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A Collection of Papers of Phrenology

Various · 1850 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)

Various, Various, 1850-1978. Paperback. An interesting set of six papers on phrenology, dating from over a century, all very scarce. A selection of six very scarce papers on phrenology. Phrenology is a pseudoscience, involving the measurement of bumps on the skull to predict m...

The Illustrated Natural History of British Moths

Edward Newman · 0 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, W. H. Allen and Co. c1870. Cloth. A smart copy of this scarce work on the natural history of moths in Britain, with illustrations throughout. Scarce work. Illustrated with seven hundred and twenty-two in-text figures. A detailed and comprehensive natural history of mot...

British Wild Flowers

C. Pierpoint Johnson · 1914 · Rooke Books

£148.00 (€177.40 | $195.53 | ¥31,223)

London, Gurney & Jackson, 1914. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated botanical reference work, looking at the wild flowers of Britain, complete with ninety hand coloured plates. Illustrated with a hand-coloured frontispiece, eighty-nine hand-coloured plates, and two monochrome pla...

Forbidden Fruit: Meditations on Science, Technology and Natural History

Heathcote Williams · 2011 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Oxford , Huxley Scientific Press, 2011. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce signed first edition of this interesting selection of poetry on science, technology and natural history by Heathcote Williams. The first edition. Signed by the author to the title page. In the publ...

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

1829 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

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...

Two Addresses Delivered at the Dedication of a New Transmitter of Radio Free Europe Beamed to Hungary

Frederic R. Dolbeare; Gyula Dessewffy · 1951 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

Stamford, The Overbrook Press, 1951. Brochure/Pamphlet. A very scarce program and record of the two addresses spoken at the ceremony inaugurating the new service of Radio Free Europe for Hungary. First edition. Limited to three hundred copies. A program and record of the addre...

The Carnegie Works at Pittsburgh

Theodore Dreiser · 1927 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

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 Menageries. Quadrupeds, Described and Drawn from Living Subjects

1829 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, Charles Knight, 1829-40 . First edition. Cloth. A complete collection of three volumes filled with information on various quadrupeds, profusely illustrated with sketches of each animal mentioned. The first edition. Bound in the publisher's original cloth.Uncommon ...

The Shell-Collector&Apos;S Handbook for the Field

J. W. Williams · 1893 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, R. Sutton & Co. Ltd. 1893. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this illustrated handbook for shell collecting and conchology. First edition. Very scarce work. Illustrated throughout. A pocket-sized handbook for the shell collector, being an introductor...

The Natural History & Antiquities of Selborne in the County of Southampton

Gilbert White · 1906 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1906. Cloth. A smart edition of this work exploring the natural history of Selborne by Reverend Gilbert White. From the Library of English Classics. A compilation of letters detailing the natural history of the area around White's family...

Popular Handbook of Indian Birds

Hugh Whistler · 1941 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Gurney and Jackson , 1941. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated study of Indian birds by Hugh Whistler, with illustrations by H. Gronvold. The third edition. Revised and enlarged.In the publisher's original cloth with the original clipped dust wrapper. Illustrated by ...

Hawk Moths of Central and Southern Africa

Elliot Pinhey · 1962 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.75 | $244.41 | ¥39,029)

Cape Town, Longmans , 1962. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of Elliot Pinhey's fascinating study on hawk moths native to Central and Southern Africa, with a letter from the author, extensive coloured plates and original unclipped dust wrapper. A first edition o...

Plants of Western Oregon, Washington & British Columbia

Eugene N. Kozloff · 2005 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

Portland, Timber Press, 2005. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated study of plants in North America. First edition. Illustrated with seven hundred and nine colour figures on plates and many in-text black-and-white diagrams. Collated complete. A defin...

Les Merveilles de la Nature

Frederic-Titeux Delacroix · 1837 · Rooke Books

£138.00 (€165.41 | $182.32 | ¥29,114)

Paris, Gaume Freres, 1837. Leather. A very scarce French textbook on the wonders of nature, a concise and educational work. The second edition of this very scarce work. The only record of this work being held institutionally is at the Bibliotheque Nationale de France.In the or...

The New Forest: Its History and Its Scenery

John R. Wise · 1863 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

London, Smith, Elder, & Co. 1863. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated history of the New Forest, England, written by John Richard de Capel Wise. First edition. Illustrated with sixty-three images and two maps, one of which is folding. Collated compl...

The New Naturalist: A Survey of British and Irish Natural History

Various · 1951 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.50 | $495.43 | ¥79,113)

London, Collins; HarperCollins, 1951-1999 . First edition. Cloth. A wonderfully illustrated collection of first and early editions from The New Naturalist Survey of British and Irish Natural History series, in the original, colourful dust wrappers. A very well presented set of...

The Naturalist&Apos;S Library Ichthyology the Perch Family and the Natural History of Fishes Particularly Their Structure and Economical Uses.

J. S. Bushnan; Sir William Jardine · 1835 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

London, W. H. Lizars, 1835-40. First edition. Cloth. Two first edition volumes on Ichthyology from the 'Naturalist's Library' written by J. S. Bushnan and William Jardine, with hand coloured plates. The first editions. Two Volumes. In the original publisher&apos...

Beetles of the British Isles

E. F. Linssen · 1959 · Rooke Books

£265.00 (€317.64 | $350.10 | ¥55,907)

London , Frederick Warne and Co, 1959. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of the first and second series of this guidebook on British Beetles. The first edition.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.Volume one Comprises the superfamilies caraboidea, palpicornia, staph...

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

John Curtis · 1883 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, John Van Voorst, 1883. Cloth. A richly illustrated edition of John Curtis's entomological study of the insects found in British and Irish farms. Illustrated with sixteen hand coloured plates. Collated, complete.First published in 1860, in this work John Curtis - a...

A Handbook for Birmingham and the Neighbourhood

George A. Auden · 1913 · Rooke Books

£54.00 (€64.73 | $71.34 | ¥11,392)

Birmingham, Cornish Brothers Ltd. 1913. Cloth. An illustrated handbook to Birmingham, with reference to the historical, municipal, educational, industrial, and scientific developments of the city. Scarce work. Illustrated with frontispiece, eight plates, two maps, one plan, an...