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Cultivated Plants: Their Propagation and Improvement

F. W. Burbidge · 1877 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1877 . First edition. Cloth. The author's presentation copy of this informative work on the cultivation and propagation of plants, written by British explorer Frederick William Burbidge. First edition. Bound in the publish...

Brier-Patch Philosophy

Peter Rabbit"; William J. Long · 1906 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

Boston, Ginn & Company Publishers, 1906. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated study of animal philosophy from American naturalist William Joseph Long. First edition. Uncommon work. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, four plates, and numerous in-...

A Selection of British Birds: Facsimile Edition

C. L. E. Perrot; Philip J. K. Burton · 1979 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

London, The Publishing Partnership, 1979 . Leather. A beautifully illustrated, limited facsimile edition of Charlotte Louisa Emily Perrott's illustrations and descriptions of five British birds, finely bound in half morocco and housed in a slipcase. A facsimile edition, w...

Le Botaniste Franãƒâ§Ois

M. Barbeu Dubourg · 1767 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

Paris , Chez Lacombe, Librarie , 1767. First edition. Leather. A very scarce, first edition of this innovative work presenting new methods of botany for the eighteenth century, written in French by M. Barbeu Dubourg. The first edition. Complete in two volumes. Bound in full mo...

Recherches Expãƒâ©Rimentales Sur Les Conditions de L&Apos;Activitãƒâ© Cãƒâ©Rãƒâ©Brale

Henri-Etienne Beaunis · 1886 · Rooke Books

£285.00 (€341.62 | $376.52 | ¥60,126)

Paris, J.-B. Bailliere et FIls, 1886. Paperback. A very scarce treatise on neurophysiology by Henri-Étienne Beaunis, signed by the author. A very scarce work.Signed by the author to the recto of the front endpaper.In the original French.Part II only, of a total of two parts.A...

A Manual of Scientific Enquiry; Prepared for the Use of Officers in Her Majesty&Apos;S Navy and Travellers in General

Sir John F. W. Herschel · 1871 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)

London, John Murray, 1871. Cloth. A fourth edition of this fascinating guide to scientific enquiry from English polymath Sir John Frederick William Herschel. Fourth edition. Illustrated with two folding maps and numerous in-text figures. Collated complete. A detailed guide to ...

Report on the East Anglian Earthquake of April 22nd,1884

Raphael Meldola; William White · 1885 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, Macmillan & Co, 1885 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Raphael Meldola and William White's guide to the 1884 Colchester earthquake. The first edition of this work.With four plates, two of which are folding, and further vignette illustrations. Collated, ...

Onward and Upward: A Book for Boys and Girls

Hugh H. Quilter · 1904 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Swan Sonnenschein and Co. 1904. Cloth. A smart copy of this scarce illustrated book for young children from English writer Hugh H. Quilter. Third edition. Very scarce work. Illustrated a frontispiece, fourteen full-page images, and many in-text figures. Collated comple...

Two Addresses Delivered at the Dedication of a New Transmitter of Radio Free Europe Beamed to Hungary

Frederic R. Dolbeare; Gyula Dessewffy · 1951 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

Stamford, The Overbrook Press, 1951. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A very scarce program and record of the two addresses spoken at the ceremony inaugurating the new service of Radio Free Europe for Hungary. First edition. Limited to three hundred copies. A program and reco...

English Forests and Forest Trees, Historical, Legendary, and Descriptive

Anonymous · 1853 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Ingram, Cooke, and Co, 1853. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this charming study of the forests and forest trees of England, with an array of lovely illustrations throughout. The first edition of this work.In the publisher's original cloth binding. ...

Scenes Et Tableaux de la Nature

Louis Figuier · 1892 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

Paris, Hachette et Cie, 1892. Leather. The sixth edition of this illustrated French work on natural disasters and geography by Louis FIguier. The sixth edition.In the original French.Bound by the Relfe Brothers.An interesting volume on geography and natural disasters.With chap...

Taking Notes on Nature&Apos;S Wild Inventions

Conrad Hilberry · 1999 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.72 | $77.95 | ¥12,447)

Indiana, Printed by Snowy Egret, 1999. First edition. Paperback. A smart first edition of this limited work from Conrad Hilberry, signed by the author with a letter to friends. First edition. Limited to five hundred copies signed by the author of which this is number three hun...

Zoological Recreations

W. J. Broderip · 0 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

Not Stated, Not Stated, c1848 . Cloth. A well-presented, early edition of this zoological study written by English lawyer and naturalist, William John Broderip. Bound in contemporary full cloth, with original spine labels reattached. Bound without the title page, edition page ...

The Birds of Surrey

John A. Bucknill · 1900 · Rooke Books

£238.00 (€285.28 | $314.43 | ¥50,211)

London, R. H. Porter, 1900 . First edition. Leather. A handsome 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 serve...

Communication Among Social Bees

Martin Lindauer · 1971 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.83 | $171.75 | ¥27,426)

Massachusetts, Harvard University Press, 1971. Cloth. A smart third printing of this behavioral study on social bees. Third printing. Scarce work. Harvard Books in Biology, Number 2. Illustrated with eighty-one in-text figures. A detailed study on communication between social ...

Upland Kenya Wild Flowers: A Flora of the Ferns and Herbaceous Flowering Plants of Upland Kenya

A. D. Q. Agnew · 1974 · Rooke Books

£128.00 (€153.43 | $169.11 | ¥27,004)

Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1974. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated work on the ferns and flowering plants of upland Kenya. First edition. Illustrated throughout with various figures and maps. A detailed and comprehensive study into the ferns...

A California Flora with Supplement

Philip A. Munz; David D. Keck · 1973 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.79 | $211.38 | ¥33,755)

Berkley and Los Angeles, University of California Press, 1973. Cloth. A smart copy of this combined edition of works on the flora of California, USA. Combined edition. This volume contains A California Flora, originally published 1959, with the Supplement to A California Flora...

The Trees of Great Britain and Ireland

H. J. Elwes (Henry John Elwes); A. H. Henry (Augustine Henry) · 1969 · Rooke Books

£296.00 (€354.80 | $391.06 | ¥62,447)

Yorkshire, S. R. Publishers; The Royal Forestry Society, 1969-72. Cloth. The complete, republished seven volume set of H. J. Elwes and A. H. Henry's work on British and Irish trees, in their original dust wrappers. Republished. Originally published privately by R. & R. Cl...

T.H. Huxley&Apos;S Diary of the Voyage of H.M. S. Rattlesnake

T. H. Huxley; Julian Huxley [editor] · 1935 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1935. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this fascinating account from English biologist and anthropologist T. H. Huxley, with illustrations. First edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and twelve black-and-white plates. Collated ...

The Standard Natural History from Amoeba to Man

W. P. Pycraft [ed] · 1931 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd. 1931. Cloth. A detailed overview of natural history edited by W. P. Pycraft, in the original cloth and illustrated with colour plates. An early edition. First published in 1931 by the same publisher. In the publisher's original cloth. ...