Viaggi e geografia

Particulars of the Valuable Agricultural Property Known As the Cruckton Estate between Three and Four Miles from Shrewsbury Comprising a Number of Highly Productive Farms of from 30 to 250 Acres

1929 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)

Marylebone, Ward & Foxlow, Printers , 1929. Cloth. A vanishingly scarce Shropshire auction for the sale of the Cruckton Estate, with a large coloured folding plan. A vanishingly scarce catalogue for the sale of the Cruckton Estate (June 18th, 1929)  In a modern cloth rebind, ...

A Vade Mecum for Malt-Worms; or, a Guide to Good Fellows

Edward Ward · 1715 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London , T. Bickerston, c1866 . Cloth. An lively facsimile of Edward Ward's early 18th century satirical London pub guide in two parts, illustrated with numerous woodcuts depicting tavern life. In the publisher's original brown cloth binding.  An undated 19th centur...

The Topographical Dictionary of England and Wales

E. L. Blanchard [ed.] · 1860 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.47 | $594.61 | ¥94,963)

London, L. Tallis, [1860]. First edition. Leather. A very scarce pair of half calf first edition volumes, richly illustrated with colour maps. A first edition. Undated, dated from a copy held by Oxford Brookes University. Bound in half calf, and decorated with marbled endpaper...

The Registers of Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, 1580-1812

T. R. Horton [Transcription]; Rev. W. G. D. Fletcher [Ed.] · 1901 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Privately Printed for the Parish Register Society, 1901 . First edition. Vellum. A smart vellum bound first edition of the Moreton Corbet parish registers, with the armorial bookplate of genealogist Frederic Arthur Crisp. In a contemporary full vellum binding.  First ...

The History of the Ancient and Royal Foundation, Called the Abbey of St. Alban, in the County of Hertford

Reverend Peter Newcome · 1795 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.79 | $237.85 | ¥37,985)

London, Printed for the Author by J. Nichols , 1795 . First edition. Leather. An early edition of of Peter Newcome"s extensive history of the Abbey of St Alban, illustrated with folding maps and plans. In a contemporary full calf binding, rebacked. An early edition of this wor...

1794 an Act for Taking Down and Rebuilding the Parish Church of Saint Alkmond, in the Town of Shrewsbury, and County of Salop.

None Stated · 1794 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Charles Eyre and Andrew Strahan, 1794 . First edition. Leather. A notably scarce first edition of the 1794 Act for rebuilding St Alkmund"s Church, with extensive manuscript records of the parish"s subsequent administration. In a contemporary half calf binding with mar...

History, Gazetteer and Directory of Cheshire

Francis White & Co · 1860 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

Sheffield, Pawson and Brailsford; Francis White & Co, 1860 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of Francis White & Co.'s enormously impressive guide to mid-19th century Cheshire, a work that is part history, part gazetteer and part directory. The first edition. Off...

Gerald the Welshman

Henry Owen · 1889 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Whiting & Co, 1889. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce biography of Cambro-Norman priest and historian, Gerald of Wales, bound in the publihser's half vellum binding. The first edition of this very scarce work on Gerald of Wales, also known as Giraldus Cambrensis...

Picturesque Memorials of Winchester

Peter Hall · 1830 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.79 | $237.85 | ¥37,985)

Winchester, Robbins and Wheeler, 1830 . First edition. Cloth. A wonderful example of the very scarce first edition of this celebration of the architectural triumphs of Winchester, illustrated with eighteen engraved plates. A very scarce first edition. This anonymously publishe...

A Bibliographical, Antiquarian, and Picturesque Tour in the Northern Counties of England and in Scotland

Thomas Dibdin · 1838 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)

London, For the Author by C. Richards, 1838 . First edition. Leather. The very scarce first volume of this extra-illustrated large paper edition of Dibdin's final work, illustrated throughout with engraved plates. Bound in half crushed morocco with marbled paper-covered b...

