Geologia e paleontologia

The Deserts of Southern France

S. Baring-Gould · 1894 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.98 | ¥34,808)

London, Methuen & Co, 1894 . First edition. Cloth. A vibrant first edition examination of the geology of the Aquitaine region of France by Sabine Baring-Gould, illustrated throughout. The first edition, complete in two volumes. With chapters on les Causses, la Crouzate, the Ca...

Maps and Guides to London and Its Suburbs

1950 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)

London , W. & A.K. Johnston & G.W. Bacon Ltd.; George Philip & Son Ltd; Geographia Ltd.; Authority of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fis, c1900-1950 . Paperback. London : W. & A.K. Johnston & G.W. Bacon Ltd.; George Philip & Son Ltd; Geographia Ltd.; Authority of the Ministry...

A Greene Forest

John Maplet [int. by W.H. Davies] · 1930 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, The Hesperides Press, 1930. Cloth. An intriguing edition of A Greene Forest, a varied record of rocks, animals and plants originally written in the seventeenth century. A Greene Forest, a natural history compiled by physician to Charles II, John Maplet. An introduction...

The Physical Geography of the Sea

M.F. Maury · 1859 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London , T. Nelson And Sons, 1859. Cloth. A comprehensive account on the physical geography of the sea, with 13 plates and 9 folding maps. In publisher's original decorative red cloth binding. The sixth or later edition, with a preface to the first and sixth edition. Il...

A Canoe Voyage Up the Minnay Sotor; with an Account of the Lead and Copper Deposits in Wisconsin; of the Gold Region in the Cherokee Country; and Sketches of Popular Manners; &C

G. W. Featherstonhaugh · 1847 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.82 | ¥83,328)

London, Richard Bentley, 1847. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this geological account of a canoe journey up the Wisconsin River from the first geologist to the US government, George William Featherstonhaugh, with an accompanying folding map. The first edition. Ill...

First Lessons in Modern Geology

A. H. Green; J. F. Blake [editor] · 1898 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

Oxford, Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1898. Leather. A smart copy of this very scarce study of modern geology from English geologist Alexander Henry Green. Very scarce work. With numerous in-text illustrations. A collection of lectures or short lessons in modern geology, focu...

Ancient Sea-Margins, As Memorials of Changes in the Relative Level of Sea and Land

Robert Chambers · 1848 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

Edinburgh; London, W. & R. Chambers; W. S. Orr & Co, 1848. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Robert Chambers' discerning study on the coastline of Britain, illustrated with a folding map. The first edition.Illustrated with a frontispiece, one folding map, and in-...

Geology of the Chatham Islands

R. F. Hay, A. R. Mutch and W. A. Watters · 1970 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

Wellington, New Zealean Geological Survey, 1970. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this geological survey of the Chatham Islands, with a large folding map. A first edition copy.This volume considers the geology of the Chatham Islands, which are an archipelago in th...

The Earth on Show: Fossils and the Poetics of Popular Science, 1802-1856

Ralph O'Connor · 2007 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)

Chicago and London, The University of Chicago Press, 2007. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first impression of this sweeping book of geology by Ralph O'Connor, complete with its unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of this work. Ralph O'Conn...

Modern and Ancient Geophysical Sedimentation

R. H. Dott and Robert H. Shaver · 1974 · Rooke Books

£39.99 (€47.93 | $52.83 | ¥8,436)

London , Society for Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, 1974. Cloth. A fascinating study into geosynclinal sedimentation, illustrated with diagrams throughout. Featuring a photographic frontispiece of Marshall Kay. Special publication, number nineteen. In original clo...

Highways and Bridges & Aerodromes Newspaper Technical Weekly

1940 · Rooke Books

£1,400.00 (€1,678.10 | $1,849.49 | ¥295,340)

Not Stated, Newspaper Technical Weekly , 1940-1946. Cloth. A very scarce collection of consecutive weekly newspaper periodicals on highways and bridges from 1940-1946. A six volume set of this collection of very scarce periodicals titled Highways and Bridges & Aerodromes.Inclu...

