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The Adventures of Cock Robin and His Mate
R. Kearton · 1904 · Rooke Books
£39.00 (€46.75 | $51.52 | ¥8,228)
London; Paris; New York; Melbourne, Cassell and Company, Limited, 1904. Cloth. A charming and very scarce children's title, featuring monochrome photographic plates. From the turn of the century.In original green cloth, with elegant gilt motif and lettering to front board...
Geodephaga Britannica. A Monograph of the Carnivorous Ground Beetles Indigenous to the British Isles
John Frederic Dawson · 1854 · Rooke Books
£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)
London, John Van Voorst, 1854. First edition. Cloth. A foundational monograph on Britain"s carnivorous ground beetles, illustrated with three colour plates. In the publisher's original green cloth binding. First edition. Illustrated with three colour plates. Collated, c...
2 Vols How Crops Grow. A Treatise on the Chemical Composition, Structure and Life of the Plant for All Students of Agriculture. ; Agricultural Chemistry: A Familiar Explanation of the Chemical Principles Involved in the Operations of the Farm
Samuel W. Johnson; Alfred Sibson; Dr. Augustus Voelcker [Preface] · 1887 · Rooke Books
£285.00 (€341.62 | $376.52 | ¥60,126)
New York; London, O. Judd Co, David W. Judd; George Routledge and Sons, Limited, 1887-1892 . Cloth. A scarce two-volume collection of agricultural works, including a first edition signed by John Prince Sheldon with a revised edition on agricultural chemistry with a contemporar...
The Rural Industries of England
J. L. Green; Jesse Collings [Intro.] · 1895 · Rooke Books
£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)
London, Old Bailey, E. C.; E. Marlborough & Co. [1895]. Cloth. A scarce second edition, presentation copy, signed by the author, a detailed examination of rural life, crafts, industries, and land reform in England. In the publisher's original red cloth binding. Second ed...
Practical Animal Husbandry
William C. Miller; E. D. S. Robertson · 1934 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)
Edinburgh; London, Oliver and Boyd, 1934. First edition. Cloth. A well-used and extensively annotated first edition of this richly illustrated veterinary manual, bearing the marks of genuine professional use. In the publisher's original cloth, sympathetically rebacked ori...
Animal Biography, or, Popular Zoology; Illustrated by Authentic Anecdotes of the Economy, Habits of Life, Instincts, and Sagacity of the Animal Creation
Rev. W. Bingley · 1829 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)
London, Printed For C.J.G. and F. Rivington; Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green et al. 1829. Cloth. A comprehensive mid nineteenth century three volume set on natural history by William Bingley. A three volume set of works on animal biography.The seventh edition of the work...
The Veterinarian; or, Monthly Journal of Veterinary Science
Percival and Youatt, W. Dick, W. F. Karkeek et al. · 1829 · Rooke Books
£5,950.00 (€7,132.02 | $7,860.78 | ¥1,255,265)
London, Longmans, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green; Compton and Ritchie, 1829-1874 . First edition. Leather. An exceptionally scarce and enormously impressive fifty-three volume collection of the monthly periodical 'The Veterinarian', and the 'Transactions of the Veter...
British Mammals (Set B8); Noxious Insects (Set E3); Mimicry in Insects (Set E49); Germination of Wheat (Set F2); Life History of the Common Eel (Set M1); Colour Changes in Flatfishes (Set M2); British Trees: Alder (Set F22); British Trees: Wild Apple (Set F23); British Trees: Ash (Set F24); British Trees: Sweet Chestnut (Set F26); British Trees: Horse Chestnut (Set F27); British Trees: Smooth-Leaved Elm (Set F29); British Trees: Wych Elm (Set F30); British Trees: Scotch Fir (Set F31); British Tr
1922 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)
London; Oxford; Edinburgh, Waterlow & Sons Limited; Printed at the Oxford University Press; The Zinco Collotype Co. 1922-1931. First edition. Loose Pages, Articles. Extensive selection of twentieth-century colour and monochrome natural history postcards from the British Museum...
