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Refocus on New Zealand Birds

G. J. H. Moon · 1967 · Rooke Books

£29.99 (€35.95 | $39.62 | ¥6,325)

Wellington, A. H. & A. W. Reed, 1967. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of G. J. H. Moon's book on New Zealand birds. First edition. With 137 colour plates and 91 black and white plates. Geoff Moon (1915-2009) was a world renowned New Zealand naturalist, ornithologist...

Live Stock in Health and Disease Sections 2-5

L. H. Archer; Professor J. Prince-Sheldon [ed.] · 1902 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

London; Paris; New York; Melbourne, Cassell & Company, Limited, c.1902. Hardback. A very scarce colour illustrated collection of works, published for subscribers, on the health and care of livestock. A very scarce set of 4 out of 5 volumes, published for subscribers.An informa...

A Handbook to the Order Lepidoptera: Volumes I and II

W.F. Kirby [William Forsell Kirby] · 1896 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

London, Edward Lloyd, Limited, 1896. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of two charming volumes on the characteristics, behaviours and different species of butterflies, including lovely colour plates. The first edition of A Handbook to the Order Lepidoptera, containing bo...

Animal and Vegetable Physiology

Peter Mark Roget · 1834 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

London, William Pickering, 1834 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of Peter Mark Roget's impressive and charmingly illustrated introductory guide to the physiology of vegetables and animals, complete in two volumes. The first edition of this work from British phy...

The Fresh and Salt-Water Aquarium

J.G. Wood [John George Wood] · 1868 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.82 | $171.75 | ¥27,417)

London, George Routledge and Sons, 1868. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of an engaging guide to aquariums, illustrated with colour plates, and written by popular parson-naturalist John George Wood. The first edition of The Fresh and Salt-Water Aquarium, an informative...

The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection

Charles Darwin · 1902 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

London, John Murray, 1902. Paperback. An uncommon softcover copy of Darwin's most famous work, printed in 1902. An uncommon, paper-bound copy of Charles Darwin's world famous title.40,000th to 47,500th in this form, of the corrected copyright edition.Charles Darwin, ...

The Book of Trees. Descriptive of the Principal Timber Trees, and the Larger Species of Palms.

Anonymous · 1839 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

London, John W. Parker , 1839. Cloth. A very scarce 1839 copy of this uncommon work, published anonymously, and beautifully illstrated. An unusual pocket-sized second edition of this anonymously published and illustrated title.Bound in original blue cloth pictorial boards, wit...

The Sessile Barnacles (Cirripedia) Contained in the Collections of the U. S National Museum; Including a Monograph of the American Species

Henry A. Pilsbry · 1916 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

Washington D. C. Washington Government Printing Office, 1916. Cloth. A smart 1916 copy of Henry A. Pilsbry's illustrated title. A smart brown cloth copy of this 1916 title.Henry A. Pilsbry was a noted biologist with specialisms in molluscs and crustaceans, who published m...

Glaucus; or, the Wonders of the Shore

Charles Kingsley · 1855 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1855. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Kingsley's charming seaside study in the publisher's original green cloth with pictorial gilt decoration. The first edition in the publisher's original green cloth with pictorial gilt dec...

Seaside Studies in Natural History

Elizabeth C. Agassiz; Alexander Agassiz · 1865 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,036)

Boston, Ticknor and Fields, 1865 . First edition. Cloth. A lovely copy of the first edition of this coastal study of Massachusetts in the publisher's original green cloth, with numerous black and white illustrations. The first edition in the publisher's original gree...

Nature&Apos;S Teachings Human Invention Anticipated by Nature

J G Wood · 1903 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)

London, William Glaisher, 1903. Cloth. An uncommon, illustrated 1903 cloth copy of Woods beloved title. An uncommon, new 1903 edition, with a charming red pictorial board cover, that echoes the design of the first edition, and gilt decorations to spine.In this title, Wood stra...

Insects at Home Being a Popular Account of British Insects, Their Structure, Habits, and Transformations

Rev. J. G. Wood · 1876 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,709)

London, Longmans, Green & Co. 1876. Cloth. A smart early edition of this illustrated study of British insects from English natural history writer Reverend John George Wood. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, twenty black-and-white plates, and numerous in-text images. Coll...

The Fishes of Great Britain and Ireland

Francis Day · 1880 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,963)

London, Williams and Norgate, 1880-4. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Francis Day's impressive ichthyological study of British and Irish fishes, with many fantastic illustrations. The first edition.Illustrated with ninety-three monochrome lithographic plates to...

Beautiful Butterflies: The British Species Described and Illustrated

H. G. Adams [Henry Gardiner Adams] · 1856 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.75 | $244.41 | ¥39,017)

London, Groombridge and Sons, 1856. Cloth. An early edition of Henry Gardiner Adams' work on British butterflies, beautifully illustrated with coloured plates. An early edition, first published in 1854.Illustrated with eight beautiful chromolithographic plates and numerou...

The Forester

James Brown · 1847 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

[London], [William Blackwood and Sons], c1871. Cloth. A scarce copy of this practical work on forestry. Lacking the title page, but pagination matches that of the fourth edition. First published in 1847. With vignette illustrations throughout and two folding tables to the rea...

British Food Fish

Gerald Watkin · 1976 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

London, The Worshipful Company of Fishmongers , 1976. First edition. Cloth. A delightful guide to identifying the species and quality of various fish typically used in cooking, issued by The Worshipful Company of Fishmongers. The first edition of this very scarce volume. In t...

The Whispering Land; Catch Me a Colobus; My Family and Other Animals

Gerald Durrell · 1961 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,453)

London, Rupert Hart-Davis; Collins; Heinemann/Octopus , 1961-1981 . First edition. Cloth. A pleasing trio of works by British naturalist Gerald Durrell, including his popular autobiography 'My Family and Other Animals&apos. Comprising the first editions of 'The Whisp...

Elements of Logick; or a Summary of the General Principles and Different Modes of Reasoning

Levi Hedge · 1831 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,472)

Boston, Hilliard, Gray, Little, and Wilkins, 1831. First edition. Leather. Levi Hedge's treatise on the philosophy of logic, bound in full calf. The stereotype edition. Bound in full contemporary calf. A treatise on the philosophy of logic from a professor in the field,...

Report on the East Anglian Earthquake of April 22nd, 1884

Raphael Meldola; William White · 1885 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)

London, Macmillan & Co, 1885 . First edition. Cloth. A wonderful example of the first edition of Raphael Meldola and William White's guide to the 1884 Colchester earthquake. The first edition of this work.With four plates, two of which are folding, and further vignette il...

On the First Hurricane of September 1853, in the Atlantic; with a Chart; and Notices of Other Storms; Report on the Meteorology of Toronto; Observations on the Hurricanes and Storms of the West Indies and the Coast of the United States to Which Are Added Summary Statements of Some of the Leading Facts in Meteorology; on the Gales and Hurricanes of the Western Atlantic

W. C. Redfield; Edward Sabine · 1834 · Rooke Books

£1,280.00 (€1,534.27 | $1,691.07 | ¥269,956)

London, Richard and John E. Taylor [printers], 1834-1854 . Leather. A very scarce volume of meteorology reports bound as one from reputable physicists William Charles Redfield and Edward Sabine. A desirable volume containing four very scarce meteorology reports, extracted from...