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Pirates and Predators the Piratical and Predatory Habits of Birds

Colonel R. Meinertzhagen · 1959 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

Edinburgh; London, Oliver & Boyd, 1959. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of Meinertzhagen's illustrated study on bird predators, illustrated throughout in colour with vivid plates of different species of birds. The first edition, first impression.In the original uncl...

The Birds of Wiltshire

Rev. Alfred Charles Smith · 1887 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

London, Printed for the author by R. H. Porter, 1887 . First edition. Leather. The uncommon first edition of Rev. Alfred C. Smith's ornithological study of the birds of Wiltshire, on a lovely signed half morocco binding. The uncommon first edition of this work, which prov...

The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne

Gilbert White · 1813 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

London, White, Cochrane, and Co, 1813. Leather. An early edition of Gilbert White's seminal topographical work on Selborne, illustrated, including with a folding plate, and a hand-coloured plate. An important Mitford edition, with the text corrected and expanded from the ...

The New Naturalist, No. 93: British Bats

John D. Altringham · 2003 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, HarperCollins Publishers, 2003. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition copy of this work on British bats from The New Naturalist series, by John D. Altringham. The first edition, first impression of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, wi...

City of Liverpool Handbook Compiled for the Congress of the Royal Institute of Public Health

E. W. Hope [editor] · 1903 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

Liverpool, Lee & Nightingale, 1903. Cloth. A very scarce handbook for the Congress of the Royal Institute of Public Health in Liverpool, with illustrations. Very scarce. Illustrated with frontispiece, eighty-two plates, and two folding colour maps. Collated complete. A handboo...

Samba and the Monkey Mind & the Monkey Puzzle

Leonard Williams; John Gribbin; Jeremy Cherfas · 1965 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, The Bodley Head, 1965-1982. First edition. Cloth. Two first edition works on natural history and the human relationship with monkeys and apes. Two volumes. This set includes: Samba and the Monkey Mind, 1965. First edition. With sixty-three photographs on plates. An aff...

For Love of Beasts

John Galsworthy · 1912 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Animals' Friend Society, 1912. Paperback. A short story on animal rights, reprinted from the original Pall Mall Gazette. Reprinted by permission of the Editor at the Pall Mall Gazette. Part of the A. F. Pamphlet Series. A short story on animal rights and life in c...

Essai Sur L&Apos;Economie Rurale de L&Apos;Angleterre, de L&Apos;Ecosse Et de L&Apos;Irlande

Leonce de Lavergne · 1882 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

Paris, Guillaumin et cie , 1882. Leather. A leather bound copy of Essai sur L'Economie Rurale de L'Angleterre, de L'Ecosse et de L'Irlande by Leonce de Lavergne. A fifth edition copy of Essai sur L'Economie Rurale de L'Angleterre, de L'Ecosse...

Ethnologische Studien Zur Ersten Entwicklung Der Strafe Nebst Einer Psychologiscen Abhandlung

Dr. S. R. Steinmetz · 1894 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

Leiden, S. C. Van Doesburgh, 1894. Leather. A scarce edition of Dr. Steinmetz's ethnological study into cruelty and vengeance, in the original German language. German language. Two volumes. Scarce work. A detailed ethnological study into acts of cruelty and vengeance, wit...

Notes Sur Les Vignes Americaines, Serie II and III

A. Millardet [Pierre-Marie-Alexis Millardet] · 1887 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

Paris; Bordeaux, G Masson; Feret et Fils, 1887-1888 . First edition. Paperback. The second and third series of French botanist Alexis Millardet's scarce discussion of American vines. In the original French.Series II and III of a three series work.Millardet's essay is...

The Birds of the British Isles

T. A. Coward · 1920 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London , Frederick Warne and Co. 1920-1941 . Cloth. The first three series of The Birds of the British Isles by T. A. Coward, with illustrations. The first three volumes of The Birds of the British Isles by T. A. Coward. These volumes are handy pocket guides to the birds of th...

Birds of the Atlantic Islands

David Armitage Bannerman; W. Mary Bannerman · 1963 · Rooke Books

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

Edinburgh and London, Oliver & Boyd, 1963-68. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition set of David Bannerman's colourfully illustrated ornithological guide of the Atlantic Islands, a beautiful set in the original dust wrappers. The first edition.Complete in four volum...

Sous Les Filets, Scenes Et Moeurs Des Rives

Emile Souvestre · 1857 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

Paris, Michel Levy Freres, 1857. Leather. A very neat work on rivers and their banks by Souvestre, in the French language. French language. A work on rivers and their banks, with details of travels along these routes. Written by Emile Souvestre, a Breton novelist who was initi...

Taunton Cider and Langdons: A West Somerset Story of Industrial Development

R. W. Holder · 2000 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

Chichester, Phillimore & Co. Ltd, 2000. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of this story of the development of two substantial businesses in West Somerset. First edition. Illustrated throughout with photographs. The story of the development of the Taunton Cider Compa...

Wild England of to-Day and the Wild Life in It

C. J. Cornish · 1895 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London , Seeley and Co , 1895. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this exploration of the British countryside and wildlife, with illustrations. A first edition copy. This volume is a charming exploration of the countryside and wildlife of England, ranging from the S...

Man a Monthly Record of Anthropological Science Volumes 40 to 48

The Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland · 1940 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

London, The Royal Anthropological Institute, 1940-1948. Cloth. Nine volumes from Man, an anthropology magazine from the Royal Anthropological Institute, with illustrations. A scarce and dense collection of works from Man, A Monthly Record of Anthropological Science, rebound in...

The Capercaillie in Scotland

J. A. Harvie-Brown · 1879 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

Edinburgh, David Douglas, 1879 . First edition. Cloth. A smart copy of the very scarce first edition of J. A. Harvie-Brown's illustrated study of the capercaillie, a large woodland grouse. The scarce first edition of this work from Scottish ornithologist and naturalist Jo...

Shetland Sanctuary Birds on the Isle of Noss

Richard Parry · 1948 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London , Faber and Faber, 1948. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of Shetland Sanctuary with folding maps and illustrations and in the original dust wrapper. A first edition copy of this wildlife volume. Shetland Sanctuary explores the breeding lives and inter-relatio...

Arboriculture: Or, a Practical Treatise on Raising and Managing Forest Trees and on the Profitable Extension of the Woods and Forests of Great Britain.

John Grigor · 1881 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)

Edinburgh, Oliphant, Anderson & Ferrier, 1881 . Leather. A smart, quarter morocco, copy of this comprehensive guide to forest management in the United Kingdom. The scarce second edition. Rebound in a neat quarter morocco binding by Maltbys of Oxford. Complete with the half tit...

Homes without Hands Being a Description of the Habitations of Animals, Classed According to Their Principle of Construction

Rev. J. G. Wood · 1866 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Longmans, Green and Co. 1866. Cloth. A fascinating work of natural history by the Rev. John George Wood. Rev John George Wood explores the natural habitats of animals, beginning with the simple burrow, and proceeding with creatures that suspend their homes in the air; ...