Matematica e fisica

The Talking Image of Urur

Franz Hartmann · 1890 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.84 | $151.92 | ¥24,260)

New York, John W. Lovell Company, [1890]. First edition. Paperback. A scarce science fiction novel by Franz Hartmann, a paperback issue of the first edition. A paperback issue of the first edition.A scarce work.'The Talking Image or Urur' is set in a Utopian city in ...

Children of Dune

Frank Herbert · 1976 · Rooke Books

£1,100.00 (€1,318.51 | $1,453.17 | ¥232,053)

London, Victor Gollancz LTD, 1976. First edition. Cloth. Frank Herbert's third novel in his bestselling 'Dune' series, a fine copy of the first U.K. edition. The first U.K. edition, first impression.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.The third of Frank Herbe...

Nights with an Old Gunner and Other Studies of Wild Life

C. J. Cornish · 1897 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

London , Seeley And Co. 1897. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition on wildfowling and wild life written by Charles John Cornish. The first edition. Very scarce.Nights With an Old Gunner and Other Stories of Wild Life is a book that explores the observation of wild...

A Sequel to Looking Backward, or, "Looking Further Forward

Richard Michaelis · 1888 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, William Reeves, c1891. Hardback. One of the many unofficial sequels to Bellamy's important sci-fi novel 'Looking Backward', this being the fourth edition of Richard Michaelis' contribution. The fourth edition.An intriguing sequel to Edward Bellamy&a...

A Cityless and Countryless World

Henry Olerich · 1893 · Rooke Books

£325.00 (€389.56 | $429.34 | ¥68,561)

Iowa, Gilmore & Olerich, [1893]. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon first edition utopian novel by Henry Olerich, a brilliant science fiction foray in which a Martian comes to Earth, a superior copy of this novel. The first edition of this uncommon work.Illustrated with a foldi...

Notes on the Birds of Rutland

Charles Reginald Haines · 1907 · Rooke Books

£58.00 (€69.52 | $76.62 | ¥12,235)

London, R. H. Porter, 1907 . First edition. Cloth. The uncommon first edition of this lovely ornithological work on Rutland in the East Midlands. First edition of Notes on the Birds of Rutland by Charles Reginald Haines in the original publisher's cloth binding. An uncomm...

Medical Portrait Gallery. Biographical Memoirs of the Most Celebrated Physicians Surgeons, Etc. Etc. Who Have Contributed to the Advancement of Medical Science

Thomas Joseph Pettigrew · 1838 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)

London, Fisher, Son & Co, 1838. First edition. Leather. Illustrated with thirty-six plates of portraits, this is an excellent copy of the first two volumes of Pettigrew's biographical memoirs of those individuals who have contributed to the advancement of medical science....

The Roads of England

R.M.C. Anderson; Sir William R. Morris · 1932 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

London, Ernest Benn, 1932. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce work on the transportation and roadways of England, with numerous illustrated maps throughout. A fascinating early twentieth-century work on transportation and roadways through England, including...

Lives of Boulton and Watt. Principally from the Original Soho Mss. Comprising Also a History of the Invention and Introduction of the Steam-Engine.

Samuel Smiles · 1865 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

London, John Murray, 1865 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of this biography of two steam-engine engineers from the nineteenth century with illustrations. First edition, in full calf binding of Lives of Boulton and Watt. Principally from the Original Soho MSS. Compr...

The Rhine and Its Picturesque Scenery: Rotterdam to Mayence and the Upper Rhine: The Scenery of Its Banks and the Manners of Its People

Henry Mayhew · 1856 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.71 | ¥62,232)

London, David Bogue; George, Routledge and Co. 1856-1858. First edition. Cloth. Henry Mayhew explores the Rhine and its beauty in this charming and scarce collection of two volumes illustrated by Birket Forster. The first edition of both volumes. The first edition of this char...

Chekhov&Apos;S Journey

Ian Watson · 1983 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1983. First edition. Cloth. An imaginative piece of science fiction in which a modern actor uses hypnosis to simulate Chekhov's journey through Siberia in 1890. A compelling and mysterious work, exploring the mysteries of the mind, Chekhov&apo...

A Man of Double Deed

Leonard Daventry · 1965 · Rooke Books

£34.00 (€40.75 | $44.92 | ¥7,173)

London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1965. Cloth. A first edition of Leonard Daventry's science fiction novel set at the end of the twenty-first century, complete with a yellow Gollancz dust wrapper. This novel follows the concepts of telepathy and having a composite mind. Set in...

Beyond Tomorrow

Damon Knight [ed.] · 1968 · Rooke Books

£78.00 (€93.49 | $103.04 | ¥16,455)

London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1968. First edition. Cloth. An exciting collection of science fiction tales, featuring authors such as Arthur C. Clarke, Ray Bradbury and Isaac Asimov. Contains ten short stories, with works by Alan E. Nourse, Arthur C. Clarke, Robert A. Heinlein, ...

The Skylark of Space

Edward E. Smith; Lee Hawkins Garby · 1947 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.75 | $244.40 | ¥39,027)

Rhode Island, Hadley Publishing Company, 1947. Cloth. The second edition of this illustrated space opera, one of the first science fiction featuring interstellar travel. The second edition of this work.In the original unclipped dustwrapper.'The Skylark of Space' is o...

Cursus Mathematicus Mathematical Sciences in Nine Books

William Leybourn · 1690 · Rooke Books

£5,500.00 (€6,592.53 | $7,265.83 | ¥1,160,263)

London, Thomas Basset, Benjamin Tooke et al , 1690. Leather. A scarce, illustrated mathematical work written by William Leybourn. An encyclopaedic work. Illustrated, collated complete with forty-four plates (35 folding).This copy is in need of a caring restoration to the bindi...

Orphans of the Sky

Robert Heinlein · 1963 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€898.98 | $990.80 | ¥158,218)

London, Gollancz, 1963. First edition. Cloth. A fine, first edition example of Robert Heinlein's noted science fiction work first issued in 'Astounding Science Fiction&apos. A superior copy. Issued as a part of Heinlein's 'future history' series, which...

Wild England of Today

C J Cornish · 1895 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.19 | ¥36,917)

London, Seeley and Co, 1895. First edition. Leather. A finely bound, charmingly illustrated work on England's wildlife, by accomplished naturalist Charles John Cornish. The first edition of this work.In a very smart Bumpus binding, with their binder's stamp to the ve...

Amid the High Hills

Sir Hugh Fraser · 1923 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, A and C Black, 1923. First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition copy of this beautifully illustrated natural history work by Hugh Fraser. Signed by the author, with a dedication to the recto of front endpaper, 'E F Bathurst with love and kindest wishes from the...

Beyond the Fall of Night

Arthur C. Clarke, Gregory Benford · 1990 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)

New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1990. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this science fiction work, signed by Gregory Benford. First edition, first impression, with complete number line. Signed by Benford to the title page. Beyond the Fall of Night begins with the ...

The Man Who Vanished Into Space: Another Adventure of the Spacecraft Tavons in the Great Unknown

W.E. Johns · 1963 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1963. Cloth. The Children's Book Club edition of W.E. John's final science fiction novel, following the adventures of the Tavona Spacecraft after finding a mysterious body. The Children's Book Club edition of The Man Who Vanished In...