Matematica e fisica

Within an Hour of London Town Among Wild Birds and Their Haunts

[Denham Jordan] · 1892 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1892. First edition. Leather. A finely bound first edition of this charming topographical work about the areas outside of London in the late nineteenth century. In a signed binding by Mudie.The first edition of this work.A charming topograph...

Logarithmologia or the Whole Doctrine of Logarithms

Benjamin Martin · 1739 · Rooke Books

£1,200.00 (€1,438.37 | $1,585.27 | ¥253,148)

London, J Hodges, 1739-1740. First edition. Leather. An excellent, first edition copy of this very scarce mathematical work on logarithms. From the library of a pioneering engineer and mathematician. From the library of Erwin Tomash, the renowned engineer who co-founded '...

Things to Come

H G Wells · 1935 · Rooke Books

£3,850.00 (€4,614.77 | $5,086.08 | ¥812,184)

London, The Cresset Press , 1935. First edition. Cloth. A scarce, signed, first edition copy of HG Wells' 'Things to Come' dedicated in Wells' hand to his son, Anthony. Wells has signed the half title to his son, Anthony West. Lacking dustwrapper, as is usu...

Modern Practical Farriery; a Complete to All That Relates to the Horse. Its History, Varieties, and Uses- Breaking, Training, Feeding, Stabling, and Grooming- How to Buy, Keep, and Treat a Horse in Health and Disease, Etc. , Etc. Forming a Complete System of the Veterinary Art, As at Present Practised at the Royal Veterinary College, London.

W. J. Miles; J. I. Lupton · 0 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)

London, William Mackenzie, c1880. Leather. An unusually attractive copy of this copiously illustrated copy of this fascinating study of modern veterinary practices, primarily focusing on the management of horses. The first section of this work examines the history of the horse...

A Topographical History of Surrey

Edward Wedlake Brayley; Gideon Mantell. · 1850 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€407.54 | $449.16 | ¥71,725)

London, G. Willis, 1850. Cloth. A fascinating and copiously illustrated study of the topography of Surrey by Edward Wedlake Brayley, complete in five volumes. Edward Wedlake Brayley was an English antiquary and topographer, born in Lambeth, Surrey in 1773. Brayley is best reme...

Mutants: Eleven Stories of Science Fiction

Various; Robert Silverberg [Ed.] · 1976 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, Abelard-Schuman , 1976. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first UK edition of Silverberg"s science fiction anthology examining mutation and human evolution, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original red cloth binding. Complete with the ...

Balancing for Expert Book-Keepers

George Pepler Norton · 1894 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.82 | $171.74 | ¥27,424)

London , Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co, 1894. Cloth. A scarce work on book keeping With a test journal balancing book and specimen accounts Sir George Lionel Pepler (1882 – 13 April 1959) was a British town planner who was influential in the development of town plann...

The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection

Charles Darwin · 1902 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

London, John Murray, 1902. Paperback. An uncommon softcover copy of Darwin's most famous work, printed in 1902. An uncommon, paper-bound copy of Charles Darwin's world famous title.40,000th to 47,500th in this form, of the corrected copyright edition.Charles Darwin, ...

The Sessile Barnacles (Cirripedia) Contained in the Collections of the U. S National Museum; Including a Monograph of the American Species

Henry A. Pilsbry · 1916 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

Washington D. C. Washington Government Printing Office, 1916. Cloth. A smart 1916 copy of Henry A. Pilsbry's illustrated title. A smart brown cloth copy of this 1916 title.Henry A. Pilsbry was a noted biologist with specialisms in molluscs and crustaceans, who published m...

Into Deepest Space

Fred Hoyle; Geoffrey Hoyle · 1975 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

London, Heinemann, 1975 . First edition. Cloth. A wonderful example of the first UK edition of Fred and Geoffrey Hoyle's thrilling science fiction novel about interplanetary conflict. The uncommon first UK edition, first impression. First published in the US the year prio...

The Universal Preceptor

Rev. David Blair · 1823 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London , W. Lewis for Sir Richard Phillips and Co. 1823 . Leather. A smartly bound copy of David Blair's highly popular reference work, illustrated with numerous charming vignettes and folding plate. Bound in full calf, with the boards rebacked. The thirteenth edition. A ...

The Whispering Land; Catch Me a Colobus; My Family and Other Animals

Gerald Durrell · 1961 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.69 | $297.24 | ¥47,465)

London, Rupert Hart-Davis; Collins; Heinemann/Octopus , 1961-1981 . First edition. Cloth. A pleasing trio of works by British naturalist Gerald Durrell, including his popular autobiography 'My Family and Other Animals&apos. Comprising the first editions of 'The Whisp...

Elements of Logick; or a Summary of the General Principles and Different Modes of Reasoning

Levi Hedge · 1831 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.34 | ¥28,479)

Boston, Hilliard, Gray, Little, and Wilkins, 1831. First edition. Leather. Levi Hedge's treatise on the philosophy of logic, bound in full calf. The stereotype edition. Bound in full contemporary calf. A treatise on the philosophy of logic from a professor in the field,...

A Course of Mathematics

Charles Hutton; Olinthus Gregory · 1824 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

London, T. Cadell; C. and J. Rivington; Longman, Hurst, and Co; et al, 1824. Leather. Charles Hutton's educational course of mathematics, composed for his students at the Royal Military Academy. Volume I only, of a total of III.Charles Hutton's important course of ma...

The Life of the Bee

Maurice Maeterlinck; Alfred Sutro [trans.] · 1912 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.58 | ¥35,863)

London, George Allen, 1912 . Leather. The second impression of this illustrated edition of Maeterlinck's study of the bee, beautifully illustrated with colour plates by Detmold. First published in 1901, this work was re-set with Detmold's illustrations in 1911. This ...

Solutions of Goodwin&Apos;S Collection of Problems and Examples

William Wayman Hutt · 1863 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.19 | ¥36,917)

Cambridge , Deighton, Bell, and Co, 1863. Cloth. A very scarce and informative collection of mathematical problems and solutions William Wayman Hutt, previously owned by the mathematician David Singmaster. The third edition, revised and enlarged. In the publisher's origi...

Strata

Terry Pratchett · 1981 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.32 | ¥23,205)

New York, St. Martin's Press, 1981. First edition. Cloth. The first US edition of this early novel by Terry Pratchett, a wonderfully witty sci-fi novel. The first U.S. editionIn the original unclipped dust wrapper.'Strata' is an early novel by the brilliant Terr...

The Diamondking of Sahara

Sigurd Wettenhovi-Aspa · 1935 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.82 | ¥83,328)

Helsinki, K. F. Puromies Limited, 1935. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce science fiction novel by the Finnish author Sigurd Wettenhovi-Aspa, the first edition. The first edition of this very scarce work.'The Diamondking of Sahara' is a brilliant science fictio...

Marmaduke Emperor of Europe

X [Frank Attfield Fawkes] · 1895 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.34 | ¥28,479)

Chelmsford; London, Edmund Durrant & Co; Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent, & Co. LD, 1895. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce future war sci-fi novel from British author Frank Attfield Fawkes. First edition. Scarce work. Illustrated with a frontispiece. &a...

I Love Galesburg in the Springtime: Fantasy and Time Stories

Jack Finney · 1965 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.29 | ¥17,931)

London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1965. First edition. Cloth. A smart first UK edition of this collection of science fiction and fantasy stories from American author Jack Finney. First UK edition. Uncommon as the UK first. A collection of ten short stories from Walter Braden "Jack"...