Viaggi e geografia

Handbook for Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, and Huntingdonshire

- · 1895 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, John Murray, 1895. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this travel guide to Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, and Huntingdonshire, produced by London-based publisher John Murray. A very scarce volume, with ten maps, including five folding maps. The first edition of t...

A View of Society and Manners in Italy

John Moore, M.D. · 1781 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.42 | $654.07 | ¥104,460)

London, W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1781. First edition. Leather. The very scarce first edition of this study of the society and manners of eighteenth century Italy, written by John Moore as he was travelling with the Duke of Hamilton. The complete and very scarce first edition ...

A Chronological Outline of the History of Bristol and the Stranger&Apos;S Guide Through Its Streets and Neighbourhood

John Evans · 1824 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London , G. and W. B. Whittaker, 1824. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this history of Bristol. A first edition copy of A Chronological Outline of the History of Bristol and the Stranger's Guide through its Streets and Neighbourhood by John Evans. A rich an...

The Homes of Tennyson

Arthur Paterson · 1905 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Adam and Charles Black , 1905. First edition. Cloth. A bright and beautifully illustrated first edition of this book dedicated to the topographical areas in and around Tennyson's homes. The first edition of this work. With six leaves of publisher's catalogue ...

Hampshire

Telford Varley · 1909 · Rooke Books

£56.00 (€67.13 | $74.00 | ¥11,818)

London, Adam & Charles Black, 1909 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this lovely illustrated topographical study of Hampshire with colour plates. First edition of Hampshire in the original publisher's pictorial cloth binding. Painted by Wilfrid Ball and descri...

Cambridge

Mildred Anna Rosalie Tuker · 1907 · Rooke Books

£68.00 (€81.52 | $89.85 | ¥14,350)

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1907 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this beautifully illustrated study of Cambridge and its history. First edition of Cambridge by Mildred Anna Rosalie Tuker in the original publisher's cloth binding. A lovely and densely ill...

Kent

W. Teignmouth Shore · 1907 · Rooke Books

£77.00 (€92.31 | $101.74 | ¥16,249)

London , Adam & Charles Black , 1907. First edition. Cloth. A bright first edition copy of this extensively illustrated guide to Kent. A first edition copy. This is a charming guide to the county of Kent by W. Teignmouth Shore and with paintings by W. Biscombe Gardner. The vo...

A Tramp Abroad

Mark Twain · 1897 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1897 [1898] . Cloth. A smart copy of this illustrated late nineteenth century edition of Mark Twain's account of his journey through central and southern Europe. A 'New Edition' of Twain's work, first published by Chatto in 1890. An...

A History of Hoddesdon in the County of Hertfordshire: Being a Survey of That Hamlet from the Earliest Times, with an Account of Its Ancient Manors and Its Inhabitants

J. A. Tregelles · 1908 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

Hertford, Stephen Austin & Sons, Limited, 1908. Cloth. A very neat illustrated history of the hamlet Hoddesdon in Hertfordshire. Illustrated throughout with twenty-two plates and three fold-out maps. Collated complete. The history of the hamlet of Hoddesdon and its residents. ...

Taunton Improvement and Market Act & Taunton Town and Market Improvement

None · 1847 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

Taunton, Parliamentary Agents, 1847-1849. Paperback. An original bill and act taken to the House of Lords regarding the borough of Taunton in the county of Somerset. Scarce works. Two volumes. Scarce works. Original act taken to the House of Lords for the better management of ...

Ward, Lock & Co. &Apos;S Pictorial and Descriptive Guides

None · 1910 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

London, Ward, Lock and Co. Limited, 1910-1950. Cloth. Six very neat volumes of illustrated guides to areas of the U.K. Six volumes. From Ward, Lock & Co. Guide to The Cotswolds, 1910 With fifty illustrations on plates, four fold-out maps three of which are in colour, and one p...

Aeroplanes and Airships

W. E. Dommett · 1915 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Whittaker & Co. 1915. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this informative guide to aeroplanes and airships, with illustrations. First edition. Illustrated with twenty-six diagrams and twelve plates. Collated complete. Includes details on steering, propelling and ...

La Hollande a Vol D&Apos;Oiseau

Maxime Lalanne · 1882 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

Paris, Decaux & Quantin, 1882. Cloth. A scarce second edition of this collection of etchings and charcoals of Holland, in the French language. Second edition. Scarce work. Illustrated throughout with frontispiece and twenty-four additional plates of etchings and charcoals with...

Sydney from the Air

N/A · 1937 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

Sydney, Sydney Morning Herald, 1937. Paperback. With twenty four full-page photographs, this volume offers a birds-eye-view interwar Sydney Published by the Sydney Morning Herald, this fascinating volume contains 24 full page black and white photographs of interwar Sydney from...

Scouting on Two Continents

Frederick Russell Burnham; Mary Nixon Everett [ed.]; John Hays Hammond [foreword.] · 1934 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

Los Angeles, Ivan Death, 1934. Cloth. In this fascinating biography American scout Frederick Russel Burnham shares remarkable stories of his upbringing and his time in Rhodesia American scout Frederick Russell Burnham shares stories of war, scouting, and expeditions in this in...

Select Illustrated Topography of Thirty Miles Round London

William Edward Trotter · 1839 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London , Simpkin Marshall & Co, 1839. Cloth. A copy of Select Illustrated Topography of Thirty Miles Round London, by Edward William Trotter. Select Illustrated Topography of Thirty Miles Round London, comprising views of various places within this circuit with topographical a...

From the Beginning

J. F. Lipscomb · 1949 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

Nakuru, Nakuru Press, 1949. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this account of building a farm in Kenya, with illustrations. This work contains a description of a farmer's experiences developing a farm in Kenya the 1930s. The contents of the book first appeared...

Tourist&Apos;S Guide to Penzance

J. H Hancock · 1875 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

Penzance, F. Rodda, 1875. First edition. Hardback. A first edition copy of this guide to Penzance. A first edition copy of this Tourist's Guide to Penzance, published by F. Rodda. This tourist guide explores Lands' End, Logan Rock, St. Michael's Mount, Kynance ...

Pitminster: Past and Present

Robert Dunning · 2000 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Pitminster , The Friends of Pitminster Church , 2000. First edition. Paperback. Very scarce first limited edition of Robert Dunning's local history of Pitminster. First edition of Robert Dunning's illustrated history of the village of Pitminster in Somerset. A very s...

Turner and Girtin&Apos;S Picturesque Views of English, Scotch, & Welsh Scenery, a Hundred Years Ago

Thomas Miller [ed.] · 1873 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, Frederick Bentley , 1873. First edition. Cloth. Ode to the beautiful scenery of the United Kingdom from the picturesque views of J. W. M. Turner and Thomas Girtin. The first edition of this work, 'One Hundred Years Ago', following the 1854 publication of  &a...