Matematica e fisica

Albert Einstein: A Biographical Portrait

Anton Reiser [Rudolf Kayser]; Albert Einstein · 1931 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.58 | ¥35,863)

London, Thornton Butterworth Limited , 1931. First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition, later state binding of Anton Reiser's biography on the celebrated theoretical physicist, Albert Einstein, with a foreword by the incredible scientist himself. The very scarce first UK...

Adrift in the Unknown

William Wallace Cook · 1925 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

New York, Street & Smith Corportation, 1925. Paperback. A scarce sci-fi novel by the popular American author WIlliam Wallace Cook. The second edition of this scarce work.Published as part of the 'Adventure Library', being No. 15 of the series. 'Adrift in the Un...

An American Emperor: The Story of the Fourth Empire of France

Louis Tracy; M. P. Shiel · 1897 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

London, C. Arthur Pearson, 1897 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Louis Tracy's thrilling future war science fiction novel, illustrated by E. S. Hope. The first edition of this exciting novel.Illustrated with a frontispiece and fifteen plates by E. S. Hope. Col...

The Caves of Treasure

Roy Norton · 1925 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, [1925]. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce novel in which a lost Mayan world is discovered. The first edition. First published in 'Red Magazine' 1919 and 1920 as two serials. In the publisher's original blind st...

The Man Who Ended War

Hollis Godfrey · 1910 · Rooke Books

£124.00 (€148.63 | $163.81 | ¥26,159)

London , Ward, Lock & Co. Limited , 1910. Cloth. An attractive edition of this widely regarded ingenious scientific novel, with monochrome plates. A scarce edition of this work.With an illustrated monochrome frontispiece and three illustrated monochrome plates. Collated comple...

A Romance of Two Centuries

Kenneth Sylvan Guthrie · 1919 · Rooke Books

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

Alpine, New Jersey, Platonist Press, [1919]. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce Near Future science fiction novel set in 2025, by Kenneth Sylvan Guthrie. The first edition of this very scarce work.Review copy, with a stamp to the title page.'A Rom...

The Supreme Mystery

J. H. Symons · 1917 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.82 | ¥83,328)

London, Methuen & Co LTD, 1917. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce time travel science fiction novel by J. H. Symons. The first edition of this very scarce work.A thrilling science fiction novel in which a scientist sends the spirit of a medium into va...

The Virgin of the Sun

H. Rider Haggard · 1922 · Rooke Books

£42.00 (€50.34 | $55.48 | ¥8,860)

London, Cassell and Company, Limited, 1922. First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of this thrilling adventure novel set in South America by the popular author H. Rider Haggard. The first UK edition of this work in the publisher's original tan cloth binding, with brow...

The Wanderer&Apos;S Necklace

H. Rider Haggard · 1914 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

London, Cassell and Company, Limited, 1914. First edition. Cloth. A first UK edition of H. Rider Haggard's adventure novel concerning Norseman Olaf in the eighth century. The first UK edition of this work in the scarce variant brown cloth binding with gilt lettering to th...

Yet in My Flesh

M. E. Mitchell · 1933 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.74 | $251.00 | ¥40,082)

London, J. M. Dent & Sons LTD, 1933. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of this science fiction novel pondering eugenics, by M. E. Mitchell. The first edition, first impression.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.This intriguing science fiction novel follows a...

Stardance

Spider Robinson; Jeanne Robinson · 1979 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

New York, The Dial Press/James Wade, 1979. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this dance based science fiction novel by husband and wife Spider and Jeanne Robinson. The first edition, first printing.In the original unclipped dust wrapper, by Larry Kresek and Holly ...

The Santaroga Barrier

Frank Herbert · 1970 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London, Rapp + Whiting, 1970. First edition. Cloth. The first U.K. edition of this alternative society science fiction novel by Frank Herbert. The first U.K. edition, first impression.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.An alternative society / culture novel by Frank Herber...

The Mathematical Theory of Electricity and Magnetism

J. H. Jeans · 1911 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.05 | ¥50,630)

Cambridge, Cambridge at the University Press, 1911. Cloth. A very smart second edition of Jeans' mathematical theory of electricity and magnetism. Second edition. Scarce work. With figures and mathematical formulae throughout. A detailed study on the divisions of electrom...

The Birds of Yorkshire

T. H. Nelson · 1907 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.82 | ¥83,328)

London, A. Brown and Sons, 1907 . First edition. Leather. The beautifully bound first edition of Thomas Hudson Nelson illustrated study of the native avifauna of Yorkshire. The two volume first edition of this work by British ornithologist Thomas Hudson Nelson.Nelson had an ex...

Consider Her Ways & Others

John Wyndham · 1961 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.19 | ¥36,917)

London, Michael Joseph, 1961. First edition. Cloth. A well presented first edition of this work comprised of six short stories by John Wyndham. A first edition of these works published together in this manner. Consider Her Ways was published originally in 1956. It has been rep...

A Plunge Into Space

Robert Cromie; Jules Verne · 1891 · Rooke Books

£345.00 (€413.53 | $455.77 | ¥72,780)

London, Frederick Warne and Co, [1891]. Cloth. The second edition of Robert Cromie's famous Utopian novel, this second edition with a preface by Jules Verne, and a frontispiece. The second edition, with a preface by Jules Verne.This issue without preliminary leaves, the f...

Vorlesungen Uber Allgemeine Arithmetik

Dr. Otto Stolz · 1885 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

Leipzig , Druck und Verlag Von B. G. Teubner, 1885. First edition. Leather. A first edition copy of this German mathematics volume. A first edition. In the original German. This is a volume of lectures on general arithmetic, being the first part considering General Arithmeti...

Tools and Machinery Catalogue No. 214 with Price List

Gardiner, Sons & Co. · 1952 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

Bristol, Gardiner, Sons & Co. Ltd. 1952. Cloth. A scarce catalogue from Gardiner, Sons & Co. for their tools and machinery with illustrations. Scarce work. Catalogue No. 214. A detailed account of all tools and machinery parts available from Gardiner, Sons & Co. with illustrat...

The Geological Evidence of the Antiquity of Man

Sir Charles Lyell · 1863 · Rooke Books

£770.00 (€922.95 | $1,017.22 | ¥162,437)

London, John Murray, 1863. First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first impression of Charles Lyell's important scientific work which helped to establish the new science of prehistoric archaeology in Great Britain. A very important nineteenth century scientific work whi...

The Spas of England and Principal Sea-Bathing Places: Northern Spas, Southern Spas, and Midland Spas

A. B. Granville · 1841 · Rooke Books

£385.00 (€461.48 | $508.61 | ¥81,218)

London, Henry Colburn, 1841 . First edition. Cloth. The complete three volume first edition of A. B. Granville's illustrated guide to the spas and sea bathing places of England. Volume I, 'Northern Spas', is illustrated with a folding linen map, eight plates, an...