Storia naturale

The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, in the County of Southampton

Rev. Gilbert White; Thomas Bell [ed.] · 1877 · Rooke Books

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

London, John Van Voorst, 1877 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce large paper edition of this important work of natural history from Gilbert White. The first edition of this work to be edited by the zoologist Thomas Bell. The scarce 8vo large paper copy of this first edition th...

Les Merveilles de la Vegetation

Fulgence Marion · 1868 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

Paris, Librairie de L. Hachette, 1868. Leather. The second edition of this fascinating book on forests, plants, and vegetation, replete with many full page illustrated plates. A fascinating and very comprehensive work on forests, plants, and different types of vegetation, incl...

Recherches Pour Servir a L&Apos;Histoire Et a L&Apos;Anatomie Des Phryganides

Francois-Jules Pictet · 1834 · Rooke Books

£1,850.00 (€2,217.52 | $2,444.11 | ¥390,293)

Geneva; Paris; London, Abraham Cherbuliez; J. -B. Bailliere; Meme Maison, 1834. First edition. Leather. The author's presentation copy of this very scarce first edition French work on Phryganidia, complete with lovely hand-coloured plates. Author's presentation copy,...

A General History of Quadrupeds

Thomas Bewick · 1791 · Rooke Books

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

Newcastle Upon Tyne, S. Hodgson, R. Beilby and T. Bewick, 1791. Leather. A very smart, second edition copy of Thomas Bewick's famous work, 'A General History of Quadrupeds', illustrated throughout and in full calf binding. A second, much larger and improved edit...

The Geology of Peterborough and Its Vicinity

Henry Porter · 1861 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

Peterborough, T. Chadwell, 1861 . First edition. Cloth. Inscribed by the author, this is the scarce first edition of Henry Porter's illustrated geological study of Peterborough and its surroundings. The scarce first edition of this illustrated geological study of Peterbor...

London Geological Field Class: Reports of Excursions During the Summers of 1886-1887

Professor H. G. Seeley · 1887 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, George Philip & Son, 1887-1888. First edition. Paperback. A well presented collection of geological field excursions carried out in 1886 and 1887 by the Geological Field Class in London, with illustrations to the rear of one text. The first and only edition of these re...

Geological Rambles Round London. A Handy Guide to Old-World London.

R. E. B. · 1883 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)

London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1883. Paperback. An 1883 geological guidebook to London's various districts in the original paper wraps, complete with in-text illustrations and charming adverts. This 1883 geological guidebook to London takes the reader through various different ...

Hardwicke&Apos;S Science-Gossip

M.C. Cooke · 1867 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Robert Hardwicke , 1867. Cloth. A fascinating collection of scientific articles, excerpts, and descriptions, published in the mid nineteenth century and profusely illustrated. A fascinating, mid nineteenth-century collection of various scientific articles, excerpts, an...

Stratigraphic Analysis of a Deep Ice Core from Greenland

Chester C. Langway Jr. · 1970 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

Boulder, The Geological Society of America, 1970 . First edition. Paperback. A signed first edition scientific study of Greenland's ice core, published by the Geological Society of America. A signed first edition of this scarce geological study, from U.S. Army Research En...

Report of the Committee Appointed for the Reduction of Meteorological Observations

Sir John Frederick William Herschel · 1843 · Rooke Books

£475.00 (€569.36 | $627.54 | ¥100,210)

London, Richard and John E Taylor, 1843. First edition. Unbound. A scarce signed edition of this report from Victorian polymath J F W Herschel. A very scarce first edition of this work from English mathematician, astronomer, chemist, inventor, experimental photographer and bot...

Ant Antics

Various · 1933 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, John Murray, 1933. Cloth. A delightful anthology regarding the humble ant with the writings of many important writers, complete with the original dust wrapper. An unusual Children's book, containing the writings of the likes of Rudyard Kipling, Baden-Powell, John ...

The Life and Adventures of John James Audubon

Robert Buchanan · 1868 · Rooke Books

£320.00 (€383.57 | $422.76 | ¥67,510)

London, Sampson Low, Son and Marston, 1868. First edition. Cloth. A first edition biography of this important American ornithologist and naturalist. A biography of the American ornithologist, naturalist and painter John James Audubon. With a full plate frontispiece illustratio...

Cobbett&Apos;S Legacy to Parsons; or, Have the Clergy of the Established Church an Equitable Right to the Tithes, or to Any Thing Called Church Property, Greater Than the Dissenters Have to the Same? and Ought There, or Ought There Not, to Be a Separation of the Church from the State?

William Cobbett · 1835 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, Not Stated, 1835. Leather. A lovely modern leather-bound second edition of Cobbett's important pamphlet discussing the Established Church. This work consists of six letters, addressed to the Church Parsons, questioning different ideologies.William Cobbett (1763-18...

Iron Road: The Railway in Scotland

P. J. G. Ransom · 2007 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Birlinn, 2007. First edition. Cloth. A lovely copy of the history of the railway in Scotland, illustrated throughout. The first edition. The first edition of this volume. A lovely, bright copy of this volume detailing the history of railway in Scotland, beginning in th...

Problems Omnibus

Hubert Phillips · 1960 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Arco Publications , 1960-1962. First edition. Cloth. An excellent set in two volumes of Hubert Phillips' Problem Omnibus, the first editions comprising word puzzles, inference, and mathematical problems. The first edition of these two volumes, published in 1960 an...

The Cinema in Education Being the Report of the Psychological Investigation Conducted by Special Subcommittees Appointed by the Cinema Commission of Enquiry Established by the National Council of Public Morals

James Marchant · 1925 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.79 | $211.38 | ¥33,755)

London, George Allen and Unwin, 1925. First edition. Cloth. A superb first edition copy of this uncommon title of this study on the psychology of cinema in education, in the extremely scarce dustwrapper. The first edition of this work, an uncommon title.An interesting study ed...

Blights of the Wheat and Their Remedies Our Song Birds

[Edwin Sidney];[William C. L. Martin] · 1846 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, The Religious Tract Society, 1846. Leather. Two natural history work published by the Religious Tract Society bound in one, discussing birds of Britain and common wheat diseases. Two volumes in one, 'Blights of the Wheat' and 'Our Song Birds&apos.'B...

The Naturalist: A Monthly Journal of Natural History for the North of England

Thomas Sheppard; Thomas William Woodhead; Various · 1906 · Rooke Books

£990.00 (€1,186.67 | $1,307.93 | ¥208,859)

London, A. Brown & Sons, 1906-19. Cloth. Thirteen volumes of the 1906 to 1919 issues of the monthly natural history journal 'The Naturalist', a journal that documents the natural history of the North of England. In thirteen volumes. 'The Naturalist' was a m...

Gleanings in British Conchology

J. Gwyn Jeffreys · 1858 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Taylor and Francis, 1858. Paperback. A very scarce copy of the concise work on British conchology, written by John Gwyn Jeffreys, illustrated with one plate. A very scarce work. This work is an interesting look at British conchology, giving a brief but detailed overvie...

The Grouse

Various · 1893 · Rooke Books

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

London, Longmans, Green, and Co, 1893-1906. Cloth. An illustrated collection of works looking at hunting of various animals in the wild, written and illustrated by various authors and artists. Complete in twelve volumes. This set is an interesting collection of works on animal...