The Book of Birds (Class Aves. ) the Book of Animals Class Mammalia
Anonymous · 1857 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)
London, John W. Parker and Son, 1857; [1839]. Cloth. A pair of uncommon, well-illustrated natural history titles published anonymously by John W. Parker. A pair of uncommon titles on the variety of creatures found in the natural world under the designations of Birds and Mammal...
The Structure and Life of Birds
F. W. Headley; H. Edward Forrest; Lilly Chitty · 1895 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)
London; New York; Arbroath, Macmillan and Co.; T. Buncle & Co. Ltd. 1895. First edition. Cloth. A smart and informative illustrated first edition, with engaging ephemera. A smart first edition of this comprehensive and informative title. Bound in original green cloth, with str...
Beekeeping Books
Herbert Mace; Ron Brown; E.B. Wedmore; Alan C. Waine · 1976 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)
London; Burrowbridge, Somerset; Steventon, Hampshire; Bridgewater, Somerset, Ward, Lock and Co. Limited; BBNO (Bee Books New and Old), 1976-1982. Cloth. Four lovely books that delve into the art of beekeeping and helpful tips for extracting honey from our buzzy little friends....
Mother Nature; a Study of Animal Life and Death
William J. Long · 1923 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)
New York and London, Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1923 . First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of this beautifully illustrated study into the life cycle of animals. The first edition of the work, stated to the rear of the title page.In the original green cloth bind...
The Tribes on My Frontier
EHA [Edward Hamilton Aitken] · 1884 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)
London, Thacker Spink & Co. 1884 . Cloth. A scarce second edition copy of this abundantly illustrated natural history work. The scarce second edition of the work.In publisher's original decorative green cloth binding.Illustrated with a frontispiece, 7 plates, and in text ...
British Grasses
Margaret Plues · 1867 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)
London, Reeve & Co. 1867. First edition. Cloth. First edition of this popular botanical work on British grasses, illustrated with sixteen colour plates. First edition.In publisher's original green cloth binding.Bookplate of the Templetonn family to front free endpaper.Wit...
A Sketch of the Natural History (Vertebrates) of the British Islands
F. G. Aflalo · 1898 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)
Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1898 . First edition. Cloth. First edition of Aflalo's insightful natural-history volume on British vertebrates. First edition.In publisher's original green cloth binding.With a frontispiece and three further plates a...
The Farmer&Apos;S Outlook: A Review of Home and Overseas Agriculture, 1880-1913
Ralph T. Hinckes · 1913 · Rooke Books
£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)
London, Jarrold & Sons , [1913]. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of Ralph T. Hinckes"s study of global agriculture and food prices in the decades before the First World War. In the publisher's original red cloth binding. First edition. This copy is undated. Dated her...
An Old Story of My Farming Days (Ut Mine Stromtid)
Fritz Reuter; M.W. Macdowall · 1878 · Rooke Books
£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)
Leipzig, Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1878. Cloth. A very scarce complete three volume set of autobiographical farming works by German novelist Fritz Reuter. A very scarce complete three volume set of autobiographical works.The authorized editions.In full green cloth binding. A work b...
Hints on the Cultivation of British and Exotic Ferns and Lycopodiums
Benjamin Samuel Williams · 1852 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)
London, Chapman and Hall, 1852. First edition. Cloth. An incredibly scarce first edition title, in the original cloth binding. A scarce first edition scientific volume.A slim work, bound in original cloth, with smart gilt lettering to the front board and spine. Written by Ben...
Knowlson&Apos;S Yorkshire Cattle-Doctor & Farrier
John C. Knowlson · 1834 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)
Otley, William Walker, 1834. Cloth. A very scarce agricultural title, rebacked, with original spine laid down. A well-used and very scarce copy of this informative title.One of two titles published by John C. Knowlson as agricultural aids, specifically detailing the medical ca...
Practical Chemistry
Stevenson Macadam · 1873 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)
London; Edinburgh, W. & R. Chambers, 1873. Cloth. An incredibly scarce illustrated work, published as an accessible and informative educational tool. An incredibly scarce title, in original brown cloth, with gilt lettering to the spine.A new edition of the title originally pub...