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A Short Inquiry Into the Profitable Nature of Our Investments

Robert Lucas Nash · 1880 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,810)

London, Effingham Wilson , 1880 . First edition. Cloth. The vanishingly scarce first edition of R. L. Nash's guide to public securities and investments, partially compiled from his articles in The Economist. The first edition of this very scarce work.By Robert Lucas Nash,...

Familiar Wild Flowers

F. Edward Hulme · 1877 · Rooke Books

£260.00 (€311.65 | $343.50 | ¥54,852)

London, Cassell and Company, Limited, [1877-85]. First edition. Cloth. A five volume set of Frederick Edward Hulme's beautifully colour illustrated works on wild flowers. The first edition. Illustrated with monochrome vignettes, colour frontispieces and thirty-nine colou...

Annals of Banks for Savings

Sir Francis Burdett · 1818 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.34 | $653.96 | ¥104,430)

London, Luke Hansard & Sons for J. M. Richardson, and I. & A. Arch et al, 1818 . First edition. Paperback. The vanishingly scarce first edition of Sir Francis Burdett's discussion of the rise, progress and importance of savings banks. The first edition of this very scarce...

A Scottish Naturalist: The Sketches and Notes of Charles St. John 1809-1856

Charles St. John · 1982 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Andre Deutsch, 1982. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated collection of the notes of Scottish naturalist Charles St. John. First edition. Illustrated throughout. A detailed collection of the notes and sketches of Charles St. John, a naturalis...

The Malay Archipelago: The Land of the Orang-Utan and the Bird of Paradise. A Narrative of Travel, with Studies of Man and Nature

Alfred Russel Wallace · 1877 · Rooke Books

£695.00 (€833.07 | $918.19 | ¥146,623)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1877. Cloth. The sixth edition of this work chronicling the scientific explorations of British naturalist, Alfred Russel Wallace, with folding maps. The sixth edition of this work. In the publisher's original green cloth, with a gilt stamp to th...

Past and Present Vegetation of the Isle of Skye: A Palaeoecological Study

H. J. B. Birks · 1973 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

Cambridge, Cambridge at the University Press, 1973. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated study into the vegetation of the Isle of Skye. First edition. Illustrated with seven folding plates inserted into a pocket at the rear of the text, with numerous...

Butterflies on My Mind: Their Life and Conservation in Britain Today; Bird Island in Antarctic Waters; the Heyday of Natural History; Millais: Three Generations in Nature, Art and Sport

Dulcie Gray; David F. Parmelee; Lynn Barber; J N P Watson · 1978 · Rooke Books

£78.00 (€93.50 | $103.05 | ¥16,456)

Brighton; Minneapolis; New York; London, Angus and Robertson; University of Minnesota Press; Doubleday and Company, Inc.; The Sportsman's Press, 1978-1988. First edition. Cloth. A lovely set of four first edition works, each exploring unique areas natural history, includi...

Essays on Physiognomy

John Caspar Lavater; Johann Kaspar Lavater; Thomas Holcroft · 1879 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, William Tegg and Co, 1879. Cloth. An English translation of the important essays on physiognomy by Johann Kaspar Lavater, illustrated throughout. A collection of the essays of Johann Kaspar Lavater on physiognomy, writings which helped to popularise the science.Illustr...

The Face As Indicative of Character

Alfred T. Story · 0 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

London, L. N. Fowler & Co, c1890. Cloth. A very scarce treatise on physiognomy and phrenology by Alfred Thomas Story, with illustrated figures throughout. A very scarce work.A treatise of physiognomy and phrenology by Alfred Thomas Story. With in-text illustrations throughout...

Flora Britannica; British Wildlife

Richard Mabey; Paul Sterry · 1996 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Sinclair Stevenson; HarperCollins Publishers Ltd , 1996-2008. Hardback. A very bright duo of nature works exploring Britain's wildlife as well as its wild flowers, plants and trees, both profusely illustrated throughout in colour. Two excellent guides to British w...

Butterflies and Moths in Romance and Reality

W. F. Kirby · 1913 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1913. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this delightful study on butterflies and moths, with colour plates. First edition. Very scarce. Illustrated with twenty-eight colour plates. Collated complete. A detai...

The New Naturalist

Various · 1945 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.34 | $653.96 | ¥104,430)

London, Collins, 1945-90. First edition. Cloth. A lovely set of thirteen volumes from the popular and long running 'New Naturalist' series, with many colourful plates. A thirteen volume set of 'The New Naturalist', a series published by Collins on a variety...

The Laws of Life, with Special Reference to the Physical Education of Girls

Elizabeth Blackwell · 1859 · Rooke Books

£2,750.00 (€3,296.31 | $3,633.13 | ¥580,165)

London, Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd, 1859. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce copy of the first UK edition of this important debut work from Anglo-American physician Elizabeth Blackwell. First UK edition. Very scarce. As the first published work from the author, collected ...

Talks with Shepherds

Walter Johnson · 1925 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

London, George Routledge and Sons Ltd , 1925. First edition. Cloth. The author's presentation copy of this charming work, documenting Walter Johnson's conversations and observations of shepherds, with the author's corrections. First edition. The author's p...

Thorley&Apos;S Illustrated Farmers&Apos; Almanack and Diary

1894 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.26 | $726.63 | ¥116,033)

London, Joseph Thorley, 1894-1903. Cloth. A unique volume of ten alamancks bound in one, with extensive notes by the prior owner regarding the weather for each day for ten years. A unique volume, containing nine volumes of the very scarce 'Thorley's Illustrated Farme...

Insect Transformations, Insect Architecture & Insect Miscellanies

[James Rennie] · 1830 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.31 | ¥58,016)

London, Charles Knight, 1830-31. First edition. Cloth. A collection of three works on the topic of entomology, written by Scottish naturalist James Rennie and published as part of The Library of Entertaining Knowledge. First editions. Bound in the publisher's original cl...

A Draught of Fishes

F. D. Ommanney · 1965 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Longmans, 1965. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition of F. D. Ommanney's exploration of the ocean, of the life of fish, and different methods of fishing. The first edition, first impression of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with ...

Mereside Chronicle: With a Short Interlude of Lochs and Lochans

C. F. Tunnicliffe · 1948 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, Country Life Limited, 1948. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this highly illustrated work on Mereside from English painter Charles Frederick Tunnicliffe, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, six plans, ...

Anatomical Model of the Bull

0 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Vinton & Company Ltd. c1920. Cloth. A smart third edition of this very scarce fold-out illustration of the anatomy of a bull. Third edition. Very scarce work. Illustrated with five folding colour plates with organs to the centre plate also folding. Collated complete an...

Jay Young&Apos;S Amazing Pop-Up Science Flea Circus

Jay Young; Chris Oxlade · 2002 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)

London, Chrysalis Books, Big Fish, 2002 . First edition. Hardback. The first edition of this thrilling children's pop-up flea circus, that aims to simultaneously entertain and educate, in its discussion of mechanics, energy, and light phenomena. The first edition of this ...