Geologia e paleontologia

British Rainfall, 1870. On the Distribution of Rain over the British Isles, During the Year 1870

G.J. Symons · 1871 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London, Edward Stanford, 1871. First edition. Cloth. A scarce edition of this interesting illustrated analysis of the rainfall in Britain in the year 1870. The scarce first edition of the work.In publisher's original blue cloth binding. An account of the rainfall in Brita...

1903-1906 Observations of a Naturalist in the Pacific between 1896 and 1899

Henry B. Guppy · 1903 · Rooke Books

£280.00 (€335.62 | $369.90 | ¥59,068)

London, Macmillan, 1903-1906. First edition. Cloth. An excellent example of the two volume first edition of H. B. Guppy's account of his travels in the Pacific islands, and their geology and flora. The first edition, complete in two volumes.British surgeon, geologist, bot...

The Geologist&Apos;S Text-Book

David Thomas Ansted · 1845 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, John Van Voorst, 1845 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this work of geology by David Thomas Ansted in the original publisher's binding. First edition of The Geologist's Text-Book by David Thomas Ansted in the original publisher's cloth...

The World&Apos;S Birthday: A Book for the Young

Professor L. Gaussen · 1867 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, Edinburgh and New York, T. Nelson and Sons, 1867. Cloth. A delightful little work on the Earth's conception speaking geologically and in terms of Christianity. Covering God's work during Creation, the heavens, plants and their seeds, animal creation, the crea...

Rivers of Great Britain: Rivers of the East Coast, Descriptive, Historical, Pictorial

Various · 0 · Rooke Books

£59.99 (€71.91 | $79.25 | ¥12,655)

London, Cassell and Company, c1889. Leather. A beautifully illustrated late Victorian guide to the rivers of the British isles. Special Edition. Featuring an illustrated frontispiece. Contains numerous illustrated plates and illustrations in the text. Contains: the Highland De...

English County ; a Planning Survey of Herefordshire

West Midland Group on Post-War Reconstruction and Planning · 1946 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London, Faber and Faber Limited, 1946. Cloth. A copiously illustrated planning survey of Herefordshire, with many coloured maps and plans. In the original green cloth binding. A copiously illustrated planning survey of Herefordshire, a ceremonial county in the West Midland...

Mining an Elementary Treatise on the Getting of Minerals

Arnold Lupton · 1907 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1907. Cloth. A very smart copy of Lupton's comprehensive treatise on mining, with a fascinating folding map. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Ink inscription to the first page of contents. 1 folding colour map. 1 folding pla...

Cahiers de Geographie Physique Et Historique, Conformes Aux Derniers Programmes de L&Apos;Enseignement Des Lycees

Casimir Raffy · 1874 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.27 | ¥52,739)

Paris, Durand et Pedone-Lauriel, 1874. Leather. An excellent copy of this very scarce third edition of this French textbook for French students of geography, history, and physics. Illustrated with three folding maps. A very scarce work. The third edition of this work. In the o...

The Book of Nature

John Mason Good · 1831 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

New York, J. and J. Harper, 1831. Leather. An early edition of a comprehensive and insightful series of lectures on nature and humanist by awarded medical scientist John Mason Good. An early edition of the Book of Nature, a series of lectures on nature and humanity, by medical...

Old Red Sandstone; or New Walks in an Old Field

Hugh Miller · 1858 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

Edinburgh, Thomas Constable and Co. 1858. Leather. A smartly bound later edition of this geological study from Scottish writer Hugh Miller, with a series of geological papers added. Later edition. With a folding colour plate to the front of the text and fifteen plates. Collate...

Collected Works from the Royal Geographical Society

Anonymous · 1915 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.52 | $462.37 | ¥73,835)

Not Stated, Royal Geographical Society, 1915-17. Cloth. A scarce collection comprising works published by the Royal Geographical Society relating to Africa, its politics and geography. Comprising numerous volumes published for the Geographical Journal between 1915 and 1917. Th...

Temperature Tables

Heinrich Wilhelm Dove; Edward Sabine [intro.] · 1848 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.82 | $171.74 | ¥27,424)

London, Richard and John E Taylor, 1848 . First edition. Unbound. A very scarce mid nineteenth century publication of climate data. A very scarce publication, taken from the 'Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science', 1847. This work consists ...

On the Medical Topography of Shrewsbury and Its Neighbourhood

T. Ogier Ward · 1841 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

Worcester, Deighton and Co, 1841 . First edition. Cloth. The fascinating and exceptionally scarce first edition of T. Ogier Ward's study of the climate and geology of mid-19th century Shrewsbury, and the medical statistics of the region. The vanishingly scarce first editi...

A Treatise of Practical Surveying, and Topographical Plan Drawing

Unnamed · 1829 · Rooke Books

£390.00 (€467.47 | $515.21 | ¥82,273)

London, John Murray, 1829. First edition. Leather. A scarce first edition of Treatise on Practical Surveying and Topographical Plan Drawing. With 6 plates, collated complete. With descriptions and instructions of the use of instruments such as a surveying compass, sextant, and...

The Mammoth and the Flood

Sir Henry H. Howorth · 1887 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.33 | $653.93 | ¥104,424)

London, Sampson Low, Marston & Co. 1887. First edition. Cloth. A very smart, first edition copy of this scarce geological work by British political, historian, and geologist, Sir Henry Hoyle Howorth. A very smart and comprehensive late nineteenth-century geological work that a...

The Dew-Drop and the Mist; or, an Account of the Nature, Properties, Dangers, and Uses of Dew and Mist, in Various Parts of the World

1847 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

London, Printed for the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge , 1847. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon first edition, an excellent copy of this scientific book on dew and mist. Illustrated. An uncommon first edition of this work, published in 1847. An excellent volume on ...

Sicily: The Garden of the Mediterranean; the History, People, Institutions, and Geography of the Island

Will S. Monroe · 1909 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, G. Bell and Sons , 1909 . Cloth. A very scarce smart copy of this abundantly illustrated account of the geography, history, and social elements of Sicily. A very scarce work.An early edition, originally published the same year by L.C. Page and Company. In the publisher...

The Evolution of North American Rhinoceroses

Prothero, D.R. · 2005 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

Cambridge University Press x, 218, b/w text figs. . HB. 4to (276x219mm), orig. laminated pictorial boards. As new.. A comprehensive systematic review of the fossil rhinoceroses of North America, tracing their evolutionary history over some 35 million years, from their first ap...

The Fossil Vertebrates of Florida

Hulbert, Richard C. (Ed.) · 2001 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

University Press of Florida Gainesville xvi, 350, b/w text figs. . HB. 4to (290x220mm), orig. pictorial boards. Fine.. Later print on demand printing.. [9780813018225]

The Evolution of Artiodactyls

Prothero, D.R.; Foss, S.E. (Eds) · 2007 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.29 | ¥17,931)

Johns Hopkins University Press xiv, 367, b/w text figs. 286x218mm. HB. As new in d/w.. A comprehensive review of the evolutionary history, taxonomy and phylogenetic relationships of the Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates), including pigs, peccaries, hippopotamuses, camels, deer...