Viaggi e geografia

A Syllabic Dictionary of the Chinese Language Arranged According to the Wu-Fang Yuan Yin

S. Wells Williams · 1909 · Rooke Books

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

Tung Chou , North China Union College , 1909. Leather. A handsome revised edition of this authoritative Chinese dictionary, compiled by American sinologist and missionary Samuel Wells Williams. Revised edition, being the first to replace Williams' romanisation system with...

The Giant Cities of Bashan; and Syria&Apos;S Holy Places

Rev. J. L. Porter · 1869 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.83 | $191.60 | ¥30,599)

London, T. Nelson and Sons, 1869. Cloth. A smart copy of an Irish Presbyterian Minister's travels around modern-day Jordan and Syria. A later edition of Josias Leslie Porter's The Giant Cities of Bashan. Originally published in 1865. In the publisher's original...

Journal of a Residence Among the Negroes in the West Indies

Matthew Gregory Lewis · 1845 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, John Murray, 1845 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of "Monk" Lewis's posthumously published account of his visits to his sugar plantations in the West Indies, and of his observations of the enslaved people he had inherited. The first edition of this work....

English-Turki Dictionary, Based on the Dialects of Kashgar and Yarkand

G. Raquette · 1927 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)

Lund; Leipzig, C. W. K. Gleerup; Otto Harrassowitz, 1927 . First edition. Cloth. A fine example of the scarce first edition of Swedish missionary G. Raquette's dictionary of the 'Turki' language, hailing from the historic Chinese cities of Kashgar and Yarkand. T...

Dictionnaire Des Formes Cursives Des Caracteres Chinois

Stanislas Millot · 1909 · Rooke Books

£795.00 (€953.07 | $1,050.48 | ¥167,768)

Paris, Ernest Leroux, 1909 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this highly desirable and very scarce catalogue of the cursive forms of Chinese characters, which offers thousands of distinct cursive forms. The very scarce first edition of this work, with Chinese charac...

Twenty-Six Years on the Bosphorus

Dorina L. Neave · 1933 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London, Grayson & Grayson, 1933. First edition. Cloth. Scarce first edition of the illustrated reminiscences of Dorina Neave on her time in Constantinople, now Istanbul, in the original dust wrapper. First edition. Scarce.In publisher's original cloth binding. With the or...

The Ivory Raiders

Major H. Rayne · 1923 · Rooke Books

£490.00 (€587.43 | $647.47 | ¥103,404)

London, William Heinemann, 1923 . First edition. Cloth. Illustrated throughout, this is the very scarce first edition of Major H. Rayne's accounts of his journeys through Kenya to investigate the ivory trade. The very scarce first edition, first impression of this work.A ...

Geology of the Country Around Church Stretton, Craven Arms, Wenlock Edge and Brown Clee

D.C. Greg; J.E. Wright; B.A. Hains; G. H. Mitchell · 1968 · Rooke Books

£69.99 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,770)

London, Her Majesty's Stationary Office, 1968. First edition. Cloth. A geological survey of parts of the Welsh borderland in South Shropshire, includes discussion of rock formations and limestone distribution. A first edition with price-clipped dustwrapper. With photograp...

The Peak: Some Places and People

B. Casson; J. Thorburn · 1933 · Rooke Books

£79.99 (€95.89 | $105.70 | ¥16,880)

Sheffield , J. W. Northend Limited, 1933. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of Casson and Thorburn's 'The Peak: Some Places & People&apos. Casson and Thorburn explore the region of Derbyshire, England, describing it as "one of the most fascinating holiday distric...

England Delineated: A Geographical Description of Every Country in England and Wales

Anonymous · 1809 · Rooke Books

£210.00 (€251.75 | $277.49 | ¥44,316)

London, J Johnson, 1809. Leather. An interesting volume on the geography of England and Wales. Covers a wide range of locations, including Cumberland, Gloucestershire and Devonshire. Each chapter looks at the history, landscape and trade of the area. It also includes informati...

Peasant Life in Sweden

L LLoyd · 1870 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.56 | $495.51 | ¥79,136)

London, Tinsley Brothers, 1870. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of this comprehensive work on the social life and customs of Sweden. Illustrated throughout with eight full page plates. E H Llewelyn Lloyd was a Welsh amateur naturalist who lived for more than two d...

Russia, Past and Present

Henrietta Chester · 1881 · Rooke Books

£100.00 (€119.88 | $132.14 | ¥21,103)

London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1881. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this work on Russian history and ethnography, in the original publishers' cloth binding. Adapted from the earlier German work by Lankenau and Oelnitz, 'Russia, Past and ...

The Vale Royal of England, or, the County Palatine of Chester

Thomas Hughes · 1852 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London , John Gray Bell, 1852. Cloth. A detailed look at the history of Chester with black and white illustrations and maps. An updated, revised reprint of Smith and Webb's 1656 performance of The Vale Royall of England. In a blue embossed cloth binding with gilt letterin...

A New Flora of the Neighbourhood of Reigate, Surrey

James Alexander Brewer · 1856 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.75 | $58.14 | ¥9,285)

London, William Pamplin, 1856. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this work on the flora Reigate in surrey. Containing the flowering plants and ferns of the district, with their localities, times of flowering and a list of the mosses. In a cloth binding. Externally, smar...

Irkdale and Other Stories

Benjamin Brierley · 1868 · Rooke Books

£79.99 (€95.89 | $105.70 | ¥16,880)

Manchester, John Heywood, 1868. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of Brierley's humorous accounts of Lancastrian life. First Edition. Contains: Irkdale; Or, The Odd House in the Hollow and Tales and Sketches of Lancashire Life, Volume II. Tales and Sketches of Lancash...

Cardiganshire: A Personal Survey of Some of Its Antiquities, Chapels, Churches, Fonts, Plate, and Registers

George Eyre Evans · 1903 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

Aberystwyth , Printed at the "Welsh Gazette" Offices, 1903. Cloth. A detailed account of the antiquities of Cardiganshire, illustrated with numerous drawings. Limited edition: hand-numbered 260 of 320 copies and signed by the author. With relevant newspaper article tipped-in t...

The Land of the Hills and Glens Wild Life in Iona and the Inner Hebrides

Seton Gordon · 1920 · Rooke Books

£39.99 (€47.94 | $52.84 | ¥8,439)

London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne , Cassell and Company Ltd. 1920. First edition. Cloth. A study of the animals and plant life of the Hebrides from Seton Gordon. First edition. Illustrated throughout with many monochrome photographic plates. In a green cloth binding. Ext...

Paved with Gold or the Romance and Reality of the London Streets

Augustus Mayhew · 1858 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London , Chapman and Hall, 1858. Cloth. A first edition of this novel by Augustus Mayhew. Augustus Septimus Mayhew (1826 – 25 December 1875) was an English journalist and author, born in London. He wrote in collaboration with his brother Henry. His individual productions incl...

Rome

Emile Bertaux · 1905 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Paris, Librairie Renouard, 1905. Cloth. A French illustrated history of Rome, a beautiful and detailed work. In French.A detailed and well illustrated history of Rome's art from French art historian, Emile Bertaux.The book contains over a hundred and twenty illustrations ...

The History of Kirkstall Forge Through Seven Centuries 1200-1954

Various; Rodney Butler [Foreword] · 1945 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

Kirkstall, Henry Jenkinson Ltd. 1945 . First edition. Cloth. A scarce substantial industrial history tracing the seven-hundred-year development of Kirkstall Forge, richly illustrated throughout.  In the publisher's original blue cloth binding. First edition. Illustrate...