Matematica e fisica

A Sure Guide to the Practical Surveyor

John Holwell · 1678 · Rooke Books

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

London, W. Godbid for Christopher Hussey, 1678. First edition. Leather. A vanishingly scarce seventeenth century manual on practical surveying by John Holwell, illustrated with folding plates, the first and only edition of this work. The first and only edition of this very sca...

The Excursion of a Village Curate; or, the Fruits and Gleanings of a Months Ramble in Quest of Health

[George Henry Taylor] · 1827 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.05 | ¥50,630)

London, Lupton Relfe, 1827 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this charming topographical work by George Henry Taylor, detailing an excursion in quest of health. The very scarce first edition of this work. Very scarce in all editions.A charming travel work ...

Ornithological Dictionary of British Birds

Colonel G. Montagu; James Rennie · 1831 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.84 | $151.92 | ¥24,260)

London, Hurst, Chance, and Co. 1831. Cloth. The second edition of this illustrated ornithological dictionary by Colonel G. Montagu. The second edition with a plan of study and many new articles and original observations by James Rennie. Originally published in 1902 by J. White...

The Birds of Surrey

John A. Bucknill · 1900 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)

London, R. H. Porter, 1900 . First edition. Leather. A lovely 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 served ...

England Day by Day: A Guide to Efficiency and Prophetic Calendar for 1904

Edward Verrall Lucas · 1903 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.29 | ¥17,931)

London, Methuen & Co, 1903 . First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this unusual and very scarce set of predictions for the upcoming year, 1904. The very scarce first edition of this work by Edward Verrall Lucas, a British editor and publisher who was chairman of Methu...

President Randolph: As I Knew Him

John Francis Goldsmith · 1935 · Rooke Books

£330.00 (€395.55 | $435.95 | ¥69,616)

Philadelphia, Dorrance & Company, 1935. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this scarce science fiction novel, a 'fictitious biography', by John Francis Goldsmith. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the origi...

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

Richard Michaelis · 1888 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

London, William Reeves, c1891. Hardback. A fourth edition copy of this uncommon science fiction by Richard Michaelis, an unofficial sequel to Edward Bellamy's popular sci-fi novel. The fourth edition.An intriguing sequel to Edward Bellamy's important 1888 science fic...

Better Days: Or, a Millionaire of to-Morrow

Thomas Fitch; Anna M. Fitch · 1891 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

San Francisco, Better Days Publishing Co, 1891. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon first edition copy of this curious science fiction near future novel set between 1892 and 1896, written by Thomas and Anna Fitch. The first edition of this uncommon work.A novel written by Republ...

James Ingleton: The History of a Social State A.D. 2,000

Mr. Dick · 1893 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)

London, James Blackwood & Co, 1893 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce science fiction novel set in the year 2,000, where England has become a socialist dystopia. The first edition of this scarce novel, published under the pseudonym "Mr. Dick".Set one hund...

The Cave of a Thousand Columns

T.E. Grattan-Smith · 1938 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.79 | ¥37,972)

London, Hutchinson & Co, 1938 . First edition. Cloth. A bright first edition of this thrilling adventure novel about giant monsters who live in caves beneath Australia, in a vibrantly illustrated dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of this work, in the very scarc...

Up-to-to-Morrow, or Mr Chumson&Apos;S Experiments

W. Carter Platts · 1903 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)

London, John Long, 1903 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce collection of short stories about failed futuristic inventions. The first edition of this very scarce collection about Mr. Chumson's comically ill-conceived futuristic inventions.A conte...

Aberrations of Sexual Life After the Psychopatia Sexualis

R V Kraft-Ebing; Alexander Hartwich · 1959 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

London, Staples Press, 1959. Cloth. A bright new edition of this study on sexual psychology by Rv Kraft-Ebing and Alexander Hartwich. First published in Great Britain in 1951. A medico-legal study for doctors and lawyers , being the 'Psychopathia Sexualis' of Dr Rv K...

Observations on Mental Education: A Lecture Delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain Before H.R. H. Prince Albert & on the Importance of the Study of Language As a Branch of Education for All Classes: A Lecture Delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain

Michael Faraday · 0 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

London, John W. Parker and Son, c1850. Paperback. Two lectures delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain, as originally delivered. Scarce work. Observations on Mental Education: A Lecture Delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain Before H. R. H. Prince Albe...

The Bride of the Sun

Gaston Leroux · 1916 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1916. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon first U.K. edition of this lesser known fantasy novel set in Peru by Gaston Leroux. The first U.K. English edition of this uncommon work.A lesser known novel by Gaston Leroux, author of 'Phantom of the ...

The Isle of Nowhere

Burns Llewellyn Williams · 1938 · Rooke Books

£265.00 (€317.64 | $350.08 | ¥55,904)

London, Arthur H. Stockwell, LTD, 1938. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce fantasy novel set on a floating kingdom, the first edition of this work by Burns Llewellyn Williams. The first edition of this very scarce work.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.'The Isle of ...

The Man from Mars, His Morals, Politics and Religion

William Simpson · 1893 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.71 | ¥62,232)

San Francisco, The Clemens Publishing Co, 1893. Leather. A vanishingly scarce early science fiction novel in which a man from Mars visits Earth and tries to spread tales of his Utopian planet. The third edition of this vanishingly scarce work.Original wraps bound in.Collated, ...

Five Science Fiction Paperbacks

Eric Frank Russell; A. Bertram Chandler; Barton Werper; Rudyard Kipling; J. G. Ballard · 1958 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

New York; London, Ace Books INC; Horwitz Publications; Gold Star; Roberts & Vinter LTD; Compact SF, 1958-68. Paperback. A nice set of five vividly bound science fiction paperbacks, including tales by Rudyard Kipling, Eric Frank Russell, and J. G. Ballard. A lovely selection of...

The Languages of Pao

Jack Vance · 1979 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.78 | $211.37 | ¥33,753)

San Francisco, Underwood/Miller, 1979 . First edition. Cloth. A signed copy of the Limited Edition first 'restored' edition of Jack Vance's science-fiction novel, set in the distant future and celebrated for exploring the relationship between language and cultur...

Les Fonctions Abeliennes Et la Theorie Des Nombres

M. Gaston Cotty · 1912 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

Toulouse, Edouard Privat, 1912. First edition. Leather. The very scarce first edition of this early twentieth century study of abelian functions and number theory. In the original French.The first edition of this very scarce mathematical study, arranged in four parts and featu...

The Land: A Plea

John Galsworthy · 1918 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

London, George Allen, 1918. First edition. Paperback. In this first edition, James Galsworthy argues in favour of reorganising the way Britain uses its Land. A first edition of John Galsworthy's essay on Britain's use of its land. John Galsworthy was an English novel...