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Edward Wilson: Nature-Lover

George Seaver · 1937 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London , John Murray , 1937 . Cloth. A charming book on the natural history drawings of Edward Wilson, published after his death. Reprint in October 1937. Edward Wilson was an English polar explorer, natural historian and artist who had a wish to produce a book on natural his...

Farm Insects: Being the Natural History and Economy of the Insects Injurious to the Field Crops of Great Britain and Ireland

John Curtis · 1860 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.79 | $211.38 | ¥33,755)

Glasgow , Blackie and Son, 1860. Leather. A richly illustrated copy of Farm Insects, written by John Curtis, with hand coloured plates. Farm Insects: Being the Natural History and Economy of the Insects Injurious to the Field Crops of Great Britain and Ireland, which is also a...

Rural Recreations, or Modern Farmer&Apos;S Calendar; Elements of Botany

'A Farmer' [A. C. H.]; R. Hall · 1802 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, E. Hodson for Vernor and Hood, 1802. First edition. Leather. The first edition of these two illustrated works concerned with plant life and agriculture; 'Rural Recreations, Or Modern Farmer's Calendar' and R. Hall's 'The Elements of Botany&apos...

British Butterflies

W. S. Coleman · 1901 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, George Routledge and Sons, Limited, 1901. Cloth. A colourfully illustrated book about British butterflies, written by painter William Stephen Coleman with numerous colour plates. 1901 'New Edition&apos.Illustrations include a colour frontispiece, fourteen colour p...

A History of Herbal Plants

Richard le Strange · 1977 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Angus and Robertson, 1977. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition of this illustrated history of herbal plants by Richard le Strange, complete with clipped dust wrapper. A fascinating and definitive work of natural history, surveying some 750 herbs used in the hi...

The Mechanism of Creative Evolution

C. C. Hurst [Charles Chamberlain Hurst] · 1932 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1932 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this important work from prominent twentieth century geneticist C. C. Hurst, providing a detailed account of 'Creative Evolution&apos. The first edition of English geneticist Charles ...

The Problem of Man&Apos;S Ancestry

Frederic Wood-Jones · 1918 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1918. Cloth. A smart first edition of Frederic Wood-Jones' very scarce work on the ancestry of man. Expanded from a lecture given by the author, this work provides a new idea regarding the origin of man.Written by Frederi...

The Origin of the World According to Revelation and Science

J. William Dawson · 1893 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1893. Cloth. The sixth edition of this controversial volume which discusses the origins of the world against Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. An interesting volume in which John W Dawson discusses Creationism and the idea that science an...

Pen and Pencil Sketches of Shipping and Craft All Round the World

R. T. Pritchett · 1899 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Edward Arnold, 1899. First edition. Vellum. A delightful collection of sketches by R. T. Pritchett relating to ships around the world. Detailing all manner of beautiful boats, including the 'Britannia', 'Sunbeam' and 'Victoria and Albert',...

Tiny Toilers and Their Works

G. Glenwood Clark · 1931 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, J. Coker & Co. 1931. Cloth. A smart scientific work for juveniles relating the activities and lives of various insects, illustrated throughout and with a bright dust wrapper. Written by Graves Glenwood Clark, a Professor of American Literature.Award to Dorothy Liley fo...

Assorted Works on Palestine&Apos;S Climate

Various · 1933 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

Various, Various, c1936. Cloth. A collection of various journals and essays regarding Palestine's geology and climate, bound together in one volume. Comprising 'Climatic Conditions in Palestine and the Neighbouring Countries During the Month of April' from 1933,...

The Birds of Natal and Zululand

P A Clancey · 1964 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

Edinburgh and London, Oliver and Boyd , 1964. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition of this fantastic volume exploring the avifauna of Natal and Zululand by P A Clancey. P A Clancey explores the avifauna of Natal and Zululand and all its immediately adjacent territo...

The Wild Flowers of Repton

William Wyatt; C. G. Thornton · 1866 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Bemrose and Sons, 1866. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce study of the flora of Repton, illustrated with a folding map. The very scarce first edition of this work.A study of the natural wild flora of Repton, a village in South Derbyshire, on t...

The Structure and Classification of Birds

Frank E. Beddard · 1898 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co, 1898. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this detailed study on bird anatomy, from the library of a noted zoologist, L. Harrison Matthews. The first edition of this work.Prior owner's ink inscription to the half-title, 'L. Har...

Synonymy of the British Non-Marine Mollusca (Recent and Post-Tertiary)

A. S. Kennard; B. B. Woodward · 1926 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, The British Museum, 1926. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Kennard and Woodward's index on British mollusca, an extensive and informational index. The first edition of this work.An extensive index of the several species of the British non-marine Mollusca...

Catalogue of the Fossil Bryozoa in the Department of Geology British Museum

J W Gregory · 1899 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)

London, Longmans and Co, 1899. First edition. Cloth. A complete first edition set of this uncommon work regarding the Fossil Bryozoa in the British Museum. Bookplate to the front pastedown of all volumes 'Presented by the Trustees of The British Museum' and to the re...

The Storm Cloud of the Nineteenth Century. Two Lectures Delivered at the London Institution February 4th and 11th 1884

John Ruskin · 1884 · Rooke Books

£155.00 (€185.79 | $204.78 | ¥32,700)

Kent, George Allen, 1884. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of two of John Ruskin's lectures on the phenomena of storm clouds. The first edition of this work. 'The Storm Cloud of the Nineteenth Century' is a collection of two lectures, which were delivered...

Dissertation Sur L&Apos;Histoire Naturelle Et Chimique de la Coque Du Levant (Menispermum Cocculus). Examen de Son Principe Veneneux Considere Comme Alcali Vegetal, Et D&Apos;Un Nouvel Acide Particulier a Cette Semence

Pierre-Francoise-Guillaume Boullay · 1818 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)

Paris, L. Coas, 1818. Disbound. A very scarce French thesis on the Levant hull, a plant growing only in tropical Asia, which grows a fatal fruit. Written by Pierre-Francoise-Guillaume Boullay. A very scarce work. In the original French. Collated, complete. Collated from Jisc f...

A Monograph of the Recent Cephalopoda Based on the Collections in the British Museum (Natural History)

G. C. Robson · 1929 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, The British Museum, 1929-32. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of these volumes by G. C. Robson on the twentieth century discoveries in the Cephalopod family, illustrated throughout. The first edition of these works. This work is a look at the contemporary recent...

Somersetshire Archaeological and Natural History Society&Apos;S Proceedings, 1875. Vol XXI. [and] Somersetshire Archaeological and Natural History Society&Apos;S Proceedings, 1876. Vol XXII. [and] Somersetshire Archaeological and Natural History Society. General Index to Vols I. To XX. Of the Society&Apos;S Proceedings and Index to Wells Chapter Records.

Unamed · 1876 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

Taunton, Frederick May, 1876-7. Leather. Three volumes bound in one, charting the proceedings of the Somersetshire Archaeological and Natural History Society. Three volumes bound in one. The volume includes Vol XXI, Vol XXII, General Index to Vols I to XX. The proceedings of t...