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Natural History

J G Wood · 1853 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, George Routledge and Sons, Limited, c1900. Cloth. A lovely, and very scarce example of 20th Century cover to this title, designed by artist Jessie M. King. Bound in its original blue cloth.One of many natural history titles by the prolific Rev. J. G. Wood, originally p...

British Wildflowers in Their Natural Haunts

A.R. Horwood [Arthur Reginald Horwood] · 1919 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, The Gresham Publishing Company, 1919. First edition. Cloth. The complete set of A.R. Horwood's detailed study on wild flowers and plants across the British Isles, with accompanying illustrations by J.N. Fitch. The first edition of Arthur Reginald Horwood's Br...

Homes without Hands

Rev. J. G. Wood · 1898 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1898. Cloth. A lovely new impression of Rev. J. G. Wood's Homes Without Hands, exploring the incredible ways animals build habitats without the use of hands. Scarce 1898 new impression of J. G. Wood's Homes Without Hands.Beautiful gre...

The Natural History & Antiquities of Selborne in the County of Southampton

Gilbert White · 1911 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1911. Cloth. Illustrated in colour, this is a charming new edition of White's influential topographical work. A new edition, published by Macmillan in 1911. With a colour frontispiece and twenty three further colour plates by George Edw...

British Zoology Illustrated by Plates and Brief Explanations

Thomas Pennant · 1770 · Rooke Books

£5,500.00 (€6,592.62 | $7,266.27 | ¥1,160,329)

Chester, Eliza Adams, 1770. First edition. Leather. Thomas Pennant's very scarce and beautifully illustrated accompaniment to his renowned natural history series 'British Zoology', being a collection of many fantastic additional engraved plates to accompany the ...

Herbs: A Comprehensive List of Herbal Remedies and Some Brief Notes on Their Adaptability to the Treatment of Common Illnesses

Unknown · 1920 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

St. Albans, Heath & Heather, Ltd. c1923. Paperback. A scarce new edition of Heath & Heather's herb guide and catalog from the 1920s, outlining contemporary plant-based remedies. In the publisher's original green pictorial paper wraps. This is an exceptionally scarce...

Heat, Greed and Human Need: Climate Change, Capitalism and Sustainable Wellbeing

Ian Gough · 2017 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

Cheltenham, Edward Elgar , 2017. First edition. Paperback. A signed copy of this compelling survey of consumption on climate change, previously owned by Carmen Callil, founder of Virago Press. A signed presentation copy from the author to renowned feminist publisher and founde...

Every Mother&Apos;S Book

1949 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

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...

A Collection of Natural History Studies from T & a D Poyser

Nigel Dunstone; Nigel Reeve; Ernest Neal; Chris Cheeseman; Richard A. Griffiths; Mark Young · 1993 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, T & A D Poyser, 1993-1997. First edition. Cloth. A smart collection of five first edition natural history studies from T & A D Poyser, with illustrations throughout. Five volumes. First edition. Newts and Salamanders of Europe is signed by the illustrator Bas Teunis to...

Bird-Hunting Through Wild Europe

R. B. Lodge [Reginald B. Lodge] · 1908 · Rooke Books

£118.00 (€141.44 | $155.89 | ¥24,894)

London, Robert Culley, [1908]. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Reginald Lodge's account of his quest to find and photograph rare birds across Southern and Eastern Europe. The first edition. Illustrated with a monochrome photographic frontispiece, and one hundr...

The Plundered Forests

John Blower · 2007 · Rooke Books

£69.00 (€82.71 | $91.16 | ¥14,557)

Kinloss, Moray, Librario , 2007. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce signed copy of this compelling account of the author's mission to save endangered forests across South-East Asia. Signed by the author to the half title. First edition, first impression. A very sca...

An History of the Earth, and Animated Nature

Oliver Goldsmith · 1791 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.26 | $726.63 | ¥116,033)

London, F. Wingrave, 1791. Leather. A new edition of Oliver Goldsmith's study of natural history, illustrated with over one-hundred striking engraved plates. A new edition. In eight volumes. Uniformly bound in full tree calf.Illustrated with plates, containing one to volu...

A Manual of the Coniferae

James Veitch; Harry Veitch · 1881 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,810)

London, James Veitch and Sons, 1881. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this in-depth manual to conifers, complete with folding plates. Signed by the publisher. The first edition.Signed by the publisher, Harry J. Veitch, to the half-title.Illustrated with a folding pla...

The Motion of Fluids, Natural and Artificial; in Particular That of the Air and Water

M. Clare [Martin Clare] · 1735 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

London, Edward Symon , 1735 . First edition. Leather. A scarce, first edition of this remarkable early eighteenth-century study of hydrostatics and pneumatics, written by Martin Clare, based on lectures he had given on the subject. The first edition. Bound in full paneled calf...

A General History of Quadrupeds

Thomas Bewick; Ralph Beilby · 1792 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

Newcastle Upon Tyne, S. Hodgson, R. Beilby & T. Bewick, 1792 . Leather. The third edition of Thomas Bewick's popular natural history study on quadrupeds, illustrated with vignette engravings by the author. The third edition of this important work'A General History of...

Essai Sur L&Apos;Enseignement Philosophique Du Magnetisme

Le Baron Du Potet de Sennevoy [Jules Denis] · 1845 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

Paris, A. René et Cie, 1845. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of Jules Denis' essay on the philosophical teaching of magnetism, in the original French. A very scarce work. The first edition of this very scarce work in a half cloth binding with marbled boards. P...

A Monograph of the Genus Bos. The Natural History of Bulls, Bisons, and Buffaloes

George Vasey · 1857 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, John Russell Smith, 1857 . Cloth. A smart example of the second edition of George Vasey's informative and detailed monograph on the natural history of bulls, bison and buffaloes. First published in 1851 as 'Delineations of the Ox Tribe: Or the Natural History...

A Garland of Shakespeare&Apos;S Flowers

William Shakespeare; Rose E. Carr Smith [ed.]; Herbert Carr Smith [foreword] · 1911 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,207)

London, Elliot Stock, 1911. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this beautifully illustrated collection of quotations from Shakespeare concerning flowers. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with pictorial gilt to the front ...

British Ferns and Their Allies

Thomas Moore · 1861 · Rooke Books

£46.00 (€55.14 | $60.77 | ¥9,705)

London, Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, 1861. Cloth. Thomas Moore's interesting botanical work regarding ferns, illustrated with beautiful colour plates. An early edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding. Previous owner's ink inscription t...

The Propagation of Alpines

Lawrence D. Hills · 1950 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Faber and Faber Limited, 1950. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated study of the propagation of Alpines, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. First edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, forty-three photographs across thirty-tw...