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Amphibians and Reptiles & Loch Lomondside

Trevor Beebee; Richard Griffiths; John Mitchell · 2000 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)

London, HarperCollins Publishers, 2000-2001. First edition. Cloth. Two very smart first editions from the New Naturalist Library volumes, with illustrations. Two volumes. First edition. Number eighty-seven and eighty-eight of The New Naturalist Library volumes, a survey of Bri...

Man, Culture, and Animals: The Role of Animals in Human Ecological Adjustments. Based on a Symposium Presented at the Denver Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science 30 December 1961

Various; Anthony Leeds; Andrew P. Vayda [ed.] · 1970 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

Washington, D.C. American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1970. Cloth. An uncommon work discussing the historical relationships between animals and man, based on a symposium and developed from the editors' earlier work on the subject. The third printing of thi...

New Cyclopaedia of Botany and Complete Book of Herbs: Forming a History and Description of All Plants, British or Foreign Which Are Known to Be Useful to Man

Richard Brook · 0 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.85 | ¥83,307)

London, Frederick Farrah, c1854 . Leather. A complete set of Richard Brook's botanical study, wonderfully illustrated with hand coloured plates and vignettes. Bound in half calf with cloth boards. Complete in two volumes. Undated, dated using Jisc from copies held at the ...

Astrology of the Ancient Egyptians

Karma · 1924 · Rooke Books

£650.00 (€779.12 | $858.74 | ¥137,087)

London, Philip Allan & Co. 1924 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce, first edition of this historical study of the astrological beliefs of the ancient Egyptians. First edition. Bound in the publisher's original cloth. This scarce work provides a comprehensive insight in...

The Spider&Apos;S Web

Theodore H. Savory · 1952 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

London, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd, 1952. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this study on spiders by Theodore H Savory, with colour illustrations. The first edition. Part of the 'Wayside and Woodland Series&apos.Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece, monochr...

The Caterpillars of British Butterflies and Moths

W. J. Stokoe · 1944 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.82 | $171.75 | ¥27,417)

London, Frederick Warne & Co Ltd, 1944-48. First edition. Disbound. Three volumes of works on British caterpillars and moths, written by William John Stokoe and illustrated by J. C. Dollman, with 'British Moths volumes one and two' first editions. The first edition t...

The Flora of South Africa with Synoptical Tables of the Genera of the Higher Plants

Rudolf Marloth · 1913 · Rooke Books

£540.00 (€647.27 | $713.42 | ¥113,888)

Cape Town, Darter Bros. & Co. 1913-1932. First edition. Cloth. A smart five volume set of this detailed study on South African flora, with illustrations throughout. Five volumes of a six volume set, lacking volume II section II. First edition. Scarce work. Written by Hermann W...

The Rivers of Great Britain

Various · 1897 · Rooke Books

£32.00 (€38.36 | $42.28 | ¥6,749)

London, Cassell and Company, Limited, 1897 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated exploration of the rivers of the south and west coast of Great Britain. First edition, in the publisher's original red cloth binding.A comprehensive view of the rivers...

Nature and Night

Richard Adams · 1980 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)

London, Penguin, 1980 . Paperback. A signed example of this wonderful non-fiction study of the natural world, by Richard Adams, author of 'Watership Down&apos. Flat signed by Richard Adams to the title page.A 1980 edition of this work, which was first published in 1978.Il...

A Vertebrate Fauna of Lakeland Including Cumberland and Westmorland with Lancashire North and Sands

H. A. Macpherson · 1892 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

Edinburgh , David Douglas , 1892. First edition. Cloth. A charming guide to the wildlife and fauna of the lake District. The first edition. In the original publisher's cloth. An exploration of the fauna of the Lake District.This guide includes Cumberland and Westmorland w...

Elephants and Ethnologists

G. Elliot Smith · 1924 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)

London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. LTD. 1924 . First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this interesting examination of elephants by Sir Grafton Elliot Smith. First edition, in the publisher's original quarter cloth binding with paper covered boards. Written by pro...

The Feathered Tribes of the British Islands

Robert Mudie · 1835 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,453)

London, Whittaker & Co, 1835. Cloth. The second edition of this desirable ornithological work by Robert Mudie, beautifully illustrated in colour. The second edition.Complete in two volumes.A detailed ornithological work focusing on the birds commonly found on the British Isles...

Notes on the Birds of Kent

R. J. Balston; C. W. Shepherd; E. Bartlett · 1907 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.26 | $726.63 | ¥115,997)

London, R. H. Porter, 1907 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of this vibrantly illustrated ornithological study of the birds of Kent, in a half morocco signed binding. Only three-hundred copies of this first edition were produced.Illustrated with a photographic front...

The Sagacity & Morality of Plants: A Sketch of the Life & Conduct of the Vegetable Kingdom

J. E. Taylor · 1891 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,014)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1891. Cloth. A smart new edition of this illustrated work on the plant and vegetable kingdom, from Taylor. New edition. With colour frontispiece and many in-text images. A fascinating study on plant life, with chapters on floral diplomacy, hide and see...

John Gould the Bird Man

Gordon C. Sauer · 1982 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)

London, Henry Sotheran Limited , 1982 . First edition. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated first edition of this biographical work on John Gould, one of the most distinguished ornithologists of the nineteenth century. First edition of the work, in the publisher's original gr...

The Gold-Headed Cane

William MacMichael · 1919 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

London, Humphrey Milford, 1919. Cloth. A smart reprint of the second edition of this celebrated work from MacMichael. Reprint of the second edition, originally published in 1828. With illustrated frontispiece and many in-text images. A celebrated autobiography of the gold-head...

The Athenaeum Journal of Literature, Science, and the Fine Arts for the Year 1853

None · 1853 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,872)

London, J. Francis, 1853. Leather. A scarce edition of this influential literary magazine published in England. Scarce work. A British literary magazine published from 1828 to 1921 with contributors such as George Darley, Gerald Massey, John Hobart Caunter, and many others. Hi...

An Anthology of Number

Anonymous · 1985 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,709)

Not Stated, The Pembridge Design Studio, 1985 . First edition. Paperback. An excellent copy of this very scarce work on the occult powers of numbers. This unusual and very scarce first edition, anonymously authored, discusses various esoteric ideas about the powers of numbers,...

Lecture Entitled Marine Insurance

Gerard Van de Linde · 1887 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,014)

London , Gee & Co , 1887. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A first edition copy of this work on Marine Insurance. An uncommon lecture. In the first edition. This lecture was delivered at the rooms of the Manchester Society of Chartered Accountants in Manchester on 5th Decem...

The Handbook of British Birds

H. F. Witherby [ed.]; F. C. R. Jourdain; Norman Ticehurst; Bernard W. Tucker · 1948 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

London , H. F. & G. Witherby , 1948. Cloth. A complete five volume set of The Handbook of British Birds, with colour plates. A complete five volume set. Being copies of the fifth impression, the first volumes were published in 1938 and these were published in 1948.This handbo...