Viaggi e geografia

Round the World in Seven Days

Herbert Strang [George Herbert Ely and Charles James L'Estrange] · 1911 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, Henry Frowde, 1911 . First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this illustrated adventure novel, with coloured plates and a folding map. The first edition of the work.In publisher's original decorative blue cloth binding. An adventure novel that tells the tal...

Works on London

Thomas Burke; Claud Golding; Henry Blyth; John Lehmann; E.S. Turner; Ronald Webber; Sir Gerald Hurst; Douglas Sutherland; William Kent; A.P. Herbert; R.J. Minney; R.J. Mitchell; M.D.R. Leys; William Gaunt; Nathan Dews; John E.N. Hearsay; et al. · 1946 · Rooke Books

£735.00 (€881.14 | $971.20 | ¥155,107)

London, Herbert Jenkins; Robert Hale; Weidenfeld and Nicolson; B.T. Batsford; Macmillan; Michael Joseph; JM Dent & Sons; Constable & Co;, 1946-1988. Cloth. London: Herbert Jenkins; Robert Hale; Weidenfeld and Nicolson; B.T. Batsford; Macmillan; Michael Joseph; JM Dent & Sons; ...

An Account of the Church and Parish of St. Giles, without Cripplegate, in the City of London

John James Baddeley · 1888 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, J. J. Baddeley, 1888. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon first edition presentation copy, with folding facsimile documents, and vignette illustrations. An uncommon first edition presentation copy of this work, in original red cloth binding. Author's inscription to...

Esquisses Et Paysages Parisiens, le Pays Latin

Paul Jarry · 1947 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

Paris, A. Barry, 1947 . First edition. Paperback. Beautifully illustrated throughout in colour, this is Paul Jarry's uncommon limited edition guide to Paris, with plates from Gabriel Jouanno. In the original French.No. 219 of 500 copies produced of this limited edition wo...

Tramways Map and Timetable Nov. 1932 London&Apos;S Country Guide No. 1 by Road, Stream & Fieldpath North of the Thames

1920 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, L. C. C. Tramways; London's Underground [Underground Electric Railways, 1920-1922], c.1920-1932 (Vol1 undated, dated. Paperback. London: L. C. C. Tramways; London's Underground [Underground Electric Railways, 1920-1922], c.1920-1932 (Vol1 undated, dated from ...

The Spirit of Paris

Frankfort Sommerville · 1913 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.87 | $151.96 | ¥24,268)

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1913. First edition. Cloth. A charming book on Paris and its enticing culture, shortly published before World War I and the great celebration of Parisian culture in the early twentieth century. The first edition of The Spirit of Paris, a beautif...

Black&Apos;S Picturesque Guide to North Wales

None Stated · 1869 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

Edinburgh, Adam and Charles Black, 1869. Cloth. An uncommon 1869 illustrated edition of this title, from the popular series of Black's Guidebooks. An uncommon 1869 copy of this title, originally published in 1857.Black's Guides were popular works that offered travel ...

Samuel Buck&Apos;S Yorkshire Sketchbook Reproduced in Facsimile from Lansdowne Ms. 914 in the British Library with an Introduction by Ivan Hall

Samuel Buck; Ivan Hall [intro.] · 1979 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

Wakefield , Wakefield Historical Publications, 1979. Cloth. A limited edition facsimile reproduction of the British topographical sketches of Samuel Buck. A limited edition, with only 1,000 copies being produced.In publisher's original brown cloth binding, in the original...

A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels

John Pinkerton · 1808 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1808 . First edition. Leather. Illustrated throughout with engraved plates, this is the first edition of the second volume of Pinkerton's charming study of travels in England. The first edition of volume II only of this work, which ...

An Historical Geography of England

H. C. Darby · 1936 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1936 . First edition. Cloth. First edition of Henry Clifford Darby's detailled illustrated compilation of pre-1800 English historical geography. First edition.In publisher's original red cloth binding. With clipped dust wrapper....

Great Britain

Karl Baedeker · 1890 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

Leipsic , Karl Baedeker, Publisher , 1890. Cloth. A smart second edition of Karl Baedeker's handbook to Great Britain, illustrated with folding maps and plans. Second edition.In the original cloth binding. Illustrated with fifteen maps (six folding), thirty plans (two fo...

On the Borders of Pigmy-Land

Ruth B. Fisher · 1912 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Marshall Brothers, [c.1912] dated from a copy held. Cloth. London: Marshall Brothers, [c.1912] dated from a copy held by The London Library. Cloth. Very Good. 9" by 6.5". Not Stated. A copy of the uncommon fourth edition documenting Fisher's missionary work. A ver...

Glimpses of Old Japan from Japanese Colour Prints: Birds & Flowers

C. G. Holme · 1936 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.73 | $77.96 | ¥12,451)

London & New York, The Studio Publications, [1936]. Cloth. Delightful installment in C. G. Holme's Glimpses of Old Japan series with beautiful colour plates of birds and flowers. In publisher's original cloth binding. With eight tipped-in colour plates of birds and f...

Memories of Rugby and India

Sir Alexander Arbuthnot · 1910 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London; Leipzig (written as Leipsic), T. Fisher Unwin, 1910. First edition. Cloth. A very smart, and uncommon presentation copy of Sir Alexander Arbuthnot's autobiography. A very smart, and uncommon blue cloth presentation copy of Sir Alexander Arbuthnot's autobiogra...

On Modern Gardening

Horace Walpole · 1987 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Hackney, The Stourton Press, 1987. Cloth. A beautiful limited edition of Horace Walpole's influential essay on gardening, signed by illustrator Alan Powers. Bound in original bright red cloth, this is an excellent copy of the influential title that has held the monopoly o...

The Threiplands of Fingask a Family Memoir

Robert Chambers · 1880 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

Edinburgh & London , W. & R. Chambers, 1880. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this historical memoir of the Threipland family and their estate of Fingask Castle, in quarter morocoo with a frontispiece. The first edition of the work. In quarter black morocco. Includ...

Doctrina Particularum Linguãƒâ¦ Grãƒâ¦Cãƒâ¦

Henrici Hoogeveen; ed. Christianus Godofr. Schütz · 1813 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

Glasgow, Andreas Duncan, 1813. Leather. A comprehensive work in Latin on the particulars of the Greek language, bound in full calf. In full brown calf. A new edition of the work, first published in 1769.A comprehensive work in Latin on learning the particulars of the Greek lan...

Great Britain

Karl Baedeker · 1894 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

Leipsic , Karl Baedeker, Publisher , 1894. Cloth. The third edition of this Baedeker handbook for Great Britain, complete with folding maps and a panorama. Third edition.In the publisher's original cloth binding. Illustrated with sixteen maps (eight folding), thirty plan...

Till I End My Song

Robert Gibbings · 1961 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. 1961. Leather. A smartly rebound copy of Robert Gibbings" lyrical tribute to village life, in full blue morocco and illustrated with his celebrated wood engravings. Rebound in a full blue morocco binding. First published in 1957, this is a 1961 ...

Croydon with Its Surroundings

Arthur Henry Anderson; J. E. Morris · 0 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, The Homeland Association Ltd. c1920. Paperback. A very scarce fourth edition of this travel handbook to Croydon in Surrey from the Homeland Association, with illustrations and advertisements. The Homeland Handbooks, No. 7. Fourth edition. Very scarce work. Illustrated ...