Viaggi e geografia

A General Account of West Somerset, Description of the Valley of the Tone, and, the History of the Town of Taunton - Illustrated by a New Process of Photography and Heliotype

Edward Jeboult · 1873 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

Taunton, Somerset and Bristol Steam-Press, 1873. First edition. Cloth. A handsomely bound history of Somerset, illustrated 'by a new process of heliotype and photography&apos. The first edition of this fascinating and comprehensive history of Somerset, with a special focu...

Dursley and Its Neighbourhood

John Henry Blunt · 1877 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

London and Dursley, Simpking, Marshall & Co. 1877. First edition. Cloth. A delightful little illustrated guide to the charming Gloucestershire town of Dursley. Examining Dursley, Beverston, Cam, Stinchcombe Hill, Uley and the heights of the Cotswolds.Written by John Henry Blun...

The Old Quadrangle Edinburgh University MCM-MCMV

Four Graduated [Anonymous] · 1907 · Rooke Books

£32.00 (€38.36 | $42.28 | ¥6,753)

Edinburgh, William J. Hay, 1907. Paperback. A scarce, fascinating description of the physical spaces of Edinburgh University from 1900 to 1905, written anonymously by four graduates and printed locally in Edinburgh. A fascinating study into the physical spaces and areas of Edi...

Sea-Life Sixty Years Ago

Captain George Bayly · 1885 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.87 | $145.35 | ¥23,213)

London, Kegan Paul , 1885. First edition. Cloth. A smart copy of this semi-autobiographical work on a sea expedition in the nineteenth century led by Captain George Bayly. In the original pictorial cloth binding. A fascinating recount of nineteenth-century sea voyages that led...

Anent Old Edinburgh and Some Worthies Who Walked Its Street

Alison Hay Dunlop · 1890 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

Edinburgh, R & H Somerville, 1890. Cloth. An uncommon work on the history and topography of Edinburgh, the personal copy of British ecologist David W.H. Walton, a former student of the University of Edinburgh. A semi-historical, semi-topographical work on Edinburgh and places ...

Chamois Hunting in the Mountains of Bavaria and in the Tyrol

Charles Boner · 1860 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.84 | $178.38 | ¥28,489)

London, Chapman and Hall, 1860. Cloth. The second expanded edition of Charles Boner's account of hunting in Bavaria, a fascinating and exciting volume with chromolithograph plates. The second edition of this work.An exciting account of hunting in the Tyrol and the mountai...

A Walk Through Wales and a Second Walk Through Wales

Reverend Richard Warner · 1798 · Rooke Books

£265.00 (€317.69 | $350.16 | ¥55,923)

Bath, Not stated, 1798-99. Leather. A very smart, second edition set of these eighteenth-century topographical works about Wales, written by Reverend Richard Warner. A set of topographical and local interest works regarding South Wales and the Southwest of England. IncludingÂ...

Descriptive Excursions Through South Wales and Monmouthshire in the Year 1804

E. Donovan · 1805 · Rooke Books

£235.00 (€281.73 | $310.52 | ¥49,592)

London, Published for the Author (E. Donovan), 1805. Leather. An illustrated work on local South Wales topography, written by Edward Donovan, an Anglo-Irish naturalist and amateur zoologist. Complete in two volumes. A fascinating topographical work on areas of local interest ...

A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy

Laurence Sterne · 1936 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

Stamford, The Overbrook Press, 1936. Leather. A fine, limited edition copy of Laurence Sterne's sentimental travel novel. 'A Sentimental Journey' is sometimes regarded as an epilogue to Tristram Shandy and as an answer to Tobias Smollett's 'Travels Thr...

Camera in Paris

Brassai · 1949 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, The Focal Press, 1949. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this photobook charmingly depicting the city of Paris with Brassai's pictures. A charming photobook of Paris, compiled from a series of photographs by the popular twentieth century photographer Bras...

Devonshire Illustrated in a Series of Views

J. Britton & E. W. Brayley · 1832 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London, Fisher, Son & Co. 1832. Cloth. A lavishly illustrated exploration of the beautiful county of Devon, illustrated with engravings on steel throughout. Covering such beautiful locations as Torquay, Plymouth, Dartmouth, Exeter, and houses such as Buckfast Abbey, Oakhampton...

Among French Inns, the Story of Pilgrimage to Characteristic Spots of Rural France

Charles Gibson · 1905 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

Boston, L.C. Page & Company, 1905. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this work on travel through rural France, written by Charles Gibson and illustrated throughout. In the publisher's decorative cloth binding. A charming look into travel and local interest th...

Bristol: Past and Present

J F Nicholls; John Taylor · 1881 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.78 | $244.45 | ¥39,040)

Bristol, J W Arrowsmith, 1881-2. First edition. Cloth. A collection complete in three volumes exploring the history of the vibrant city of Bristol, the first edition. The first edition of this work. Three volumes telling of the complete local history of Bristol, an intriguing ...

A Historical Account of Iona

L. Maclean · 1833 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

Edinburgh, Stirling & Kenney, 1833 . Cloth. A second edition of this account of the picturesque Scottish island of Iona. A small island in the Inner Hebrides, Iona is best known for Iona Abbey. It has a small population, which rely on farming and craft.Written by Lachlan Macle...

Happy England

Marcus B. Huish · 1909 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.87 | $151.96 | ¥24,268)

London, Adam & Charles Black, 1909. Cloth. A striking illustrated look into the beauty of England, with a particular focus on the countryside, illustrated in colour throughout by Helen Allingham. The large paper edition.A charming look at the work of Helen Allingham, showing p...

An Elementary and Practical Grammar of the Galla or Oromo Language

Arnold W. Hodson; Craven H. Walker · 1922 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge , 1922. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition educational work detailing the language of the Oromo people of Ethiopia, constructed by two civil servants based in Ethiopia. The first edition of this scarce guide to the la...

Switzerland

Sir Frank Fox · 1930 · Rooke Books

£34.00 (€40.76 | $44.93 | ¥7,175)

London, A. & C. Black, 1930. Cloth. A lovely second edition description of Switzerland by Frank Fox, illustrated with colour plates. Detailing the literary associations, history, people, nature, mountains, glaciers and flowers of Switzerland, among other things.Written by Sir ...

Survey of London the Parish of All Hallows Barking

G. H. Gater; Walter H. Godfrey · 1934 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, The London County Council by Country Life, LTD, 1934. First edition. Cloth. A first edition topographical study into the All Hallows Barking ancient church in London, profusely illustrated with one-hundred and twenty plates. The first edition of this work.In the origin...

Sketching Rambles in Holland

George H. Boughton · 1885 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

New York, Harper & Brothers, 1885. Cloth. The first U.S. edition of George H. Boughton's description of his travels around Holland, with illustrations throughout by the author and Edwin A. Abbey. Describing his time in Amsterdam, Haarlem, Zwolle, Alkmaar, Oudewater, Gouda...

Literary Landmarks of London

Laurence Hutton · 1892 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

New York, Harper & Brothers, 1892. Cloth. A smart literary guidebook to the city of London, with detail on writers such as Charlotte Bronte, John Bunyan, Lord Byron, William Godwin and Benjamin Franklin. Written by Laurence Hutton, an American critic and writer. His literary g...