Matematica e fisica

Threads of Time

Robert Silverberg et al. · 1975 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, Millington, 1975. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first UK edition collection of three novellas compiled and edited by Robert Silverberg. This first UK edition of 'threads of Time' collects three original novellas from science fiction authors Gregory Benford, ...

Lettsom His Life, Times, Friends and Descendents

James Johnston Abraham · 1933 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

London, William Heinemann, 1933. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing first edition copy of this fascinating biographical study of the renowned English physician and philanthropist John Coakley Lettsom. Lettsom was a quaker, physician and philanthropist known for his abolitionist ...

The Best of Clifford D. Simak

Clifford D. Simak · 1975 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.53 | $63.41 | ¥10,126)

London, Sidgwick & Jackson, 1975. First edition. Cloth. A first edition collection of short stories by award winning science fiction author Simak, in colourful unclipped dust wrapper. A first edition anthology title in original publisher's cloth, in excellent condition, ...

The Cyclopaedia of Machine and Hand-Tools: A Series of Plans, Sections, and Elevations of the Most Approved Tools for Working in Iron, Wood, and Other Materials; Engraved from Working Drawings Furnished by the Makers, with Descriptive Letterpress.

W. J. Macquorn Rankine; St. John Vincent Day · 1869 · Rooke Books

£995.00 (€1,192.65 | $1,314.46 | ¥209,902)

London, William Mackenzie , 1869. First edition. Leather. A sought after copy of this heavily illustrated Victorian engineering encyclopaedia, from pioneering mathematician and physicist W. J. M. Rankine. The first edition of this very scarce and profusely illustrated folio wo...

Half-Hours in the Green Lanes: A Book for a Country Stroll

J. E. Taylor · 1910 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.34 | ¥28,479)

London, John Grant, 1910 . Leather. A lovely copy of the eighth edition of this scarce illustrated natural history guide for amateur naturalists, with many black and white drawings of flora and fauna, bound in full calf.  Bound in full calf. The eighth edition of this scarce...

Interest Tables at Five Per Cent

George Oates · 1851 · Rooke Books

£199.99 (€239.72 | $264.20 | ¥42,189)

London, Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1851. Leather. A mathematical, accountancy work regarding interest tables in the nineteenth century. Leatherbound volume with gilt title to the spine. Interest Tables at Five per Cent. In which are shown the interest on any sum from ...

A Compendious System of Natural Philosophy with Notes Containing the Mathematical Demonstrations and Some Occasional Remarks

J Rowning · 1738 · Rooke Books

£600.00 (€719.18 | $792.64 | ¥126,574)

London, Sam Harding, 1738. Leather. John Rowning's chief scientific work. comprising of parts I-III in their entirety, bound as one volume. The work is bound in a peculiar fashion in the order of Part I, Part II continued, Part III continued, Part II and Part III. The thi...

A System of Logic, Ratiocinative and Inductive in Two Volumes

John Stuart Mill · 1872 · Rooke Books

£99.99 (€119.85 | $132.09 | ¥21,094)

London , Longmans, Green, Reader and Dyer, 1872. Cloth. The complete set of John Stuart Mill's influential philosophical work. Eighth Edition. 'Being a connected view of the principles of evidence and the methods of scientific investigation&apos. John Stuart Mill was...

Design and Construction of Reinforced Concrete Bridges

A. W. Legat; G. Dunn; W. A. Fairhurst · 1948 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, Concrete Publications Limited, 1948. First edition. Cloth. A richly illustrated engineering manual on reinforced concrete bridges, with photographic examples, detailed drawings, and practical guidance for design and construction. In the publisher's original cloth ...

A Copy of the Statistical Report on the Health of the Navy for the Year 1867

Lord John Hay · 1869 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, The House of Commons, 1869 . First edition. Leather. The scarce first edition of this report on the health of the navy for the year 1867, signed by Sir Alexander Armstrong, Director General of the Medical Department of the Navy. A scarce first edition.Inscribed to the ...

Natural History Rambles: Lane and Field

Rev. J. G. Wood · 1879 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1879. Leather. A leather bound copy of this illustrated study of natural history from English writer John George Wood. Natural History Rambles series. Illustrated throughout. An exploration of the natural history of the mammal...

London Airport. Developments in the Central Terminal Area

1954 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.49 | $495.40 | ¥79,109)

London, Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation, 1954. Cloth. A very scarce report, offering insight into the vast developments of Heathrow in the 1950s. A very scarce work.The original front wrap is bound in.An interesting report on the developments of the central terminal a...

A Year of Sport and Natural History: Shooting, Hunting, Coursing, Falconry, and Fishing

Oswald Crawfurd [editor] · 1895 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, Chapman & Hall, 1895. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this commentary of a year of sporting from British journalist Oswald Crawfurd. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and fifty-seven plates. Collated complete. A detailed record of a year of ...

Lehrbuch Der Elementargeometrie

Friedrich Rummer · 1850 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,016)

Heidelberg, J. C. B. Mohr, 1850. Cloth. The second edition of this scarce German textbook on geometry by Friedrich Rummer. The second edition of this scarce work.In the original German.A treatise on elementary geometry, educating the reader on the field of mathematics through ...

A Treatise on the Elements of Algebra

G. Ainsworth; J. Yeats · 1854 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, H. Ingram and Co, 1854. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce treatise on algebra, from the library of David Singmaster. The first edition of this very scarce work.A treatise on algebra presented in an efficient and comprehensive manner, containin...

The Great Peril and How It Was Averted

W. Laird Clowes · 1893 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.98 | ¥34,808)

London, Offices of "Black and White, 1893. First edition. Cloth. A scarce sci-fi novel by W. Laird Clowes, following an American inventor trying to take over Britain, the first edition. The first edition in book form of this scarce work.A sci-fi novel, in which an American mag...

Kaeti & Company

Keith Roberts · 1986 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

Salisbury, Kerosina Books, 1986. First edition. Cloth. A smart limited edition copy of this collection of short stories from English science fiction author Keith Robert, signed by the author. First edition. Limited to two hundred copies numbered and signed by the author which ...

Mon Arithmetique, J&Apos;Apprends a Compter Un! Deux! Trois!

Mademoiselle H. S. Bres · 1919 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

Paris, Hachette, 1919. Brochure/Pamphlet. A delightfully illustrated French language children's guide to mathematics and learning to count. In the original French.Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and three further colour plates, with further monochrome illustrations...

Journal of the British Interplanetary Society

British Interplanetary Society; Arthur C. Clarke; D. F. Lawden; H. Percy Wilkins et al · 1949 · Rooke Books

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

London, British Interplanetary Society, 1949-1954. First edition. Paperback. The first edition of twenty-six issues and two annual reports of this fascinating scientific journal, including three articles from Arthur C. Clarke himself. Twenty-six issues and two annual reports o...

Pensees de Blaise Pascal Precedees D&Apos;Une Notice Sur Sa Vie Pur Madame Perier, Sa Soeur

1844 · Rooke Books

£47.00 (€56.34 | $62.09 | ¥9,915)

Paris , Didier, Libraire-Editeur, 1844. Cloth. A French philosophical work from child prodigy and mathematician, Blaise Pascal, in the smart gilt-decorated cloth binding. A French collection of fragments written by the 17th-century philosopher and mathematician Blaise Pascal. ...