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Out of Doors: A Selection of Original Articles on Practical Natural History

Rev. J. G. Wood · 1882 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1882. Leather. A smart new edition of this illustrated natural history work from English writer John George Wood. New edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, five plates, and five in-text images. Collated complete. A selection of practical ar...

The Life of the Bee

Maurice Maeterlinck; Alfred Sutro [trans.] · 1912 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.59 | ¥35,853)

London, George Allen, 1912 . Leather. The second impression of this illustrated edition of Maeterlinck's study of the bee, beautifully illustrated with colour plates by Detmold. First published in 1901, this work was re-set with Detmold's illustrations in 1911. This ...

The Gardens and Menagerie of the Zoological Society Delineated

E. T. Bennet · 1830 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)

Chiswick; London, C. Whittingham; Thomas Tegg; N. Hailes, 1830-35. First edition. Cloth. An illustrated study of the animals housed at the London Zoo, produced only a few years after its opening. Volume I is the first edition, Volume II is a later edition.A zoological study wr...

The Harmonies of Nature of the Unity of Creation

Dr G. Hartwig · 1866 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co , 1866. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this very scarce illustrated natural history work by Dr G. Hartwig, bound in half calf. The first edition of this very scarce work. Illustrated profusely with monochrome woodcut engravings, i...

Retrospect Reminiscences and Impressions of a Hunter-Naturalist in Three Continents 1851-1928

Abel Chapman · 1928 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

London, Gurney and Jackson, 1928. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated account of the life and work of naturalist Abel Chapman. The first edition of this work.A lovely volume of reminiscences of hunter-naturalist Abel Chapman, who is remembered for havin...

Alpine Plants of Europe, Together with Cultural Hints

Harold Stuart Thompson · 1911 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)

London, George Routledge and Sons, Limited, [1911]. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this profusely illustrated botanical work on Alpine flowers by Harold Stuart Thompson. The first edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and sixty-four coloured plates, with...

The Principles of Political Economy

J. R. McCulloch · 1843 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,709)

Edinburgh, William Tait, 1843 . Leather. A smart example of J. R. McCulloch's most popular work on economics, in a full calf signed binding by Hayday. First published in 1825, this is an enlarged and corrected edition.Political economist David Ricardo described this work ...

An Explanation of the Newtonian Philosophy, in Lectures Read to the Youth of the University of Leyden

William-James S'Gravesande; E. Stone [trans.] · 1741 · Rooke Books

£600.00 (€719.19 | $792.69 | ¥126,542)

London, W. Innys; R. Manby, 1741 . Leather. The scarce second edition of E. Stone's English language translation of William-James S'Gravesande's work, teaching Newtonian mechanics. The second English translation of this work, first published in Leiden in 1720. T...

British Waders

E. C. Arnold · 1924 · Rooke Books

£188.00 (€225.35 | $248.38 | ¥39,650)

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1924. First edition. Cloth. A colourfully illustrated first edition of this ornithological study of British wader birds, written by E. C. Arnold. The first edition.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.A lovely work on the waders, or sho...

Varieties of British Butterflies

F. W. Frohawk · 1938 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

London, Ward, Lock & Company Limited, 1938. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Frohawk's colourfully illustrated study on British butterflies. The first edition of this work.In the original price-clipped dust wrapper.Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, and for...

The Hand Phrenologically Considered: Being a Glimpse at the Relation of the Mind with the Organisation of the Body

Anonymous · 1848 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)

London, Chapman and Hall, 1848. First edition. Cloth. A scarce work approaching the study of the hand phrenologically, the first edition, complete with plates. The first edition of this scarce work.An anonymously written study on the hand.This work approaches the hand phrenolo...

The Lore of the Honey-Bee

Tickner Edwardes · 1919 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

London, Methuen and Co. Ltd. 1919. Cloth. A fascinating exploration into the origins of the honey-bee and the ancient art of beekeeping, with illustrations. The tenth edition. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with charming gilt to the spine.Illustrated with a f...

Oysters

C. M. Yonge · 1960 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)

London, Collins, 1960. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this richly illustrated 'New Naturalist' work exploring the biology, habits and history of oysters. The first edition of this work. In the publisher's clipped dust wrapper. Illustrated with a fr...

Points of the Horse: A Familiar Treatise on Equine Conformation

M. Horace Hayes · 1897 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)

London, W. Thacker & Co. 1897. Cloth. A second edition copy of this illustrated guide to the anatomy and various breeds of horses, by horse expert Horace Hayes. The second revised edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with pictorial gilt to the f...

The Bee-Keeper&Apos;S Guide to the Management of Bees in Movable Comb Hives

W. Herrod-Hempsall · 1944 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

London, The British Bee Journal, 1944. Paperback. A bright copy of this charming and insightful bee-keeping guide, with illustrations by the author. The seventh edition of this work. In the publisher's original illustrated paperback. A lovely and practical handbook cont...

Field and Hedgerow: Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies Collected by His Widow

Richard Jefferies · 1897 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co, 1897. Cloth. A new edition of this posthumous work, containing the last essays of English nature writer, Richard Jefferies. A new edition of this work. In the publisher's original cloth binding. With a monochrome portrait frontispiece.A ...

Britain&Apos;S Industrial Future, Being the Report of the Liberal Industrial Inquiry

The Liberal Industrial Inquiry · 1928 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)

London, Ernest Benn Limited, 1928. First edition. Paperback. A first edition of this historically significant report by the Liberal Industrial Inquiry on Britain's industrial future. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original paper wraps. Commonly cal...

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

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

Stamford, The Overbrook Press, 1951. First edition. 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 reco...

Familiar Wild Birds

W. Swaysland [Walter] · 1901 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)

London, Cassell and Company Limited, 1901. Cloth. The complete set of ornithological works by Walter Swaysland, with beautiful colour plates by A. Thorburn and others. A four volume, complete series. Illustrated with colour frontispiece, monochrome vignettes and thirty-nine c...

The Common Shells of the Sea-Shore

Rev. J. G. Wood · 1865 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)

London, Frederick Warne & Co. 1865. Hardback. A delightful nineteenth-century guide to sea shells, with illustrations by the conchologist George Brettingham Sowerby I. An illustrated edition of this uncommon work in the publisher's original pictorial boards.Previous owner...