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The New Naturalist: A Survey of British Natural History

V. S. Summerhayes; J. A. Steers; L. A. Harvey; D. St. Leger-Gordon; E. B. Ford; W. S. Bristowe · 1951 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Collins, 1951-1958. First edition. Cloth. Five very smart first edition volumes from the New Naturalist series, with illustrations throughout. Five volumes. First edition. From the New Naturalist series. This set includes: Wild Orchids of Britain, 1951. Illustrated wit...

Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

W. J. Bean · 1925 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, John Murray, 1925 . Cloth. A very smart set of William Jackson Bean's illustrated study of hardy trees and shrubs of the British Isles. Fourth edition, first published in 1914. Bound in the publisher's original green pictorial cloth. Complete in two volumes. ...

A History of British Butterflies

F. O. Morris · 1870 · Rooke Books

£265.00 (€317.64 | $350.10 | ¥55,907)

London, Bell and Daldy, 1870. Cloth. The third edition of the immensely popular study on the butterflies native to Britain by F. O. Morris, beautifully illustrated in colour throughout. The third edition of this popular work.Illustrated with seventy-two hand-coloured plates, a...

The Dragonflies of the British Isles and the Spider&Apos;S Web

Cynthia Longfield and Theodore H. Savory · 1949 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London , Frederick Warne and Co, 1949-1952. First edition. Hardback. Two detailed guide book on dragonflies and spiders intended to be used in the field. The first edition of The Spider's Web was published in 1952, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The second enlarg...

Wayside and Woodland Blossoms

Edward Step · 1933 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Frederick Warne and Co. 1933. Cloth. The second impression of this beautifully illustrated pocket-sized guide to British wildflowers and blossoms. Second impression, first published 1929. The third series of three only. Illustrated with sixty-four colour plates, eighty...

Les Papillons. Description de Leur Nature, de Leurs Moeurs Et Habitudes

1844 · Rooke Books

£995.00 (€1,192.67 | $1,314.53 | ¥209,914)

Paris, Amedee Bedelet, 1844. Cloth. A very scarce charming French volume on butterflies and their nature, beautifully illustrated with hand-coloured plates. A very scarce work, in the original French.Illustrated with a hand-coloured frontispiece, and fifteen hand-coloured plat...

Life in Ponds and Streams

W. Furneaux · 1911 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co, 1911. Cloth. The new impression of this illustrated work on the aquatic life in ponds and streams by British science teacher William Samuel Furneaux. The new impression. First published in 1896. Illustrated with a full colour frontispiece and ...

The Excursion of a Village Curate; or, the Fruits and Gleanings of a Months Ramble in Quest of Health

[George Henry Taylor] · 1827 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

London, Lupton Relfe, 1827 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this charming topographical work by George Henry Taylor, detailing an excursion in quest of health. The very scarce first edition of this work. Very scarce in all editions.A charming travel work ...

The Birds of Sikkim

Salim Ali · 1962 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1962. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this fascinating ornithological study from Salim Ali, with colour illustrations. First edition. Illustrated with twenty-six plates, seventeen of which are in colour. Collated complete. An ind...

The Larvae of the British Butterflies and Moths

William Buckler; H. T. Stainton et al. · 1886 · Rooke Books

£700.00 (€839.06 | $924.80 | ¥147,678)

London, The Ray Society, 1886-1901. First edition. Cloth. A profusely illustrated set of this notable and comprehensive work regarding the larvae of British butterflies and moths. Complete in nine volumes.The first edition of the work, published between 1886 and 1901. With on...

Notes & Views of the Purple Emperor

I. R. P. Heslop; G. E. Hyde; R. E. Stockley · 1964 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

England , The Southern Publishing Co Ltd, 1964 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated monograph on the Purple Emperor butterfly, in the original dust wrapper and inscribed by one of the authors. The first edition. Presentation copy. Inscribed by one of ...

The Life of the Caterpillar

J. H. Fabre · 1912 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1912. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this work on the life of the caterpillar by J. H. Fabre, in the original cloth. The scarce first edition. In the publisher's original cloth. This work was written by French naturalist,...

The Birds of the Palearctic Fauna Order Passeriformes & Non Passeriformes

Charles Vaurie · 1959 · Rooke Books

£235.00 (€281.68 | $310.47 | ¥49,578)

London, H. F. & G. Witherby, Ltd. 1959-1965. First edition. Cloth. A very smart complete two volume set of the ornithology studies made by Vaurie of the Palearctic region, with the original dust wrappers. Complete in two volumes. First edition. Includes Passeriformes (1959) an...

Ornithological Dictionary of British Birds

Colonel G. Montagu; James Rennie · 1831 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.85 | $151.93 | ¥24,261)

London, Hurst, Chance, and Co. 1831. Cloth. The second edition of this illustrated ornithological dictionary by Colonel G. Montagu. The second edition with a plan of study and many new articles and original observations by James Rennie. Originally published in 1902 by J. White...

A Naturalist&Apos;S Calendar, with Observations in Various Branches of Natural History

Gilbert White; J. Aikin · 1795 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

Londo, R. and J. White, 1795. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this posthumous work of Gilbert White's, a calendar for the lover of nature, compiled from his papers by J. Aikin. The first edition, being the standard octavo edition.ESTC citation number T39655.I...

The Birds of Surrey

John A. Bucknill · 1900 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, R. H. Porter, 1900 . First edition. Leather. A lovely 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 served ...

The Birds of the West of Scotland Including the Outer Hebrides

Robert Gray · 1871 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

Glasgow, Thomas Murray, 1871 . First edition. Leather. An attractively bound copy of the first edition of Robert Gray's illustrated work on the birds of the West of Scotland. The first edition of this work.Written by Robert Gray, a Scottish banker and famed amateur ornith...

Birds of the Seashore

H. J. Massingham · 1931 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, T. Werner Laurie, Ltd, 1931. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this beautifully illustrated work on birds of the shore. First edition. Illustrated with frontispiece and sixty-eight full-page drawings. Collated complete. A detailed and comprehensive wo...

Histoire Naturelle Des Oiseaux

Georges-Louis Leclerc Comte de Buffon · 1770 · Rooke Books

£2,400.00 (€2,876.78 | $3,170.74 | ¥506,325)

Paris, L'Imprimerie Royale, 1770-85. First edition. Leather. An uncommon to see complete set of Buffon's influential natural history work, these lavishly illustrated eighteen volumes focussing on birds. The first edition.Complete in eighteen volumes.In the original F...

The Sea and Its Living Wonders

Dr. G. Hartwig · 1861 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts, 1861 . Cloth. The second English language edition of this richly illustrated study of marine life. The second UK edition, translated from the fourth German edition by Dr G. Hartwig.Illustrated with a number of woodcuts and twelve ch...