Storia naturale

The Diary of a Norwich Hospital Medical Student 1858-1860

Shephard T. Taylor · 1930 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

Norwich, Jarrold and Sons, 1930. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. Shephard T. Taylor's very scarce medical student journal from 1858 to 1860, a lovely first edition. The first edition, first impression of this work. A very scarce copy, rarely seen on the market.Shephard ...

Gãƒâ©Ographie Illustrãƒâ©E Des Ardennes

Albert Meyrac; A. Chuquet · 1900 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

Charleville , Edouard Jolly , 1900. First edition. Leather. A sweeping volume exploring the history and geography of Belgian Ardennes, a bright first edition of this work. The first edition of this work. A pictorial exploration of the geography and history of Ardennes, Belgian...

Testimony of Light

Helen Greaves · 1970 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Great Britain, The World Fellowship Press Ltd. 1970. Cloth. A remarkable autobiographical work describing the author's telepathic encounter's with her deceased friend. Exploring the telepathic relationship between the living and the dead, in this case, the author and...

Footprints of the Creator, of the Asterolepis of Stromness

Hugh Miller · 1870 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)

Edinburgh, William P. Nimmo, 1870. Cloth. A lovely later impression of Hugh Miller's exploration into geology and its relationship to the Bible, bound in decorative cloth. Written by Hugh Miller, a prominent Scottish geologist.This work first appeared in 1850, with this b...

Tracts on the Natural History of Animals and Vegetables

Abbe Spallanzani; John Graham Dalyell [trans.] · 1803 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

Edinburgh, Printed or William Creech ad Archd. Constable , 1803. Leather. The first volume of this scarce treaty of natural history by Italian biologist Lazzaro Spallanzani, the second edition. The second edition of this work. A scarce copy. The first volume of two of this stu...

Transport Pioneers of the Twentieth Century

Sir Peter Allen; Graham Robson · 1981 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Cambridge, Patrick Stephens, 1981. Cloth. An excellent limited edition collection of interviews with pioneers of transport, presented in a slipcase and lavishly illustrated throughout. Containing interviews with Thomas Sopwith, Robert E. Dicker, C. Hamilton Ellis, Leo Villa, S...

British Spiders

G. H. Locket; A. F. Millidge · 1952 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

Not Stated, Ray Society, 1952-74. First edition. Cloth. A complete collection of this work on arachnology by Locket and Millidge for the Ray Society, each with an unclipped dust wrapper. Written by George Hazelwood Locket and Alfred Frank Millidge, British arachnologists who s...

John Ray; Synopsis Methodica Stirpum Britannicarum; Carl Linnaeus: Flora Anglica

John Ray; Carl Linnaeus · 1973 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, The Ray Society , 1973. Cloth. A lovely facsimile edition of the 1724 edition of John Ray's ;'Synopsis Methodica' and of Carl Linnaues' 'Flora Anglica' of 1754 and 1759. One volume comprising two facsimiles of important works of natural sc...

Science and Government

C. P. Snow · 1961 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Oxford University Press, 1961 . First edition. Cloth. A fascinating first edition political essay by English novelist C. P. Snow, presented in an unclipped dust wrapper. This essay examines the differences between governments and scientists when it comes to having soci...

La Grande Aventure Des Baleines

Georges Blond · 1959 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

Strasourg, Selection des Amis du Livre Strasbourg, 1959. Leather. A beautiful and scarce French work detailing the life and history of whales, illustrated with photographs throughout. This work contains four chapters, including on topics such as whales and man and whalers in t...

The Museum of Science and Art

Dionysius Lardner · 1854 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

Not Stated, Walton & Maberley, 1854. Leather. Numerous editions of Lardner's 'Museum of Science and Art' bound together in leather and richly illustrated. The 'Museum of Science and Art' was published in twelve volumes between 1854 and 1856.This set co...

The Naturalist on the River Amazons

Henry Walter Bates · 1864 · Rooke Books

£390.00 (€467.48 | $515.24 | ¥82,278)

London, John Murray, 1864. Cloth. The second edition of Henry Walter Bates' important work regarding his trip to the Amazon Basin. An influential work, referred to by Charles Darwin as the best book of Natural History travels ever published. With a folding plate to the re...

An Outline of the Smaller British Birds

Robert A. Slaney · 1833 · Rooke Books

£58.00 (€69.52 | $76.63 | ¥12,236)

London, Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longman, 1833. Cloth. The second edition of this detailed study of the small birds commonly found in Britain, illustrated throughout. The second edition of this work.'An Outline of the Smaller British Birds' is a familiar ...

A General History of Quadrupeds

Thomas Bewick · 1820 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.31 | ¥58,016)

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1820. Leather. A beautifully illustrated seventh edition of Thomas Bewick's influential natural history work on Quadrupeds. The seventh edition of this work. 'A General History of Quadrupeds' deals with two-hundred ...

The Freshwater Ecosystems of Suriname

Paul E. Ouboter (ed.) · 1993 · Rooke Books

£220.00 (€263.70 | $290.65 | ¥46,413)

Dordrecht, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1993. First edition. Hardback. A fascinating monograph on the freshwater ecosystems of the Republic of Suriname, edited by Paul E. Ouboter and copiously illustrated throughout. This work is volume 70 from the 'Monographiae Biologicae...

Journal of a Tour Through North Wales and Part of Shropshire

Arthur Aikin · 1797 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

London, J. Johnson, 1797. First edition. Leather. In a half calf binding, this is the scarce first edition of chemist Arthur Aikin's account of the mineralogy and natural history of North Wales and Shropshire. The scarce first edition of this work. Illustrated with a doub...

Cours Elementaire D&Apos;Histoire Naturelle: Botanique; Minãƒâ©Ralogie; Zoologie

M. Milne-Edwards; M.F.S. Beudant; Adrien de Jussieu · 1847 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,810)

Paris, Victor Masson, Langlois et Leclercq, 1847. Leather. Three authoritative volumes on natural history aimed for university students, bound in red half morocco, with folding plates. Three volumes from Cours Elementaire D'histoire Naturelle (Elementary Course in Natural...

A Manual of Petrol Motors and Motor Cars: Comprising the Designing, Construction, and Working of Petrol Motors

F. Strickland · 1914 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Charles Griffin & Company Limited, 1914. Cloth. The scarce revised edition of a book focusing on the design of early petrol cars from theoretical, practical and commercial perspective, with folding tables. The scarce revised edition of A Manual of Petrol Motors and Mot...

The Natural History of Selborne; with Observations on Various Parts of Nature; and the Naturalist&Apos;S Calendar

Rev. Gilbert White; William Jardine; Edward Jesse · 1878 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, George Bell and Sons, 1878 . Cloth. A profusely illustrated edition of Gilbert White's collection of letters and naturalist findings. A later edition, first published in 1789 by the author's brother. In the original Henry Bohn Illustrated Library green cloth...

Animal Life and Intelligence

C. Lloyd Morgan · 1890 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)

London, Edward Arnold, 1890-1891. First edition. Leather. A scarce first edition copy of this comprehensive account of the life and behaviour of animals by ethologist Conwy Lloyd Morgan. The scarce first edition.In a full black calf binding. A prize binding for Merchiston Cast...