Matematica e fisica

The Wild Flowers of Repton

William Wyatt; C. G. Thornton · 1866 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

London, Bemrose and Sons, 1866. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce study of the flora of Repton, illustrated with a folding map. The very scarce first edition of this work.A study of the natural wild flora of Repton, a village in South Derbyshire, on t...

Cloak of Aesir

John W. Campbell Jr. · 1952 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

Chicago, Shasta Publishers, 1952. Cloth. A first edition of John W. Campbell Jr.'s short science fiction story collection. Containing seven of Campbell's short stories: 'Forgetfulness', 'The Escape', 'The Machine', 'The Invaders&apo...

A Clockwork Orange

Anthony Burgess · 1962 · Rooke Books

£7,500.00 (€8,989.81 | $9,907.96 | ¥1,582,177)

London, Heinemann , 1962. First edition. Cloth. A scarce, signed, first edition copy of Anthony Burgess' celebrated novel, his jeu d'espirit, 'A Clockwork Orange&apos. A first edition, first issue of this canonical novel. A novel known for its use of 'Nadsa...

Catalogue of the Fossil Bryozoa in the Department of Geology British Museum

J W Gregory · 1899 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.80 | $191.55 | ¥30,589)

London, Longmans and Co, 1899. First edition. Cloth. A complete first edition set of this uncommon work regarding the Fossil Bryozoa in the British Museum. Bookplate to the front pastedown of all volumes 'Presented by the Trustees of The British Museum' and to the re...

Quicksee: Port to Port

Ernest J. Quick · 1954 · Rooke Books

£34.00 (€40.75 | $44.92 | ¥7,173)

Sussex, Ernest J. Quick, c1950. Cloth. The very scarce fourth edition of Ernest J. Quick"s extensive maritime reference, providing nearly 150,000 port-to-port distances alongside practical speed and voyage-time tables. In the publisher's original cloth binding.  Fourth e...

The Natural History of Selborne and Observations on Nature

Gilbert White · 1904 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

Toronto , Musson Book Co. Ltd, 1904. Cloth. A pleasing two-volume set of White's illustrated Natural History of Selborne and Observations on Nature with black and white photographic illustrations by Clifton Johnson throughout. In the publisher's original cloth. Compl...

The Fowler in Ireland: Notes on the Haunts and Habits of Wild Fowl and Sea Fowl

Sir Ralph Payne-Gallwey · 1882 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.84 | $151.92 | ¥24,260)

London, John Van Voorst, 1882. First edition. Cloth. A comprehensive guide into shooting birds across Ireland, including a variety of illustrations and boat designs, written by ballistics expert Ralph Payne-Gallwey. The first edition of The Fowler in Ireland: Notes on the Haun...

Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society

Various · 1896 · Rooke Books

£2,200.00 (€2,637.01 | $2,906.33 | ¥464,105)

London, Francis Hodgson, 1896-1914. Leather. Twenty volumes of the records of the London Mathematical Society. llustrated with five folding plates and numerous diagrams and formulas in the text. Including essays, lists of the council members, and more. Volume XXVII: 1895-96 Vo...

The Green Hills of Earth

Robert A Heinlein · 1951 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€407.54 | $449.16 | ¥71,725)

Chicago , Shasta Publishers, 1951. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Robert A Heinlein's short science-fiction work 'The Green Hills of Earth&apos. In original unclipped dustwrapper. With the illustrated bookplate of William J Jenkins to front pastedown. &ap...

The Lost Face Best Science Fiction from Czechoslovakia

Josef Nesvadba · 1971 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

New York, Taplinger Publishing Company, 1971. Cloth. An interesting collection of science fiction stories from Josef Nesvadba. First thus, this is the first U.S edition. This story collection was issued in Czech in 1964 and England in 1970 under the title of 'In The Foots...

Takeoff

Cyril M. Kornbluth · 1952 · Rooke Books

£300.00 (€359.59 | $396.32 | ¥63,287)

New York, Doubleday and Company, 1952. First edition. Cloth. A first edition review copy of this pulp-era science fiction novel by the Futurian Cyril Kornbluth. The blurb reads: "The brilliant young ceramics engineer and former government scientist Dr Michael Novak, stumbled i...

Star Bridge

Jack Williamson; James E. Gunn · 1955 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

New York, Gnome Press, 1955. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this pulp-era science fiction novel by Jack Williamson and James E. Gunn. The blurb explains: "Set in the far future, this is an exciting novel of the Golden Folk - children of Earth who return from outer sp...

The Open Mind

Georges Bernanos · 1945 · Rooke Books

£89.99 (€107.87 | $118.88 | ¥18,984)

London, John Lane The Bodley Head, 1945. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this novel by Georges Bernanos. Bernanos (1888 – 1948) was a French author, and a soldier in World War I. Of Roman Catholic and monarchist leanings, he was a violent adversary to bourgeois thoug...

Tables of Interest, Discount, Annuities &C First Published in the Year 1724 by John Smart and Now Revised, Enlarged and Improved

Charles Brand · 1780 · Rooke Books

£99.99 (€119.85 | $132.09 | ¥21,094)

London, T Longman, 1780. Leather. This is an uncommon (fifth) edition of the noted actuary guide by John Smart. To which is added an appendix containing some observations on the general probability of life. John Smart was a pioneer of the actuarial science and his original tab...

Practical Measuring Made Easy to the Meanest Capacity

E Hoppus · 1825 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

York, Thomas Wilson, 1825. Leather. An revised and improved edition of Hoppus' Measurer. Containing various tables for measuring timber, stone, glass and anything made use of in building construction or repair. Revised by T. Crosby. E. Hoppus was an English surveyor who l...

The Chase of the Golden Meteor

Jules Verne · 1909 · Rooke Books

£325.00 (€389.56 | $429.34 | ¥68,561)

London, Grant Richards, 1909. First edition. Cloth. A first UK edition of The Chase of the Golden Meteor by Jules Verne. Illustrated. Jules Gabriel Verne (8 February 1828 – 24 March 1905) was a French novelist, poet, and playwright best known for his adventure novels and his ...

A Treatise on Surveying

Reginald E. Middleton; Osbert Chadwick; J. Du T. Bogle · 1911 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,016)

London, E. & F. N. Spon ltd, 1911. Cloth. A fascinating and informative manual on the mathematics of surveying; providing details regarding the methods of topographical surveys and trigonometrical control for hydrographic surveys. Complete with illustrations and tables through...

De L&Apos;Intelligence

Hippolyte Taine · 1897 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.58 | ¥35,863)

Paris, Librairie Hachette et Cie, 1897. Leather. A two volume set of this work on psychology and human personality by Hippolyte Taine. Hippolyte Taine was a French critic and historian, credited as one of the chief theoretical influences of French naturalism. First published i...

The Life and Remains of the Rev. Edward Daniel Clarke

William Otter · 1824 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.39 | $594.48 | ¥94,931)

London, George Cowie & Co. 1824 . First edition. Leather. A handsomely bound first edition of the only work solely dedicated to clergyman and minerologist Edward Daniel Clarke, from his friend William Otter. The first edition of this work.Illustrated with a portrait frontispie...

Our Own Pompeii: A Romance of to-Morrow

Samuel Middleton Fox · 1887 · Rooke Books

£1,500.00 (€1,797.96 | $1,981.59 | ¥316,435)

Edinburgh, William Blackwood and Sons, 1887 . First edition. Cloth. Inscribed by the author to his own mother, this is the very scarce first edition of Samuel Middleton Fox's entertaining science fiction novel about a society's failure to run a futuristic pleasure ci...