930] . First edition. Paperback. A very scarce copy of this historical work presenting the business opportunities in Durban, illustrated with four bright folding maps. In the publisher's original paperback binding, with cloth tape rei...

Behind the Bungalow

EHA [Edward Hamilton Aitken] · 1911 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, W. Thacker & Co. 1911 . Cloth. An early edition of this vibrant novel providing an insight to India in the late nineteenth century, written by Edward Hamilton Aitken. Bound in the publisher's original cloth. Tenth edition. This entertaining and informative novel i...

Official Handbook: History, Productions, and Resources of the Cape of Good Hope

John Noble [Ed.] · 1886 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

Cape Town, Saul Solomon & Co. 1886 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of this interesting handbook on the Cape of Good Hope, with folding maps and illustrations. First edition. Bound in the publisher's original quarter calf with paper covered boards. Published fo...