Matematica e fisica

The Iron Detective of Germany: A Comedy of the Near Future

H. P. FitzGerald Marriott · 1908 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.19 | ¥36,917)

London, Ballantyne and Co, 1908 . First edition. Paperback. The vanishingly scarce fifth thousand of the first edition of anthropologist H. P. Fitzgerald Marriott's science fiction novel about a robot detective. The fifth thousand of the first edition of this very scarce ...

Sub Sole or Under the Sun Missionary Adventures in the Great Sahara

Reverend Artegall Smith [Philip Norton] · 0 · Rooke Books

£320.00 (€383.57 | $422.74 | ¥67,506)

London, James Nisbet & Co. c1890. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this early science fiction novel from Reverend Philip Norton, with illustrations. First edition, first issue. Scarce work. Illustrated with a frontispiece and three plates. Collated complete. Foll...

Astrology of the Ancient Egyptians

Karma · 1924 · Rooke Books

£650.00 (€779.12 | $858.69 | ¥137,122)

London, Philip Allan & Co. 1924 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce, first edition of this historical study of the astrological beliefs of the ancient Egyptians. First edition. Bound in the publisher's original cloth. This scarce work provides a comprehensive insight in...

The Spider&Apos;S Web

Theodore H. Savory · 1952 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd, 1952. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this study on spiders by Theodore H Savory, with colour illustrations. The first edition. Part of the 'Wayside and Woodland Series&apos.Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece, monochr...

Round the Moon, a Sequel to "from the Earth to the Moon

Jules Verne · 1869 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, Richard Butterwoth, c1905 . Cloth. An early twentieth century edition of Jules Verne's thrilling work of science fiction. This work is the sequel to Jules Verne's 'From the Earth to the Moon', an exciting science fiction novel which continues the tr...

The Disk: A Tale of Two Passions

Edward A. Robinson; George A. Wall · 1884 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.79 | ¥37,972)

Boston, Cupples, Upham and Company, 1884 . First edition. Cloth. A signed copy of the scarce first edition of this fantastical science-fiction novel, inscribed by co-author George A. Wall. The scarce first edition of this work, in the red cloth variant of the publisher's ...

The Gods Give My Donkey Wings

Angus Evan Abbott [James Barr] · 1895 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.29 | ¥17,931)

London, Methuen & Co. 1895. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon Lost Race tale by the author James Barr, under his pseudonym Angus Evan Abbott. The first edition of this uncommon work in the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. James Barr (1862-1923) was a Canadian...

Elenchus Brown the Story of an Experimental Utopia Compiled by a Student of Battersea Polytechnic

Bertha Louisa Bowhay · 1929 · Rooke Books

£695.00 (€833.06 | $918.14 | ¥146,615)

London, H. R. Allenson, Limited, 1929. First edition. Cloth. An inscribed, first edition presentation copy of this very scarce satirical novel, with illustrations by Harvey Langdon. The first edition. Very scarce.Presentation copy, inscribed by the author to the illustrator: ...

Ozar the Aztec

Walker A. Tompkins · 1935 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, Gramol Publications LTD, 1935. Paperback. A scarce Lost Race novel, set in the mountains of Mexico, where a scientists discovers a hidden race of Aztecs. A scarce work.First serialised in 'Top-Notch Magazine' in 1933, 'Ozar the Aztec' is an exciting...

The Dosadi Experiment

Frank Herbert · 1978 · Rooke Books

£895.00 (€1,072.78 | $1,182.35 | ¥188,806)

London, Victor Gollancz LTD, 1978. First edition. Cloth. The sought after and scarce first U.K. impression of the second ConSentiency universe novel by Frank Herbert. The first U.K. edition, scarce to see first impression.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.The second full-...

Notes on the Birds of Kent

R. J. Balston; C. W. Shepherd; E. Bartlett · 1907 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.25 | $726.58 | ¥116,026)

London, R. H. Porter, 1907 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of this vibrantly illustrated ornithological study of the birds of Kent, in a half morocco signed binding. Only three-hundred copies of this first edition were produced.Illustrated with a photographic front...

John Gould the Bird Man

Gordon C. Sauer · 1982 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

London, Henry Sotheran Limited , 1982 . First edition. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated first edition of this biographical work on John Gould, one of the most distinguished ornithologists of the nineteenth century. First edition of the work, in the publisher's original gr...

The Gold-Headed Cane

William MacMichael · 1919 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, Humphrey Milford, 1919. Cloth. A smart reprint of the second edition of this celebrated work from MacMichael. Reprint of the second edition, originally published in 1828. With illustrated frontispiece and many in-text images. A celebrated autobiography of the gold-head...

One Hundred Years Hence

Walter Emanuel · 1911 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

London, Eveleigh Nash, [1911]. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce spoof newspaper by Walter Emanuel, the first edition of this sci-fi satire looking one hundred years ahead to the year 2011. The first edition of this very scarce work.An interesting work of science fiction...

After the Revolution and Other Holiday Fantasies

William Wallace · 1893 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

Glasgow, William Hodge, 1893 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce collection of stories and sketches by William Wallace, assembling works he had previously published in the 'Glasgow Herald&apos. The first edition of this scarce work.Collecting a number...

John Harvey a Tale of the Twentieth Century

Anon Moore [James M. Galloway] · 1897 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

Chicago, Charles H. Kerr & Company, 1897. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this late nineteenth century science fiction novel, depicting a socialist utopia in the mid twentieth century. The first edition of this scarce novel, published under the pseudonym of J...

The Ape Man

Henry T. Johnson · 0 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.19 | $786.03 | ¥125,519)

London, The Modern Publishing Company, c1930. Cloth. A vanishingly scarce 'Apes and Human' novel by Henry T. Johnson, in the vivid original dust wrapper. A vanishingly scarce work, with only two records of this novel being help institutionally, at the University of C...

Yet in My Flesh

M.E. Mitchell · 1933 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)

London, J.M. Dent and Sons, 1933 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first impression of M.E. Mitchell's science fiction novel about scientific research into immortality drugs. The first edition, first impression, in the publisher's original price unclipped du...

Introduction ãƒâ  la Gãƒâ©Omãƒâ©Trie Supãƒâ©Rieure

M. Housel [Charles Pierre Housel] · 1865 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Paris, Gauthier-Villars, Imprimeur-Libraire, 1865. First edition. Leather. A first edition copy of this scarce introduction to higher geometry, in the original French. The first edition of this scarce work in a half calf binding. Ink inscription to the front free end paper, da...

An Anthology of Number

Anonymous · 1985 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

Not Stated, The Pembridge Design Studio, 1985 . First edition. Paperback. An excellent copy of this very scarce work on the occult powers of numbers. This unusual and very scarce first edition, anonymously authored, discusses various esoteric ideas about the powers of numbers,...