Matematica e fisica

Tables of Interest

John Thomson · 1847 · Rooke Books

£100.00 (€119.86 | $132.11 | ¥21,096)

London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1847. Leather. A copy of this financial work in an attractive calf binding. A copy of 'Tables of Interest, at 3, 4, 4 1/2, and 5 per cent. From one pound to ten thousand, and from one to three hundred and sixty-five days, in a ...

Books on Bees

Herbert Mace; J.M. Dunning; D'Arcy Chapman; Karl von Frisch [ed. by Nathaniel Tarn] · 1921 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

London; Oxford, Hutchinson and Co.; Kingsgate Press; Basil Blackwell; Jonathan Cape, 1921-1968. First edition. Cloth. A lovely little set on Bees, largely concerning their behaviours, their scientific attributes and their important role in our ecosystem. A lovely little group ...

The Farrier&Apos;S Dispensatory

William Gibson · 1725 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.19 | ¥36,917)

London, J. Osborn and T. Longmans, 1725 . Leather. An attractive example of the second edition of William Gibson's guide to veterinary care for horses. A scarce work in all editions. The second edition of this work, which is scarce in all editions.William Gibson offers a ...

Every Mother&Apos;S Book

1949 · Rooke Books

£34.00 (€40.75 | $44.92 | ¥7,173)

Sussex, Alfred Fennings, 1949. Brochure/Pamphlet. A very smart copy of this illustrated guide for mothers from Alfred Fennings chemist. Scarce work. With illustrations throughout. A charming pamphlet from the chemist Alfred Fennings, who established Fennings Pharmaceuticals in...

Arithmetic Designed for the Use of Schools: To Which Is Added a Chapter on Decimal Coinage

J. W. Colenso · 1871 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co, 1871. Cloth. A comprehensive school guide on arithmetic, previously owned by the noted mathematician David Singmaster. The new edition, thoroughly revised with the addition of notes and examination-papers.Previously owned by the noted mathemati...

The Toynbee Convector

Ray Bradbury · 1988 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of short science fiction from American author Ray Bradbury. First edition. A collection of twenty-three tales which begin in the familiar rooms and landscapes of our lives and then ...

Brier-Patch Philosophy

Peter Rabbit"; William J. Long · 1906 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

Boston, Ginn & Company Publishers, 1906. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated study of animal philosophy from American naturalist William Joseph Long. First edition. Uncommon work. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, four plates, and numerous in-...

The Blinding Light: A Tale

Colin Collins · 1910 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, Greening and Co. Ltd , 1910. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce science fiction novel centring on the invention of a powerful ray. The first edition of this very scarce title. In the publisher's original cloth binding.This science fiction novel depicts the conse...

The Wishful Think

Bernard Newman · 1954 · Rooke Books

£88.00 (€105.48 | $116.25 | ¥18,564)

London, Robert Hale Limited, 1954. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of this Cold War era sci-fi novel by Bernard Newman. The first edition, first impression.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.'The Wishful Think' is a sci-fi novel, following a man ...

Mutant

Lewis Padgett [Henry Kuttner]; [C. L. Moore] · 1953 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.69 | $297.24 | ¥47,465)

New York, Gnome Press Inc, 1953. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this collection of science fiction stories by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore, in the original dust wrapper. The first edition of this collection, first printing. In the publisher's original cloth ...

Dark Tides

Eric Frank Russell · 1962 · Rooke Books

£285.00 (€341.61 | $376.50 | ¥60,123)

London, Dennis Dobson, 1962. First edition. Cloth. This first edition, first impression of a collection of short science fiction stories by the celebrated author Eric Frank Russell, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of the work.With ...

The Fifth Galaxy Reader; the Artificial Man; Shadows 2

H. L. Gold [ed.]; L. P. Davies; Charles L. Grant [ed.] · 1961 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

New York, Doubeday and Company , 1961-1975 . Cloth. A wonderful selection of science fiction and fantasy stories, including two short story collections and L. P. Davies' suspenseful tale. Comprising the first edition of 'Shadows 2' and Book Club editions of &apo...

Recherches Expãƒâ©Rimentales Sur Les Conditions de L&Apos;Activitãƒâ© Cãƒâ©Rãƒâ©Brale

Henri-Etienne Beaunis · 1886 · Rooke Books

£285.00 (€341.61 | $376.50 | ¥60,123)

Paris, J.-B. Bailliere et FIls, 1886. Paperback. A very scarce treatise on neurophysiology by Henri-Étienne Beaunis, signed by the author. A very scarce work.Signed by the author to the recto of the front endpaper.In the original French.Part II only, of a total of two parts.A...

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

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)

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...

Green Mars

Kim Stanley Robinson · 1993 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.32 | ¥23,205)

London, HarperCollins, 1993. First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first impression, of Kim Stanley Robinson's second novel in his vast 'Mars' science fiction trilogy. The first edition, first impression of this work.In the original price-clipped dustwrapper....

The Quickening of Caliban: A Modern Story of Evolution

J. Compton Rickett · 1893 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, Cassell & Company, Limited, [1893]. First edition. Cloth. A scarce, first edition of J. Compton Rickett's only science-fiction novel, surrounding the evolution of a new species of human. The first edition of this scarce work.In the publisher's original green ...

A Woman of the Ice Age

L. P. Gratacap · 1906 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.78 | $211.37 | ¥33,753)

New York, Brentano's, 1906. First edition. Hardback. A scarce science fiction novel set in the Ice Age by Louis Pope Gratacap, the first edition of this thought provoking work. The first edition of this scarce work.'A Woman of the Ice Age' is a science fiction n...

The Loafers of Refuge

Joseph Green · 1965 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)

London, Victor Gollancz LTD, 1965. First edition. Cloth. A smart copy of the first U.K. edition of Joseph Green's first full-length sci-fi novel. The first edition, first impression.In the original unclipped dust wrapper, in the original wraparound. 'The Loafers of ...

The Bitter Pill

A. Bertram Chandler · 1972 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)

Melbourne, Wren, 1972. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of this brilliant sci-fi novel by A. Bertram Chandler, signed by the author. The first edition, first impression.Signed by the author to the title page.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.'The Bitt...

The Birds of Surrey

John A. Bucknill · 1900 · Rooke Books

£238.00 (€285.28 | $314.41 | ¥50,208)

London, R. H. Porter, 1900 . First edition. Leather. A handsome copy of the first edition of Sir John Strachey's illustrated ornithological study of the birds of Surrey. The first edition of this work by British lawyer and Judge John Alexander Strachey Bucknill, who serve...