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Sussex

Unamed · 1878 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, C Cooke, 1878. Disbound. A series of four large maps dating from the late nineteenth century being maps of the county of Sussex in the east of England. Four disbound maps. Each of the maps are neatly split in two halves. The maps are numbered as follows with to consecu...

Annals of Westminster Abbey

E. T. Bradley [Mrs A. Murray Smith] · 1895 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Cassell and Company Limited, 1895. First edition. Cloth. A profusely illustrated work on the Gothic Westminster Abbey within London, looking at its illustrious history. 'Annals of Westminster Abbey' looks at the history of Westminster Abbey, a large Gothic Ab...

History of the County of York

Thomas Allen · 1830 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, I. T. Hinton, 1830. Cloth. An illustrated work on the topographical history of the East Riding of Yorkshire, being one volume of six, written by Thomas Allen. One volume only, being Volume IV of VI volumes. Lacking a title page. This volume looks at the history and top...

The History of the Parish of Grittleton, in the County of Wilts with an Introductory Essay on the Attributes and Interesting Peculiarities of Topographical Literature; the Sources, Objects, and Uses of National and Local Records, Also Definitions and Explanations of Topographical Words &C.

Rev J. E. Jackson; John Britton · 1843 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)

London, J. B. Nichols and Son, 1843. Cloth. An illustrated history of the parish of Grittleton in Wiltshire, written by John Jackson, with an essay by John Britton. Signed by the author to the recto to the front endpaper, 'Mr Rev Joseph Buckley from J. E. Jackson January ...

Round and About Aireborough

Martin Rigg · 1989 · Rooke Books

£23.00 (€27.57 | $30.39 | ¥4,854)

London, M T D Rigg Publications, 1989. First edition. Leather. A beautifully bound, historical look at the Yorkshire district of Aireborough. Illustrated, with several photographs and plans. The first edition of this work. In the original quarter morocco binding with marbled b...

Essex

A. R. Moncrieff · 1909 · Rooke Books

£53.00 (€63.54 | $70.03 | ¥11,185)

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1909. Cloth. A profusely illustrated work exploring the south-eastern county of Essex, with a folding plate to rear of the volume. In the publisher's original cloth binding. With a folding map to the rear of the volume and 73 plates through...

This Way to Arcady

A. Bonnet Laird · 1926 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1926. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of A. Bonnet Laird's work, 'This Way To Arcady', with several illustrations throughout by Donald Maxwell. First edition. In excellent condition, bound in the publishers original cl...

An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset

Various · 1970 · Rooke Books

£260.00 (€311.70 | $343.55 | ¥54,868)

London, Her Majesty's Stationary Office , 1970-1975. Cloth. A collection of four volumes by the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments exploring the building and monuments of the count of Dorset. An important and informative set of works by offering an unique look at th...

Tales from the Hills of Yorkshire, Dedicated to the Peers and Peasants of Great Britain

1868 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London, G. J. Stevenson, 1868. Brochure/Pamphlet. This very scarce volume has interesting tales from Yorkshire, this volume being titled 'Retribution', originally published in May 1868. A very scarce work. This volume of 'Tales from the Hills of Yorkshire' ...

Yorkshire, Past and Present: A History and a Description of the Three Ridings of the Great County of York from the Earliest Ages to the Year 1873: With an Account of Its Manufactures, Commerce and CIVIL and Mechanical Engineering Volume I; Division I Volume I; Division II

Thomas Baines · 1873 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, William Mackenzie, c.1873. Cloth. An uncommon 1873 volume I copy of 'Yorkshire, Past and Present' by the English journalist and historian Thomas Baines, bound in two divisions. An informative history of the historic county of Yorkshire in Northern England fro...

Yorkshire Vales and Wolds

Gordon Home · 1908 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, A and C Black, 1908. Cloth. A beautiful selection of watercolour paintings by English landscape artist, writer and illustrator Gordon Home. The plates to this work are taken from Home's original paintings of the Yorkshire area. With a frontispeice, a further ninet...

