Matematica e fisica

Heinlein in Dimension, and, in Search of Wonder

Alexei Panshin; Damon Knight · 1972 · Rooke Books

£46.00 (€55.14 | $60.77 | ¥9,704)

Chicago, Advent: Publishers, 1972. Paperback. Two of Advent's important critical publications on science fiction, by Alexei Panshin and Damon Knight. A set of two of the critical sci-fi volumes published by Advent:Publishers, known for being the genre's first scholar...

Assignment in Tomorrow: An Anthology; a Touch of Strange

Frederik Pohl [ed.]; Theodore Sturgeon · 1954 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

New York , Hanover House; Doubleday and Company, Inc. 1954. Cloth. Two terrific book club edition anthologies filled with ingenious science fiction tales, including a selection of stories by Theodore Sturgeon. Book Club editions. With the publisher's original dust wrappe...

Retrospect Reminiscences and Impressions of a Hunter-Naturalist in Three Continents 1851-1928

Abel Chapman · 1928 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

London, Gurney and Jackson, 1928. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated account of the life and work of naturalist Abel Chapman. The first edition of this work.A lovely volume of reminiscences of hunter-naturalist Abel Chapman, who is remembered for havin...

The Exploits of Jonathan Jow

William J. Makin · 1936 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.78 | $211.37 | ¥33,753)

London, C Arthur Pearson, Ltd , 1936. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce collection of stories concerning the investigation of city crimes by a beast expert, Jonathan Jow. The first edition of this vanishingly scarce work. In the publisher's original wraps. Undated...

The Principles of Political Economy

J. R. McCulloch · 1843 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

Edinburgh, William Tait, 1843 . Leather. A smart example of J. R. McCulloch's most popular work on economics, in a full calf signed binding by Hayday. First published in 1825, this is an enlarged and corrected edition.Political economist David Ricardo described this work ...

Hoppus&Apos;S Practical Measurer; or, Measuring Made Easy by a New Set of Tables, Which Show, at Sight, the Solid Content of Any Piece of Timber, Stone, &C.

Edward Hoppus · 0 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

Wakefield , William Nicholson and Sons , c1880. Cloth. A bright copy of this practical measuring guide from Edward Hoppus, the introducer of the Hoppus unit of measure. In the publisher's original cloth binding. With a folding frontispiece containing figures that demonst...

British Waders

E. C. Arnold · 1924 · Rooke Books

£188.00 (€225.34 | $248.36 | ¥39,660)

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1924. First edition. Cloth. A colourfully illustrated first edition of this ornithological study of British wader birds, written by E. C. Arnold. The first edition.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.A lovely work on the waders, or sho...

The Hand Phrenologically Considered: Being a Glimpse at the Relation of the Mind with the Organisation of the Body

Anonymous · 1848 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

London, Chapman and Hall, 1848. First edition. Cloth. A scarce work approaching the study of the hand phrenologically, the first edition, complete with plates. The first edition of this scarce work.An anonymously written study on the hand.This work approaches the hand phrenolo...

Points of the Horse: A Familiar Treatise on Equine Conformation

M. Horace Hayes · 1897 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, W. Thacker & Co. 1897. Cloth. A second edition copy of this illustrated guide to the anatomy and various breeds of horses, by horse expert Horace Hayes. The second revised edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with pictorial gilt to the f...

Field and Hedgerow: Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies Collected by His Widow

Richard Jefferies · 1897 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co, 1897. Cloth. A new edition of this posthumous work, containing the last essays of English nature writer, Richard Jefferies. A new edition of this work. In the publisher's original cloth binding. With a monochrome portrait frontispiece.A ...

Britain&Apos;S Industrial Future, Being the Report of the Liberal Industrial Inquiry

The Liberal Industrial Inquiry · 1928 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

London, Ernest Benn Limited, 1928. First edition. Paperback. A first edition of this historically significant report by the Liberal Industrial Inquiry on Britain's industrial future. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original paper wraps. Commonly cal...

Two Addresses Delivered at the Dedication of a New Transmitter of Radio Free Europe Beamed to Hungary

Frederic R. Dolbeare; Gyula Dessewffy · 1951 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

Stamford, The Overbrook Press, 1951. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A very scarce program and record of the two addresses spoken at the ceremony inaugurating the new service of Radio Free Europe for Hungary. First edition. Limited to three hundred copies. A program and reco...

The Life and Adventures of Peter Wilkins

Robert Paltock; A. H. Bullen [preface] · 1884 · Rooke Books

£475.00 (€569.35 | $627.50 | ¥100,205)

London, Reeves & Turner, 1884 . First edition. Leather. A fine first edition thus of Robert Paltock's 'Gulliver's Travels' inspired novel, in crushed half morocco Bayntun bindings. The first edition thus, being the first edition to feature the significant e...

Doctor Heidenhoff&Apos;S Process

Edward Bellamy · 0 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

London, William Reeves, c1890. Cloth. A scarce science fiction novella by Edward Bellamy, in which the plot concerns erasing memories. A scarce sci-fi novel by American author Edward Bellamy.No. 2 in the 'Bellamy Series'In 'Doctor Heidenhoff's Process'...

Man, Culture, and Animals: The Role of Animals in Human Ecological Adjustments. Based on a Symposium Presented at the Denver Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science 30 December 1961

Various; Anthony Leeds; Andrew P. Vayda [ed.] · 1970 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

Washington, D.C. American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1970. Cloth. An uncommon work discussing the historical relationships between animals and man, based on a symposium and developed from the editors' earlier work on the subject. The third printing of thi...

The Day That Changed the World

The Man Who Was Warned [Harold Begbie] · 1912 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.82 | ¥83,328)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, [1912] . First edition. Cloth. An uncommon, first edition of this compelling religious fantasy novel written by Harold Begbie as "The Man Who Was Warned". The first edition. Bound in the publisher's cloth with the original, vanishingly scarce...

The Polaris Trilogy

Charles B. Stilson · 1966 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)

New York, Avalon Books, Thomas Bouregy and Company Inc, 1966-68. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition set of this intriguing science fiction trilogy following a Tarzan-like man, by Charles B. Stilson. The first edition, first printings, in book form. Each volume is in ...

Shara-LI

Clyde Andre Castilla · 1958 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

Hollywood, Clear Thoughts, 1958 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of Clyde Andre Castilla's science fiction tale about the discovery of a lost Atlantis. The first edition of this very scarce work, from American author Clyde Andre Castilla.A thrilling 1...

The Aztec Treasure-House: A Romance of Contemporaneous Antiquity

Thomas A. Janvier · 1890 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

New York, Harper & Brothers, 1890. First edition. Cloth. An illustrated first edition, first impression of this 'lost race' novel, based on the authors travels in Mexico. The first edition, first impression of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding,...

The Submarine City

Joseph Delmont [Karl Pyck] · 1930 · Rooke Books

£390.00 (€467.47 | $515.21 | ¥82,273)

London, Hutchinson & Co, 1930 . First edition. Cloth. A publisher's presentation copy of the scarce first English translation of Joseph Delmont's thrilling novel about an undersea community built by German U-boat crews. The scarce first UK edition of this work, in th...