Storia naturale

Bibliography on Southwestern Asia and Supplementary Works

Henry Field; Donald Jay; Edith W. Ware; Bernard J. Clifton; Robert C. Foster; Edith M. Laird. · 1955 · Rooke Books

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

Florida,, University of Miami Press; Field Research Projects, 1955-71. First edition. Paperback. A collection of scarce bibliographies on Southwestern Asia by Henry Field and other collaborators, with numerous supplementary volumes, including one volume inscribed by the author...

Libellus de Natura Animalium: A Fifteenth Century Bestiary

J. I. Davis · 1958 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Dawson's of Pall Mall, 1958 . Leather. A fine copy of J. I Davis's facsimile edition of the fifteenth century bestiary 'Libellus De Natura Animalium&apos. A fine example of the facsimile of this natural history text, which was printed sometime between 15...

A Manual of Botany: Comprising Vegetable Anatomy and Physiology

William Macgillivray · 1840 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Scott, Webster, and Geary, 1840. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated manual of botany from Scottish naturalist William MacGillivray. First edition. Scarce. Illustrated with fifteen plates to the rear and numerous in-text images. Collated com...

The Bristol Avon

Ernest Walls · 1927 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

Bristol, Arrowsmith, 1927. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated study of the Bristol Avon, with the vanishingly scarce original unclipped dust wrapper. First edition. With the vanishingly scarce original unclipped dust wrapper. Illustrated with a fro...

Actinologia Britannica. A History of the British Sea-Anemones and Corals.

Philip Henry Gosse · 1860 · Rooke Books

£245.00 (€293.67 | $323.68 | ¥51,687)

London, Van Voorst, 1860 . First edition. Cloth. The beautifully illustrated first edition of renowned naturalist Philip Henry Gosse's examination of British marine biology, complete with chromolithographic plates. The first edition of this work.Illustrated with twelve pl...

Butterflies and Moths (British)

W. Furneaux · 1907 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1907. Cloth. A smart new impression of this brightly illustrated study on British butterflies and moths. New impression. Illustrated with twelve colour plates and numerous in-text images. Collated complete. A detailed and comprehensive study of...

Our Rarer British Breeding Birds

Richard Kearton · 1899 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

London, Cassell and Company, Limited, 1899. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this Kearton work on the ornithological wildlife in Britain. The first edition of this work.One of the many books based on wildlife in Britain by brothers Richard and Cherry Kearton, two of ...

Islands

R. J. Berry · 2009 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

London, Collins, 2009. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this natural history work on islands from the 'New Naturalist' series, in the original dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression. Illustrated with colour vignettes. Volume 109 from 'The ...

Ants

M. V. Brian · 1977 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, Collins, 1977. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated study on ants by M. V. Brian from 'The New Naturalist' series, in the original dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression. Illustrated with two coloured plates, sixteen monochr...

Points of the Horse: A Treatise on the Confirmation, Movements, Breeds, and Evolution of the Horse

M. Horace Hayes · 1903 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

London, Hurst and Blackett, Limited, 1903. Cloth. A smart third edition of this illustrated work on the horse and its evolution from veterinarian M. Horace Hayes. Third edition, revised and enlarged with two hundred and seventy-nine images added. Illustrated with six hundred a...

British Insects: A Familiar Description of the Form, Structure, Habits and Transformations of Insects

E. F. Staveley · 1871 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, L Reeve and Co, c1871. First edition. Cloth. Staveley's informative guide to British insects, beautifully illustrated with colour plates. An early edition. First printed in 1871. In the original gilt cloth. Illustrated with monochrome vignettes and sixteen chrom...

Hen Harrier

Donald Watson · 1977 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

Berkhamsted, T & A. D. Poyster, 1977. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Donald Watson's beautifully illustrated ornithological work featuring his sketches and watercolour studies on the 'harrier' species of bird. The first edition, first impression.Illu...

The British Islands and Their Vegetation

A. G. Tansley · 1949 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

Cambridge, Cambridge at the University Press, 1949. Cloth. A very smart study of British vegetation, including a comprehensive look at the environment and history of the British Islands. Complete in two volumes. Issued with corrections. Volume I contains parts I-IV. Illustrate...

The Complete Illustrated Thorburn&Apos;S Birds

Archibald Thorburn · 1990 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Devizes, Select Editions, 1990. Cloth. An impressive work of the striking and vividly colourful paintings of bird by Archibald Thorburn. In the original unclipped dust wrapper.'The Complete Illustrated Thorburn's Birds' presents the beautiful ornithology illustr...

The Diary of a Country Parson & Rides Around Britain

James Woodforde; John Byng · 1992 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, The Folio Society, 1992-1996. Cloth. Two very smart works on life and travel in Britain from the Folio Society, with illustrations throughout. Two volumes. This set includes: The Diary of a Country Parson, 1992. With many illustrations throughout. The diary of James Wo...

A Description and History of Vegetable Substances, Used in the Arts, and Domestic Economy. Timber Trees: Fruits.

1829 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Charles Knight, 1829. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this detailed work on the history of the use of vegetable substances in art and domestic economy. First edition. The Library of Entertaining Knowledge. Illustrated throughout. A detailed and comprehen...

The Carnegie Works at Pittsburgh

Theodore Dreiser · 1927 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)

New York, Privately Printed, 1927. First edition. Cloth. A smart limited edition copy of this essay on the Carnegie Works at Pittsburgh from American journalist Theodore Dreiser. First edition. Limited to one hundred and fifty copies. With decorations. A detailed essay, full o...

The Carnegie Works at Pittsburgh

Theodore Dreiser · 1927 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.79 | $211.38 | ¥33,755)

New York, Privately Printed, 1927. First edition. Cloth. A smart limited edition copy of this essay on the Carnegie Works at Pittsburgh from American journalist Theodore Dreiser. First edition. Limited to one hundred and fifty copies. With decorations. A detailed essay, full o...

The Carnegie Works at Pittsburgh

Theodore Dreiser · 1927 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

New York, Privately Printed, 1927. First edition. Cloth. A smart limited edition copy of this essay on the Carnegie Works at Pittsburgh from American journalist Theodore Dreiser. First edition. Limited to one hundred and fifty copies. With decorations. A detailed essay, full o...

En Gammal Djurvans Berattelser: Bilder Fran Londons Zoologiska Tradgard

Albert Alberg · 1906 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Stockholm , P. A. Norstedt and Soners Forlag , 1906. Cloth. A charming account of a trip to London Zoological Gardens from Swedish-British actor and writer, Albert Alberg, bound in beautiful gilt-decorated cloth. A very scarce work. From the publisher's 'Youth Books&...