Yorkshire Coast and Moorland Scenes

Gordon Home · 1904 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1904. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this profusely illustrated work on Yorkshire, illustrated throughout by Gordon Home. With publisher's advertisements to the rear of the work. Collated complete with thirty two coloured plates...

Nottingham Past and Present Fifty Reproductions of Crayon Drawings

T. W. Hammond; Arnesby Brown; J. Holland Walker. · 1926 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.81 | $211.42 | ¥33,765)

Nottingham, J. & H. Bell Ltd. 1926. First edition. Cloth. A limited edition of 'Nottingham; Past and Present', signed by the author with thirty six hand-coloured plates and in the very scarce dustwrapper. Published for the 'Nottingham Civic Society', '...

Mathews&Apos;S Complete Bristol Guide; Forming an Ancient As Well As a Modern History of That Opulent Provincial Metropolis, with Its Suburbs Clifton and the Hotwells: Including a Description of the Various Objects of Interest in the Surrounding Neighbourhood. The Seventh Edition. Carefully Revised, with Additions and Improvements.

Unamed · 1828 · Rooke Books

£220.00 (€263.74 | $290.70 | ¥46,427)

Bristol, J. Mathews, 1828. Cloth. A lovely work of British topography, exploring the city of Bristol in the South West of England. Seventh edition. A charming guide to the city of Bristol in the first half of the 19th century, exploring the history of the city, its public and ...

Monumenta Missionaria Africana Africa Ocidental

Padre Antonio Brasio · 1954 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.80 | $224.63 | ¥35,875)

Lisbon, Agencia Geral Do Ultramar, 1954. Paperback. A Portuguese book of missionaries in Western Africa, during the time of the Portuguese colonisation of Africa. This book is volume four in a series. This book is a Portuguese account of the "Monumental African Missionary in W...

High Failure Solo Along the Arctic Air Route

John Grierson · 1936 · Rooke Books

£220.00 (€263.74 | $290.70 | ¥46,427)

London, William Hodge & Company LTD, 1936. First edition. Cloth. A thrilling account of John Grierson's problematic long-distance flight from Britain to Canada. Rare in the dustwrapper. The first edition, in the original price-clipped dustwrapper. John Grierson was a long...

Sir John Franklin&Apos;S Last Arctic Expedition a Chapter in the History of the Royal Navy

Richard J Cyriax · 1939 · Rooke Books

£2,400.00 (€2,877.20 | $3,171.27 | ¥506,471)

London, Methuen & Co. 1939. First edition. Cloth. An important work on the disappearance of Sir John Franklin on his final Arctic Expedition. Very scarce in the dust wrapper and especially in such condition Admiral John Franklin was an English explorer and Royal Navy Officer, ...

Description Du Cap de Bonne-Esperence : Ou L&Apos;on Trouve Tout Ce Qui Concerne L&Apos;Histoire Naturelle Du Pays; la Religion, Les Moeurs Et Les Usages Des Hottentots; Et L&Apos;Etablissement Des Hollandois

Pierre Kolbe (Peter Kolbe) · 1742 · Rooke Books

£280.00 (€335.67 | $369.98 | ¥59,088)

Amsterdam, Chez Jean Catuffe, 1742. Leather. A leather bound copy of 'Description du Cap de Bonne-Espérance', the French edition of Peter Kolbe's travel writings. The french edition of the work of Peter Kolbe, 'Description of the Cape of Good Hope&apos. Tr...

The Works of the Late Edward Dayes

Edward Dayes; E. W. Brayley [ed.] · 1805 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.79 | $237.85 | ¥37,985)

London, Mrs. Davis; et al, 1805 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of this posthumously published collection of the popular works of Edward Dayes, illustrated throughout with his engravings. The first edition of this work. Illustrated with a frontispiece, engraved tit...

The Eighteenth-Century Architecture of Bristol

C. F. W. Dening · 1923 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

Bristol; London, J. W. Arrowsmith Ltd. 1923 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this engaging study of the eighteenth-century architecture of Bristol, featuring seventy tipped-in plates. First edition. In the publisher's original green cloth binding. Attractively...