The Eternity of the Universe

G. H. Toulmin [George Hoggart Toulmin] · 1837 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.71 | ¥62,232)

London, B. D. Cousins, 1837 . Leather. A delightful copy of G. H. Toulmin's very scarce examination of the universe, in which the author suggests that the earth and universe are undergoing constant change. First published in 1798, in this work the author argues for a view...

Cycling and Motoring Maps of London

1940 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

London , Geographia Ltd.; George Philip & Son; G.W. Bacon & Co. Ltd. c1885-1940. Paperback. A delightful set of three pocket sized maps for cyclists and motorists of the London area. A lovely three volume set of pocket sized maps of the London area. Including:"Geographia" Cyc...

A History of the British Marine Polyzoa

Thomas Hincks · 1880 · Rooke Books

£77.00 (€92.30 | $101.72 | ¥16,244)

London , John Van Voorst , 1880. First edition. Cloth. A highly illustrated complete two volume set of works on British natural history, with 83 leaves of plates. A complete two volume set of the well-known and highly valued series of works on Natural History.In publisher&apos...

A Review of the Works of the Royal Society of London; Containing Animadversions on Such of the Papers As Deserve Particular Observation.

Sir John Hill · 1780 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.11 | ¥61,177)

London, Printed for the Honourable Lady Hill, 1780 . Leather. The second edition of this scarce review of the works of the Royal Society of London, concerning arts, antiquities, medicine, zoophytes, animals and more, carried out by Sir John Hill. The second edition. First publ...

Essays on the Natural History and Origin of Peat Moss

Rev. R. Rennie · 1807 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)

Edinburgh, George Ramsay & Co for Archibald Constable & Co, 1807 . First edition. Paperback. The first edition of the very scarce first volume of Robert Rennie's history of peat moss, containing his first two essays on the topic. The first edition of the very scarce first...

The Geographical Magazine Volume I Nos. 1-6 & Volume V Nos. 1-6

Michael Huxley [editor] · 1935 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1935-1937. Cloth. A smart set of two volumes of The Geographical Magazine, with illustrations throughout. Two volumes. Founded in 1935, Geographical (formerly The Geographical Magazine) is the magazine of the Royal Geographical Society with the Institu...

Researches in Newer Pliocene and Post Tertiary Geology

James Smith · 1862 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

Glasgow, John Gray, 1862 . First edition. Cloth. Beautifully illustrated with colour plates, this is a scarce first edition of Smith's study of the Newer Pliocene and Post-Tertiary eras. The scarce first edition of geologist James Smith's mid nineteenth century geolo...

The "Flint Implements" from Drift, Not Authentic. Being a Reply to the Geological Evidences of the Antiquity of Man [Bound with] Address Delivered at the Anniversary Meeting of the Geological Society of London, on the 19th of February, 1875 [Bound with] Notes on Indian Ants [Read April 3rd, 1889] [Bound with] the Nation&Apos;S Glory Leader, by Identifying the British People with the Lost Ten Tribes of Israel [Vol. VII. No. 219] [Bound with] Report on the Excavation of the Earthwork Known As Ambr

Nicholas Whitley; John Evans; George Alexander James Rothney et. al. · 1865 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.27 | ¥52,739)

London, Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, and Green; Taylor and Francis et. al. 1865-1897. Leather. A very scarce selection of pamphlets pertaining to geological and archaeological research, bound together. An interesting and very scarce collection of extracts and addresses ex...

The Geological Evidences of the Antiquity of Man

Sir Charles Lyell · 1863 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

London, John Murray, 1863 . Leather. The third impression of Charles Lyell's important scientific work which helped to establish the new science of prehistoric archaeology in Great Britain. The third edition of this work, published in the same year as the first.Illustrate...