Storia naturale

A Treatise on Some of the Insects Injurious to Vegetation

Thaddeus William Harris; Charles L. Flint [ed.] · 1862 · Rooke Books

£155.00 (€185.79 | $204.78 | ¥32,700)

New York, Orange Judd and Company, 1862. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated 'enlarged and improved' edition of Thaddeus William Harris's entomological work, with hand-coloured illustrations. An American entomologist and librarian, Harris's work was first publ...

The Birds of Yorkshire

T. H. Nelson · 1907 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

London, A. Brown and Sons, 1907 . First edition. Leather. The beautifully bound first edition of Thomas Hudson Nelson illustrated study of the native avifauna of Yorkshire. The two volume first edition of this work by British ornithologist Thomas Hudson Nelson.Nelson had an ex...

Glaucus or the Wonders of the Shore

Charles Kingsley · 1903 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1903. Cloth. A colourfully illustrated edition of Charles Kingsley's influential natural history work. The fifth edition, ninth impression of this work in the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Illustrated with eleven colour plate...

Histoire Naturelle Des Cetacees

Bernard Germain de Lacepede [De La Cepede]; Comte de Buffon · 1804 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€898.99 | $990.85 | ¥158,227)

Paris, Chez Plassan, 1804 . Leather. An early edition of La Cepede's richly illustrated and very scarce study of cetaceans. In the original French.Illustrated with sixteen engraved plates across the two volumes. Collated, complete.Published in the same year as the single ...

Butterfly-Hunting in Many Lands: Notes of a Field Naturalist

George B. Longstaff · 1912 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1912. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition presentation copy of this beautifully illustrated study of butterflies. First edition. Embossed presentation copy stamp to the top of the title page. Illustrated with sixteen plates, seven of wh...

Essais D&Apos;Acclimatation de Plantes Tropicales En France

Arpad Plesch · 1962 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)

Paris, Paul Lechevalier, 1962. First edition. Hardback. A scarce illustrated study on the acclimatization of tropical plants in France, in the original French language. French language. First edition. Scarce work with the original glassine dust wrapper. Illustrated with colour...

The Arcadian Calendar

E. D. Cumming · 1903 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London , George Newnes Limited, 1903 . First edition. Cloth. A bright first edition copy of The Arcadian Calendar with colour illustrations. A first edition copy. The Arcadian Calendar is written by E. D. Cuming and illustrated by J. A. Shepherd. This work contains observatio...

The Hunter and the Trapper in North America; or, Romantic Adventures in Field and Forest

Benedict Revoil; W. H. Davenport Adams · 1875 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, T. Nelson and Sons, 1875. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of this illustrated study of animals across North America. First edition. Scarce work. Illustrated throughout with frontispiece and many in-text images. A study on the animals found across Northern ...

Tools and Machinery Catalogue No. 214 with Price List

Gardiner, Sons & Co. · 1952 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

Bristol, Gardiner, Sons & Co. Ltd. 1952. Cloth. A scarce catalogue from Gardiner, Sons & Co. for their tools and machinery with illustrations. Scarce work. Catalogue No. 214. A detailed account of all tools and machinery parts available from Gardiner, Sons & Co. with illustrat...

La Terre Et le Mers Ou Description Physique Du Globe

Louis Figuier · 1872 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,810)

Paris, Librairie Hachette , 1872. Leather. A leather bound copy of La Terre et le Mers ou Description Physique du Globe, with colour maps. A fourth edition copy. In the original French.La Terre et le Mers ou Description Physique du Globe is a volume exploring the land and sea...

The Observer&Apos;S Book of Birds&Apos; Eggs; the Observer&Apos;S Book of Freshwater Fishes

G Evans; TB Bagenal · 1957 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Frederick Warne & Co. 1957-70. Cloth. Two early reprints from the 'Observer's Book' illustrated series, the present concerned with birds and fish. Two pocket sized volumes from 'The Observer's Book' series by Frederick Warne. 'Birds&...

The Birds of Devon

w. S. M. D'Urban; Rev. Murray A. Mathew · 1892 · Rooke Books

£285.00 (€341.62 | $376.52 | ¥60,126)

London , R. H. Porter , 1892. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of The Birds of Devon, with colour plates. A first edition copy of The Birds of Devon, with an introduction and some remarks on the migrations of Devonshire birds by W. S. M. D'Urban and the Rev. Mur...

The Birds of Shetland with Observations on Their Habits,, Migration and Occasional Appearance

Henry L. Saxby; Stephen H. Saxby · 1874 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

Edinburgh , Maclachlan & Stewart , 1874. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this illustrated work on the birds of Shetland. A first edition copy. An extensive volume on the birds of Shetland, written by Henry L. Saxby and edited by his brother, Stephen H. Saxby, af...

Astro-Meteorologica, or Aphorisms and Discourses of the Bodies Coelestial

John Goad · 1686 · Rooke Books

£2,850.00 (€3,416.18 | $3,765.25 | ¥601,262)

London, Obadiah Blagrave, 1686. First edition. Leather. John Goad's scarce late seventeenth-century meteorological and astrological work on weather prediction and celestial bodies, previously owned by Hugh Cecil Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale. A fascinating and curious lat...

The Geological Evidence of the Antiquity of Man

Sir Charles Lyell · 1863 · Rooke Books

£770.00 (€922.97 | $1,017.28 | ¥162,446)

London, John Murray, 1863. First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first impression of Charles Lyell's important scientific work which helped to establish the new science of prehistoric archaeology in Great Britain. A very important nineteenth century scientific work whi...

The Spas of England and Principal Sea-Bathing Places: Northern Spas, Southern Spas, and Midland Spas

A. B. Granville · 1841 · Rooke Books

£385.00 (€461.48 | $508.64 | ¥81,223)

London, Henry Colburn, 1841 . First edition. Cloth. The complete three volume first edition of A. B. Granville's illustrated guide to the spas and sea bathing places of England. Volume I, 'Northern Spas', is illustrated with a folding linen map, eight plates, an...

Animal Life of the World

John R. Crossland; J. M. Parrish · 1939 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Odhams Press Ltd. 1939. Cloth. A fascinating guide to animals around the world, profusely illustrated with photographs throughout. A new edition. In the publisher's original embossed cloth binding. With a half title page, a colour frontispiece, seven full page ill...

Beetles of the British Isles

E. F. Linssen · 1959 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London & New York, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd, 1959 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the first series of this guidebook for Beetles in Britain with colour plates and in the original dust wrapper. First edition of Beetles of the British Isles by E. F. Linssen in the ...

The Book of Nature Study

J. Bretland Farmer · 1908 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, The Caxton Publishing Company , [1908-13]. Cloth. An uncommon complete collection of this fully illustrated study of natural history by John Bretland Farmer, in the original uniform bindings. Uncommon complete set of six volumes in the original uniform bindings. A full...

New Naturalist Monographs: The Badger; the Redstart; the Yellow Wagtail

Ernest Neal; John Buxton; Stuart Smith · 1948 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)

London, Collins , 1948-50. First edition. Cloth. Three first editions from the Naturalist Monographs series complete with dust wrapper, containing studies of the badger, redstart, and yellow wagtail. Three volumes from Collins' 'New Naturalist Monographs' series...