The Somerset Coast

Charles G. Harper · 1909 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Chapman & Hall, 1909. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of a scenic travelogue across Somerset's coastline by Charles G. Harper, passing through Burnham, Dunster and Minehead among other seaside locations. The first edition of The Somerset Coast, a lovely tr...

The Victoria History of the County of Dorset (II-III); the Victoria History of the County of Gloucester (II-VIII; X; XI)

William Page; R.B. Pugh; N.M. Herbert; C. R. Elrington · 1907 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.47 | $594.61 | ¥94,963)

London; Oxford, Archibald Constable; Dawson; Oxford University Press, 1907-1996. Cloth. Ten volumes from the reputable Victoria County encyclopedic Histories of both Gloucestershire and Dorset, including from pioneering historian William Page, profusely illustrated. Ten volume...

A Chinese Mirror: Being Reflections of the Reality Behind Appearance

Florence Ayscough · 1925 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.31 | $786.21 | ¥125,563)

London, Jonathan Cape Ltd , 1925. First edition. Cloth. A superior first edition of Florence Ayscough's enlightening study - a presentation copy complete with the rare surviving dust wrapper. Author's presentation copy, inscribed to the front free endpaper "Souvenir ...

Domesday Book Studies the Gloucestershire Domesday Folios and Maps Gloucestershire: Folios 162-170 the Gloucestershire Domesday

Anonymous; Dr. Ann Williams; R W H Erskine · 1987 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, Alecto Historical Editions, 1987-1989. Cloth. A scarce complete limited edition set, bound in original slipcase, and featuring colour folding maps. A scarce complete three volume set of first editions, reproducing the invaluable Domesday records as they pertain to the ...

A Flora of Oswestry and District with an English-Welsh Index

T. P. Diamond · 1891 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

Oswestry, Woodall, Minshall, and Co. 1891. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce little first edition catalogue of local flora, with carefully collected Welsh terms and translations. A very scarce first edition catalogue of the flora of Oswestry, where this work was published, a...

3 Vols Travelling Sketches in the North of Italy, the Tyrol, and on the Rhine; Travelling Sketches on the Rhine, and in Belgium and Holland; Travelling Sketches on the Sea-Coasts of France

Leitch Ritchie · 1832 · Rooke Books

£270.00 (€323.68 | $356.77 | ¥56,978)

London, Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, 1832-1834. First edition. Leather. A three-volume set of Ritchie"s illustrated Travelling Sketches, richly illustrated with Stanfield"s evocative engravings throughout. In a contemporary full red morocco binding by F. Wes...

Tours in Wales

Thomas Pennant · 1883 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.83 | $191.60 | ¥30,599)

Caernarvon, H. Humphreys, 1883. Cloth. A lovely set of illustrated travel volumes on Wales by significant Welsh naturalist Thomas Pennant. Complete in three volumes.Bound in publisher's original cloth.Profusely illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of the author and si...

Country Cracks: Old Tales from the County of Armagh

T. G. F. Paterson · 1945 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

Dundalk, W. Tempest, Dundalgan Press, 1945. Cloth. Lovely signed collection of folk tales from the Irish county of Armagh, illustrated and in the original unclipped dust wrapper. In publisher's original green quarter-cloth binding with paper-covered boards. In the origina...

Piracies, Ltd.

Bok · 1938 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

London, Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1938. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this exciting title, illustrated, and in incredibly scarce unclipped dust wrapper. A very scarce first edition of this riveting title, in bright and unusual variant yellow cloth.An incr...

The Curious Traveller. Being a Choice Collection of Very Remarkable Histo-Tories [Sic], Voyages, Travels, &C. Digested Into Familiar Letters and Conversations.

Anonymous · 1742 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.47 | $594.61 | ¥94,963)

London, J. Rowland, 1742. First edition. Leather. An excellent first edition of this anonymous early travel account. A very scarce first edition of this anonymous travel literature, published by J. Rowland in 1742.Bound in calf with gilt details and blind tooling to fore edge ...