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The Exeter Road

Charles G. Harper · 1899 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Chapman & Hall, 1899. First edition. Leather. A first edition, first impression of one of Charles Harper's popular topographical works, illustrated throughout. The first edition, first impression of this work in a half morocco binding. Bookplate of The Durban Club...

The Pivot of the Four Quarters a Preliminary Enquiry Into the Origins and Character of the Ancient Chinese City

Paul Wheatley · 1971 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Edinburgh , Edinburgh University Press, 1971. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this study of ancient Chinese cities, written by Paul Wheatley. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Illustrated with monoc...

Agrarian China Selected Source Materials from Chinese Authors

Institute of Pacific Relations; R. H. Tawney · 1939 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London, George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1939. Cloth. A scarce historical work on agrarian society on China, compiled by the Institute of Pacific Relations. Early edition. first published by the University of Chicago Press in 1938. In the publisher's original cloth. Lacking dus...

Forty-Six Plates Illustrative of Nobleman and Gentlemen&Apos;S Seats, and Public Buildings in Lancashire

None · 1836 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, Fisher, Son, & Co., 1836. Cloth. A scarce volume of forty-six plates of Lancashire, a topographical work of plates from Baines' history of the county. A scarce volume of plates on Lancashire.Illustrated with forty-six plates.Collated, complete. An impressive work...

Picturesque Views, and Description of Cities, Towns, Castles, Mansions, Objects of Interesting Features, in Staffordshire and Shropshire

William West · 1830 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

Birmingham, Not Stated, 1830-31. Cloth. A detailed topographical history on Staffordshire and Shropshire, an extensively illustrated work with detailed engravings. Complete with two parts in one. 'Staffordshire' is dated 1830, 'Shropshire' dated 1831. Illu...

Walks Round Nottingham

A Wanderer [Matthew Henry Barker] · 1835 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Effingham Wilson, 1835 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated guide to Nottingham area walks in the first part of the nineteenth century. Illustrated with seven zinc engravings. Collated, complete.The first edition of this charming guide to pleas...

In Search of a Character: Two African Journals

Graham Greene · 1961 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, The Bodley Head, 1961. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this part travel book, part journal, from English writer Graham Greene. First edition. Part travel book, part novelist's journal, this work contains the writings the author kept on journeys made...

Greater London: A Narrative of Its History, Its People, and Its Places

Edward Walford · 0 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, Cassell & Company, Limited, c1883. Cloth. A smart two volume set of this historical and topographical study of greater London, with illustrations throughout. Complete in two volumes. Highly illustrated with a frontispiece and many in-text images to each volume. These v...

Wessex

Clive Holland · 1906 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London, Adam & Charles Black , 1906 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this beautifully illustrated work depicting Thomas Hardy's 'Wessex&apos. The first edition. Illustrated by Walter Tyndale with a colour frontispiece , seventy- four colour plates and a ...

Buckingham and Berkshire

G. E. Mitton · 1920 · Rooke Books

£68.00 (€81.52 | $89.85 | ¥14,350)

London, A. & C. Black, Ltd. 1920. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of this colourfully illustrated work on the counties of Buckingham and Berkshire. First edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, fifty-nine colour plates, and a folding map to the rear. ...

Norfolk & Suffolk

W. G. Clarke · 1921 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.43 | ¥10,129)

London, A. & C. Black, Ltd. 1921. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated guide to Norfolk and Suffolk, with a folding map. First edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, thirty-nine colour plates, and a folding map to the rear. Collated complet...

Contes Persans: Scenes de la Vie Reelle Et Recits de la Frontiere

Auguste Molitor · 1914 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

Paris, Eugene Figuiere, 1914 . First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this vanishingly scarce study of life in Persia in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. In the original French.The first edition of this vanishingly scarce work.Featuring scenes and real ...

The History, Antiquities, and Topography County Sussex

Thomas Walker Horsfield · 1835 · Rooke Books

£270.00 (€323.68 | $356.77 | ¥56,978)

Lewes; London, Baxter Sussex Press; Messrs. Nichols and Son, 1835 . First edition. Leather. The richly illustrated first edition of Thomas Walker Horsfield's historical and topographical study of the county of Sussex. The two volume first edition of this work by Thomas Wa...

Surrey

A. R. Hope Moncrieff · 1912 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, A. & C. Black, Ltd. 1912. Cloth. A smart reprint of this colourfully illustrated work on Surrey, with a folding map. Reprint, originally published 1906. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, seventy-four colour plates, and a folding map. Collated complete. A comprehe...

My Wanderings. Being Travels in the East in 1846-47, 1850-51, 1852-53; between 1846 and 1860

John Gadsby · 1859 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)

London, Gadsby, 1859-1860 . Leather. A two volume edition of John Gadsby's account of his travels, with one volume signed by the author, with a presentation inscription. The scarce 1859-60 two volume 'Stereotype Edition' of this work, with volume II being an App...

Hampshire

Rev. Telford Varley · 1909 · Rooke Books

£33.00 (€39.56 | $43.60 | ¥6,964)

London, Adam & Charles Black, 1909. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this colourfully illustrated work on the county of Hampshire. First edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, seventy-four colour plates, and a folding map. Collated complete. A charming ...

Antiquarian and Topographical Cabinet, Containing a Series of Elegant Views of the Most Interesting Objects of Curiosity in Great Britain

James Sargant Storer; John Greig · 1807 · Rooke Books

£895.00 (€1,072.95 | $1,182.62 | ¥188,871)

London, W. Clarke; J. Carpenter; H. D. Symonds, 1807-1811. First edition. Leather. A first edition of this profusely illustrated set, describing the history and topography of ancient monuments and architecture in Britain, with many engraved plates. A ten-volume set in half mor...

A Collection of First Edition Volumes by Beryl Bainbridge

Beryl Bainbridge · 1984 · Rooke Books

£88.00 (€105.50 | $116.28 | ¥18,571)

London, Duckworth, 1984-1996. First edition. Cloth. Four very smart first edition volumes from English writer, Beryl Bainbridge. Four volumes. First edition. Written by Dame Beryl Bainbridge, an English writer known for her works of psychological fiction, who won the Whitbread...

The Art and Sport of Alpine Photography

Arthur Gardner · 1927 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.87 | $145.35 | ¥23,213)

London, H. F. and G. Witherby, 1927 . First edition. Cloth. A publisher's review copy of Arthur Gardner's early work on mountain photography. The first edition of this work, with a loosely inserted slip reading 'with the publisher's compliments, for the fav...

Thomas Cook 150 Years of Popular Tourism ; Grand Tours and Cook&Apos;S Tours; a History of Leisure Travel 1750-1915 ; Thomas Cook the Holiday-Maker ; Worth the Detour: A History of the Guidebook

Piers Brendon, Lynne Withey, Jill Hamilton, Nicholas T. Parsons · 1991 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London , Aurum ; Sutton ; Secker and Warburg , 1991-2007. First edition. Hardback. A collection of four volumes on the history of tourism and the guidebook. The first editions. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. These volumes tell the history of tourism and the guidebook....