Matematica e fisica

The Rivers of Great Britain. Descriptive, Historical, Pictorial. Rivers of the East Coast

Various · 1889 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

London, Cassell & Company, 1889. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this heavily illustrated volume on Great Britain's eastern rivers. In this first edition, various authors included Francis Watt, John Geddie, and Aaron Watson describe the history of Britain's ...

Handwritten Miscelllaneous Examples in Arithmetic

Miss Cofield · 1855 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.49 | $495.40 | ¥79,109)

Rose Lodge, Mitcham , Miss Cofield, 1855. Leather. A scarce handwritten book of mathematics questions. This is a handwritten book of seventy eight pages of arithmetic questions and their workings out. Handwritten by Miss Cofield, Rose Lodge, Mitcham, 1855. One of the questio...

Works by Alastair Reynolds

Alastair Reynolds · 2001 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

London , Gollancz; New Con, 2001-2018. Paperback. Eight wonderful paperback science fiction novels by Alastair Reynolds. Eight volumes of work by British science fiction writer Alastair Reynolds. Reynolds specialised in hard science fiction and space opera, a subgenre of scien...

Science Ficiton Paperbacks

Rex Gordon; Brian M Stableford; Joanna Russ; A Bertram Chandler; Kenneth Bulmer · 1958 · Rooke Books

£112.00 (€134.25 | $147.96 | ¥23,627)

London and New York, Daw, Corgi, Ace, Mayflower, Sphere , 1958-1981. Paperback. Twelve thrilling science fiction novels by Rex Gordon, Brian M Stableford, Joanna Russ, A Bertram Chandler and Kenneth Bulmer. Twelve volumes of science fiction paperbacks from authors Rex Gordon, ...

Science Fiction Paperbacks

Various · 1972 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.84 | $151.92 | ¥24,260)

London, New English Library/Times Mirror , 1972-92. Paperback. A bright group of fourteen science fiction novels in the original colourful wraps. Group of fourteen paperback editions of science fiction novels published by the New English Library. First thus. Occasional volume ...

Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, and of the Museum of Economic Geology in London

Chief Commissioner of Her Majesty's Woods, Works, and Land Revenues · 1846 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.27 | ¥52,739)

London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1846-1848. Cloth. A nice copy of the geological survey of Great Britain, with folding maps and colour plates Three volumes of the Geological Survey of Great Britain published between 1846 and 1848. With nine folding plates to the re...

Sententiae Chronologicae or a Complete System of Ancient and Modern Chronology

Mrs John Slater; Barbara B. Bartlett · 1873 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, T. J. Allman, 1873. Cloth. A scarce edition of this educational work on chronology from ancient times to modern day. New edition, considerably enlarged. Includes: chronology before Christ, chronology after the birth of Christ, chronology of France, dates of battles and...

Latitude and Longitude: How to Find Them

W. J. Millar · 1903 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London , Charles Griffin and Company, 1903. Cloth. A bright and interesting volume on the calculating of latitude and longitude, with diagrams. A second, revised edition of this mathematical book. This work is part of a series designed to give more scientific insight onto the...

The Flying Saucer Vision

John Michell · 1974 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

London, Abacus, 1974. Paperback. The Abacus edition of this exciting work exploring flying saucers and space travel. Illustrated throughout including 15 photographs on 8 plates. Collated complete. Chapters include: 'The Flying Saucer Age', 'Another Race on Earth...

The Black Flame

Stanley G. Weinbaum; Sam Moskowitz · 1995 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

San Francisco, Tachyon Publication, 1995. Cloth. The 'Newly Restored Edition' of Weinbaum's popular post-apocalyptic science fiction novel, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. First Edition Thus, being the 'Complete Restored Edition&apos. In the unclipp...

Universal Magnetism: A Private Training Course in the Magnetic Control of Others

Edmund Shaftesbury · 1942 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

Marple, Cheshire, Psychology Publishing Co. Ltd, 1942. Cloth. A remarkable work on mind-control by Edmund Shaftesbury, published for the Psychology Publishing Co. A fascinating work on mind control, detailing realms seven through ten, on control of individuals, the estate of s...

Yorkshire Geological Society Vol. XVI, Part III. The Carboniferous Rocks

T. McKenny Hughes · 1908 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Leeds; London, Chorley & Pickersgill, Ltd.; The Electric Press, 1908. Paperback. A well presented article on Ingleborough's Carboniferous Rocks by T. McKenny Hughes, reprinted from the Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society in 1908. A well presented article on In...

Practical Astrology

John Middleton · 1679 · Rooke Books

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

London, J C for Richard Preston , 1679. First edition. Leather. An extremely scarce first edition of John Middleton's treatise on practical astrology. ESTC reference no R844.This copy with the signatures: [2], A-S8, T4. Collated, lacking original blanks, all text leaves ...

Olga Romanoff

George Griffith · 1897 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.69 | $297.24 | ¥47,465)

London, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent and Co, 1897. Cloth. A very unusual Victorian science fiction novel, set in 2030 and focussed on the villainous descendants of the last Russian Tsar. Illustrated. A work of Victorian era science-fiction, illustrated with sixteen plates...

Brontomek!

Michael Coney · 1976 · Rooke Books

£53.00 (€63.53 | $70.02 | ¥11,181)

London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1976. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of Michael Coney's sequel to 'Syzygy' and 'Mirror Image', in the bright yellow Gollancz dust wrapper. Following the same characters as Coney introduces in his work 'Syz...

Observations on the Fauna of Norfolk, and More Particularly on the District of the Broads

Richard Lubbock · 1879 · Rooke Books

£89.00 (€106.68 | $117.57 | ¥18,775)

Norwich, Jarrold & Sons, 1879. Cloth. An expanded edition of this noted work on the natural fauna of Norfolk, illustrated with a detailed folding map. Richard Lubbock's immense study of the natural fauna found in Norfolk, particularly in the district of the Broads.Illustr...

Lest Darkness Fall

L. Sprague de Camp · 1949 · Rooke Books

£235.00 (€281.68 | $310.45 | ¥49,575)

Philadelphia, Prime Press, 1949. Cloth. A copy of L. Sprague de Camp's debut novel, an influential piece of alternative history fiction. 'Lest Darkness Fall' was written in 1939, and sees Martin Padway, an archaeologist, as he accidentally finds himself having t...

Les Exiles de la Terre

Andre Laurie [Paschal Grousset] · 1888 · Rooke Books

£900.00 (€1,078.78 | $1,188.95 | ¥189,861)

Paris, D'Education et de Recreation, J Hetzel et Cie, 1888. First edition. Cloth. A scarce, first edition of this novel by a collaborator of Jules Verne. With stunning pictorial boards. Regarded as one of Grousset's most interesting science fiction novels. Bookplate ...

The Inner Wheel

Keith Roberts · 1970 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

London, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1970. First edition. Cloth. A very smart, first edition of Keith Robert"s Science Fiction short story collection. With original unclipped dustwrapper. Keith Roeberts was a critically acclaimed science fiction author. This short story collection conta...

Valdar the Oft-Born: A Saga of Seven Ages

George Griffith · 1895 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, C. Arthur Pearson, 1895. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of the epic fantasy of reincarnation, battle and romance, by prolific writer and explorer George Griffith. 'Valdar the Oft-Born', the tale of a legendary warrior reborn again and again to fig...