Storia naturale

Iconographia Mendeliana to the Memory of Gregor Johann Mendel

1965 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

Brno, Moravian Museum, 1965. Paperback. An excellent series of photographs and illustrations in memory and celebration of George Mendel, the founder of the modern science of genetics. First edition. In the publisher's wraps. This work, compiled with photographs and othe...

Science in Egyptology: Proceedings of the &Apos;Science in Egyptology&Apos; Symposia

A. Rosalie David [ed.]; A. T. Sandison; E. Strouhal; et al. · 1986 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

Manchester, Manchester University Press, 1986. First edition. Cloth. A bright first edition of this collection of lectures from the 'Science in Egyptology' symposia in Manchester. The first edition, first impression of this scarce work in the publisher's origina...

The Compleat Naturalist: A Life of Linnaeus

Wilfrid Blunt · 1971 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Collins, 1971. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this beautifully illustrated biography of Carl Linnaeus, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author to the title page, dated 1973. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, reverse of the fronti...

The Blue Planet: A Natural History of the Oceans

Andrew Byatt; Alastair Fothergill; Martha Holmes · 2001 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, BBC Worldwide Limited, 2001. Cloth. A lovely copy of BBC's book accompaniment to the popular television series 'Blue Planet', lavishly illustrated throughout. The third impression of this large work. With the original unclipped dust wrapper in excellent...

Biology

Dr. Charles Letourneau; William Maccall [translator] · 1878 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Chapman and Hall , 1878. First edition. Cloth. The first English translated edition of work exploring various principles of biology, from French anthropologist, Charles Letourneau, illustrated throughout. The first English edition.A very scarce copy of this biological ...

The Concept of Mental Maturity

T. H. Pear · 1944 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

Manchester, The Manchester University Press, 1944 . Paperback. British psychologist Tom Hatherley Pear's vanishingly scarce essay on the mental maturity of youth, from the library of science-fiction author Brian Aldiss. A vanishingly scarce work, reprinted from the '...

Across England in a Dog-Cart: From London to St. David&Apos;S and Back

James John Hissey · 1891 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)

London, Richard Bentley and Son, 1891. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated travel guide across England in a Dog-Cart. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, fifteen plates, and a fold out map to the rear. Collated complete. A chronicle of a...

The Geographical Magazine Volume II, III, & IV

Michael Huxley [editor] · 1936 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, The Geographical Magazine, 1936-1937. Cloth. A smart set of three volumes of The Geographical Magazine, with illustrations throughout. Three volumes. Founded in 1935, Geographical (formerly The Geographical Magazine) is the magazine of the Royal Geographical Society wi...

Wild Flowers of the Pacific Northwest from Alaska to Northern California

Lewis J. Clark · 1976 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Sidney , Gray's Publishing Limited , 1976. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this photographic book on wild flowers by Lewis Clark in the original dust wrapper. The first edition. Illustrated profusely with vibrant full colour photographs by the author. In the ...

Color Atlas: Medicinal Plants of Japan

Jisuke Takatori · 1966 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

Tokyo, Hirokawa Publishing Company, 1966. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this colour atlas of the medicinal plants of Japan, with a dust wrapper and slip case. First edition. Volume one of two volumes. Illustrated with eighty colour tipped in plates. Collated c...

Living Free: The Story of Elsa and Her Cubs & Forever Free: Elsa&Apos;S Pride

Joy Adamson · 1961 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Collins & Harvill Press, 1961-1962. First edition. Cloth. Two smart first edition copies of these illustrated works exploring the author's life raising a lion named Elsa. Two volumes. Written by Friederike Victoria "Joy" Adamson, an Austria-Hungary-born naturalist...

Flora Neotropica Monograph No 9 Chrysobalanaceae

Ghillean T. Prance · 1972 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

New York, Hafner Publishing Company, 1972 . First edition. Paperback. A scarce first edition of Ghillean Prance's illustrated study of the chrysobalanaceae family of flowering plants. First edition, in the publisher's original paper wraps. Scarce. This work was publi...

Birds in My Indian Garden

Malcolm MacDonald · 1960 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London , Jonathan Cape , 1960. First edition. Hardback. A beautiful book on Indian Garden birds by Malcolm MacDonald and Christina Loke. The first edition. In the original clipped dust wrapper. This book captures the birds found in Malcolm MacDonald's Indian Garden. The b...

A New System of the Natural History of Birds

Anonymous · 1792 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.13 | ¥61,181)

Edinburgh; London, Peter Hill; Thomas Cadell, 1792. Leather. A very scarce eighteenth century study on ornithology, an illustrated volume, including a chapter focusing on dodos. This is Volume II in 'A New System of the Natural History of Quadrupeds, Birds, Fishes, and In...

A Collection of Modern Works on the Theme of Sex and Biology

Various · 1963 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London; New York, Asia Publishing House; Tavistok Publications; Andre Dutsch; Macmillan; Peter H. Wyden; Doubleday; Columbia University Press, 1963-1992. First edition. Cloth. A very smart and diverse collection of scientific works on sexual biology in humans and animals. Seve...

North American Mammals Fur-Bearing Animals of the United States and Canada

Roger A. Caras · 1967 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

New York , Meredith Press, 1967. First edition. Cloth. An extensive volume on North American mammals with colour illustrations. A first edition copy. Roger A. Caras was a well known wildlife photographer and writer and within this volumes he presents a striking and vivid acco...

Country Works by J.H. B. Peel

J. H. B. Peel · 1973 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Robert Hale, 1973-1984. First edition. Cloth. A four volume set of works on the countryside by Peel, with illustrations throughout. Four volumes. First editions. Written by John Hugh Brignal Peel, a British journalist, author and poet, who wrote about farming and the c...

Fungi of the New Forset a Mycota

Gordon Dickson; Ann Leonard · 1996 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)

London , British Mycological Society , 1996. First edition. Paperback. A first edition, signed copy of this record of fungi in the New Forest. A first edition copy of Fungi of the New Forset A Mycota edited by Gordon Dickson and Ann Leonard.Signed by the authors to the reverse...

The White Whale

Henry Lee · 1878 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, R. K. Burton & Co. 1878. First edition. Paperback. The only edition of Henry Lee's detailed account of the white Beluga whale. First and only edition of this work. An uncommon work. A careful account of the first Beluga Whale to be successfully transported to Eng...

Ferns and Fern Allies of Canada

William J. Cody; D. M. Britton · 1989 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

Ontario, Research Branch Agriculture Canada, 1989. Paperback. A scarce and detailed illustrated study on the ferns of Canada. Scarce work. Illustrated throughout with photographs and sketches. A study of ferns and fern allies found in Canada, including reference to: lycopodiac...