Matematica e fisica

A Scottish Naturalist: The Sketches and Notes of Charles St. John 1809-1856

Charles St. John · 1982 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Andre Deutsch, 1982. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated collection of the notes of Scottish naturalist Charles St. John. First edition. Illustrated throughout. A detailed collection of the notes and sketches of Charles St. John, a naturalis...

Kiteworld

Keith Roberts · 1985 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Gollancz, 1985. Paperback. A proof copy of this sci-fi tale about men who fly in kites to fight demons. The proof copy, in an unclipped proof dust wrapper.A sequence of science fiction tales, in which men in the 'Kite Corps' fly in kites to defeat demonic for...

The Tombs of Atuan

Ursula K. le Guin · 1973 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.80 | $191.55 | ¥30,589)

London, Victor Gollancz LTD, 1973. Cloth. The second impression of Ursula K. Le Guin's second volume in her influential 'Earthsea' fantasy series. The second impression, published the year after the first impression.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.'T...

The Inner Wheel

Keith Roberts · 1969 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1969. Paperback. A very scarce proof of this early work by Keith Roberts, a volume of three interconnected tales. A very scarce proof copy of this work. The first edition was published in 1970.'The Inner Wheel' contains three interlinked sh...

Sur L&Apos;Origine de Nos Chiffres Lettre de M.L. Am. Sedillot

M. L. AM. Sedillot [Louis-Pierre-Eugene Sedillot] · 1865 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.74 | $58.13 | ¥9,282)

Rome, Imprimerie des Sciences Mathematiques et Physiques, 1865. Paperback. A copy of the letter written by Louis-Pierre-Eugene Sedillot to the Prince Baldassarre Boncompagni-Ludovisi on the origin of figures, in the original French. French. Very scarce. A copy of the letter fr...

Essays on Physiognomy

John Caspar Lavater; Johann Kaspar Lavater; Thomas Holcroft · 1879 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

London, William Tegg and Co, 1879. Cloth. An English translation of the important essays on physiognomy by Johann Kaspar Lavater, illustrated throughout. A collection of the essays of Johann Kaspar Lavater on physiognomy, writings which helped to popularise the science.Illustr...

The Face As Indicative of Character

Alfred T. Story · 0 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.05 | ¥10,548)

London, L. N. Fowler & Co, c1890. Cloth. A very scarce treatise on physiognomy and phrenology by Alfred Thomas Story, with illustrated figures throughout. A very scarce work.A treatise of physiognomy and phrenology by Alfred Thomas Story. With in-text illustrations throughout...

The New Naturalist

Various · 1945 · Rooke Books

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

London, Collins, 1945-90. First edition. Cloth. A lovely set of thirteen volumes from the popular and long running 'New Naturalist' series, with many colourful plates. A thirteen volume set of 'The New Naturalist', a series published by Collins on a variety...

Rocannon&Apos;S World

Ursula K. le Guin · 1979 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.05 | ¥10,548)

London, Victor Gollancz LTD, 1979. First edition. Cloth. A fine first U.K. hardback edition of the debut novel of noted sci-fi author Ursula K. le Guin. The first U.K. hardback edition, first impression.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.'Rocannon's World' i...

The Laws of Life, with Special Reference to the Physical Education of Girls

Elizabeth Blackwell · 1859 · Rooke Books

£2,750.00 (€3,296.26 | $3,632.92 | ¥580,131)

London, Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd, 1859. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce copy of the first UK edition of this important debut work from Anglo-American physician Elizabeth Blackwell. First UK edition. Very scarce. As the first published work from the author, collected ...

Talks with Shepherds

Walter Johnson · 1925 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.19 | ¥36,917)

London, George Routledge and Sons Ltd , 1925. First edition. Cloth. The author's presentation copy of this charming work, documenting Walter Johnson's conversations and observations of shepherds, with the author's corrections. First edition. The author's p...

The Sense of the Past

Henry James · 1927 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, W. Collins Sons & Co Ltd , [1927]. Cloth. Henry James' unfinished comedy of manners featuring time travel, in the original very scarce dust wrapper. A later edition, first published in 1917. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped, very...

Mereside Chronicle: With a Short Interlude of Lochs and Lochans

C. F. Tunnicliffe · 1948 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

London, Country Life Limited, 1948. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this highly illustrated work on Mereside from English painter Charles Frederick Tunnicliffe, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, six plans, ...

On the Track of the Mail-Coach: Being a Volume of Reminiscences Personal and Otherwise

F. E. Baines · 1895 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

London, Richard Bentley and Son, 1895. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this charming collection of reminiscences from coach journeys on the mail-coach. First edition. With a frontispiece. A charming collection of reminiscences from the author's own adventur...

The Man Who Was Seven Times God

John George Shaw · 1936 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

London, Rich & Cowan LTD, 1936. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce science fiction novel, following a man who declares himself a god in seven places, the first edition. The first edition of this very scarce work.'The Man Who Was Seven Times God' is a curious sci-fi ...

The Moon Gods

Edgar Jepson · 1930 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)

London, Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1930. First edition. Cloth. An exciting Lost Race novel by Edgar Jepson, the first edition of this very scarce work. The first edition of this very scarce work.'The Moon Gods' is a science fiction novel, in which a Lost race is discov...

The Quickening of Caliban

J. Compton Rickett · 1893 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

London, Cassell and Company, Limited, [1893]. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce sci-fi novel by Joseph Compton Rickett, following the discovery of a lost race in Africa. The first edition of this scarce work.A Lost World sci-fi novel, in which a "more mode...

Peace Under Earth

Paul Beaujon; [Beatrice Warde] · 1938 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)

London, Megaw, 1938. First edition. Hardback. A scarce science fiction novella set in the near future, the first edition of this work by Beatrice Warde. The first edition of this scarce work.In the original glassine wrap.A short science fiction novella, comprising of dialogues...

Zero to Eighty

Akkad Pseudoman; [Edwin Fitch Northrup] · 1937 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

New Jersey, Scientific Publishing Company, 1937. First edition. Cloth. An illustrated science fiction novel by American inventor Edwin Fitch Northrup, the first edition. The first edition, first impression.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.An intriguing sci-fi novel, comp...

War over Lemuria: Richard Shaver, Ray Palmer and the Strangest Chapter of 1940s Science Fiction

Richard Toronto; Earl Kemp · 2013 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

Jefferson and London, McFarland & Company, 2013 . First edition. Paperback. The first edition of Toronto's fascinating guide to the 1940s 'Shaver Mystery', with a loosely inserted typed review from American science fiction editor Earl Kemp. The first edition of ...