Matematica e fisica

The Green Hills of Earth: Rhysling and the Adventure of the Entire Solar System!

Robert Heinlein · 1954 · Rooke Books

£440.00 (€527.40 | $581.27 | ¥92,821)

London, Sidgwick and Jackson, 1954. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first UK edition of these science short fiction stories from leading writer of the genre, Robert A. Heinlein. First UK edition. With the publisher's unclipped dust wrapper.Comprising short stories ori...

The Alien Heart

Catherine Hutter · 1955 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

London, Herbert Jenkins, 1955. First edition. Cloth. Catherine Hutter's best known work of science fiction, 'The Alien Heart&apos. The scarce first edition of this dramatic and thought-provoking novel from Catherine Hutter. 'This is the story of Robbie, who live...

All Flesh Is Grass

Clifford D Simak · 1965 · Rooke Books

£220.00 (€263.70 | $290.63 | ¥46,411)

New York, Doubleday & Company, 1965. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this science fiction novel by Clifford D Simak. Held in original unclipped dustwrapper. Clifford D Simak was a very famous science fiction writer. During his lifetime he was honoured with all three...

Moon of Mutiny

Lester Del Rey · 1961 · Rooke Books

£795.00 (€952.92 | $1,050.24 | ¥167,711)

New York, Holt Rinehart & Winston, 1961. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this popular science fiction novel by Lester del Rey Scarce in original first printing dustwrapper with 34 titles to the rear wrap. Lester del Rey wrote many books in the juvenile Winston Scien...

Scriptores Logarithmici; or a Collection of Several Curious Tracts on the Nature and Construction of Logarithms

Frances Maseres · 1804 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)

London, J. White, 1804. Cloth. A volume of this work by Francis Maseres on logarithms. Printed in Latin and English. Volume V of original VI volumes. Francis Maseres was an English lawyer and mathematician who subsidised many mathematical publications which were influential fo...

Uber Die Darstellung Gegebner Funktionen Durch Singulare Integrale

Hans Hahn; Adolf Hnatek; S. Oppenheim; Carl Hillebrand · 1904 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.19 | ¥36,917)

Wien, In Kommission Bei Alfred Holder, 1904-1916. Cloth. A scarce collection of German publications on mathematics. A scarce collection of German publications on mathematics. Including: Uber die Darstellung Gegebner Funktionen Durch Singulare Integrale by Hans Hahn (1916, in t...

The Master of the World a Tale of Mystery and Marvel

Jules Verne · 1914 · Rooke Books

£2,200.00 (€2,637.01 | $2,906.33 | ¥464,105)

London, Sampson Low, Marston and Co. Ltd. 1914. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first UK edition of Jules Verne's dark science fiction novel. In good order, and a particularly clean copy -this work is notorious for heavy foxing due to the paper used. This is one of the las...

Residential Lighting

Myrtle Fahsbender · 1947 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

New York, D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc. 1947. Cloth. The first edition of an educational textbook on lighting in our homes, written by an expert who would later become the first female director of the Illuminating Engineering Society. The first edition of Residential Lighting,...

A History of British Fossil Mammals, and Birds

Richard Owen · 1846 · Rooke Books

£296.00 (€354.80 | $391.03 | ¥62,443)

London, John Van Voorst, 1846 . First edition. Cloth. A very good copy of the first edition of this interesting archeological study, illustrated with one hundred and twenty-seven woodcut illustrations The first edition in the publisher's original cloth.With one hundred an...

The Circle of Sciences

Various [inc. Henry Brougham] [ed. by James Wylde] · 1868 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.82 | ¥83,328)

London, The London Printing and Publishing Company, Limited, 1868. Cloth. A comprehensive set on upcoming knowledge regarding physics, mathematics, chemistry and biology, with various portraits, diagrams and plates. An early edition of The Circle of the Science: A cyclopaedia ...

The Merchant&Apos;S Magazine: Or, Trades-Man&Apos;S Treasury

Edward Hatton · 1699 · Rooke Books

£390.00 (€467.47 | $515.21 | ¥82,273)

London, J. H. for Chr. Coningsby, 1699 . Leather. Illustrated with engraved plates, this is the third edition of Edward Hatton's scarce and informative late 17th century guide to trade, commerce, and mercantile activity. The third edition of this work, which was first pub...

The Gentleman&Apos;S Diary, or the Mathematical Repository; an Almanack for the Year of Our Lord 1804

1804 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)

London, Printed for the Company of Stationers by Nichols and Son , 1804. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce early 19th-century 'Gentleman's Diary' publication, being the sixty-fourth almanack. First edition. In a full modern cloth rebinding, with label to the f...

A Collection of Studies on British Manufacturers by George Dodd

George Dodd · 1844 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.80 | $191.55 | ¥30,589)

London, Charles Knight & Co. 1844-1851. Cloth. Two volumes containing the complete six parts of George Dodd's study of British manufacturing from the mid-nineteenth century. Complete in six parts, bound in two volumes. Illustrated throughout. Written by George Dodd, an En...

The Inductive Algebra, Embracing a Complete Course for School and Academies

William J. Milne · 1881 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

New York; Cincinnati; Chicago, American Book Company, 1881. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce mathematical textbook on algebra, by William J. Milne. The first edition of this very scarce work.An educational guide to algebra by the American educator Wi...

A Great Step Forward (Comptometer Brochure)

1921 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)

London, Herbert E. Robbins Ltd, 1921. Brochure/Pamphlet. A very scarce brochure advertising a new model of the Comptometer, the first commercially successful key-driven calculator. This very scarce brochure outlines the principles and benefits of the Comptometer, a pioneering ...

Four Millions a Year

Colin Collins · 1911 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

London, Greening and Co Limited , 1911. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce science fiction title centring around the fortunes of John D. Rockefeller. The first edition. A scarce work. In the publisher's original cloth binding. This is the third out of ...

The Hocus Root

L. B. Foster · 1944 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

Sydney, Hogbin, Poole (Printers) PTY. LTD. 1944. First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this scarce sci-fi novel revolving around invisibility, in the original dust wrapper. The first edition of this scarce work, a war economy edition.In the original unclipped dust wra...

Shambleau and Others

C. L. Moore [Catherine Lucille Moore] · 1953 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)

New York, Gnome Press Inc, 1953. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this fantastic collection of science fiction stories from Catherine Lucille Moore's, in the original dust wrapper. The first edition of this collection, first printing. Originally published in &ap...

The Marathon Photograph and Other Stories

Clifford D. Simak; Francis Lyall [editor] · 1986 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

London, Severn House, 1986. First edition. Cloth. A smart first UK edition of this collection of short stories from American science fiction writer Clifford Donald Simak. First UK edition. A collection of short stories being fine examples of the craftsmanship of Clifford Donal...

Four Futures: Four Original Novellas of Science Fiction Based on Themes Suggested by Isaac Asimov

R. A. Lafferty; Harry Harrison; Alexei Panshin; Robert Silverberg; Isaac Asimov [foreword] · 1971 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)

New York, Hawthorn Books, Inc. 1971. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition copy of this collection of four science fiction novellas by notable authors, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of this uncommon work in the publish...